Drawings by Harry Hasheian
on display in the ground floor gallery
through September 19, 2004.

Long-time professor and former Erieite Harry Hasheian exhibits a selection of his playful and thought-provoking drawings. Currently based in Philadelphia, Hasheian spent many years teaching at Edinboro University and Mercyhurst College. His work runs the gamut from figurative to illustrative to surreal, yet linking them is Hasheian’s wit and thought process. He remarks, “Henri Matisse said his work was successful if it provided a mental armchair at the end of the day. With me, think electrified barcalounger instead.”

Hasheian received his bachelor’s degree in art education from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the Philadelphia University of the Arts) and his MFA in the History and Practice of Art from the University of Pennsylvania. As well has teaching locally, Hasheian has also instructed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Cabrini College. His work is held in many private and public collections and has been the subject of exhibitions at the Butler Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and many more. Currently, Hasheian is a project consultant for an art consulting firm in Princeton, New Jersey and he also teaches youth classes through the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia.