Marybeth Rothman – Artist Statement
My work is a journal of human contact about strangers, centered about a juxtaposition of the foreign figure with an abstract form or other echoing counterpart. These disparate images both inform and catalyze one another, engendering an evocative dialogue sometimes between the animate and inanimate, the part and the whole and the far and the foreign. In sum, these works are a dialectic of the human condition that reflects our connection with ourselves and the other.
The paintings from the series Juxta are a fusion of drawings, encaustic monotype and photographs in many translucent layers of molten wax. The paintings in this series are connected by a narrative that unravels a fleeting moment, defined by time and circumstance.
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Education
1981 BFA in Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Solo:
- 2008 Interchurch Center Treasure Room Gallery, New York, NY
Group:
- 2008 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2007 Lauryn Taylor Fine Art, Carmel, CA
- 2007 Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007 Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007 Monroe Center for the Arts, Hoboken, NJ
- 2006 Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2006 Frost & Reed Gallery, New York, NY
- 2006 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
- 2006 Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
- 2006 Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
- 2005 Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
- 2005 Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
- 2005 Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC.
- 2005 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2005 The Salmagundi Club New York, NY
- 2005 Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2005 National Association of Women Artists Gallery, New York, NY
- 2005 Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
- 2005 Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ
- 2005 Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
- 2005 Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
- 2004 Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
- 2004 Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2004 Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
- 2003 Limner Gallery, New York, NY
- 2003 Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
- 2001 Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
- 2000 Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
- 2000 Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
- 1999 Art Center of Northern NJ, New Milford, NJ
- 1996 Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
Awards
- 2005 First Prize, All Brush Exhibition, Pen & Brush Inc., New York, NY
- 2005 Third Prize, Ninth Annual Georgetown International Art Competition, Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
- 2005 Artist of the Month, ManhattanArts.com
- 2005 Artist’s Profile Award, Manhattan Arts International Small Works Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
- 2005 Award of Excellence, Sixteenth New Jersey Small Works Show, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
- 2004 Two Awards of Honorable Mention, Thirteenth National Juried Art Exhibition, Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
- 2000 Award of Merit, 2000 Ninth Annual Cover Art Competition, Manhattan Arts International Magazine, New York, NY
- 1996 Merit Award, Member’s Show, Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
- 1996 Honorable Mention, New York Art Review, New York, NY
- 1996 New Illustrators Merit Award, Society of Illustrators and Portfolio Show, Society of Publication Designers, Inc
Professional Experience
- 2006-08 Member, International Encaustic Artists, Novato, CA
- 2005-08 Member, New York Society of Women Artists, New York, NY
- 2005-08 Member, National Association of Women Artists, Inc., New York, NY
- 2006-08 Member, Pen & Brush Inc., New York, NY
- 2001-05 Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
- 1981-93 Illustrator, New York, NY
Publications
- 2006 Her Mark 2006, Chicago, IL
- 2005 The Artrepreneur Newsletter, Cover, March/April New York, NY
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