My art captures a feeling and challenges the viewer’s eye and mind, as you get lost in a three-dimensional world of emotion, beauty and tale. I start with a photo, normally one that I take. That way, I can capture different moments and later on use as a springboard to the art work. I abstract and simplify the figures. I find when I refer to a photo at the beginning; I am able to paint freely.

I use deep contrasts and intense colors and choose the human body especially female nudes as the center of my inspiration. My paintings speak to the issues of physical, emotional and spiritual constraints.

Anet Abnous, an artist of Armenian origin, was born in 1974 in Tehran, IRAN. She has degrees in Fashion designing and Bachelor of Fine Arts from Queens College NY.

She is a member of Contemporary Art Network, Cambridge Who’s Who, Armenian International Women Artist Association (AIWA) and City without Walls. She has participated in many local and international Juried exhibitions in NY, NJ, CA, MD, RI as well as IRAN and Korea. Some of her paintings are in permanent collection of MOCIA, many Galleries in IRAN, Armenian Diocese in NY and many private collectors worldwide.

She has been published in Asbury Park Press (NJ daily newspaper) YERKIR (Armenian weekly newspaper), Hye-Tert Istanbul, QC Magazine, NY ART Magazine, RI Art Council and the Armenian Reporter since 2006, additionally, she has been on a radio interview with Anush Ter Talian on WBAI 99.5 FM about her two pieces commemorating violence against women.

Recently she curated the 1st Armenian Women’s Art exhibition in NYC.

Solo
2007 The Armenian series, St. Vartan Cathedral, New York NY
2005 Secrets, Queens College, New York NY
2003 Nine Months, Queens College, New York NY
1995 Western Hejab, Mah Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Group
2008 Armenianan Allied Arts Association, 68 Annual Art Competition, Baldwin ParK Performing Arts Center CA
2008 CANabis, New Art Center, New York NY
2007 Small Wonders III A Juried Fundraiser (Holly Myers), Downtown, LA CA
2007 Night of 1,000 drawings. Artist Space, New York NY
2007 58 Annual Artist Ball, Juried. Gallerie Icosahedron, TriBeCa NY
2007 1st Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition, Juried, Village Quill, TriBeCa NY
2007 Armenian Artists, Gallery Z RI
2007 Color with Enthusiasm, Broadway gallery, Juried, Soho NY
2007Summer Nudes, Antreasian Gallery, Juried, Baltimore MD
2007 AGBU FOCUS, Art Auction, Grand Gallery, Soho NY
2007 The Circular Exhibition, Gallery Ho, Juried, Korea
2007 The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery, Juried, NY
2007 Original Face, Microcosm Gallery, Chelsea NY
2007 Freehold Public Library, Freehold NJ
2007 Art Alliance, In the Mirror, Juried, Red Bank NJ
2007 Brookdale Community College, Freehold NJ
2007 37th Annual Monmouth festival, Juried, Monmouth NJ
2007 22nd Annual Jean Townsend Award, Juried, Art Alliance NJ
2007 International Women’s Day, Juried, Brecht Forum NY
2007 Freehold Public Library, Freehold NJ
2007 Guild of Creative Art , Shrewsbury NJ
2006 Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury NJ
2006 Art Auction/ SICA, Long Branch NJ
2006 Freehold Art Society, Belmar NJ
2006 Original Art, Juried, Art Alliance NJ
2006 New Works, Juried, Art Alliance NJ
2006 Creative Collective Art Show, Juried, Queens College, New York NY
2006 Women Society Art Show, Juried, Queens College, New York NY
2006 Open Studio. Long Island City, New York NY
2006 Perusal of friends, Juried, Queens College, New York NY
2005 Multiples, Juried, Queens College, New York NY
2005 Open Studio. Long Island City, New York NY
2005 Altered, Identity House/ I- Gallery, New York NY
2005 Creative Collective Art Show, Juried, Queens College, New York NY
2005 It is personal, Juried, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York NY
2004 Creative Collective Art Show. Queens College, New York NY
2002 Show of figures. QCC, New York NY
2001 Utopia, QCC, New York NY

2008-p Pasadena Society of Artists
2008-p AMP 2007-p Contemporary Artist Network
2006-p City without walls
2006-2008 Art Alliance of Monmouth County
2006-2008 Freehold Art Society
2005-p Armenian International Women Artist Association, AIWA

2006 B.F.A Studio Art, Queens College, New York NY (Magna cum laude)
1995 B.A Fashion Designing, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran