User:Notasource/Celia Rabinovitch

Celia Rabinovitch is an Art Historian, Artist, and Author from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her works have displayed internationally in the United States of America, Canada, and Europe. Her artwork have elements of Social Realism, Surrealism, and hints of American artists such as Edward Hopper. She wrote a book titled Surrealism and the Sacred She has stated the growing up in Winnipeg Manitoba influenced her studies in surrealist art due to its tradition of "darkly psychological surrealist art"

Education:

Celia Rabinovtich started her extensive education at the Winnipeg Art Gallery at the age of 6. It was there she first started to create artwork. Her first degree, a B.F.A. was received from the University of Manitoba. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Wisconson in painting. and her PHD in History of Art and Religion from McGill University. Today she works as a Professor for the University of Manitoba.

Art Work:

She has shown her artwork in places such as Gallery 111, the Florence Bienalle (1999), the California Institute of Integral Studies (2003) Plug In ICA, among other.

Surrealism and the Sacred:

Written in 2002, Surrealism and the Sacred: Power, Eros, and the Occult in Modern Art uncovers new information about the relationship between Art History and Religions. Her extensive experience as an editor results in a well written book. Celia believes there is a struggle between the secular and the sacred which appears in art from prehistoric times to surrealism and beyond.