biography of Barbara J. ZAVADA (1938)
Personal data
Birth : 06/29/1938 - Jena, Germany
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany - United States
Address
Castle Valley UT Utah, United StatesRepresentatives
PMW Gallery – 530 Roxbury Road – Stamford CT, United States
Village Crossroads – 901 West San Matteo – Santa Fe NM, United States
Zavada Fine Art – 24 Meyers Road – Espanola NM, United States
Education
The Art Students League of New York – 215 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
1959 : Traphagen School of Fashion – 1680 Broadway – New York NY, United States
1966 : Rochester Institute of Technology (Associates Degree in Fine Arts) – 73 Lomb Memorial Drive – Rochester NY, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1962:She travels again in Paris, France.
1961:She travels in Berlin, Germany.
1960:She travels in Paris, France.
Prizes
1959
19/05/1959 : New York City Fashion Prize – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : Allen Knitting Mills Inc. – 1412 Broadway – New York NY, United States
Medals
1981
1981 : Color Citation Award – Stamford CT, United States
Context: 1st Faber Birren Award Exhibition (11/07/1981 – 11/30/1981)
Affiliated to an association
1980 – 1990 : Stamford Art Association – 39 Franklin Street – Stamford CT, United States
1999 : National Association of Women Artists – 41 Union Square West #906 – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic/canvas
Print-Multiple : Lithograph - Monotype
Drawing-Watercolor : Ink - Pastel - Watercolour
Subject
abstraction/figurationlandscape
portrait
Artistic periods
1969-2001 : Abstract Expressionist, modernist1960-1969 : Realistic Paintings
1959-1971 : Fashion Design, bridal design, haute couture, sportswear.
1957-1962 : Fashion illustration for newspaper, magazines advertising.
Movements and styles
Abstract ExpressionismWorks
Highland Symphony | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 40 x 48 cm | |
Tesuque Sunrise | |
Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 40 x 48 cm | |
Tesuque Sunset | |
Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 40 x 48 cm | |
Grand View | |
Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 22 x 30 cm | |
Verde Valley Song 22 | |
Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 40 x 48 cm | |
Untitled | |
Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Pastel Subject : landscape Size : 11 x 11 cm | |
Ascention | |
Date of creation : 1971 Medium : Acrylic/canvas Size : 30 x 30 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2000
Reflections on Canyon Country
Iron Mission State Park Gallery – Cedar City UT, United States
08/28/2000 – 10/20/2000
1999
First Impressions of a New Land
Edge of the Cedrars Museum – Blanding UT, United States
08/05/1999 – 10/29/1999
New Works by Barbara Zavada
Zavada Fine Art – Espanola NM, United States
07/28/1999 – 08/22/1999
1998
New Works by Barbara Zavada
The Art Center – Western Colorado Center for the Arts – Grand Junction CO, United States
07/1998 – 08/1998
1996
Canyon Song
Edge of the Cedars Museum – Blanding UT, United States
07/05/1996 – 09/28/1996
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Group exhibitions
1990
Connecticut Artists, Juried Show
Stamford CT, United States
1990
1989
Connecticut Artists, Juried Show
Stamford CT, United States
1989
1986
Metro Center Juried Group Exhibit
Stamford CT, United States
1986
1983
Robert Francis, Joanne Harmon, Jane Trask and Barbara Zavada
New Canaan Society for the Arts – New Canaan CT, United States
02/26/1983 – 03/06/1983
1981
1st Faber Birren Award Exhibition
Stamford Art Association – Stamford CT, United States
11/07/1981 – 11/30/1981