Marisol Escobar

Nace en Paris el 22 de Mayo de 1930
De padres venezolanos: Gustavo y Josefina Escobar.
Vive y trabaja en New York

Estudios Realizados

1940-1941
• Foxwood School, New York

1946-1948
• Westlake School for Girls, Los Angeles, CA

1946
• Estudia Arte en la Jepson School, Los Angeles, CA

1948
• Estudia con Rico Le Brun en el Otis Art Institute, CA
• Asiste a Chouinard Art School, CA

1949
• Asiste a la Ecole des Beaux Arts, París, Francia

1950
• Asiste a The Art Students League, New York, NY, en donde estudia con Yasuo Kuniyoshi

1951-1954
• Asiste a The New School for Social Research, New York, NY
• Estudia con Hans Hofmann, New York, NY
• Es influenciada por el Arte Pre colombino y comienza a trabajar con arcilla

1957
• Comienza el dibujo sobre madera que mas adelante se convertirá en el sello personal de su trabajo escultural.

Menciones y premios

1969
• Honorary Doctorate in Arts, Moore Collage of Art. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1st Prize, Modern International Sculptures, The Hanoke Open Air Museum. Hanoke, Japan

1971
• 1st Prize, 2nd International Exhibition of Modern Sculpture, The Hanoke Open Air Museum. Hanoke, Japan

1978
• Membership into the American Academy of Art and Letters. New York

1985
• Award of Excellence in Design, The Arts Commission of the City of New York for a Sculpture at Fiorello H. La Guardia High School. New York

1986
• Honorary Doctorate in Arts, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, Rhode Island

1992
• The 11th Annual Art Commission Award for Excellence in Design, The Arts Commission of the City of New York for The American Merchant Mariner’s Memorial. Manhattan, New York
• Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts, State University of New York at Buffalo. New York

1995
• Medal of Honor, The National Arts Club. New York

1997
• Gabriela Mistral Inter - American Prize for Culture, Sponsored by La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), for cultural enrichment in the field of Science and Plastic Arts

Exposiciones individuales

1958
• Leo Castelli Gallery, NY

1962
• Stable Gallery, NY

1964
• Stable Gallery, NY

1965
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1966
• Sidney Janis Gallery, NY

1967
• Figures of State, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY
• Figures of State, Hanover Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra

1968
• Representa a Venezuela e la XXXIV Bienal de Venecia, Venecia, Italia
• Boymans Van Bueningen Museum. Rotterdam

1970
• The Goldie Paley Gallery at Moore Collage of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1971
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusettes

1973
• Marisol Prints: 1961-1973, The New York Cultural Center. New York
• Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. New York

1974
• Trisolini Gallery of Ohio University, Atenas; viaje a Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio
• Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens; travelled to Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
• Estudio Actual. Caracas, Venezuela

1975
• Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. New York
• Makler Gallery, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania

1977
• Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas

1978
• Marisol Drawings, Chatham Collage, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

1981
• Artists and Artistes by Marisol, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA

1982
• Makler Gallery, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1984
• Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. New York, USA

1988
• Boca Ratón Museum of Art, Boca Ratón, Florida
• Dolly Fiterman Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1989
• Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. New York
• Marisol: Recent Sculpture, Galerie Tokoro, Tokyo, Japan

1991
• Marisol Portrait Sculpture, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
• Marisol: Selected Sculpture, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1992
• Images of Japan, Tenri Gallery, Cultural Institute of New York
• Marisol, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey

1993
• Images of Japan, Tenri Gallery, Cultural Institute of New York

1995
• Marisol Retrospective Exhibition, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa; traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga; Iwai City Art Museum, Fukushima; Kagoshima City Museum of Art, Kagoshima
• Recent Works, Marlborough Gallery. New York, USA

1997
• Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey

1998
• Marlborough Gallery, NY

1999-2000
• Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, DC

2001
• Marlborough Gallery, NY
• Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY

Exposiciones colectivas

1958
• Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italia

1959
• The 1959 Pittsburgh International, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Pan American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
• Work in 3 Dimensions, Leo Castelli, NY

1961
• The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Modern Art, NY
• The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas
• The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

1962
• Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, NY
• Annual Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY

1963
• 66th American Annual, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Americans 1963, Museum of Modern Art, NY
• Mixed Media and Pop Art, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1964
• Painting and Sculpture of a Decade, Tate Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra
• Painting and Sculpture of a Decade, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• New Realism, Municipal Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands
• Boxes, Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
• Annual Exhibition, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY

1965
• The New American Realism, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusettes
• Op and Pop, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY

1966
• The Harry N. Abrams Family Collection, The Jewish Museum, NY
• Erotic Art’66, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY
• Latin American Art Since Independence, Exhibition movil patrocinada por el Museum of Modern Art, NY
• 68th American Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Art of the United States: 1670-1964, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
• Whitney Annual: Sculpture and Prints, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
• Tribute to Frank O’Hara, The Museum of Modern Art, NY

1967
• American Sculpture of the 60’s, The Los Angeles County Museum, LA, California
• American Sculpture of the 60’s, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The 1967 Pittsburgh International, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pennsylvania
• Sculptures in Environment, New York Outdoors Show, NY
• Homage to Marilyn Monroe, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY
• Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California
• New York State Fair, New York, NY

1968
• The Sydney and Harriet Jnis Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
• Word and Image, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
• American Drawings 1968, Moore Collage of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Obsessive Image, Insitute of Contemporary Art, Londres, Inglaterra
• Art of Ancient and Modern Latin America, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Documenta IV, Kassel, Alemania
• Dominant Woman Exhibition, Finch College, NY

1969
• 7 Artists, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY
• The 1st Internacional Exhibition of Modern Sculpture, The Hanoke Open Air Museum. Hakone, Japón
• Ars ’69 Helsinki, The Art Gallery of Ateneum, Finland
• Pop Art Redefined, Hayward Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra
• Contemporary American Drawing, Fort Worth Center Museum, Texas
• Modern International Sculptures, Hakone Open Air Museum, Hakone, Japón
• 29th Annual Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago. Illinois
• Project 207: Recent American Drawings, Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
• American Drawings of the 60’s: A selection, The New School, NY

1970
• Carnegie International Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania
• L’Art Vivant American, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul, Francia
• Contemporary Women Artists, Skidmore College, Nathern Gallery. Saratoga Springs, New York; travelled to National Arts Club, New York, New York
• 7 Artists, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY
• The Drawing Society’s New York Regional Drawing Exhibition, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. New York, USA

1971
• The 2nd Internacional Exhibition of Modern Sculpture, The Hanoke Open Air Museum. Hakone, Japón
• Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA
• Modern International Sculpture, Hanoke Open Air Museum. Hanoke, Japón
• Art Around the Automobile, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University. New York; traveled to Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rice University Art Gallery. Houston, Texas

1972
• Colosal Scale, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, Estados Unidos
• Contemporary Women Artists, State University at Pottsdam. New York, USA
• Basel International Art Fair ’72. Basel, Switzerland
• 350 Years of Work by Women Artists, North Carolina Museum of Art. Raleigh, North, Carolina, USA

1973
• Drawing Exhibition, Baltimore Museum. Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• Selected Editions, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA
• Art Fair 4, Sidney Janis Gallery. Basel, Switzerland
• Jewelry as Sculpture as Jewelry, Institute of Contemporary Art. Boston, USA
• Sculptor’s Drawings, Margo Leavin Gallery. Los Angeles, USA

1974
• Twenty-fifth Anniversary Part II, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA
• Sculpture in the Park, North Jersey Cultural Counsil. USA

1975
• 6 Americans, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA
• The Art Students League of New York 100th Anniversary, Kennedy Galleries. New York
• Realism and Reality, Kunsthalle Darmstadt. Darmstadt, Germany
• The Nude in American Art, New York Cultural Center. New York; traveled to Minneapolis Institute of Art. Minnesota; University of Houston Fine Arts Center. Houston, Texas
• Vistas Contemporáneas Latino-Americanas, New State Council of the Arts. Trenton, New Jersey, USA

1976
• The Golden Door: Artist-Immigrants of America 1876-1976, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D. C., USA
• Dada/Surrealist Heritage, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, Massachusettes, USA
• Painting and Sculpture Today, Contemporary Art Society of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Indianapolis
• The Year of the Woman: Reprise, The Bronx Museum of Art. New York, USA
• A Special Place, The 59th Gallery. St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• Bologna Arte Fiera’76. Bologna, Italy

1977
• Women Artists 1976: A Celebration, McNay Art Institute. San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Contemporary Women: Consciousness and Content. The Brooklyn Museum Art School. New York, USA
• Artist by Artist, Organized by the Museum of Modern Art Lending Service. New York, USA
• American Sculpture: Folk & Modern, Queens Museum. New York, USA

1978
• 7 Americans, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA
• American Academy of Arts and Letters. New York, USA
• Another Aspect of Pop Art, P. S. 1. Long Island City, New York, USA
• Woman: From Nostalgia to Now, Alex Rosenberg Fine Art. New York, USA

1979
• The Opposite Sex: A Realistic Viewpoint, University of Missouri. Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• de Kooning, Marisol, Pearlstein, Grossman, Hanson, Curate by June Blum, Miami Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, USA
• Works on Paper, Rockland Center for the Arts. West New York, New York, USA

1980
• Four from Janis, Hope Makler Gallery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• The Languaje of Symbols, Landmak Gallery. New York, USA

1981
• Sculptors Drawings, Max Hutchinson Gallery. New York, USA
• Bronze, Hamilton Gallery. New York, USA
• Romantic Drawings, Alex Rosenberg Gallery. New York, USA
• International Drawing Exhibition, Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
• New Dimensions in Drawing, Aldrich Museum. Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA

1982
• Womens Art Miles Apart, Valencia Community College. Oakland, Florida; traveled to Ann Berman Gallery
• Flat and Figurative: 20th Century Wall Sculpture, Zabriskie Gallery. New York, USA
• Homo Sapiens: The Many Images, Aldrich Museum. Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA

1983
• American Women Artists Part I: 20th Century Pioneers, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA
• Women Artists Invitational 1983: Selections from the Women Artists Historical Archives, Philadelphia College of Art. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Open Air Museum of Sculpture. Middlehein, Belgium

1984
• New Portraits, Institute for Art & Urban Resources, P. S. 1. Long Island City, New York, USA
• Soul Catchers, Stellweg Seguy Gallery. New York, USA
• Drawings Since 1974, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden. Washington, D. C., USA
• Masters of the Sixties, Marisa del Re Gallery. New York, USA
• Ways of Wood, Sculpture Center. New York, USA

1985
• Feminists & Misogynists Together at Last, Avenue B Gallery. New York; traveled to Center of Contemporary Art. Seattle, Washington
• Wood, Water & Stone, Curated by Corinne Robins, 909 Third Avenue. New York, USA
• Forms in Wood American Sculpture of the 1950’s, Philadelphia Art Museum. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Dorothy C. Miller, With an Eye to American Art, Smith College Museum of Art. Massachusettes, USA
• In Three Dimensions: Recent Sculpture by Women, Pratt Institute. New York, USA
• Sights for Small Eyes, Heckscher Museum. Huntington, New York, USA
• American Women Artists, Peck School. Morristown, New Jersey, USA
• The Gathering of the Avant Garde: The Lower East Side 1950-1970, Kenkeleba House. New York, USA
• Body & Soul: Figurative Sculpture, Contemporary Arts Center. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
• Selection of 20th Century Portraits in Three Dimensions, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art. Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1986
• Drawings by Sculptors, Nohra Haime Gallery. New York, USA
• Pop: Then and Now, Castle Gallery. New Rochelle, New York, USA
• American Art: American Women, Stamford Museum and Nature Center. Stamford, Connecticut, USA
• Universal Images: People and Nature in Sculpture, 909 Third Avenue and the Mendik Co. New York, USA

1987
• Monte Carlo Sculpture ’87, Marisa del Re Gallery. New York, USA
• The Artist’s Mother: Portraits and Homages, The Heckscher Museum. Huntington, New York; traveled to National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Intitution. Washington D. C
• American Art Today: The Portrait, Florida International University. Tamiami Campus, Miami, USA

1988
• Just like a Woman, Greenville County Museum of Art. Greenville, USA
• The New Sculpture Group: A Look Back 1957-1962, New York Studio School. New York
• XLIII Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy
• Urban Figures, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris. New York, USA
• Centennial Exhibition of the National Association of Women Artists, Nassau County Museum. New York, USA

1989
• 100 Drawing by Women, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University. Brookeville, New York; traveled to Blum Helman Gallery, New York; Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Kentucky; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan; University Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; Richard F. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York; The University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma; Albany Museum of Art, Albany, New York, Georgia; traveled internationally to Caracas, Venezuela; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Subte Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Body Fragments, Shea & Baker, New York
• Positive I.D., The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Loretto, Pennsylvania, USA

1990
• Body Language! The Figure in the Art of Our Time, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. Waltham, Massachusettes, USA
• The 80’s: A Post Pop Generation, The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Loretto, Pennsylvania, USA
• Seoul International Art Festival, The National Museum of Contemporary Art. Seoul, South Korea

1991
• Show of Strength (in support of MADRE), Anne Plumb Gallery. New York, USA
• Masterworks of Contemporary Sculpture, Painting and Drawing: The 1930’s to the 1990’s, Bellas Artes. Santa Fe, New Mexico

1992
• Figures of Contemporary Sculpture (1970-1990): Images of Man, Isetan Museum. Tokyo, Japan; traveled to Daimaru Museum, Osaka, Hiroshima City; Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
• 20th Century Masters: Works on Paper, Sidney Janis Gallery. New York, USA

1993
• Venezuelan Master of the 20th Century in American Collections, The Venezuelan Center Gallery. New York, USA
• The League at the Cape, Provincetown Art Association & Museum. Provincetown, Massachusettes
• Figure: Contemporary Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery. New York, USA
• Lateinamerikanische Kunst im 20, Janrhundert, Museum Ludwig and Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle. Cologne, Germany

1995
• Artist’s Choice: Elizabeth Murray, Museum of Modern Art. New York, USA

1996
• Latin Viewpoints: into the Mainstream, Nassau County Museum of Art. Roslyn Harbor. New York

1997
• Art 1997 Chicago: 5th Annual Expo of International Galleries Featuting Modern and Contemporary Art, Navy Pier. Chicago, Illinois
• The Feminine Image, Nassau County Museum of Art. Roslyn Harbor, New York
• Spring 1997 Exhibition: Marisol, Robert Murray, Jay Wholley, Grounds for Sculpture. Hamilton, New Jersey

1998
• Stages of Creation: Public Sculpture by National Academicians, National Academy of Design Museum and School of Fine Arts. New York, New York
• Coming off the Wall, The Susquehanna Art Museum. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

1999
• IXth Show of Latin American Painting and Sculpture, Galería Espacio. San Salvador, El Salvador

2000
• Doce Artistas del XX, Espacios Unión. Caracas, Venezuela

Colecciones Públicas

• Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New Cork
• The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois
• The Arts Club of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois
• Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Memphis, Tennessee
• Galería de Arte Nacional. Caracas, Venezuela
• The Hanoke Open Air Museum. Hanoke, Japan
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.
• John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Sarasota, Florida
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York
• Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, Illinois
• El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Caracas, Venezuela
• The Museum of Modern Art. New York
• The Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Cologne, Germany
• The Tokushima Modern Art Museum. Japan
• Whitney Museum of American Art. New York
• Yale University Art Gallery. Connecticut
• The Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C.
• The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Minneapolis

Instalaciones Públicas

• The Scarlet Letter, 1975, and Ecuatorial. Lincoln Center. Opera House, 1979
• Fiorello H. La guardia High School, Board of Education. City of New York, 1985
• American Merchant Mariner’s Memorial, Promenade Battery Park, Pier A. Port of New York, 1992
• Stage Set for Martha Graham’s The Eyes of the Goddess, City Center Theater. New York, 1992