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Haig Demarjian
Assistant Professor of Art
M.F.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison
B.A. Middlebury College, Vermont

hdemarjian@salemstate.edu

haig demarjian

Haig Demarjian
Sharkheadman (from the Haunted Tower series), charcoal on paper, 18 x 24", 2006

Haig Demarjian is the Drawing Professor at Salem State College. Previously he taught in the Printmaking, Foundation and Painting departments at Montserrat College of Art (Beverly, MA) in addition to being the Director of Career Services and most recently the Senior Fine Arts Seminar Coordinator there. Since 1991 he has exhibited extensively throughout the US, Canada and abroad with nine solo exhibitions including his first museum show in November 1994. He has received numerous grants and awards and his work is represented in several international collections, including the permanent collections of the Milwaukee Art Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Panama, The International Museum of Collage Montage and Assemblage in Mexico City and The University of Iowa Print Society Collection. Between 1999 and 2002 he produced approximately 700 mixed media works. Constantly seeking out new problems to solve, he works in a broad range of media including printmaking, painting, collage, illustration, sculpture and film/video. Professor Demarjian teaches from experience that drawing is an integral part of the process of visualization and creation, regardless of the ultimate goal or medium .