EDUCATION

2009-2013
London College of Communication, University of the Arts,
Studied for practice-based PhD: Contemporary Armenian Exiles: objects, narratives, histories.

2002-2003
MA Photography: London College of Printing
Formulated new approach to practice.
Extended Essay: Family Photographs – Annelies Štrba, Christian Boltanski

1992-1993
Post Graduate Diploma in Photojournalism
London College of Printing, Back Hill, London

1987
R.S.A. Certificate in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) - London.

1981-1986
National Diploma in Art and Design,specializing in photography, installation and film
Thesis: Images of Women through Surrealism
Awarded: Distinction
Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland

1981
Leaving Certificate: A Level equivalent / High School Dip. Hons: English, Geography, History, French.

EXHIBITIONS

2015
Armenian Family Stories and Lost Landscapes.
Solo Exhibition, Depo Gallery, Istanbul.
Exhibition and catalogue funded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and Culture Ireland.

2013
Salon Mashup: Displacement + Regeneration. Armenian perspectives of loss and resettlement.
Shoreditch Town Hall, London, UK.

2012
Diyarbakir/ Dikranagerd: Stories of disappeared existences.
Armenian Palazzo Ca Zenobio, Venice, Italy.
part of Armin T. Wegner, gli Armeni in Anatolia 1915.

2008
Pivot Points : Turkey, England, Turkey.
YFBS Gallery, 207 Whitecross St, London, UK.
Funded by Arts Council England.

2005
Identity, memory exile: Paris - Alger.
Photographic work from France.
Daura Gallery, Lynchberg College, Virginia, USA.

2004
M.A. Show
London College of Printing, Atrium Gallery, Elephant and Castle, London, UK.

2000
Photography from Morocco: Looking Through Glass.
Amberdam Gallery Hampstead, London, UK.
Amnesty International Show funded by Cultural Relations Committee Ireland.
Review Ham and High Newspaper.

1998
Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes.
Maison des Métallurgistes, rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris, France.
Installation - photography/mixed media.

1996-1997
Touring show Pépinières pour les jeunes artistes en Europe.
Cite International des Arts, Paris; Niepce Museum, Chalon sur Saône, France; Karl Hoper Gesellshaft, Bahnhof Westend, Berlin; Galerie Nei Liicht, Galerie Dominique Lang, Dudelange, Luxemburg; Fondazione Italianan per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy.

1995
Photographs from Mostar, Sarajevo, Vukovar and Belfast.
Galerie Sküc, Lablijana, Slovenia.
Funded by Amnesty International,Dublin Branch, and Slovenia.

1993
Different Fates : Osijek, Vukovar,
with Croatian Video Artist Ivan Faktor, Old Bull Arts Centre, High Barnet, London, UK.
Photography show reviewed by Eamon McCabe for The Guardian Arts page.

1986
Group Show Installation, awarded Best Undergraduate Work 1986.
Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland.

AWARDS

2017
Irish Arts Council travel grant to visit Pittsburgh, PA, USA in May 2017, for family history research.

2016
Awarded Residency (two weeks) at Cill Rialaig, Ballinaskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

2015
Calouste Gulbenkian Grant awarded for exhibition and catalogue, Depo Gallery, Istanbul;
Culture Ireland for travel and accommodation Istanbul.

2009
‘Encouragment Grant’ for PhD studies : UGAB, Armenian General Benevolent Union, 11 Square Alboni, 75016 Paris, France.

2004
Photography grant to create new photographic work, Arts Council England, to be exhibited in London and Paris during 2008.

2000
Funding award by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Cultural Relations Committee for photographic exhibition Looking Through Glass Women’s Rights in Morocco, an Amnesty International exhibition.

1996
Awarded photography residency at Marly-le-Roi, France, as part of cultural festival L’imaginaire Irlandaise.

1987
Museum Internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy. Award based on thesis Images of Women through Surrealism.

SELECTED PRESS

2015
Review: The forgotten people of a forgotten genocide.
Sunday Business Post, Dublin, Ireland. February 2015.

2015
Review: Traces of three Armenian Families Depo Show..
Today’s Zaman (main Turkish Daily), English edition, Istanbul.

2015
Review: PHOTOS DE FAMILLES ARMÉNIENNES – “J’ai tenté de faire la narration de la disparition” LEPETITJOURNAL.com - The Media of France Abroad. January 2015.

2015
Review: Lost Landscapes and Histories by Kaya Genç. Daily Sabah (Istanbul) Weekend Culture and Arts. January 2015.

2014
Interview: with Nurak Yilmaz. Exhibition Inside St Giragos Armenian Church, Diyarbakir. Turkey.
Agos (Armenian Daily Istanbul).

2012
Review: Histories of Disappeared Existences. La Repubblica, Italy (Venice edition arts insert). January 2012.

1993
Review: Osijek Vukovar : Different fates
The Guardian G2 Magazine. October 1993.