Sarah Valerie Gersovitz

Background

Gersovitz, Sarah Valerie was born on September 5, 1920 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Daughter of Solomon and Eva (Gampel) Gamer.

Education

Student MacDonald College, Montreal Museum Fine Arts, Ecole des Arts Appliques. Diploma communication arts, Master of Arts, Concordia U.

Career

Teacher painting and drawing Bronfman Centre, Montreal, since 1972. One-woman shows include Montreal Museum Fine Arts, 1962, 65, Art Gallery Greater Victoria, 1966, U. Alberta, 1968, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1969, Art Gallery Hamilton, 1969, Mount Saint Vincent U.,1971, College Saint Louis, 1972, Institute Cultural Peruano, Lima, 1973, confederation Art Gallery, 1976, Saint Mary"s University, 1976, U. Sherbrooke, 1979, 83, 95, Peter Whyte Gallery, 1982, London Regional Art Gallery, 1982, Holland College, 1982, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 1984, U. Kaiserslautern(West Germany), 1984, Bibliothéque National Québec, 1997. others Represented in permanent collections Library of Congress, New York Public Library, National Gallery South Australia, Institute Cultural Peruano, Lima, American Embassy, Ottawa, House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, numerous Canada museum, university and embassies including National Gallery Canada, Montreal Museum Fine Arts, Le Musée du Québec, Le Musée d"Art Contemporain.

Group exhibitions include 3d International Play Group Exhibition, New York City, 1973, International Triennial, Grenchen, Switzerland, 1961, V, VI and X International Biennial, Ibiza, Spain, 1972, 74, 82, II and III International Biennial, Norway, 1974, 76, III and IV International Biennial, Frechen, Germany, 1974, 76, 1st International Bienal, Segovia, Spain, 1974, III Biennial Graphic, Cali, Colombia, 1976, 11th and 13th Biennale, Lljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1975, 1979, annual exhibition National Academy of Design, New York City, 1975, 11th Bienale International d"Art de Menton, France, 1976, contemporary miniature Exhibition, University of Michigan, 1977, XVIII, XXI and XXV Premio International de Dibujo, Barcelona, 1979, 82, 86, XV International Bienal de São Paulo (Brazil), 1979, Bienal des Grabado, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1977, Premio International per l"Incisione, Biella, Italy, 1980, International Biennale des Arts Grafiques, Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1980, 84, 1st and 2d International Miniature Print Exhibition, Seoul, 1980, 82, Wesleyan International Exhibition Prints and Drawings, Macon, Georgia, 1980, Salón Nacional de Grabado, Lima, Peru, 1981, Exhibition Quebec Graphics, Hong Kong, 1982, VI, VIII Biennale International de Gabrovo, 1983, 89, 91, 93.

4th International Print Biennale, Seoul, of Korea, 1983, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X Bienal International de Arte, Valparaiso, Chile, 1983, 85, 87, 89, 91, 94, 3dMiniprint International, Cadaques, Spain, 1983, International Print Exhibit, Taipei, Taiwan, 1984, 86, Art Today, Budapest, Hungary, 1986, 89, 3dIntl. Art biennial Ville Marie, Québec, 1996.

Numerous others United States and abroad. Author: A Portrait of Portia, 1989.

Achievements

• Sarah Valerie Gersovitz has been listed as a notable painter, printmaker, playwright by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Royal Canada Academy Arts (county 1981-1982, 92-94), Dramatists Guild.

Connections

Married Benjamin Gersovitz, June 22, 1944. Children: Mark, Julia, Jeremy.

Father:

Solomon Gamer

Mother:

Eva (Gampel) Gamer

Spouse:

Benjamin Gersovitz

child:

Mark Gersovitz

child:

Jeremy Gersovitz

child:

Julia Gersovitz