Name: Nexus
Brand: Mavis Pusey
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Nexus

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MAVIS PUSEY (1928- ) Nexus, c.1968 Oil on Canvas 45 x 50 inches Signed at lower left: MPUSEY Signed and titled on the reverse African-American artist Mavis Pusey was born in 1928 in Jamaica, West Indies. Pusey began her studies in the Arts Students League in New York. Originally studying fashion she switched her interest to printmaking, studying with Will Barnet at the League. Further studies took her to London, where she worked at the Birgit Schold Workshop, then back to New York and finally to Virginia, where she received her B.A. at Mary Baldwin College. Between 1969 and 1972 she worked at the Robert Blackburn Workshop and later at the New School for Social Research in New York. She exhibited with Louis Soulanges in Paris, Curwen Gallery in London and AAA in New York. Her art has been exhibited internationally in galleries, collections, and in solo and group exhibitions. She has taught at various educational institutions, including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Drew University, New Jersey, and the New School for Social Research, New York, among others. She was affiliated with the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors in New York; the National Museum of Women in the Arts; and the Visual Artists and Galleries Association to name a few. Pusey writes, "Tempo and movement hold onto a color and texture to convey the tension that is the heartbeat of the city. As an abstract-geometric artist, I have always been inspired by my environment. I see realistic shapes before I transform them into abstract forms." Education: B.A., Mary Baldwin College New School for Social Research, New York Robert Blackburn Workshop, New York Birgit Schold Workshop, London Art Students League, New York Scholarships, Grants, Awards: Advisory Committee, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York International Woman's Year Award in Recognition of Outstanding Cultural Contribution and Dedication to Women and Art Staten Island Museum, " Majors Travel Tour Award" Permanent Loan, United Negro College Fund Pollock-Krasner Award Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Purchase Award Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Bryon Browne Memorial Award, Art Students League, New York Ford Foundation Tuition Award, Art Students League, New York Exhibitions: Artists Equity, New York, 1997 Sweet Briar College, Pannell Center Art Gallery, 1996 - Contemporary African-American Women Artists National Arts Club Exhibition and Silent Auction, New York, 1993 - Benefit for Robert Blackburn and the Printmaking Workshop Piedmont Virginia Community College, 1993 Bronx River Art Center and Gallery, 1992 Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia, 1991 National Black Arts Festival, New York, 1988 Art Students League, 1986, 1993 Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, 1985 - Through A Master Printer: Robert Blackburn and the Printmaking Workshop City Gallery/2, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of New York, 1983 Atlanta Memorial Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 1983 Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, 1984 The William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1983 Drew University, New Jersey, 1980 Rutgers State University, Newark, New Jersey, 1978, 1980 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania 1979, 1984 Pennsylvania State University, 1978 Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania, 1977 Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, 1978 Huntington Art Center, 1977 - 21st Annual Print Exhibition Florida International University, 1977 - Contemporary Black Art: A Selected Sampling Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, 1977 Rainbow Art Foundation, New York, 1977 Duffy-Gibbs Gallery, New York, 1977 Woman's International Art Center, New York 1975-76 Lehman College, New York, 1975 Queensborough College, New York, 1975 Stony Brook Union Gallery, Stony Brook, New York, 1975 Staten Island Museum, New York, 1975 American Federation of Arts, New York, 1974 - The Etching Process. An Exhibition Organized by the Printmaking Workshop and the AFA Whitney Museum, New York, 1971 - Contemporary Black Artists in America Galerie Louis Soulanges, Paris, 1968 Dickson Art Galleries, UCLA, 1966 - The Negro In American Art: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Afro-American Art Collections: Museum of Modern Art, New York Citibank, New York First National Bank of Chicago Metropolitan Opera House New York Artists Equity Association Tougaloo College, Jackson, Missippi United States Embassy, Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire Cochran Collection

Creator:
Mavis Pusey (1928 - 2019, American)
Creation Year:
c. 1968
Dimensions:
Height: 45 in (114.3 cm)Width: 50 in (127 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Period:
1960-1969
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Concord, MA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU3541110033