Anita Giteck Drujon

Statement

Anita Drujon was born in New York, has lived on both U.S. coasts and in St. Germaine en Laye, France. She currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where she works and teaches.

Her paintings are imbued with a subtle balance between unity and dispersion, representation and abstract, light and colors, play or constructions, precisions and sparkle. Some have a latent sensuality obtained by the marriage of oil and wax. Drujon masterfully handles the art of falsely subdued tones in the midst of which one discovers an increasing haunting brilliance.

The artist graduated summa cum laude with both a MFA from the University of Miami and a BFA at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. She has held faculty and/or administrative positions at Florida Atlantic University, Broward Community College, The Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Pro-Arts Consortium in Boston, and in St. Germaine en Laye.

Drujon founded, directed and taught at the Arts Workshop, Inc. in South Natick, MA. She has held positions as a gallery assistant, set designer, and graphic designer. Drujon has been recognized as an outstanding teacher in all areas of two-dimensional work, painting foremost, and including life drawing, design, color theory, illustration and mixed media. To her credit, Drujon's students elected her to Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

Anita Drujon has won several awards for her art. Most recently, in 2001, she was named "Best Local Artist" in Broward and Palm Beach, bt the New Times Press. In addition to regular participation in juried exhibitions, Drujon has shown in more than 15 invitational exhibits in Florida, New York, Texas, Massachusetts, vermont, and france. Her works may be found in a number of private aand public collections in the United Stated and France.

Awards

"Best Local Artist" in Broward and Palm Beach, 2002

Recipient, Artist of the Month Award, Broward Art Guild, 1997

Broward Art Guild, Judges Recognition Award, 1996

Juried Exhibitions

Boca Museum Artist Guild, Boca Raton, July 1999

Schacknow MFA, Coral Springs, Nov. 1998

ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale, Feb. 1996

Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, Sept. 1996, 1995

University of Miami, Coral Gables, May 1995

Invitational Exhibitions

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1999

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1999

Broward Community College, Davie, FL, 1999

GKF Services, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1999

Broward Community College, Davie, FL, 1999

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1997

Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 1997

Savitch Cultural Art Center, Pembroke Pines, FL, 1996

Broadway Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1996

Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, 1996

Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, 1996

Le Cafe des Arts, Versailles, France, 1991

La Galerie Europa, Paris, France, 1990

Alchemie Gallery, Boston, MA, 1989

Huntington Gallery (MCA), Boston, MA, 1988

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1987

Selected Public and Private Collections

Ms. L. Miller, GKF Services, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Brueck, Ft. Myers, FL

Maria - Tina Vision, MTV, Miami Beach, FL

Univision Network, Miami, FL

Broward Community College, Davie, FL, 1999

SIDAC, Paris, France

Elf Oil, Paris, France

Jounout, Paris, France

Christiansen and Associates, Del Mar, CA

Gibson and Associates, Sudbury, MA

Dr. and Mrs. J. Robison, Holliston, MA

Barker Steel, Watertown, MA

Dr. J. Tank, Washington, DC

Cohen Ins., Brookline, MA