Miriam Schaer | |
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| Born | March 21, 1956 |
| Known for | book artist |
| Website | miriamschaer.com |
Miriam Schaer (born 1956) is an American artist who creates artist books, [1] and installations, prints, collage, photography, and video in relation to artists' books. She also is a teacher of the subject.
Miriam 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. [2] [3]
Schaer explores feminine, social and spiritual issues using books and different materials. [4] Her work has been exhibited and cataloged internationally at venues including at the Brooklyn Public Library, [5] the New Orleans Museum of Art, [6] and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, [7] In 2000, she had a Douglas Library Show at Rutgers University in New Brunswick NJ (the oldest continuously running exhibition showcasing women artists). [8] 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. [9] She is the recipient of many prestigious awards including The Soros Arts and Culture Grant, [10] the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, [11] and received a Fulbright to the Republic of Georgia (2017). [12] Her work is included in public collections such as the Yale University Art Museum, [2] the Azerbaijan Museum, in Baku, Azerbaijan; the Tate Gallery, London, England, [3] the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis [13] and in Canada in the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. [14] It has been mentioned in reviews in the New York Times [15] and she is included in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base. [16] 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. [2]