Andrew Demirjian
Andrew Demirjian is a video artist whose work examines mass media and its psychological and cultural effects on the individual. The videos are short, often under five minutes in length, and employ quick editing with a heightened attention to audio and text. Pop culture visuals like car chases, in-and-out lists, and surveillance camera footage are appropriated and re-contextualized in the pieces. The work creates juxtapositions, often humorous, that explore the intersection of public and private spheres and the disconnections that people encounter in their daily lives.
His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and galleries including the White Box gallery, Harvestworks, LMAK Projects and GAS in Manhattan. Andrew Demirjian received a 2006 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Puffin Foundation Grant, an Artslink grant and has been awarded artist in residencies at the Newark Museum, the Experimental Television Center, the Visual Studies Workshop and The Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art. Mr. Demirjian received his MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College and he is a Professor at Monmouth University teaching courses in video production, visual culture and film history.
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