Her latest exhibition, “Traveling,” presents art that is an interplay between working in her studio during the COVID-19 pandemic and the turmoil of the outside world, notably the war in Ukraine.Ī century ago, as a child, Drury Dubinsky’s mother fled war just north of what is now Ukraine, trapped for a time in the basement of an occupied house.

My work in this new exhibition is varied, but smaller than my usual work because I carried and sent things to myself as I lived in different places.”Ĭonnect with your community every morning. “I love the process of making things work intuitively. “My work seems to be an attempt to make sense out of what is bothersome or upsetting, or on the other hand, what is astonishing and wonderful,” said Drury Dubinsky. She finds significant inspiration from her own reactions to life’s experiences. Most of Drury Dubinsky’s work is in mixed media, combining paintings, printmaking and photography with sculpture work. She is now based in Truro, Mass, New York and of course St. “I finished in MFA in 1990 at Washington University, set up a studio and started to show my work.” The art of Yvette Dubinskyĭrury Dubinsky creates her art wherever she finds herself. “After marrying and having three children, I went back to art school to do what I had always wanted to do,” she said. Louis community colleges.īut making art remained what she loved to do. She went on to graduate school at Wash U where did research for a social planning agency and later taught sociology at University of Missouri-St. She eventually left the College of Art and graduated with a liberal arts degree in sociology. “But my father said I needed to come out with an ability to have a job, so I was in an art education curriculum,” said Drury Dubinsky. Louis where she was enrolled at the College of Art at Washington University on a full scholarship. She graduated from high school in the early 1960s and soon found herself on a train to St. She could read and write Hebrew before even speaking English. Yvette Drury Dubinskyĭrury Dubinsky grew up on the north side of Chicago in a Conservative Jewish family. This is her seventh solo exhibition at the gallery. Now, “Traveling,” an exhibition of her newest work, is on exhibit at Bruno David Gallery in Clayton, Mo. When Yvette Drury Dubinsky’s sixth-grade teacher excused her from all classes and told her to “go to the back of the room and just draw and paint,” she knew art would be a big part of her life. Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer

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