BIRTHPLACE:   Penna. LIVES IN:   Hells Kitchen, NYC WORKS IN:   Hells Kitchen, NYC PHONE:   212-757-7917

WEBSITE:   http://www.cafepress.com/janetsarthouse REPRESENTING GALLERIES:   seeking representation, commissions, publishing TAGS:   exhibition/performance, sculpture, figurative, abstract, digital, drawing, photography, painting, modern, performance, mixed-media

OCTOBER 2009

Group Show at Manhattan Theatre Source 177 MacDougal St., NYC   10/6 - to10/30

ESTROGENIUS FESTIVAL: on exhibit: Harlem Drummer , Saucy Nude and Love Poems 2 Nudes Red

July 23rd: I was a featured guest of Louis Reyes Rivera's show PERSPECTIVE on WBAI fm. I did 3 poems/songs.  JONAH, I FEEL POLLUTED (with harmonica) and I HEAR THE LAND CRYING GRANDMOTHER. stay tuned!!!

July 10-25th: I was included in the Art Exhibition: PASSION Curated by Heidi Russel in Soho.  Hosted by: Leslie-Lohman Gallery. A multi media event which included 2 evenings of performance and literary events.

I showed PHILLY WOMAN - which was attributed to be BEST IN SHOW by a prospective collector.  And showing for the first time in 30 years - small sculpture - 6 waxes and 1 bronze entitled "NOT SO LITTLE WOMEN" - to much acclaim.  Invest in bronze!!!  See images in gallery.

I also did a reading of TRACK 7 LOCATION 11, which had been published in the 80's - but I had never read or performed it live.  It's on videotape and will be out there in other venues soon.

We had a tremendous opening party, closing party as well!
Tuesday, 14 July, 7-9 pm - Passions Ignite: An Evening of Performance Art
Tuesday, 21 July, 7-9 pm - Passions in Prose: An Evening of Literary Readings

Exhibition: ALL FOR LOVE! EXTENDED to April 30th!!

Closing Party 8:30- to 11pm

Opened at Pomaire Restaurant 371 W 46th St, NYC on Thursday 2/12.

There was live music & Chilean wine to delight my guests. Come see it any day of the week - they are open till 11pm. Tell Denic, the owner I sent you!

21 pieces are on view - canvases, framed works on paper, framed art prints and photography.

All artwork is for sale with 20% going to The Gabriela Mistral Foundation to help those in need in Chile.

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I've got my heart, hands and head in many media. With piano as my first love, I later found more loves – sculpture, drawing, painting and photography. And I've always been writing and sometime I perform as a singer/songwriter/poet Off Broadway. My poetry and lyrics find their way into my images at times especially the ink drawings of nudes – adding a literary component and taking sensual visuals to the cerebral plane.

Coming to NYC in the 80’s from Philadelphia, I “bopped around” various neighborhoods in the East and West Village and Brooklyn until settling in Hells Kitchen in the early 90’s.

Formally trained as a sculptor, my two dimensional work jumps off the wall. Some of my bold and spunky artwork is created for and about musicians, done while listening and inspired by them.
The human figure, nature and peace are favorite subjects.
Some of the artworks in the show at Pomaire have been exhibited at the Jazz Radio Station WBGO-FM in Newark, NJ.

I also now print and publish over 200 of my images as blank note cards and prints, selling to many shops in NYC, including several in the Theater District.
I exhibit primarily in New York, participating in Group Shows and Arts Events.
My clients and collectors include many well-known cultural organizations and performers in the Arts, Entertainment and Theater.
I've always been committed to creating art that is affirmative – with images that are inspiring and healing. Inspired by all that’s good and healthy – beauty, harmony, a dash of dissonance, pulsating rhythms, curvilinear notions, irony, fresh air, full moons. And at times, also inspired to speak out against war & injustice.

I'm not much different than a bee making honey, a spider spinning a web…while I'm mining the psyche and the spirit to make art.
I'm intuitive, instinctual and often impulsive and thoughtful artist, steeped in visual history from cave drawings to cartoons, from Willendorfs to windmills, frescos to figleafs, Polaroids to pixels.

I’m just a vessel at times – keeping myself able to participate in the act of creation which so many times feels truly divine.
Sometimes I move the hand…sometimes the hand moves me and I see tangible evidence.
I did that? Well I must have…it’s in my sketchbook and this one’s been there for 30 years…I forgot I did it.

Some marks on a surface coming from a chakra higher than a hot dog with everything.

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I enjoyed doing Performances and showing art at Community Art Events: Howl Festival in the Lower East Side; Saturn Poetry Series; Yippie Museum Cafe, 44th St Block Party in Hells Kitchen

I'm now combining visual art with my writing and music in new ways. As of Jan 09: short plays and performance pieces in the works: Track 7 Location 11 to be the first in a series to debut Off Off Broadway in the spring. I'll be directing and casting 2 actors - a new turn of events for me

My "commercial" art is ongoing via my cafepress website and sales of art & photography on my Made by Hands blank note cards to NYC shops. A great way to do affordable mass distribution of art.

A selection of Theater, Dance & Music-themed Made by Hands blank note cards are now available at Broadwaynewyork.com online store.

 

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Fine Arts Resume:

Education
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

Selected Exhibitions, Works on Paper and Canvas

Fresh Fruit Festival/Passion Exhibit at Leslie-Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St. NYC.

Pomaire Restaurant, 371 W 46^th St, NYC.  One woman show “All for Love”

Jazz for Peace Invitational and auction at The New York Historical Museum, NYC.

A.I.R. Gallery, NYC Generations 6, Invitational and auction to benefit Code Pink

31^st Small Works Exhibit, Washington Square East Galleries, NYU, NYC.  Juried Group Exhibit

Theater for The New City, NYC.  Art Into Action Juried Group Exhibit

Ryan Chelsea Community Health Center, NYC.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Exhibit, Brooklyn, NY.

MCCNY Jackson Hall Art Gallery, NYC.  Group Exhibit

Haven Arts, Bronx NY.  Art of the Word Group Show

Spectrum Art Show Fundraiser for Fragile X Foundation, at the Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Yaffe Ruden Galleries, NYC. “Spring/Sing/Wing it”. Paintings, Prints, & Photography.

Society of Illustrators, NYC. “Prevailing Human Spirit”. Group Show

Here is New York, NYC.  Group Photography Show commemorating 9/11.

Wares for Art, NYC.  Group Show

Wares for Art, at The Hudson Grill, NYC.  Group Show

WBGO-FM Radio Station, Newark, NJ.  "Music Seen".  One-Woman Show

Visiones Jazz Club, NYC.  One-Woman Show

Visual Marketing Store Design Show, Pier 92, NYC.  Invited Artist

Art Insights, NYC.  Group exhibit

International House Gallery, NYC. "Women of Peace". Curator, Exhibitor of Group Show

Woodstock Town Hall, NY.  "Uncensored Art Show".  Group Show

Worcester Artist Group, MA.  "Chromatic".  Group Exhibit

Bronx River Art Gallery, NYC.  "Consciousness Raising Art".  Group Show

Caffe Della Pace, NYC.  Two-Woman Show

Now Gallery, NYC.  "Micro Show".  Group Exhibit

Nolo Contentre, NYC.  "Summer Show".  Group Exhibit

Amos Eno, NYC.  Solo Exhibit

Jack Tilton Gallery, NYC.  Group Show

Shuttle Theatre, NYC.  "Halloween Show".  Solo Exhibit

Charas, NYC.  "Not for Sale/Anti-Gentrification Show".  Group Exhibit

Gallery 345, NYC.  "The Hunger Show".  Group Exhibit

Selected Exhibitions, Sculpture

Fresh Fruit Festival/Passion Exhibit at Leslie-Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St. NYC.

Suzanne Gross Gallery, Phila., PA.  Group Exhibit

Mid-Atlantic Small Sculpture Show, Univ. of Delaware.  Group Exhibit, Catalog

PA Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship Show, Phila., PA.  Group Exhibit

Cultural Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ.  Two-Woman Show

 

Licensed Artworks

2004-09            www.cafepress.com/janetsarthouse Numerous designs on prints & various products

2004-08            Northern Sun, Minneapolis, MN.  Designs for T shirts & political buttons

1997-98   Marcel Schurman Company Inc., CA.  Designs for greeting cards

1994            Metropolitan Opera Guild, Lincoln Center, NYC. Holiday greeting card

1993            Marcel Schurman Company Inc., CA.  Seven designs for greeting cards

1992            Gear, Inc., Atlanta, GA.  Five Designs for use on T-Shirts

Published  Artworks, Illustration, Photography

2009       Janet Restino Productions, NYC.  Original artwork and photography on blank note cards and

prints, ceramic tiles, apparel, and other wearable art items since 1988.

2004        HERE IS NEW YORK, A Democracy of Photographs. Anthology of photography from 9/11/01

1999         Stern’s Performing Arts Directory, Cover art

1998-99    Dance Magazine, Illustrations

1997 Manhattan Spirit. (weekly newspaper)  Cover photo Vol.13, #14, 4/4/97

1994         WBGO-FM Radio, Newark, NJ.  Holiday Greeting Card

1989         The Village Voice, NYC.  Illustration

1988         DOWNTOWN, NYC.  Regular contributor, series of drawings "Restino's Thought for the Day"

1987          Stroker, NYC.  (Literary Magazine)  Drawing.

1982          East Villager, NYC.  Monthly contributor

WIN Magazine, NYC.  Full page illustrations

Public Illumination Magazine, NYC. Drawings

1981          The WXPN Express, Phila., PA   University of Pennsylvania.  Illustrations

Bibliography

2009         The New York Optimist www.newyorkoptimist.com/heidirussellcuratedjuly20_09.html

The New York Optimist www.thenewyorkoptimist.com/Heidirussellpresentsjanetrestinoaug18_09.html

1991            DOWNTOWN, Art Around Town, Gary Azon, 3/6/91. Signs of Intelligent Life, 3/13/91

1989            The New York Times, "Consciousness Raising Art", Vivien Raynor, 10/29/89

The Village Voice, Getting & Spending, Mim Udovitch, 11/7/89

1988            The Village Voice, Getting & Spending, Mary Peacock, 10/25/88

Grants, Schlorships, Funding

1991            Art Matters

1990            Poets & Writers

1989            PEN

1977            Scheidt Travelling Scholarship (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

1973            Dolfinger-McMahon Full Tuition Scholarship (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

Selected Private Collections

Kenny Abouzeide Family, NYC

Dr. Sondra Carter, NYC

Denic Catalan, NYC

Mrs. Tina Chigounis, Cherry Hill, NJ

Kym DeJardin, NYC

Grete Fries, NYC

Roy Hargrove, NYC

Steven Corsano, NYC

Dorthaan Kirk, WBGO-FM, Newark, NJ

Melody Rae Lowe, Belle, FL

Ed Morgan, NYC

Joanne Morton, NYC

Martin Mueller, Nutley, NJ

Chitra Patel, Greer, SC

Ms. Dorothy Pere, Ocean City, NJ

Lila Pritchard, Cold Spring, NY

Heidi Russell, NYC

Bill Sims, Queens, NY

Mrs. Zoot Sims. NY

Edward R. Sousa, Esq. NYC

David Slivka, NYC

Paul Wiley, NYC

Dr. Bruce Yaffe, NYC

Lee Young Jr. Esq., Los Angeles

Public Collections

Here Is New York, A Democracy of Photographs.  www.hereisnewyork.org. Hardcover book, Scalo Publ.

Museum of Television and Radio, NYC.  (Bill Sims portrait Tshirt)

Warner Bros. film “The Bonfire of the Vanities” Artwork used in film 1989.

Fales Collection, NYU Bobst Library, NYC.  Ron Kolm Papers.  Art on notecards, prints, ephemera.

T.O. Immisch, Maritzburg Foundation, Germany.