Ava Rado Harte, painter/photographer/filmmaker
Born in Budapest,
Hungary; emigrated to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution in
1956. Painter, photographer, filmmaker and curator. My work has been exhibited in several one-woman shows in galleries in SoHo, group exhibition Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York; All
Florida Biennial-Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida
; the New Capitol Gallery and the Rotunda Gallery in Tallahassee and the OceolaCenter for the Art in Kissimmee, Florida. Her mosaic artistic representation using the criteria for style, creativity and cultural significance translation of Puerto Rican image Mystic Cool Puerto Rican Days is set into the sidewalk by the City of Miami Department of Development along NW 2nd Avenue, Wynwood area in Miami. She works hand-in-hand with the resident artists as they provide basic design and cultural programming for the Center for Emerging Art's Outreach Programs within the community. Ava Rado is Executive Director of the Center for Emerging Art, Inc. and Artistic/Project Director for the Preserving the Legacy projects. Education: School of Visual Art, HerbertH.LehmanCollege, HunterCollege, FIU. She has studied the auction house and how it relates to the art market while working in Sotheby's in Miami. As a painter, photographer, filmmaker she has exhibited her work in several one-woman exhibitions, and group shows. As Artistic Director she plans each performance, session,, workshops with the artists and participants while leading the interview with the participants as they share their life experiences, and translate them into visuals. As Project Director, she works hand-in-hand with the resident artists with the creation of their own creative expression by providing basic designs on which the participants can expand and elaborate as they share their lives.
EDUCATION: Florida International University - BA -English/Art History and BA -Liberal Arts/Visual Art; Hunter College - Film School; Herbert H. Lehman - Fine Art; School of Visual Art - Animation
HONORS: Art-in-Public Places-Wynwood Design Tile Competition; Polk Museum Fourth All-Florida Biennial, 1993; appointed to the Environmental Working Group of the Juvenile Justice Committee's Self-esteem Task Force, 1991; member of the American Association of Museums
EXHIBITION LIST AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
PUBLICATION:
American Artists, An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporaries by Les Krants, P.61, Harte, Ava Rado
Entertainment News & Views, ~Miami, 1990
Who's Who of American Women, 1999/2000, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2004/2005, 2005/2006 2006/2007