BIOgraphy

  
        Cora Jane Glasser feels an affinity with so-called primitive and outsider art, perhaps because her early studies in anthropology have influenced her paintings. Not surprisingly, she considers her interest in anthropology a natural outgrowth of her art, which came first in her life, before almost anything else she can remember. Travels to sites in the American Southwest, Mexico, South America, Italy and Alaska have reinforced the connection between her art and early cultures. She sees fine art, craft and daily life as part of a continuum, less a function of schooling than of unmediated experience. Glassers abstract art employs encaustic, a method of setting pigment with wax that recalls the surfaces of worn-down ancient structures.

         Recently, Glasser has been developing a body of work inspired by the ubiquitous construction sites and public transportation of her native New York City. "I see these noisy, energetic and colorful images as I might imagine an ancient thriving metropolis", Glasser states. We are, every day, experiencing what will be unearthed by the archeologists of the future. I want my art to convey the fascination this holds, and to create new ways of noticing what goes on around us every day.

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RESUMÉ/EXHIBITIONS

 
EDUCATION

B.A. Anthropology/Art, Queens College, NY
Art Students League, New York, New York

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007

Abstract & Geometric, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, ILL
(Julie Karabenick, juror)

Instructor’s Exhibit, Artworks Gallery, Trenton, NJ

Affordable Art Fair-NYC, Gallery: Julio Valdez Studio

Open Studio, LIC, NY

2006

New American Talent, Nineteenth Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Juror: Jerry Saltz, (Senior Art Critic for the Village Voice) (travelling) "Worksites," Exhibit of Construction Paintings at Wachovia ank, Corporate Real Estate Division
" Recent Work-The Sight of Construction," Exhibit at Silks Building Private Gallery

2005

One World, Many Visions, Ryan Center, New York, New York
On The Edge of Cool, Ryan Center, New York, New York
Artists Pic, Times Square Hotel Lobby Gallery, New York City
Summer Exhibit , Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Flushing, New York
Annual Summer Instructor’s Exhibition , Peterâs Valley Craft Center Gallery, Layton, NJ
Not Cornered, Times Square Hotel Lobby Gallery, New York City (exhibitor & guest curator)
Coast to Coast, a small group exhibit, Rock, Paper Scissors Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Night and Day, Fairfield University Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2nd Annual Fine Art Benefit , Phillip Colleck Gallery, New York City
CBGRed Gallery, New York, New York
Twenty Third Annual Traveling Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ (Jurors: Rhea Anastas, Bard College; Rocio Aranda, Jersey City Museum; Derek Eller, Derek Eller Galler Gallery (traveling)
New American Talent, Nineteenth Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Juror: Jerry Saltz, (Senior Art Critic for the Village Voice) (travelling)

2004

"Twenty Third Annual Traveling Metro Show," City Without Walls, Newark, NJ (Jurors: Rhea Anastas, Bard College; Rocio Aranda, Jersey City Museum; Derek Eller, Derek Eller Gallery)
" Modern Paintings,", small group exhibit, Dezart One Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
"New American Talent, Nineteenth Exhibition," Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Juror: Jerry Saltz, (Senior Art Critic for the Village Voice), traveling to:
"Texas A & M University Gallery, Commerce,"
"Fish Follies," Cordova Historical Museum," Cordova, Alaska (Juror: Rie Munoz)
"New American Talent, Nineteenth Exhibition," Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Juror: Jerry Saltz, (Senior Art Critic for the Village Voice)
" Nurturing the New 2004," NurtureART Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
" See Williamsburg" Arts Festival, Williamsburg Arts Central, Brooklyn, NY
" 22nd Annual National Small Works," Schoharie County rts Council, Cobleskill, NY
Juror: Katherine Rich Perlow, (Katherine Rich Perlow Gallery, New York City)

2003-2004

" Wreath Interpretations," Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY "Landscapes Unlimited," Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, ILL

2003

" Open Studio," 2003 (at the artist's studio)"International Salon Exhibition of Small Works," New Arts Program, Lehigh Valley & Berks County, PA

2002

"Summer Smalls 2002," smARTmarkt, Highland, NY
"Small Works 2002," Nexus Gallery, New York,

2001

"Annual Christmas Exhibition," The Art Students League Gallery, New York, NY          
"Regional Art Exhibition for Non-Members," The Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY     
"National Invitational Exhibition," Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
"The Language of Vision," Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY "The Language of Vision," Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ  

1999

"Annual Christmas Exhibition," The Art Students League Gallery, New York, NY

Collections

Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Pfizer Corporation

Acumen Capital Partners, LLC
Various personal collections

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