biografia di Adja YUNKERS (1900-1983)

Birth place: Riga, Latvia

Death place: NYC

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Leningrad, Paris, Berlin & Rome.

Exhibited: Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1959, 1961; WMAA, 1958-73; "Abstract Expressionists & Imagists," Guggenheim Mus., 1961; PAFA Ann., 1962; "The New American Painting & Sculpture: The First Generation," MoMA, 1969; "Etats Unis," Fondation Maeght, Saint Paul de Venice, France; plus over forty solo shows at galleries; incl. Emmerich Gal., NYC, 1960s. Awards: Guggenheim fellowship, 1949-50, 1954-55; Ford Found. grant, 1960.

Work: MoMA; Guggenheim Mus.; WMAA; MMA; Albright-Knox Art Gal., Buffalo. Commissions: "A Human Condition" (mural), Syracuse Univ., 1966; tapestry for student union, SUNY Stony Brook, 1967.

Comments: Preferred media: graphics, pastels, oils, acrylics. Positions: ed., Creation, Ars & Ars-Portfolio, Stockholm, 1942-45; visiting critic, Columbia Univ., 1967-69. Publications: ed., "Prints in the Desert," 1950. Teaching: New Sch. Social Res., 1947-56; Cooper Union, 1956-67; Barnard College, 1969-; summer sessions at several western universities.