A desire, let’s say need, to create some form of ART (in particular, visual) is never ending. We feel compelled to go beyond human struggles, be they emotional, physical and/or spiritual. This body of work deals with the genesis of the: • Anthropological > place + time • Technical > tools + mind sets • Process > plotted + stream of conscious • ART connects us to our history, we search through files of DNA for who we were and therefore are to know and somehow father understand our place and meaning in the present. Museums demonstrate the universal ideals, mores, techniques and diverse societies in a given epoch. This cross cultural visual dialogue can evoke a mysterious ‘spark’ or underpinning in a participant/viewer. It allows us to transcend the present time and physical geography of our own being. • Specific to this body of work is a culmination of years exploring multi-medias from egg tempera > digital. At the current time there are myriad means to express our personal view/sense of the world within and without ourselves. Our connections are instantaneous, world wide and generationally varied. The challenge for me is to make all this meaningful, unique and stimulating to the participants/viewers. • Every time we begin a creative endeavor there is a physical beginning and stopping point. This latest series began with ‘old’ pieces of quilt patches combined with ‘new’ cloth pieces of my own. I chose cloth because it is historically ancient and as yet necessary today. It is also part of my own artistic history having utilized paint rags, materials and threads since the early 70’s. The ‘old’ patches have significance personally, they are from an era that includes my own formative years, and one that evokes a time of tranquility and excitement for the future. The assimilation, reconfiguring, embellishing, and painting connects the past with present.
EDUCATION
Cooper Union School of Art & Architecture, New York, NY 1958-1960
Academia di Belle Arte, Florence, Italy 1960
Boston Museum School, Boston, MA 1962-1963
Brooklyn College (BS), Brooklyn, NY 1971-1973
NYIT and Pratt Institute, NY, Computer Graphics 1987-1988.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor of Design, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), NYC 1989-1993
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Web and Print Design, 1999-2010
Owner/Designer, Studio 308. Fortune 500 clients, banks, hospitals and private clients, Print and POP media. 1976-1992
Stage Design, Off Broadway, 1973-1975
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
2005 "Jemez Series," JMTC, Jemez Springs, NM
Watercolors, The Laughing Lizard, Jemez Springs, NM
2001 “Flowers,” JMTC, Jemez Springs, NM
1993 Oils & Watercolors; Bryant Gallery, Long Island, NY
1985 “Heroines,” Discovery Art Gallery, Long Island, NY
1984 Watercolors and Sculptures, Brooklyn College, New York, NY
1982 “Ragtime,” Village Square Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971 Plastics, Graham Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITS (Most Recent First)
2nd Anniversary Collective; Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM; Island to Island; Mistretta Galleries, Locust Valley, NY; Group Exhibit; Salon Mar Graff, Santa Fe, NM; Shelter, Mission Street Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM; Braided Lives: Berkeley, Berkeley Studios, Berkeley, CA; American Impressions: Contemporary American Printmaking 2006, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ; DFAS Members Show, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM; Snap to the Grid; Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA; War & Peace Between Mind and Body; VSA arts and Governor's Commission on Disability, Santa Fe, NM; Pier Show 9; BWAC, Brooklyn, NY; Bridging Art and Ability 2; WAHC, Williamsburg, NY; Small Works on Paper; Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY; Pier Show; BWAC, Brooklyn, NY; SMFA Exhibition and Sale; SMFA, Boston, MA; Selections:Collage; Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Long Island, NY; The Altered Image; Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY; A Large Show of Small Works; The Cooper Union, New York, NY; Visions of Angels; Nancy Driscoll Gallery, Long Island, NY; (WHAT IS?); Ambassador Galleries, New York, NY; Younger Members & Their Friends Exhibition; The National Arts Club, NYC, NY; Group Show; Avanian Gallery, New York, NY; The Larger Print; Midge Karr Art Center, Long Island, NY; International Women’s Exhibit of Contemporary Art; Weatherholt Galleries, Washington, DC; Group Show; Discovery Metro Gallery, Long Island City, NY; Letters; Clocktower, New York, NY; Five Artists; Studio School of New York, New York, NY; 27th Annual New England Exhibit; The Silvermine Guild, Silvermine, CT; Unmanly Art; Suffolk Museum, Stony Brook, NY; Water as Art; Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; Women Artists; International House, New York, NY; Birds and Beasts; Graham Gallery, New York, NY; Collectors Show; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Five Artists; Graham Gallery, New York, NY; Summer Show; Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY; Art on Paper; Weatherspoon Annual; Greensboro, NC; Watercolors Exhibit; Boston Museum; Boston, MA; Light as Art; Newark College of Engineering, Newark NJ; Group Show; Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY; Art in Process; Finch College Museum, New York, NY; Group Show; East Hampton Gallery, New York, NY; XXI American Drawing Biennial, Norfolk, VI; Annual Juried Show; Parrish Museum, Long Island, NY
LECTURES AND INTERVIEWS
2009 KSFR, Mouth of Wonder, Oct.12
2008 Lecture, "Creativity and Thought" CW Post LIU Campus, November 7
2007 Art of Living Documentary (HD airing to be announced)
2000 Featured Artist, Studio 211 Website
1989 Interview, WCWP, Artist and Teacher, CW Post College
Interview, Channel 12, First Fine Art Exhibit, Long Island
1987 Lecture, Heckscher Museum, September 22
Lecture, The Gallery-Oyster Bay Salon, Nassau Community College, June 12
Interview, WHPC, The Philosophers of Art Series, Nassau Community College, 6/5
1986 Interview, WCWP, Artists Talk Series, CW Post College, June 6
1985 Lecture, Heroines Show, HHAA, April 12
1982 Lecture & Videotaping, Ragtime Exhibit, HHAA, April 18
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