JANE PETRUSKA

Masquerade Sculpture    
    
  
VIII - 16" x 25" x 14"                                                                                VII - 12" x 28" x 21"









     
XIV - 12" x 23" x 18"                                                                                XV - 16" x 24" x 25"








                                                    
                        III - 14" x 20" x 20"                                                                            XIII - 14" x 22" x 32"









Figure It Collages       
                                                
                           The Blue Pole - 18" x 24"                                                                 Curly Top - 20" x 25"                                              




                                                         
                                                                       Just Waiting - 19" x 23"                                                                                 
                                                                      


   
                              
                                              

Artist Statement

 
My Masquerade Series of sculpture was inspired by attending a Masquerade Ball.  I developed a method to create figures with a lot of movement and attitude.  Each one has a mask; some as an accessory, with different meanings suggested.

Biography


Solo Exhibits
The Gallery at Beth El, New Rochelle, NY - 2007
American Dream, Bedford, NY - 2001
Windows on Mamaroneck, NY - 2001
Epidavros Spa, Bedford, NY - 1998
Chase Manhattan Bank, New Rochelle, NY - 1999
Chase Manhattan Bank, South Hampton, NY - 2000
Gallery at Mid-Westchester YMHA, Scarsdale, NY 1997
Gallery Emanuel, Great Neck, NY - 1997
Bronxville Womens Club, Bronxville, NY - 1991
Harrison Library, Harrison, NY - 1990
Custer Institute, Southold, NY - 1989
Model Home - The Crossing at Blind Brook, Purchase, NY - 1987
Model Home - Saxon Glen, Mamaroneck, NY - 1987
New Rochelle Library, New Rochelle, NY - 1981
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, Larchmont, NY - 1979, 84, 98
Gallery 10, Tuckahoe, NY - 1986
Claude Gallery, Eastchester, NY - 1978, 83, 88, 92
White Plains, Library, White Plains, NY 1977
Sound Shore Gallery, Port Chester, NY 1983

Group Exhibits
Our World Gallery, Stamford, CT - 2007
Pleiades Gallery, NY - 2003
Noho Gallery, New York City - 2000
Pace University, New York City - 1996
Unibank, New York City - 1997
Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, NY - 1995-99
Landmark Lofts Artists, Port Chester, NY - 1991-03
Upstream Gallery, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 1992
Broome Street Gallery, New York City - 1991-2003
Westbeth Gallery, New York City - 1991
Iona College, New Rochelle, NY - 1990
David Dinkins Gallery, New York City - 1989
Art Expo - Ariel Gallery, New York City - 1998
Neshe Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, New York - 1998
Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY - 1986
Sound Shore Gallery, Port Chester, NY 1983

Selected Juried Exhibitions
Iona College Gallery, New Rochelle, NY - 2005
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT - 2004
Westchester Community College Art Gallery, NY - 2002
Rye Art Center, Rye, NY 2003
Bedford Art Show, NY 2001
Greenwich Arts Council, Art on the Avenue, CT - 2001
Greenwich Arts Council, Visions of the Millennium, CT - 1999-00
Northern Westchester Center of Arts, Mount Kisco, NY - 1999-00
Gallery at Macy Pavilion, Valhalla, NY - 1999
Paramount Center for Arts, Peekskill, NY - 1999
Pen & Brush Sculpture Exhibitions - 1993, 94, 95, 99
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe - 1988, 91, 96, 97, 99
H.R.C.A. at Lehman College - 1996
Hudson River Contem Artists at Hammond Museum - 1992, 93
Audubon Artists, New York City - 1986, 95
Museum of Hudson Highlands, Cornwall, NY 1983
New Rochelle Art Association, New Rochelle, NY 1981, 91
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, NY - 1979, 1992

Awards
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, Larchmont, NY - 1982, 82, 93, 07
New Rochelle Art Association, New Rochelle, NY - 1982, 99
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, New York City - 1996,97
First in Show, A.S.C.A. - 1994
A.S.C.A. Sculpture Award - 1990, 91, 97, 00
Pen & Brush, Salmagundi Award, New York City - 1993
First in Show, New Rochelle Art Association, New Rochelle, NY 1988
Medal of Honor, Audubon Artists, New York City - 1988
Audubon Artists, New York City - 1986, 93

Juries
New York Society of Women Artists
Audubon Artists, New York City
Mamaroneck Artists Guild
A.S.C.A. Bronxville, Hastings, Mount Vernon
White Plains Beaux Arts
New Rochelle Art Association
Greenwich Art Association, Greenwich, CT

Affiliations
Member, American Society of Contemporary Artists
Vice President, New York Society of Women Artists
Audubon Artists, New York City
Mamaroneck Artists Guild
New Rochelle Art Association
Hudson River Contemporary Artists
Katonah Museum

Education
School of Visual Arts, New York City
Leslie D'Or, White Plains, New York