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An example of work by Pamela Hunt Shoemaker
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
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Artist name: Pamela Hunt Shoemaker
Born October 13, 1944 at Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Studio address: 373 Broadway, C1, New York, New York, USA
Primary subject matter: Nudes; earlier work narrative and political
Style: Figurative
Media: Oil paintings and mixed-media works on paper
Biography:
Pamela Shoemaker is a figurative painter whose most recent works (2001) are a series of nudes, though her earlier work has been primarily narrative and concerned with historical, political, and sometimes psychological themes.
Raised outside Philadelphia in Haddonfield, New Jersey, she was encouraged to draw and paint by her mother who had graduated from the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (now University of the Arts). Her skill in art was also supported by her early grammar-school teachers and still later, when she edited the artwork for her high-school yearbook. However, when informed by her parents that in order to attend art school she would be required to live at home, she chose to study at Vassar College instead, where she majored in history of art.
Upon graduation in 1966 she moved to New York City, and three years later entered Cooper Union. There she earned a Diploma in Painting and Drawing (1969-73), having studied under Nicholas Marsicano and Paul Resika.
Most active in the 1980s, she produced a number of public art projects, including a large mural (1986) in Queens, Tango U.S.A., which became much beloved by the many Latino residents of the neighborhood. In the early 1990s, fascinated by medieval art and the simultaneously "medieval" quality of crime-ridden New York, she enrolled at Fordham University and received a masters degree in Medieval Studies, specializing in art and theology. At this time, having experienced some personal misfortunes, she painted a series of bitter and ironic works in egg-tempera on parchment, influenced by medieval Italian "miracle" paintings, though her narratives showed the opposite of miracles: a sample title is The Virgin Mother Had Stopped for Espresso as Billy Was Caught in the Crossfire.
Works made at the turn of the 20th century were inspired by Mary Shoemaker, her eccentric aunt whom Alice Neel painted in 1965 wearing an orange hat with a garland of grapes. When Mary died in 1998, her many flamboyant hats passed to Pamela. She painted the series of nudes, wearing the hats, as a memento.
To the present she remains living and working in New York City.
EDUCATION:
Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y., M.A. Medieval Studies, 1991-1994
Cooper Union, NYC. Diploma, Painting and Drawing, 1969-1973
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., A.B. History of Art, 1962-1966
SOLO PROJECTS/EXHIBITS:
2000 -FOR THE COMMUNITY OF WOMEN: Feminist Banner Designs. Bluestockings, New York City.
-WORKS FROM THE '90'S. Nextmonet.com (internet)
1991 -THE BOOK OF TRUE STORIES. Single-edition artist's book. Joan Flasch Artist's Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
1989 -THE LAND OF SMILES (SOUTH AFRICA). Billboard at Gas Station/Space 2B, New York City.
1987 -PEACE/NUN/PEACE, (performance). Window Peace, New York City.
1986 -TANGO U.S.A., (mural). Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City.
1985 -MYTHOPHILIA: DRAWINGS. Moonmade Space, New York City.
1983 -MYTHOPHILIA. Ten on Eight, New York City.
-MYTHOGYNY. 480 Broome Street Window, New York City.
1982 -INTERIOR RENDERINGS. Windows on White, New York City.
GROUP EXHIBITS:
2001 -LUCKY DRAW. Lowe Gallery, Hudson Guild, NYC.
-THE SMALL WORKS SALON SHOW. Gallery 402, NYC.
-SMALL WORKS INVITATIONAL. Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC.
2000 -SNAPSHOT. Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.
-MILLENIUM FEVER. Lowe Gallery, Hudson Guild, NYC.
-SMALL WORKS INVITATIONAL. Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC.
-Y2K-AOTIC: Uncensored All-Media Salon Show. The Art Club, NYC.
-ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE. Nextmonet.com. (internet).
1999 -HUMOR IN ART. Lowe Gallery, Hudson Guild, NYC.
1998 -WALL TO WALL: Small Works. Gallery 402, NYC.
-SMALL WORKS INVITATIONAL. Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC.
-SALON SHOW. Westbeth Gallery, NYC.
-WORLD ARTISTS FOR TIBET. Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC.
1996 -A LARGE SHOW OF SMALL WORKS. Arthur A. Houghton Gallery, Cooper Union, NYC.
-WOMEN/VIOLENCE, testimony and empathy. Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, N.Y.
1995 -SUMMER GROUP SHOW. Steamroller Gallery, Frenchtown, N.J.
1994 -VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA. St. John's University, Jamaica, NY.
1993 -SONGS OF RETRIBUTION. Richard Anderson Gallery, NYC.
1991 -BURNING IN HELL. Franklin Furnace, NYC.
-PUBLIC IN PRIVATE: STUDIO WORKS BY THREE PUBLIC ARTISTS. Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y.
1990 -AGING: THE PROCESS, THE PERCEPTION. The Forum Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
-THE CREATIVE PROCESS: CITY ARTS PUBLIC ART PROJECTS. Lincoln Center,NYC. Traveled to the Brooklyn Museum and the Bronx Museum.
-DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. Collaborative mural sponsored by Artmakers Inc. and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Brooklyn, N.Y.
1989 -CHINA: JUNE 4, 1989. Blum Helman Warehouse, NYC. Traveled to: P.S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, N.Y.; Mexic-Arte, Austin, TX; Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
-HELMS'S DEGENERATE ART SHOW. Cave Canem, NYC. Traveled to Black and White in Color Gallery, Bronx, NY.
-MEDIA/RAW, a disintegration-slab. Gas Station/Space 2B, NYC.
-ARTISTS ADOPT-THE ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL COLLECTION. La Mama/La Galleria, NYC.
-"PROGRESSIVE PROPAGANDA:" ARTMAKERS ADDRESS THE ISSUES. Gallery 1199, NYC.
1988 -THE CHANGING FACE OF SOHO. Group installation in Broadway/Lafayette subway station, NYC. Sponsored by Artmakers, Inc. and MTA Creative Stations program.
-ARTISTS SPEAK TO THE ISSUES: ELECTION 1988. Sponsored by Artmakers, Inc. and the Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, N.Y.
-REAL DEMOCRACY. White Columns, NYC.
1987 -CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVE. City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.
1986 -BANNED AND REJECTED. ABC No Rio, NYC.
-URBAN PORTRAITS. Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, N.Y.
-FEMINISTS AND MISOGYNISTS: TOGETHER AT LAST. Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
-SMALL WORKS. New York University, NYC.
-BRONX RIVER GALLERY: FIVE YEARS. Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, N.Y. 1985 -FASHION MODA. Benefit, Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC.
-"THE RIVINGTON SCHOOL". No Se No, NYC.
-TOO HOT FOR SUMMER. Kamikaze, NYC.
-ART FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. Ten on Eight, NYC.
-SMALL WORKS. BACA Downtown Center for the Arts, Brooklyn, N.Y.
-WOMENANIMUS (Up from the pedestal). Danceteria, NYC.
-THE INAUGURAL SHOW. Downtown Beirut, NYC.
-HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL. A.I.R. Gallery, NYC.
1984 -INDIGESTION. P.P.O.W. Gallery, NYC.
-NEW ART IN NEW YORK. Parsons School of Design, NYC.
-RE/BIRTH. Moonmade Space, NYC.
-SMALL WORKS. BACA Downtown Center for the Arts, Brooklyn, N.Y.
-ART AGAINST APARTHEID. Public Image Gallery, NYC.
-SALON SHOW. WOW Cafe, NYC.
-HOLIDAY SHOP. The New Museum, NYC.
-HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL. A.I.R. Gallery, NYC.
1983 -CURRENT MEMORIES: PAINTERS WHO USE THEIR DREAMS. Small Walls, NYC.
-FIFTH ANNUAL 100 ARTISTS SHOW. Ten On Eight, NYC.
-YOUNG ALUMNI MANILA ENVELOPE SHOW. Cooper Union, NYC.
-HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL. A.I.R. Gallery, NYC.
1982 -DANGEROUS WORKS. Parsons School of Design, NYC.
-THE NE PLUS ULTRA SHOW. A.R.T., NYC.
-THE RADICAL HUMOR FESTIVAL. New York University, NYC.
-HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL. A.I.R. Gallery, NYC.
1981 -MAY*DAY*MAY*DAY*MAY*DAY, A.R.T., NYC.
-21 Women Artists. Lincoln Center, NYC.
-A MONEY SHOW. A.R.T., NYC.
1980 -Group show, Parnassus Square Gallery, Woodstock, N.Y.
-Group show, Federal Bank of Philadelphia.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Artist's Grant, Artist's Space, NYC.
Susan B. Anthony Award (to artists of Window Peace), National Organization for Women, New York City Chapter.
Winner, Jackson Heights Mural Competition, Tango U.S.A. Sponsored by Cityarts Workshop, the Jackson Heights Community Development Corporation, and the NYC Office of Business Development.
Exhibition grant, New York State Council on the Arts, in conjunction with Moonmade Space.
Exhibition grant, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, St. Augustine, FL.
Cooper Union Alumni Award for Academic Excellence, Cooper Union, NYC.
COLLECTIONS:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The New School, NYC
National Health Care Campaign, Washington, D.C.
St. Vincent's Hospital, NYC
Public Service Mutual Insurance Company, NYC
Washington Square Institute, NYC
Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham University, Bronx, NY
PUBLICATIONS:
Pat Carroll, "Some Keep Their Feet On the Ground," N.Y. Daily News, 11/14/86 (photograph).
Dennis Caruso, "Here's Looking at You", N.Y. Daily News (Queens Digest), 2/21/90 (photograph).
"China: June 4, 1989", exhibition brochure, 10/89, (photograph).
"The Creative Process", exhibition catalogue compiled by Cityarts Workshop, 4/90.
Lori Culwell, "All the World's a Stage", exhibition essay, NextMonet.com, August 2000.
Georgia Dullea, "Metropolitan Diary", New York Times, 10/26/83.
Deuber, Cramsie, Marshall, An Intermediate Course; Contrastes; Los Estados Unidos (3 college textbooks), Prentice-Hall, 1/89, covers.
A. Fink, "Divine Works at NextMonet," Internet newsletter, 7/21/2000
William G. Fox, "N.Y. Subway Murals....", Arts & Entertainment, People's Daily World, 1/9/90.
Joanna Freuh, Art Press review, The New Art Examiner, March 1990, p. 58.
Grace Glueck, "An Immovable Feast: Murals in the City", New York Times (Weekend section), 7/22/88.
Alice Gottesman & Linda Donald, "They Do Windows", Village Voice, 11/8/83.
David Hirsch, "Galleries ", New York Native, 7/24/89.
Clark Humphrey, "Shock Art..." The Weekly, Seattle, WA. 3/12/86.
"In the Trade", Progressive Grocer, 9/88, p. 11.
Jack Mannino, "a 'tango mural'", New York Times, 3/13/87 (photograph).
Claire Marcus, Contemporary Narrative, catalogue essay, City Without Walls, Newark, N.J., 12/87.
Don McDonald, "StreetBeat", N.Y. Post, 10./14/83.
The New School, Summer Catalogue, 5/30/89, cover.
Emily T. Phillips, "Gifts from the Artist's Hand", Downtown, 12/84.
Vivien Raynor, "Election '88 at Bronx Gallery....", New York Times, 11/88, p. WC34.
Sex and the City (anthology), Serpent's Tail Press, London, 12/89, cover.
Joan Shepard, "The Arts Community", N.Y. Daily News, 10/23/83.
Joan Shepard, "The Arts Community", N.Y. Daily News, 3/17/86.
Pamela Shoemaker, "Rap Sheet", Heresies #25, 9/90, p. 61.
Pamela Shoemaker, "Peace/Nun/Peace: April 17-24, 1987", M/E/A/N/I/N/G #2, 10/87.
Pamela Shoemaker, "Forum 1989" (Contributor) M/E/A/N/I/N/G #5, 5/89.
Dan R. Talley, "The Process, the Perception", catalogue essay, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown, N.Y., 9/90.
Jerry Tallmer, "Eye on Art", New York Post, 7/14/89.
Marcella Torres-Bihan, "Le Tango U.S.A. de Pamela Shoemaker," Caramba!"-Revue culturelle de l`Argentine et des Ameriques, Paris, 5/95
Ross Urquhart, "Art for Our Sake . . . " The New Common Good, 11/84.
Paula Voell, "The Dark Art of Aging", Buffalo News, 9/26/90, p. B7.
Eileen Watkins, "Art", Newark Star Ledger, 1/8/88.
Pat Whitcomb, Clinton Community Press, 11/83.
1988 Street Art Calendar, cover and month of August.
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