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Dee Shapiro
Sexing the Polymorphs

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ARTIST STATEMENT

​As in a dream of alternative realities, absurd connections, or on a trip passing familiar landscapes in unfamiliar settings, new conscious and unconscious associations are brought to a 2-dimensional surface in my work. In the recent pieces, geometry (seen even in the structure of organic forms) directs composition: arbitrary drops of color undermine control and create shapes that succumb to the overwork of drawings, rendering obsessive intricacies and paint application building the forms.  Collage material adds extraneous influences in a subtle blend.

In the beginning was pattern. First the Fibonacci progression color coded on graph paper, a piece which landed in the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. Next, inclusion in the P & D exhibition at P.S. 1 followed by a series of work that included architectural elements off the grid. With all the work, always color, a nod to the Albers studies. A redirection to small horizontal paintings of the geometry in cities ensued for a number of years.

Missing the early fascination and engagement with pattern led to more recent work exploring evocative biological and organic forms, the evolution of which is the more recent work as well as borrowing from sources that include other artist's work in a collaborative effort resulting in integrated pieces.

In this new body of work, I am unflinchingly forging ahead to newly wrought terrain. 
 
From Raymond Pettibon
"Ultimately what I have to say about my own work doesn’t have any more access to the truth about my work than anyone else’s reading of it. Of course, I can try to say what I was thinking or doing when I was working on a specific drawing, but when I am working I am not thinking about where I stand. I am not looking over my shoulder as I work."  

​Curriculum Vitae

Education
BA, MS, Queens College, New York,  University of Mexico, Mexico City, Brooklyn Museum

SELECTED  SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2016                             ART 101, Brooklyn, NY
2015                             Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC
2015                             Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2012, 2010, 2009         Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC
2010                             Norfolk Library, Norfolk, CT
2009                             George Billis Gallery, NYC
2006                             Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
2004                             The Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chafee, Windsor, CT
2004,2002                    Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC, National Arts Club, NYC
2000                             Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1998                             Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY
1997,94,91,88,85         Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC
1984                             Ana Sklar Gallery, Miami, Fl
1983                             Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
1981                             Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, FL, Zenith Gallery,    Pittsburgh,  PA
1979                             Gallery 700, Milwaukee, WI
1978                             St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
1975-1973                   Central Hall Gallery, Port Washington, NY
1973                            Nassau County Museum of FIne Art, Roslyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018     The Yaddo Six, The National Arts Club, NYC, Matereality, Geoffrey Young Gallery,
             Great  Barrington, MA
2017     The American Dream, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
2017    Taconic North, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY,: Mighty Minis, West Cornwall, CT
2017     Women's History Month, Van Deb Editions, LIC, NY
2017     Exhibiting Artist Members, The National Arts Club, NYC.
2017     Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Nation V, Brooklyn, NY
2016     Casheesh Twenty-Sixteen, Great Barrington, MA
2016     Home Sweet Home, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2016     Through the Looking Glass, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015     Casheesh Fifteen,  Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA,:
2015     Panorama, No. 6 Depot, West Stockbridge, MA,: Water’s Edge, Mahasset, LI,:
             Exquisite,  LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
2014,15 Paperazzi 3,Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Bklyn,NY: Sideshow Gallery, Bklyn,NY:    
              Long Island Biennial, Huntington, LI
2014      Small Matters of Great Importance, The Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
2013     Tryst and Shout, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA,: 
             Summer Show, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,:
             Op + Pop - Experiments of American artists since 1960, Staatsgalerie,
             Stuttgart, Germany,:
             Sideshow Nation, Bklyn, NY,: Paper, Town, Mirror, Brian Morris Gallery, NY,
2012     XCentric, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
             Casheesh 2, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
             Papperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Bklyn, NY,: Brian Morris Gallery, NY
             Strategic Abstraction, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2010     Habitat for Artists, NYC
2009     A Book About Death, Queens Museum, NY, MOMA, Wales,:
            Diverse Interludes, Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC
             Summer in the City, George Billis Gallery, NYC
2008     The Last Book, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007     Goodnight Sun, George Billis Gallery, NYC
2006     Street Scenes, Gallery North, Setauket, LI
2003     The National Art Club, NYC
2001     Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN,: Uta Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA
2000     25th Anniversary Show, Andre Zarre Gallery
1996     A Woman's Place, The Museums at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, LI
1993     Artists Books, Islip Museum, Islip, NY
1991     Small Works, Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC
1986     Let's Play House, Bernice Steinbarum Gallery, NYC
1983     Criss-Cross en la Ciudad de Mexico, Galeria Pecanins, Mexico
1982     Criss-Cross, Boulder Art Center, Boulder, CO
1981     Recent Acquisitions, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY,: Criss-Cross Pattern
             Show, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, Women and Art, Suzanne Brown Gallery, Scottsdale   
             AZ, 101 New Acquisitions, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY,: Criss-Cross, 
             Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT, Homework, Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, NY:
             Abstract Art in the 80's Randolph-Macon College, Lynchburg VA
1980     Pattern Painters of New York, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY,:         
              Criss-Cross Pattern Show, NYC,: New Talents, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield  
              CT,: New York Pattern Painters, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
1979     Patterns Plus, Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH,: Patterns on Paper at
 
             Pace, Pace University, NYC   
1977     Pattern Painting, PS 1, Long Island City, NY: Pattern, Grid and System Art, Lehight University,
              Bethlehem, PA
1976     Contemporay Reflections, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1975     Works on Paper, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY: Four Artist Invitational, AIR Gallery, NYC
1974     18 CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
 
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
AG Rosen Collections
Albright College Collection, Reading, PA
Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Citibank Collection, NYC
Corporate Collection, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dartmouth Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
Dayton Institute, Dayton, OH
William Louis-Dreyfus Collection, Mount Kisco, NY
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY
Hoffman-LaRoche Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Lehigh University Collection, Bethlehem, PA
Museum of Friends, Walsenburg, CO
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
New York University Collection, NYC
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Owens-Corning Corp., Corning, NY
Pepsico Corporation, NY
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
Texaco Corporation, NY
United States Department of State, Washington, DC
University of Arkansas, Litle Rock, AK
Various Private Collections

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
James Panero, Supreme Fiction, March, 2010, Piri Halaz, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, April 2010
Steve Starger, Art New England, Dee Shapiro: “On The Horizontal,” Feb/Mar 2005
Maureen Mullarkey, The New York Sun,”The Last Time I Saw Cuba,”  April 15, 2004
James Kalm, NY ARTS, International Edition, April 2000,
Helen Harrison, The New York Times, April 12,1998, April 11, 1981
Barbara Colin, "Pattern of a Painter" New York Arts Journal, Oct-Nov 1981
Harald Szeeman, "Pattern Paintings" D U Die Kunstzeitschrift, Zurich, June 1979
Ellen Lubell, "Lush Complexities and Visual Indulgence" Soho Weekly News, Feb.13, 1979
Judith Tannenbaum,  Arts Magazine, April 1978
Peter Frank, "Pattern Painting", ARTnews, 1978
April Kingsley, "Oppulent Optimism", The Village Voice, Nov. 28. 1977
John Canaday, "Talent Blooms", The New York Times, May 9. 1976
 
Curatorial Work
Food in Art, Stage Set Designs, Artist's Books, Late Career Artists
Gallery Director, North Shore Community Art Center 1977-1980
Tailored: Stitched, Patched, Threaded, Pinned, Knox Gallery, Monterey, MA, 2015
Something Else, Ten Artist at the Painting Center, NYC, 2016.
Gallery Exhibitions as Committee Chair:
Winter Warmth, National Arts Club 2016-2017
Hot Off the Presses, Prints of 2016, National Arts Club, January 2017
Outside the Lines, Drawing Show, National Arts Club, January 2017
Alternate Lives, National Arts Club, May 2017

Residencies
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1978
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, May 2017

Memberships
Women Writing Women's Lives
The National Arts Club, Board Member, Exhibition Committee Chair, Co Chair Literary Committee
College Art Association
Archive at National Museum of Women in the Arts

Grants
America The Beautiful Fund, "The North Shore in the 1920's" 1978
NEA Videotext Project, 1980

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