Miriam Cabessa

Catalog # 5 
Miriam Cabessa

"Keep It Moving"

2009

Size: 17"x14"

Oil and graphite on paper

http://miriamcabessa.com/

Estimated Value: $1800

Minimum bid: $1200

About the artist:

Miriam Cabessa was born in Casablanca, Morocco and raised in Israel. She lives and works in New York City, and has since 2000. She has shown in Israel, Europe, and the United States. Some of her resume highlights include:

·Representing Israel in the Venice Biennale, 1997, Venice, Italy

·Winning the Nathan Gottesdiener Prize of the         Tel Aviv Museum of Art, as well as having a one-person show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 1995

·Showing at galleries in Chelsea, including Stefan Stux, Moti Hasson, Lyons Wier, Vered Gallery of East Hampton, and Slate Gallery of Brooklyn

·Being a part of permanent collections of the Jerusalem Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Haifa Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, as well as various private collections in Israel, Europe, and the US

Miriam Cabessa’s paintings are made using the movement of her body, her hands, pieces of fabric, and the rhythm of her breathing to create the work.

Using oil on linen, the surface of the painting becomes sensitive to her touch, making the relationship between the art and the artist very intimate; it becomes a feminine abstract. Cabessa’s paintings are stark, in-focus, abstract explorations of her own isoelectric line and heartbeat, traces of movement that emerge from stillness.

Cabessa is currently involved with several projects based in New York City, the Hamptons, and San Diego, as well as Milan, Italy and Tel Aviv, Israel. In January of 2007, Miriam was featured in an Israeli documentary film called Dreamers featuring nine Israelis living in the US: artists, fashion designers, and movie producers among them.  In 2009 she was invited by the PULSE Art Fair to create a 24-foot painting on site.