Miriam Schaer

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Miriam Schaer
Born (1956-03-21) March 21, 1956 (age 68)
Buffalo, New York
Known forbook artist
Website miriamschaer.com

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.

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Career

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. [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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Miriam Schaer". www.pratt.edu. Pratt Institute. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ "Miriam Schaer". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Six Wives for the Brothers Grimm, exhibition, 2004,Six Wives for the Brother's Grimm, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY.
  5. ↑ Book Marks: Artists Respond to Text, exhibition, 2011, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.
  6. ↑ Working in Brooklyn: Artists Books, in Brooklyn, NY.
  7. ↑ "Miriam Scher". www3.libraries.rutgers.edu. Rutgers U. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Motherhood and Creative Practice". www.lsbu.ac.uk. South Bank University, London. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  9. ↑ Soros Foundation Project Grant: Crafting Womens Stories: Lives in Georgian Felt, 2012.
  10. ↑ New York Foundation for the Arts. "Directory of Artists' Fellows 1985-2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-18.
  11. ↑ "Grants 2017". www.cies.org. Fulbright. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Collection". walkerart.org. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Miriam Scher: The Heart of the Matter". rmg.minisisinc.com. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  14. ↑ Artist Books at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Art in Review by Grace Glueck, The New York Times, February 2000
  15. ↑ Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base: Miriam Schaer

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