Tina Seligman is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, writer, video artist, and curator based in Queens, New York. Her work has been widely exhibited across Manhattan, Queens, Long Island, and Saratoga Springs, NY. Recent highlights include her participation in In Her Hands: Women Creating and Connecting in Community at the Steinberg Museum of Art (2025), Femina Creativa at the Queens College Art Center (2024), and The Future is Now at the Queens College Klapper Hall Gallery (2024).
Seligman’s 2020 installation Wave Form at The Garage Art Center in Bayside, NY, and her solo exhibit Solar-Lunar Transcriptions at Flushing Town Hall (2018) showcase her fascination with the rhythmic patterns found in nature, drawing from water, solar, lunar, and tidal cycles. These exhibits integrated mixed media, original compositions, poetry, video, and interactive elements. Her music for Wave Form was performed by jazz artist Iga Mrozek, while flutist Jo Brand interpreted her compositions for Solar-Lunar Transcriptions. Seligman's piece September Etude was also featured in George Z. Xiong's video Heaven, Earth, Circle, Square.
As a video artist, Seligman collaborated with Dan Rubin for her 2016 work Solar-Lunar Suite for Four Seasons, screened at the New York Independent Film Festival. She has also created experimental videos with couture designer Alicia Mugetti. In her role as an art journalist, Seligman contributed to Art of the Times and authored essays for notable art publications, including Duoling Huang: The Cultural Landscape and The Structure of a Landscape: Paintings by George Z. Xiong (2023). Her poetry has appeared in The Feral Press and other literary quarterlies.
In addition to her creative work, Seligman has curated exhibitions, including Tribal Baroque: Moments and Metamorphoses, a 2018 solo show of Dan Rubin's photography at Flushing Town Hall, where she has also served as a Teaching Artist-in-Residence since 2000. A graduate of Queens College with a BA in Visual Art, Seligman has pursued further studies in music and movement, focusing on viola, fiddle, and Isadora Duncan dance techniques, enriching her work's rhythmic and performative dimensions.
This exhibition Reflections delves into the universal beauty and diversity of water inviting viewers to explore the fluidity, unity and personal ways we experience it. Showcasing intricate snowflake designs in white paint on translucent mylar and captivating water and ocean photography combined with multilingual poetry contributions by other people, Seligman creates an immersive atmosphere including a meditation on the future of water and the environment. Beaded water molecule configurations and cyanotypes float through. Each snowflake includes languages from various cultures, symbolizing the unique yet shared nature of snow and water across the globe. Her video studies of different aspects of water, one using the exhibited poetry, will be linked to the GAC website. Dan Rubin's mesmerizing photographs and photo graphics which inspired this project of "reflection" are included in the installation. Seligman's multimedia approach, blending visual art, poetry, and animation, prompts contemplation on our global connection to nature and the vital role of water.
Tina Seligman's work is imbued with a message of hope inspired by nature’s resilience and beauty, serving as a reminder of the strength we draw from our shared environment. Through her art, she reveals nature as a unifying force that bridges divides, encouraging reflection and nurturing resilience as we collectively recover from the pandemic and confront climate challenges. Seligman’s unique vision underscores the power of interconnectedness, urging us to cherish our planet and each other.
To learn more about artist Tina Seligman, please visit www.tinaseligman.com.