The Body as Archive | The Self as Myth
Interviewed by Mia Funk
Sheree Hovsepian (b. 1974, Isfahan, Iran) earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL in 2002, a dual BFA/BA from the University of Toledo, OH in 1999, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland in 1998. Hovsepian has had recent solo and two-person exhibitions at Uffner & Liu, New York, NY (2022); Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY (2020); Higher Pictures Gallery, New York, NY(2019); Team Bungalow, Los Angeles, CA (2019); and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL (2018). Institutionally, Hovsepian has been included in group exhibitions at the Bemis Exhibition Center, Omaha, NE (2025); Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (2025); Shah Garg Foundation, New York, NY (2023); Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, NY (2023); The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (2023); International Center of Photography, New York, NY (2023); the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, Venice, Italy (2022); and the Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY (2020). Hovsepian is in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Bronx Museum, the Kormal Shah Collection, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, among others. She currently lives and works in New York City. @shereehovsepian
When did you first fall in love with art and realize you wanted to be an artist? Initially, I came to art because I was drawn to beauty. I also loved the stories behind the paintings and art I would see when visiting museums on field trips. Making art was something I was naturally good at. When I was young, It was one of the only spaces in my life where I felt confidence and pride.
You have exciting new developments in your art. What themes or ideas are currently driving your work? I just opened an exhibition at Uffner & Liu with all new work. For the first time, I am using paint in my collages. I also made life-sized bronze sculptures. I will be exploring these new materials and methods for a while. I would like to push the scale of my sculptures larger. I hope I find an opportunity to take that on.
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