| Rhoda Yanow was born in Newark, New Jersey. She studied
at Parsons School of Design and at The National Academy of
Design. She teaches at DuCret School of Art; Newark Museum
and The Pastel Society of America School. She is a member
of American Women Artists, Allied Artists of America, Pastel
Society of America, Degas Pastel Society, New Jersey Watercolor
Society, Artists Fellowship, Audubon Artists, American Artists
Professional League, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National
Association of Women Artists, Associate Member American Watercolor
Society.
She received the 2002 Community Art Association Award for
Pastels, 2001 New Jersey Watercolor Nabisco Award, 2001
The Nieman Marcus Watercolor Award, Windsor Newton Painting
Award, New Jersey Watercolor Award for Excellence, 2000
American Women Artists Painting Trip to Tuscany, Italy,
International Artists Magazine#20; Allied Artists of America
Award for Pastel; Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Metropolitan
Museum of Art Award, the Pastel Society of America Award;
The Jack Richeson Award for Pastel from Audubon Artists;
Millburn Short Shills Art Group Award of Excellence; Ridgewood
Art Institute in New Jersey Mosho Bahiri Award amongst others.
In 2003, she received the Best Show Award from The Connecticutt
Pastel Society and Gold Medal Award from Audubon Artists
and Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.
Ms. Yanow is in the collection of The Butler Institute
of American Art, The Chinese Government, a Pastel Painting
for the First Pastel Museum in China, Pastel Society of
America, Newark Museum, NJ; Nwark Public Library, New Jersey
Ballet, Prince Albert Museum, London, Rensselaer University,
NY, Township of West Orange, NJ, Shering Pharmaceuticals,
Warner Lambert Company, Morris Plains and numerous private
collections.
She was featured in the American Artists Magazine, New
Jersey Goodlife, NJ Music and Arts and the Newark Star Ledger.
She is in Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s
Who in the World, Drawing with Pastels by Lister, The Art
of Pastel Portraiture by Madlyn-AA Woolwich, The Best of
Pastel from Rockport Publishers, The Best of Sketching and
Drawing from Rockport Publishers; The best of Pastel 2 from
Rockport Publishers; International Artists Magazine: International
Pastel Artist, The Best of Watercolor, Watercolor Expressions:
Contemporary Master Pastellists, GAllerie Luminous, Taiwan.
American Artists Magazine February 89; International Artist
#20 and International Pastel Artist #14.
Artists Statement
Luminosity and Life
I have been entranced since childhood with the luminosity
of pastels and the vibrance of life --- of dancers
tense before the curtain rises, of old folks recreating
other times, of students eager for challenges yet unknown.
My artistic adventure began with a grandmother intent
upon devising private entertainment for an only child, something
that would keep me amused and out of trouble.
It evolved into a search for special moments, for glimpses
behind the masks we all wear, a search for telling gestures
and grimaces, postures and poses.
It was enriched when a friend, a teacher, fell ill
and asked me to substitute for a couple of weeks. He was
never able to return, and two weeks have stretched beyond
two decades.
The luminosity has shown brighter since that first
day before a class. The lights in students' eyes outshine
any pastel highlight. The student are the future. Their
light is our light. It is everything.
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