The artist in her studio, Boston photo credit: Maonghe
Varteni
BiographyVarteni Mosdichian is a Boston-based painter whose work explores memory, identity, and the emotional traces of lived experience. Born in Istanbul to an Armenian family and now living in Boston, she creates paintings that move fluidly between abstraction and figuration.
Through layered surfaces, resonant color, and intuitive movement, Varteni invites viewers into spaces where personal history and shared human experience converge.
Filmed during Varteni’s residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris by filmmaker Eddy Vicken
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California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
School of Art and School of Critical Studies — Valencia, CA -
University of Central Florida
School of Fine Arts — Orlando, FL -
Österreichisches Sankt Georgs-Kolleg
Istanbul, Turkey -
Lynn Classical High School
Lynn, MA
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Dr. Walter Gaudnek
In the studio and classroom of the renowned artist, painter, poet, and professor Dr. Walter Gaudnek, her practice evolved through inquiry, experimentation, and sustained dialogue.
Varteni Mosdichian has presented solo and group exhibitions across the United States, Europe, Turkey and Armenia. Her paintings are held in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions, including the Modern Art Museum of Yerevan and the University of Central Florida College of Fine Arts, as well as numerous private collections internationally.
- Armenian Museum of America — Watertown, MA 1990
- Invited three times as Artist-in-Residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France2018-2023
- Open Studio: Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France2018–2023
- American University of Armenia — Yerevan, Armenia 2018–2019
- Yerevan Modern Art Museum (MAMY) — Yerevan, Armenia 2018
- Berlin Art Gallery — Gyumri, Armenia 2018
- “Palimpseste: History in Drawers” — Istanbul, Turkey 2011
- Boston College — Boston, MA 2000
- Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts — Paris, France 1993
- Armenian Museum of America — Watertown, MA 1990
- Grand Palais — Paris, France2024 and 2026
- St. John Church Fine Art Gallery — Detroit, MI 2015
- First Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition — Tribeca, NY 2007
- Vision Festival — SoHo, NY 2002
- Boston Center for the Arts — Boston, MA 1994
- Museum of Modern Art — Yerevan, Armenia 1979
- Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Armenia
- University of Central Florida, College of Fine Arts — Orlando, FL
- Private collections in the United States, Europe, and Armenia