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  • Comment: References written by Chernick herself are considered primary sources, and do not contribute to notability. Devonian Wombat (talk) 00:25, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment: See WP:BLP. Statements, starting with the date of birth, need to be sourced or removed. Here, the entire early life section is unsourced, bar one source with a trivial mention verifying a single statement in that section. Greenman (talk) 21:08, 10 October 2025 (UTC)


Myrel Chernick
OccupationArtist/writer
Websitehttps://www.myrelchernick.com/

Myrel Chernick is an American visual artist/writer.[1] [2]

Career

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Chernick participated in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in 1975–1976[3]

Beginning in the late 1970s, Chernick developed feminist text-based multimedia installations. In the 1990s she focused on text-based work specifically exploring themes of maternal ambivalence.[2]

In 2004 she curated Maternal Metaphors at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center,[4][5] and an expanded version co-curated with Jennie Klein was shown at Ohio University in 2006.[6] She and Klein have contributed chapters to anthologies from Routledge.[7]

Awards and recognition

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Selected exhibitions

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  • Myrel Chernick and Katy Martin, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France (2025).[10][11]
  • Accouchement/Birthing, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France (2025).[12]
  • Maternal Metaphors, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY (2004)[4][13]
  • New Work, New York/Outside New York, The New Museum, New York, NY (1984).[14][15]
  • Film as Installation, The Clocktower (MoMA PS1), New York, NY (1983).[16]
  • Mediums of Language, Hayden Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA (1982).[17][18]
  • Don’t Make Waves, Artists Space, New York (1981)[19]
  • 4 Installations, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY (1979).[20]
  • Special Project, MoMA PS1, Queens, New York, NY (1977).[16]

Publications

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  • The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art, co-edited with Jennie Klein. Demeter Press, 2011.[21][22][23][24]
  • “Reflections on Art, Motherhood and Maternal Ambivalence,” in Reconciling Art and Mothering, edited by Rachel Epp Buller. Routledge, 2012.[25]
  • “The Studio Visit” and “Time Passes,” in The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art, 2011.[21]

Selected lectures

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  • "Mapping the Maternal: Art, Ethics, and the Anthropocene" colloquium participant, University of Alberta, Edmonton (May 2016).[26][27]

Further reading

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  • Cliff Eyland, "Transition and Trajectory: The Art of Myrel Chernick". First published 1998, revised 2002.
  • Loveless, Natalie (2013). "Myrel Chernick and Jennie Klein Eds, The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art". Studies in the Maternal. 5 (1): 1–6. doi:10.16995/sim.33.
  • "Resource Library". Artist Parent Index. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Myrel Chernick – Resume 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  2. ^ a b "First Friday: Art, Motherhood and Ambivalence in the Anthropocene by Myrel Chernick". Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA). Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  3. ^ "Independent Study Program: 40 Years" (PDF). Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  4. ^ a b "Maternal Metaphors". University of Rochester. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  5. ^ "Maternal Metaphors – catalog entry". Live Art Development Agency. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  6. ^ Myrel Chernick, Jennie Klein, ed. (2011). The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art. Demeter Press. ISBN 978-0-9866671-2-1.
  7. ^ Maternal Theory: Essential Readings (PDF). Routledge. 2019. ISBN 978-1-351-68420-0. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  8. ^ "NEA Creative Legacy 1989 Fellows" (PDF). National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  9. ^ "NEA Annual Report 1995" (PDF). National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  10. ^ "Myrel Chernick and Katy Martin". Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
  11. ^ ""Think outside the box" !". Crackers. 2025-09-26. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  12. ^ "Accouchement/Birthing – Group Show". Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  13. ^ "Maternal Metaphors I". Artist Parent Index. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  14. ^ "New Work, New York/Outside New York" (PDF). New Museum. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  15. ^ "New Work: New York / Outside New York". New Museum. 1984. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  16. ^ a b "Myrel Chernick – MoMA Artist Page". MoMA. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  17. ^ "Mediums of Language: Vernon Fisher, Myrel Chernick, Paul Sharits". MIT List Visual Arts Center. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  18. ^ Mediums of Language: Vernon Fisher, Myrel Chernick, Paul Sharits. Cambridge, MA: MIT Committee on the Visual Arts. 1982. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  19. ^ "Don't Make Waves". Artists Space. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  20. ^ "4 Installations". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  21. ^ a b The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art. Demeter Press. May 2011. ISBN 978-0-9866671-2-1. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  22. ^ Loveless, Natalie (2013). "Myrel Chernick and Jennie Klein Eds, The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art". Studies in the Maternal. 5 (1): 1–6. doi:10.16995/sim.33.
  23. ^ Gaulke, Cheri (2011-11-06). "The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art". cherigaulke.com. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  24. ^ Heath, Joanne (2013). "Negotiating the Maternal: Motherhood, Feminism, and Art" (PDF). Art Journal: 84. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |season= ignored (|date= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ Reconciling Art and Mothering. Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-1-138-27444-0. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  26. ^ "Mapping the Maternal: Art, Ethics, and the Anthropocene". New Maternalisms. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  27. ^ "Colloquium Participants". New Maternalisms. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
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