Hrag Vartanian

Hrag Vartanian was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in Toronto, Canada, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is a writer, critic and designer who regularly contributes to AGBU News Magazine, Ararat Quarterly, Boldtype, The Brooklyn Rail and other publications. He is currently Director of Communications at AGBU, the world's largest Armenian non-profit organization. He was featured in a [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116947531328683693.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today Wall Street Journal article on January 23] . He blogs at [http://hragvartanian.com hragvartanian.com] .

Select Publications

* "An Imaginary Armenian Canadian Homeland: Gariné Torossian’s Dialogue with Egoyan" from "Image and Territory: Essays on Atom Egoyan" edited by Monique Tschofen and Jennifer Burwell (Waterloo, ON: Wildred Laurier University Press, 2006).
* "Schwierige Wahrheiten: Die Schriftstellerin Nancy Kricorian (The Will to Resist: A Portrait of Nancy Kricorian)," in "Porträt einer Hoffnung Die Armenier" edited by Huberta von Voss (Verlag Hans Schiller, 2004). English edition forthcoming.
* "New York Life Recognizes Genocide Era Insurance Claims," "AGBU Magazine" (April 2004). [http://www.agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=144]
* "Nazi Style Wars," "The Brooklyn Rail" (October 2003). [http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/arts/oct03/stylewars.html]
* "Curating on the Margins," "The Brooklyn Rail" (Winter 2003). [http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/arts/winter03/curatingonthemargin.html]
* "Artist Biographies," "The Clement Greenberg Collection" (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 2001).
* "FutureHype/Kitabet", edited by Carmen Donabedian & Hrag Vartanian (Beirut: Haigazian University, 1998).
* "Chine Drive: An Arts & Crafts Community," in "The Stuff Dreams are Made of: The Art and Design of Frederick and Louise Coates" (Toronto: University of Toronto, 1997).