Slava Gerulak
Slava Gerulak | |
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| Born | Yaroslava Gerulak May 5, 1933 Stopnica, Poland |
Slava Gerulak (born May 5, 1933) is a Ukrainian-American ceramic artist known for her sculpture based in New York.[1][2] In the mid-1950's she was part of the New York Group [Нью-Йоркська Група; Niu-Iorkska hrupa], a group of poets and artists, which developed spontaneously from friendships and discussions around the Students’ke slovo (Student Word) supplement to the Ukrainian American newspaper Svoboda.[3]
Biography
[edit]Gerulak was born in the town of Stopnica in southern Poland. She immigrated to the United States in 1950 from the DP Camp in Mittenwald, Germany. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and earned a BA from Sienna Heights College (1954) and an MA from Northwestern University (1959). From 1959 to 1962 she lived in Paris, settling in New York City afterwards.[4] She taught at Manhattan College in Purchase NY from 1955 to 1957.[5]
Exhibitions
[edit]Gerulak participated in many exhibits at The Ukrainian Museum, including Members Collect (2014) and The Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists, 1908–2015 (2015)[6] and The Ceramic World of Slava Gerulak 2021–23.[1] The artist participated in many exhibitions as a member of the Association of Ukrainian Artists in America in addition to group shows in Paris, Toronto, Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Ohio, and elsewhere. Her work is found in many public and private collections nationally and internationally.[7]
Style and technique
[edit]Gerulak worked primarily in clay creating works that could functional or purely decorative. She was most often inspired by her heritage and it's folklore adapting images of mermaids, nymphs, protectresses, a mother and child, villagers in folk costumes, and girls with head adornments/floral wreaths to create her own style of figurative ceramics which explores Ukrainian life.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mohn, Tanya (27 April 2022). "Canvases, Clay and Cameras, Preserving the Spirit of Ukraine". The New York Times. p. 6. ProQuest 2655480501. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Woodard, Josef (18 March 1993). "Sights Around Town/The Art Scene: Culture Ukrainian: A show of folk crafts in Thousand Oaks offers a look at history on a whole shell". Los Angeles Times. p. 6. ProQuest 281982421. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Struk, Danylo Husar; Stech, Marko Robert (2014). "New York Group". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 7 November 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Celebrating the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote in the US: spotlight on artist Slava Gerulak". Ukrainian Museum. 12 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024 – via Facebook.
- ^ Markus, Vasyl; Markus, Daria (2009). Енциклопедія української діяспори / Ent︠s︡yklopedii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoï dii︠a︡spory [Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora] (in Ukrainian) (1st ed.). New York - Chicago: Shevchenko Scientific Society. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-88054-145-9. OCLC 35706424.
- ^ Kochman, Adrienne (23 September 2024). "New exhibition studies Ukrainian women artists in the diaspora, 1908-2015". Art Daily. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ Madlane, Alan (29 January 2021). "Ukrainian Museum features works by local Ukrainian artists". The Hamtramck Review. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Slava Gerulak: Ceramics". Ukrainian Museum. 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- Ukrainian emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century Ukrainian women artists
- 21st-century Ukrainian women artists
- Ukrainian sculptors
- 1933 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American women artists
- 21st-century American women artists
- 20th-century American ceramists
- 21st-century American ceramists
- Ceramists from New York (state)
- Manhattan College faculty