Sarine Semerjian Armenian , b. 1997

  • BIOGRAPHY
    Of Armenian descent, Sarine Semerjian was born in Toronto and raised across the culturally rich landscapes of Syria and Lebanon....

    Of Armenian descent, Sarine Semerjian was born in Toronto and raised across the culturally rich landscapes of Syria and Lebanon. A self-taught multidisciplinary artist, her practice has been shaped by the layered histories, traditions, and lived experiences of the places she has called home.

     

    Working across painting, drawing, performance, and movement, Semerjian explores the body as a site of memory, perception, and transformation. Rooted in intuition and embodied experience, her works emerge through gesture, movement, and process, allowing subconscious associations to surface organically. Rather than illustrating predetermined narratives, she creates poetic visual languages that invite viewers to reflect on their own relationship to identity, place, and belonging.

     

    Her recent body of work imagines the body as a living landscape, where fragments of Armenia, Syria, and Lebanon converge into symbolic terrains. Recurring motifs—including Armenian khachkars, cedar trees, and pomegranates—weave together personal experience with broader questions of ancestry, continuity, and cultural inheritance. Existing somewhere between memory and imagination, these works blur the boundaries between the physical and the psychological, the personal and the collective.

     

    Extending beyond the canvas, Semerjian's interdisciplinary practice incorporates performance and movement as integral forms of expression. By bringing together visual art and the physical body, she creates immersive experiences that foreground intuition, presence, and emotional resonance.

  • WORKS
  • Exhibitions
  • Press

  • CV

    EDUCATION

    2015–19

    Landscape Architecture & Agricultural Engineering | American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

    2026

    Dance Program Certification | Beirut Contemporary Ballet Academy, Beirut, Lebanon

     

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2025

    Galerie Camille Pauyfaucon | MENART Fair, Paris, France

    2020

    Into the Void | Zawaya Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria

     

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2026

    Where the Landscape Breathes | Galerie Camille Pauyfaucon, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE

    Snakes & Ladders | Curated by Nico & Shamsa, Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Art Cairo | Quartum Gallery, Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

    2025

    Art Affair | Beirut, Lebanon

    2024

    Breathscape Collective | Lynn Moudallal Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

    Photo cairo week “Borderless exhibition"

    2023

    Group Exhibition | Galerie Les Plumes

    2022

    Beirut of the Future | Beirut, Lebanon

    2021

    Charity Exhibition | Basma NGO, Zawaya Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria

     

    ART FAIRS

    2026

    Art Cairo | Quartum Gallery, Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

    2025

    MENART Fair | Galerie Camille Pauyfaucon, Paris, France

    MENART Fair | Armenia

     

    PROFESSIONAL

    2026

    Theatre Group Dance Show | Beirut, Lebanon

    2025

    Arevod Festival | Armenia

    2020

    Performance during Into the Void | Zawaya Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria

     

    PARTICIPATION / DONATIONS

    2020

    Charity Art Auction | Zawaya Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria

    Revive Beirut Online Art Auction | Artscoops

    Protect Artsakh Online Art Auction | Artscoops | Donated an acrylic artwork for the cause

     

    PUBLICATIONS

    2024

    Hia Magazine | Issue 351, March 2024

    2025

    Le Journal des Arts | Feature during MENART Fair / Paris Art Week, Paris, France

     

    PRESS & ONLINE FEATURES

    2026

    BURO 24/7

    The Sandy Times

    2025

    Khamsa Magazine

    2023

    SceneNow x Cairo Scene | Online feature on SAR LAND, the artist’s brand