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Miriam Schaer
New York, NYB.F.A., Phil. College of Art; Boston College, SVA
Miriam Schaer is an Artist Member of The Center for Book Arts.
MIRIAM SCHAER is an artist and printmaker whose sculptural approach to books incorporates a variety of media and found objects. She has had solo exhibitions in New York, Eastern Europe and Canada. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions and collections. She has taught and lectured at many institutions in the US and internationally.
www.miriamschaer.com
Miriam Schaer organized
A Tale of Two CitiesMiriam Schaer's work was exhibited in
2 books each by 10 artists from New York and 10 artists from Bristol, England
Fun & Games (and Such…)
Organized by Alexander Campos, CBA’s Executive Director and Julie Chen, ArtistThe Poisoner's Kiss Series: Father presses all the flowers to his heart; but he kisses the flower that pleases him best
(2007) Xerox transfer with hand embroidery on doll dresses. Text from, 'The Angel', Hans Christian Anderson
The Poisoner's Kiss Series: How frightened I have been! How dark it was inside the wolf!
(2007) Xerox transfer with hand embroidery on doll dresses. Text from, 'Little Red Cap', Brothers Grimm
The Poisoner's Kiss Series: Let them scream as much as they like. You will fly up into the clouds
(2007) Xerox transfer with hand embroidery on doll dresses. Text from, 'The Storks', Hans Christian Anderson
The Poisoner's Kiss Series: Oh shake me, shake me! We apples are all ripe! So she shook the tree till the apples fell like rain
(2007) Xerox transfer with hand embroidery on doll dresses. Text from, 'Mother Holle', Brothers Grimm
The Poisoner's Kiss Series: The beautiful bird sits no longer singing in the nest; the cat has got it, and will scratch out your eyes as well
(2007) Xerox transfer with hand embroidery on doll dresses. Text from, 'Rapunzel', Brothers Grimm
The Poisoner's Kiss Series: The executioner cut off her feet with the red shoes but the shoes danced way with the little feet deep into the forest
(2007) Xerox transfer with hand embroidery on doll dresses. Text from, 'The Red Shoes', Hans Christian Anderson
The Poisoner's Kiss Series: They were so pretty yesterday, and now all the leaves hang withered(un)Contained Vessels
(2007) Xerox transfer with hand embroidery on doll dresses. Text from, 'Princess Ida' Hans Christian Anderson
Artist Members Annual Exhibition, Co-organized by Alexander Campos, Executive Director, The Center for Book Arts, and Pamela Spitzmueller, Book Artist and James W. Needham Chief Conservator for Special Collections, The Harvard University Library and the College LibraryNo Ornament So Precious As the Labor of their HandsNYC/Paris DIALOGUE Paris/New York Printmaking Project
(2005) Gloves, beads, paint,
Organized by Maddy Rosenberg, Independent Curator, New York City, and Devorah Boxer, Vice President, Le Trait, Paris.Golden Apples
(2005) Site-specific installation
Opera gloves, acrylic, digitally printed inset accordian book
Her Grace
(2004) Site-specific installation
Child's dress, acrylic, silk, plastic toys, found, objects, handmade Indian paper, inset codex sewn on cords woth hand-cut lettering
Homeless at Home
(2005) Site-specific installation
Opera gloves, acrylic, ink, silk, digitally printed book
Translated by Armand Schwerner
M'Amour
(2005) Site-specific installation
Opera gloves, acrylic, digitally printed inset accordian book
Money Singing
(2005) Site-specific installation
Gloves, acrylic, silk, plastic toy money, digitally printed in set accordian book
Night of the Thirteenth Moon
(2005) Site-specific installation featuring seven books, various sizes, mixed media installation
One Heart
(2004) Site-specific installation
Girdle, acrylic, silk, Indian handmade paper, inset handshaped book, hand cut lettering
She Knocks the Tears AwayCelebrating Artist Members: 30th Anniversary Members Exhibition
(2004) Site-specific installation
Doll dress, acrylic, ink, digitally printed
Organized by Roni Gross, Artist.They were so pretty yesterday30 Years of Innovation: A Survey of Exhibition History at The Center for Book Arts, 1974-2004
(2005) Dye-stained digital laser print with Xerox transfer on hand-sewn silk gauze and permalife, dress relief collograph
Organized by Jae Jennifer Rossman, Special Collections Librarian, Arts Library, Yale University.With In My Reach I2003 Instructors' Exhibition
(2004) Gloves, acrylic, ink, handmade asian paper, accordian binding
Terra Incognito from the series Atlas of Surgical OperationsA Tale of Two Cities
(2002) Altered book, hand cut pages; beaded binding; glove driers sewn on cords from Atlas of Surgical Operations
2 books each by 10 artists from New York and 10 artists from Bristol, EnglandI Held a Jewel
(2000) leather gloves, acrylic, beads, ink, ribbon, with text based on a poem by Emily Dickinson
Witness to Natural SelectionTextiles/Fibers/Threads: The Book Show
(2000) girdle, found objects, pins, collage, silk, digital print and hand-cut lettering, text by Emily Dickinson
Baby LoveFall Forward
Toddler dress, acrylic, ink, Xerox, plastic doll, hand-cut lettering, pop song lyrics
an exhibition featuring current facultyGuardian (of Sterile Waters)
(1997) Xerox on Lana Wove paper. Silk, Xerox transfer, acrylic, ribbon, bottles of sterilized water.
Press them into fear/ Rules of engagements #9Paper, Art & the Book
(1997) Text by Sun-tsu. Mixed media, Xerox acrylic transfer. Apron, acrylic, embroidery.
an exhibition of the innovative ways artists utilize paper to express ideas conveyed in books and broadsidesEve's MeditationThis day in history . . .
(1992) Roma paper, silk, beads, acrylic paint; open spine binding sewn on cords
the 1995 annual Artist Members ExhibitionFly Away HomeThe Anthropomorphic Book
(1994)
the 1994 annual Artist Members ExhibitionThings We Do For Love, TheThe Seven Deadly Sins
Corset, acrylic, blueprint, silk, pins. 80 pages sewn on tapes.
the 1993 annual Artist Members ExhibitionFoundation of 20th Century Thought
(1992)Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
(1990)Rape of the Sabine WomenLove and Romance
(1990)
1992 Artist Members Exhibition (22 works by 22 artists)Wedding MarchEconomy of Space
(1990)
Book Arts under four inchesBeyond the Garden Gate1991 Spring/Summer Faculty Show
(1990) Coptic binding with double gatefolds, in a folding box with ribbon ties.
Alpha Lumina
(1989)Jungle Book
(1990)Wedding MarchSelections: Lower East Side Print Shop
(1990)
Organized by Timothy Ely and Susan RostowDays of Our Lives
Parallel Conversations
The History of Hosiery
Your Favorite Love SongsTravel Books
the 1987 annual Artist Members ExhibitionCelestial VoyagesNew Work
(1987) Mixed media.
the 1986 annual Artist Members ExhibitionHistory of Hosiery, TheCenter for Book Arts: The First Decade
(1986) Mixed media, painted silk binding
an exhibition at The New York Public LibraryBestiary, USAFrom Coast to Coast
(1983) 14-book series based on the poetry of Anne Sexton. Gouache, pencil drawings, xerography and found objects. 14 books, each 6 x 10 in.
an exhibition of artist-made bookworks by west coast artistsWedding Album
(1981) Printed on Kodak ecta-c-print 100 copy machine, spiral bound, cloth covers
Wedding Album
(1981) Printed on Kodak ecta-c-print 100 copy machine, spiral bound, cloth covers
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