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Rhonda Schaller
Artist Statement
Although there is a methodology and a sustained aesthetic,
each painting represents a meditation for me, a journey
into an unforeseen landscape and destination. The finished
piece is always a surprise, holding within it elements
of both controlled specificity and channeled chaos.
I work for months on many canvases, usually working on
three at a time. The textures of my canvases are deep and
varied. My work develops slowly and through layered accumulation
of color and intent; my tools are my consciousness, my
palette knife, and my hands. Articulating the invisible
processes of the universe in shape and color is at the
heart of my subject matter. There is an intrinsic connectedness
in my work to the poetry of spiritual means and meaning,
exemplified in the ancient teachings, as well as the poetics
of visualization and process as a painter.
My main influences include my meditation practice of 30
years, noting how meditation in sacred places affects my
pallet, composition, and forms. From the Mark Rothko chapel
in Houston, to the ancient temple paintings of Pagan, Burma – my
travels over 25 years to sacred sites in Asia and Greece
have formed the basis of my consciousness and current body
of work.
My work strives to express the ineffable. A soulful and
authentic composition of my humanity.
Bio
Rhonda Schaller was born in 1958 in the Bronx, and is
a graduate of Queens College, NYC. She is an artist, gallerist,
writer and creative coach and mentor. She is the Assistant
Director of Career Development at the School of Visual
Arts, the Director of Schaller + Jaquish Art Projects,
and co-publisher at Blue Pearl Press.
Her work is in the permanent collections of the Exit Art/Reactions
collection at the Library of Congress, Museum of Modern
Art’s Franklin Furnace/Book Art archives, Memorial
Art Gallery Museum at the University of Rochester , and
Dartmouth University’s Medical School C. Everett
Coop Institute/Art of Healing gallery.
She co-founded Ceres Gallery in 1984, and was a member
of the Board of Directors and faculty of the New York Feminist
Art Institute/Women’s Center for Learning. In 2003
- 2007 she received a five year grant from the Alan B.
Slifka foundation for the DARKNESS and LIGHT project exploring
THE WORLD AFTER 9/11 works on paper and canvas, sponsored
by Ceres gallery, NYC.
She opened the Rhonda Schaller Studio Gallery in the Chelsea
art district in 2006, and was commissioned by The Abraham
Fund for a multiple edition print series for their Coexistence
Initiative. In 2007 she was awarded a commendation for
her painting Ether and Chaos from the IJAYA Ben Uri Gallery
London Jewish Museum of Art. She founded Schaller + Jaquish
Art Projects in 2008 as an online exhibition and mentoring
service for artists.
Her metaphysical travel memoir “Called or Not, Spirits
are Present” was published by Blue Pearl Press in
2009. Her upcoming ebook “So you have an art degree
- now what?” is due for publication in 2010.
Blog: www.spiritsarepresent.blogspot.com
Web: www.rhondaschallerchelsea.com
Resume
Rhonda Schaller lives in New York City.
EXHIBITIONS:
| 2009 |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick,
NJ |
| 2008 |
Allen Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2007 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2007 |
Allen Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2006 |
Rhonda Schaller Gallery (solo) |
| 2006 |
Ceres Gallery, New York , NY
(solo) |
| 2005 |
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston,
La (solo) |
| 2005 |
The Parker Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| 2005 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
Ukrainian Institute of Contemporary
Art, Chicago IL |
| 2004 |
Artists’ Space, NY, NY |
| 2004 |
Robert Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA
(solo) |
| 2003 |
Memorial Art Gallery Univ. of Rochester,
NY |
| 2003 |
David Leonardis Gallery, Chicago,
IL |
| 2003 |
The Art Store, Charleston, WV |
| 2003 |
David Leonardis gallery, NY, NY |
| 2003 |
ART4love.com, NY, NY |
| 2003 |
Howard Arts Center, Maryland |
| 2003 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2002 |
Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C. |
| 2002 |
Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery,
Art Center College of Design; Pasadena, CA. |
| 2002 |
The Fire Museum, New York, NY |
| 2002 |
Pelham Arts Center, Pelham, NY |
| 2002 |
25th Small Works; 80 Washington Square
East Galleries, NYC |
| 2002 |
REACTIONS; EXIT ART; New York, NY |
| 2002 |
Interieurs Gallerie, NY, NY (solo) |
| 2002 |
59 Franklin Street Gallery; New York,
NY (solo) |
| 2000 |
59 Franklin Street Gallery; New York,
NY (solo) |
| 2000 |
The Fire Museum; New York, NY |
| 1999 |
Kingsborough Community College Art
Gallery |
| 1998 |
FrauenMuseum Kunstlerforum, Bonn
Germany |
| 1998 |
Alani Fine Arts, New York, NY |
| 1998 |
Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1998 |
Amaranth Gallery; New York, NY (solo) |
| 1998 |
C. Everett Koop Institute/Dartmouth
Univ, The Art of Healing Gallery, Hanover, NH (solo) |
| 1997 |
Alani Fine Arts New York, New York |
| 1997 |
Artscene Ma'Zine, , America Online
(solo) |
| 1996 |
St. Marks Church on the Bowery, NYC |
| 1995 |
Bejing, China |
| 1995 |
Ceres Gallery, New York , NY (solo) |
| 1994 |
Prince Street Gallery, New York,
NY |
| 1994 |
Ceres gallery, New York, NY |
| 1993 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
| 1992 |
Ceres Gallery New York, NY |
| 1991 |
AIR Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1991 |
Iowa State University, Iowa |
| 1991 |
Krasdale Corporation, Bronx, NY |
| 1991 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1990 |
Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1989 |
The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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| 1989 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
| 1989 |
Saint Peter's Church, New York, NY(solo)
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| 1988 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1988 |
Krasdale Corporation; Bronx, NY |
| 1987 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1987 |
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven,
CT (solo) |
| 1986 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY(solo) |
| 1986 |
The Open Center, New York |
| 1986 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1986 |
AIR Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1985 |
1985 Feminist Art Institute; New
York, NY |
| 1985 |
Ravenswood Gallery, LIC, NY (solo) |
| 1985 |
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
| 1984 |
1984 Mail Art Then and Now; Franklin
Furnace, NY |
COLLECTIONS:
C.EVERETT KOOP INSTITUTE at Dartmouth University- online
in perpetuity
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington D.C. - EXIT ART, Reactions
collection
MEMORIAL ART GALLERY UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART- Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
IJAYA Ben Uri Gallery London Jewish Museum of Art commendation
The Abraham Fund - Coexistence Print Commission
Alan B. Slifka Foundation
Artists Space/Artist Grant
Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Rotunda gallery Honorarium
EDUCATION:
Queens College, City University of New York B.A. 1979
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Jaquish, David A; 2007 Make art Buy art Collect art: Guides
to American Artists, Blue Pearl Press
Searle, Marjorie; 2003 Artist’s New York, All Around
the Town; exhibition essay
Malloy, Judy; The Current; Artswire 2002 March 19th issue
editor; The New York Times; April 23, 2002, pg.9 New York
Downtown
Jones, Patricia Spears; 2002 Tower and Hole
DeVonish, Kerwin, videographer, Video Essay - 22 minutes
“If I can Listen to the song my soul sings”,
1998
Nicolson, Mia; Artscene Ma'Zine, 1997
Blanchon, Robert; the conspiracy of interpretation; 1995
Blanchon, Robert guest editor; a wretch like me, Whitewalls
journal; 1994
Doyle, Janet; The NY Vista Guide; 1994
Hasseltine, Mara; Wave Magazine (Japan); 1994
editor; The Villager; 1993 pg.14
Jones, Patricia Spears; 1992
Phillips, Renee; Manhattan Arts; 1991 pg 15
editor; The Daily Tribune; 1991 pg A9
Kranz, W.; The New York Art Review; 1988
Gonzales, Shirley; New Haven Register; 1987 pg.5
Jacobs, Celia; Women Artist's News; 1984
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Career Strategies for the Fine Artist; School of Visual
Arts. 2009, 2010
How to Find Grants for Individual Artists; School of Visual
Arts. 2009, 2010
Marketing and PR for the Fine Artist; School of Visual
Arts. 2009, 2010
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