Born: Buffalo, New York
Lives and works on Sugarloaf Key, Florida
Education:
2003 The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass
1987 Art Students League, NYC
1984 Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, Mercerville, New Jersey
1983 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, BFA, Sculpture
1978 Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1977 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Anatomy of Place, The Studios of Key West, FL, May 4-25
2016 Movement Drawings, UVA Gourmet Shoppe, Key West
2005 Tidal Reliefs, Key West Museum of Art and History at the Custom House
1998 Florida Keys Series, East Martello Museum, Key West
Juried Exhibitions / Awards
2004 Artist-in-Residence, The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, May 2004, Corning, NY
2000 Under the Sun, Key West Museum of Art and History at the Custom House
1997 Regional Artist Exhibition, East Martello Museum, Key West
1986 161st Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York City
5th Annual Juried Non-member Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 Blurring Boundaries, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, May 7 – Sept. 10
2022 AAA Digital Prints, 2012-2019, Heron School of Art + Architecture, Indianapolis, IN, Jan - Mar
Blurring Boundaries, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, Feb 8 - Apr. 26
Blurring Boundaries, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, July 14 - October 23
Blurring Boundaries, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA, Dec. 3 - Feb. 26, 2023
2021 Blurring Boundaries, Baker Museum, Naples, FL, March 28 – July 25
Blurring Boundaries, Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading PA, Aug.31 – Dec. 17
Digital: AAA Prints 2012 - 2019, The Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western CT State University October 21 - December 5
2020 AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Blurring Boundaries, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN Oct. 17 - Jan. 3, 2021
2019 FiveMyles 20th Anniversary Exhibition and Benefit, Brooklyn, NY, April 27 - May 19
Beyond Modest Art Exhibition, curator Ibett Yanez del Castillo, Miami InterContinental, Dec 1
2018 The Greatest Show on Earth; Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Blurring Boundaries, The Women of AAA from 1936 to the Present, curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Blurring Boundaries, The Women of AAA from 1936 to the Present, curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
2017 American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Wrather West Kentucky Museum, Murray KY. Jan. 17 - Feb. 24
American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, University of Houston Clear Lake, Texas. Aug. 31 - Oct. 20
2016 Thru the Rabbit Hole; Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
The Onward of Art: American Abstract Artists 80th Anniversary Exhibition, curated by Karen Wilkin, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery, New York, NY. Jan. 18 – Mar. 25
Visible Histories, curated by Max Weintraub; Abrons Art Center and Morris-Warren Gallery, New York, NY. Jan. 27 - Feb. 21
American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. February 1 - March 4
Chromatic Space, curated by Jonathan D. Lippincott, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, 81 Barclay Street, New York, NY, September 22 – November 5
Werner Drewes Portfolio, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Georgetown, Washington DC
2015 Circle the Wagons!!!; Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Jan. 15 - Feb. 27
Endless, Entire, Five Myles Gallery, 558 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Rachel Nackman. Nov. 21 - Dec. 20
American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Marywood University, Scranton, PA. Sept. 8 - Oct. 18
2014 To Leo: A Tribute from American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY June 14 – July 12
Sensory Impact, American Abstract Artists, Morgan Stanley & Co., Purchase NY May 1, 2014 - May 1, 2015
American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Muhlenberg, PA. Aug. 27 - Sept. 27
American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2013 Sculpture Key West, Ft. Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, Key West
Dynamic Invention: American Abstract Artists at 75, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT. June 29 – Oct. 20, 2013
American Abstract Artists: A Selection, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. Oct 22 – Nov 23, 2013. Curated by Scott Olson and Gianno Commito
American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN. Nov. 4 – 26, 2013
American Abstract Artists: AAA 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art,The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Dec 5, 2013 – Jan 17, 2014
2011 American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY. Curated by OK Harris Works of Art. May 21 – July 15
ABSTRACTION∞ (Abstraction to the Power of Infinity), The Icebox and Grey Area, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Janet Kurnatowski. Nov. 3 – 27
2008 American Abstract Artists: Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina, The Painting Center, New York, NY. Sept. 2 – 28
Sculpture Key West, West Martello, Key West
2007 Contrappunto, Bau Institute Gallery at Richard Sena Projects, Hudson, NY
Continuum, in celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the American Abstract Artists, St. Peter’s College Art Gallery, O’Toole Library, Jersey City, NJ. Mar. 21 – Apr. 25
Sculpture Key West, East Martello, Key West
2006 Sculpture Key West, Ft. Zachary Taylor Historic State Park
2004 Sculpture Key West, Ft. Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West
2003 Sculpture Key West, Ft. Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West
2002 Art in the Park, Ft. Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West
2001 Art in the Park, Ft. Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West
1999 Art in the Park, Ft. Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West
1998 Art in the Park, Ft. Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West
1997 Key West in a Day, East Martello Museum, Key West
1996 Harrison Gallery, Key West
1995 Studio Open House, 7009 Shrimp Road, (Stock Island), Key West
1994 PS Lane Gallery, Key West
1993 Tropical Depressions, East Martello Museum, Key West
1986 Studio Open House: My-T-Fine Building, Hoboken, New Jersey
Professional Experience (Non-Profit) and Affiliations
2016 Installation Workshop: Which Way Is Up? Key West Art & Historical Society
2015 to 2018 President, Upper Sugarloaf Residents Association
2009 to 2013 Executive Director, Sculpture Key West
2008 to 7/2011 Exhibition Chair, Sculpture Key West
2006 to present Member of American Abstract Artists
Selected Bibliography/Interviews
2019 Susan Cohn, Interview: https://umfm.com/programming/shows/art-world-innovators, 3/20/19
2018 Piri Halasz, "Report from the Front: Once More, The Greatest Show on Earth", Feb. 25, 2018
2016 James Panero, "Gallery chronicle, The Onward of Art...", New Criterion, Vol. 34, No.7, pp 42
2013 Ashley Knight, “Sculpture Key West. An Interview with Vera Vasek,” Art Districts Magazine
2011 Victoria Donohoe, "75th-Anniversary Exhibit Celebrates American Abstract Artists," The Philadelphia Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2011, E32.
2004 Eleanor Cicerchi, “Catching the Essence of a Tidal Flow: Artist-in-Residence Vera Vasek
Carries Her Work into Glass,” The Gather, Corning Museum of Glass, Fall 2004, pp.9
1998 Steven Pratt, “The art of the tides,” The Key West Citizen, November 15, 1998, pp.1C, 9C
Collections
Cleveland Museum of Art
Delaware Museum of Art
MOMA Library Special Collection, NY, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
New York Public Library
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
United States Embassy, Beijing Embassy Annex, Beijing, China: Arts in Embassies,
US Dept. of State
Muhlenberg College of Art Collection, Allentown, PA
University of Tennessee, Knoxville