Maria Epes is a feminist artist working in the media of artists' books, installation, sculpture, printmaking, and works on paper.

Maria Epes
Born (1950-03-02) March 2, 1950 (age 74)
NationalityAmerican
EducationCornell University
Known forArt
Notable workBiogender, Drawing Blood, End of the Line Design
Websitemariaepes.com

Early life and education

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Maria Epes has a BFA in printmaking from Cornell University[1] and an MFA from California College of the Arts.[2]

Career

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Maria Epes's work has been exhibited and cataloged internationally at venues including Franklin Furnace,[3] La Mama La Galleria, and ABC No Rio. A long time member and solo exhibiting artist of Ceres Gallery, a feminist art collective in New York City, she also showed with Artemisia Gallery in Chicago, Illinois. She is represented in the Feminist Art Database,[1] a curated selection of important feminist works in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

Her work has been reviewed in publications[4] including The Village Voice, and Ms. Magazine, and she has been in television spots featuring her artwork, including NBC News for their series, "The Guns of November." She produced a Tête-bêche book, Wimmin X 1 = Past, Present, Future + Future Perfect: 4 Installations/Wimmin X 1 = Birthrite, Liferite, Deathrite + Rebirthrite : 4 Installations/2 B[5] with an introduction by Arlene Raven.

References

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  1. ^ a b Maria Epes, Feminist Art Database, https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/gallery/mariaepes.php
  2. ^ "Resumé". Maria Epes. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ Franklin Furnace Publications, The Concrete Flue: Volume VI, No.1: The Concrete Flue, http://franklinfurnace.org/research/publications/ff_publications.php
  4. ^ "Waving Feminism Goodbye," by John Haber, http://www.haberarts.com/globalf.htm#role
  5. ^ Wimmin X 1 = Past, Present, Future + Future Perfect: 4 Installations/Wimmin X 1 = Birthrite, Liferite, Deathrite + Rebirthrite : 4 Installations/2 B, http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9780963435002/page-1/