Audrey Anastasi
| Audrey Anastasi | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Miami Pratt Institute |
| 💼 Occupation | Visual artist |
| 🌐 Website | AudreyAnastasi.com |
Audrey Frank Anastasi is an American visual artist, working primarily in two-dimensional mediums.[1] Several art institutions hold her work in their permanent collections, such as the Valentine Museum of Art and Museum Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo in Brazil.[2]
Biography[edit]
Anastasi was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned a BFA from the University of Miami and an MFA from the Pratt Institute. She taught figure drawing, portfolio development, and anatomy for artists at Parsons School of Design.[2]
Using the mediums of painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, and print, Anastasi's works focus on the human subject, with boldly painted faces and figures.[3][4] She has presented her works at 20 solo and approximately 200 group exhibitions.[5][6][7][8][9]
The original artwork of the “ref-u-gee” series of forced-migration-themed artworks was first exhibited publicly with the Valentine Museum of Art (VMoA) at Medgar Evers College in 2020.[2] Anastasi created a collage series which was exhibited at Welancora Gallery in Brooklyn in Spring, 2019.[10] Among her public art installations on permanent display are a portrait of Jo Davidson for the Trailside Museum and Zoo, Bear Mountain State Park in New York, and the Stations of the Cross in the auditorium of Our Lady of Angels Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York.[11]
In 2016, a book of her Stations of the Cross series was published by SPQR press.[12] Her portrait of Otto Neals was used for the cover of BREUCKELEN magazine, with a feature interview.[13]
Her work is in private and public collections,[14] including the Valentine Museum of Art in Brooklyn, the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute in Utica, Museum Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo in Brazil, the Pfizer Corporation, Avon Corporation, St. Vincent's Hospital Collection in New York City, and the Museum of Modern Art Photography Archives. Archives include National Museum of Women in the Arts Library (Washington, DC), the Brooklyn Museum Library, the Library of Congress, the White House Curator's Archives, and Cindy Nemser's Audrey Frank Anastasi catalog of paintings.[15][16]
Earlier in her career, she was the illustrator for the book Sirius Studies by Thomas Roma and worked with ophthalmologist Charles Kelman, performing technical measurements/analysis and diagnostic photography.
Anastasi is also a curator, gallery owner and director, educator, and arts advocate.[17][18] In 2005, she and her husband, Joseph Anastasi founded Tabla Rasa Gallery in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.[19][20][21] She serves on the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Arts Council[22] and Hook Arts Media, formerly Dance Theatre Etcetera. She is a President Emeritus of Brooklyn Waterfront Artists' Coalition.
She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.[23]
Selected awards[edit]
- Certificate of Recognition, Wide Open, juror: Rujeko Hockley, Brooklyn, NY (2015)
- Merit award, "From a Different Point of View", Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA (2012)
- Best Water Media work, BWAC, The Black and White Show, Brooklyn, NY (2011)
- Audrey Hope Shirk Memorial Award for Figure Painting, National Association of Women Artists (2009)
- Community Service Recognition, Brooklyn Arts Council (2008)
- The Ernst and Cecile Holzinger Memorial Award (1999)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Spring 2019 Highlights" The Woven Tale Press. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Audrey Frank Anastasi" VMoA. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Everything Old School Is New Again" The Village Voice. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "IN SMALL PACKAGES: SLOPE GALLERY PROVES BIGGER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER" Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ "Artists celebrate legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in 'Emancipation of the Mind'" Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "‘Fake News’ at Sunset Park’s Tabla Rasa Gallery" Bklyner. Retreived 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "PAINTING A PLAGUE: EXHIBIT CELEBRATES ARTISTS AFFECTED BY AIDS" Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Art Exhibitions Oct. 11, 1993" New York Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Art Exhibitions Oct. 18, 1993" New York Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Audrey Frank Anastasi “EnSamblage”" NY ArtBeat. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Stations of Cross: Non-Catholic Creates Lenten Meditation At Brooklyn Oratory Church" The Tablet. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Station XIV, Jesus is Entombed" Sisters of Mercy. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "BREUCKELEN Magazine Launch" Tabla Rosa Gallery. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "An Inside Look at NU Hotel's Frida Kahlo Mural Room" Travel Pulse. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Cindy Nemser papers" Online Archives of California. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Cindy Nemser in dialog with Audrey Anastasi" Smithsonian Institute Archives of American Art. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ↑ "A La Tabla: Satisfy Your Appetite for Art" offMetro. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Brooklyn’s Hip Art Scene with Danny Simmons" Brooklyn Savvy TV. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ↑ "SUNSET GOES NOVA: ‘NEW ART’ SHOWS SCENE IS BLOWING UP" Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "Sylvan Meditations: Joan Mitchell’s “Trees” and Tabla Rasa’s “Intimate Forest”" ArtCritical. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ "Four in Brooklyn" From the Mayor's Doorstep. Retrieved 2020-08-04. From the Mayor's Doorstep. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ "AUDREY FRANK ANASTASI" Brooklyn Arts Council. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ↑ "EnSamblage, collages by Audrey Anastasi" Wall Street International Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
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