Miriam Schaer (born 1956) is an American artist who creates artist books, and installations, prints, collage, photography, and video in relation to artists' books. She also is a teacher of the subject.

Career

Miriam Schaer was born in Buffalo, New York. She did her B.F.A. at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia; the School of Visual Arts, New York; and Boston University; and her M.F.A. at the Transart Institute, Creative Practice, Plymouth University, Plymouth UK. Schaer explores feminine, social and spiritual issues using books and different materials. Her work has been exhibited and cataloged internationally at venues including at the

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, the

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, and the

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, In 2000, she had a Douglas Library Show at

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in New Brunswick NJ (the oldest continuously running exhibition showcasing women artists). In 2015, during a conference on "Motherhood and Creative Practice" at London's South Bank University, she exhibited her work in the accompanying exhibition ''Alternative Maternals''. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards including The Soros Arts and Culture Grant, the

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Fellowship, and received a

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to the Republic of Georgia (2017). Her work is included in public collections such as the

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Art Museum, the

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, in Baku, Azerbaijan; the

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, London, England, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and in Canada in the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. It has been mentioned in reviews in the ''

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'' and she is included in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base.Brooklyn Museum
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base: Miriam Schaer
/ref> From 2009 to 2016, she was a senior lecturer a
Columbia College Chicago Interdisciplinary Arts
in the Interdisciplinary MFA Program in Book and Paper and in 2006-2010 and 2022, she taught the "Art of the Book" at the

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as an assistant professor where she is on the faculty.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schaer, Miriam American women book artists American book artists American women printmakers Artists from Brooklyn 1956 births Living people Artists from Buffalo, New York American feminist artists Columbia College Chicago faculty 21st-century American women artists American women academics Pratt Institute faculty