The TRW Aesthetic Experience
Biography of the Artist and Writer
NEDA
MIRANDA BLAZEVIC - KRIETZMAN
Email: krietzman@ msn.com
Neda Miranda Blazevic-Krietzman is a writer, artist, photographer, and assistant professor of English and Core Curriculum at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul MN. Born in Gracac, Croatia, she resided between 1982 and 1992 in Berlin and Munich, Germany, New York, Boston and Iowa City as a writer, artist and professor. Since 1992, she permanently lives in Minneapolis, MN.
Blazevic-Krietzman is a Fulbright Scholar and a recipient of DAAD (The German Academy of Art and Science) fellowship. In the past twenty years she has exhibited her paintings, sculptures, installations and photographs in museums and galleries in Germany, Croatia and the U.S. She has published two novels, two collections of short stories, two plays, two radio-dramas, one screenplay, seven collections of poetry, and a collaborative book of essays and photographs, A Woman is a Woman, is a Women, Houghton Mifflin, Inc., 2003.
Current Work/ Projects:
2007, coming up: Diocletian’s Palace; historical epic, DHK Press, Croatia
2006, Paris Sirap: photographs; The French Institute of Culture, Zagreb-Paris
2006: Mappa Mundi; collection of poetry; The Association of Croatian Writers’ Press
2005: Clutter; play; The Playwrights’ Center – Stage Reading; Minneapolis, MN
2005: The Death of the Moose – 10 Minute Play Festival; Size 10 Shorts, The Waring Jones Theater, Minneapolis, MN
2005: Dubrovnik, Sedona and the Grand Canyon Abstractions - Aesthetic Mirroring ofArchitecture and Nature: photographs; The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
2004: Dubrovnik, Sedona and the Grand Canyon Abstractions - Aesthetic Mirroring of Architecture andNature: photographs and a book; The Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
2003: A Woman is a Woman is a Woman; collaborative collection of essays and photographs; Houghton Mifflin, Inc.
2003: The Emily Dickinson Awards in Poetry Anthology; A Wall Clock poem, Universities West Press, Flagstaff, AZ
2002: Looking Back and Forth; Elk River Area Arts Council; Elk River, MN; Featured Artist and Writer
2001: Luminosity: paintings; Jean Stephen Galleries, Minneapolis, MN
2001: Three Graces: paintings; WARM-Minneapolis (Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota)
1998: Mixed Messages: paintings, installations; The Center Gallery: St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN
1997: Mixed Messages; workshop with photographs and art objects; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1996: Myths, Escapes and Landscapes: paintings; The Umerov Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994: Dreams, Analysis and Cappuccino: paintings on canvas and paper, and installations; The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery: The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
1994: Areas of Sun and Shade; play, The Playwrights’ Center; Minneapolis, MN
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
2005: Denny Prize Honoree; Distinction in Writing, St. Paul, Minnesota
2004: Bridging Cultures Grant: The American Embassy in Zagreb and The Croatian Ministry of Culture; Dubrovnik, Sedona and the Grand Canyon Abstractions; Aesthetic Mirroring of Architecture and Nature, photography
2004: Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photography – Silver Bowl for the Venus in the CrystalWindow photograph; The International; Society of Photographers, Washington D.C.
1996/2002: The Twentieth Century Award for Outstanding Achievement in Liberal Arts; The American Biographical Institute, Charlotte, NC
1991/92: DAAD – The German Academy of Art and Science, Berlin, Germany, Fellowship; Artist and Writer inResidence
1984/85: Fulbright Fellowship; Columbia University and the University of MN; Artist and Writer in Residence
(vita updated 2006)