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"An artist with an international reputation long active in the local arts community as a painter, sculptor and educator." – The Oakland Press 

"Kegham Tazian is a kind of magpie artist, always on the sharp-eyed lookout for materials that spark his creative impulse." – K.A. Letts, RustbeltArts.com 

"Kegham Tazian is an artist worth watching; Another example of just loads of talent." – Channel 2, Fox News, Detroit 

"The diversity of his work and variety of media have become a Tazian trademark." – The Farmington Observer

"A prolific artist . . . creates sculptures with a sense of history." – Jo Snyder, Art Critic

 

Pyramid Earth | Kegham Tazian and State Representation Mari Manoogian

BIRMINGHAM, MI, September 1, 2021 – A new sculpture, Pyramid Earth, gifted to the City of Birmingham by award-winning artist and educator Kegham Tazian, has found its new home in Linden Park. 

The 400-pound bronze sculpture, gifted to the City of Birmingham with support from the Cultural Council of Birmingham Bloomfield and the Hagopian family this summer, is now on display in Linden Park. According to Tazian, Pyramid Earth is a “monument to our world – a realistic globe set on two pillars representing a sign of trajectory and strength.” He added, “When immigrating to the Detroit-area over 55 years ago, Birmingham was where I first lived. I’ve been a prolific artist in the community and would like to give back to my roots.” In the summer of 2021, Tazian was honored by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and State Representative Mari Manoogian for his lifetime of achievement in arts and education.

The Armenian-born Tazian has gained much notoriety for the diversity and variety of media exemplified in his artwork and for his dedication to art education in Southeastern Michigan. A blend of modernism, realism and abstraction are commonly depicted in Tazian’s artwork which has been represented in over 40 solo exhibitions and more than 85 group exhibitions throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. His work adorns the entrances and halls of major corporations, libraries, embassies, universities and municipalities, and now, the City of Birmingham. 

The Pyramid Earth sculpture first stood outside an auto parts factory in Sterling Heights, Michigan before being moved to OCC’s Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills for several years. The work began to deteriorate but was restored by Tazian's former student who, with the help of Tazian’s children, eventually had it re-installed in its new location in Birmingham's Linden Park. 

Public art “is a blessing in so many ways,” Tazian says, noting his descendants “will be able to say, ‘That was done by my father’ or ‘by my grandfather.’”

Learn more about the City’s public art at www.bhamgov.org/art.

City of Birmingham – A Walkable Community. Visit the city’s web site at www.bhamgov.org.