www.wiedenbaum.com
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, and Italy. Her work is among International Master Pastelists featured in text books commissioned by the Taiwanese government, and she is an International Honorable Member of the Beijing Pastel Research Academy. Wiedenbaum has been selected by Hudson Valley Magazine as Best Artist 2022, and was awarded Master Circle Status by the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) in 2022. In 2025 her large format pastel paintings were featured in the Pastel Journal. 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 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 currently serving on the Board of Governors of the Pastel Society of America and her work is included in the 2024 PSA Exhibit at the Butler Institute of American Art, Giffuni Gallery in Ohio. Her work is in private and public collections throughout the world and is represented throughout the Northeast.
