The New York Society of Women Artists (NYSWA/1925-2021) approaches its centennial presenting the exhibition Women on the Edge of Time at Taller Boricua Gallery during Women’s History Month, 2021
In the early part of the last century, with New York City serving as the cultural gateway, the social and political climate of America was fertile territory for women artists to unite to express their avowed role in society: to demand freedom and recognition parallel to the Women’s Suffragette Movement which was clearly gaining ground. It is no less significant today. The right to equal education, gallery representation, curatorial inclusion, museum presence and equivalency in sales remains a focal point for female artists and is consistent with the mission of the New York Society of Women Artists (NYSWA). The exhibition currently featured at Taller Boricua Gallery for Women’s History Month entitled New York Society of Women Artists: Women on the Edge of Time. reveals that social change starts in the realm of ideas as contemporary artists with diverse histories consider the challenges of immigrant rights, basic human rights, the “me too” movement, gender equality, environmental concerns, and racism.
A century later, The New York Society of Women Artists remains in action within a politically charged landscape. NYSWA visual artists engage in a dialogue as independent beings facing their life experience, their time, political views, and the future of the planet. NYSWA artists search, seek, and find communicative means to address their ideas and their personal power in the present world through the artistic process. As it approaches its centennial anniversary, the New York Society of Women Artists remains an engaged creative force, rich in its diversity, re-birthing once again its role as activist, looking to the future while honoring its past.
Elizabeth Hasegawa Agresta
Liberté, Egalité, Humanité (2020)
Acrylics, charcoal, chalk, graphite on canvas. 48" x 48'“ x 1.5"(D)
Susana Aldanondo
Malena (2021)
Acrylic on Canvas. 36"(H) x 24"(W)
Audrey Anastasi
Touch (2019)
Charcoal drawing & mixed media collage on watercolor paper. 29"(H) x 22"(W)
Ellen Alt
Ice Writing : River II (2017)
Mixed Media on Metal
15"(H) x 24"(W)
Barbara Arum
Joined Together (2007)
Wood, Steel, Rubber
72"(H) x 9"(W) x 9"(D)
Fran Beallor
Dead Horse Bay Series: Losing My Marbles (2018)
Oil on Board. 18"(H) x 24"(W)
Caroline Bergonzi
The Eye of the Storm (2021)
Oil on Canvas. 40" x 40" each. Total polyptych size 80" x 80"
Deborah Brand
Iconic Women (2020)
Beaded Collage. 13.5"(H) x 8"(W) x 2.5"(D)
Linda Butti
St.Francis Woodlands (2021)
Oil on Canvas. 40"(H) x 30"(W)
Lynne Friedman
Woman Warrior (2020)
Mixed media collage with gouache. 9"(H) x 12"(W)
Pamela Casper
Gothic Underground (2021)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas.36"(H) x 24"(W)
Natalie Giugni
Kids in Cages (2021)
Mixed Media Collage, print, acrylic and water color. 11"(H) x 17"(W) on watercolor paper 16"(H) x 24"(W)
Rose Deler
Aluminum Coat No.2 (2019)
Mylar, elastic, yarn, wire. 26"(H) x 23"(L) x 6"(W)
Lauren Gohara
Suffragettes (2019)
Oil and Alkyd on Canvas. 18"(H) x 18"(W)
Diana Freedman-Shea
Elegy (2006)
Oil on Canvas. 44"(H) x 48"(W)
Betsy Goldberg
Woman, Crossing (2021)
Oil on Canvas. 26"(H) x 32"(W)
Sheila Hecht
Getting There (2021)
Acrylic on Canvas. 30"(H) x 24"(W)
Lori Horowitz
Sitting in the Shadows (2021)
Aluminum wire, black wire mesh and shadow. 36"(H) x 24"(W) x 24"(D)
Suejin Jo
Prayer (2020)
Oil and acrylic on canvas. 48"(H) x 36"(W)
Sarah Katz
What Happens When I Die?
Glazed Stoneware. 5"(H) x 6"(W) x 6"(D)
Karen L . Kirshner
Asylum Seekers (2019)
Acrylic on Canvas. 30" x 30"
Sueim Koo
Married Life - I was covering my eyes, ears and mouth (2021)
Mixed Media Collage on Canvas. 24"(H) x 18"(W)
Yumie Kusuda
Brilliant Diamond (2020)
Welded steel sprayed with diamond dust. 4"(H) x 24"(W) x 24"(D) each 4"(H) x 4"(W) x 5"(D)
Stephanie Lee
Beautiful Lady Smile (2020)
Color pigment, natural mineral pigment, ink on linen. 25"(H) x 17"(W) each
Yolène Legrand
Canal d'Avezac, Camp-Perrin, Haiti (2015)
Oil on Canvas. 24"(H) x 36"(W)
Jacqueline Lorieo
Memory and Repair (2021)
Fired Porcelain, Nichrome Wire. 28"(H) x 48"(W) x 2.5"(D)
Francine Perlman
Story of the Sea (2019)
Viscosity Monotypes on Japanese paper, wood. 22"(H) x 18"(D) x variable width
Leah Poller
She was Twenty (2012)
Bronze. 15"(H) x 22"(L) x 16"(W)
Siena Gillann Porta
The Sixth Extiction (2020)
Black theatrical scrim, photo-collage,mylar tapes, acrylic pigment. 82"(H) x 30"(W) x 3/4"(D)
Anna Kuchel-Rabinowitz
Object 2 (2018)
Mixed Media Collage - found object, porcelain clay. 10"(H) x 10"(W) x 1/2"(D)
Maureen Renahan-Krinsley
The Lurking Beast among Beauty
(2020) Mixed Media : painting, coldwax, oil paint, graphite, collage on canvas. 4'(H) x 5'(W)
Peggy Silverstein
Cigarette Dealer in Jodhpur, India (2016)
Oil on Linen. 12"(H) x 12"(W)
Anne Stanner
Strange Fish (2021)
Glazed Clay, Plastic. 7"(H) x 11"(L) x 9"(D)
Lea Weinberg
Mom's Food (2010)
Wire Mesh with Mixed Media, Metal Frame. 33"(H) x 24"(W) x 4"(D)
Rachelle Weisberger
Journey (2019)
Acrylic on Canvas. 20"(H) x 18"(W)
Lucy Wilner
Ever After /After Eve (2019)
Acrylic on Gessoed Paper. 28"(H) x 23"(W)