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EDNA CASMAN
134 Quincy St NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108
(505) 256-9489
email: ecasman@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
- BA in Political Science at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
- Studio Classes with Frank Mullins, New York Illustrator, Sharon, Connecticut
- Studio Classes with Emil Walters, Poughquag, New York
- Studio Classes with Lou Maestas, Art Masters/The Art School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Studied Fine Arts at University of New Mexico, 1978-1979
- Workshops with Robert Kuester, Bernalillo, New Mexico
- Studio Classes with Chuck Dunbar, Albuquerque School of Fine Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico
ORGANIZATIONS
- Signature member of the National Acrylic Painters
- Association (NAPA), USA, now known as the International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP). (Associated with NAPA of the United Kingdom.)
- Artists Collaborative, Treasurer, 2003 - 2008.
- Rio Grande Art Association, Membership Chair, 1999/2000.
GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- NAPA First & Second International Juried Shows in California, 1996, & Washington, 1997.
- Invited to show in the 13th Annual NAPA, UK, Birmingham, England Show in May of 1997.
- Finalist in the Liquitex, Paint a Difference, National Competition, 1997.
- Juried Miniature Shows 1996, 1997, 1999 Bardean Gallery.
- Juried Miniature Shows Masterworks 2000, 2001 award winner.
- Juried Small Paintings, New Mexico Art League, 1999.
- Johnsons of Madrid Gallery, Madrid, New Mexico.
- New Mexico State Fair 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 Fine Arts, award winner.
- Fisher, and Kokopelli Galleries, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Governor’s Gallery, State Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Cooper Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- MasterWorks 2002 award winner.
- Framing Concepts Gallery, four person show, 2002.
- Masur Museum of Art, 2002 Annual Competition, Monroe, LA.
- Waco Art Center, 2002 Visions International Competition, Waco, TX.
- NAPA International 2002, Segreto Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, award winner.
- Albuquerque Country Club, one woman show, 2003.
- Galeria Arriba, Abiquiu, New Mexico, two person show, 2003.
- Albuquerque Press Club, Albuquerque, New Mexico, two person show, 2003.
- Art is OK Gallery, one woman show, 2003, Albuquerque, NM.
- New Mexico Tech, Macey Center, two person show, 2004.
- Art is OK Gallery, 2004 - 2008 Albuquerque, New Mexico, including two person show of collaborative drawings.
- Unseen Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2005.
- Inpost Art Space at Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, New Mexico, one woman show, 2004; group shows, 2005.
- Indigo Gallery, 2006 - 2008, Madrid, New Mexico.
- Chumani Gallery, 2005 - 2009, Madrid, New Mexico.
- Johnsons of Madrid Gallery, collaborative drawings, November, December, 2008. Paintings and collaborative drawings, 2009.
- Las Cruces Museum of Art, "Unindentified Flowering Objects", show of collaborative drawings by Edna Casman and Chuck Dunbar, Feb. 6 - April 4, 2009.
OTHER
Casman has collaborated on several murals, commercial and residential.
PERSONAL
Edna Casman moved to Albuquerque in 1973. Originally a Fine Arts major in college, she was sidetracked from the art world when she changed her major field of study. After receiving her degree in Political Science, painting became a sideline to farming, family, and career responsibilities. Continued art education came by way of seminars, classes, and personal projects and in 1994, Casman settled down to serious full time painting. Her two dimensional work is primarily in acrylics. It has been evolving from loosely representational local and coastal scenes to patterned images and abstractions. Her latest work shows a remarkable freedon from naturalistic limitations. Art lovers familiar with her earlier landscapes will be amazed at the freedom she has discovered. A whole new vocabulary of mark making astonishes the eye. She has relegated subject matter to a place of vagueness while entering into a dance with the paint itself. This is romantic painting. Edna Casman paints from her business studio called Casman Paintings located in the Cooper Art Center, 134 Quincy NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108.
Casman's work may be seen by private appointment and from photographs on request.
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