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his year is special. While entering a new decade feels
momentous in its own right, 2020 brings perhaps a far more
monumental milestone. On June 4, 1919, Congress passed the
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and
on August 18, 1920, the amendment was ratified. This summer, 100
years will have passed since women were granted the right to vote
in this country, and while it’s been an uphill battle since then, the
climate around notions of what women are capable of achieving
has changed dramatically.
Gallery owner, artist and curator Marina Eliasi knows this well.
Since 5 years old, she’s dreamed of opening an art gallery. This
past summer, that dream came to fruition when she opened Stone
Sparrow NYC alongside her husband, Udi. “I’ve always walked
through art galleries as a kid,” she says, adding that her mother
often brought her along on trips to the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston. “For a while, Mary Cassatt was the only name I knew.
I feel like there are all of these amazingly talented women who are
missing in the world of art galleries.”
In a response to the mountains we’ve yet to climb in terms of
recognizing women for their creative talents—as well as a pure
celebration of those talents—Eliasi has curated a major exhibition
highlighting the works of 30 contemporary female artists from
around the world. “I wanted to do this during a time where people
are really looking at women being celebrated,” says Eliasi. The
exhibition, titled The Unseen, will be held March 4 to 31 during
Women’s History Month. An opening reception takes place the
first day from 6 to 9 p.m.
Each artist in the exhibition has been asked to create something
that shows a piece of their own personal story or an intimate obser-
vation that sheds light on an aspect being female. Among those
whose work will be on view are American artists Rose Freymuth-
Frazier, Michelle Avery Konczyk, Daniela Kovacic, Dorielle Caimi,
Christina Duarte, Hallie Packard and Gigi Chen, as well as Julie
Campbell of Belgium, Carolynda Macdonald of Scotland and Lisa1
Michelle Avery
Konczyk, Queen of the
Forest, watercolor on
paper, wood, varnish,
17¾ x 29"2
Daniela Kovacic,
The Knowledge, oil on
canvas, 60 x 48"3
Rose Freymuth-Frazier,
Hear No Evil, See No
Evil and Speak No Evil
(triptych), oil on canvas,
28 x 36" each12