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Leola Bermanzohn
About
My work conveys an abstract sensibility anchored in animist depiction of plant life and nature as they occur in the urban landscape. Fascinated with the sway of a heavy stoplight as it dangles in the wind, or street signs at a diagonal created by a hill beneath the concrete, I draw highlights of the world around me. Then, with bold lines and an editors approach to composition, my best sketches go to canvas.
Working as a muralist has influenced my painting. Conceptually, I operate as a two-way mirror between the cityscape and my own vision, bringing fine art to the street level, and the city inside the studio. Technically, I cross-reference methods, using a painterly approach on murals, and making extensive use of the grid on canvas. Graphically, I aim to build tight compositions out of loose brush strokes.
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Website
- http://afonline.artistsspace.org/view_artist.php?aid=4232
Exhibits:
2010
VII Bienal Internacional de Arte
Bogota, Colombia
2009
Paper Dolls
FIFTY24 LA CA
2008
Otiyot: Life of the Letters
The Jewish Museum NY
2007
Footprints: Portrait of a Brooklyn Neighborhood
Brooklyn Central Public Library
2006
Urban Log Books at Local Project
Long Island City, NY
2003
Going Public at AIANY Center for Architecture, NYC
2002
Art Show
StartSOMA SF, CA
1999
Salon Des Artistes
Brooklyn NY
Murals
2010
Assistant to Ghariokwu Lemi: Promotional Van for Fela! on Broadway, Waterford, CT & NYC.
Assisitant to Ricardo Cortes on Mural for the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Corona, NY.
2008
“Otiyot: Life of the Letters,” Mural project simultaneous with Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, commissioned by The Jewish Museum New York
2007
Assistant to Maria Dominguez on "Bronx Allegory" outside the Gun Hill Health Clinic, Bronx, NY.
2005
Principal Artist on “When Women Pursue Justice;” painting of Emma Goldman on collaborative mural by Artmakers, Inc.
2004
Laughing Buddha; private commission, Brooklyn, NY.
2003
Liquid Habitats; Mission Village Market, San Francisco, CA.
2001
Women Warriors solo mural commissioned by non-profit Sister Outsider, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY.
Bibliography & Videography
Janet Braun-Reinitz and Jane Weissman, On the Wall: Four Decades of Community Murals in New York City, University Press of Mississippi, 2009. *Cover credit.
Carol Vogel, "Inside Art," The New York Times, October 30, 2008.
Sizzla Kalonji, Music Video “Ultimate Hustler,” Damon Dash Music Group/Kalonji, 2005.
Sharon Seitz, “Around Town,” TimeOut New York, February 15, 2002.
“Behind The Music: Bustah Rhymes,” on music channel VH1, 2001. … Read More
Parsons, NYC: Color Theory & Graphic Design 2008
Precita Eyes SF, CA: Community Mural Painting 2003
Hunter College NYC: BA in Studio Art: Painting Minor: Music 2001
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