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Victoria Romanoff

Victoria Romanoff (b. 1939) is an American artist living in central New York. She is known both for her work in the visual arts (sculpture, painting, paper mosaics, illustration, printmaking and set design) as well as for her vast contributions in architectural preservation.[1]

Background

Born in Riga, Latvia (Baltic States), she spent a large part of her childhood in Displaced Persons camps in Germany during and after World War II.[2]

Emigrating to the United States in 1954, she received advanced degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and from Cornell University, for which she received a full scholarship from the College of Art and Architecture (1962-4).[3] (Hamilton, Melissa. “Life’s an Adventure: Vicky Romanoff’s Re-Creations” Prime Times Spring 2013)

Career

Throughout her long artistic career, Romanoff has explored a variety of themes which conjure lost civilizations, crumbling monuments, architectural follies, opinionated statuary and other imaginary settings.[4]. Her sculpture is always built from recycled elements, an adaptive method spawned from the necessities of her war torn youth — an approach that continues to this day.[5]

A senior partner of V. Romanoff & Associates, Romanoff has spent the last five decades dedicated to landmark preservation especially in and around Ithaca, New York. [6] Among scores of projects, Romanoff has served as restoration consultant for the honor society of Telluride at Cornell University and Ezra Cornell’s famed “Llenroc” residence [7]; the Cortland County Courthouse, Cortland, NY [8]; the business district in Bath, New York;[9] and the Clinton House in Ithaca, N.Y, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[10] [11]

Among many awards of distinction, Romanoff received the Preservation Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1983 [12]; an Architectural Fellowship granted by the Ford Foundation - Educational Facilities Laboratories documenting 19th and 20th century storefronts in New York State in 1981[13]); The Top 50 Newsmakers of the Last Quarter Century in 1998[14]; and Ithaca's Woman of the Year (with Constance Saltonstall) in 1973[15]. Romanoff is a founding member of the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Town of Dryden, NY.[16]

Selected Exhibitions

CELEBRATE ReUse 2!, December 6, 2019 - February 29, 2020. Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY[17]

Tropicana, May 3, 2019 - May 31, 2019. Petrune Gallery Space, Ithaca, NY[18]

Victoria Romanoff (Sculpture) & Gillian Pederson-Krag (Painting). September 7, 2018 - September 28, 2018. CAP Art Space, Ithaca, NY[19]

Line/Language, November 11, 2014 - December 20, 2014. Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY[20]

Victoria Romanoff: Remainders Resummoned by Romanoff, June 15, 2011 - July 10, 2011. Found in Ithaca, Ithaca, NY[21]

V. Romanoff and Associates, artist's website for architectural preservation [22]

  1. ^ "Victoria Romanoff Award Winning Artist and Senior Partner of V. Romanoff Associates Restoration Design Consultants". Out of Bounds Radio Show. March 29, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Reynolds, Nick (August 9, 2017). "Victoria Romanoff Shares her Family Scrapbooks". Ithaca News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Hamilton, Melissa (Spring 2013). "Life's an Adventure: Vicky Romanoff's Re-Creations". Prime Times.
  4. ^ "Victoria Romanoff: Remainders Resummoned by Romanoff". Found in Ithaca. May 27, 2011. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "CELEBRATE ReUse2!". Tompkins County Public Library. December 6, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Digging Downtown". Historic Ithaca. September 18, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Hamilton, Melissa (Spring 2013). "Life's an Adventure: Vicky Romanoff's Re-Creations". Prime Times.
  8. ^ Ruppe, Patrick C. (October 29, 2004). "Artist Restores Courtroom Pilasters". Cortland Standard.
  9. ^ Holbert, Eve (December 18, 1985). "Village Unveils Vision of Business District". The Leader. Vol. 28, No. 298. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  10. ^ Marcham, John (May 1974). "Historic Ithaca". Cornell Alumni News.
  11. ^ "120 N Cayuga St, Ithaca, NY 14850".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Conroy, Sarah Booth (May 7, 1983). "Prizes for Preservationists". The Washington Post.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Romanoff, Victoria; Adams, Sarah W. (1982). New York State Storefronts. V. Romanoff Associates.
  14. ^ Bulmer, Andrea (March 2, 1998). "The Top 50 Newsmakers of the Last Quarter Century". Ithaca Times. Vol. XX. No. 33. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  15. ^ Geehan, Barbara (January 1, 1974). "Connie Saltonstall - Vicky Romanoff Helped Give Clinton New Life". Ithaca Journal.
  16. ^ "Connie Saltonstall".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Celebrate Ithaca ReUse 2".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Whitman, Arthur (May 22, 2019). "Petrune Hosting Group Show : "Tropicana!"". Ithaca News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "Victoria Romanoff Sculpture Gillian Peterson-Krag Painting". Life in the Finger Lakes.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "Past Exhibitions / 2014".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Victoria Romanoff: Remainders Resummoned by Romanoff". Found in Ithaca. May 27, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "V. Romanoff and Associates".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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