Naira
Barseghian (Clay Gal)
Born in 1966 in Armenia (a republic in
former Soviet Union), Naira Barseghian began
painting as a teenager, influenced by an
older cousin who painted as a hobby. Naira's
interest in art led her to the University of
Fine Arts and Theatre in Yerevan, the
largest city and capital of Armenia, where
she majored in industrial design. During her
university years, Naira broadened her
artistic range and further developed her oil
and watercolor painting techniques by
studying with leading Russian artists.
Naira emigrated to the US in 1991, where she
enrolled in community art classes, learning
the basics of throwing and hand-building
ceramics, becoming quickly enamored of the
process. Naira has worked hard to continue
dramatically improve her art, aided by the
influence and critique of her husband Rafik,
who studied fine arts and sculpture at the
University level in Austria from 1978-1982.
Recently, Naira and Rafik have combined
their talents in the Sunland Studio attached
to their house to create ceramic tile wood
tables, wall sculptures and functional
pottery, all inspired by nature's countless
variations of shapes, colors, and plays of
light.
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