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| ANDREW DEMIRJIAN |
EDUCATION:
2005 MFA Integrated Media Arts, Hunter College, New York, NY
1988 BA, Clark University, Worcester, MA
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS:
2007
Artist in Residence, Experimental Television Center, Owego, NY
Professional Activities Fund Award, Rutgers University
2006
NJ State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship
Puffin Foundation Grant, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Emerge 8, Creative Capital program at the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art
Artist in Residence, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2005
First Prize, Overall Video Portfolio, CUNY Arts Gala
2004
Steinhauer Mullins Scholarship, Hunter College, NY
Technology Fellowship, Hunter College, NY
2003
Artslink Grant, Laznia Contemporary Art Center, Gdansk, Poland
Artist in Residence, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
2002
Artist in Residence, Armenian Center of Contemporary Experimental Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007
Maybe, Almost, Always: Jersey City, Video Wall @ Canco Lofts, Jersey City, NJ, twenty-one screen
public art installation November – December 2007
2006
M/M, City Without Walls, New Media Project Room, Newark, NJ May – June 2006
2005
Indulge and Deny, LMAK Projects, Brooklyn, NY May - June 2005
2004
Splintered Self, Video Re:Wind, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, September – December 2004
2003
Gdansk: Talk Back, Laznia Contemporary Center of Art, Gdansk, Poland, January – February 2004
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS & PERFORMANCE:
2007 Emerge 8, Ajira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, June – July 2007
Under Construction, Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice, Italy, June – October 2007
{R}ake: Live video performance with Jane Rigler and Christian Pincock, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY, May 17, 2007
Innovations in Jazz and Film, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Live video performance and panel discussion, New York, NY May 16, 2007
Flickering Self: Video Portraits by Andrew Demirjian, Orlan, Martin C. de Waal, Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark, NJ, March – April 2007
Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit, Ben Shaun Galleries at William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ, March – April 2007
Failure, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ, January – February 2007
2006
Switch’d on Video, SEAMUS Electro Acoustic Music Festival, Screening presented by IMMArtsSet, Chicago, IL, November 2006
New American Talent 21, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX, Curated by Aimee
Chang, June – August 2006.
3+3 = Artists in Residence, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, May – July 2006
Daymare: New Documentary Terrain, The LAB, San Francisco, CA March 2006
Monumental, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ, March 2006
2005
Shoot, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, November 2005
International Media Festival, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia, August 2005
Six Degrees of Separation, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA June 2005
1800 Frames 2005, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ June 2005
Political Videos From New York, ObjectNotFound, Monterey, Mexico, May 2005
2004
Anthro/Socio, the:artist:network, New York, NY November – December 2004
The Phantom Limb, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL September 2004
Six Feet Under Make Nice, White Box Gallery, New York, NY August 2004
Stay Tuned: Hypnotic Videos by Contemporary Artists, The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art,
Armonk, NY, May – June 2004
Whiz Bang, Harvestworks, New York, NY, May 2004
Tactile Action, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, NY, April – May 2004
Video:1800frames:1min, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, March – April 2004
Personal Landscapes, Artist talk and screening, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland January 2004
2003
Short Circuit, Images Cinema, Williamstown, MA November 2003
Political Projects, Harvestworks, New York, NY November 2003
Trampoline, New Media Art, Berlin, Germany, October 2003
The Lizards by the Baltic Sea, Modelarnia, Gdansk, Poland, August 2003
The Education Channel, 10th Annual Independents’ Film Festival, Tampa, FL July 2003
Detachment, Tremont Gallery, Boston, MA March – May 2003
Vertical Video, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY March – April 2003
Open Zone, Ocularis, Brooklyn, NY, March 2003
2002
National Conference of the Academy of Moving Image Archive, Boston, MA November 2002
Media{Less}Medium, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA November 2002
Twenty-First Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, November – December 2002
Third Annual Gyumri Biennial, Gyumri, Armenia, August – September 2002
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia, July 2002
The Senses, Digital Media Exhibition, InMedia, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 2002
2001
Subterfuge, Space 07 Gallery, Miami, FL December 2001
Tent, Locust Projects, Miami, FL October - November 2001
2005 MFA Integrated Media Arts, Hunter College, New York, NY
1988 BA, Clark University, Worcester, MA
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS:
2007
Artist in Residence, Experimental Television Center, Owego, NY
Professional Activities Fund Award, Rutgers University
2006
NJ State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship
Puffin Foundation Grant, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Emerge 8, Creative Capital program at the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art
Artist in Residence, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2005
First Prize, Overall Video Portfolio, CUNY Arts Gala
2004
Steinhauer Mullins Scholarship, Hunter College, NY
Technology Fellowship, Hunter College, NY
2003
Artslink Grant, Laznia Contemporary Art Center, Gdansk, Poland
Artist in Residence, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
2002
Artist in Residence, Armenian Center of Contemporary Experimental Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007
Maybe, Almost, Always: Jersey City, Video Wall @ Canco Lofts, Jersey City, NJ, twenty-one screen
public art installation November – December 2007
2006
M/M, City Without Walls, New Media Project Room, Newark, NJ May – June 2006
2005
Indulge and Deny, LMAK Projects, Brooklyn, NY May - June 2005
2004
Splintered Self, Video Re:Wind, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, September – December 2004
2003
Gdansk: Talk Back, Laznia Contemporary Center of Art, Gdansk, Poland, January – February 2004
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS & PERFORMANCE:
2007 Emerge 8, Ajira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, June – July 2007
Under Construction, Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venice, Italy, June – October 2007
{R}ake: Live video performance with Jane Rigler and Christian Pincock, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY, May 17, 2007
Innovations in Jazz and Film, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Live video performance and panel discussion, New York, NY May 16, 2007
Flickering Self: Video Portraits by Andrew Demirjian, Orlan, Martin C. de Waal, Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark, NJ, March – April 2007
Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit, Ben Shaun Galleries at William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ, March – April 2007
Failure, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ, January – February 2007
2006
Switch’d on Video, SEAMUS Electro Acoustic Music Festival, Screening presented by IMMArtsSet, Chicago, IL, November 2006
New American Talent 21, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX, Curated by Aimee
Chang, June – August 2006.
3+3 = Artists in Residence, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, May – July 2006
Daymare: New Documentary Terrain, The LAB, San Francisco, CA March 2006
Monumental, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ, March 2006
2005
Shoot, Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, November 2005
International Media Festival, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia, August 2005
Six Degrees of Separation, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA June 2005
1800 Frames 2005, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ June 2005
Political Videos From New York, ObjectNotFound, Monterey, Mexico, May 2005
2004
Anthro/Socio, the:artist:network, New York, NY November – December 2004
The Phantom Limb, Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL September 2004
Six Feet Under Make Nice, White Box Gallery, New York, NY August 2004
Stay Tuned: Hypnotic Videos by Contemporary Artists, The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art,
Armonk, NY, May – June 2004
Whiz Bang, Harvestworks, New York, NY, May 2004
Tactile Action, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, NY, April – May 2004
Video:1800frames:1min, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, March – April 2004
Personal Landscapes, Artist talk and screening, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland January 2004
2003
Short Circuit, Images Cinema, Williamstown, MA November 2003
Political Projects, Harvestworks, New York, NY November 2003
Trampoline, New Media Art, Berlin, Germany, October 2003
The Lizards by the Baltic Sea, Modelarnia, Gdansk, Poland, August 2003
The Education Channel, 10th Annual Independents’ Film Festival, Tampa, FL July 2003
Detachment, Tremont Gallery, Boston, MA March – May 2003
Vertical Video, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY March – April 2003
Open Zone, Ocularis, Brooklyn, NY, March 2003
2002
National Conference of the Academy of Moving Image Archive, Boston, MA November 2002
Media{Less}Medium, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA November 2002
Twenty-First Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, November – December 2002
Third Annual Gyumri Biennial, Gyumri, Armenia, August – September 2002
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerevan, Armenia, July 2002
The Senses, Digital Media Exhibition, InMedia, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 2002
2001
Subterfuge, Space 07 Gallery, Miami, FL December 2001
Tent, Locust Projects, Miami, FL October - November 2001