ARTIST STATEMENT
“A moment in time in the living world, connections through costume and color.
BACKGROUND
Maj Kalfus was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her paintings and drawings are influenced by an extensive career in the fashion industry.
After attending the High School of Art and Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, her career, which began in the field of fashion illustration, evolved into fashion merchandising, marketing and design.
Re-entering the world of fine art, she joined the Studio Arts Program at SUNY Empire State College in Chelsea, re-directing her degree toward painting and teaching and participated in several group shows. The Columbia County Council of the Arts, the Greene County Council of the Arts and the Hudson Arts Walk, have shown her paintings and drawings. Her work can be
viewed on-line at www.majkalfus.com.
PAINTINGS BY REQUEST
Maj’s very personal style of family portraiture, recounting a poignant moment in a person’s family history, has led to privately commissioned paintings and drawings. Direct all inquiries to maj@majkalfus.com
BRUSH PAINTINGS AND INK PAINTINGS
As a fashion illustrator, Maj employed elements of Japanese brush painting in her drawings, a technique she recently began to practice again and to teach.
Maj and her husband, photographer, Lonny Kalfus (www.lonnykalfus.com) reside in a century old, renovated farmhouse.
