Joyce Cutler–Shaw
Joyce Cutler–Shaw | |
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Born | Joyce Arlene Cutler June 25, 1932 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Died | March 18, 2018 San Diego, California, United States | (aged 85)
Education | Ecoart |
Spouse | Jerome Shaw (m. c. 1958–2018; death) |
Children | 3 |
Joyce Arlene Cutler–Shaw (
Early life and education
Joyce Cutler was born on June 25, 1932 in
She studied at New York University, and received a B.A. degree in 1953; followed by further study at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she received a M.F.A. degree in 1972, in the first M.F.A. graduating class in visual arts at the university.[2][4]
She was married to Jerome "Jerry" Shaw in the 1950s, and together they had three children.[2][5]
Career
Cutler–Shaw taught at the University of California, San Diego Extension (from 1972 to 1974), Palomar College (from 1974 to 1978), and at San Diego State University (from 1978 to 1980).[6] She served in an artist-in-residence from 1992 to 2015, at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.[2][7] Her artwork often focused on the cycle of life, and death; and while she was in graduate school she would frequently visit to the UCSD School of Medicine to draw the dead bodies and bones.[7] Cutler–Shaw launched the artist-in-residence program in 1992, and served as the first artist.[2]
Cutler–Shaw was the founder of the Landmark Art Project, Inc., and Landmark Art Collaborative (1985–1992).
She was part of the group exhibition Women of the Book (1998) which traveled to four locations in Los Angeles, including to Finegood Art Gallery, the West Valley Jewish Community Center, 22622 Vanowen St., and West Hills Gallery.[8] In 2007, Cutler–Shaw had a two person show alongside artist Sarah Perry, featuring drawings of the bones of small animals at the USC Fisher Museum of Art in Los Angeles.[9]
Death and legacy
Cutler–Shaw died on March 18, 2018, in San Diego, after struggling with a progressive neurological disease called corticobasal degeneration.[2]
The UC San Diego Library’s Special Collections & Archives holds the Cutler–Shaw Papers.[10] She has work in museum collections, including at the Walker Art Center.[11] She was the subject to the documentary film, She is Fierce: the Art of Joyce Cutler-Shaw (2016), directed by Becky Cohen.[2][12]
References
- ISBN 978-0-8240-9070-8– via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g Schimitschek, Martina (2018-03-29). "Obituary: Joyce Cutler-Shaw — pioneering San Diego artist and humanitarian — dies at 85". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
- ^ "Frozen Bureaucracy: The Politics of Joyce Cutler-Shaw's Ecological Ice Monuments". Getty. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "Jerome Shaw Obituary (1926–2018), La Jolla, CA". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-15 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ Online Archive of California(OAC). Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ a b Morlan, Kinsee (2017-10-16). "Innovative UCSD Program Aims to Draw Compassion Out of Future Doctors". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- Newspapers.com.
- The Los Angeles Times. 2007-02-11. p. 151. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ Davies, Dolores (March 30, 2017). "UC San Diego Alumna Joyce Cutler-Shaw Honored for Major Contributions to the Library". UC San Diego Today. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ "Joyce Cutler-Shaw, 1932–Present". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- La Jolla Light. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
External links
- Joyce Cutler Shaw papers, 1974-1977, from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Video: She is Fierce: the Art of Joyce Cutler-Shaw (2016) from UCTV