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Artist's Statement
Statement of Work
My prints and mixed media artworks are autobiographical. Inspiration springs from my experience of a specific event or activity. Whether personal or global, I am drawn to events that reflect the depth, intensity, and resilience of the human condition. Experiences such as the horror of 9/11, my living in a tent for ten weeks, the anniversary of the Holocaust as the child of a survivor, my mother’s death, healing through swimming, the incarceration of a relative, and the sheer joy of my grandchildren have all sparked bodies of work.
9/11 was an event significant to horrific proportions. As for so many, it created a mix of emotions, intense and confusing - fear, anger, helplessness, horror – and also like so many, I didn’t know what to do with it all. There was this terrible feeling of impotence and frustration, wanting to do something helpful, perhaps significant to combat the senselessness of it all.
So as an artist, I did what I do. I began immediately creating these pieces as the images of that day started to emerge in newspapers and magazines. It did help me cope with those horrible days that followed. In the process there was always the hope that the work would not just ease my personal pain and frustration, but also honor those who lost their lives and the heroes of 9/11.
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EDUCATION
MA - University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
BA - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
HS - Music & Art High School, New York, NY
INDEPENDENT ART STUDIES
Monoprint techniques, studied with master printers Marina Arcona, Kathy Caraccio, Anthony Kirk, Laura Moriarty and Lisa Mackie at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Papermaking and Bookmaking, studied with Ann McKeown, Russell Maret, Nancy Loeber at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Encaustic techniques, studied with Binnie Birstein, Leslie Giuliani and Laura Moriarty
RESIDENCIES
Hot Junk with Michiko Miyake, a 2 1/2 week residency in glass making, kiln and sand casting, cold working and terrazzano, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanhope, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2016 Center for Contemporary Printmaking RE:Location
2010 New Canaan Library Personal Pages: Books and Images from 4 Artists
2009 Fairfield Arts Council Back + Forth Roxanne Faber Savage + Peggy Weis curated by Laura Einstein
2008 Touring Exhibit Not Printed on Paper curated by Anthony Kirk
2007 Rockwell Art the ARTitudes: new work
2007 Rockwell Art Guns and Roses Redefined Solo Show
2007 Center for Contemporary Printmaking Blue Prints Juried by Marilyn Kushner
2007 Fairfield Arts Council Banner Project and Exhibition Juried by Laura Einstein
2007 Norwalk Community College Contemporary Printmaking
2006 Silvermine Guild 25th National Print Show Juried by Kathy Caraccio
2006 Westport Arts Center Pools Solo Show
2006 Katonah Museum of Art HotPics/06 Print Expo Curated by Leslie Nolan
2005 Fairfield Arts Council ARTitudes: a Group Show
2005 Bruce Kershner Gallery@ Fairfield Library Curatorial Committee Artists
2004 Center for Contemporary Printmaking ARTitudes: 12 printmakers
2004 Krasdale Corporate Headquarters, White Plains, NY, Group Show
2002 Center for Contemporary Printmaking Poetry into Print Juried by Helen During
1999 Westport Arts Center A Piece of Cake Curated by Nina Bentley
AWARDS
2007 Center for Contemporary Printmaking Blue Prints *Best in Show* Juried by Marilyn Kushner
2002 Center for Contemporary Printmaking Poetry into Print *1st Prize* Juried by Helen During
REVIEWS
LuAnne Roy, “Beneath the folds; in ARTitudes, Fairfield Arts Council brings notice to local female artists working in monoprints” Fairfield County Weekly Jan. 5, 2006
Brita Brundage, “Holes in the Wall”, Fairfield County Weekly, June 10, 2004
William Zimmer, “Art; Wedding cake and other morsels”, NY Times, April 25, 1999
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFLIATIONS
Center for Contemporary Printmaking - Past Chairman
Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County
Kerschner Gallery- Past member of the Curatorial Committee
Westport Arts Center
RELATED FIELDS OF WORK
Corporate Space Planner and Designer
Corporate Art Consultant
Graphic Designer
CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
In Connecticut, California, New York, New Hampshire, Virginia, Washington and Washington, D.C. Names on Request