Straus

Terry Straus grew up in Ridgewood, Brooklyn, NY.  The Cooper Union, granted Straus a Saturday High School Scholarship. She drew from the model all day, every Saturday through High School. Straus received an Associates degree in Advertising Design. Straus continued to draw from life at “the League“ in NYC, While working as the assistant to the creative director of Della Femina, Travisano, Udell and Partners, Straus attended and completed graduate school. She earned an MA. Straus started exhibiting in local galleries and was granted tenure, while teaching high school Art.  Straus continued to paint and exhibit in the Hudson Valley. She setup a painting studio in a former upstate factory space. Today Straus lives in Sothern California and maintains a home and garden in the Hudson Valley. She has exhibited widely, including:small museums, galleries, and public spaces. 

In this short series, Straus investigates portraits in the time of social media. Straus has said, “I am chasing the pleasure of seeing a person speak. What draws us to a speaker? How do we see in their gestures in our own mind’s eye. What are we hearing?” 

Straus’ portraits are inspired by the Secessionist school. Expressive line is exaggerated and distorted. Surfaces are built up by layering oil pastel and acrylics on watercolor paper. The layers are carved away to reveal paint, oil pastel, and a marker contour drawing under the painting. All of the  compositions are constructed using social media videos. 

The portraits were begun, January 2024.

2024 - SAATCHI ART, short series of portraits currently exhibited. Art Prints for sale through the online gallery.

5/20 - 5/21/2017 Arts Festival: open studio, GARNER ARTS, Garnerville, NY

4/22 -SAVE THE CHILDREN, to benefit Aleppo, CATALYST GALLERY, Beacon, NY

3/11 - 4/24/2017 GARNER ARTS CENTER FIRST ANNUAL MEMBERS' EXHIBITION, Garner Arts Gallery, Garnerville, NY.

1/2016 METAPHOR: LANDSCAPES OF THE HUDSON VALLEY, The Valley Cottage Library, Valley Cottage, NY.                                                             2/21- 3/1/2016 HOW, Pearl River Library, Pearl River, NY

1/7 - 2/28/2016 SUBURBAN LANDSCAPES, The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Newberg, NY.

11/8/2015 - 7/27/2016 TERRY STRAUS: SOLO EXHIBITION, Silver Tips, Tarrytown, NY

8/3 - 8/10/2015 ART & JAZZ, Gateway Art Center, 4 West 43 Street, NYC, NY.                                      

2/2015 CAPTURED: THE SUN & THE MOON, and THE SKY.                                                                                                                                             2014-15 12/2014 - 4/2015 The Outside In Gallery, Piermont, NY.

9//21/2014 ART IN THE PARK, Piermont Straus Foundation, Piermont, NY

5/9/2014 GARNER ARTS: open studio. Garner Arts, Garnerville, NY.

10/2013 GARNER ARTS: RE-IMAGINE, open studios, Garner Arts, Garnerville, NY.

1/2013- 3/2013 JUDITH KALIB OFFICES, Art Students League, Exhibition Outreach,

Judith Kalib-Times Square Offices, New York City, N.Y.

11/2012 TERRY STRAUS: OVER THE HORIZION, Barnes and Nobel, West Nyack, NY.

10/2012 GARNER ARTS: RESURRECTION, Garner Arts Gallery, Garnerville, NY..                                                                                                        9/2012 TERRY STRAUS; SOLO EXHIBITION, Valley Cottage Library, Valley Cottage, NY.

5/20/2012 RESIDENTS ALUMNI SHOW,  Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Art Students League, Sparkill, NY.                                                                2/25 - 4/20/2012 TURNING: THE NATURE OF SPRING, Dominican College: Sullivan Library, Orangeburg, NY.                                                         3/2012 WINTER LANDSCAPES. Bunberry Cafe, Piermont, NY..                                                                                                                                   1/2012 Art Students League of NY, at VTS,  Residents Open Studio.                                                                                                                                                    1/2012 Art Students League, NY, at VTS, Residency, scholarship.

10/2011 CLASS SHOW: HANS WITCHE, The Phyllis Mason Gallery, The Art Students League, Sparkill, NY.

11/2010 A League of our Own!, open studio, Bell-Ans Bldg., Orangeburg, NY

7/21 - 8/11/2001 AN ART ODYSSEY: THE MANY WORLDS OF ART, AQA Gallery, Forest Hills, NY.                                                                                2/2001 HOME SWEET HOME, AQA Gallery, Forest Hills, NY.

2/27 - 3/20/1999  AQA XXII: Anniversary Show. AQA Gallery, Forest Hills, NY.

4/2 - 5/30/1998 LIFE ON THE EDGE: AQA Gallery, Forest Hills, NY.

1/18 - 2/22/97 CONVERGENCE: EXPLORING OUR ECLECTIC CULTURE, AQA Gallery, Forest Hills, NY.                                                                           9/28 9/29/1997 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church. Forest Hills, NY.

10/14 - 11/5/1998 ARTIST'S CHOICE II. AQA Gallery, Forest Hills, NY.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                MEDIA:                                                                                                                                                                                                                         1998 PBS Special, David Blackburn, The Printmaking Workshop. PBS Black History Month, 1998.

COLLECTIONS:

Art Students League of NY, VTS collection.

Brooklyn Library, Print Collection

Fashion Institution of Technology, Fine Arts Department Collection.

PUBLICATION:

ART FOR ALEPPO: Blurb Publishing, 2017 

CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR SELF PORTRAIT, Brooklyn College, Teresa Straus, 1995

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