Silvina Der Meguerditchian is the granddaughter of Armenian immigrants to Argentina. She was born in 1967 in Buenos Aires and since 1988 has been based in Berlin, Germany. She works in different media (video, sculptures, installations, performances among others) and explores themes of belonging, the role of minorities in society, and the potential of an “in-between” space. At the heart of her work are memory, engaging with archives, and exploring how past experiences can shape possible fruitful futures. Der Meguerditchian is the artistic director of the Houshamadyan project, a multimedia memory book for Armenian Ottoman history. The artist was a fellow at the Tarabya Academy of Culture in 2014/15. Der Meguerditchian has exhibited internationally. Shows include among others “Armenity”, at the Armenian Pavilion (Golden Lion Award – 56th Venice Biennale). Grants and awards include: Falkenrot Prize 2021/2, Berlin Senate work grant (2022), European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Soros Foundation, Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Goethe Institut, the Tufenkian Foundation, the City of Berlin, the German Foreign Ministry, the Anadolu Kültür Foundation and the Gulbenkian Foundation. Since 2014, she has worked with “Women mobilizing memory,” a group of artists, writers, social activists, and memory scholars working internationally. Her book ‘Fruitful Threads’ was published in 2020 by Verlag für Moderne Kunst (Wien). In January 2025 the artist will present a grand scale solo exhibition at Kunstraum Kreuzberg (Berlin.