Curriculum Vita
Ada Privratsky
PO Box 804, Anderson, CA, 96007
EDUCATION
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 2003
MFA Painting, Minor in Printmaking
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC 1998
BA Visual Art, Painting and Printmaking
Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of Art,
Dallas, TX 2000
Post-Baccalaureate studies in Printmaking, Ceramics, and Art History
Workshops
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO 2005
Painting Intensive Workshop
Penland School of Crafts, Burnsville, NC, 1998
Figuration and Movement, Alexander Technique and Figure Drawing
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
One and Two Person
"Bay Area Landscapes" 2010
Café Arrivederci, San Rafael, CA
"Entanglement" 2004
Artspace, Richmond, VA
"The Riverbend Series" 2004
The North Carolina Arboretum, Ashville, NC
New Work: "The Riverbend Series" 2004
Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
"Observations and Findings" 2001
Corbett Center Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
"Fragment" BA Thesis Exhibition 1998
Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Group Invitational
"Muir Woods Monotypes" 2010
Cellspace, San Francisco, CA
ProArts Open Studios Preview Exhibition, 2009, 2010
ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
"Pigment on Paper EXCHANGE" 2005
Carol Keller Gallery, Denver, CO
"New Paintings" 2005
Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
Annual Faculty Exhibition 2004
Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
"Finale" M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition 2003
University Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Group Show 2002
Corbett Center Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Group Show 2001
Dona Ana County Manager’s Complex, Las Cruces, NM
Juried
"Twenty-ninth Annual Open Show" 2004
405 Gallery, The Roseville Arts Center, Roseville, CA
Jurors: Dave Lane and Lisa van Handel-Lane
"The Landscape IV International Juried Art Exhibition" 2004
Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
"The Landscape III International Juried Art Exhibition" 2003
Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
Juror: Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art, University of Nebraska Omaha
"2nd Annual American Landscapes Exhibition" 2002
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Juror: M. Darsie Alexander, Associate Curator, Baltimore Museum of Art
"From the Ground Up" 2001
Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
Juror: Aurore Chabot, Professor of Art, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC 2004-2005
Adjunct Faculty, Art Department
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 2000-2003
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Art
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX 2002
Instructor, Summer Educational Program for Children
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC 1997
Intern, Educational Outreach Program,
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
AWARDS
Visiting Artist, Warren Wilson College 2004
Graduate Teaching Assistant, New Mexico State University 2000-2003
Juror’s Choice Award, "From the Ground Up" 2001
REVIEWS
"The Ink" May 2003
Review of MFA Thesis Exhibition with illustration p. 9
"Las Cruces Sun-News" April 12, 2001
Review of "From the Ground Up" with illustration p. 8
"Las Cruces Sun-News" April 21, 2001
"Artist of the Week", with illustration p. C1
PUBLICATION
Little Dividing Doors in the Mind, Karla Kelsey 2005
Chapbook of poems, Noemi Press.
Cover art and design