By mastering the art of "scoring" German-born artist Artemis Herber has devised a way to manipulate her corrugated muse in any direction she desires. Through the process of folding and bending cardboard is transformed and takes on a delicate body language. Herber is an award-winning painter and sculptor whose work has appeared in galleries and museums worldwide. Her international exhibits include Room Installation at Munich Airport, purchased by the State of Bavaria; Associazone Culturale Piazza, San Placido, Italy; and Kunstverein, Paderborn, Germany. Her work has been exhibited across the U.S. at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the San Jose Museum of Art, Historical Society, Washington DC. Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts in Wilmington, and dozens of other venues. Herber studied fine arts/art education in Germany, and, as a teacher there, received several awards for statewide advanced education and art projects. Since moving to the U.S. in 2002, she has taught for nonprofit community arts organizations and private groups and currently maintains a studio in Baltimore.
More recent exhibitions include “COLOR” (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY); “XL-XS: Extra Large and Extra Small Formats,” juried by Barry Nemett and presented by Maryland Federation of Art (The Art Gallery at University of Maryland, College Park MD); “Sondheim Semifinalist Exhibition,” (Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD); “SCULPTURE NOW 2012,” juried by Sarah Newman and presented by Washington Sculptors Group (Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington DC); and “OPTIONS,” presented by Washington Sculptors Group (629, Washington DC).!
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