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Alexandra
Rozenman
Artist Statement
Eighteen yeas ago I slipped through the
"iron curtain" to escape out of the Soviet Union
to the “idealistic” freedom of the Western World
as political refugee. My paintings became visual narrative,
both remembered and forgotten. The imagination of the future
became inextricably linked to the recovery of my past. A story
told inside my paintings is always in transition: something
is happening in the painting that, once finished will change
the course of things: birds are flying away, snow is falling
and alarm clock is ringing. The feeling of change and transition
is a main message I manipulate with. My paintings are fragile
and nostalgic fairy tales constructed on canvases as lines
from an unfinished play.
I reveal the universal within the individual using strategy
of the mystic, and explore the absurd tragedy of human life
and society in a mixture of autobiography, symbolism and philosophy.
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EDUCATION
School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University,
Boston, MA
M.F.A. in Visual Arts and Art Theory, 1997
Empire State College, SUNY, New York, NY
B.F.A. in Painting, 1994
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 |
Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2007 |
The Tychman -Shapiro Gallery, Minneapolis,
MN |
| 2003, 2004, 2006 |
AZ Gallery, Saint Paul, MN |
| 1998, 2000 |
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA |
| 2001 |
Creole Gallery, Lansing, MI |
| 1999 |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
TN |
| 1998 |
New England School of Art and Design,
Boston, MA |
| 1996, 1997 |
Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1996 |
Tish Gallery, Tufts University, Medford,
MA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 |
CVA Gallery, Illustration in Fine Arts, Saint Paul,
MN |
| 2008 |
Altered Esthetics, Midwest Sanctuary,
Minneapolis, MN |
| 2006 |
Rhys Gallery, Proof of Purchase, Boston,
MA |
| 2006 |
FLUX Factory, Works on paper, Long Island City, NY |
| 2006 |
Intermedia Arts, Conversations, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2006 |
Artists SPACE, 1,000 Drawings, New
York, NY |
| 2005 |
Gallery 360, Art In the Frame, Minneapolis,
MN |
| 2005 |
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Double
Take, Sheboygan, WI |
| 2003 |
Hot House International Art Center,
New Beginnings, Chicago, IL |
| 2003 |
The Painting Center, Summer Invitational
Show, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
Biennale Internazionale, Contemporary
Art Show, Arte Studio, Firenze, Italy |
| 2002, 2006 |
The Ragdale Foundation Anniversary
Exhibition, Chicago, IL |
| 2001 |
The Art Connection, Transforming Spaces,
Boston, MA |
| 1999 |
Art Gallery Le Puget, Bianual Drawing
Show, Alzone, France |
| 1998 |
Moscow Center of Contemporary Art,
Visiting Motherland, Moscow, Russia |
AWARDS
2006 |
MacDowell Colony Fellow
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| 2001 |
Ragdale Foundation Fellow |
| 2000 |
Mary Anderson Center for the Arts Residency Fellow |
| 1998, 2003, 2007 |
Hambidge Center Residency Fellow |
| 1995, 1996, 1997 |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Graduate Fellowship |
| 1995 |
Liquitex Excellence Grant Award
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| 1995 |
The Parents Foundation, Yale University,
First Prize |
| 1993 |
Frances Hook Scholarship |
AFFILIATIONS
Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN
TRAFFIC ZONE ART CENTER, Minneapolis, MN
The Drawing Center, New York, NY
New York Painting Center, New York, NY
Women Artists Registry of Minnesota
The Art Connection Organization, Boston, MA
De Cordova Museum, Art Loan Program, Lincoln, MA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| 2006 - now |
Women Artists Registry of Minnesota,
mentor program Minneapolis Community and Technical College,
Minneapolis, MN |
| 2005 |
University of Minnesota, College of
Continuing Education |
| 2002 - now |
Minneapolis College of Art and Design,
Minneapolis, MN,
Continuing Education Program |
| 1997 - 2005 |
Cambridge Center for Adult Education,
Cambridge, MA |
| 1998 |
Worcester Art Museum, Intensive Art
Program, Worcester, MA |
| 1999 |
Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI, Visiting Artist and Lecturer |
| 1998 |
Boston Art Institute, Boston, MA,
Intensive Freshman Program Instructor |
| 1996 - 1998 |
Brookline Art Center, Brookline, MA,
Art Instructor |
| 1995 - 1997 |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Teaching Assistantship |
| 1997 |
Solomon Schechter Day School, Newton,
MA, Visual Art Instructor |
| 1998 |
Days in the Arts Summer Program, Tanglewood,
MA, Visual Art Instructor |
| 1992 |
Red Chair Art Studio, Brooklyn, NY,
Program Coordinator |
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