Maddy Rosenberg is an American artist from
Brooklyn
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, New York.
She received a BFA from
Cornell University
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and her MFA from
Bard College. Rosenberg is both an artist and a curator.
Her art practice extends over a number of media, including oil painting,
artist's books,
printmaking
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, drawing, toy theater and installation and has been said to be influenced by American painter
Gillian Pederson-Krag.
Rosenberg's paintings and artist books are distinctive for their attention to detail, and ability to transport the viewer to imagined worlds. Her work reflects her fascination with architecture and cultural history. In the studio, Rosenberg says, she "removes the images from their original context and reassembles them to create a world of my own."
Rosenberg approaches curating as an extension of her creative practice and has facilitated and participated in international exchange exhibitions between New York and European artists. She spends several months each year living and working internationally, understanding the necessity of exploring new places to broaden her research and influences.
She also has experience as an educator, teaching at
Marymount Manhattan College and at the Manhattan Graphics Center for over ten years.
Exhibitions
Her work has been exhibited in venues around the globe and are part of prestigious public collections. For example, her solo exhibition a
Galerie Hadornin Switzerland and her residency and exhibition as the American participant in a joint Turkish/German project sponsored by the
US Consulate in Munich. As well as numerous group exhibitions at the
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...
;
The Brooklyn Museum; Philadelphia Athenaeum;
Cape Cod Museum of Art;
The Center for Book Arts; Flux Factory, an
Kentler International Drawing Spacein the U.S
Médiathèque André Malrauxin Strasbourg
Eagle Galleryin London; and
Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel.
Rosenberg has been awarded grants from the Gottlieb Foundation, and Artists Fellowship and attended residencies a
Fundación ValparaisoGuest Atelier Salzburger Künstlerhaus Schloss NeuhausBlue Mountain Centeran
Virginia Center for the Arts.
Curatorial career
Rosenberg has an active exhibition and freelance curatorial career and is the founder and director o
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DUMBO. Since in 2009
CENTRAL BOOKINGfocuses on artist’s books and the overlap of art and science, particularly in regards to environmental and social justice issues, through non-traditional galleries and exhibition programs. Over 50 artist members are highlighted on their website and online store, as well as maintaining a private `library` space in Brooklyn, by appointment, where they house close to 1000 artist’s books by more than 100 international book artists. Th
CENTRAL BOOKINGexhibition project
Plant Cure' and
Plant Cure-Brooklyn' featured the work of Artists in Residence at the
New York Academy of Medicine
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and
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, along with other artists working with the theme of medicinal plants. They received funding with grants from Creative Engagement
Lower Manhattan Cultural Counciland the Brooklyn Arts Fund
Brooklyn Arts Councilprograms from the
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
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.
Collections
* The Crouch Fine Arts Library at
Baylor University
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has 17 pieces of Rosenberg's work, including ''Haunted Spaces'', which includes 24 puzzle pieces in 3 suede bags, and ''Reptiles'', composed of a lithographic accordion book. The Baylor Book Arts Collection began with the acquisition of Rosenberg's artist books.
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Cornell University
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Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections has Rosenberg's work ''Dystopia'' and ''Shadow of descent'', both three-dimensional pop up books.
* Other public collections include
Brooklyn Museum
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,
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
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,
Fogg Museum,
MoMA
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* Moma Clarke (1869–1958), British journalist
* Moma Marković (1912–1992), Serbian politician
* Momčilo Rajin (born 1954), Serbian art and music critic, theorist and historian, artist and publisher
Places
; Ang ...
,
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...
,
Salzburg Museum,
Tate Gallery
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,
Victoria and Albert Museum
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,
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art,
Biblioteca Nacional de España
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History
The library was founded by ...
,
Duchess Anna Amalia Library
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,
Herzog August Bibliothek,
New York Public Library
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,
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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Landesbibliothek
S ...
,
London College of Communications,
Yale University
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, and many others.
See also
*
List of book arts centers This is a list of book arts centers worldwide. These are university based programs, community programs, galleries, and museum collections, which focus on books arts, including bookbinding, book design, and the artistic medium known as artists books, ...
Notes and references
External links
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Living people
People from Brooklyn
Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning alumni
Bard College alumni
American contemporary painters
Painters from New York City
American multimedia artists
American art curators
Book artists
American women painters
21st-century American painters
21st-century American women artists
1956 births