Artist Statement

For the past thirty years I have been primarily focused on sculptural forms using fiber as line, and at the same time I have been drawing consistently.  I now find myself quite obsessed by the drawn line and its endless possibilities.

My pen and ink drawings, at times combined with collage, encompass my thoughts and observations of life’s dark side including violence, evil, illness and mortality. My drawings are both spontaneous and delicate.

The core of my work is unpredictable, allowing subconscious thoughts to permeate my work.  There is hidden meaning through fragmented figuration, abstract and botanical forms.

As in my sculpture I seek mystery and psychological complexities in my drawings.  I want the viewer to collaborate by interpreting my art on a personal level.

Artist Bio / CV

Education and Selected Awards

        Cooper Union Art School, graduated 1958

2008 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Visual Artist Grant,”Works   On Paper”

2003 Fellow of the American Crafts Council

2002 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship

2000 United Nations Association, Award “100 outstanding Connecticut Women”

1986 National Endowment for the Arts; Visual Arts Fellowship

Selected Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

State of Connecticut Commission on the Arts

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

Denver Art Museum, CO

National Museum of Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution 

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Erie Art Museum, PA

American Craft Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, New York

Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI

Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa OK

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock

Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

Decordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, MA   

Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

M.H.de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu

Kwang Ju Museum, Kwang Ju, Korea

Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM

Montreal Museum of Art

Houston Museum of Fine Arts, TX           

Selected Exhibitions

2008 “Works On Paper” Drawings, Nancy Margolies Gallery,New York

2007 “One of a Kind:The Studio Craft Movement”, Metropolitan Museum of Art

2005 “Scents of Purpose”, Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF

2005 “No Boundaries, Art + Fiber”, Denver Art Museum

2004 Traditions/Transitions/The Changing World of Fiber Art, Wadsworth Atheneum

1999 Weaving the World, Contemporary Art of Linear Construction, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan

1992 Modern Design: 1880-1990, Twentieth Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 “Passion of the Line”, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2005 New Arts Gallery, Litchfield,CT

Selected Publications

2004 “Norma Minkowitz Portfolio Collection”, Monograph, Telos Art Publishing,  Kathleen Whitney, Jane Adlin, David McFadden

2005 Sculpture Magazine “Writing around Space” Kathleen Whitney

1990 Modern Design 1890-1990 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art