By Laurie O’Neill — Laurie@concordbridge.org
“All my life.”
That’s how long Sirarpi Heghinian Walzer says she has been an artist.
Heghinian Walzer’s style is abstract expressionism. Her vibrant mixed media work, which she describes as “meditations on nature and from memories that are distilled into single dramatic moments,” is on display in an exhibit called “Dialogue with Nature” through November at 51 Walden Performing Arts Center.
Her “energetic surfaces,” says the award-winning artist, illustrate her use of “exaggerated” color choices and “imply an ongoing tension between freedom and containment, edging the viewer closer to that space where chaos can erupt into clarity.”
Fixing moments in time
Using oils and acrylics, inks, and pastels, “I draw, scrawl, scrape, and paint on canvas and wood surfaces that are rich in layers of handmade and recycled papers, fabric, wood, and other found materials,” she says. “The layers of my collages ooze with life as I fix a moment in time.”
Heghinian Walzer’s grandparents and parents survived the Armenian Genocide and settled in Aleppo, Syria, where she was born and lived until she was 10, when her family immigrated to the U.S.
She pursued biomedical engineering and system engineering at Boston University. Heghinian Walzer worked as a biomedical system engineer, designed state-of-the-art pacemakers at Biotroniks in Berlin, Germany, and as an engineer of infrared imaging systems at Honeywell in Lexington. But her passion for art never waned.
Heghinian Walzer studied visual arts, painting, and theater stage design in Berlin. The Lexington resident has exhibited across Europe and the U.S. and is represented in several galleries.
She co-founded Art Without Borders and has been a member of the Cambridge Art Association board. Heghinian Walzer is vice president at Non-Profit Net Inc., which advances the Greater Boston non-profit community by providing free, expert-led management seminars and networking forums.
“Dialogues with Nature” runs through November at 51 Walden Performing Arts Center and can be viewed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Concord Players performance nights.
