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Maryellen Latas

SELECTED WORKS
Untitled
2019
Tin and casein on baltic birch (Old Holland Cobalt Turquoise Pigment over Titanium White)

Inset: 4 x 4 x 2 inches (10.2 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm)
Overall: 12 x 12 x 4 inches (30.5 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
(Inventory #31129)

Untitled
2019
Tin (0.016") and casein on baltic birch (Perwinant Blue over Titanium White)

Inset: 4 x 4 x 2 inches (10.2 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm)
Overall: 12 x 12 x 4 inches (30.5 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
(Inventory #31128)

Untitled
2019
Tin and casein on baltic birch (Old Holland Cobalt Turquoise Light over Titanium White)

Inset: 4 x 4 x 2 inches (10.2 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm)
Overall: 12 x 12 x 4 inches (30.5 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
(Inventory #31131)

Aquarelle Pencil #8040
2017
Colored pencil on Rives BFK paper with deckled edge

Image size: 4 x 4 inches (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
Paper size: 15 x 11 1/4 inches (38.1 x 28.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left, titled on reverse in graphite
(Inventory #29565)

Prismacolor “Rouge Carmin”
2017
Colored pencil on Rives BFK paper with deckled edge

Image size:  4 x 4 inches  (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
Paper size:  15 x 11 1/4 inches  (38.1 x 28.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left, titled on reverse in graphite
(Inventory #29566)

KOH-I-NOR Hardtmuth Polycolor Pencil #3720/37
2017
Colored pencil on Rives BFK paper with deckled edge

Image size: 4 x 4 inches (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
Paper size: 15 x 11 1/4 inches (38.1 x 28.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left, titled on reverse in graphite
(Inventory #29562)

Prismacolor “Mahogany Red” Pencil PC 1029
2017
Colored pencil on Rives BFK paper with deckled edge

Image size:  4 x 4 inches  (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
Paper size:  15 x 11 1/4 inches  (38.1 x 28.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left, titled on reverse in graphite
(Inventory #29570)

Prismacolor “Gingeroot” Pencil PC
2015
Colored pencil on Rives BFK paper with deckled edge

Image size:  4 x 4 1/16 inches  (10.2 x 10.3 cm)
Paper size:  15 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches  (38.4 x 28.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left, titled on reverse
(Inventory #27620)

Prismacolor “Eggshell” Pencil PC 140
2015
Colored pencil on Rives BFK paper with deckled edge

Image size:  4 x 4 1/16 inches  (10.2 x 10.3 cm)
Paper size:  15 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches  (38.4 x 28.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left, titled on reverse
(Inventory #27628)

Untitled 2001-200-1-3
2001
Set of three cubes in 6061T6 aluminum, anodized clear

4 x 4 x 4 inches each
signed verso
Edition AP of 10
(Inventory #18719)

Untitled, 2009-206 (triptych)
2009
606IT6 aluminum with clear coat mat finish

Signed, titled and dated on the back
Each of three: 12 x 12 x 2 inches
(30.5 x 30.5 x 5 cm each)
(Inventory #20786)

Cube / Line Drawing, #2
2004
#2 pencil on Rives BFK paper

Signed, dated and titled verso
4 x 4 inches (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
(Inventory #15442)

Cube / Line Drawing, #10
2004
#2 pencil on Rives BFK paper

Signed, dated and titled verso
4 x 4 inches  (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
(Inventory #15450)

Dot Drawing, #18
2004
#2 pencil on Rives BFK paper

Signed, dated and titled verso
4 x 4 inches (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
(Inventory #15474)

Dot Drawing, #19
2004
#2 pencil on Rives BFK paper

Signed, dated and titled verso
4 x 4 inches (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
(Inventory #15475)

Additional Information

Just as the act of looking at an object is transfigured by the gender, race, socioeconomic class and sexual orientation of the viewer, the act of making an object is informed by it’s maker’s gender, race, socioeconomic class and sexual orientation.

My work embodies my experiences. Experiences as a girl, as a woman, as a second generation American of Eastern European descent, as a white, middle-class, heterosexual female, as a critical care nurse and later as an artist; experiences which have in part defined me and consequently, my work.

Formally, the work deals primarily with light and space through the use of squares and cubes. They exist singularly, paired, tripled and quadrupled, connected, disconnected, separated and recombined in groups. At times the square is progressively penetrated or opened up, space is created/revealed/exposed. Other times, the square is deepened to become a cube, falls and sinks into the ground or grows to a height close to that of the viewer. Context, relationships, repetition and connections are at the heart of my work.

Maryellen Latas

Born
Portsmouth, Virginia 1957

Education
1991-93

Massachusetts College of Art, Fine Arts Program, Boston, Massachusetts

1988-91

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1985-88

Boston Architectural Center, Architecture Program, Boston, Massachusetts

Grants

1996

Artist-In-Residence, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas

1990

Recipient of Massachusetts Arts Lottery/Melrose Arts Lottery Grant

Annual AIDS Benefit 2022 (Online Only)

November 26, 2022
- December 4, 2022

Annual AIDS Benefit 2021 (online only)

November 27, 2021
- December 4, 2021

Annual AIDS Benefit 2020 (online only)

November 28, 2020
- December 5, 2020

Annual AIDS Benefit 2019

November 30, 2019
- December 4, 2019

Annual AIDS Benefit 2018

December 1, 2018
- December 6, 2018

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2016

November 26, 2016
- November 30, 2016

 

 

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2015

November 28, 2015
- December 5, 2015

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2014

November 29, 2014
- December 6, 2014



The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2013

December 7, 2013
- December 11, 2013

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2012

December 1, 2012
- December 8, 2012

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2011

December 10, 2011
- December 17, 2011

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2010

December 11, 2010
- December 17, 2010

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2009

November 28, 2009
- December 17, 2009

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2007

December 1, 2007
- December 19, 2007

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2006

December 2, 2006
- December 19, 2006

The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition 2005

December 3, 2005
- December 22, 2005

Group Show

June 18, 2005
- July 28, 2005

Featuring works by Josef Albers, Uta Barth, Mel Bochner, Daniel Buren, Chuck Close, Mike Glier, Jenny Holzer, Alex Katz, Maryellen Latas, Sol LeWitt, Julian Opie, Jeff Perrott, Jonathan Seliger, Kelly Sherman, Bill Thompson, Peter Wegner, and Laura Wulf

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Fair

February 19, 2004
- February 23, 2004

Maryellen Latas: Lead & Gold

September 9, 2000
- October 18, 2000

Summer Group Show

June 14, 1999
- July 30, 1999

Featuring works by, Josef Albers, Erika Blumenfeld, Lori Bonante, Barbara Broughel, Maggi Brown, noon n. coda, Laura Evans, Tom Friedman, Scott Hadfield, Donald Judd, Maryellen Latas, Sol LeWitt, Pasquale Natale, Necee Regis, Fred Sandback, Kate Shepherd, Jim Stroud, Bill Thompson, and Suzanne Ulrich

General Consensus

June 7, 1997
- September 17, 1997

Featuring works by Michael Beatty, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd, Elizabeth King, Maryellen Latas, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Wes Mills, Maurizio Pellegrin, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Paul Shore, Kiki Smith, Seton Smith, Jim Stroud, Leslie Wilcox