Horizontal Paintings
Why do we all enjoy a view? Say a distant landscape, often completely unobstructed by man made structures. Think of the ocean, a mountain scape or a "sea of mountains" as seen from above, a colorful desert, a landscape of green hills with no end in sight, clouds underneath the window of an airplane and many more. All evoke a feeling of freedom, endless possibilities and finally happiness.
I am exploring the essence of these views with the use of color, horizontal and vertical lines as well as multilayered glazes in the hope to capture and convey the fascination of my experience in the form of abstract landscapes.
Mirjam was born and raised in Basel, Switzerland. She moved to the US in 1977 where she lived in San Francisco and Lake Tahoe CA, Ithaca NY, Hawaii and Haiti and finally settled in Philadelphia PA in 1996.
Twice a year she returns to Switzerland, where she spends spring and late summer in the Engadin mountains, skiing, biking, hiking and photographing inspiring landscapes for her work back in the studio.
A formative time in her artistic life was her employment as a glass painter at Willet Stained Glass Studio in Philadelphia. The now defunct studio was one of the oldest glass studios in the US and a contemporary of La Farge and Tiffany.
She remained a glass painter for this and other studios for over twenty years and completed painted stained glass windows for numerous churches and public buildings all over the United States.
Lately she has adapted her glass painting techniques to her work on canvas. with her straight lines she captures light and atmosphere of landscapes both in the Swiss mountains and in other countries. In her paintings she straddles the real and the abstract, without committing to either.
1990 - 1994
Apprenticeship as Stained Glass Painter, Willet Stained Glass Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Degree: Journeywoman in Stained Glass
1982
City College of San Francisco, CA
Associate Degree in Fine Art
1978
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Coursework
1973 - 1975
University of Basel, Switzerland
Art History
American Style Magazine, August 2009
Fabrik Magazine
Death Valley Then and Now (nps.gov) National Park Service
Feldman and Feldman Law Offices, Jenkintown, PA
Fury Interior Design
Debelle Interior Design
Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Strafford, PA
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Springhouse, PA
Union League of Philadelphia
Mirjam Seeger has painted numerous stained glass windows for churches and other public buildings across the U.S.
Notably:
St. Martin Episcopal Cathedral, Houston, TX (Rose Window)
United Methodist Church, Davidson, NC
Masonic Temple, Washington D.C.
B'Nai Israel Synagogue, Rochester, NY
For more information and images go to www.mirjamseeger.com
2023
InLiquid Exhibit at the National, Philadelphia, PA
2020
Embodiment: Figure in Art, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibition
2019 - 2020
Workhouse Glass National, Lorton, VA
Awarded 2nd Place Prize
2018
Delaware Art Museum Juried Craft Show, Wilmington, DE
Title Piece, painted fused glass
Landscapes: Kirby Fredendall and Mirjam Seeger, InLiquid at Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Two-person exhibit (paintings)
2017
CraftForms2017, Wayne, PA
Juried Exhibition
Parisa Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Mala Gallery, Kennett Square, PA
2015
Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Juried Exhibition
JAM Gallery, Malvern, PA
Exhibited Glass
2008
Artist Equity Select Exhibition, Barnstone Gallery, Phoenixville, PA
Market Place Design Center, Philadelphia, PA
