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Anne Russinof

1956
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Drama QueenDrama Queen
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Drama Queen
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BreatherBreather
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61.0 X 76.0 X 0.0 cm 24.0 X 29.9 X 0.0 inch Sale price£3,150.00
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Ribs 12
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Boundary IssuesBoundary Issues
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Boundary Issues
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76.2 X 76.2 X 0.1 cm 30.0 X 30.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£3,650.00
Schist 9Schist 9
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38.0 X 28.0 X 0.0 cm 15.0 X 11.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£1,100.00
FramedFramed
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Framed
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30.5 X 23.0 X 0.0 cm 12.0 X 9.1 X 0.0 inch Sale price£900.00
Red SwashRed Swash
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Red Swash
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51.0 X 41.0 X 0.0 cm 20.1 X 16.1 X 0.0 inch Sale price£2,100.00
Swipe 3Swipe 3
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Swipe 3
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30.5 X 23.0 X 0.0 cm 12.0 X 9.1 X 0.0 inch Sale price£850.00
Playing For TimePlaying For Time
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Playing For Time
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45.72 X 40.64 X 0.0 cm 18.0 X 16.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£2,500.00
CursiveCursive
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Cursive
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In the AirIn the Air
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In the Air
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76.2 X 76.2 X 0.0 cm 30.0 X 30.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£3,650.00
CarnivalCarnival
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Carnival
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101.6 X 76.2 X 0.0 cm 40.0 X 30.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£4,950.00
Accent GraveAccent Grave
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Accent Grave
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101.6 X 76.2 X 0.0 cm 40.0 X 30.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£4,950.00
Likely StoryLikely Story
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Likely Story
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40.64 X 38.1 X 0.0 cm 16.0 X 15.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£2,500.00
SelfieSelfie
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Selfie
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50.8 X 50.8 X 0.0 cm 20.0 X 20.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£2,700.00
BowerBower
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Bower
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152.4 X 116.84 X 0.0 cm 60.0 X 46.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£8,150.00
Green WhirlGreen Whirl
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Green Whirl
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121.92 X 152.4 X 0.0 cm 48.0 X 60.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£8,150.00
Persian 1Persian 1
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Persian 1
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46.0 X 61.0 X 0.0 cm 18.1 X 24.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£2,700.00
NightshadeNightshade
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Nightshade
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76.2 X 91.5 X 0.0 cm 30.0 X 36.0 X 0.0 inch Sale price£4,100.00
Look SeeLook See
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Look See
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76.0 X 76.0 X 0.0 cm 29.9 X 29.9 X 0.0 inch Sale price£3,650.00
ConcentricConcentric
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Concentric
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76.0 X 61.0 X 0.0 cm 29.9 X 24.0 X 0.0 inch

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Criss CrossCriss Cross
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Criss Cross
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Flight PatternFlight Pattern
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Flight Pattern
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Lift OffLift Off
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Lift Off
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NinefoldNinefold
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Ninefold
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106.6 X 122.0 X 0.0 cm 42.0 X 48.0 X 0.0 inch

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SateenSateen
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Sateen
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61.0 X 51.0 X 0.0 cm 24.0 X 20.1 X 0.0 inch

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Anne Russinof is an American abstract painter whose work examines color and structure in a gestural, expressionist manner. She has been a member of American Abstract Artists since 2014. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Anne Russinof

Education

Russinof earned her BFA in Printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1979. She earned her Masters of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1982. She has completed residencies at Yaddo and the Millay Colony for the Arts, both in upstate New York.

Russinof's Work

Technique

For Russinof, everything begins with color. As she says, "Color serves to create a window onto natural space and light." She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. The marks coalesce into a structure, a loose grid. She adds layers; color relationships evolve; depth emerges; a sense of form is suggested. If the composition does not resolve itself effectively, she scrapes it all off and begins again from a place of deconstruction. Her compositions feel intuitive, almost casual, but the process is quite ...intentional. Russinof came to painting from a background in printmaking. She arrived at oil on canvas after working her way through various mediums, surfaces, and processes. Her practice currently fluctuates between works on paper and works on canvas and small-scale and large-scale work. The smaller paintings allow her to work through ideas quickly. The works on paper allow her the chance to experiment with new mediums and techniques.

Inspiration

Russinof is inspired by things she sees: a visceral reaction to manifest a feeling physically through paint. That initial visual stimulus is often related to color. The purpose of the work is not to imitate something she saw or even to capture a sense of it. Rather, she is inspired by the search; the mystery of what will happen; the suspense of waiting to see how the wet layers of paint are going to interact. She often works on several canvases at once, letting an environment of anxious play guide her from image to image, hoping to coax something elusive into being. She is motivated by the challenge of adding only what needs to be added in order to attract the eye, and stopping before the image becomes chaotic.

Russinof's Work
Russinof's Work

Artist Statement

Russinof wrote the following for a 2016 catalog:

"My current imagery evolved from a decision to pour and drag oil paint across a canvas laid on the floor. The imagery evoked lattices or loose grids, and then slightly later, as both the canvases and brushes became larger, a more centralized pattern appeared. Structure manifested in a new way: in order to balance the spontaneity of the marks and looseness of the paint, a frame emerged with a kind of figure, the gesture itself, at the center."

Exhibitions

Russinof has exhibited throughout the United States, most extensively in New York City and the surrounding area.

Galleries

ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
David & Schweitzer Gallery Flat file, Brooklyn, NY

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Education

1982 Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY. MFA
1979 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. BFA

Solo & Featured Exhibitions

2019 Galerie Zürcher Salon, Anne Russinof and Elise Siegel, Galerie Zürcher, NY
2019 Radiant, Elizabeth Gourlay, Anne Russinof, and Audrey Stone, ODETTA/1stdibs, NY
2014 Recent Work, Blank Space, NY
2013 Seeing Through, Emily Berger, Nancy Manter and Anne Russinof, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2013 and Seeing Through: Recent Works on Paper, Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn NY.
2013 Temporal Shifts, Paul Behnke, Craig Olsen, and Anne Russinof, Flecker Gallery, Suffolk Community College, NY
2013 Anne Russinof, AbArtonline
2011 Recent Work, Anne Russinof and Sand T, Blank Space, NY
2009 Recent Work, Anne Russinof, Tony Saunders, and Elise Whittemore, 215 College Gallery, Burlington, VT.
2007 Anne Russinof, The Painting Center, NY
2006 Recent Work, Anne Russinof and Tony Saunders, The Painting Center, NY
2004 Shapes, Sarah Lutz and Anne Russinof, The Phoenix Gallery, Burlington, VT
1989 Recent Work, One Main, Dumbo. Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions

2020 Prints by American Abstract Artists, The Gallery at The Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western CT State U.
2019 Among Friends, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, NY
2019 20th Anniversary Show, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Ear to the Ground, The Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2019 Midnight Oil, R.E. Steele Antiques, East Hampton, NY
2019 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Painting Center, NY
2019 New York Artists Equity Members’ Invitational, Equity Gallery, NY
2019 Ondate/Waves, Bologna, Italy, with Centotto Gallery, Brooklyn
2018 Editions/Artists’ Books Print Fair, VanDeb Editions, Booth A-45
2018 Blurring Boundaries: The Women of AAA, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, KY,
2018 October–November, and Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, November–December
2018 Summer Selects, VanDeb Editions, Long Island City, NY
2017 True Believers, David&Schweitzer, Brooklyn, NY
2017 The Flatfile Show, David&Schweitzer, Brooklyn, NY
2017 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2017 The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Chromatic Space, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, NY
2016 Seeking Space: Making the Future, ExoMars, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), Corridor Projects, Dayton, Ohio
2016 The Onward of Art, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery, NY
2016 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Visible Histories, Abrons Art Center, NY
2016 Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2015 Endless, Entire, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Going Big, Central Booking, NY
2015 De Colores, The Buggy Factory, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Thrice Legendary, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Family Ties, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2015 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2015 New Work City, MomentaArt, Bushwick Brooklyn, NY
2015 Circle the Wagons, Sideshow, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2015 Back In Situ, or Turns, Centotto, Bushwick Brooklyn, NY
2015 Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY
2014 TSA Flat Files, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Bushwick Brooklyn, NY
2014 Second Family, 2 Rivington St, NY
2014 Family Style, Formerly Pocket Utopia, NY
2014 Summer Invitational, Life On Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 To Leo (Rabkin), A Tribute from American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallerty, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Paper and Canvas, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY
2014 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Summer Exhibition, Blank Space Gallery, NY
2013 Phaedo, at Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Concentric, at The Table, Brooklyn, NY
2013 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Summer Exhibition, Blank Space Gallery, NY
2012 Women's History Month Invitational, Van Deb Editions, NY
2012 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Mic: Check (Occupy), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Private Events, Blank Space Gallery, NY
2011 Grey Matter, The Painting Center
2011 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Paper 2011, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 It’s All Good: Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Small Works Invitational, The Painting Center, NY
2010 New Walls Fresh Paint, The Painting Center, NY
2009 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Geometrics, Gallery 128, 128 Rivington St., NY
2006 The Persistence of Paint, The Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Arts Center, CT
2006 Conversations in Paint, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, PA
2005 Conversations in Paint, The Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, CT
2004 NYU Small Works Show, 80 Washington Square East, NY
2003 The Big Abstract Show, The Painting Center, NY
2003 NYU Small Works Show,, 80 Washington Square East, NY
2001 The Summer Show, The Painting Center, NY
1996 Permutations, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, NY
1995 Maximum Capacity, Art Initiatives, NY
1995 Personal Visions III, An Art Place, Chicago, IL
1993 Spring Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists’ Coalition, NY
1993 Group Show, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
1993 The Shape Show, Brookwood Child Care, Brooklyn, NY
1993 Group Show, Organization of Independent Artists, NY
1992 Spring Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists’ Coalition, NY
1992 150 x 150, Organization of Independent Artists at Rosa Esman Gallery, NY
1992 Choice, A.I.R. Gallery, NY
1991 Spring Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists’ Coalition, NY
1991 Group Show, Organization of Independent Artists, NY
1991 Elements of Drawing, AMMO Brooklyn, NY
1991 Selections, 55 Mercer Street, NY
1990 Disparity in Content, AMMO Exhibition Space, AMMO Brooklyn, NY
1990 Into the ‘90s, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists’ Coalition, Brooklyn, NY,
1990 Gender: A Personal View, Brooklyn, NY
1988–1981 Small Works Show, Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association, Brooklyn, NY

Associations

2014 – Current AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS

Residencies

Millay Colony for the Arts Austerlitz, NY, April, 1990
Yaddo Saratoga Springs, NY, March, 1989

Bibliography

2019 Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936–Present, Organized by the Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky and the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Published by University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2018. 160pp, illus.
2017 Anne Russinof, Baroque: Recent Work 2015-2017, Catalog, 2017. Forward by Paul D’Agostino, 34pp. Second Edition, October, 2017. 34pp
2017 Terrace, 2005–2104, by Karl Bielik, Publisher: blurb.com, November, 2017. 72pp, illus.
2017 NYC Creative Salon podcast, Pia Coronel and Melissa Staiger hosts
https://nyccreativesalon.org/structure-3
2016 Art [inter] New York, Interviewed by Paul D’Agostino
http://artinterviewsny.com/view-inside-anne-russinof
2016 The Onward of Art, 2016, Essay by Karen Wilkin.
Published by American Abstract Artists, Nov – Dec, 2015. 88pp, illus.
2016 The New Criterion, mention by James Panero, Gallery Chronical, “The Onward of Art: American Abstract Artists 80th Anniversary Exhibition” at the 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery” Vol. 34, No. 7 / March 2016
http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Gallery-chronicle-8375
2016 The Victory Hall Yearbook, by James Pustorino and Anne Trauben. Published by The Victory Hall Press 2016. 72pp.160pp, illus.
2015 The Black and White project, by Yifat Gat, Available at Blurb.com, 2016. 114 pp, illus.
http://www.blurb.com/b/6482193-the-black-white-project
2014 The New Criterion, by James Panero, Gallery Chronical, On “Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo” at Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn; “Paperazzi III” at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery”
http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Gallery-chronicle-7822
2013 A Painting A Day... Anne Russinof, hosted by Terry Greene. December 14, 2013
http://terrygreenepainting.wordpress.com/category/art/a-painting-from-the-internet/page/6/
2013 The Many Faces of Abstraction, by Patrick Neal. July 9, 2013 review of “Phaedo,”
http://hyperallergic.com/75025/the-many-faces-of-abstraction/
2013 Studio Critical Blogspot, hosted by Valerie Brennan. July 4, 2013
http://studiocritical.blogspot.com/2013/07/anne-russinof.html
2013 Have You Met... Anne Russinof? Stephen Macinnis, Painter’s Progress Blog.
http://sbmacinnis.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/have-you-met-anne-russinof/
2013 Catalog for Temporal Shifts: Anne Russinof, Craig Olson, & Paul Behnke.
Publisher: Suffolk Community College, February, 2013. 8pp, illus.
2013 Interview at Studio Critical blogspot: http://studiocritical.blogspot.com/2013/07/anne-russinof.html
2012 BRIC Short List Summer Selections, Enrico Gomez, online Summer 2012
2012 Anne Russinof, Studio Visit / 2012-2011, Catalog of Recent Work, 21pp
2011 Anne Russinof, Reality and Imagination/ 2009-2010, Catalog, 2011. Forward by Joe Walentini, Dec., 2010. 20pp
http://www.blurb.com/b/2125776-anne-russinof-reality-and-imagination
2011 Anne Russinof, Nature Close Up 2005-2008, Catalog, 2011, Forward by Joe Walentini, April, 2011. 20pp
http://www.blurb.com/b/2127359-anne-russinof-nature-close-up
2009 Small Works: Anne Russinof, Tony Saunders and Elise Whittemore-Hill
2009 Catalog for Exhibition at 215 College Gallery, June, 2009. 20pp
2006 Abstract Art Online, Review by Joseph Walentini, Anne Russinof & Tony Saunders: Recent Paintings
2005 Art New England, February - March, 2005. Sarah Lutz and Anne Russinof: Shapes.
By Rik Casini Kadour, Publisher Art New England, Inc, Brighton, MA, 2005, p31.
1995 Now Time #4 1995. God, Total Religion and Madness. Editor Miyoshi Barosh, Publisher A.R.T. Press, NY, 1995, p.1, illus.
Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists, Performers and Writers. Editor Robin Kahn. Publisher Creative Time, Inc., NY, 1995, illus.
1993 Promotional Copy: An Artists’ Anthology. Editor Robin Kahn. Publisher

Representation

2017 – 2019 IdeelArt.com, London
2018 – 2019 Amelie.com, Paris
2018 – 2019 Artmobia.com, New York
2018 – 2019 VanDeb Editions, New York
2016 – 2019 ODETTA/1stdibs.com, New York
2016 – 2017 David&Schweitzer Flat File, Brooklyn, NY
2011 – 2014 Blank Space Gallery, New York
2006 – 2015 Geoform.com
2004 – 2007 The Painting Center, New York

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