User:Notasource/Celia Rabinovitch

Celia Rabinovitch is an Art Historian, Artist, and Author from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her works have displayed internationally in the United States of America, Canada, and Europe. [1] Her artwork have elements of Social Realism, Surrealism, and hints of American artists such as Edward Hopper. [2] She wrote a book titled Surrealism and the Sacred She has stated the growing up in Winnipeg Manitoba influenced her studies in surrealist art due to its tradition of "darkly psychological surrealist art" [3]

Education:

Celia Rabinovtich started her extensive education at the Winnipeg Art Gallery at the age of 6. It was there she first started to create artwork. Her first degree, a B.F.A. was received from the University of Manitoba. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Wisconson in painting. and her PHD in History of Art and Religion from McGill University. [4] Today she works as a Professor for the University of Manitoba. [5]


Art Work:

She has shown her artwork in places such as Gallery 111, the Florence Bienalle (1999), the California Institute of Integral Studies (2003) Plug In ICA, among other. [6]

Surrealism and the Sacred:

Written in 2002, Surrealism and the Sacred: Power, Eros, and the Occult in Modern Art uncovers new information about the relationship between Art History and Religions.[7] Her extensive experience as an editor results in a well written book. Celia believes there is a struggle between the secular and the sacred which appears in art from prehistoric times to surrealism and beyond. [8]


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