Artist Statement/Bio/Resume

Artist Statement

Resume

Education

Graduate Studies

Master of Arts in Learning and Emerging Technologies, State University of New York Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA

Final Creative Project -Virtual Worlds: Art Studio Extension

Post Baccalaureate Studies

Art of Engraving workshop, American Numismatic Association, Summer Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Diamonds Graduate, Gemological Institute of America, New York, NY, USA

Undergraduate Studies

BFA- Sculpture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

Mechanical Drafting Certification, Schaumberg, IL, USA

Shows

2016 Creators Deserve to be Seen Group Show, Times Square, See Me,

New York, NY, USA

2015-Exposure Photography Group Show, See Me, Louvre, Paris, France

2014-See Me Group Show, New York, NY, USA

2013-Art of Engraving Group Show, Colorado University, Colorado Springs,

CO, USA

1984-ARS Nova Group Show, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, USA

1982-Group Show, Countryside Art Gallery, Arlington Heights, IL, USA

1980-Undergraduate Sculpture Group Show, University of Illinois, Urbana,

IL, USA

1979-Organized and exhibited in Fastex/Illinois Tool Works

Employee Group Show, Des Plaines, IL, USA

1977-Undergraduate Sculpture Group Show, University of Illinois, Urbana,

IL, USA

1972-District 214 Juried High School Art Show, Randhurst Shopping Mall,

Mount Prospect, IL, USA

1967-Fashion Show, The Cellar, Arlington Heights, IL, USA-In junior high, a

friend, her sister and I organized a fashion show at The Cellar,a teen

hang out where many 60's and 70's bands played including Cream and

The Who. We worked with business owners by curating clothing styles

and modeled clothing from local dress shops during an intermission

between bands

Consultant Projects/ Commissions

1991-2010 Jewelry Design, Models, Small Sculptures

AVF Productions, New York, NY-designs
Fantasy Diamond Corporation, Chicago, IL-designs, technical drawings
Jeff Cooper, Inc., Long Island, NY-designs, technical drawings
Jeff Kantra, New York, NY-technical drawings
Kieselstein-Cord, New York, NY-models
Lazaro Soho, New York, NY-designs, models, sketches-10 years jewelry design and model making-In-house and consultancy product development/strategic assortment planning for department stores and small boutiques
Mahlia Collection, Tuscan, AZ- technical drawings, models
Scott Kay Jewelry, Teaneck, NJ-designs, renderings

Art Teaching

2005 Presentation on Georgia O'Keeffe, Women in Art Course, as Visual

Resource Librarian 2004-2005, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, USA

2004-2005 Teaching Artist, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY, USA

2001-2002 Arts and Crafts Teacher, Museum Volunteer, Arts Administrative

Assistant, Americorps Volunteer, Oneonta, NY, USA

2001 Arts and Crafts Teacher, Brookwood School. Cooperstown, NY, USA

1980-1981 Sculpture Teacher, Wheeling Park District, Wheeling IL, USA

The main focus of my art is to create metaphorical works that have universal meaning, whether working abstractly or realistically. I am interested in how

people make meaning independent of power structures that can exist

between people. My work addresses the spirit of the individual in

confrontation with nature, their environment, their senses. Although I

am a female artist, I am interested in creating art that goes beyond gender classification.

My abstract art making is a complicated puzzle that involves elements of

composition, design, color, shape, forming an artistic vocabulary in the finished piece and in my larger body of work.

In my most recent work, I am examining the figure in mythological context.

Biography

Early years were spent in Europe where museums, churches, architecture,

historical sites created a strong interest in Classical Art as well as Modernism.

Growing up in the Chicago area, many hours were spent at the Art Institute

of Chicago, the Field Museum, where the extensive art collections instilled a

love of art and beauty.

During the time when she was studying for her BFA in Sculpture from the

University of Illinois, she also created cartoons for the University of Illinois

school paper. Between Junior and Senior year, she took a couple of years

off, studied mechanical drafting and worked for the engineering firm Illinois

Tool Works, experience which gave her a sense of the crossovers between

art, engineering and science.

After graduation, Marjorie moved back to the Chicago area where she worked

for different business, created freelance newspaper illustrations,worked

as an artist' assistant and entered work in art shows. She also took additional

art courses at the School of the Art Institute and Northern Illinois University.

In 1992, Marjorie moved to New York, NY to work with jewelry designers

and created models and designs for more than 15 years. In 2014, she decided

to return to school for a Master of Arts in Learning and Emerging Technology

at SUNY Empire State College in Saratoga Springs, NY, USA.