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Mimi Shapiro poem prose Art making and creativity is confronting life clearly without distractions, each and every day. My collages are being incorporated into the books and the page becomes a surrealist balancing act. My work has been exhibited in the UK, Jamaica, Germany, New Zealand and in many cities in the United States. In early December 2007, I had a solo show at Gallery Bolivar in Kingston, Jamaica -- The Possibility of Zero, a collection of paintings and poems. In 2007, I won Best in Mixed Media in the Manhattan Arts International "HerStory" competition. The piece was an altered book cover, and maybe this was the beginning of my new direction. Changing Sky was mixed media on antique book cover with wax and found object. It was part of a series -- using old book covers, wax and found objects. Each book cover was a political statement, maybe the novel is yet to be written. My people are gazing toward the sky, hoping for answers to the mess that has been made on earth, with war and the continued destruction of the environment. My books are included in the Jaffe Book Arts Collection, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida; The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete & Visual Poetry, Miami, Florida; Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Free Library of Philadelphia, PA - Jump Start - Launching an Artist Book Collection. A file on my work exists at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C. Mimi Shapiro mimiartz.com by appointment only |
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