Interview with Virginia Maksymowicz
Watch our video interview with one of the recipients of the P.S. We Love Our Members Grant, Virginia Maksymowicz:
Virginia Maksymowicz was born in 1952 in Brooklyn, NY and now lives in Philadelphia, PA. She received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (1973) and an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego (1977). She has exhibited her work at the Franklin Furnace, Alternative Museum, the Elizabeth Foundation and Grey Gallery in New York City; the Mitchell Museum in Illinois; the Michener and Woodmere Museums in Pennsylvania; and in college, university and nonprofit galleries through the United States and abroad.
When asked about her passions, Maksymowicz said this:
"On the most basic level, I am obviously passionate about making art! Since receiving my MFA in 1977, I have maintained a consistent studio practice and exhibition record. I have worked at many support jobs in order to fund this passion: secretary, copy editor, writer and teacher. Now that I am 68, I am anxious to devote my time completely to resuming in-process projects and pursuing new directions in my work.
On a conceptual level, I have become passionate about exploring the metaphorical implications of the human body—especially the female body—placed in the service of structure and architectural ornamentation. I've been following a complex visual trail of architectural and figurative elements: caryatids, columns, canephorae, baskets of produce, Corinthian capitals, acanthus, bodies, bones and bread."
Virginia's Artist Website: https://www.maks-arts.com/