STATEMENT

Each of my sculptures is an intuitive expression of a particular event or emotion.  Finding a rhythm is key to my process, negating conscious choices.  From this, energy is brought through my body as I assemble the wood forms into unique compositions.  The shapes dance with the spaces generating tension, pauses and fluidity.  My goal is always unknown.  By allowing the shapes and spaces to dictate the result, I avoid the boring and expected.  Also, my palette consists of one color.  By adhering to one hue, I am able to go beyond color connotations and right into the essence of the experience.  If I painted the pieces various colors, the experience would stay grounded and be about color and the individual shapes.  The ultimate aim in my work is to create sculptures that in their static nature embody harmony and at the same time the viewer is elevated and can sail away in their own abstracted experience.

EXHIBITIONS

TwentyTwo Gallery,
Neighborhood Group Show, Philadelphia, PA: February – March 2006.
Haverford College,
Group Show, Haverford, PA: December 2005 – January 2006.
University City Arts League,
Solo Show, Flora Boucle’s Mandala Musings, Philadelphia, PA: February - March 2005.
Twenty Two Gallery,
Group Show, Exhibit of Neighborhood Artists, Philadelphia, PA: February – March 2005.
aSFe gallery, Solo Show, Father Jordan’s Box, Philadelphia, PA: December 2004 – January 2005..
Wood Turning Center,
Group Show, Tree of Life: Wood Art, Philadelphia, PA: November 2004 -January 2005.
Print Center Auction,
Philadelphia, PA: November 2004, 2005.
Twenty Two Gallery,
First Solo Show, The Indomitable Flora Boucle Revealed, Philadelphia, PA: January 2004.
NurtureArt,
Group Show, Brooklyn, NY: April-May 2004.
1010 Race,
Group Show, Philadelphia, PA: August 2003.
Liquid/Vox
Silent Auction IV, Philadelphia, PA: September 2003.
Manna Benefit Auction, Philadelphia, PA:  2003, 2004, 2005.
Rebuilding Together Benefit Auction,
Philadelphia, PA: January 2003, 2004.

PUBLICATIONS

Philadelphia Inquirer,
Nevelson Redux, Ed Sozanski, February 25, 2005.
CityPaper Philadelphia,
Living Up to the Formidable Legacy, February 24, 2005.
The Weekly Press,
The Blessing and the Challenge: Putting the Pieces Together: Maria Nevelson at University City Arts League, Marlene Levy, February 23, 2005.
City Paper Philadelphia,,
Artsquicks, February 2005.
Philadelphia Arts Writers,
Tree of Life...Gets its Turn at Wood Turning Center, James Wolf, December 2004.
Art Matters,
Exhibition-ists, March 2004.
Art Matters,
Happenings, January 2004.
City Paper Philadelphia,
First Friday Focus, January 2004.
Press/Review,  
Solo Exhibit Opening for Louise Nevelson's Granddaughter Maria Nevelson, January 7, 2004.
The Weekly Press,
Maria Nevelson Interview: Carving Her Own Identity, Kenneth Reinholz, January 14, 2004.

COLLECTIONS

Maria Nevelson's sculptures are in over thirty-five private collections.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

TwentyTwo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
aSFe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Perspectives Gallery, Morgantown, PA.

PURCHASING

Contact Maria Nevelson.

EDUCATION

BA, Art History, George Washington University, 1982.
Studio/life Experience with sculptors Louise Nevelson and Mike Nevelson and Florence Nevelson.