Education
1986 Study with Albert York, Water Mill, New York
1982 B.F.A. Painting, Carnegie- Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1978 Parson's School of Design New York, New York & Program in Paris, France
1978 Independent Study with Nevina Simi, Florence, Italy
1977 B.A. Political Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
(Graduated in 3 years)
1976 Sorbonne III (Political Science), Paris, France (Jr. Year)
1976 L'Ecole Menagere du Quartuer Latin, Paris France (Cooking School)
1974 American School in Tangier, Morroco, Africa (Sr. Year High School)
1974 Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, Mass. (Boarding School)
Internships
Summer 1976 UNESCO, Paris, France
Summer 1978 Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Passport: USA Passport. Cuban born.
Languages: Spanish, French and Italian
Museum Collections: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, The Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Ct., Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Organizations: Past Board Member: Southampton Community Town Preservation Fund, New Member Council for the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, The American Cancer Society, and The National Society of Arts and Letter.
Yolanda Merchant’s Art included in following selected exhibitions:
2007 &
2006 Celebrations From Around the World, Ferregut Tower Gallery
2006 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York Invitational Members Show
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2006 Ferregut Tower Gallery, Southampton, New York, Solo exhibition: Trees
2005 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, Invitational Members Show, and Honorable Mention: Best Abstract
2005 Ferregut Tower Gallery, Southampton, New York, Group Show, Celebrations
2004 Smerjian Gallery, Southampton, New York, Solo show: Enviermental Ethics
2003 Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York, Invitational Group Show: Fear of Flying
1998 National Arts Club, New York City, New York, Solo exhibition: Intimate Habitat
1998 Millennium Gallery, East Hampton, New York, Solo exhibition: Las Palmas, Las Pinas y Amor
1997 Nada/Mason Gallery, Bogler Arts Center, NMH School, Northfield, Mass, Retrospective 1973-1996 A Personal Vision
1997 Millennium Gallery, East Hampton, New York, Solo exhibition: Nature in Repose and Turmoil
1997 Hampton Tobacco & News, Bridgehampton, New York, Solo exhibition: The Cigar Box Paintings
1997 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, Invitational Members Show
1997 United Nations, New York, New York, Artists for a United World Invitational Group Show
1997 Sony Plaza, , New York, New York, Exhibition, and Live Auction & Benefit for National Arts Club & School of Visual Arts Student Scholarship Fund: Cig Art 2
1996 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, Invitational Group Show
1996 Millennium Gallery, East Hampton, New York, And Solo Exhibition: Intimate Habitat
1996 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, Invitational Members Show
1996 National Arts Club, New York City, New York, Invitational Group Show
1996 Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York, Springs Invitational Art Show
1995 Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Latin American Invitational Group Show |