Steuben, ME
About Joe Haroutunian:
Joe Hartoutunian was born in Chicago and attended Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin. After college he traveled in Europe and Morocco which turned out to be a very formative year for him and his career.
From 1967-8 he attended the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago where he met and married Gabriella Burrage. Together they traveled in Europe and Morocco and then Joe returned to Chicago where he studied art with Paul Wieghardt at the Evanston Art Center.
In 1982 Joe built his current studio in Steuben, ME. He still works and lives in Maine where in 2001 he taught art at the University of Maine at Machias, and coached golf and tennis at the local high school.
Selected exhibitions
- 5th Biennial Portland Show at Greenhut Gallery - Portland, ME, 2010
- Littlefield Gallery - Winter Harbor, ME, 2010
- "I-95 Triennial Invitational" at U Maine Museum of Art - Bangor, ME, 2010
- Works from the Collection at U Maine Machias Galleries - Bangor, ME, 2009
Education
- Lawrence University, - Appleton, WI
Press Accolades
- Patterson, Tom, "Tangles and Eerie Mists", Winston-Salem Journal - January 18, 2004
- Curran, Brian Dean, "Art in the Embassies" catalogue pp 18-21, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - 2003
- Kline, Katy, "Twists in Landscape: Paintings by Joseph Haroutunian", Brunswick, Maine - 2003