Edith J. Carrier Arboretum Welcomes
Theresa Markiw
![Theresa Markiw artwork](_images/markiw_summer_rain_watercolor_collage.jpg)
Theresa Markiw was born in Montreal, Canada of Ukrainian emigres and grew up in New Jersey. She began studying at the Philadelphia Museum of Art at the age of eight, followed by a decade at the Barn Studio of Art in Millville, NJ, with renowned marsh painter and mentor Pat Witt. While at "the Barn," Theresa studied with many visiting artists, including Morris Blackburn, Oliver Grimley, Chinese brush painter Phoebe Shih, and iconographer Piedman Shofronoff.
After ten years in advertising and graphic design in New Jersey, Markiw moved to Washington, DC, where she worked for the National Endowment for the arts, Voice of America, US Information Agency, and Department of State. In Mongolia she worked to establish the Arts Council of Mongolia, and received an honorary Doctorate from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
In 2006, Theresa left the diplomatic service to join her university professor husband in Tennessee and devote herself full time to painting. In 2018, she and her husband moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where she continues to paint and exhibit.
Throughout her career, Theresa has pursued a parallel life as a professional artist, exhibiting in over 80 solo and group shows in the US, Canada, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. In 1993 she was selected to be part of the 2nd Annual International Artists Symposium in Ukraine, traveling and painting for two months with an international group of artists. The Symposium culminated with an exhibition in Ukraine's capitol Kyiv, which then traveled around the country.
Her work is in collections in the US, Canada, and around the world.
![Theresa Markiw artwork](markiw_into_the_thicket_watercolor.jpg)
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Past Exhibitions
2024 Jan - Feb | Erin Harrigan Mar - Apr | Kate Duffy May - Jun | Jane Goodman July - Aug | Theresa Markiw 2023 Mar - Apr | Janet Pearlman May - Jun | Judith Lochbrunner Jul - Aug | Paul Cook Sept-Oct | Mia Ackerson & Janet Lee Nov-Dec | Sandra Parks 2022 Mar - Apr | Marydean Hairston Marydean Draws May - June | Laura-Paige Keller LPM Pottery July - Aug | Peg Sheridan Sep - Oct | Rocktown Urban Wood Nov - Dec | Kary Haun 2021 Oct - Dec | Elaine Hurst |
2020 Mar - Apr | Frances Coates 2019 Mar - Apr | Jackie Labovitz May - June | Tony DiStefano July - Aug | Ann Currie & Christine Andreae Sept - Oct | Andrea Finch Nov - Dec | Lotta Helleberg 2018 Mar - Apr | Kelli Hertzler May - June | Carol Kirkham Martin July - Aug | Dabney Kirchman Sept - Oct | Celia Culver Rutt Nov - Dec | Lynn Whitmore |