Artist Statement
The ability to plan and rejoice in a pregnancy should be the right of every woman. Too few women throughout the world have any control over how many children they have. Planned parenthood and other similar agencies must be enabled to spread the vital information a woman needs to have a safe pregnancy…when she is ready for it…
And informed about the various contraceptives available to her and her partner. Society will benefit from well educated men & women who are aware of the enormous responsibility of raising a child and face the future with thought and planning.
Biography
From an early age I wanted to be an artist. I would watch my mother as if by magic produce animals and children with just a pencil & paper. How cool! I realized I had the power to make my own world right at my finger tips. I never stopped drawing, painting,creating, imagining and I continue to do so. My first stroke on a paper or canvas dictates where the next stroke will go…and on and on. It’s a kind of magic.
My formal training was completed in New Jersey at Rutgers University where I studied with Leon Golub and Joan Semmel who were both very supportive of my work.
About the Artist
Rita Herzfeld was born in New York City and holds a BA from Rutgers University graduating in 1980. Rita also attended the Art Student’s League, The School of Visual Arts and City College of N.Y.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Metuchen Art Works
2003 Ramapo College Library
2002 The Chubb Atrium Gallery
2002 Educational Testing Service, Chauncey Conference Center
1995 Middlesex County College Gallery
1995 J.C.C. of Middlesex County
1992 Johnson & Johnson Corporate Headquarters
1991 Maxwell’s
1980 East L.A. Gallery
1980 A.I.R. Gallery
1978 Livingston College Library
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 N.A.W.A. Gallery, NYC
2009 The Gallery at 6th & 6th, Tucson, AZ
2007 Gallery 31
2007 Art Alliance
2007 Perth Amboy Cultural Center Gallery
2007 S.I.C.A
2007 Metuchen Art Works
2006 Metuchen Art Works
2002 Gary Snyder Fine Arts
2002 River Run Gallery
2002 Hunterdon Museum of Art
2000 Hunterdon Museum of Art
1999 Seton Hall Law School
1993 City With Out Walls Gallery,
1991 International Gallery Pusan, Korea & Tianjin
1990 Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
1979 Montclair State College
Collections
Hunterdon Museum of Art
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
Various private collections.
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