Mym Tuma
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Born in Berwyn, Illinois, Mym Tuma aka Marilynn Thuma, studied at Northwestern University in Evanston; at Stanford University in California and at New York University. After graduation, she experimented with three dimensional works in her studio that she set up in Lake Chapala, Mexico.
An exhibit of her work hung in Edens Gallery Nov. 6-30, 1987 during Columbia College’s “Georgia O’Keeffe Centennial Celebration.” Tuma first met O’Keeffe in 1964 and during the following decade the two artists discovered several common interests, including an enthusiasm for each other’s art. This is shown from the various handwritten letters between Georgia O'Keeffe
and Tuma which was found on OkeeffeAndMe.com
A pastel exhibition curated by Henry Geldzahler, former Curator of 20th Century Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, hung at the Clayton Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton. In 1992 she lectured at the Brooklyn Museum
. Tuma is a charter member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
, and exhibits her unique synthesis of sculptured paintings. She works on the East End of Long Island, NY and some examples of her work are on display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
, in Washington, DC.
She has abstracted works on paper from oval, spherical, radial, branching and spiraling growth patterns found in nature. Her art conveys an understanding of universal structures in living things and how the process of conserving energy creates order. In 2005, Tuma authored Radiant Energy, Light In My Pastel Paintings. The work is listed in Who’s Who In America 2006, her previous books include poetry in Awakening The Spirit, The Blue Planet Series, and essays on the creative process in The Shell Theory of the Sculptured Paintings, and O’Keeffe & Me: Abstracts of Our Letters.
Tuma’s emphasis on organic forms and their structural and mathematical underpinnings tie her to the artistic category of an organic minimalist. Her work is unique in the way she creates shaped forms that exist in three dimensional space, namely what Tuma calls her sculptured painting.
Her artistic approach, has been predominantly influenced by oceanic and coastal forms. Forms such as beach pebbles, sand, sprouting seeds, and spiraling shell forms. Recently, Mym has been showing her artwork at the Lauren G shop in Sag Harbor and the Full Moon Art Gallery in East Moriches
An exhibit of her work hung in Edens Gallery Nov. 6-30, 1987 during Columbia College’s “Georgia O’Keeffe Centennial Celebration.” Tuma first met O’Keeffe in 1964 and during the following decade the two artists discovered several common interests, including an enthusiasm for each other’s art. This is shown from the various handwritten letters between Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American artist.Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916, several decades before women had gained access to art training in America’s colleges and universities, and before any of its women artists...
and Tuma which was found on OkeeffeAndMe.com
A pastel exhibition curated by Henry Geldzahler, former Curator of 20th Century Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, hung at the Clayton Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton. In 1992 she lectured at the Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
. Tuma is a charter member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts , located in Washington, D.C. is the only museum solely dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements in the visual, performing, and literary arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay...
, and exhibits her unique synthesis of sculptured paintings. She works on the East End of Long Island, NY and some examples of her work are on display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the...
, in Washington, DC.
She has abstracted works on paper from oval, spherical, radial, branching and spiraling growth patterns found in nature. Her art conveys an understanding of universal structures in living things and how the process of conserving energy creates order. In 2005, Tuma authored Radiant Energy, Light In My Pastel Paintings. The work is listed in Who’s Who In America 2006, her previous books include poetry in Awakening The Spirit, The Blue Planet Series, and essays on the creative process in The Shell Theory of the Sculptured Paintings, and O’Keeffe & Me: Abstracts of Our Letters.
Tuma’s emphasis on organic forms and their structural and mathematical underpinnings tie her to the artistic category of an organic minimalist. Her work is unique in the way she creates shaped forms that exist in three dimensional space, namely what Tuma calls her sculptured painting.
Her artistic approach, has been predominantly influenced by oceanic and coastal forms. Forms such as beach pebbles, sand, sprouting seeds, and spiraling shell forms. Recently, Mym has been showing her artwork at the Lauren G shop in Sag Harbor and the Full Moon Art Gallery in East Moriches
External links
- http://www.mymtuma.com Mym Tuma.com
- http://www.askart.com/AskART/studio/studio.aspx?studio=11188729 Ask Art Studio Profile
- http://www.mymtuma.com/architecture/artwork/ Examples of "G-d's Architecture" Organic Artwork
- http://www.mymtuma.com/architecture/images/Mym_Tuma_Newspaper_Front.pdf Southampton Press- Arts & Living Article on Mym Tuma (front)
- http://www.mymtuma.com/architecture/images/Mym_Tuma_Newspaper_Back.pdf Southampton Press- Arts & Living Article on Mym Tuma (back)
- http://www.exploreli.com/events/mym-tuma-letters-from-her-mentor-georgia-o-keeffe-1.1997504 Mym Tuma's Letters from Georgia O'Keeffe
- http://www.articlesbase.com/art-articles/how-much-would-you-pay-to-have-your-own-piece-of-georgia-okeeffe-2568465.html Sotheby's Auction
- http://mll.charitybuzz.com/causes/559/catalog_items/211404 Peony in the Light of the Moon
- http://67.199.116.138/dnn/Arts/ArtScene/tabid/12450/Default.aspx East Hampton Star Article on Mym Tuma
- http://www.27east.com/story_detail.cfm?id=283644&town=Speonk 27East.com Article mentioning Mym Tuma
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E6DC1731F936A35750C0A9609C8B63 Mym Tuma's "Planet Mercury" takes Second Place