Aileen Bassis


Artist and Poet



LIC Arts Open: Long island city open studio



Come visit, see my recent work, older work, artist books, prints and work on paper and explore art studios in the neighborhood:

MAY 20 and 21 Saturday and Sunday. 12 noon - 5 pm

1010 44th Ave, Third Floor Room 304A (near Court Square stop on #7 and the 23rd Street Stop on the E train).



awarded an artist grant from the Puffin Foundation to develop my projects about the Capitol rioters.

I'm pleased to announce that my chapbook, "The Other Side of the mirror" will be published this year by Dark Onus Press.



PARoXYSM exhibition



CURATED BY ALISON PIRIE AT WESTBETH GALLERY,

57 BETHUNE STREET, FEBRUARY 8 - 23 2023, WED - SUN 1 - 6 PM

Opening Reception on Thursday February 9, 6-9 pm. View work by 60 artists, including this, transfer print, pencil, ink, "The Brown/Black Body(Lungs)"





"I'M FROM" exhibition at Local Project in Long Island City



Local Project Art Space, 11-27 44th Rd, L.I.C. NY 11101
On View: September 7-25th 2022 Wed - Sun. 12 - 6 pm
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The “I’m From'' exhibition curated by Joshua Rosenblatt displays the work of a group of 40 artists who self-identify as members of a wide range of cultural/racial/gender groups. All of the artists in this exhibition have asked themselves “Where Am I From?” Although this exhibit is now closed, an online gallery is here. Just click.




Three prints from my series, "Stories End" are included. This work incorporates images of former synagogues in the South Bronx and a book, "Jewish Fairytales and Legends" from my childhood home.



Artists React to the Pandemic, George Floyd and the Election


Online exhibition curated by artist/activist Patricia Dahlman with work by: Kathy Aoki, Aileen Bassis, Sue Coe, Donna Coleman, Patricia Dahlman, Michael Dal Cerro, Anne Dushanko Dobek, Robyn Ellenbogen, Tim Fite, Robert Geshlider, Todd Hanson and Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider, Cheryl Harper, Carla Rae Johnson, Jackie Lima, Anne Q McKeown, Doug Minkler, Frank Lopez-Motnyk, Ray Must, Hubert Neal Jr, Joseph O’Neal, Chris Pelletiere, Carol Radsprecher, Ilse Schreiber-Noll, Rita Valley, and Lisa G Westheimer.



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