Visiting Artist – Nina Buxenbaum

Nina Buxenbaum was born and raised in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY to a politically active, multi-racial household. She received her MFA degree in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in Drawing and Printmaking. Ms. Buxenbaum has participated in residencies at the Cité Interational des Artes in Paris, France, the Skowhegan School of Painting (Skowhegan, Maine), The Artists Alliance (NY, NY), and The Byrdcliff Artist in Residence, (Woodstock, NY), the Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), and The Hambidge Artist Residency (Rabun Gap, GA).

Her work has been included in several exhibitions including the Studio Museum of Harlem (NYC, NY), The Slater Museum (Norwich, CT), The Painting Center (NYC, NY), the Kentler International Drawing Space (Brooklyn, NY), the Ingalls Gallery (Miami, FL), Rush Arts (NYC, NY), The Sampson Projects (Boston, MA), including a solo show at The Stella Jones Gallery (New Orleans, LA). Her work has been reviewed in the International Review of African American Art. She is a Full Professor at York College, CUNY, in Jamaica, NY, in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts as well as a member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists in New Canaan, CT.

Ms. Buxenbaum is a founding member of the KINDRED Creative Residence & Agro-ForesT in Fletcher, VT, an inclusive community based on democratic principles and sustainability, integrating the creative arts and environmental studies, through project/place based education. She maintains and active studio practice in Brooklyn, NY and Bethel, CT.