Right After Reticent Fish Opposite Faults
drawings: handmade pigments, conte, pastel, gouache and lavender oil on paper
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Meredith Rosier
 

Born in Finland,1957

Education:
Open Art School, Ivalo, Finland

Drawing Studies, Kuopio School of Art, Kuopio, Finland

Drawing Studies, Yale University School of Art, New Haven,
Connecticut

Awarded BFA From University of South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina

Awarded Full Scholarship for Masters of Fine Arts
Degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Drawing Studies with Jacob Landau, 10 year period
Roosevelt, New Jersey.

Drawing Studies with Irving Petlin, 18 year period, New
York City and Paris, France


Resides in Willow, NY

 

Statement

Inscriptions in and of the earth are prehistoric, pre-human. The animal is one more "landscape" which emerges and perishes, leaving traces of its unconscious character within the earth's crust. Human and animal forms become eroded and fragmented revelations. The fossil keeps alive the mystery play of past ages.

The ancient contrast between the active and contemplative life is the canonical point of this series. I mean to portray life by the hint, the trace. Archeological impressions as to their formation pose questions of an image.

Is it being formed or in the process of disintegration?

Is it both generating and de-generating, shaping yet regressing into shapelessness?

This is a subject that cannot be fabricated by conceits, but may condescend now and then.

It is this coincidence of pastel and conte with the sentiments, which I inscribe upon paper.



Residency Awards

The Winchester School of Art, Winchester, England

The Tangier American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco

Yaddo, Saratoga, New York

Lacoste School of Art, Lacoste Vaucluse, France

Vermont Studio School, Johnson, Vermont

 

Public Collections

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum (Drawing Collection), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Weatherspoon Art Museum (Dillard Collection of Art on Paper), Greensboro, North Carolina

Arkansas Art Center: Arkansas Museum of Art (Drawing Collection), Little Rock, Arkansas

Italian Consulate, Tangier, Morocco

Helsinki Foundation, Helsinki, Finland

The Tangier American Legation Museum (Drawing Collection), Tangier, Morocco

Collection de Filosoof, Amsterdam, Holland

 

Publications

560 Broadway: A New York Collection at Work 1991-2006, Fifth Floor Foundation, New York, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Pharos: New Poetry, Paris, France

Blueline: Poetry and Prose, New York City

Catskill Mountain Foundation: The Guide, Hunter, New York

Direct Art: Slow Art Publications, Hudson, New York

 

Professional Organizations

Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
Chairperson, Exhibitions, Woodstock, New York

National Association of Women Artists New York City

 

Lecturer

Abstraction and Drawing: Interpretation and Form, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, New York

 

Selected Exhibitions 2000 - 2008

Works on Paper: Selections from the Collection, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Regional Juried Exhibition, Woodstock School of Art, Juror Tom Fletcher, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York

Juried Group Show, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York

Small Works on Paper, Juried Exhibition, Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Jurors, Lee Sider, Bob Glassman, Don Irvin, Woodstock, New York

Poetic, Juried Exhibition, Juror, Will Cotton, Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Woodstock, New York

Works on Paper Invitational, National Association of Women Artists, New York City

Two Person Invitational Exhibition, Oriole 9, Woodstock, New York

Invitational, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York City

Group Show, Werner Kramarsky Gallery, New York City

Brydcliffe Guild Exhibition, Woodstock, New York

5 x 7 Invitational, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, New York

Recent Work, Juried Exhibition, Juror, Scott Richter, Woodstock Artists Association Woodstock, New York

Beyond Self: Contemporary Exploration in Art and Spirit, Regional Juried Exhibition, Jurors Linda Montano, Beth Wilson, Muroff Kotler Gallery, SUNY Ulster Community College, Stone Ridge, New York

Couples Invitational, Brik Gallery, Catskill, New York

Locus, Catskill Foundation Invitational, Catskill Foundation Gallery, Hunter, New York

Solo Show: Tanjah Flandria Gallerie, Tangier, Morocco

Group Invitational, The Cervantes Institute Gallery, Tangier, Morocco

Miniatures Invitational, Tanjah Flandria Gallerie, Tangier, Morocco

Varga Gallery Invitational, Woodstock, New York

Call and Response, Curated Exhibition, Curators, Polly Law, Beth Humphrey, Founders Gallery, Woodstock, New York

Works on Paper Invitational, Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, New York

Point of View, Curated by Albert Shahinian, Poughkeepsie Art Museum, Poughkeepsie, New York

Beyond Abstraction, Juried Exhibition, Juror, Donald Elder, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, New York

Juried Group Show, University of Massachusetts, Amhearst, Massachusetts

Nutshell, Juried Exhibition, Jurors, Yale Epstein, Lenny Kislin, Woodstock, New York


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