RIO DE TYRANIA (river of tyranny)
by Marcia Joffe-Bouska
mixed media: glass, mirror, wood, hose clamp, acrylic paint on birch plywood
24.25" x 24.25" x.75"
ARTIST BIO
Marcia Joffe-Bouska’s mixed media artwork is vibrant with color, pattern and texture. Rich in symbolism and visually arresting, it is complex and layered with meaning. The natural world, offering inspiration and reference, also provides raw materials and “found objects”. She combines these with collage, text, imagery, and glass mosaic. Recent work uses “river” as a theme, playing off its varied associations and broad meanings to introduce more personal experiences, observations, and history within the context of her more universal investigations of relationship, meaning, and life itself.
Born in Chicago, Joffe-Bouska earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art and Art Education from Clarke University, Dubuque, IA, and a Master of Arts Degree in Studio Art ( painting and drawing) from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. She relocated to Council Bluffs, IA, and works from a home studio.
Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the country and is in corporate, public, and private collections. She has also taught art workshops and residencies to people of all ages, many through both the Iowa and Nebraska Arts Councils' Artists in Schools and Communities programs. Additional information can be found on https://www.marciajoffe-bouska.com
ACCOLADES
70K: Biennial Community of Artists Exhibit, 2nd Place, Octagon Art Ctr., Ames, IA 2019
Celebration of Iowa: Agriculture Art Award, 1st Place, 2017
CHI/Mercy Heritage Award for Arts and Humanities, Southwest Iowa, 2016
Annual Juried Show, Arts/Living Ctr., Burlington/IA, Best in Show, 1997
Iowa Arts Council Mini-Grant, The Garden Series, 1995
Nebraska Holiday Greeting Card Competition, Drawing selection award, 1993
Iowa Woman Magazine, featured artist & cover drawing commission, 1991
North Dakota Print/ Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, Purchase Award (drawing) 1980
National On-Paper Show, Terrance Gallery, Palenville, NY, (Purchase Award drawing) 1982
Mid-Four Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO,
Active Sponsor Award (painting) 1981
Iowa Artists' Postcards Competition, IA Arts Council Development Commission,
Traveling Exhibit, selection &/reproduction, 1980-1981,
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce Mural Design Competition, CB, IA, Design Selection and Award 1978
by Marcia Joffe-Bouska
mixed media: glass, mirror, wood, hose clamp, acrylic paint on birch plywood
24.25" x 24.25" x.75"
ARTIST BIO
Marcia Joffe-Bouska’s mixed media artwork is vibrant with color, pattern and texture. Rich in symbolism and visually arresting, it is complex and layered with meaning. The natural world, offering inspiration and reference, also provides raw materials and “found objects”. She combines these with collage, text, imagery, and glass mosaic. Recent work uses “river” as a theme, playing off its varied associations and broad meanings to introduce more personal experiences, observations, and history within the context of her more universal investigations of relationship, meaning, and life itself.
Born in Chicago, Joffe-Bouska earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art and Art Education from Clarke University, Dubuque, IA, and a Master of Arts Degree in Studio Art ( painting and drawing) from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. She relocated to Council Bluffs, IA, and works from a home studio.
Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the country and is in corporate, public, and private collections. She has also taught art workshops and residencies to people of all ages, many through both the Iowa and Nebraska Arts Councils' Artists in Schools and Communities programs. Additional information can be found on https://www.marciajoffe-bouska.com
ACCOLADES
70K: Biennial Community of Artists Exhibit, 2nd Place, Octagon Art Ctr., Ames, IA 2019
Celebration of Iowa: Agriculture Art Award, 1st Place, 2017
CHI/Mercy Heritage Award for Arts and Humanities, Southwest Iowa, 2016
Annual Juried Show, Arts/Living Ctr., Burlington/IA, Best in Show, 1997
Iowa Arts Council Mini-Grant, The Garden Series, 1995
Nebraska Holiday Greeting Card Competition, Drawing selection award, 1993
Iowa Woman Magazine, featured artist & cover drawing commission, 1991
North Dakota Print/ Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, Purchase Award (drawing) 1980
National On-Paper Show, Terrance Gallery, Palenville, NY, (Purchase Award drawing) 1982
Mid-Four Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO,
Active Sponsor Award (painting) 1981
Iowa Artists' Postcards Competition, IA Arts Council Development Commission,
Traveling Exhibit, selection &/reproduction, 1980-1981,
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce Mural Design Competition, CB, IA, Design Selection and Award 1978
by Marcia Joffe-Bouska
mixed media: glass, mirror, wood, hose clamp, acrylic paint on birch plywood
24.25" x 24.25" x.75"
ARTIST BIO
Marcia Joffe-Bouska’s mixed media artwork is vibrant with color, pattern and texture. Rich in symbolism and visually arresting, it is complex and layered with meaning. The natural world, offering inspiration and reference, also provides raw materials and “found objects”. She combines these with collage, text, imagery, and glass mosaic. Recent work uses “river” as a theme, playing off its varied associations and broad meanings to introduce more personal experiences, observations, and history within the context of her more universal investigations of relationship, meaning, and life itself.
Born in Chicago, Joffe-Bouska earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art and Art Education from Clarke University, Dubuque, IA, and a Master of Arts Degree in Studio Art ( painting and drawing) from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. She relocated to Council Bluffs, IA, and works from a home studio.
Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the country and is in corporate, public, and private collections. She has also taught art workshops and residencies to people of all ages, many through both the Iowa and Nebraska Arts Councils' Artists in Schools and Communities programs. Additional information can be found on https://www.marciajoffe-bouska.com
ACCOLADES
70K: Biennial Community of Artists Exhibit, 2nd Place, Octagon Art Ctr., Ames, IA 2019
Celebration of Iowa: Agriculture Art Award, 1st Place, 2017
CHI/Mercy Heritage Award for Arts and Humanities, Southwest Iowa, 2016
Annual Juried Show, Arts/Living Ctr., Burlington/IA, Best in Show, 1997
Iowa Arts Council Mini-Grant, The Garden Series, 1995
Nebraska Holiday Greeting Card Competition, Drawing selection award, 1993
Iowa Woman Magazine, featured artist & cover drawing commission, 1991
North Dakota Print/ Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, Purchase Award (drawing) 1980
National On-Paper Show, Terrance Gallery, Palenville, NY, (Purchase Award drawing) 1982
Mid-Four Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO,
Active Sponsor Award (painting) 1981
Iowa Artists' Postcards Competition, IA Arts Council Development Commission,
Traveling Exhibit, selection &/reproduction, 1980-1981,
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce Mural Design Competition, CB, IA, Design Selection and Award 1978
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