Artists Registry

Lizbeth Mitty

Brooklyn NY United States

http://www.lizbethmitty.com
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Artist Statement

Born in Queens, NY to a family of artists, inventors and actors, I grew up painting and writing. I have exhibited in New York, nationally, and recently in Austria. I am represented in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and many other museums, private collections and corporations.

I traverse the urban landscape with a camera and sketchbook and work from memories of places that are derived from frequent visits and explorations. I am jubilant upon the discovery of places of intense energy or mystery marked by human use or abandonment. The images are not usually meant to be specific to a place, but to inform the viewer of the grandeur inherent in the experience of existing inside of a location. The juxtapositions of conflicting images, such as man-made detritus with nature, serve as commentary on contemporary civilization as reflected in landscape.

I was preparing for an exhibition in January of 2002, when the WTC disaster struck. I lived and painted on Church and Chambers street, and witnessed the event and its aftermath. I immediately was seized with the need to to record what I had witnessed, and what was unfolding. My show opened in January of 2002, and the images that I am presenting here were all painted in that time period, with the exception of Why Again?, a recent piece.

There are numerous reviews of the show, which can be seen on my website. The show was reviewed in New York Magazine, the New York Times, the San Fransisco Chronicle and more. There is also a published interview in the Milwaukee Journal.

Solo Exhibitions
2010A.M. Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2008Windham Fine Arts, Windham, NY
2007Mercantile Building, Milwaukee, WI
2005Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
2002Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
1999Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
1985Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1983Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1982Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1978Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009"New York: Then and Now", ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2008Two Person Exhibition, Windham Fine Arts, Windham, NY
ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Summer Exhibition of Monotypes, Cheryl Pelavin Gallery, New York, NY
Art in a Box, Cheryl Pelavin Gallery, New York, NY
2007"20 Years of Printmaking", Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
Art in a Box, Cheryl Pelavin Gallery, New York, NY
2005"New Art: New Work: Reflections of the Human Condition", Trierenberg Holding AG, Traun, Austria
University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Colombia, MO
2002Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Annual Benefit, Diane Von Furstenberg Studio Gallery, New York, NY
"Landscapes, Real and Imagined, Rye Art Center, Rye, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Hofstra University, Hempstead NY
2001"Vessels", The St. Paul Company, Minneapolis, MN
1998Jay Gallery, Pelavin Editions, New York, NY
1997Berkshire Museum, 1996 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Dan Cameron, Curator, Pittsfield, MA
Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
1996Jay Gallery, Pelavin Editions, New York, NY
Faculty Exhibtion, SUNY at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
1995"Summer Solstice", Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
Jay Gallery, Pelavin Editions, New York, NY
1994Nassau County Museum of Art, Exhibition of the Permanent Collection, Roslyn, NY
Faculty Exhibition, SUNY at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
1993Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Exhibition of Permanent Collection, Queens, NY
"Women Printmakers: An Intimate View", Queensborough Community College Gallery, Queens, NY
1992Faculty Exhibition, SUNY at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
1991"Long Island Landscape Painting in the Twentieth Century" Museums at Stony Brook, NY
Group Exhibition, Berkshire Museum, Lisa Phillips, Curator, Pittsfield, MA
"In Search of the American Experience", Museum of the National Arts Foundation, New York, NY
1990"Contemporary Scenes of New York City", Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY
"Contemporary Prints: New York Workshops Create", Bronx Museum, NY
1985"The Artist Celebrates New York: Works From the Metropolitan Museum of Art", Traveling Exhibition: Bronx Museum, Long Island University, Jamaica Arts Center, Staten Island Museum, City College
"Gallery Artists and Friends", Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1982"Textured Plains", Proctor Arts Center, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, New York, NY
1981"The Broken Surface", Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York and Bennington College, VT
1980Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography
Manhattan User's Guide February 4, 2010.
City Journal Cover Art Autumn 2009, Volume 19, Number 4.
Decker, Elisa. "Lizbeth Mitty at Cheryl Pelavin." Art In America January 2006, p. 125.
Johnson, Ken. "Art Guide: Other Galleries." The New York Times Weekend Section, February 1.
Schumacher, Mary Louise. "Turning Horror Into Art." The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel June 15.
Newhall, Edith. "On View." New York Magazine February 4, p. 70.
King, John. "Painting the Past, Hoping For the Future." San Francisco Chronicle January 16, p. A-21.
Boyle, Wickham. "Art Out of the Ashes of September 11." The Villager January 16, p. 12.
Perchinske, Marlene. Museum News. Univ. of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, Winter, Cover Article.
Galinou, Mireille. London Arts Café Newsletter #11 Autumn/Winter, p. 9.
Henry, Gerrit. Art in America January, p. 117
Johnson, Ken. The New York Times May 7, p. E-36.
Smith, Roberta. The New York Times August 24, p. C-22.
Delantiner, Barbara. The New York Times, Long Island Edition June 17, p. C21.
Pisano, Ronald. Long Island Lanscape Painting in the Twentieth Century. Little Brown & Company, pp. 115-116.
McKinney, John. Three Village Herald June 20, p. 13.
Casamassima, Christy. Five One Six Magazine June, p. 8.
Lipson, Karin. Newsday August 10, part 2, p. 15 and May 27, part 2, p. 19.
Paquette, Carole. The Record July 5, pp. 19 and 28.
Hunter, Elizabeth. The Times Beacon, Leisure/Classified June 21, p. C5.
Temin, Christine. The Boston Globe August 31, p. 78.
"Darkness at Noon", Science Magazine July-August, p. 78.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. American Art Now. Morrow Incorporated, pp. 92 and 94.
Peplow, Joshua. Arts Magazine November.
Glueck, Grace. The New York Times, Weekend Section December 16.
Fellowships and Awards
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant
Public and Corporate Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
New York State Museum, Albany, NY
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Zimmerli Archive, Rutgers University, NJ
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
Trierenberg Holding AG, Traun, Austria
US Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Ameriprise Financial Corporation, New York, NY
Sanwa Capital Management, Japan
Greenpoint Savings Bank, New York, NY
Fidelity Financial, Boston, MA
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
New York Heart Association, New York, NY
United States Trust Company of New York, New York, NY
Queensborough Community College, Queens, NY
General Dynamics Crop., Falls Church, VA
Carey Ellis Company, Sacramento, CA
Centre Reinsurance of New York, New York, NY
Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI
Hanson Graphic, Milwaukee, WI
Tendler Real Estate, New York, NY
Simpson, Thatcher, Bartlett, New York, NY
Prudential Corporation, Newark, NJ
Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York, NY
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, NY
US Trust Corporation, New York, NY
Oakbrook Bank, Oakbrook, IL
B. Riche, Berlin, Germany
Cleary, Gottleib, Steen, Hamilton, New York, NY
Kliegerman Group, Westport, CT

Education
1975University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI M.F.A
1973 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI B.A.
1969-71SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY