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ANN CHERNOW
b. 1936
Ann Chernow is an internationally
known printmaker and painter, and is in many important collections including The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery and The National Museum of Women
in the Arts.
Chernow produces masterful lithographs and
etching/aquatints -- all in black and white or sepia -- portraying film actresses of the
1920s to 1940s. But rather than concentrate on the glamorous image of the silver screen,
she explores the reality of the motion picture business as a stressful, often frightening
and sometimes dangerous environment for the women employed there. Her work stresses the
relationships these women formed, based on interdependence, trust and mutual
understanding. Chernow shows the strengths as well as the frailties of the actresses and
tenderly conveys the subtle gestures, glances, smiles, and frowns that carry the viewer
into their private moments.
In October 1998, Ann Chernow was one of ten
printmakers chosen to represent the United States at the World Print Festival in
Ljubjlana, Slovinia. She has been invited to participate in a print workshop in Apricale,
Italy, in October 1999, with the resulting work to be shown in Antibes, France, in
November.
Dorothy Rogers
September 1999
Exhibitions
(selected, one person)
2003 Dorothy Rogers Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Indiana University, South Bend
2003 The Print Center, Philadelphia
2002 Laura Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, MA
2002 Uptown Gallery, New York City
2002 Albert Merola Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2001 Kincannon Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
2001 Weber Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
2000 Queens College, New York City
1999 Siena Heights College, Adrian, MI
1999 Uptown Gallery, New York City
1999 Albert Merola Gallery, Provincetown
1998 Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
1998 Stamford Museum and Nature Center , CT
1998 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
1998 Stamford Museum and Nature Center, CT
1997 P.M.W. Gallery, Stamford, CT
1996 The Municipal Museum in St. Paul de Vence, France
1995 Uptown Gallery, New York City
Exhibitions
(selected, group)
2003 Hotel de Ville, Quebec, Canada and Paris, France
2002 Museum of the City of New York, New York Etchrs Society
2002 "Wild Women" Blue Sky Press, nationwide exhibitions
2002 Selected exhibitions, Amity Art Foundation
2002 Art Students League, (SAGA) New York City
2001 The Brooklyn Museum of Art, "The Digital Revolution"
2000 Aldrich Museum of Cotemporary Art, CT
2000-2001 "Of Time and Place," a Millennium Portfolio (natiowide)
2000 Cylades Gallery, Antibes, France
2000 National Arts Club, New York City
2000 DeCordova Museum, MA
1999 P.M.W. Gallery, Stamford,
CT
1999 Wichita Center for the Arts, Kansas
1999 Jane Allinson Gallery, The New York Print Fair
1999 Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, TX
1999 Castle Lucertola, Apricale, Italy
1999 Wichita Arts Center, Kansas
1999 Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
1998 Graphicarts Center, Norwalk, CT
1998 Uptown Gallery, New York City
1998 Housatonic Museum of Art, CT
1998 Boston Center for the Arts, MA
1997 Institut Franco-Americain, Rennes, France
Bibliography
(selected)
2003 A Catalog Raisonne of the artist's prints published by the Amity Art Foundation
2002 Art Gallery Guide, NYC, Feature Article, May
2001 January, Westport Magazine, feature article
2000 September 10, Newsday, "Hollywood Glamour"
1998 September 13, The New
York Times, "Unreal Reality"
1998 April 19, The New York Times, "Gifted Choices of a Guest
Curator"
1997 November, The New York Times, "Photography in Many Forms
and Humors"
1997 Summer, Art New England, Review
1997 February, The New York Times, "Beautiful Dreamers"
1996 Fall, Contemporary Impressions, the magazine of the American
Print Alliance
1996 Volume VII, New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, MA
Awards (selected)
2002 United Nations Artist of the Year, June Day, Westport, CT
2002 Delta International Purchase Award
2001 The Print Center, Philadelphia, Exhibition Award / Boston Printmakers, Etching Award
1999 USA Representative, Agart World Print Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1998 Richard Florsheim Award
1998 Stamford Museum, CT, "Four Winners Award"
1998 Print Biennial, Silvermine Guild, for etching
1997 Audubon Artists, award for etching
1997 Manhattan Arts International, award for painting
1997 Los Angeles Printmaking Society, award for etching
1996 Delta International Prints, purchase award for etching
1995 Yale/Mellon Grant
Collections
(selected)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Yale University Art Gallery
- The Brooklyn Museum
- Museum of the City of New York
- Zimmerli Museum of Rutgers
University
- Portland Art Museum, Oregon
- The National Museum of Women in the
Arts, Washington, D.C.
- U.S.O. of Greater Metropolitan New
York
- Syracuse University Art Collection
- Housatonic Museum, CT
- DeCordova Museum, MA
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts
- Ohio Wesleyan University Art Collection
- Worcester Museum of Art, MA
- Oakland Museum, CA
- Albany Print Museum
- The United Nations Westport Collection
- Tel Aviv Museum, Israel
- Amity Art Foundation, CT
- The Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco
- Reading Public Museum, PA
- Elvejhem Museum of Art, Wisconsin
- Davison Art Center, Wesleyan
University, Middletown, CT
Related Experience
- Elected Memeber National Academy of Design, NY City
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- Guest lecturer throughout the U.S.
- The American College in Paris,
Humanities Scholar CHC
- Professor Emerita, State of Conn.
Community College
- Poems published in over 100 journals
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in American Art
- Council member, Society of American
Graphic Artists
- Creative Director "A Gathering of Glory!" a documentary film about the arts in Westport/Weston, CT
- Elected member: The National Academy
of Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles Printmaking Society
California Society of Printmakers
Boston Printmakers
The Print Club of Albany
The Silvermine Guild of Artists,
Connecticut.
Education
Master of Arts,
with honors, New York University, 1969
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