2011 Terra Temporalis Series: Pastel on Recycled Newspaper
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This is the new series of pastels created this spring on recycled newspaper from some journals made long ago by the John Rossi Paper Co. There are in fact, little flecks of recycled newspapers – stock quotes, words, etc. Due to the transient nature of all things – especially news and newspaper – these works have been incorporated into the “Terra Temporalis” lineage of creative pieces that were begun in 2011.
Press Release: WOMAN: Self-Portrait Exhibition Opens at Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, NY
Woman: Self Portrait | June 1st – July 1st 2006
Shirin Aliabadi, Michal Chelbin, Christina Dallas, Dalit Gurevich, Naomi Harris, Erika Harrsch, Tiina Itkonen, Adela Leibowitz, Lynne Marie, Leemour Pelli, Astari Rasjid, Julieta Schildknecht, Ginna Triplett, Patricia Von Ah, Sonja Wyss, Amanda Seelye-Salzman, Gabrielle Senza (Red Collaborative)
Dalit Anolik – Curator
Woman: Self Portrait is a group exhibition composed of seventeen local and international women artists; offering a multi-cultural view of the contemporary female experience. As the title suggests, the artwork provides an insight into how women perceive themselves as artists, professionals, children, parents and members of society. In addition, it comments on how those self-perceptions might clash with their surrounding social and political environments.
This exhibition hopes to raise questions regarding roles, identity, responsibility and expectations related to gender, and most importantly — raise alertness to gender based violence. Above all, it hopes to welcome the viewer into one moment within the cycle of a woman’s life.
Although each artwork represents a personal and intimate experience of an individual artist, the issues raised here are very much universal. Whether the artist is from Iran, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico or the US — concepts such as female identity, sexuality, body image and sexual abuse (among others) are all translated into the language of art. Many of the participating artists have used art not only as a tool to express themselves, but also as an essential source of healing.
Woman: Self Portrait is a benefit exhibition to raise awareness and funds for the non-profit corporation V-Day (The ‘V’ stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina). This organization distributes funds to grassroots, national, and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls. This exhibition is part of UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS: NYC, a festival of theater, spoken word, performance and community events created to bring the issue of violence against women and girls front and center in the culture and the community. The festival will take place during June 12 – 27.
FREE Special Event — June 15th, 6:30pm:
In collaboration with V-Day’s campaign “Until the violence stops” —
Artist talk by Erika Harrsch followed by Dr. Danielle Knafo, a psychoanalyst who will give a lecture entitled: “Revelations and Rage — Violence against women in the work of female artists.”
*10% of all sales will be donated to V-Day
For more information on V-Day and complete schedule of festival events please visit vday.org
A Brush with Life
VISUAL ARTS: A Brush with Life
Berkshire Living Magazine
Written by
Alison McGee
Art and activism share intimate space on Gabrielle Senza’s canvas
Sitting at a small table nestled in the back of the bustling Fuel Coffee Shop in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, artist/activist Gabrielle Senza’s short hair—currently a deep, vibrant auburn—complements her lightly flushed cheeks and burnt-rose-tinted lips. Her dark blue nail polish matches the ink of her pen as she alternates between doodling and carefully illustrating components of her past and upcoming art projects while she talks about her life. She runs the pen back over the lines of an upside-down bud shape she drew moments before, a shape she says originated with her son, Matteo, describing how it made its way into her series of Survival Drawings and that it will be at the heart of a new series of sculptures she is working on now.
At just forty-three years old, Senza has already had a life full of experiences: a widely popular gallery, a successful painting career, and two intimate activism projects, but at the moment she’s slowing down to make more time for her art. Senza’s roster of projects is as lengthy as it is passionate. Read more…
8 Foot River at Micro Theater
RURAL INTELLIGENCE
Thursday, November 18 @ 8 p.m.
Enterprising artist Gabrielle Senza has been on a two-year hiatus from painting, but that does not mean she has been without creative outlets. One of those as been creating a new band, 8 Foot River, in which she plays cello and keyboard with fellow local musicians-with-day-jobs Glenn Gieger, Steven Dietemann, and Steve Praus. Expect original indie-rock tunes with the occasional cover a la Yo La Tengo, Wilco, or Liz Phair thrown in.
Outspoken! @ Micro Theatre
Pittsfield, MA
Sweet! Many thanks to Assets for Artists & Blair Benjamin!
Here’s a nice profile written by Blair Benjamin, Founder of the Assets for Artists Program.
There are people you think must secretly be twins or triplets living as one person because they seem to accomplish too much and appear in too many places for a single human being. Great Barrington-based artist Gabrielle Senza (who joined Assets for Artists in 2009) is such a person. . . [Read more here.]
Two Decades and Counting. . .
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Belskie Museum Show Closes July 29
There are a lot of great pieces in this show of recycled encyclopedias. I especially loved Roman Lascano’s beautiful wall piece.
For more details on the exhibition, download the Belskie Museum Catalog, or contact the museum for a printed copy of your own.
The Promise of Light Series
The Promise of Light, X
© Gabrielle Senza
2007 oil on canvas
72 x 120 inches
Signed: Lower Right and Verso
Available.
c106-PL10. OV40000CV42000
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The Promise of Light, III
© Gabrielle Senza
2007 oil on canvas
48 x 32 inches
Signed: Lower Right and Verso
Available.
c106-PL03. OV8000CV9200
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The Promise of Light, II
© Gabrielle Senza
2007 oil on canvas
48 x 96 inches
Signed: Lower Right and Verso
Sale Pending.
c106-PL02. OV24000CV24500
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American Icon Series
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American Icon Series, Roundhouse
© Gabrielle Senza
2002 oil pastel & graphite on mylar
11 x 8.5 inches
Signed: Lower Right
Available.
c102-AI01. OV900CV1200
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American Icon Series, Railroad Crossing
© Gabrielle Senza
2002 oil pastel & graphite on mylar
11 x 8.5 inches
Signed: Lower Right
Available.
c102-AI02. OV900CV1200
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American Icon Series, Storage Tank
© Gabrielle Senza
2002 oil pastel & graphite on mylar
11 x 8.5 inches
Signed: Lower Right
Available.
c102-AI03. OV900CV1200
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American Icon Series, Smokestack
© Gabrielle Senza
2002 oil pastel & graphite on mylar
11 x 8.5 inches
Signed: Lower Right
Available.
c102-AI04. OV900CV1200
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American Icon Series, Warehouses
© Gabrielle Senza
2002 oil pastel & graphite on mylar
11 x 8.5 inches
Signed: Lower Right
Available.
c102-AI05. OV900CV1200
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