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Trajectory

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JANET MARREN

Painter and plastic artist. Born in New York, United States in 1913, then, she started moving to Mexico for extended periods of time in the 50s, and then she decided to stay permanently more less at the same time at finder her partner in life. She died in San Cristobal, México in 2009. 
 

EDUCATION
 

• 1934-37: Advanced Classes in Etching, Lithography, Sculpture, and Metalcraft

• 1932-34: Painting under A. S. Baylinson, ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, New York

• 1932: Pedagogy, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, New York

• 1931-32: Painting under John Graham, MASTER INSTITUTE, ROERICH MUSEUM (now RIVERSIDE MUSEUM), New York

• 1930-31: METROPOLITAN ART SCHOOL, New York
   

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

• 1996: Cronica Chiapaneca, a multiple work, LA GALERIA, San Cristóbal de Las Casas

  •  Drawings, Pen and Ink

• 1992: Metamorphosis, CASA DE LAS IMAGINES, San Cristóbal de Las Casas

  •  Lumachromes, Collages, and Serigraphs

• 1982: Retrospective, 1942-1982, LA GALERIA, San Cristóbal de Las Casas

  •  Oils, Watercolors, Drawings, Collages

• 1980: LA GALERIA, San Cristóbal de Las Casas

  •  Lumachromes, Oils, Graphics

• 1971: Installation, Illuminated Lumachrome Ceiling, New York

  •  25 panels commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Carroad

• 1966: Installation, Five Lumachrome Window Panels, PUBLIC LIBRARY

  •  IV Centenary Celebration of the Death of Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas

• 1964: Serigraphs, WITTENBORN GALLERY, New York

• 1954: GRAND CENTRAL MODERNS, New York

  •  Oils, Watercolors, Graphics

• 1950-52: ROKO GALLERY, New York

  •  Oils, Watercolors, Drawings​

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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• 1994: Lumachrome, Chiapas. 1994, LA GALERIA, San Cristóbal de Las Casas

• 1992: Collages, Women Artists, LA GALERIA, San Cristóbal de Las Casas

• 1987: Oils, Collages, LA GALERIA, San Cristóbal de Las Casas

• 1974: Drawings, Introductions 74, MALVINA MILLER GALLERY, San Francisco

• 1960: Oils, Watercolors, Graphics, Three-Man Exhibition, 331 GALLERY, New Orleans

• 1950: Watercolors, Three-Man Exhibition, GREISS GALLERY, New York

• 1954-55: Contemporary Fine Arts Exhibition, American Jewish Tercentenary

  • RIVERSIDE MUSEUM, PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE,
    DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART,
    ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, CORCORAN ART GALLERY

• 1957-59: International Watercolor Biennial, BROOKLYN MUSEUM

• 1953-55: International Watercolor Biennial, BROOKLYN MUSEUM

• 1952: Whitney Annual, WHITNEY MUSEUM, New York

• 1951: Young Painters, World Assembly of Youth, Cornell University

  • Traveled throughout the U.S., sponsored by the American Federation of Arts

• 1951: Audubon Artists Annual, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York

• 1949-52: National Association of Women Artists Annual, Traveling Exhibition

  • CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, CANTON ART INSTITUTE, Canton, Ohio

  • WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY, Kansas City

  • VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond

• 1948-54: National Association of Women Artists Annual, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York

• 1948: Graphics, National Association of Women Artists, Paris, France

  • Sponsored by Cultural Services, U.S. Embassy

• 1941: Pennsylvania Academy Annual, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY, Philadelphia

• 1933-35: Independent Artists of America, GRAND CENTRAL PALACE, New York

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GRANTS AND AWARDS

 

• Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Emergency Assistance Grant, August 1992

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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

 

Janet Marren is represented in the Permanent Collections of:

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• BROOKLYN MUSEUM

• BALTIMORE MUSEUM

• MINNESOTA ART INSTITUTE

• Private Collections