Maddy Rosenberg is an American artist from

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, New York. She received a BFA from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

and her MFA from

Bard College Bard College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains within the Hudson River Historic District ...

. Rosenberg is both an artist and a curator. Her art practice extends over a number of media, including oil painting,

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, drawing, toy theater and installation and has been said to be influenced by American painter Gillian Pederson-Krag. Rosenberg's paintings and artist books are distinctive for their attention to detail, and ability to transport the viewer to imagined worlds. Her work reflects her fascination with architecture and cultural history. In the studio, Rosenberg says, she "removes the images from their original context and reassembles them to create a world of my own." Rosenberg approaches curating as an extension of her creative practice and has facilitated and participated in international exchange exhibitions between New York and European artists. She spends several months each year living and working internationally, understanding the necessity of exploring new places to broaden her research and influences. She also has experience as an educator, teaching at

Marymount Manhattan College Marymount Manhattan College is a private college on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. As of 2020, enrollment consisted of 1,571 undergraduate students with women making up 80.1% and men 19.9% of student enrollment. Columbia University Masters ...

and at the Manhattan Graphics Center for over ten years.

Exhibitions

Her work has been exhibited in venues around the globe and are part of prestigious public collections. For example, her solo exhibition a
Galerie Hadorn
in Switzerland and her residency and exhibition as the American participant in a joint Turkish/German project sponsored by the US Consulate in Munich. As well as numerous group exhibitions at the

National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openi ...

;

The Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Fla ...

; Philadelphia Athenaeum;

Cape Cod Museum of Art Cape Cod Museum of Art is an art museum in the town of Dennis in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States in the center of the region Cape Cod Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner o ...

;

The Center for Book Arts Center for Book Arts (CBA) is a non-profit arts organization, founded in 1974. It is the first organization of its kind in the United States dedicated to contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object while preserving traditional prac ...

; Flux Factory, an
Kentler International Drawing Space
in the U.S
Médiathèque André Malraux
in Strasbourg
Eagle Gallery
in London; and

Herzog August Bibliothek The Herzog August Library ( — "HAB"), in Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, known also as ''Bibliotheca Augusta'', is a library of international importance for its collection from the Middle Ages and early modern Europe. The library is overseen ...

in Wolfenbüttel. Rosenberg has been awarded grants from the Gottlieb Foundation, and Artists Fellowship and attended residencies a
Fundación ValparaisoGuest Atelier Salzburger Künstlerhaus
Schloss Neuhaus
Blue Mountain Center
an
Virginia Center for the Arts.

Curatorial career

Rosenberg has an active exhibition and freelance curatorial career and is the founder and director o
Central Booking
in

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. Since in 2009
Central Booking
focuses on artist's books and the overlap of art and science, particularly in regards to environmental and social justice issues, through non-traditional galleries and exhibition programs. Over 50 artist members are highlighted on their website and online store, as well as maintaining a private `library` space in Brooklyn, by appointment, where they house close to 1000 artist's books by more than 100 international book artists. Th
Central Booking
exhibition project
Plant Cure
' and
Plant Cure-Brooklyn
' featured the work of Artists in Residence at the

New York Academy of Medicine The New York Academy of Medicine (the Academy) is a health policy and advocacy organization founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health r ...

and

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the Borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The botanical garden occupies in central Brooklyn, close to Mount Prospect Park, Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park, ...

, along with other artists working with the theme of medicinal plants. They received funding with grants from Creative Engagement
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
and the Brooklyn Arts Fund
Brooklyn Arts Council
programs from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

Collections

* The Crouch Fine Arts Library at

Baylor University Baylor University is a Private university, private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, United States. It was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Te ...

has 17 pieces of Rosenberg's work, including ''Haunted Spaces'', which includes 24 puzzle pieces in 3 suede bags, and ''Reptiles'', composed of a lithographic accordion book. The Baylor Book Arts Collection began with the acquisition of Rosenberg's artist books. *

Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections has Rosenberg's work ''Dystopia'' and ''Shadow of descent'', both three-dimensional pop up books. * Other public collections include

Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (also known simply as (the) Baltic, stylised as BALTIC) is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing variety ...

Fogg Museum The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...

Salzburg Museum Housed in the ' (to which it moved in 2005), the Salzburg Museum is the museum of artistic and cultural history of the city and region of Salzburg, Austria. It originated as the Provincialmuseum and was also previously known as the Museum Carolino- ...

Tate Gallery Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK ...

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art National Galleries Scotland: Modern (the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art) is part of National Galleries Scotland, which is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Modern houses the collection of modern and contemporary art dating from about 1 ...

Biblioteca Nacional de España The (National Library of Spain) is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world. Founded in 1711, it is an autonomous agency attached to the Ministry of Culture since 1 ...

Duchess Anna Amalia Library The Duchess Anna Amalia Library () in Weimar, Germany, houses a major collection of German literature and historical documents. In 1991, the tricentennial of its opening to the public, the Ducal Library was renamed for Duchess Anna Amalia. Toda ...

New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress a ...

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin The Berlin State Library (; officially abbreviated as ''SBB'', colloquially ''Stabi'') is a universal library in Berlin, Germany, and a property of the German public cultural organization the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (). Founded i ...

London College of Communication The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. Its origins are in education for the printing and retail industries; it now specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation ...

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

, and many others.

Notes and references

External links

*
Central Booking
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenberg, Maddy Living people Artists from Brooklyn Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning alumni Bard College alumni American contemporary painters Painters from New York City American multimedia artists American art curators American book artists 21st-century American painters 21st-century American women painters 1956 births

Exhibitions

Curatorial career

Collections

See also

Notes and references

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