2010 CURRENT & UPCOMING
EXHIBITIONS
THE CREATIVE PROCESS REVEALED
July 11 - September 12, 2010
Flushing Council on the Arts & Culture
137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, New York
LET'S EAT
August 10 - September 20, 2010
The Long Island Museum of American Art
Stony Brook, NY
February 26 - April 17, 2010
LaGrange Art Museum, La Grange, GA
National Biennial Exhibition
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
Honoring Marvin Bileck Exhibition
May 15 - June 30, 2010
Sand Lake Art Center, Averill Park/Albany, NY
Solo Exhibit - SCHOOLl LUNCH: DIVERSITY & US
Opening: Sunday, May 30, 2 - 4 PM
2009 EXHIBITIONS
LABA, THE BODY, Drawings
The 14th Street Y
344 East 14th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
New York, NY 10003 (212) 780-0800
info@14StreetY.org
FORWARD Review by Jordana Horn http://www.forward.com/articles/117864/
Some of the exhibit’s explorations of the body are more poignant than others, and more overtly Jewish as well. Lisa Deloria Weinblatt’s (LABA) sketch, “Her Body,” on the second floor of the exhibit, is a drawing of a female figure whose back is covered in Hebrew text and imagery, a second layer of a sensually textual skin.
“ By creating the juxtaposition of the female body image with sacred text, I seek to overlay the body with a multi-layered map, melding text and human form into one another,” Weinblatt writes in the exhibit’s catalog. And indeed, the woman’s back vaguely resembles the topography of the land of Israel, with a shoulder blade as the Golan sliding down into the Gaza of the left hip. This is territory of beauty rather than controversy, quoting the Song of Songs: “Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold you are beautiful…your hair is like a flock of goats, sliding down from Mount Gilead.” Weinblatt’s sources render her sketch rich with meaning as well as beauty.
A BOOK ABOUT DEATH
Artist Collaborative Project
Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens NY 11368
Telephone: (718) 592-9700
http://www.queensmuseum.org/about/general-information
Woodstock Art Museum
28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498 tel 845-679-2940
www.woodstockart.org
SCHOOL LUNCH:Celebrating Diversity & Multiculturalism
The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY - WORKS ON PAPER
Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY:MY LONG ISLAND
Andrews Art Museum, Andrews, NC: SCHOOL LUNCH
DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: 3 Artists Views
North
Florida Art Gallery, Madison, FL
tel 850 - 973 - 1642
HUB- Robeson Galleries, Penn State University
NAWA 120th Anniversary Exhibition
University Park, PA
14th Street Y, NYC- Artist -In-Residence Collaborative, Exhibition
Woodstock
Art Museum
28 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498 tel 845-679-2940 www.woodstockart.org
SCHOOL
LUNCH:Celebrating Diversity & Multiculturalism
January
6 - 24, 2009. Opening - January 8, 6 - 8 P.M
Contemporary Art Network
Gallery Exhibition
580 8th Ave @38th Street, NYC tel 212- 354-2999
2008 EXHIBITIONS
John
Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
'Insights into Suburbia'
Morris
Graves Museum, Eureka, CA 707 - tel 442 - 0278
Karpeles
Library Museum, 94 Newburgh, NY - tel (845) - 569 - 4997
SCHOOL LUNCH: Celebrating Diversity & Multiculturalism
Review
Pudue University, IN, Ringel Gallery
'Insights Into Surburbia'
Opalka Gallery, Sage College, Albany, NY
ARTIST'S
STATEMENT
I am a figurative painter whose imagery is informed through personal experience,
Imagination and direct observation. The paintings comprising both series,
A MAN / A WOMAN & SCHOOL LUNCH, present images concerning the nature
of relationships between men and women. My
goal is to create humanistic awareness in a framework which is
universally recognized.
The
SCHOOL LUNCH series is a pictorial essay of contemporary student life,
in real educational settings. Contemporary cross-cultural issues
and their
emotional attitudes are explored in the shared experience of school
lunch. SCHOOL LUNCH is generated from direct observation, drawing on location
in NYC High Schools and Colleges. SCHOOL LUNCH underlines perceptions
which affirm cultural identity, brings
together ideas espousing contemporary concerns and encourages a belief
in the quality of the
human spirit.
I use the vocabulary of daily life and historical reference
to inform the content of the A MAN / A WOMAN series.
The images in
these paintings investigate the interactions of interpersonal relationships
within a time-frame. This series, in creating awareness of the multi-faceted
roles of women, recognizes and views the importance of relationship cycles.
Within this series, balanced real and abstract elements coexist, to create
images which allude to the myths of womanhood. The MAN/ WOMAN series,
distinguished by evocative motifs, are activated by current issues and
concerns of women,
which challenge the uneasy boundaries of possession, substance, perception
and hallucination.
BIO
Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt graduated Magna Cum Laude, Art Department
Honors, 1987, Queens College, Flushing, New York. She received
her MFA from
the School of Visual Arts, NYC, 1991
She has been awarded five Artist-In-Residence National Scholarships
In 2005, Lisa exhibited in nine museum shows across the USA. She
has had over 35 solo exhibitions and has exhibited in over 175
group shows.
" Superb, large, figurative paintings that tell stories... of a social nature...Active
and pensive only begin to describe the intent behind these remarkable works...a
wealth of remarkable paintings that address such important contemporary
issues as cultural diversity and the challenges inherent in personal relationships...
Stephanie
H. Plunkett, Chief Curator, Norman Rockwell Museum
AWARDS
National Endowment Partnership Grant, 'Emerge', through the New Jersey State
Art Council and ALJIRA Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
NYC public Art Grant through NYSFA, NYFA, and ABACA, exhibiting work
in Artist Space in Soho
Nabisco Foods Gallery "Faces of America: Celebrating Cultural Diversity
and Black History Month" SCHOOL LUNCH exhibit cover