Biographical and Bibliographical Data

Aleksandra Kasuba, artist

Born in Lithuania in 1923.
Attended Art Institute in Kaunas 1941-42, Art Academy in Vilnius 1942.
Immigrated to the United States in 1947.
Lived and worked in New York City from 1963 to 2001.
Moved to New Mexico in 2001.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1989     "Shaping the Future," a retrospective, University City Science Center, Philadelphia
1979     "Suspended Structure," Colony Square, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
1976     "Fabric Structures," Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Cranbrook, Michigan
1975     "The Spectral Passage," M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, Calif.
1973     "Fabric Structures," Art Gallery of State University, Potsdam, New York
------     "Spectrum Environment," Temple University, Pennsylvania
1971     "Shelters for Senses," a live-in environment at 43W90, New York City
1966     "Black Marble Mosaics," Waddell Gallery, New York City

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1990     "American Women Artists: The 20th Century," Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee
1979     "Transformations in Modern Architecture," Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1978     "Art-in-Science," The Philadelphia Art Alliance
1977     "Women in American Architecture," The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
1970     "Contemplative Environments," American Craft Museum, New York City
1968     "Experiments in Art & Technology," The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

INSTALLATIONS AND STUDIES in stretched fabric
1980     30,000 sq.ft. installation for International Furniture Exhibit in Paris, France with CRS Group+Metcalf & Eddy for The US Airforce
1978     "Suspended Shade Structure," 124 ft. span, Jacob Riis National Park, New York
1975     Office renovation study for Lepercq de Neuflize & Co. Paris and New York with J. C. Warnecke Associates
------     Environment for children, 300 sq.ft., University of Delaware Reading Study Center
1973     "The 20th Century Environment," The Carborundum Museum of Ceramics Niagara Falls, New York
1973     Roofdeck study for Manhattan Community Rehabilitation Center, New York City
------     "Learning Environment," 2,000 sq.ft. Wave Hill Center for Environmental Studies, Riverdale, New York
1972     "Wiz-Bang Quick City #2," Woodstock, New York

SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL INSTALLATION in brick, marble, and granite
1986     Granite Wall 4,000 sq.ft., 7 World Trade Center, New York City, with Emery Roth & Sons, architects
1985     Granite relief with water, James Plaza, Richmond, Virginia with Paul Friedberg Associates
1983     Brick Relief 1,000 sq.ft. Amhurst Station, Buffalo, New York, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
1981     Brick Relief, 1,750 sq.ft. 560 Lexington Avenue, New York City with The Eggers Group
------     Old Post Office Plaza, 7,000 sq.ft. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
------     Marble Relief, New Dorp High School, Staten Island, New York
1973     Brick Wall, 3,000 sq.ft. Lincoln Hospital, The Bronx, New York with Max O. Urban, architect
1971     Marble Mosaic Relief, 520 sq.ft., Clifton High School, Baltimore, Maryland
1969     White Marble Mosaic 750 sq,ft. Container Corporation Headquarters, Chicago, Il.
1967-71     Four Brick Walls, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York with Edward L. Barnes, architect

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
1977     Philadelphia College of Textile & Science, Art-in-Science I
1976     Cranbrook Academy of Art

INVITED SPEAKER
1985     "3rd International Symposium on Wide Span Structures" Stuttgart University, Germany
1984     "The Design Process: International Symposium on Architectural Fabric Structures Orlando, Florida

AWARDS
1983     National Endowments for the Arts Fellowship
1981     IFAI International Award for excellence, with FTL Associates
1972     WAA &AIA NY Chapter citation
1971     AIA Artist-Architect Collaboration, with Edward L. Barnes


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

By ALEKSANDRA KASUBA
Books
The Seven Faces of Time, iUniverse Inc. 2005
Private Heresies, Authors Choice Press, an imprint of iUniverse Inc., 2000
In the Wake of Dreams, Authors Choice Press, an imprint of iUniverse, Inc., 2001
Child Ticking, Authors Choice Press, an imprint of iUniverse, Inc., 2001
Utility for the Soul, Didymus Press, San Francisco: 1975
Articles
"The Physics of Metaphysics," The Journal of Mind and Behavior, Vol.19, No.1 (Winter 1998)
Media Works
Curved Surfaces, Web Site: www.curvedsurfaces.com, 1998
Reinventing the Self, Digital video, 2000
Not-So-Still-Life, Digital video, 2000
Kasuba Works, Web Site: www.kasubaworks.com, 2001
Kasuba Books, Web Site: www.kasubabooks.com, 2005

About ALEKSANDRA KASUBA
Books and Catalogues
Acrylic for Sculpture and Design, Clarence Bunch (Van Nostrand Rainhold, 1972): 62-3, 69, 138
Das Mosaic, Peter Fisher (Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1969): p.104
Objects: USA, Lee Nordness (The Viking Press, 1970): p.248-9
The Rainbow Book (exhibition catalogue). The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1975, 222-3
Report on Art & Technology Program, 1967-1971, Maurice Tuchman, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 144-5
Underground Interiors, Norma Skurka & Oberto Gili, Quadrangle Books, 1972: on cover and p. 30-31
Women in American Architecture & Design: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective, Susana Torre, Whitney Publications, 1977
European Design Guide for Tensile Surface Structures, Brian Foster/Marijke Mollaert, TensiNet 2004: p. 75
New York 2000, Robert A.M.Stern, David Fishman, and Jacob Tilove
Articles and Reviews
Barnhouse, Nan, "House of Peaceful Existence" The Plain Dealer (December 21,1971)
Crane, Catherine, "Space Shelters for Senses," Interiors (July 1971): p.22-26
Donohoe, Victoria, "Art in Science," Philadelphia Inquirer (May 26,1978). Drewes, Caroline, "The Spectral Passage," San Francisco Examiner (October 1975): p.25
Klosek, Judy, "Present Future," editorial. The Designer (October 1971)
Lewin, Susan Grant, "A Truly Sensuous House," House Beautiful (November 1971): 4p.
Malcolm, Janet, "About the House," The New Yorker (September 25, 1971): p.115-17
Morgan, James, "Interiors," Architectural Record (August 1971): p.93-5
______ "Shelters for Senses," Architecture Plus (November 1973): p.50-55
______ "Fabrics for the Future," Interiors (January 1979): p.84-85
Najman, Roland, "Sheltering the Senses," The Saturday Review (August 12, 1972): p.46-47
Plank, Richard, "Setting up Tension," Interiors (July 1979): p.72-75 Reese, Ilse Messner, "Sensuelles Environment," MD/Germany (January 1973): 94-99,120
Reif, Rita, "Background for Living," The New York Times (May 11, 1971)
Shorr, Mimi, "The Self in Chambered Space," Craft Horizons (August 1971): p.26-29,71
Smith, Lissa, "Space Shelter for Senses" Home Furnishings Daily (May 11, 1971): p.1&4
Thomspon, Mary Lee, "Aleksandra Kasuba," Womanıs Art Journal (Winter 1984): p.35-39


WORK IN NEW MEXICO
2002     Rock Hill House
2003-05     Shell Dwellings
2006     Private Residence /a study
2006-07     Smart Village /a study

About SHELL DWELLINGS
Olmstead, Donna, "No Corners," Albuquerque Sunday Journal (July 3, 2005): p.50-1, 53
Weideman, Paul, "The Art of Space," The New Mexican Weekly (April 16-22, 2004) p.
Pol Oxygen, International Design Art Architecture Quarterly, (Issue 17, 2006) Australia,
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