The
Art of Jacquelyn Schiffman
Jacquelyn Schiffman has completed a new series of wall hangings and free-floating encaustic figures on spun-web polyester, the notable translucent industrial fabric she showcased in her former exhibition at Figureworks in 2003. These compositions grew out of this series as they had begun to reach beyond their two-dimensional format. The images are based on portions of this previous work, reassembled into a combination of painting and wall relief sculpture. These fanciful images are reminiscent of cartoon characters, costumed dancers and stage performers of the 1920's.
Ms. Schiffman received her BA from the University of Michigan and her
MS from Southern Connecticut University. She has studied in Paris at the
Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and Academie de Notre Dame des Champs
and in NY at Hunter College, the New School, and the Art Students' League.
She has received numerous awards for her work including an individual
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She has also studied in
Connecticut as the studio of Gerald Garston and the Studio of Madeline
Sharrer. She is influenced by the poupees of Marta Kuhn Weber and Greer
Lankton and the collages of Hannelore Baron.
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