Brenda Oelbaum
Contact Information
Education
B.F.A. Equivalent for the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Florence Off Campus Program 1985-86
M.A. Gallery and Retail Art Administration, Dean’s List, F.I.T, SUNY, New York, NY
Professional Experience
Arts Administration
2010-2012 Chair of the National Summer Board Meetings and Exhibition for the Women’s Caucus for Art, Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Grand Rapids, MI
2010-2011 Chair of “Live Space: Knit In” at the College Art Association and The Women’s Caucus for Art Conference in New York, NY
2008-2010 Co-chair WCA Conference and Lifetime Achievement Awards, Chicago, IL
2007-2009 Foundational President of the Michigan Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2006-2009 Michigan Coordinator for The Feminist Art Project, Rutgers University
1990-1991 Assistant to Director Pam Fruend, Rosa Esman Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
1990 Part Time Archivist, Gracie Mansion Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
Curatorial Work
2011-2012 Reversing the Gaze: Man As Object, with Priscilla Otani, Karen Gutfreund, and Tanya Augsburg, SOMArts, San Fransisco, CA and the Kinsey Institute Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2008 A Place at the Table, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 The Art of Healing: Explorations of Women’s Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 The Venus of Willendorf Project, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2005 The Fabric of Fear: Art After 9/11, Gallery 555, Detroit, MI
Artist's Statement
Brenda Oelbaum holds a BFA equivalent from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Canada; she studied painting in Florence, Italy under the direction of the late Aba Bayefski and received her MA in Gallery Administration from the State University of New York, F.I.T campus. She has worked with such prominent art dealers as Rosa Esman, and Gracie Mansion in NYC. She is currently the Michigan representative for the Feminist Art Project, and the Vice President of the Midwest Region for the National Women’s Caucus for Art as well as the foundational President of the Michigan Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art.
Although a classically trained painter Oelbaum currently works in mixed media, “I work in what ever medium best supports my message. I consider myself a Feminist Activist Artist.”
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
2011 Make A Revolution: Don’t Diet, River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI
Group Exhibitions
2011 November, Reversing the Gaze: Man As Object, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
- Summer 2012, Kinsey Institute Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2011 February 11-19, The Dirty Show 12, Bert’s Warehouse Theatre in Eastern Market, Detroit, MI
2010 September 22-October 10, Venus of Willendorf Project: The Obesity Crisis Contained Art Prize, Schuler Books, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 June 19-June 26 Blue Planet, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2010 Balance:An Artists’ Collaborative Game, The Gallery at Duderstadt Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI
- Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
- Holland Art Center, Holland, MI
2010 34 Secrets Revealed, Invitational Exhibition, River’s Edge Gallery Wyandott MI
2008 Exhibiting You :No Shortage of Diet Books, International Museum of Women, http://www.imow.org/community/stories/viewStory?storyId=2701
2008 International Fine Art Exhibition, Hopeinen Sivellin Galleria, Helsinki Findland
2008-2013 The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces, Traveling Exhibition within USA
- June 2008, The Dairy Center for The Arts, Boulder, CO
- Sep. 10-Oct. 24, 2008, University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Nov. 13-Dec. 12, 2008, Union Gallery, University of Winsconsin, Milwaukee
- January 23-Feb. 22, 2009, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, University of Connecticut at Avery Point
- March 30-April 30, 2009, Indiana University East Art Galleries, IN
- Oct. 1-30, 2009, Drury University Pool Art Center Galleries
- Feb. 03-March 10, 2010, California State University-Dominguez Hills
- March 20-May8, 2010 CAS Galleries, Kean University, Union, New Jersey
- Sept 7-Dec. 20, 2010 DePauw University, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, IN
- Jan.5-March 15, 2011, Santa Clara University, de Saisset Mueseum
- July5-Oct.5 2011, The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky
- Nov.1-Nov.31 2011, Penelec-Bowman-Megahan Art Galleries of Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Jan 10-April 20, 2012 St Mary’s College of California
- Oct.3-Oct.26, 2012 Bartlett Center for theVisual Arts, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
- Jan. -March 2013 Ithaca College
2008 Change, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 The Art of Healing: Explorations of Women’s Health, The Gallery at Duderstadt Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 A Place at the Table, The Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2007 Women’s Work in the 20th Century, Women’s History Museum, San Diego, CA
2007 What “F” Word?, curated by Carol Cole Levin, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Textile Show, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI
2006 The Humor Show, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 Venus of Willendorf: Redefining the Goddess, The Gallery at Duderstadt Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 Women Artists 1950-1980’s, Ann Arbor Art Center, Off the Wall Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 Reflections of War, Threads of Peace, Woven Arts, Lansing MI
2005 Fabric of Fear: Art After 9/11, 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI, September – October 2004 Buy a Rug, Stamp Out Evil, Performance, Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
2003 Rtistk Xprshn, Art Oasis, Ann Arbor, MI
2003 Able Bodies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1986 Mostra Iceberg, Ontario College of Art, Off Campus Studio, Florence, Italy
1986 Scholarship Show, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1983-1985 OCA Open House, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bibliography
Eleanor Heartney, Art in America, “Review of What F Word?” p.200 June/July 2007
Roger Green, ‘Humor Show” displays a wry eye Politics, consumer culture get skewered in Gallery Project exhibit, The Ann Arbor News, Sunday, August 20, 2006
Ann Gordon, Detroit Arts Blog, Friday, September 09, 2005
Roger Green, Post-9/11 artward knits together the “Fabric of Fear,” The Ann Arbor News, Saturday September 17, 2005
Nick Sousanis, Fear Factor MetroTimes, September, 21, 2005
Laura J. Williams, Art Fair Provocateur, Ann Arbor Paper, Vol 2, Issue 1, August, 2004
Stephanie Nikolopoulos, What “F” Word?, Tuesday, March 13, 2007, http://uncoolkids.com/reviews/2007/03/13/what-f-word/
HERO: Creating Monsters http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/culture___sport/archives/2005/creating_monsters.cfm
Publications
Restoring Our Bodies: Reclaiming Our Lives, Aimee Liu, Brenda: Discovering Venus Power!
Collecting and the Internet: Old Passions, New Technologies, essay The Venus of Willendorf Project, by Brenda Oelbaum, 2008, edited by Susan Koppelman and Alison Franks
A Place at the Table, Catalogue for Ann Arbor Art Center, Summer 2008, Ann Arbor MI
What F Word? Carol Cole Levin and Miranda McClintic, Catalogue for Cynthia Broan Gallery, Summer 2007, New York, NY
Art in the Age of Terrorism, p. 166-168, Edited by Graham Coulter-Smith and Maurice Owen, Paul Holberton Publishing, United Kingdom, 2005
Awards & Distinctions
Big Idea Award, March 2011, Endangered Species Women Conference, New York, NY www.endangeredspecieswomen.org
Image of the Decade 2000-2010, Women in Photography International, first prize and honorable mention www.wipi.org
Best in Show, 2007, Women’s Work in the 20th Century, Women’s History Museum, San Diego, CA
Honorable Mention, 2006, Grosse Pointe Art Center Textile show, Grosse Pointe, MI
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