Meryl Blinder’s paintings are abstract geometrics. She was born in New York City, first moved to Princeton in the 1970s, and currently lives in Boston. She completed her undergraduate work at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia and received her MFA in 1999 from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Ms. Bliner was born in New York City and first moved to Princeton, NJ in the 1970s when her husband was an undergraduate at Princeton University.
Upon returning to Princeton, she worked for Michael Graves Architects from 1989 – 1997. While there, she assisted in designing colors for the Denver Public Library and the Disney Dolphin and Swan Hotels. Her approach to color is still very much influenced by her work with Mr. Graves. Before living in Princeton, Ms. Blinder lived in New Haven, CT where she worked as a courtroom sketch artist for television news. In 2001 and 2002, she was invited to create installations for World Aids Day at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She is currently an adjunct professor at the Wentworth Institute of Technology where she teaches Color, Design, and Drawing.
Ms. Blinder has shown her work extensively including exhibits at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, the Danforth Museum, and the Brooklyn Waterfront Coalition. She regularly shows her work at Gallery Jupiter in Little Silver, NJ, which is owned by her sister Judi Trammell.
