Hazel Antaramian Hofman

Hazel Antaramian-Hofman is an adjunct art instructor for the State Center Community College District (Fresno and Reedley campuses) and an artist member of Fig Tree Gallery in Fresno, California. An illustrator shortly after receiving her degree of fashion design, Antaramian Hofman left the profession for one in sciences, then re-entered the art field and attended the graduate art and design program at Fresno State University, focusing her scholarly studies on medieval Armenian art and resuming her studio work. In the field of art history, she presented her graduate research at numerous national conferences, received several awards and grants supporting her studies, and published works in the field. In the area of studio art, she participated in numerous group exhibitions and several solo exhibitions; received exhibition grants; and made her inaugural exhibition of work regarding the repatriation to Soviet Armenia at the Armenian Museum in Fresno in 2013. She was awarded her Master of Arts in Art and Design from Fresno State University in December 2011, and received the Outstanding Thesis Award from the College of Arts and Humanities in May 2012. In March 2014, she joined the artists’ cooperative Fig Tree Gallery in Fresno, CA....

MA, Arts and Design, California State University, Fresno

MS, Environmental Science, California State University, Fullerton

BA, California State University, Los Angeles

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 Olter Pieces II, Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA

2013 Repatriation and Deception, Zorayan Museum, Evening Presentation and Show, 22 May, Burbank, CA

2013 Repatriation as Ramification of the Armenian Genocide, April - August 2013, Armenian Museum of Fresno, Exhibition Hall, Fresno, CA

2013 Repatriation and Deception: Post-WWII Soviet Armenia, March - April 2013, Armenian Museum of Fresno, Exhibition Hall, Fresno, CA

2004 Imprints of Life II, Planet Java, Fresno, CA

2003 Imprints of Life I, Fresno City Hall, Fresno, CA
2003 Generational, TW Patterson Bldg, Fresno, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 Transparency, Invitational Curated by Edward Gillum, Sorensen Gallery, Fresno, CA.
2011-2012 Chancellor’s Gallery, California State University System, Long Beach, CA.

2011 Contemporary Painting Summer Arts, Conley Art Gallery, Fresno, CA.

2011 Art Scientifique, Chris Sorensen Gallery, Fresno, CA.

2010 Krazan Fine Art Show, Alliance of California Artists, Fresno, CA.

2010 Arts Visalia Fine Art Show, Alliance of California Artists, Visalia, CA.