“Take your broken heart, make it into art.” Carrie Fisher said it. Meryl Streep quoted it. Creative people everywhere have embraced it. But this quotation summarizes exactly the enormous changes that have come into my work since my husband passed away. For as long as I can remember, my work was completely abstract and primarily three-dimensional; now, in his absence, the focus is two-dimensional, and a menagerie of characters have entered my paintings.
The transition was gradual. Abstract constructions, drawings, and paintings gradually made way to strictly two-dimensional pieces. Eventually, characters began elbowing their way in. I was as surprised as anyone, but I welcome them and the new life they have generated in my studio.
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 New Work, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2009 Landscapes and Cityscapes, The White Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2009 Memory Catchers, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2006 Paper Not Paper, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2005 Links inForm, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2004 Paper, Scissors, Rock, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2003 De Amsteltuin-, Featured Artist Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2002 Paper Works, The Studio Annex, New York, NY
1998 Circus in Heaven, SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY
1996 James River Park, Norwalk, CT
1995 Recent Sculpture, SOHO20 Gallery, NYC
1995 A Sculptors’ Journey, he Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich,CT
1993 Opening The Shut, SOHO20 Gallery, NYC
1992 Abstract Connections, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
1991 Wavelengths, SOHO20 Gallery, NYC
1989 Color, Form, Requiem, SOHO20 Gallery, NYC
1986 Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Legacy of Silvermine, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2014 Off on a Tangent, Washington Art Association, Washington, CT
2014 Thank You, CT, Fernando Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT Curated by Anthony Hayden Guest
2014 Home, Worrell Smith Gallery, Westport, CT
2012 Milestone Graphics, 30 Year Retrospective, 22 Haviland, Norwalk, CT
2011 Intersections, Governors Island, NY
2010 The Sculptors Guild 75th Anniversary The Vault Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
2010 Mettle of Metal, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2010 Current, Boscobel, NY
2010 Encounters, Governors Island, NY
2010 Fresh Pics, Ridgefield Guild, Ridgefield, CT, Curated by Camilla Cook
2009 Galerie Jaja, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Why Not, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2008 In Site, Governors Island, New York
2008 Supermarket, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 Lineal Investigations, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2007 The Intangible al Fresco, Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY
2007 Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2006 The Elements: Fire, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Fairfield, CT
2006 Abstraction, The Carriage Barn, New Canaan, CT
2005 Color Forms, Stamford Downtown, Stamford, CT
2005 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT
2004 Connecticut Prints, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2003 Direct Metal, The Educational Alliance, NYC
2003 Illustrated Recipes, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
2001 Sculpture -Takes Over, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY
2001 From The Painters Perspective, The Studio, An Alternative Space for An Exhibition of Sculpture, Armonk, NY
2000 The Magnificent Seven, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 Contemporary Sculpture ‘00, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
2000 Prints from Within, Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT
1999 The Sculptors Guild, he Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1998 Contemporary Sculpture ‘98, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
1998 Transmission, De Zaaijer Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2010 Robert Webb Sculpture Garden, Dalton, GA
2006 The Sculpture Forum, Westchester County Courthouse, White Plains, NY
2006 Tibbetts Park, White Plains, NY
2006 North Castle Town Hall, Armonk, NY
2005 Color Forms, Stamford Downtown, Stamford, CT
2004 Links-, Voluntary -Percent for Art Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2004 White Plains Library, Plaza White Plains, NY
2003 Weston Public Library, Weston, MA
2003 Di Santi Plaza, Hartsdale, NY
2003 International Sculpture Project, Waterfront Park, New London, CT
AWARDS/ RECOGNITION
2007 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT, First Prize in Sculpture
2005 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT, First Prize in Sculpture
1998 Elected to membership in The Sculptors Guild, New York, NY
1992 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Award for Work Under Glass
1989 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Award for Sculpture
1985 Connecticut Painters & Sculptors, Stamford Museum , First Prize
1979 Gallery ’79, New Canaan, CT, Photography Award
1979 In The Mind’s Eye, Stamford, CT, Second Best In Show
1979 Gallery ’79, First Prize in Watercolor
1979 Elected Artist Member of Silvermine Guild of Artists
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005 Exhibition Catalog, Gallery of Contemporary Art
2005 Art New England, December/January Review, Lisa Paul Streitfeld
2005 Stamford Advocate, September 25th review, L.P. Streitfeld
2004 Stamford Advocate, September 12th, review, L.P. Streitfeld
1995 Art New England, October/November Review, Jude Schwendenwien
1995 Greenwich News May 25th Review, Kate Jennings
1993 Art New England, February/ March Review, Jude Schwendenwien
1991 Stamford Lifestyles, June Review, Kate Jennings
1991 New Haven Register Review of New Work New Haven
1989 Arts Magazine, Review, Robert Mahoney
1988 Stamford Advocate, Review February 7th, Philip Eliasoph
COLLECTIONS
Risk Capital Reinsurance Company
Robert Webb Sculpture Garden
Sacred Heart University
S & K Sales Company
Triplex Gallery, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Wilton Library
Xerox Corporation
Private Collections
EDUCATION
Sarah Lawrence College
Yale – Special Seminars – Robert Reed
