Miriam Schaer (born 1956) is an American artist who creates artists' books, and installations, prints, collage, photography, and video in relation to artists' books. She also is a teacher of the subject.
Miriam Schaer | |
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| Born | March 21, 1956 |
| Known for | book artist |
| Website | miriamschaer.com |
Career
editMiriam Schaer was born in Buffalo, New York. She did her B.F.A. at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia; the School of Visual Arts, New York; and Boston University; and her M.F.A. at the Transart Institute, Creative Practice, Plymouth University, Plymouth UK.[1][2]
Schaer explores feminine, social and spiritual issues using books and different materials.[3] Her work has been exhibited and cataloged internationally at venues including at the Brooklyn Public Library,[4] the New Orleans Museum of Art,[5] and the Brooklyn Museum of Art,[6] In 2000, she had a Douglas Library Show at Rutgers University in New Brunswick NJ (the oldest continuously running exhibition showcasing women artists).[7] In 2015, during a conference on "Motherhood and Creative Practice" at London's South Bank University, she exhibited her work in the accompanying exhibition Alternative Maternals.[8] She is the recipient of many prestigious awards including The Soros Arts and Culture Grant,[9] the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship,[10] and received a Fulbright to the Republic of Georgia (2017).[11] Her work is included in public collections such as the Yale University Art Museum,[1] the Azerbaijan Museum, in Baku, Azerbaijan; the Tate Gallery, London, England,[2] the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis [12] and in Canada in the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.[13] It has been mentioned in reviews in the New York Times[14] and she is included in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base.[15] From 2009 to 2016, she was a senior lecturer at Columbia College Chicago Interdisciplinary Arts, in the Interdisciplinary MFA Program in Book and Paper and in 2006-2010 and 2022, she taught the "Art of the Book" at the Pratt Institute as an assistant professor where she is on the faculty.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Miriam Schaer". www.pratt.edu. Pratt Institute. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ a b Isaacs, J. Susan (2011). The Book: A Contemporary View. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Towson University. Center for the Arts Gallery. ISBN 9781257947195. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Miriam Schaer". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Six Wives for the Brothers Grimm, exhibition, 2004,Six Wives for the Brother's Grimm, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY.
- ^ Book Marks: Artists Respond to Text, exhibition, 2011, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.
- ^ Working in Brooklyn: Artists Books, in Brooklyn, NY.
- ^ "Miriam Scher". www3.libraries.rutgers.edu. Rutgers U. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Motherhood and Creative Practice". www.lsbu.ac.uk. South Bank University, London. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Soros Foundation Project Grant: Crafting Womens Stories: Lives in Georgian Felt, 2012.
- ^ New York Foundation for the Arts. "Directory of Artists' Fellows 1985-2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-18.
- ^ "Grants 2017". www.cies.org. Fulbright. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Collection". walkerart.org. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Miriam Scher: The Heart of the Matter". rmg.minisisinc.com. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Artist Books at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Art in Review by Grace Glueck, The New York Times, February 2000
- ^ Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base: Miriam Schaer
Bibliography
edit- Fattal, Laura Rachel (2013-09-26). "Alterations: The Work of the Altered Book Artist Miriam Schaer" (PDF). Journal of Art for Life. 5 (1). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- Klein, Jennie (2019). "The Mother Without Child / The Child Without Mother: Miriam Schaer's Interrogation of Maternal Ideology, Reproductive Trauma, and Death" in Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity. Demeter Press. ISBN 9781772582550. Retrieved 17 May 2022.