Exhibit Information
Americas 2011: Paperworks
Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND
January 10 - February 18, 2011
Juror: Victoria Goro-Rapoport, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE
Catalog Published
Americas 2011: Paperworks, is an annual juried exhibition hosted by the Northwest Art Center at Minot State University in Minot, ND. Artwork for Paperworks must be on or of paper, traditional or experimental, including photographs. The show is both an educational resource for students and an opportunity for artists to have work purchased by the Center for its permanent collection.
Juror: Born in Moscow, Russia, Vicotoria Goro-Rapoport graduated from Moscow Art College with a BFA in set design in 1985. Until her emigration from Russia in 1990, she worked with various puppet and drama theaters as a set designer. From 1990 until 1994, she lived in Jerusalem, Israel, where she was introduced to the technique of etching — her current primary means of artistic expression. In 1998 she earned her MFA in set design from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. In 2002 she earned an MFA in printmaking from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign. She is currently an Associate Professor of Drawing and Printmaking at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She is an active studio artist. In the last five years she has participated in over 150 national and international juried exhibitions and has received 49 exhibition awards.
Text from Americas 2011: Paperworks exhibit prospectus.