Cheryl Safren

Cheryl Safren has been a fine artist for over thirty years, was a commercial artist for twenty years, and has been an art teacher for more than a decade.

As a former commercial artist, Cheryl served as art director of Liberty Travel and GOGO Tours for three years. Subsequently as a freelance graphic designer, she produced promotional materials, product and package designs for a large and diverse clientele.

Cheryl is also New York State certified art teacher (K - 12). She has also taught undergraduate and graduate courses as an adjunct professor at Hofstra University. She currently teaches in the Manhasset School District in Long Island.

Cheryl Safren’s fine art is in many private and public collections including: Tallyn’s Reach Municipal Building, Aurora, CO; City Hall, Balatonfured, Hungary; Marine Biological Labs, Woods Hole, MA, Place Machine, Inc., (div. of Thyssen Industries, Germany) Troy, MI; Satco, Inc., Brentwood, NY; Florida State University, Psychology Building, Tallahassee, FL; University of Georgia, School of Forestry, Athens, GA; Sienna College, Loundonville, NY; Teleflex Corporation; University of Maine, Dept. of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Orono, ME; University of Montana, Skaggs Science Bldg., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, etc..

Ms. Safren’s chemistry on metals artwork was featured in the October 26^, 2006 issue of Chemical and Engineering News. Her work was included in Hyle: International Journal of Chemistry, special issue Aesthetics and Visualization in Chemistry. published in Germany in 2002.  Also that year, she was interviewed in Hungary by Magyar television’s cultural station, and her work appeared in NY Arts magazine.

In 2006, the Great Neck Art Center presented Percolations, a two-person exhibit that showcased the artist’s work.  This was the artist’s fifteenth solo show.  Others of note include:  2005, Chemistry on Copper at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, Ct., 1990 Interior Landscapes at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC and Chromachines at Lawrence Institute of Technology in Southfield, MI. She has participated in over a hundred juried art shows winning prizes and grants.  In June 2008, Cheryl was selected to participate in 2D and 3D Works by Mid-career Artists show at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, in Brooklyn.  The artist has also won and completed many commissions for corporate and governmental clients.