This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Recognized as an Intermedia artist creating collage, sculptural,
conceptual and mixed-media art, Joyce Cutler-Shaw has also been an
author of more than thirty publications, as well as the director and
interviewer for art-related television programming.
Cutler-Shaw was born in 1932 in Detroit, Michigan. She attended
New York University where she received her degree in 1953 and one year
later began studying at the graduate level at Columbia University in
New York. In 1972, she earned her Master’s degree in the Fine
Arts from the University of California in San Diego. She has
served as a Visiting Artist at institutions in California and has also
been a faculty member. In 1979, she directed the founding of the
Landmark Art Projects, Inc.
During the 1980s, Cutler-Shaw received a grant for development and a
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts which funded her “Museum
of Seasonal Change” endeavor. Prior to these awards, she was
given funding from the United States Congressional Joint Committee and
the California Arts Council for her “We the People” and television
projects.
Since the 1970s, solo exhibitions of Cutler-Shaw’s artwork have been
held at a number of institutions such as the Apropos Gallery in
Lucerne, Switzerland; Cornell University of Ithaca, New York; Los
Angeles International Airport in California; National Academy of
Sciences in Washington, D.C.; Teylers Museum in the Netherlands;
Seacrest Village Retirement Community in Encinitas, California; the
School of Medicine at the University of California in San Diego; Sushi
Performance Gallery of San Diego, California; and the Volt Corporate
Park in Orange, California. The type of work displayed in various
shows has included her sculpture, drawing, collage, book, imaging and
installation, as well as reading and performance art. Group shoes
which included her work have been organized by establishments within
the United States, in areas such as Morgantown, West Virginia; Potsdam,
New York; San Diego, California; Walnut, California; and Washington,
D.C. Group exhibitions outside of the United States have been
held in areas including Bilbao, Spain; Brussels, Belgium; Budapest,
Hungary; Liverpool, England; Mexico City, Mexico; Moscow, Russia;
Normandie and Paris France; and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Cutler-Shaw’s artwork is part of the permanent collections at
institutions, such as Cornell University of Ithaca, New York;
Guggenheim Museum in New York City; Klingspor Museum of Offenbach,
Germany; Museum of Modern Art in New York City; Museum of Natural
History in San Diego, California; Special Collections of the New York
Public Library; Tate Gallery in London, England; Teylers Museum in the
Netherlands; and the University of California at San Diego and at Santa
Barbara.
Submitted by Jenna Wuensche, Researcher
Source:
Jules Heller and Nancy G. Heller, North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
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