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Anne Cherubim is a Canadian artist residing in the U.S., who is an abstract contemporary
landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...
painter. Cherubim was born in
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
and later started a family in
Gaithersburg Gaithersburg ( ), officially the City of Gaithersburg, is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Gaithersburg had a population of 69,657, making it the ninth-largest location in the state. Ga ...
,
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
. She is a Resident Artist at Artists & Makers Studios in
Rockville, Maryland Rockville is a city that serves as the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, and is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The 2020 census tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117, making it the fifth-largest community in ...
, and a member of the Gaithersburg Artist Collective.


Artwork

Cherubim works predominantly in
acrylic Acrylic may refer to: Chemicals and materials * Acrylic acid, the simplest acrylic compound * Acrylate polymer, a group of polymers (plastics) noted for transparency and elasticity * Acrylic resin, a group of related thermoplastic or thermosett ...
. Her artwork is also generally abstract in nature, although it is rooted in real life images and textures. Cherubim notes that "an underlying thread in much of her work is the environment and stewardship of the planet." Her paintings have been exhibited locally and internationally, and it has been displayed on unusual settings such as on
billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...
s in
Times Square Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent ...
, in a castle in
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, and has been enlarged to 8 feet tall for a gigantic display at
Baltimore Washington International Airport Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport , commonly referred to as BWI or BWI Marshall, is an international airport in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Eastern United States serving mainly Baltimore, Maryland and Washingto ...
. Her exhibitions have also been critically reviewed in ''
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'' and multiple other art venues,
art fairs An art exhibition is traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhib ...
, and galleries. Cherubim notes about her work:
... the way I see art, and create it. It is influenced by the world around me: by my time spent living in
Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...
, as much as suburban Maryland, and the DC area. It is influenced by the energy and essence of having been a
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
er for most of my life, as much as the desire to once again visit the ever-elusive island, where my parents' lives began.
''The Washington Post'' has called her work compellingly otherworldly. The most recent exhibition of her work opened in 2019 at The Woman's National Democratic Club in Washington, DC.


Exhibitions

*2011 –
Glenview Mansion Glenview Mansion, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the John Bond Trevor House, is located on Warburton Avenue in Yonkers, New York, United States. It is a stone house erected during the 1870s in an eclectic Late Victorian ar ...
, Rockville, MD *2011 – Kentlands Mansion, Gaithersburg, MD *2011 –
Blackrock Center for The Arts The BlackRock Center for the Arts, officially the Germantown Cultural Arts Center ( d.b.a. BlackRock Center for the Arts), is a cultural, visual and performing arts center in Germantown, Maryland. The center is named after the nearby historic Bla ...
, Germantown, MD *2011 – Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD *2011 – The Center for Green Urbanism, Washington, D.C. *2016 –
BWI Airport Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport , commonly referred to as BWI or BWI Marshall, is an international airport in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Eastern United States serving mainly Baltimore, Maryland and Washingto ...
, Concourse D *2017 – Ephemera, Target Gallery,
Torpedo Factory The Torpedo Factory Art Center is the former U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, a naval munitions factory on the banks of the Potomac River in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia which was converted into an art center in 1974. The facility is located at 105 ...
, Alexandria, VA *2017 – Artexpo New York, Pier 94, New York, NY *2017 – KFC Gallery, Kentlands, MD *2017 – Hill Center Galleries, Washington, DC *2015 – ArtSpace Herndon,
Herndon, VA Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area of the United States. The population was 23,292 at the 2010 census. In 2020, the population was estimated to be 24,532, which makes it the largest of three i ...
*2015 –
Artomatic Artomatic is a multi-week, multimedia arts event held in the Washington, D.C. area. It was founded by Washington, D.C artist and arts activist George Koch. The non-juried, open event has provided a forum for artists of all types (visual, performan ...
, Potomac, MD *2018 – One House, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC *2018 – Bright and Bold, Serendipity Labs,
Bethesda, MD Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in ...
*2018 – At Three, Artists & Makers, Rockville, MD *2018 – One House Project, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD *2018 – Open Studio Weekend, Artists & Makers,
Rockville, MD Rockville is a city that serves as the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, and is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The 2020 census tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117, making it the fifth-largest community in ...
*2019 – From Aloft & Through The Ether, Woman's National Democratic Club, Washington, DC


References


External links


Artist's Website
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