Joyce CutlerâShaw | |
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Born | Joyce Arlene Cutler June 25, 1932 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Died | March 18, 2018 San Diego, California, United States | (aged 85)
Education |
New York University (BA), University of California, San Diego (MFA) |
Occupation(s) | Visual artist, illustrator, educator |
Known for | Installation art, performance art, artists books, drawings, multimedia art, conceptual art |
Movement | Ecoart |
Spouse | Jerome Shaw (m. c. 1958â2018; death) |
Children | 3 |
Joyce Arlene CutlerâShaw ( nĂ©e Joyce Cutler; 1932â2018) was an American multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and educator. [1] She is known for her drawings of human and small animal bones; but she also worked in many other mediums, including in installation art, sculpture, performance art, multimedia art, and artist books. CutlerâShaw was also the founder of the Landmark Art Project, Inc., and Landmark Art Collaborative.
Joyce Cutler was born on June 25, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan; and she was raised in New York. [2] [3]
She studied at New York University, and received a B.A. degree in 1953; followed by further study at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she received a M.F.A. degree in 1972, in the first M.F.A. graduating class in visual arts at the university. [2] [4]
She was married to Jerome "Jerry" Shaw in the 1950s, and together they had three children. [2] [5]
CutlerâShaw taught at the University of California, San Diego Extension (from 1972 to 1974), Palomar College (from 1974 to 1978), and at San Diego State University (from 1978 to 1980). [6] She served in an artist-in-residence from 1992 to 2015, at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. [2] [7] Her artwork often focused on the cycle of life, and death; and while she was in graduate school she would frequently visit to the UCSD School of Medicine to draw the dead bodies and bones. [7] CutlerâShaw launched the artist-in-residence program in 1992, and served as the first artist. [2]
CutlerâShaw was the founder of the Landmark Art Project, Inc., and Landmark Art Collaborative (1985â1992). [6] She had an "Art and Artist Lecture Series," which consists of interviews with visual artists that were documented on video, which included David Antin, Eleanor Antin, Edward Rusha, Christo, Allan Kaprow, John Cage, and John Baldessari,. [6]
She was part of the group exhibition Women of the Book (1998) which traveled to four locations in Los Angeles, including to Finegood Art Gallery, the West Valley Jewish Community Center, 22622 Vanowen St., and West Hills Gallery. [8] In 2007, CutlerâShaw had a two person show alongside artist Sarah Perry, featuring drawings of the bones of small animals at the USC Fisher Museum of Art in Los Angeles. [9]
CutlerâShaw died on March 18, 2018, in San Diego, after struggling with a progressive neurological disease called corticobasal degeneration. [2]
The UC San Diego Libraryâs Special Collections & Archives holds the CutlerâShaw Papers. [10] She has work in museum collections, including at the Walker Art Center. [11] She was the subject to the documentary film, She is Fierce: the Art of Joyce Cutler-Shaw (2016), directed by Becky Cohen. [2] [12]
Joyce CutlerâShaw | |
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Born | Joyce Arlene Cutler June 25, 1932 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Died | March 18, 2018 San Diego, California, United States | (aged 85)
Education |
New York University (BA), University of California, San Diego (MFA) |
Occupation(s) | Visual artist, illustrator, educator |
Known for | Installation art, performance art, artists books, drawings, multimedia art, conceptual art |
Movement | Ecoart |
Spouse | Jerome Shaw (m. c. 1958â2018; death) |
Children | 3 |
Joyce Arlene CutlerâShaw ( nĂ©e Joyce Cutler; 1932â2018) was an American multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and educator. [1] She is known for her drawings of human and small animal bones; but she also worked in many other mediums, including in installation art, sculpture, performance art, multimedia art, and artist books. CutlerâShaw was also the founder of the Landmark Art Project, Inc., and Landmark Art Collaborative.
Joyce Cutler was born on June 25, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan; and she was raised in New York. [2] [3]
She studied at New York University, and received a B.A. degree in 1953; followed by further study at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she received a M.F.A. degree in 1972, in the first M.F.A. graduating class in visual arts at the university. [2] [4]
She was married to Jerome "Jerry" Shaw in the 1950s, and together they had three children. [2] [5]
CutlerâShaw taught at the University of California, San Diego Extension (from 1972 to 1974), Palomar College (from 1974 to 1978), and at San Diego State University (from 1978 to 1980). [6] She served in an artist-in-residence from 1992 to 2015, at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. [2] [7] Her artwork often focused on the cycle of life, and death; and while she was in graduate school she would frequently visit to the UCSD School of Medicine to draw the dead bodies and bones. [7] CutlerâShaw launched the artist-in-residence program in 1992, and served as the first artist. [2]
CutlerâShaw was the founder of the Landmark Art Project, Inc., and Landmark Art Collaborative (1985â1992). [6] She had an "Art and Artist Lecture Series," which consists of interviews with visual artists that were documented on video, which included David Antin, Eleanor Antin, Edward Rusha, Christo, Allan Kaprow, John Cage, and John Baldessari,. [6]
She was part of the group exhibition Women of the Book (1998) which traveled to four locations in Los Angeles, including to Finegood Art Gallery, the West Valley Jewish Community Center, 22622 Vanowen St., and West Hills Gallery. [8] In 2007, CutlerâShaw had a two person show alongside artist Sarah Perry, featuring drawings of the bones of small animals at the USC Fisher Museum of Art in Los Angeles. [9]
CutlerâShaw died on March 18, 2018, in San Diego, after struggling with a progressive neurological disease called corticobasal degeneration. [2]
The UC San Diego Libraryâs Special Collections & Archives holds the CutlerâShaw Papers. [10] She has work in museum collections, including at the Walker Art Center. [11] She was the subject to the documentary film, She is Fierce: the Art of Joyce Cutler-Shaw (2016), directed by Becky Cohen. [2] [12]