Arminée Chahbazian has been a practicing visual artist for the past 40 years. She earned her MFA from Yale University, and her BA from Scripps College. Born in Colorado, she has been based in Northern California for over 30 years - this follows influential years spent living and working in France and in the eastern US.

Arminée's work has been included in numerous exhibitions along both coasts of the US, as well as in France and Holland; most recent shows have been focused in the San Francisco Bay area in such venues as the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Seager Gray Gallery, Cornerstone Sonoma, Gallery Route One, the Marin Art & Garden Center, and the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. Los Angeles area venues include the Brand Art Center, the Sasse Museum, and Lois Lambert Gallery. She is an active member of EcoArtSpace and her widely ranging work has been added regularly to many private collections.