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Marc Balakjian (born in Rayak Lebanon, 1938, died 2017, Muswell Hill, London) was a British printmaker and artist. Balakjian is best known for his work at Studio Prints in Queen's Crescent, London, where editions of artists’ prints were created. He joined the business in 1974 and would go on to work with some of the most important contemporary British artists, including Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, Ken Kiff, R. B. Kitaj, Leon Kossoff, William Turnbull and Kim Lim. He married founder and collaborator of Studio Prints, Dorothea Wight, in 1973. The two would lead the workshop in introducing a number of techniques to British printmaking, and the studio was considered "at the forefront of British Printmaking for 40 years".

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  • Marc Balakjian (born in Rayak Lebanon, 1938, died 2017, Muswell Hill, London) was a British printmaker and artist. Balakjian is best known for his work at Studio Prints in Queen's Crescent, London, where editions of artists’ prints were created. He joined the business in 1974 and would go on to work with some of the most important contemporary British artists, including Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, Ken Kiff, R. B. Kitaj, Leon Kossoff, William Turnbull and Kim Lim. He married founder and collaborator of Studio Prints, Dorothea Wight, in 1973. The two would lead the workshop in introducing a number of techniques to British printmaking, and the studio was considered "at the forefront of British Printmaking for 40 years". (en)
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  • Marc Balakjian (born in Rayak Lebanon, 1938, died 2017, Muswell Hill, London) was a British printmaker and artist. Balakjian is best known for his work at Studio Prints in Queen's Crescent, London, where editions of artists’ prints were created. He joined the business in 1974 and would go on to work with some of the most important contemporary British artists, including Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, Ken Kiff, R. B. Kitaj, Leon Kossoff, William Turnbull and Kim Lim. He married founder and collaborator of Studio Prints, Dorothea Wight, in 1973. The two would lead the workshop in introducing a number of techniques to British printmaking, and the studio was considered "at the forefront of British Printmaking for 40 years". Balakjian was also an artist in his own right, known for her mezzotints and pencil drawings which have been exhibited around the world in countless solo and group exhibitions. His works are in a number of permanent collections in the UK including those of the V&A, the British Museum, the British Council, the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Museum of London, the Fitzwilliam Museum, The New Art Gallery Walsall. His work is also included in prominent collections in the USA, Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Ireland and Canada. (en)
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