Purpose and Mission for “HerStory” Exhibition of Art by Women Artists
January 31 – April 30, 2022
Manhattan Arts International presents the curated annual “HerStory” exhibition of art by women artists. For centuries women artists have inspired and enlightened us with their enormous talent, vision and commitment. Many have served as creative trailblazers in their chosen styles and mediums. Their contributions have gone under-recognized and they haven’t received the accolades they deserve. We will continue to present annual “HerStory” exhibitions until there is a fair and equal balance of women artists represented by art museums, galleries, art book publishers, major private and public collections, auction houses, and the media. Prior to 2000 I published Manhattan Arts International magazine (1983-2000) to promote emerging artists and I curated exhibitions of women artists in galleries, corporate lobbies, and a variety of public alternative spaces throughout NYC, NY.” ~ Renee Phillips, curator and founder of Manhattan Arts International
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Banner image: Detail of art by Nancy Staub Laughlin
Below is some of the artwork from “HerStory” 2022.
You will find names of all exhibiting artists on this page below.
Please visit the artists’ websites that are provided and contact them directly to purchase their art.
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Nanette Fluhr
Winner of the Manhattan Arts International
Artist Showcase Membership Award
A Lotus Grows in the Mud, oil on linen, 30″ x 24″
My life’s endeavor is to create beautiful and meaningful art. Representational portraiture is my principal avenue in that pursuit. It is the challenge of capturing a faithful likeness of my sitter, which I firmly believe must include the articulation of each subject’s persona, that I find most compelling. I approach each painting as an opportunity to try to discover the truth of an individual’s essence; to capture the soul of the individual, not just their likeness. nanettefluhr.com
Ruth Soller
Minerva Terrace Yellowstone National Park, oil on linen, 24” x 30”
I create oil paintings of National Parks and western landscapes in a contemporary modernist style. Inspired by travel and plein air studies, my magical landscapes express passion through brilliant hues and dramatic contrasts. My vibrant paintings are built up in layers of oil paint on a sienna-toned linen or canvas. Once varnished my paintings take on a translucent depth akin to stained glass. My gift of creative communication occurs as my art is seen and experienced by others. solleroriginals.com
Frances Listou
Carrera Wave, Carrera gold marble, 6″ x 6″ x 4″
Carving stone into an image that people savor touching and gazing upon is my passion and purpose. My heart fills when the blind and children playfully trace the lines of my artwork with their hands. The power of passion and tools allow me to mold the Creator’s creations into my creation. It is exuberant! My work evolves from things I see around me: the form, sometimes colors, and the possibility to replicate or enhance the stone to make it mine. francesfineart.com
Anikó Boda
Always Want Something Else, oil on board, 68” x 60”
Resonating across time with the traditional painting schools of Florence, my update of trompe l’oleil painting reflects my penchant for experimentation. I deploy my ‘inventions’ creating fresco-like ‘weatherbeaten’ surfaces and lively objects. My iconoclastic work is based on psychological and philosophical questions of human existence, but always with a twist. Sometimes we like to take certain truths granted. I like to dissect these traditional values, examine them from multiple point of view and turn them into pictures. anikoboda.com
Debbie Daniels
Peach Floribunda, oil on canvas, 48” x 48”
As a long time Pacific Northwest islander, I create large scale oil paintings of details of the natural beauty around me. Captured movement plays a vital role in my work. In capturing movement, I hope to expose and preserve a moment in time and provide something deeply personal to the viewer. My paintings rarely have a horizon line so that the viewer is immersed in the up close details of our surroundings. debbiedanielsart.com
Edi Matsumoto
Survivor 2020, oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″
I painted a series of female figures called Goddesses and Warriors. After centuries of oppression of the female gender, presently, we are witnessing movements for women to stand up, speak up, and fight for our rights, life, and the future of Mother Earth. My artwork celebrates our accomplishments and encourages us to recognize our divinity and courage to continue making the world a better, safer, and accepting place where there will be no gender, racial, or economic inequality. edimatsumoto.com
Ida Tong
We’re Your Future, oil and acrylic, 20″x28″
Since humans have evolved from apes, they will continue to evolve further as “transhumans” in our near future. I can visualize and imagine that these transhumans will be super “conscious” at one point. Because “all the world’s a stage,” they will each be given a role to play, and then will transform our civilization to an unrecognizable world. idatong.org
Phyllis Thomas Miller
The Price of Freedom, acrylic on canvas, 48″ x 36”
As a Vietnam Navy veteran, I provide therapeutic art for the veteran community. The Price of Freedom is a visual tribute to the courageous men and women of our military. Creating visual images that spark self-reflection and motivate the healing process is my passion. Every day I find joy in art. I wish for you is that through my artwork, you experience the same. meroegallery.com
Gwen Roberts
Hoax19, sanded charcoal and pastel on paper 28” x 23”
I’ve become well acquainted with my ever changing body over the years. As a consequence the female form is central to my work. I’ve placed unrealistic demands on my body and I’ve been critical of its aesthetic. I now treasure it and seek to preserve it. My art reveals a sincere narrative of intimate experiences and emotions through a series of sanded pastel drawings. The paper is sized with charcoal, then burnished with sandpaper. Smaller pieces are used for drawing. gwenroberts.com
Valerie Patterson
Dementia’s Dance watercolor 27″ x 35″
We live in a society in which our emotions are often undervalued. Viewing and discussing difficult images, issues, or situations is sometimes considered burdensome to say the least, I believe that my work provides an opportunity to experience pieces of life vicariously, for contemplation and dialogue. It is a continuing search for a deeper understanding of the human condition, for truth and honesty, kindness and mercy, as well as malevolence. valeriepatterson.com
Nancy Staub Laughlin
Effervescence of the Sparkling Wave, triptych, pastel on paper, mounted photographs, 35″ x 90″
My assemblages: pastel on paper and mounted photographs, are created by layering juxtaposing elements: nature vs. glitter. The viewers are immersed into my glowing, dazzling world of color, light, dimension and beauty. I create these stills by combining the elements: photographs of the landscape in seasons and detailed photographs of glowing or glittering moments. The paralleling objects are added to accentuate these phenomena. These compelling compositions are the culmination of many carefully executed steps that define my unique creative process. nancystaublaughlin.com
Names of All Exhibiting Artists in “HerStory” 2022 Arranged in Alphabetical Order
Carolyn M. Abrams, Hiske Tas Bain, Verna Baur, Sandra Belitza-Vazquez, Carol Bivins, Meg Black, Laura Blue, Aniko Boda, Therese Boisclair, M Diane Bonaparte, Renata Bosnjak, Lorraine Brennan, Linda Briskin, Theresa Brown, Nata Buachidze, Susanne Byström, Margie Caldwell-Gill , Genie Castro, Anna Chan, Jenny Chernansky, Anita Clipston, Cynthia Coldren, Kathy Collier, Carla K. Cope, Annie Shaver Crandell, Julia Crosara, Debbie Daniels, Christina Ellis, Laura Erdman, L L Erdman, Pegi Eyers, Tatiana Escallon, Donna Faranda, Nanette Fluhr, Fatima Franks, Suzanne Frazier, Ana Gaines, Diane A. Gelman, Wendy Goldberg, Eda Gyenis, Patse Hansen, Luz-Mary Harris, Rita Hissar, Margaret Huddy, Elizabeth Hubler-Torrey, Diane Fleisch Hughes, Laura Hunt, Karen Johnston, Agnes Jorgensen, Helen Kagan, D Yael Kelley, Carolyn Kramer, Rosemarie Langtry, Latana, Nancy Staub Laughlin, Debora Levy, Michelle R. Lindblom, Frances Listou, Mary Manning, Lynn Marrapodi, Francesca Volchitza Marta, Edi Matsumoto, Tommy B. McDonnell, Dee McKiernan, Francine Melder, Aruna Mettler, Phyllis Thomas Miller, Barbara Mierau-Klein, Maundy Mitchell, Carol Moses, Pamela Nigro, Debbie O’Lucas, Jill Pankey, Valerie Patterson, Anne Morrison Rabe, Lara Restelli, Gwen Roberts, Andrea Robinson, Patricia Roche, Carolyn Rogers, Roslyn Rose, Caroline Royall, Jennifer Rugge, Robin J. Sarner, Casey Shannon, Charlotte Shroyer, Roxi Sim-Hermsen, Esther Simonis, Ruth Soller, Charlotte Stanske, Hillary Steel, Anne Stine, Shelly Taylor, Dee Tivenan, Alison Thomas, Alicia L. Thompson, Ida Tong, Nimi Trehan, Kathleen Trestka, Christiana Updegraff, Naona Peaches Wallin, Mira M. White, Sandra Duran Wilson, Joyce Wynes
Read Praise Received for Manhattan Arts International “HerStory” Exhibitions
Read “Important Interviews and Articles About Women Artists”
I am so thrilled – and inspired – to be part of “HerStory” 2022~!! This exhibition is a rich collection of media and themes that encompass the diversity of women’s experience. All the works in the show are stunning! Thank you so much Renee Phillips – for including my piece, for your curatorial vision, and your incredible efforts to showcase women’s art today. We have arrived.
Hi, I am so delighted and honored to be included in the Herstory 2022 Exhibition and among such amazing artists and their work. Thank you for selecting me and my work, I am over the moon.
My pleasure Rosemarie. Thank you for creating inspirational art and for teaching art to children and adults!
Thank you Renee, it is such an honor to be a part of Her Story 2022. Being a part of this is a representation of the challenges many women have experienced.
This show is so inspiring and powerful. Thanks for believing in me and my work!
Theresa it is my pleasure. I am very impressed with your unique creative expression and style and also your meaningful statement.
This is a beautiful and powerful exhibition. I am very honored and so excited to have been chosen among the many wonderful and accomplished artists that have applied to “HerStory 2022”. To be given a chance for my work to be seen by a wider audience than what I am able to reach at this point in my practice, is a dream come true. Thank you, Renée, for giving me and so many women artists a voice.
Caroline, it’s a pleasure to include your fascinating, surreal and unique “Woman Dreaming” painting in this important exhibition.
Thank you Maundy for your blog post about your participation in the Manhattan Arts International “HerStory” exhibition.
Dear Renee,
It’s evening here in Sweden but for me shining sun in full power, I feel overwhelmed, happy, oh all my feelings and emotions in this moment are difficult to describe, such honor to be part of this fantastic on line exhibition with other women artists from around the world.
I am deeply grateful for this opportunity I wasn’t dreaming about anything like that.
My gratitude is endless, thank you from the bottom of my heart
Many many regards from
very happy
/ Dana Ingesson
Dear Dana, Reading your comment is the best way to end my busy day as it is almost 8:00 PM here in NYC, NY. I am very grateful to you for submitting your emotive abstract paintings to “HerStory”. I wish you the best of success and may you have only glorious and healthy days ahead in 2022. Best, Renee
I am thrilled to be included among so many wonderful artists whose extraordinary vision is celebrated in “HerStory 2022.” I have been a juror for past exhibitions in the Boston area and I know how challenging it is to make selections from a wide range of styles and mediums to create a bold, cohesive body of work. And that is what you’ve done–this exhibition is stunning, and I’m honored to be a part of it.
Kathleen, Thank you for your kind words. Your entry “Wizardry and Magic” is a bold and mystical painting that offers so many places to explore. It is a pleasure to display it in “HerStory”.
I am so honored to be a part of this beautiful show. It is such a such a wonderful display of powerful works. Thank you, Renee.
Alicia, Thank you for submitting “Inner Strength” to “HerStory”. It exudes enormous power and its message is a gift we all need.
So Honored to be a part of this diverse and eclectic selection of artists. Brava for all your hard work in making these selections as well!
Wendy, it’s a delight to feature one of your beautiful pastel paintings in “HerStory”. Best wishes to you and with designing your new website.
Hello Renee!
What lovely news to wake up to on this wet miserable day!
It’s a privilege to have my work sharing the same space as so many brilliant artists. Thank you for selecting ‘Hoax19’ to be part of this amazing exhibition. You’ve done a great job curating interesting and thoughtful work from all over the world.
It’s an honour to have caught your eye and hopefully touched your heart. Thank you from the bottom of my mine.
Thank you!
Gwen xx
Gwen, The first time I saw your “Hoax19”, sanded charcoal and pastel on paper 28” x 23” I couldn’t believe my eyes. It is stunning and meaningful. Thank you for submitting it to “HerStory”.
Oh my gosh. Thank you so much Renee. You’ve just made my day. What an honour!!!
Thanks Renee for including me in this really great exhibition!
All my best wishes to you Hiske
Hiske, your art is enchanting and inspirational and always lifts my spirits. Thank you for submitting “Let’s Make it Better”. The message is perfect!
Renee,
I am so honored to be included in the “Her Story 2022 Exhibition!” I am thrilled to be amongst such an extraordinary group of international artists showing such powerful, amazing work. Thank you so much for including me and my work.
Thank you again,
Diane Fleisch Hughes
Diane, It’s a pleasure to include one of your figurative works of art in “HerStory”. Thank you for your community work and helping to change the lives of many people in need around the world through your “National and International Service Learning Trips”..
Thank you so much Renee for the inclusion in the HerStory 2022 exhibition! I am so honored to be with such an amazingly talented group of incredible female artists. I love that you are helping to give female artists a voice since we have been so underrepresented in the art world. Margaret Meade, the social anthropologist said “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world…indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”..and that is why I believe that people like you Renee will be instrumental in moving female art to the forefront and to it’s rightful place in the national and international art community. Thank you for your commitment and dedication.
Pamela, It is a pleasure to include your powerful work of art in this exhibition. The inspirational quote by Margaret Meade is one of my favorites! Thank you for your kind words. Wishing you creative bliss and success in every way, Renee
Oh, Renee, I am so thrilled and humbled by Earth Splendors included in “HerStory 2022!” More paintings underway, and this year promises to propel all of us to greater heights! Thank you!
Mary, Earth Splendors is a wonderful mixed media work of art inspired by “Connecting to the elements – Earth, Air, Water, Fire”. I’m delighted to include it in “HerStory”.
What a beautiful exhibition! I’m so happy to be among so talented women! Thanks for including me in the exhibition and the hard work you put on it.
Thank you Ana, it’s a delight to include your eco-conscious work of art using recycled materials and that you created it in honor of your mother Gloria is heartfelt and inspirational.
This is an exceptional show from start to finish! The mission, the message, and all of the incredible art is deeply impactful. And, I love that the show is dedicated to 2 special women who influenced your life. Thank you, Renee, for your vision and your extraordinary efforts for artists, women, and humankind. I am in awe of the talent here and honored to have my work included!
Karen, Thank you for your kind words and for creating art that brings an immediate visceral and healing impact. And, thank you for your spirit of compassion and helping others through your H.O.P.E. Ministry.
Thank you Renee,
I am so honored to be a part of this stunning show. The striking honest beauty of each piece combined with the writings of each artist inspire me, embrace me and allow me to understand the shared passion, spirituality and attachment to nature women share. I see in this show that our combined voices are strong and it makes me hopeful. Thank you for your vision and the sharing of it.
D. YaeL, It is a delight to include your engaging abstract painting “Seven: A thousand Portals”. I also appreciate that you took time to express your support and positive reaction to the other artists’ works and statements and the meaning behind “HerStory”.
This is such a diverse show with fabulous work.
Thank you Renee.
Dee, I agree and thank you for participating!
What an awe-inspiring exhibition! The skill and depth of meaning behind the artworks are inspiring, thought-provoking, and an amazing showcase of achievement. Thank you for curating an exhibition that connects us together with narratives and feelings that we can all relate to as women, artists, and as a community.
Andrea, I appreciate your kind words. It is a privilege to include your beautiful message-driven painting “The Catch” in “HerStory”. I also included it in the video on the Manhattan Arts International YouTube channel.
Hi Renee,
What a wonderful surprise to be included in the “Her Story 2022 Exhibition!” I am humbled and thrilled to be amongst so many other wonderful international artists. Thank you so much for including me and my work. I will post and promote the show on my social media.
Thank you again,
Anne Rabe
Anne, It’s a pleasure to include your impactful photograph in “HerStory”. Your photograph captured my immediate impression for expressing a unique perspective about the botanical world. Thank you for promoting the exhibition on your social media.