Peggy Hinaekian

Atmospheric and lyrical paintings in mixed media on canvas and on paper.

 
 
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Internationally recognized, well established, European/American artist of Armenian origin, born in Cairo, Egypt. Lives and works in California and Florida.

Education:

Graduate of the Italian Academy of Art "Leonardo da Vinci", Rome. 
History of Art at McGill University, Montreal.
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris.
Centre for Contemporary Prints, Geneva, Switzerland
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Peggy Hinaekian's work consists of oil and acrylic on canvas and and on paper and limited edition original etchings. 
Her work is mostly abstract renditions of imaginary landscapes in warm earth tones and variations of blues, sometimes with collages and texture
The paintings  are rather quiet, atmospheric, whimsical, dreamy, imagainary and poetic and have a soothing effect on the viewer.
A truly international and versatile artist. She also does commissions. 
Before becoming a professional artist she  had a formal career as a fashion designer  in New York.
 Her award-winning art has been exhibited internationally and can be found in numerous corporate and private collections. Her etchings are distributed by Christie's Contemporary Art of London and Editions Francony of France. 
She  works in Switzerland and in the United States.(Florida and California)l  
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Principal One-Man Shows
 
1969               Galerie Libre, Montreal
1970               Galerie de l’Université, Paris
1976               Sloane Street Gallery, London
1977               Galerie Artarena, Zurich , Switzerland
1977               Nigel Cameron Gallery , Hong Kong
1979               Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel , Switzerland
1979               Galerie Cassandra, Drobak , Norway
1986               Galerie Kristen Richards, New York
                       United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
1990               Gallery Petra Zschokke, Basel , Switzerland
1991               Galerie A, St. Gall , Switzerland
1992               Galerie La Coupole, Frankfurt , Germany
1997               Lighthouse Point Gallery, Fort Lauderdale , Florida
1997               Galerie Vita, Bern , Switzerland
1998               Fore Street Gallery, Portland , Maine
2000-08          Gallery Dar Al Funoon, Kuwait  
2000               Galerie 63, Klosters , Switzerland
2000-2022      Galerie Art Varmes, Geneva 
2000               Galerie Marianne Brand, Geneva , Switzerland
2002               Galeria de la Calle Cristo, San Juan , Puerto Rico
2003-9            Galerie de Grancy, Lausanne, Switzerland 
                       Ferme de la Chapelle, Geneva , Switzerland
2005-18         Junod Art Gallery , Nyon , Switzerland 
2006               Gallery 22A, Innsbruck, Austria
2007               Gallery Adler, Gstaad, Switzerland
                       Gallery Ame Couleurs, Fleurier, Switzerland (etchings)
2011               Gallery Gstaaderhof, Gstaad, Switzerland
2012               Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, Florida
                       Galerie de Grancy, Lausanne, Switzerland
2013               Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
2015               Monika Olko Gallery, Sag Harbor, N.Y
2016-2023    Artraction gallery, Switzerland
 
Principal Group Shows 
 
1971       MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, PARIS
1972-83 International Art Biennale, Bradford , England
1972       RATH MUSEUM, Geneva Switzerland
1974       International Art Biennale, Florence , Italy
1974-76 International Art Biennale, Fredrikstad , Norway
1975       International Fair of Contemporary Art, (FIAC) Paris
1977       Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong
1979-83 International Art Fair, Toronto
1983       International Art Exhibition, Kanawaga, Japan
1979-89 International Art Fair, Basel , Switzerland
1983-90 Art Expo, New York
1988-95 International Book Fair, Geneva , Switzerland
1989       UNITED NATIONS, in honor of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1990-92 World Print Fair, Tokyo , Japan
1995       Centre d’Art en l’Ile, Geneva, Switzerland
1996       Exhibition of Swiss artists, Yverdon les Bains , Switzerland
2000       Art Exhibition, USA/France, Bordeaux , France
2000       Erotic Art, La Petite Galerie, Concise, Switzerland
2002       Christmas Exhibition, Gallery 29, Evian , France
2003       World Triennial of Small Size Etchings, Chamalieres , France
2003-09 Europ’Art, International  Art Fair, Geneva , Switzerland
2004       Inaugural Exhibition, Broadway Gallery, Fort Lauderdale , Florida
2004-06 International Biennale of Prints, Grenchen , Switzerland
2007-8,9 International Art Fairs, Innsbruck and Vienna, Austria
 2007-10 Etra Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
2007-22 Kunstsupermarkt, Switzerland and Germany
2008-09 ALBUQUERQUE ART MUSEUM, Miniatures, Albuquerque, NM
2008-23 Artraction Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2011       Swenson Fine Arts, Laguna Beach, California
               Howard Schepp Fine Arts, Palm Desert, California
               Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
2011-23  Contemporary Fine Arts, La Jolla, California               
2011-23  San Diego Art and Wine Festival, La Jolla, California (Best in show for painting)                
2013-15 Avran Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2015      Villa Musica, San Diego, California
2015      Milan Universal Exhibition - Milan - She was the only American artist in this show 
2015-23 Liberty Station Art Walk, San Diego, California
2017-23 Ethos Contemporary Art, Newport Beach, CA
2017-19 Tom Sergott Gallery, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
2017       Art San Diego, CA 
2021-23  Madoran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2023       Art Alley gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
2023       SD Art Advisory, San Diego, CA

Hinaekian has participated in numerous international biennials and triennials and art fairs on three continents and exhibited in Museums in Paris, Geneva, Florence and the United States. She also exhibited at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in honor of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 
 
 
Radio Interviews: Voice of America ; Radio 74, Radio Lac , Switzerland - Voice of La Jolla 2015 and 2016
She has illustrated covers of five books:
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This Watery World: Humans and the Sea. Eds. Nandita Batra and Vartan P. Messier.  Newcastle, U.K: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. (Second edition with a different cover).
Of Mice and Men: Animals in Human Culture. Eds. Nandita Batra and Vartan P. Messier.  Newcastle, U.K: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008..
Besinnung und Einsicht (in German). Ed. Strom-Verlag, Zurich. 1981.  She has also illustrated the aphorisms in this book with several etchings.
She has published a novel entitled "Of Julia and Men" - cover illustration and 26 images inside the book are her own etchings. Another book she published is "Collection of Short Stories and Essays - Of Humans and Animals" where cover image and inside illustrations are Peggy's work.
 
Her art can be found in the following private and corporate collections:
 
Athanaeum Art and Music Library, La Jolla, California
Javier Mendez y Salgado Collection, Spain
National Art Library, Paris
Contemporary Print Museum, Geneva
Major Swiss banks (UBS, Credit Suisse, SBS, Popular Bank of Switzerland)
Barclays Bank
Deutsche Bank
Nestle Corporation Headquarters
United Nations Headquarters
Dupont de Nemours Headquarters
Novartis Headquarters
City of Geneva collection
Yara International corporation
Firmenich International 
Major pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland
HUG Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Meyrin Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Bank Santander, Spain
Museum of the Swiss in the World, Geneva, Switzerland
Her Majesty the Queen of Norway
Her Royal Highness Farah Diba.

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