# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonia-balassanian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:28:09.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonia-balassanian"
name: "Sonia Balassanian"
slug: "sonia-balassanian"
description: "Sonia Balassanian née Sonia Amirian, is an Iranian-born painter, sculptor, and curator, of Armenian ethnicity. She co-founded the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art. Balassanian lives in New York City and Yerevan."
tagline: "Iranian-born Armenian artist, poet (born 1942)"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1942"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.64
  momentum:             25
  historical:           5.075162666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/soniabalassanian/"
    handle:    "soniabalassanian"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.soniabalassanian.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سونیا بالاسانیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "ছোনিয়া বালাছানিয়ান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Balassanian"
    title: "Sonia Balassanian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Balassanian"
    title: "Sonia Balassanian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1_%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Սոնյա Պալասանյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1_%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Սոնիա Պալասանեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25424521"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump