Jo-Ann Brody

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Recent work continues to focus on woman's forms. The symbol of the egg and images of fecundity and creativity create new forms. Generational pregnant/egg-like, iconic of birth, rebirth, solidity, and re-growth; the simple forms are solid almost passive, static. Bellies become my metaphor for creativity.
There is a bird-like motion fitting with egg symbols. Elements shift importance, shape gains weight. The figures no longer stand on the floor but perch on furniture, tables and chairs just as I do. They were formed on these tables in my studio. They are organized in conversations reinforcing one another. Repetition enhances the statement.

Experimentation with new materials: foams, construction glues, welded frames, more color, lighter and stronger cements, change my work. I am viscerally involved with the hands-on application of my materials. My art is tactile as well as visual.

My life has changed; my art follows suit.
 
Jo-Ann Brody

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 
2011 Three Steps Forward, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY

2010 Guardians/Watchers/Warders: new work in cement, Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill NY

2009 Fugue Forms, Ceres Gallery New York, NY

2007  Sticks and Stones, Ceres Gallery,  New York, NY.   Clusters, an installation, The Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY.

2005  Boxes & Foxes: Surface & Stance, Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY.

2004 Multiples, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY.

2003  Woman Forms, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY.

2002  Speaking Figuratively, (with Don Keene) Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY.  Beauties, Beasts & Other Imaginary Beings, (with Allen Hart & Maja Kihlstedt) Westchester Community College Art Gallery, Valhalla NY. Sculpture Installation, Di Santi Plaza, Curator Leslie Scheiblberg, Hartsdale, NY.

2000  Gallery Zogei, (with Lisa Bresnak) Kyoto, Japan.

1999  Fugues in Cement, Open Studios, Westchester Art Council, White Plains, NY. Figures in Cement & Clay, Invitational Series, Belle Levine Arts Center, Mahopac, NY.

Selected Group Shows

2006, 07, 08, 09, 10 The Farm Project, Saunders Farm, Collaborative Concepts, Garrison NY



2007  Outdoor Sculpture Shows, Collaborative Concepts and the Studio, Garrison NY & Armonk NY; 
10 x 10 x 10, 10artists, 10 storefronts, 10 communities, curated by Judy Sigunick, Ellenville, NY
;  Visible and Invisible Spaces, curated by Jennifer Heath, a traveling exhibition; Peekskill Project, Peekskill, NY

2006  Collaborative Concepts at Saunder’s Farm, 35 artists and a 100acre farm, Garrison, NY. Conversations, Maxwell Fine Arts Sculpture Garden, Peekskill, NY. Windows to the Soul, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers Public Library, Yonkers, NY.

2005  Winter Solstice, The Studio, White Plains and Armonk, NY. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art: A benefit auction of significant works, Robert Miller Gallery, NY, NY. Hold the Line, Peekskill Project, site-specific sculptural installation, Peekskill, NY.

2004  Art at War, The Artist’s Voice. Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago IL. The Third Biennial Women Book Artists Exhibition, Theresa Prator Curator, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC.

2003  Art in Nishijin, Kyoto, Japan. Women of the Book: Jewish Artists, Jewish Themes–Words on Fire, Starr Gallery, Newton, MA. Small Works, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY