Artist Information:
Virginia Maksymowicz
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Member Since: Aug 2003
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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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Artist Reviews:
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 ...
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Virginia Maksymowicz's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Virginia Maksymowicz's Portfolio. Browse Maksymowicz's body of work: 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... |
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Couple, 2008
Other Sculpture,
36 x 50 X 8 inches
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Peripheral Vision, 2002
Indoor Installation,
4 x 8 X 1 feet
Not for Sale
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The Physical Boundaries of This World, 2002
Indoor Installation,
11 x 25 X 1 feet
Not for Sale
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What is it that we refuse to see, 1997
Indoor Installation,
12 x 11 X 1 feet
Not for Sale
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Caryatid, 2007
Pencil Drawing,
36 x 90 inches
Price: US$ 5000
€: 3575
UK £: 3148
¥en: 461207
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Lily of the Mohawks, 1995
Indoor Installation,
20 x 20 X 20 feet
Not for Sale
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