Garo Antreasian was born in Indianapolis in 1922. He graduated from the Herron School of Art (now Herron School of Art and Design) in Indianapolis in 1948 with the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts. He studied under Will Barnet and Stanley William Hayter in New York from 1948-49, and also held, during the same period, a Mary Milliken Award for travel and study. During the year 1960-61 he served as the first Master Printer of the newly formed Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. in Los Angeles.
In 1964 Antreasian became Professor, and later Chair (1981-84), in the Department of Art of the University of New Mexico; a position he held until 1987. In 1970, when the Tamarind Lithography Workshop was moved to the University of New Mexico, and was renamed the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico, Antreasian became its first Technical Director, holding that position until 1972.
He is co-author with Clinton Adams of The Tamarind Book of Lithography: Art and Techniques, 1970, which is considered to be the most comprehensive book ever published about lithography. Antreasian spent more than 20 years devoted to the art of lithography. His innumerable contributions amount of work and research, and making lithography one of the most important art processes of our time.
Mr. Antreasian has a very long and impressive list of national print exhibitions, including exhibitions at many of the leading museums and colleges of the United States. He has held one-man exhibitions at the University of Illinois, Little Rock Art Center, Ohio State University, Washburn University, Topeka and Sheldon Memorial Gallery, The University of Nebraska and at the Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City. Collections of his works are held by practically all of the major museums and universities in the United States.
Awards include the National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Wichita Art Association, 1966; Southwest Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum, 1966; National Print Exhibition, Olivet College, and New Mexico Fiesta Biennial, 1967; National Print Exhibitions, Albion College, Northern Illinois University, Potsdam College and New York State University, Albany, 1968. He holds the Honorary Master Printer Certificate, which was awarded in 1969 by Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles. In 1994, the Southern Graphics Council named Antreasian Printmaker Emeritus
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Art Museum of the City of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angles, CA
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
New York Public Library, New York, NY
New York State University at Albany, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Roswell Museum & Art Center, Roswell, NM
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Seattle Museum, Seattle, WA
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Snite Museum, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, IN
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
US Information Agency, Washington, DC
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
