A word artist, she creates sign-like enamel paintings often having to do with gender politics and power. She enjoys playing with language as though it is art, and it is said that her work is always... Read full biography
A word artist, she creates sign-like enamel paintings often having to do with gender politics and power. She enjoys playing with language as though it is art, and it is said that her work is always flashy and contentious. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas where she learned Spanish in school and... Read full biography
A word artist, she creates sign-like enamel paintings often having to do with gender politics and power. She enjoys playing with language as though it is art, and it is said that her work is always flashy and contentious. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas where she learned Spanish in school and at home heard both English and Yiddish, the latter spoken by her grandmother. In her words, it was a childhood of hearing language go "round and round." . She studied at Sophie Newcomb College in New... Read full biography
A word artist, she creates sign-like enamel paintings often having to do with gender politics and power. She enjoys playing with language as though it is art, and it is said that her work is always flashy and contentious. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas where she learned Spanish in school and at home heard both English and Yiddish, the latter spoken by her grandmother. In her words, it was a childhood of hearing language go "round and round." . She studied at Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans, Northwestern University, and then married and moved to Chicago where she lived for several decades, later dividing her time between Gary, Indiana and New York City. She has taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and in 1999, retrospectives... Read full biography
A word artist, she creates sign-like enamel paintings often having to do with gender politics and power. She enjoys playing with language as though it is art, and it is said that her work is always flashy and contentious. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas where she learned Spanish in school and at home heard both English and Yiddish, the latter spoken by her grandmother. In her words, it was a childhood of hearing language go "round and round." . She studied at Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans, Northwestern University, and then married and moved to Chicago where she lived for several decades, later dividing her time between Gary, Indiana and New York City. She has taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and in 1999, retrospectives of her work were held in Los Angeles at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Otis College of Art and Design. She has also... Read full biography
Kay Rosen - Artist Info
About Kay Rosen: Books
Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Word As Image American Art 1960-1990 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel
172 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present