Bernice Steinbaum
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MA, Hofstra University, 1965.
PhD in Art Education, Columbia University, 1977
Bernice Steinbaum | |
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| Born | 1941 (age 84–85) Flushing, NY |
| Education | BA, Queens College, 1961. MA, Hofstra University, 1965. PhD in Art Education, Columbia University, 1977 |
| Occupations | Gallerist, art dealer, curator |
| Years active | 1977 to present |
| Known for | Feminist art, multicultural art |
| Spouse | Harold Steinbaum |
| Children | Jeremy, Sarah, Carrie |
| Awards | Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012 Woman of Year National Organization for Women, 1988 |
Bernice Steinbaum is an American gallerist and curator who founded the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery in New York City in 1977. She has shown under-represented work ranging from women artists, feminist artists, civil-rights artists and artists of color.[1] Inspired by the lack of changing curriculum in the 1960s Steinbaum went on to receive her PhD in Art Education from Columbia University and established galleries for women and people of color.[2][3]
Steinbaum was born January 3, 1941 in Flushing, New York to Julius Dov and Sarah (Lasker) Aptowitz.[3] Her father, who was a Rabbi died when she was eight. She was one of five children. As a young woman she started to notice what wasn't being taught in the art academy, which included female artists and artists of color she represents. She spent Saturdays and Sundays at the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the MoMA in Manhattan.[3] Steinbaum received her Bachelor's at Queens College in 1961 then attended Hofstra University and received her Master's in 1965.[1] Steinbaum taught Art History in the 1960s and later resigned due to the fact that the curriculum had not changed in years.[3] She then went on to pursue a PhD in Art Education from Columbia University in 1977.[1]