Skunder Boghossian

Skunder Boghossian, a native of Ethiopia, was born in 1937. In 1955, Boghossian made his first sojourn to the West when he immigrated to England to study on a government scholarship. Unsatisfied with this decision, he moved to Paris, where he remained for nine years.

While in Paris, Boghossian mingled with African artists and intellectuals who were adherents of the Negritude movement, and he encountered the work of the French surrealists. Some of the artists who influenced Boghossian include Paul Klee, Roberto Matta and the Afro-Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam. In 1972, Boghossian, who now was living in the United States, moved to Washington, D.C., where Jeff Donaldson recruited him for the faculty at Howard University. Boghossian continues to live and work in Washington, D.C.

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