Barbara Straussberg
Wissahickon/Intimate Two, 2017
Mixed media acrylic in paper
13" x 13"

Artist Statement

Straussberg's studio practice encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking, paper sculpture and collage. Her approach to making art is intuitive and experimental - employing a variety of techniques such as dripping, rubbing, pouring, tearing, and mark-making. The act of painting is what interests her- the steps she goes through to build up the surface and break it down. She captures the feeling of being in nature by transforming her physicality and the trees and rivers around her into line and paint.

Artist Bio

Barbara Straussberg is an abstract painter and paper artist working in Philadelphia. Her process is material based and explores the intersection of ancient paper art with contemporary abstract painting.

Straussberg's recent solo exhibitions include: "Echoes: The 21st Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition", Main Line Art Center, PA (2024);"Paper Revealed", Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia (2022); URBN Headquarters, Naval Yard, Philadelphia (2022). She was awarded a Fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Merit Grant Residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Straussberg received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Distinction in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania, and Certificate from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

www.barbarastraussberg.com

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