maria anasazi

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Curriculum Vitae
- Exhibitions
- Awards & Invitations
- Publications
- Education


Curriculum Vitae

Selected Group & Solo Exhibitions

2009The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, CFEVA Group show, Pittsburgh, PA
Globe Dye Works, Group show, Philadelphia, PA
Introduction’09, CFEVA Group show, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2008Project Portal, Site Specific Installation, Yellow Springs, PA, catalog
Transmutations, POST, Group show, 40TH St. AIR SPACE, Philadelphia, PA
Forms of Identity, Women Inmates’ work, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD
2007MSAC, Celebrating forty years, showcasing forty artists, Baltimore, MD
Oliver Gallery, C C A, Alumni at the Centenial, Juried exhibition, Oakland, CA
2006Like You, Positive/Negative, Solo show, including work by inmates from MD Correctional Facilities, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD, Wash. Post review
WPA/Annual Auction, Centerpiece Project, Corcoran, Washington DC
Telling the Story, Artists’ Books, Noyes Museum, NJ, A.M. Weaver, curator
2005Tell me More Stories, Absence/Presence, Collaborative Multi Media Installation with artist Zoe Leoudaki, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
2004Penelopeia, 5000 Miles Away From Home, EU Sponsored Collaboration, Greece-Belgium, Flashpoint, Washinghton DC, Dr. Zoe Kosmidou, curator
GATES, On White, Collaborative performance/Video with artist Sia Kyriakakos, Athens, Greece, Anna Hatzigiannaki, curator. Traveling Exhibition, Milan, Italy
2003Penelopeia,I.D., Cultural Identity, Greece/European Union Sponsored, IMF Washington, DC. Dr. Z. Kosmidou, curator
Natural Impressions, The American Center for Physics, College Park, MD, Sarah Tanguy, curator, Washington Post review
Altered Books, Rider University Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ, catalog
NEW, Invitational, RAP, Rockville, MD, OlgaViso,Selector, Washington Post review
2002Ex-Libris, Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA
Arteur, Visual Codex, New York Magazine Gallery, New York, NY
2001Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibition, Wilmington, DE
Selections, RAP, Invitational, Rockville, MD, Washington Post Review
Kings, Hummingbirds & Monsters, Invitational, Artist’s Books, Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD, Catalog
Opened Book, University of Maryland College Park, MD, Kristen Hileman,Curator
2000Tell me more stories, Arlington Art Center, Solo Exhibition, Arlington, VA
Artscape 2000, Annual Juried Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD, Claudia Gould, Helen Molesworth and Lorna Simpson, Curators
Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Rockville, MD
Critic’s Residency Program, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, Sue Canning and Laurence Hegarty, Critics, Catalog
New Arts Program, Solo Exhibition/Residency, Kutztown, PA, Catalog
1999RE: (collect), ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami, FL, Catalog
Annual Juried Exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, Steven Beyer
Beyond the Fold: The Gallery of South Orange, SO, NJ, NY Times Review
Fast Forward, WPA, Annual Auction, Corcoran, Washington, DC
1998Somata, Solo Exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD
Artscape ‘98, Annual Juried Exhibition, Maryland Institute, Baltimore MD, Gary Sangster and Olga Viso, Curators
Art Sites, ‘98, Biennial Juried Exhibition, by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Catalog
“Book as Art 11”, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, Catalog
Milling Books, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Helen Frederick, curator. Making artist’s Books with the elderly of the Community of Frederick, MD
1997Rockville Arts Place Faculty Show, Rockville, MD, Jack Rasmussen, Curator
1996Annual National Juried Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, Ed Paschke
1995Juried Exhibition, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
1994 Breaking the Silence..., Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1993 MA Thesis Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, East Bay Open Studios, Oakland, CA
Angels, Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Telling Stories, Artists’ Books, Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland,CA
Women’s Struggles, Women’s Visions, Maude Kern Art Center, Eugene, OR
1991Woman as Subject, The Student Union Art Gallery, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
 

Awards & Invitations

2009Artist-in-Residence, New Courtland, PA
2009-10Fellow at The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2009Artist-in-Residence, Art Futures, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
2009Artist-in-Education Roster, PA Counsil of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008-0940TH Street Artist-in-Residence, Philadelphia, PA
2007Art & Community Visual Arts Residency Grant, NEA/DCCA,
2001Individual Artist Award, Sculpture, Maryland State Arts Council, MD
1997-09Artist-in-Education, Roster, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
1997-09Art in Communities, Grant, MSAC/Peace Resource
 

Publications

The Frederick News Post , “Forms of Identity”, Lauren LaRocca, Sept. 11, 2008
The Frederick News Post , “Artist helps inmates look in the mirror”, S. Boin, Feb. 21, 2008
Maryland Public TV, “ARTWORKS THIS WEEK”, April 12, 2006
Montgomery County Gazette, “A work of art in progress”, Benjamin Hu, March 8, 2006
Washington Post, “The Beauty of Listening”, Jessica Dawson, January 21, 2006
Baltimore Sun (Howard), “Young artists’ books convey a visual message”, January 27, 2006
Montgomery Gazette, “Detention center youth inspire artist’s exploration”, January 18, 2006
Silver Spring Gazette,“Learning to channel their feelings through artwork”M.Hooker, May 11, 2005
Book, ”The power of visual logos: Greek Women Artists”, Dr. Zoe Kosmidou, author
The Calvert Recorder, “Throwing the book at artist-in-residence program”, May 21, 2004
Voice of America TV, Interview for Penelopeia Show, Flashpoint, Washington, DC, March 2004
Washington Post, “The Greek Embassy’s Olympic Arts Marathon”, Jon. Padget, March 11, 2004
Washington Post, Prince George’s, Art Review, “Exhibiting Super Natural Artists”, September 2003
Silver Spring Gazette, “Students Create Books with individual meaning” M.Hooker, May 28, 2003
Link 8: Codex, Critical Journal on the Arts, Baltimore, Fall 2002
Voice of America TV, Interview-American Artists in the Schools, Betty Van Etten, January 2002
Surface Design, “Tell me more stories”, Kristen Hileman, Summer 2001
Frederick News Post, “The Arts in Maryland”, Karen Gardner, March 23, 2001
Rockville Gazette, “Anasazi, Fallah explore body, mind and soul”, Nancy Ungar, June 15, 2000
Reading Times, “Artist finds meaning in giving books new life”, Ron Schira, February 11, 2000
New Arts Alive, BC TV, Interview, Berks, Philadelphia, October 12, 1999
Miami Herald, “Making sense of memories”, Elisa Turner, December 5, 1999
Art Papers, “Mid-Atlantic”, Baltimore, Adam Lerner, May-June 1999
Frederick News Post, “Inside Looking Out: Art Behind Bars”, Karen Gardener, July 14, 1999
City Paper, Baltimore, “Broad Education”, Mike Giuliano, February 1999
Fiberarts, “Maria Anasazi: Books as Bodies, Containers of Memory”, Lynn Cothern, March 1999
The Baltimore Sun/Calendar, “Reinventing Books as Artworks”, John Dorsey, October 8, 1998
Wheaton Gazette, “Artist Unmasks Young Talents”, Frank Curreri, May 5, 1999
Washington Review, ArtSites ‘98 Catalog, June-July 1998
The Frederick News Post ,“Found Objects Become Art”, Karen Gardener, Sept. 11, 1998
The Frederick News Post, “Faces of Life”, Karen Gardener, Dec. 26, 1997
 

Education

1990-93 MA Interdisciplinary Art, Creative Arts, San Francisco State University, SF, CA
1992-94 Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy, JFK University, School of Psychology,CA
1984-88BFA Graphic Design, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

 

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