Miriam Schaer

Artist/Educator

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  • Recent Works
    • Pandemic Prayer Books
    • Miniature Monuments To Everyday Trauma
    • Pictures From A Pandemic Walk
    • Replacement Parts: A Passport to Wellness
    • Liar's Couture
    • Memory Fading
    • Babies (Not) on Board
    • The Presence of Their Absence: The Portraits
    • The Presence of Their Absence: Self Portraits
    • The Key is in The Window
    • (w)hole transformations
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    • (w)hole II
    • Gendered Journeys
    • Alternative Maternals
    • Babies (Not) On Board
    • What's Your Baby?
  • Sculptural Books
    • Atlas of Surgical Operations
    • Hands of Josephus
    • Witness
    • Words of God Slip Through My Hands
    • Girdle Books
    • Hand and Glove Books
  • Aprons
    • Rules of Engagement
  • Installations
    • NYU Kimmel Center
    • Six Wives of the Brothers Grimm
    • Altars of the Invisible
    • Solitary Confinements
    • No Orament So Precious as The Labor of Their Hands
    • The Poisoner's Kiss
    • Chapel of Uncommon Prayers
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    • Writing by Miriam Schaer
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    • Bio and CV
    • Artist Statement
    • Collections
    • Contact
    • Pandemic Prayer Books
    • Miniature Monuments To Everyday Trauma
    • Pictures From A Pandemic Walk
    • Replacement Parts: A Passport to Wellness
    • Liar's Couture
    • Memory Fading
    • Babies (Not) on Board
    • The Presence of Their Absence: The Portraits
    • The Presence of Their Absence: Self Portraits
    • The Key is in The Window
    • (w)hole transformations
    • (w)hole II
    • Gendered Journeys
    • Alternative Maternals
    • Babies (Not) On Board
    • What's Your Baby?
    • Atlas of Surgical Operations
    • Hands of Josephus
    • Witness
    • Words of God Slip Through My Hands
    • Girdle Books
    • Hand and Glove Books
    • Rules of Engagement
    • NYU Kimmel Center
    • Six Wives of the Brothers Grimm
    • Altars of the Invisible
    • Solitary Confinements
    • No Orament So Precious as The Labor of Their Hands
    • The Poisoner's Kiss
    • Chapel of Uncommon Prayers
    • Writing about Miriam Schaer
    • Writing by Miriam Schaer
  • News
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My definition of the book-included on Essential Knowledge: The Book! /September 15, 2018 by Miriam Schaer

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I am very pleased my definition of the book is now up on Amaranth Borsuk’s website Essential Knowledge: The Book, in tandem with the publication of The Book (MIT Press, May 2018). It’s great to see so many new ideas around the book articulated here!

← Work acquired by The Walker Art Center Liar's Couture in Disillusionment: Perspectives Beyond →
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Home (Homage to Louise Bourgeois) included in 2025 Be Mine
Home (Homage to Louise Bourgeois) included in 2025 Be Mine
about 7 months ago

My sculpture “Home (Homage to Louise Bourgeois)” is featured in The 2025 Be Mine exhibition at the Greenleaf Art Center, 1806 W Greenleaf Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60626

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, February 14, 5:30-8:30pm

#BeMine #10years #GreenleafArtCenter #miriamschaer #assemblageartist #boxes

Ancient Armor included in Solid Gold at the Brooklyn Museum
about 10 months ago
The Poisioner’s Kiss included in Vico’s Spiral: Half Century of Artist Books at Center for Book Arts
about 10 months ago
Clouds of Unbecoming included in Dementia Spring Foundation Artist Spotlight
Clouds of Unbecoming included in Dementia Spring Foundation Artist Spotlight
about 2 years ago

A duo of books by artist MiriamSchaer chronicles cognition through the fog of dementia via photographs and the written word.

One Hand included in Nest at ArtsPoetica
about 3 years ago
Body Of Knowledge (Male & Female) included in the 2020 Virtual Editions and Artist Book Fair
about 4 years ago