Up Close and Personal

Curated by Andrea Arroyo

The 13th edition of the beloved “Women in the Heights” exhibition features an intersectional group of women artists working in Washington Heights and Inwood. The rich diversity of artworks by the thirty-nine artists in the show presents a glance into the depth and breadth of the uptown creative experience. A range of explorations of the notion of intimacy use concept, color and form, to transform the personal realm into a shared experience.
Communities are created by individuals coming together. Human connection becomes our shared sanctuary, specially with the lingering loss and isolation as we emerge out of a world pandemic.
Sharing the personal is an act of courage. Women artists are visionaries, warriors, healers and connectors.
This exhibition is an invitation to reflect on the issues that bring us together.
Enjoy, and be inspired.

Andrea Arroyo, curator
March, 2022

Women in the Heights: Up Close and Personal

Opening – March 22 Artist Talk – April 5

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5-taliano_lisa_flattered_oiloncanvas_20x24_2021_$1000

6-Cuomo_Alison_Odyssey_paint on 140 lb. watercolor paper_14 x 18_2022_540

10-GrantCooper_SecondHandRose_Assemblage_16x39_2021_$700

11-Ziffer_Deborah_Cathedral_Painted Reeds and Beads on Fabric_56 in x 25 in_ 2021_1200

12-Wray_Devynity_Three Saints_Mixed Media on Paper_12x18in_2020_3700

13-Groux_Laurence-Elle_SOFTNESS-#7_Oil-pastel-on-paper_8-x-10-inches_2020_450

14-Groux_Laurence-Elle_SOFTNESS-#9_Oil-pastel-on-paper_8-x-10-inches_2020_450

15-IbtisamZaman 05. Birth of Twins Part 1

16-Fisher_Sally_Street Life_Digital Photograph_10x8_2021

18-Kornbluth_Andrea_The Grind_Etching Aquatint_12 x 12_2021_300 (1)

19-McKee_RoughAcres_RL_BleakHouse_Digital Media_10x13_2022_100

20-Goldberg_Beryl_Rosemary__Photo_11X14_2022_$400.

21-Goldberg_Beryl_Lilly_Photo_11X14_2021_$400.

22-Dugan_Tiffany_Looking Up_Collage on paper_9x12in_2021_150

23-Dugan_Tiffany_Christmas Cards 2021_Collage on paper_12x9in_2021_150

24-Obesa_Palen_La nina con miedo_Linocut on paper_12x12in_2021_200

25-Russo_Suzanne_LunchOnAmsterdam_Marker_10-5inX13-5in_2021_350

26-BrookhouseGil_Lyndell_96th-St-1Train_OilonCanvas_18’x24’_750

26-Checo_Lisbeth_Love_Markers and colored pencils_12x15_2022

28-Naparstek_Rosa_AFTER I MET YOU_Photo on Paper_11x11in_2022_250

28-BOYEWA EL_SADE_GOING TO MEET YEMAYA_03_COLOR PHOTOGRAPH_11X14_2019_500

30-Wasserman_Tamara_jubilation on November 7th_black & white print_11x14_2020_225

31-quinones_Sarah_The pondering05_15_2020

33-Azcoitia_Vicky_The Waiting Time – Mika 2_Fine Art Inkjet Print_11x14in_900

34-Bellucci_ Patricia_ Pandemic Triptych_ Acrylic on board_ 24x10in_ 2020-22_2500

36-Sato_Kaé_EsperanzaVII_NaturalPigments-NikawaGlue-onCanvas_12x24in_2014_2400

37-SchmertzDiana_Recurrent_OilOnWood_9x9in_2019_850

38-SchmertzDiana_TheyBothHadBodiesWhereTheirPoorSoulsHadAlmostNoRoomII_OilOnCanvas_20x20in_2019_500

39-Justo_Julia_Tulle Crown_textile_16x16inch_2021_1000

40-Justo_Julia_Border Breeze_textile_16x16inch_2021_1000

41-Bresler_Susan_Color Wheel_Watercolor, Collage, Colored Pencil_18x12in_2021_300

45-Levin_Lilia_In Depth_pen&ink_8x10_-2021_$200

Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman
Khadejah
oil on canvas, 11″ x 14″, 2021
Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman
Self Portrait
oil on canvas, 16″ x 20″, 2021
Patricia Miranda
Lace Archive: Graphite
Vintage and inherited 22k gold leaf, graphite, rabbit skin glue on wood panel, 8″ x 10″, 2021
Patricia Miranda
Lace Archive: Graphite
Vintage and inherited 22k gold leaf, graphite, rabbit skin glue on wood panel, 8″ x 8″, 2021
Lisa Taliano
Flattered
oil on canvas, 20″ x 24″, 2021
Alison Cuomo
Odyssey
paint on 140lb watercolor paper, 14″ x 18″, 2022
Cathy O'Keefe
Tea
acrylic on wood panel, 30″ x 24″, 2022
Denise Penizzotto
Loss: 12 Birds of 2021 Extinction
oil on archival paper, 29″ x 21.5″, 2021
Rose Deler
Silhouettes Are Reductions, Red, Yellow, Green
nylon, tulle and yarn, 65″ x 24″, 2021
Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper
Second Hand Rose
found object assemblage,39″ x 16″ x 4″, 2021
Deborah Ziffer
Cathedral
Painted Reeds and Beads on Fabric, 56″ x 35″, 2021
Devynity Wray
Three Saints
mixed media on paper, 18″ x 24″, 2021
Laurence Elle Groux
Softness #9
oil pastel on paper, 10″ x 8″, 2020
Laurence Elle Groux
Softness #7
oil pastel on paper, 10″ x 8″, 2020
Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman
Birth of Twins Part I
oil on canvas, 18″ x 24″, 2020
Sally Fisher
Street Life
digital photograph, 10″ x 8″, 2021
Yasuyo Tanaka
Overcoming
word and images, 21.5″ x 17.25″, 2022
Andrea Kornbluth
The Grind
Etching Aquatint, 12″ x 12″, 2021
RoughAcres/RL McKee
Bleak House
digital print, 10″ x 13″, 2022
Beryl Goldberg
Rosemary
photograph, 16″ x 20″, 2021
Beryl Goldberg
Lily
photograph, 16″ x 20″, 2021
Tiffany Dugan
Looking Up
collage, 9″ x 12″, 2021
Tiffany Dugan
Christmas Cards
collage, 12″ x 9″, 2021
Palén Obesa
La niña con miedo
linocut, 15″ x 15″, 2021
Suzanne Russo
Lunch on Amsterdam
marker on paper, 10.5″ x 13.5″, 2021
Lyndel Brookhouse-Gil
96th St 1 Train
oil-on-canvas board, 18″ x 24″, 2021
Lisbeth Checo
Love
marker and colored pencil on paper, 15″ x 11.5″, 2022
Rosa Naparstek
After I Met You
photograph, 11″ x 11″, 2022
Sade Boyewa El
Going to Meet Yemaya 03
photograph, 11″ x 14″, 2019
Tamara Wasserman
Jubilation on November 7th, 2020
black and white photograph, 11″ x 14″, 2020
Sarah Quinones
The Pondering
photograph, 10″ X 18″, 2020
Maria Fernandez
Bonding
photograph, 11″ x 14″, 2021
Vicky Azcoitia
The Waiting Time – Mika
pigment inkjet print, 14″ x 11″, 2021
Patricia Bellucci
Pandemic Triptych
acrylic on board, 8″ x 10″ each, 2020-2021
Marne Lucas
Hextra Prayer
infrared thermal video still as archival pigment print, 24 karat gold leaf on Canson photo rag paper, 16″ x 20″, 2021
Kaé Sato
Esperanza VII
natural pigments, Nikawa glue, on paper on panel, 12″ x 24″ x 1.5″, 2014
Diana Schmertz
Recurrent
oil on wood panel, 9″ x 9″, 2017
Diana Schmertz
“They Both Had Bodies Where Their Poor Souls Had Almost No Room” (II)
oil on canvas, acrylic white background, 20″ x 20″, 2019
Julia Justo
Tulle Crown
textile, 12″ x 12″, 2021
Julia Justo
Border Breeze
textile, 12″ x 12″, 2021
Susan Bresler
Color Wheel
watercolor, collage, colored pencil, 18″ x 12″, 2021
Yael Ben-Zion
Carmen and Robert
c-print, 16″ x 16″, 2007
Yael Ben-Zion
Carmen and Robert on the Bed
c-print, 16″ x 16″, 2007
Ysabel Abreu
Crown
mixed media (graphite, colored pencil, acrylic) on paper, 12″ x 9″, 2021
Lilia Levin
Out of Depth
pen and ink on paper, 8″ x 10″, 2021
Uniqua Simmons
I Am That…
Spoken word, 2022
Risa Ehrlich
Abstract in Ink I
ink on paper, 13″ x 16″, 2011
Ayling Zulema Dominguez
Luz
spoken word, 2021

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Up Close and Personal

Curated by Andrea Arroyo

Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman

Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman

Patricia Miranda

Patricia Miranda

Lisa Taliano

Alison Cuomo

Cathy O'Keefe

Denise Penizzotto

Rose Deler

Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper

Deborah Ziffer

Devynity Wray

Laurence Elle Groux

Laurence Elle Groux

Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman

Sally Fisher

Yasuyo Tanaka

Andrea Kornbluth

RoughAcres/RL McKee

Beryl Goldberg

Beryl Goldberg

Tiffany Dugan

Tiffany Dugan

Palén Obesa

Suzanne Russo

Lyndel Brookhouse-Gil

Lisbeth Checo

Rosa Naparstek

Sade Boyewa El

Tamara Wasserman

Sarah Quinones

Maria Fernandez

Vicky Azcoitia

Patricia Bellucci

Marne Lucas

Kaé Sato

Diana Schmertz

Diana Schmertz

Julia Justo

Julia Justo

Susan Bresler

Yael Ben-Zion

Yael Ben-Zion

Ysabel Abreu

Lilia Levin

Uniqua Simmons

Risa Ehrlich

Ayling Zulema Dominguez

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