ARTIST STATEMENT
My work over the past few years has its roots in the expression I discovered in nature’s grapevines and their complex tendrils. These found materials became triggers for a series of small sculptural compositions followed by color digital images utilizing these sculptures. These works have also been the basis for my collaborative dance projects, exploring movement and expression.
(https://vimeo.com/200560974/aa49369ca3). In 2020 I began to incorporate large scale paintings into my work, with a subtle focus on social commentary.
My multi media art encompasses wood, steel, glass and mixed media sculptures, as well as painting.

American/ Born in Germany

EDUCATION
Art Students League of New York, 1966-67, 1970-74
Brooklyn College, 1970

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS/ PERFORMANCES
2023 - "Lamentations" performance at the Dorsky
Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
2018 - Art/Dance project at WAAM, Woodstock, NY
2016 - Heritage Center Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
2014 - Concourse/Discourse Gallery, N. Adams, MA:
Conversations in Wood, Stone, and Glass
1986 - Dorsky Galleries, NYC
1982 - Vorpal Gallery, NYC
1981 - Dorsky Galleries, NYC
1980 - Dorsky Galleries, NYC
1978 - Long Island University, Humanities Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY (Toxic Waste series)
Yale University, Sterling Hall Medical Library, New
Haven, CT (Toxic Waste series)
1977 - Harvard University, Science Center Gallery,
Cambridge, MA (Toxic Waste series)
Art Students League of NY, NYC
1976 - Gallery One (NYC)
1974 - Orpheus Gallery (NYC)

1985-89 - TWO-PERSON TRAVELING EXHIBITION
with artist Nava Atlas

"The Radwaste and Stonehenge Books"
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS (originating site)
Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dodge City, KS
Mulvane Art Center, Washburn University, Topeka,KS
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
Emporia University, Emporia, KS
College Art Gallery, SUNY at New Paltz, NY
Nelson Fosdick Gallery, SUNY at Alfred, NY
Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY at Oswego, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Time and Space, curated by Xuewu Zheng,
Station Art Gallery, - Cleveland, Ohio
2023 - Eclipse Gallery, N.Adams, Mass
2023 - "Lamentations" screening (Oct-Dec), Hudson
Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY
2022 - "Dots & Lines" curated, Wired Gallery,
High Falls, NY
- Film projection "Vietnam Project", ASK gallery,
Kingston, NY
- Open Studios Event - HBG Gallery, Beacon, NY
- Veterans Art Showcase - FDR Library & Museum,
Hyde Pk, NY
- Beacon Arts Member Show - KuBe Art Center,
Beacon, NY
2021 - "Here-There" - McKenna Gallery Space
@SUNYNP, New Paltz, NY
https://vimeo.com/612324564
2020 - Gallery 40 - Poughkeepsie, NY
2020 - HBG Gallery - Beacon Arts member show,
Beacon, NY
2019 - Hudson Beach Gallery - BeaconArts member
2018 - stART Space Gallery - Manchester, Vermont
2017 - "War in the Arts:Redeeming Spirits"-
SUNY Orange, NY
2016 - Flomenhaft Gallery, NYC : Earth SOS
2012 - Bau Gallery, Beacon, NY: Apocalypse
2006 - Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY:
Invitational Exhibit
1989 - Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY: Contemporary
Bestiary
1985 - Hand in Hand Galleries, NYC: Book Arts
1984 - Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island,
NY: 8 Union Square Artists
Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: War &
Peace & Art
1983 - Dorsky Galleries, NYC: 4 Union Square Artists
1982 - Landmark Center Gallery, St. Paul, MN: Art and
the Law
Pratt Graphics Center Gallery, NYC: Tracers
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY:
International Printmakers
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY: 67th
Annual
1979 - National Academy Museum, NYC: Annual
Invitational
1975 - Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA: 21st Annual
Juried
1974 - National Academy Museum, NYC: Henry Ward
Ranger Invitational

RESIDENCIES
2017 - Assets for Artists residency - MassMoCA
2016 - Muong Studios, Vietnam (Nov-Dec)
2016 - SpreadArt- Detroit, MI
2016 - Studios at MassMoCA- N. Adams, Mass
2015 - Studios at MassMoCA- N. Adams, Mass

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Wichita Art Museum (Wichita, KS)
Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY-New Paltz (NY)
Fred F. French Investment Corp.
A.C. Neilson Corp.
Wamsutta Corp.
U. of Central Florida, UCF Art Gallery, Orlando, FL

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES
"Radioactive Waste as Subject of Art" by Anthony S. Maulucci, New Haven Register, February 5, 1978

"West '82/ Art and the Law" by Fran Addington, Minneapolis Tribune, October 3, 1982

The Vietnam Experience
(Tracers: Ten Vietnam Veteran Artists, catalog)
"Art of Viet Vets Goes on Exhibit" (Rotunda Gallery- Brooklyn NY) by Jarred McCallister,
NY Daily News, November2, 1984

Nava Atlas and Chaim Tabak, a Collaborative Exhibition: The Radwaste and Stonehenge Books
(Wichita Art Museum, catalog), with essay by Howard DaLee Spencer, Curator

"Books are Art with a Message" (Wichita Art Museum) by Nancy Pate, Wichita Eagle Beacon, April 7, 1985

“Sculpted pages at SUNY Art Gallery” by Ross Pollock,Woodstock Times, September 1, 1988

"Art Depicts Nuclear Nightmare" by Don Harting,
Syracuse Herald Journal, February 22, 1989

"Radwaste/ Stonehenge grace Tyler Gallery" by Jennifer Gibbs, Oswegonian, February 2, 1989

"Drawing Moral Lessons from Nature" (Islip Museum, “Contemporary Bestiary”) by Helen A. Harrison,
NY Times, April 1, 1996

Vietnam Experience- NetViet TV interview, 12/2016,
"Sculpture-Image-Dance"
vnExpress- Vietnam national online publication
12/2016
"Back to Vietnam: US veteran finds peace in art"

FILM by Ziru Wang - "The Haunting Memory" 2022
https://vimeo.com/772582695

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