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Artist Statement -



Beauty. Meditative thought. Nuance. These are subjects of my collagraphs. They take on important implications when examined in light of today’s American instant gratification culture. While convenience, speed and availability have become hallmarks of our American way of life and our society’s progress, there remains a need for something more meaningful.

That something is beauty. From my frame of personal artistic reference, “beauty” involves the viewer by initiating the response of taking pause, suddenly, unawares. Arousing the response from deep within, beauty disarms and fulfills at one and the same time. This elusive beauty is vital nourishment for mind
and soul.

Does today’s American art disarm and fulfill? How well are our minds and souls being nourished? Unfortunately, Americans’ appreciation and awareness of beauty are partially numbed by their frenzy experience of instant gratification. Beauty falls prey to the mindset of fast food, “Shop till you drop” and instant access to just about everything. We sacrifice refined taste, uniqueness and rewarded perseverance for what often is ephemeral and not quite satisfying.

What this means for artists is that their best pieces can be easily overlooked. Unless relevance and nuance of an artwork can be realized immediately, instant gratification deems that it be put aside in favor of something less demanding. So much for vitally enriching visual experiences. So much for their revelations of meditative thought.

By its nature, my work automatically protests this mindless instant gratification because my art is grounded in deliberation. Dealing with insight, surprise, humor, honesty, and so many other elements, I treat them all thoughtfully and with awareness as my own search for beauty continues. In addition to subject matter and formal design elements, I also take great care in choosing inks, paper and especially collage materials for my plates.

Do I find beauty in my artwork? Sometimes. More importantly, sometimes others find it in my work as well, despite the numbing frenzy. This spurs me to continue nourishing our culture, along with all the other artists who are doing
the same.

Artist Exhibitions



3/28/14-5/7/14
Open to Interpretation: ABSTRACT ART
Juried exhibit
Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH

11/26/13-12/17/13
4 PRINTMAKERS: Agelessness
With B Eisenberg, M Kaiser, N Palubinskas
Beachwood Communigy Center
Presented by Beachwood Art Council, Beachwood, OH

3/8/13-6/9/13
Group exhibit with JL Dykema, M Higgins, M Roth
South Wing Gallery
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Cleveland Hts, OH

12/2012
FEATURED ARTIST
Federated Church
Chagrin Falls, OH

9/14/12-11/14/12
Print exhibit/talks with B Eisenberg, M Kaiser, R Stone
Friends Gallery
Kendal at Oberlin
Oberlin, OH

4/1/12-6/30/12
FEATURED ARTIST
Imagery Fine Arts Gallery
Chagrin Falls, OH

11/5/11-12/14/11
40th ANNUAL VALLEY ART CENTER JURIED EXHIBIT
Chagrin Falls, OH

6/14/11-8/31/11
4 PRINTMAKERS:Beauty and Reason, with B. Eisenberg, M. Kaiser, N. Palubinskas
Humphrey Atrium Gallery, Univ Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

6/6/11-1/6/12
Featured artist, Cleveland Museum of Natural History store, University Circle, Cleveland, OH

6/6/11-10/9/11
Artist in Cleveland Museum of Natural History's PNCSmartHome sustainable home exhibit

9/14/10-11/14/10
EXHIBITION AT KENDAL AT OBERLIN, with Barbara Eisenberg, Oberlin, OH

2/25/10-5/20/10
EXHIBITION AT 200 PUBLIC SQUARE(BP Bldg), Cleveland, OH
Opening 3/4/10 4:30-6:00PM

Fall 2009
THE SOW'S EAR POETRY REVIEW: "Nighttime"(etching), selected to accompany a pair of submitted poems

11/08-1/09
RED DOT Project: Online store at REDDOTProject.org

9/12-9/13/08
SOUTH EUCLID HOME AND GARDEN TOUR; S. Euclid, OH

Cleveland ART QUARTER Gallery Hop & Open Studio Event
Gallery Hop Opening 5/16/08, thru 7/6/08 at Trinity Cathedral; Cleveland, OH
Open Studio 5/17 & 5/18/08, at The RED DOT Project; Cleveland, OH

11/2/07-12/15/07
Valley Art Center 36th Annual Juried Exhibit; Chagrin Falls, OH

9/14-9/16/07
Greater Cleveland Art & Gallery Festival; Galleria at Erieview; Cleveland, OH

2/1/07- 2/28/07
"Multiples/Works on Paper -- Original Prints"
The Annex at Loganberry Books; 13015Larchmere Blvd.; Shaker Hts., OH

11/3/06-12/15/06
"A Printmaking Show"-Lakeland Community College Fine Arts Gallery
www.lakelandcc.edu/gallery

10/2006
SOLO EXHIBIT COLLECTION-Eastern Campus Art Gallery; Cuyahoga Community College; Highland Hills, OH

6/23-7/16/06 Fri/Sat/Sundays
FLASHBACK-The Log Cabin Gallery; Peninsula, OH

5/27-6/8/06
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT-Fairmount Fine Arts Center; S.Russell, OH
2nd Place, Graphics Category: Hangers-On

2/25/06
ARTIST WINETASTING-The Wine Store, Montgomery, OH
3:00 to 7:00PM

11/17/05-12/05
Holiday Show at IMAGINE Gallery; Chagrin Falls, OH

11/4-11/12/05
ART FOR SALE 2005; Fort Wayne Museum of Art; Fort Wayne, IN

7/10-9/4/05
SALON DES NEO REFUSE'S-Digital Museum of Modern Art; dmoma.org

12/03-2/04
HALLINAN URSULINE RELIGIOUS ART SHOW—Ursuline College; Pepper Pike, OH

11/03-12/03
VALLEY ART CENTER 32ND ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT AND COMPETITION—Chagrin Falls, OH

8/17-9/21/03
Baycrafters 41 Annual Juried Show, Bay Village, OH.
2nd PRIZE IN SHOW: "Merging Opposites"

3/10/03
Rosalyn M. Gaier demonstrated collagraph techniques for THE HILLCREST ART GUILD, South Euclid, OH.

11/18-11/22/02
"Artist of the Week" on FOX8 News in the Morning, Cleveland, OH. ...

Artist Publications



Red Dot Project Updates 6/3/2011, by Karen Sandstrom
Rosalyn Gaier transforms printmaking process
Rosalyn Gaier’s art prints feel like they spring from the natural world.
Abstract designs done in colors that layer up and entwine seem to take their inspiration from earth, sea and sky. And Gaier sees to it that she does as little as possible to harm those natural resources.
Gaier, who lives and works in Solon, is one of 15 artists featured as part of the PNC SmartHome at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Curated by RED DOT Project, the SmartHome artworks support sustainable living. To be considered for the SmartHome, the art had to address the environment in one of three ways: earth-friendly materials, sustainable processes or content and imagery.
Gaier, for instance, has adopted gentler materials and techniques to create her collagraphs (prints produced from collaged plates) and etchings (prints produced from metal plates). The collage materials she uses to make her collagraphs are often wallpaper and fabric samples donated by admirers of her work. Such repurposing enriches her art even as it saves a little landfill space.
Sustainable practices “give me peace of mind,” Gaier says. ”I can concentrate on creating rather than be distracted by the worry over deleterious effects of fumes from etching grounds and solutions or solvents. Learning new low-toxic habits for the printmaking studio takes some getting used to, but the positive results of good stewardship both personally and on the environment as a whole make sense to me.”
For Gaier, art is all about the ever-present human search for beauty and communication.
“The arts make our lives shine with expression,” she says. “Each artist offers her or his unique dialogue. Likewise, each viewer ‘hears’ what an artist says from a unique perspective. What appeals to one viewer may not appeal to another, but the dialogue needs to continue.”
Artwork: Two Measures of Forte with Peculiarities, Rosalyn Gaier
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Artist Collections



Cuyahoga County Administration Headquarters; Cleveland, OH
Nordson Corporation; Westlake, OH
Glidden House; Cleveland, OH
Cleveland State Univ.; Cleveland, OH
Lakeland Community College; Kirtland, OH

Kate Gaier & Rob Paul; Charlotte, NC
Brian and Erin Molina; Portland, OR
Eric and Miranda Gaier; Washington, DC
Mary Tripp Gaier, PhD; Dayton, OH
Helen Klohe; Cincinnati, OH
Mary Leising & Christopher Paul; Madison, WI
Walter & Stanka Genutis; Bedford, OH
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Fruehwald; Cincinnati, OH
Eileen Kromer; Cincinnati, OH
Emilie B. Kromer; Olympia, WA
Chas. A. Kromer; Collingswood, NJ
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