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Artist Statement:
Virginia Maksymowicz (b.
1952, Brooklyn, NY) is a
sculptor currently living in
Philadelphia. PA. In 1973, she
received a B.A. in Fine Arts
from Brooklyn College of the
City University of New York,
where she studied with Lucas
Samaras. In 1977, she earned
an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from
the University of California,
San Diego, where she worked
with Allan Kaprow, Eleanor
Antin, and Newton and Helen
Harrison. She has exhibited
her work at the Franklin
Furnace, Alternative Museum
and Grey Gallery in New York
City, as well as in college,
university and nonprofit
galleries throughout the U.S.
and abroad. In 1984, she was a
recipient of a National
Endowment for the Arts
fellowship in sculpture, and
over the years has been
honored with numerous other
grants and awards. Her artwork
has been reviewed in The New
York Times, New York Newsday,
The New Art Examiner and The
Philadelphia Inquirer. Her
series, The History of Art,
appears on the cover of The
Female Body, published by the
University of Michigan Press
in 1991.
Maksymowicz has been a
visiting professor of art at a
variety of colleges and
universities throughout the
United States including
Oberlin College in...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo:
2008 Delaware Center for the
Contemporary Arts, Wilmington,
DE: “Structure and
Metaphor”
2007 Landmarks Contemporary
Projects/Powel House,
Philadelphia, PA: “Rules of
Civility”
Narthex Gallery,
Saint Peter’s Church, New
York, NY: “Stations of the
Cross
2006 Center Art Gallery,
Calvin College, Grand Rapids,
MI: “Searching for
Patterns”
2005 ...
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Reviews for Virginia Maksymowicz:
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Exhibit Reviews and Catalogues:
New York Times: Benjamin Genocchio, “Married to Art and Each Other,” April 27, 2008
New York Newsday: Ariella Budnick, review of “Couples,” April 11, 2008
Sculpture Magazine: Angela Melkisethian, review of Stations of the Cross, July/August 2005
Sculpture Magazine: Ana Finel Honigman, review of The Physical Boundaries of This World, March 2003
Alternating Figures: Arlene Raven, “Yes, Virginia,” catalogue essay, March 2002
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Edward J. Sozanski, review of “Women: Object/Subject,” Friday. April 26, 1996
New York Times: Helen A. Harrison, “Human Body as Metaphor,” October 23, 1988
New York Newsday: Margaret Moorman, “Artistic Figures of Authority,” September 23, 1988
New Art Examiner: Mary Murphy, “American Pie: Myth Representation,” March, 1993
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Edward J. Sozanski, “Political Art with style and decorum,” November 6, 1992
American Pie: Myth Representation, Abington Art Center, Philadelphia and CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, 1992The Philadelphia Inquirer: Victoria Donohoe, review of “American Pie: Myth Representation,” October 25, 1992
The Female Body: Figures, Styles, Speculations, Lawrence Goldstein, editor, University of Michigan, 1991
Upfront: “On The Street,” Lippard, Perr, Sutherland and Wexler, editors, Winter, 1985-86
Precious, Grey Gallery, NYC, 1985
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