m a r l e n e Wiedenbaum PSA-MP
fine art paintings
Marlene Wiedenbaum PSA-MP, IAPS-MC (Pastel Society of America- Master Pastelist), is a graduate of Queens College, SUNY New Paltz & attended the Arts Students League in NYC under Harvey Dinnerstein. Her award winning paintings have been exhibited internationally, including the International Pastel Artists Invitational in Taipei, Taiwan and the Xian Art Museum, China. Her work is among six International Master Pastelists featured in two text books commissioned by the Taiwanese government and she is an International Honorable Member of the Beijing Pastel Research Academy. Ms. Wiedenbaum has been selected by Hudson Valley Magazine as Best Artist 2022, and she was awarded Master Circle Status by the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) in 2022. She was the feature artist in the June 2021 edition of VIC Pastel, the Newsletter of the Pastel Society of Victoria, Austrailia. In May 2015, Fine Art Connoisseur featured her exhibit of Hudson Valley Landscapes in Fine Art Today. In 2010, Marlene was awarded a residency at Platte Clove through the The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development. Wiedenbaum was profiled in the Summer 2016 issue of Art Times, and featured artist in their November 2010 issue and the December ‘09 issue of American Artist. She teaches pastel classes & plein-air workshops at the Woodstock School of Art in the Hudson Valley. An award winning MASTER Pastelist & Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, and an Elected Member of the Audubon Artists Org., Marlene is also an Active Member of such prestigious arts organizations as the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, NYPAP & LongReachArts. Her work is in private and public collections throughout the world and is represented in the tri-state area. Marlene is currently serving on the Board of Governors of the Pastel Society of America.
