Drawing/Printmaking

Archived Work

Contact Information

319 N Eleventh Street, 4th floor
Philadelphia PA 19107
tel: 617-501-7379
e-mail:
www.miriamsinger.net

LGTripp Gallery
47 – 49 N. Second Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Please contact artist or gallery for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

My works on paper are intuitive maps and abstract cityscapes. They are collages where imagery, color, and stencils are stacked and pressed into the paper. My process includes a piece of folded paper in my bag that I work on for a period of time (week to a month) while going from place to place.

The accumulated imagery becomes layered and busy with impressions of the cityscape, similar to the density of a changing city. Often the paper is ragged and worn, showing time and history in the folds. In the majority of my works on paper, imagery and colors are enhanced and layers added by the use of printmaking processes, such as lithography, silkscreen, woodblock, and monotype. I use an etching press to further flatten, add, or reduce each drawing.

Education

2003
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
MFA in Painting, concentration in Printmaking

2000
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
BA, Studio Art, Sociology
summa cum laude

Awards and Honors

2000
Mitchell Siporin Award, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Brandeis Arts Festival, Materials Grant, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1999
Remis Summer Fellowship, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1998
Sachar Foundation for Independent Research, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Professional Experience

2011
Co-curator, Detour Window at R.E.Load Bags, Philadelphia, PA

Lead Artist, Under The Clothespin, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA

Instructor, Intro to Screenprinting, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

2009 – 2010
Lead Artist, Take Me To The River, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA

Instructor, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA

Instructor, Young Artist Workshop, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Visiting Artist, Continuing Education Program , University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Instructor, Visual Studies Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Publications

2011
By The River, Zine of the Month, Philadelphia, PA, August 2011

Bibliography

2010
Newhall, Edith, “2 at LGTripp,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 31

Schwartz, Chip, “Abstract Processes fuel two at LGTripp and two at Bridgette Mayer,” The Art Blog, November 18

Gates, Kellie Patrick, “A chance to see new Penn Treaty Park Inspired art and artifacts,” Plan Philly, December 1

2009
Melamed, Samantha, “Quick and Dirty Street Art Drawing Viewers to the River”, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 7

2008
Rosof, Libby “Studio Visit-Miriam Singer Maps The City” artblog, July 28, 2008

2007
Rosof, Libby “Beyond the Fringe-Miriam Singer at The Bride” artblog, September 3, 2007

Newhall, Edith “Summery, Summary” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 2007

Newhall, Edith “Fab Four” The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 16, 2007

Selected Exhibitions

2011
Raw Hide, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010
Built Up, LGTripp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Transit Daydreams, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
Part of Philagrafika 2010

On The Rise; Inaugural Exhibition of Philadelphia Emerging Artists, The Art Gallery At City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Urbania, Luke and Eloy Gallery, Pittsburg, PA

Premiere, LGTripp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007
De’rive Dreams, Inliquid at Bride, The Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: John Murphy

Survey: Summer 2007, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Luella Tripp

Art of the City, Art in The City Hall, Philadelphia, PA,
Curator: Cavin Jones

In-Habit, Honeymilk Gallery at Topstitch, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Carrie Powell

February Exhibition, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Luella Tripp

2006
What a Relief!: The Woodcut in Contemporary Printmaking, The Philadelphia Print Collaborative at Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Shelley Langdale

Logan’s Run: prints, drawings, paintings, and other from artists under 30, Padlock Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Damian Jared Weinkrantz

2005
Birds, Birds, Birds, Gallery at Minnow, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Bryan Winters

Lubrica Mi Vida, Diane Ashley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Damian Jared Weinkrantz

Other

2008
Rolling Canvas Artist Collective, Media Bureau, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Annual Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA