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Rachel Hakimian Emenaker

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Untitled (Moscow & Kessab)

Mural of people gathering on steps outside a brick building, some walking, others talking.

batik and dye on canvas

Untitled (Yerevan)

Colorful mural of people walking in a city street lined with trees and buildings.

batik and dye on canvas

Untitled (Los Angeles)

Colorful mural of people walking on a city street, with shops and greenery in the background.

batik and dye on canvas

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Artist Statement

 As an Armenian American raised between Suriname and Russia, I have always had to navigate the complexities of language, diasporas, migration, home, and globalization. My work utilizes traditional Eastern and Western methods of art and craft that have rich histories along global trade routes, such as textile and tile making, to further examine these ideas.

In my installations I reimagine architecture as more than just physical struc-tures. For me, they become symbolic spaces where histories collide and erasure and migration intersect with diasporic memory, ultimately creating something that is entirely new.

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