Meredith Bergmann

Not to be confused with Meredith Burgmann.
Meredith Bergmann
Born1955 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationSculptor Edit this on Wikidata
WorksBoston Women's Memorial, Women's Rights Pioneers Monument Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Michael Bergmann Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttps://meredithbergmann.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Meredith Bergmann is an American sculptor, poet, and essayist[1] whose work is said to "forge enriching links between the past and the concerns of the present."[2]

Education and career

Bust of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Bergmann's bust of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2020 cast of 2013 original), National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

She studied at Wesleyan University and graduated from The Cooper Union with a BFA. While at Cooper Union she discovered sculpture and then traveled around Europe and studied in Pietrasanta, Italy. Her memorial to Countee Cullen is in the collection of the New York Public Library. In 2003, she unveiled the Boston Women's Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston which includes statues of Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, and Lucy Stone.[3] In 2006, Bergmann's statue of the famous contralto Marian Anderson was unveiled on the campus of Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.[4][5] In 2010, Bergmann created a sculpture of an enslaved girl named Sally Maria Diggs, or "Pinky," whose freedom was purchased for $900 in 1860.[6] Bergmann also completed a commission commemorating the events of September 11, 2001 for New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine entitled Memorial to September 11.[7] In July of 2021 the Roosevelt Island Disabled Association unveiled Bergmann's "FDR Hope Memorial" on Roosevelt Island, New York City.[8] In 2023 New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled a bas relief portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Bergmann for the “Million Dollar Staircase” in the State House in Albany, NY.[9] In August 2024, Bergmann unveiled her statue of Lucy J. Brown in Ithaca, New York. Bergmann serves on the advisory board of The New Historia and is an Honorary Vice President of the National Association of Women Artists.[10][11]

Women's Rights Pioneers Monument

On August 26, 2020, the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote, her Women's Rights Pioneers Monument was dedicated in Central Park, New York City. Commissioned by Monumental Women, it portrays and honors suffragists Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It is Central Park's first statue depicting historical, and not fictional, female figures.[12] The foundry responsible in delivering the work is UAP (formerly named Polich Tallix.) [13]

Poetry and writing

Meredith Bergman is a longtime member of the Powwow River Poets.[14] Her poetry has been published in Contemporary Poetry Review[15] and Light Poetry Magazine,[16] among others. Her chapbook A Special Education was published in 2014 by EXOT Books.[17]

Film

Meredith has been Production Designer on five independent feature films and several shorts, working with her husband, Michael Bergmann.[18]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Profile registry | National September 11 Memorial & Museum". www.911memorial.org. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  2. ^ "Mezzo Cammin: An Online Journal of Formalist Poetry by Women - Featured Artist".
  3. ^ "Speech by Meredith Bergmann | City of Boston". Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  4. ^ "Marian Anderson Statue in Converse College". WWP. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  5. ^ Writer, LINDA CONLEY Staff. "Converse to honor civil rights luminary". Spartanburg Herald Journal. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  6. ^ "The Writing Life @NYSOCLIB: Meredith Bergmann's Sculpture". 11 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Highlights of the Fabric - Art - Programs - Cathedral of Saint John the Divine". www.stjohndivine.org. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  8. ^ "Roosevelt Island to Unveil New Memorial Honoring FDR Ahead of the ADA's 31st Anniversary". Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation of the State of New York. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  9. ^ Ashford, Grace (2023-03-15). ""Million-Dollar Staircase" Adds a New Face: Ruth Bader Ginsburg". The New York Times.
  10. ^ "People". The New Historia. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  11. ^ adelaide (2019-01-24). "NAWA Team Now & Then". National Association of Women Artists, Inc. | NAWA. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  12. ^ Gupta, Alisha Haridasani (2020-08-06). "For Three Suffragists, A Monument Well Past Due". The New York Times.
  13. ^ "Central Park Monuments - Women's Rights Pioneers Monument : NYC Parks". www.nycgovparks.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  14. ^ "Meredith Bergmann". Powow River Poets. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  15. ^ Bergmann, Meredith (2013-12-02). ""Losing the Marbles": Merrill and Sophrosyne".
  16. ^ mbalmain. "Meredith Bergmann | Light". Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  17. ^ exotbooks. "exotbooks". exotbooks. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  18. ^ "Meredith Bergmann | Production Designer, Art Department, Writer". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  19. ^ "Meredith Bergmann". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  20. ^ "Herbert Adams Memorial Award". National Sculpture Society. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  21. ^ "Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award Winners". Cooper Union Alumni Association. 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2024-02-25.


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