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Print - The Fish Are Dry
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    Lily Kaloustian Art

    Biography 

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    Lily Kaloustian is an oil painter based in New Orleans.While originally from the Crescent City, Kaloustian spent her early life in New Mexico post Hurricane Katrina. An early exposure to her parents’ New Orleans artist community shaped her creative development—she began painting at a young age, starting her work with oils at twelve. With a background in fine art, Kaloustian received classical training in oil painting and figurative art at the New York Academy of Art.

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    CV

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    Exhibitions 

    • 2023-2024 Mixed Media teacher at YAYA Organization in New Orleans

    • 2023 summer camp art teacher pre-k/kindergarten 

    • Curator for Just Say YAYA annual galas 2018-2024

    • 2023-2024: Glass-blowing assistant for Juli Juneau

    • January 2025: Designed and painted a mural for jazz cafe Cafe 5C in the Lower East Side

    • 2022 -2024:  Teaching assistant for mixed media and glass classes at YAYA

    • commission work for individuals since 2019

    • January 2019  -March 2020

    • Assistant at Gallery Arlo New Orleans 2018-2020

    Experience 

    • June 2025 - exhibit work in the Summer Exhibition at NYAA

    • April 2025 - Painting exhibited at the Tribeca Ball in Manhattan

    • March 2025 - photography exhibited in the PhotograpHER’s all-woman show

    • January 2025 - designing and painting an indoor mural at Cafe 5C, a jazz bar in the Lower East Side of Manhattan 

    • December 2024 - artwork in Deck the Halls annual event at NYAA

    • October 2024 - Behind-the-scenes photographer for NOLA/NYC musician MakeOut Shinobi 

    • Photography for Mardi Gras Dolly Parton Fundraising event 2024

    • Just Say YAYA years 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 -

      •  I did live glass blowing while also exhibiting my glass and paintings at the yearly fundraiser for the organization

    • Art in Bloom exhibit at New Orleans Museum of Art 2019 - glass exhibited with YAYA

    • Rau for Art - painting exhibited at the Rau Art gallery in New Orleans as a finalists for a scholarship competition

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    Education

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    • New York Academy of Art - Bachelors Certificate of Fine Arts - August 2024- August 2025

    • YAYA arts organization New Orleans

      • apart of since 2018 with focus in glassblowing and painting

    •          Art Students League of New York City- September  2022-July 2023

    • Highschool - Lusher Charter School - Graduating Class of 2022

      • received  a Certificate of Visual Arts for a 4-year intensive studio art program

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