Painter, Sculptor, Graphic Artist
Artist’s Statement
I am deeply concerned with the expressionistic quality in art. I want the color and paint, itself, to convey strength, vitality and emotion. I seek inspiration from personal experience, imagination and the vivid wonderland of dreams, which translate into personal vision, through which I hope to draw spectators into my world.
My art transcends reality by exploring the world of fantasy, dreams, visions and the shared human emotions dealing with fear, loneliness and isolation in an uncertain world. I have clouded childhood memories of a war that gave birth to Expressionism and has shaped my personal vision as an artist.
Born
Daugavpils, Latvia
Education
University of Wisconsin: B.S., ART; M.S., ART
Graduate Thesis: “The Relationship of Primitive Art and Modern Expressionism”
Masters Class with Abstract Expressionist, Jack Tworkov
Art Studies in Europe
Collections
Latvian Cultural Center; Milwaukee, WI; Chicago, IL; The Bronx, NY
Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils, Latvia
Private Collections
U.S.A., Canada, England, Germany, Sweden, Israel, and other parts of the world.
Exhibtions
| Grand Aexh-venue Gallery | Milwaukee, WI |
| Door Harbour School of Arts | Ephraim, WI |
| U.W.M. | Milwaukee, WI |
| University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI | Madison, WI |
| Nicholas Roerich Museum | New York City, NY |
| Lynn Kottler Gallery | New York City, NY |
| Latvian Cultural Center | Milwaukee, WI |
| Latvian Cultural Center | Chicago, IL |
| Latvian Cultural Center | Bronx, NY |
| Long Beach Art Association | Long Beach, NY |
| Wisconsin State Art Exposition | Milwaukee, WI |
| Best In Graphics | |
| Mark Rothko Art Centre | Daugavpils, Latvia |
| Pale Horse Series | 2015 |
| Guild Hall | East Hampton, NY |
| Prize winner, Membership Show | 2014 |
| Pen and Brush | New York City, NY |
| Exhibition | 2012 |
| The Graphic Eye Gallery | Port Washington, NY |
| Works 2012 Exhibition | 2012 |
| The Artruim Gallery | Melville, NY |
| Exhibition | 2012 |
| The Art Guild of Port Washington | Manhasset, NY |
| Juried Still Life Exhibition | 2011 |
| East End Arts Council | Riverhead, NY |
| Received award for 1 of 2 pieces accepted-Folk Art Juried exhibition. | 2011 |
| Smithtown Arts Council-Mills Pond House Gallery | St. James, NY |
| Juried exhibition-Imagination | 2011 |
| Long Beach Art League | Long Beach, NY |
| Award of Excellence | 2010 |
| Long Beach Art League | Long Beach, NY |
| Award Winner Dreamscape Juried Exhibition | 2010 |
| Long Beach Art League | Long Beach, NY |
| Prize Winner Leona Post Exhibition | 2010 |
| Art League of Long Island | Dix Hills, NY |
| 54th L.I. Artists’ Juried Exhibition | 2010 |
| The Art Guild-Elderfields Preserve | Manhasset, NY |
| 2010 | |
| Guild Hall | East Hampton, NY |
| 2010 | |
| Long Beach Art League | Long Beach, NY |
| First Prize Leona Post Juried Exhibition | 2009 |
| East End Arts Council | Riverhead, NY |
| Award Winner Games People Play Juried Exhibition | 2009 |
| The Art Guild – Elderfields Preserve | Manhasset, NY |
| Annual Juried Figure Exhibition | 2009 |
| The Art Guild – Elderfields Preserve | Manhasset, NY |
| Juried Green Exhibition | 2009 |
| Huntington Arts Council | Huntington, NY |
| Masters’ Show | 2009 |
| Artrium Gallery | Melville, NY |
| Made In America Exhibition | 2009 |
| The Graphic Eye Gallery | Port Washington, NY |
| Works 2009 Exhibition | 2009 |
| East End Arts Council | Riverhead, NY |
| Winners’ Show | 2009 |
| Guild Hall Museum | East Hampton, NY |
| 2008 Members’ Exhibition Award Winner | 2008 |
| Denise Bibro Fine Art | New York City, NY |
| 2008 | |
| NY Studio Gallery | New York City, NY |
| Reality Gallery American Slide | 2008 |
| East End Arts Council | Riverhead, NY |
| Best In Show, Juried Food Exhibition | 2008 |
| Huntington Arts Council | Huntington, NY |
| Best In Show Juried Landscape Exhibition | 2008 |
| East Hampton Town Hall | East Hampton, NY |
| 2008 | |
| Rosalie Dimon Gallery | Jamesport, NY |
| 2008 | |
| Art League of Long Island | Dix Hills, NY |
| 2008 | |
| Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council | Farmingville, NY |
| 2008 |
Reviews
East Side Review
Richard Koffman, Radio Station WHBI
Her painting creates a highly exciting impact. Particularly impressive is the combination of strength and poetry that characterizes her work. Other features equally noticeable are the richness of her color and the solidity of her composition.
Lynn Kottler Gallery, NYC
H.G.L.,
These are paintings which are obviously the work of a sensitive, skilled artist, who is unafraid of her color and in her often larger than life interpretations.
Nicholas Roerich Museum
R. Caks, Laiks
This exhibition shows a searching, honestly working artist with a true and original approach to life and art.
Grand Avenue Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Michael Kirkhorn, The Milwaukee Journal
Ms. Meisters' energy and intensity are evident immediately in the undulant flow and rich thachings of her technique. Her oil paintings transfigure visual experience into fantasy landscapes.