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ART MEDIUM:
Oil
Encaustics
Mixed Media
Painting
ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
My intention is to create abstract work that is both elegant and beautiful. Since elegance implies simplicity, I am seeking to find expression with a minimalist abstraction while also occasionally using geometric and on-geometric shapes. Beauty and Simplicity will come from depth and richness of color, overall design, as well as a minimally "cluttered" surface.
I am in constant search for my truest expression.
Each painting taks me to roads traveled as well as worlds unknown and provides challenges for growth and humility.
By working in series I create opportunities for breaking the boundaries that separate style and content towards my fullest expression in the chosen medium. I honor my need to express the many themes that beckon me by choosing whatever forms and contexts are appropriate for their realization.
Art, to me, is the equivalent of freeing my imagination from its formal bonds to pursue errands of truth. I use it to express - in the words of Wallace Stevens - "a dissociated abundance of being".
ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY:
I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I spent 8 ½ years in Israel, where I obtained a B.A. is English and Spanish Literatures and pursued studies towards an M.A. in Romance Languages.
In my artistic formative years I was influenced by Kandinsky, O'Keefe and Rousseau. Currently, I feel a kinship with the exponents of the New York School - Rauschenberg, Rivers, Motherwell, Rothko.
My two passions are painting and animal rights/welfare and they are both equally strong. I am an activist on behalf of animals as well as a journeywoman seeking to find my truest, most personal expression in oils and encaustics.
I share my home in Scottsdale with my husband Stan (a poet, lyricist and marketing consultant) and 4 pets.
CURRENT WORK:
"Zen Series" in oils; abstracts in encaustics
CAREER BACKGROUND:
Before painting full time I worked in the corporate world as Administrative Assistant, mid-level manager, and translator.
Education:
Miguel Lopez Pallas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Habuba Farrah Ricetti, Founder of Poetic Abstract Painting in Brazil
Otis Parsons Institute, Los Angeles
Barnsdall Art Institute, Los Angeles
Santa Monica College, Los Angeles
Sally Marr, Los Angeles
Kalum Bruninck, Los Angeles
Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles
Martin Strong Art Studio, Los Angeles
Lu Bellamak, Scottsdale
The Painting Experience, San Francisco
Scottsdale Artist's School
Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale
Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix
Scottsdale Art School
Brio's Art Center, Scottsdale
EXHIBITIONS:
Current Exhibitions:
Janne's Art & Antiques - Carefree, AZ
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Hidden in the Hills studio tour
Past Exhibitions:
Immediate Past: Arizona Fine Art Expo, The Herberger Theater Art Gallery, Janna's Art & Antiques
Grossman Gallery, Annual Show - Sao Paulo, Brazil 1981
IV Annual Show of Artists of Guaruja - Sao Paulo, Brazil 1982
IV Cultural Immigrants Show - Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil - 1982
Arte Nova Gallery - Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1982, 1983
Center for Chicano Art, USC - Los Angeles, Ca - 1985
Tip O'The Market Gallery - Los Angeles 1986 - 1991
Affaire in the Garden - Beverly Hills, CA 1986 - 1989
Los Angeles Art Association - Los Angeles - 1988 - 1992
Celebration of Beverly Hills 75th Anniversary - Beverly Hills- 1989
Long Beach Jewish Community Center - Long Beach, CA - 1990
Artisimo - Scottsdale - 1994
Scottsdale Art Gallery - Scottsdale - 1994
Sunday A'ffair Scottsdale Center for the Arts - 1997
Celebration of Fine Art - San Francisco, CA - 1998
International Women's Day - Phoenix - 1999
The Phoenix Center for Community Arts - Arte Latino V - Phoenix - 1999, 2001
Watersong Gallery - Scottsdale - 1999
Arbernassi Gallery - Carefree - 2000
Eleven East Ashland - Best of the West - Phoenix - 2000
Helen Voehl Gallery - Wickenburg - 2000/2001
Yavapai College Art Gallery - Two-Women Show - Prescott - 2001
Mesa Arts Center/Mesa Contemporary Arts - Mesa - 2002
Museum of Contemporary Art - Rocky Mountain Biennial, Ft. Collins, CO - 2002
Arthur Norby Gallery - Cave Creek - 2004
The Herberger Theater - Phoenix - 2005, 2008
Arizona Fine Art Expo - Scottsdale - 2006, 2007
Sunday at Shemer - Phoenix - 2006, 2007
The Jewish Historical Society - Phoenix - 2006
Scottsdale Center for the Arts - Uniting Artists - 2007
Hidden in the Hills - (Sonoran Arts League) - 2007
Janna's Antiques and Arts Gallery- Carefree - 2008
The Herberger Theater - Phoenix - 2008
The Art Alliance - Phoenix - 2008
One-Woman Show:
Brio Fine Arts Center - Scottsdale - 2006
Commissions:
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Litt - Westlake Village, CA
Ms. S. Williams - Scottsdale, AZ
AWARDS:
Merit Award - Arizona Art Alliance 2008; Honorary Mention: Holocaust Survivors' Association - 1994; Arte Latino en la Ciudad V- The Phoenix Center for Community Arts - 2nd Place - 1999; National Anti Vivisection Society - Honorary Mention - 2007
PUBLICATIONS:
Foothills Sentinel 1999 ; Jewish News of Greater Phoenix 2000;Scottsdale Views 2001; A Peek at the Peak 2002, 2006; Scottsdale Magazine 2006; Home and Garden Magazine 2007; The Scottsdale Tribune 2007
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