About Me
..Multi-talented Armenian/American Artist. More on my Art website at: www.rosemanteghian.comGod blessed me with my artistic talent & I thank Him every night. I began drawing at the age of two. Majored in Commercial/Fine Arts at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, PA, studied Studio Art at Villanova University, & have a Paralegal Degree from the American Center for Technical Arts & Sciences d.b.a. Main Line Paralegal Institute in Wayne, PA. I started my own art business in 1991 & love it!!! I design, create, wear & sell my own line of costume jewelry, fashion accessories & handbags. My artwork has been sold at many arts & craft shows, art exhibitions, stores, plus do commission art. My style ranges from punk rock to Armenian heritage & almost anything my creativity allows me to do. All my artwork is handmade, one-of-a kind & very detail oriented. My first major project was an album cover I designed in 1995, for a local Philadelphia area rock group, "Slacker". Also do sculptures, drawings, paintings, greeting cards, cartoons & celebrity artwork. I've made sculptures for the multi-platinum, Grammy Award winning Armenian/American rock group, System of A Down. Also made paintings & jacket designs which were featured on their official website in 2002. Also made sculptures for other celebrities, including Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Foo Fighters & Cher. I've also made sculptures of Noah's Ark with the animals on Mount Ararat, along with Armenian dolls in traditional costumes, which have been on display & sold at Armenian churches. I was also featured in the May 3, 2003 issue of the worldwide distributed Armenian Weekly Newspaper, for the Philadelphia Armenian artists exhibition held in April 2003. In 2008, I created my first Children's coloring book, titled "Armenian Heritage Coloring Book". I also teach arts & crafts & have donated many pieces of my artwork to various fundraising events.Besides art, I also love to travel. I've been to Armenia (my ancestral homeland, which is the land of Noah's Ark), Persia, Paris-France, California, Las Vegas & other places. Lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil for 2 years when I was little & attended Escola Graduada de Sao Paulo (1973-1974). Even learned to speak fluent Portuguese at the time.Love music & dancing. In the 1980's, I appeared in two rock videos for local Philadelphia bands. In 1985, I was in the Hooters video, "And We Danced". And in 1988, I danced in Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers video, "I'm Not Your Man". Both videos aired on MTV.I'm also very devoted to my Armenian heritage (read, write & speak fluent Armenian too!) & look forward to the day when the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923) will be recognized worldwide.
