The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Presents
Adele Marihatt Memorial and Retrospective
January 21 through February 25, 2012

The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) is proud to announce a new upcoming art exhibition, The Adele Marihatt Memorial and Retrospective Show. The public is invited to attend the free opening event and exhibition of one of the AAWR’s distinguished Archived Artists. The opening reception, to be held on January 21, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, will commemorate the life and career of Adele Marihatt. Along with refreshments, there will be an hour-long presentation beginning at 2:00 pm highlighting Marihatt’s artistic career. The show will close on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and Saturday from 12 noon to 4 pm.

Adele Marihatt was a Swiss-born painter who studied medicine before deciding to engage in the pursuit of a professional career in painting in the mid-1970s. A largely self-taught artist, she came to Cleveland in 1982. She was a versatile artist who worked in a variety of mediums, including sculpture and collage. However, she worked predominantly in oil and acrylic and produced over 350 paintings. A cardinal feature of her work was the fusion of poetry, mathematical equations, and even hieroglyphs in her paintings. Several of her paintings resulted from collaboration with noted Cleveland poet Christopher Franke and interfaced with harp music. Her appreciation of Japanese aesthetics can be seen in many of her works and her spectacular use of color. Her work is on display in collections across America and is found in many private collections in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Portions of art sales made during the exhibition will go to support the publication of a catalog of Marihatt’s complete works and also to support the AAWR in its ongoing mission. We invite friends and the public to celebrate and remember this unique artist and her creations.

The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve is a unique archival facility created to preserve representative bodies of work created by Ohio visual artists. A “living archive”, the AAWR has frequent exhibitions at its modern facility in University Circle. The AAWR serves as this region’s repository for artists looking for a place to preserve their work while making their work accessible to the public.