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Kitty Klaidman

Biography
Born:         Czechoslovakia
Degree:     B.A. Fine Arts, CCNY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2013      "Kitty Klaidman: Beneath The Surface",  American University Museum at the Katzen Center, 
                Washington, DC,  June 15 - August 11, 2013.
2012      "Salt Spring Island: Beneath the Surface"
                An Exhibition of New Paintings, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, D.C
2006      "Rome Series", Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, D.C
2003       Embassy  of  the Slovak Republic, Washington,  D.C.
2003       Marilyn  Pink  Gallery, Los Angeles
2001       Galerie Magdalena Kaiser, Siegen, Germany
2000       Washington  Hebrew Gallery of Art-Wash. D.C.
                University  of California, Santa Cruz  
1997       "Light and Memory, A Summer in Normandy", Marsha Mateyka Gallery,
                Washington, DC
1994       "Interiors", District of Columbia  Jewish  Community  Center, Washington, DC  
                (2 person exhibition)
1993       "Abstracting Memory ", Marsha  Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
                "Intimations of Immortality", B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum
                (2  person exhibition), Washington, DC
1991        B. R. Kornblatt Gallery, Washington, DC
                 Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
1989        Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
                 Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
1988        Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1986        Marilyn Pink Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985        Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
1984        Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1982        Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1981        Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
1981        American Center, Paris, France
1979        Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1979        Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France
1977        Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1975        Tromberg Gallery, Washington, DC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003        Bermuda National Gallery, "Inside and Out-House and Home," Bermuda
                 Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C.
                 American Association of Fine Print Dealers, Los Angeles County Museum, CA
2000        Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington,  D.C.
                 PEA 2000, Altea (Alicante), Spain
                 First Presbyterian Gallery, Ft. Wayne, IN
1998        Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washingotn, D.C.,
1997        "Landscapes and Inscapes," Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, FL;
                 and Marilyn Pink Gallery,  Los Angeles, CA
1996        "Drawing on Washington," Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, D.C.
                 "Works on Paper," Marilyn Pink Gallery, Los Angeles
1995        "After Auschwitz-Responses to the Holocaust in Contemporary Art", orginating
                 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK; traveling to Kulturhaus Altes Rathaus,
                 Potsdam, Germany; Manchester City Art Gallery, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham,
                 Endinburgh City Art Centre, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland,
                 United Kingdom.
1995-       "Witness and Legacy", Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN;
2001        traveling to Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconisn-Oshkosh; 
                 Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, CA, Aurora Public Arts Commission, Aurora, IL; Blaffer Gallery, 
                 University of Houston, TX;  State University of NY Museum, Albany, NY; Knoxville Museum of Art, 
                 Knoxville, TN; Tampa Bay Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ; 
                 Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK; Telfair Museum of Fine Arts, Savannah, GA; Decordova 
                 Art Museum, Lincoln, MA; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AZ; Tucson Art Museum , Tucscon, AZ; 
                 South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN; Fry Museum, Seattle, WA.
1993        Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
1992        Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, DC
1992        Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1991        Prints from Dennis O'Neil's Workshop, Gallery K,  Washington, DC
1990        Print Show, DC Arts Commission, Washington, DC
1990        Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1989        Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL
1989        Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1988        Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988        "New Landscapes, "Marilyn Pink Gallery,  Los Angeles, CA
1988        Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1987        Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
1987        Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987        Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1986        Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1985        "Washington Art Community Self Portraits", Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
                 "Tenth Anniversary Auction Show," Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1984        "Washington Screens," B.R. Kornblatt Gallery, ashington, DC
1981        Women's National Democratic Club, Washington, DC
1980        Musee de L'Art Moderne, Grenoble, France
                 L'Amerique aux Independants, Grand Palais,   Paris, France
                 Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
1979        Centre Culturel Jacques Prevert, Paris, France
1978        Galerie Farideh Cadot, Paris, France
                 Centre Culturel Jacques Prevert, Paris, France
1977        Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
1976        Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
                 Baltimore Museum Sales and Rental Gallery,  Baltimore, MD
1975        "Drawings from the Studios of Washington Artists,"
                 Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
1973        Caja de Ahorros, Altea (Alicante), Spain
1972        Corcoran Gallery (Sales and Rental), Washington, DC
1972        Goldman Gallery, Washington, DC
1971        Goldman Gallery, Washington, DC
1970        Gallery of Israeli Art, New York, NY
1969        Prints and Drawings, Ltd., New York, NY
1968        Mari Gallery, Larchmont, NY
1968        Galeria Arrabal, Callosa de Ensarria    (Alicante), Spain
1967        Mari Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1966        Galeria de Arte Sophia Dekker, Altea  (Alicante), Spain
       

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

2013         Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post, June 15
                  Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, October 18
2012         "Natural Inspiration, Abstract Imagination - Klaidman and Kaupp go beyond simple sea and sky
                  in two D.C. shows”  by Mark Jenkins, Galleries, The Washington Post, Friday, January 6
2006         "Art Wrap: Klaidman’s da Vince Code” by John Blee, The Georgetowner, June 28      
2001         Siegener Zeitung
2001         Siegener Rundschau
2001         Die Zeitung fur Siegen
2000         Boston Globe, Christine Temin, January 26
                  Boston Herald, Joanne Silver, December 31
1998         St. Petersburg Times, October 26  
1997         Houston Chronicle, Patricia C. Johnson, Oct.8
                  Washington Post, Ferdinand Protzman, Sept.11
1995         Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mary Abbe, "Exhibit by   
                  contemporary artists shares their `Witness and Legacy of Holocaust
                  Experiences" St. Paul Freeway News Review, Andrew Bacskai, "Legacy of the Holocaust," January 24
                  St. Paul Pioneer Press, Diane Hellekson, "Holocaust Horror Inspires Inner Transformation," January 29
                  The Independent (London), "Auschwitz's Postcards From Hell," February 24  
                  The Jewish Chronicle (London), Julia Weiner,
                  "Art Out of Agony," February 24
                  The Financial Times (London), William Packer, "When Discretion Is Everything," March 7, 1995
                  The Evening Standard (London), Lawrence Alster,   March 31
                  The Jewish Chronicle (London), Julia Weiner, "Pictures Worth a Thousand Words," March 31
                  Artists and Illustrators Magazine, "After  Auschwitz," April 1
                  Women's Art Magazine, Juliet Steyn, "Points of  Departure," April 1
                  Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Jacqueline Hall,"Holocaust Legacy," November 12
1994         The Financial Times (London), Lynn MacRitchie,"Vision of the Horror of the Century--War and Peace," December 31.
                  The Northwest Current, Barbara Langdon, "Artist Remembers Hiding from Nazis," April 6  
                  The Washington Post, Mary McCoy, "Mother and Daughter Depict Holocaust Refuge," Jan. 13
                  The Washington Times, Brett Moss, "Lighting the  Dark Past, Kitty Klaidman and Elyse Klaidman,"   Jan.5
1993         The In Towner, David Barrows, "At the Museums," December
                  Washington Jewish Week, Na'ama Batya Lewin, "Mother-Daughter Exhibit, Paintings About the   
                  Holocaust at the Klutznick Museum," Nov. 18
                  Eye Wash, Sheila Rotner, February
1991         The Syracuse Record, Brenda Whiteman, "Artist
                  Explores New Avenues of Expression," Nov. 11
                  The Jewish Observer (Syracuse), Nov. 14
                  The Washington Post, Janet Wilson, Aug. 3
                  City Paper (Washington, DC), Aug. 23
1989         The New York Times, John Russell, April 7
1987         The Washington Post, Pamela Kessler, Dec. 26
1986         The Washington Post
                  The New Art Examiner, Mary McCoy, December
                  The Los Angeles Times, Colin Gardner, April 11
                  Art Scene (Los Angeles) Betty Ann Brown, April
1985         The New Art Examiner, Percy North, January
                  Arts Magazine, Greg Masters, October
                  The Washington Post, Mary Battiata
1984         The Washington Post, JoAnn Lewis, Dec. 1
1979         The International Herald Tribune, Michael Gibson,  March 29
1977         The Washington Post, JoAnn Lewis
1976         The Washington Post, JoAnn Lewis
1973         Informacion (Alicante-Spain), Jan.20

BOOKS

2003         Women Making Art-History, Subjectivity, Aesthetics, Marsha Meskimmon
                  Fixing the World:Jewish-American Painters in the
                  Twentieth Century, Ori Z. Soltes, Brandeis University Press
1998         New American Painting, Open Studio Press
1997         Jewish-American Artists and the Holocaust, Mathew Baigell,Rutgers  University Press
                  When Memory Speaks, Nelly Toll, Praeger
1981         La Peinture Americaine, Madeleine Deschamp

CATALOGUES

2003          "Inside and Out-House and Home," Bermuda National  Gallery, Ori Z. Soltes, guest curator
2000          "PEA 2000"-Painters of Altea, Spain
1998          "New American Paintings"
1995          "After Auschwitz--Responses to the Holocaust in  Contemporary Art"
                   "Witness and Legacy--Contemporary Art About the   Holocaust"
1993          "Intimations of Immortality: The Paintings of Kitty Klaidman and Elyse Klaidman"
1986          Selections From the E.F. Hutton Collection  Art in Embassies
1985          Washington Art Community: Self-Portraits
1982          Art in Embassies--Paris
1981          Papier/Paysage (American Center, Paris)
1980          Actualite du Dessin (Maison de la Culture,  Grenoble, France)
                   Elements of Art: Line (Arlington Arts Center)
                   L'Amerique aux Independants
1979          Travaux sur Papier (Centre Culturel Jacques  Prevert)
1978          Travaux sur Papier (Centre Culturel Jacques  Prevert)
1973          Arte--Altea