Resume / Exhibition Record
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOWS
George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, N.Y. 2018
SabinArti Gallery, Casaprota, Italy 2017
Tompkins Square Gallery, NYC 1990
Paier college of Art, Hamden, Conn. 1988
New York University, Downtown Gallery, New York 1988
Wheeler Gallery, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984
Springfield Central Gallery, Springfield, Mass. 1984
University Gallery, SUNY Stony Brook 1981, 1982
GROUP SHOWS
George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, N.Y. 2017
Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea, N.Y. 2017, 2018
Manhattanville College, Faculty Show, Purchase, N.Y. 2017
Greenpoint Art Gallery, Greenpoint, N.Y. 2017
Bedford Annual Art Show-Bedford, N.Y. Winner arty Berol Award
Center for Appellate Litigation-New York, N.Y. 2017
Garvey, Schubert & Bau- law office-New York, N.Y. 2016
Art Students League-Manhattan Borough Presidents Office, New York, N.Y. 2016
Salazar and Burch Gallery-309 5th Ave. New York, N.Y. 2015
Chashama Open Studio Exhibition-Brooklyn, N.Y. 2014, 2015, 2016
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition-2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Kean Gallery, The High School of Art and Design, New York 2010
Elana Zang Gallery, Woodstock, N.Y. 2002
Monmouth County Museums, Lincroft, N.J. 1994, 1995, 1996
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, N.Y. 1990
BACA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 1987
William Patterson College, New Jersey, 1986
Trenton State College, New Jersey 1986
Kean College of New Jersey, annual Faculty Show, 1986
Brooklyn College M.F.A. Student Exhibit 1986, 1987
Union Gallery, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1984
International Gallery, Northampton, Mass. 1984
Gracie Mansion Gallery, N.Y.C. 1982
Art Students League Annual Show, N.Y.C. 1979, 1980
ADMINISTRATION/TEACHING
Adjunct Professor-Manhattanville College, Purchase, N.Y. Art Department-Fundamentals of Drawing, 2017
Adjunct Professor-Parsons School of Design, N.Y. –teaching perspective drawing 1983-present
Administrator-Office of Superintendent Juan Mendes 2015-2017
Administrator-CFN 203-Arts Liaison and Youth Development 2014-2015
Principal-The High School of Art and Design, N.Y.C. 2009-2014
Assistant Principal, Art teacher-Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2000-2009
Adjunct Professor-The New York School of Interior Design, 1986-2000
Assistant Professor-Brookdale Community College, LINCROFT, N.J. 1992-1996
Assistant Professor-New York Institute of Technology, Westbury, L.I. 190-1992
Instructor-Kean College, Union, N.J. 1996-1998 (half time position)
EDUCATION
S.A.S. College of St. Rose/C.I.T.E. administration and supervision 2002
M.F.A. Brooklyn College, CUNY painting and drawing 1988
M.S. The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, interior design 1987
A.A.S. The Fashion Institute of technology, N.Y. interior design 1983
M.S.W. Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, N.Y. clinical social work 1982
B.A. Binghamton Univ., Binghamton N.Y., McGill University, Montreal, Canada art and psyc. 1982
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy-Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, New York, 1990
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Va. 2017
SabrinArti Artist Residency, Casaprota, Italy 2017
Chashama Artist Residency, Brooklyn, N.Y.-partly funded studio space, 2014-present
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 2016
Soaring Gardens Artist Residency, Laceyville, PA. 2014, 2015
Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars-Columbia University-The Gilded Age in New York-2014
Fulbright Administrators Exchange program-Argentina, summer 2013
Wellspring Artist Colony, Ashfield, Mass. summer 2012
Korea Society-Administrators trip to Korea, Spring 2012
N.E.H Fellowship, summer seminar, Arts and Cultures of the Himalayas, Worcester, MA. 2011
Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars-US History Uni. of Pennsylvania-2009, Gettysburg College-2005
China Institute-summer study tour, The Southeast Coast, 2008
N.E.H. Fellowship, summer seminar, the Visual Culture of Colonial New England, Salem, MA, 2006
Briarcliffe Artist Residency, Woodstock, New York, 2004 - 2005
Saltenstall Artist Residency, Ithaca, New York, 2002
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Artist Fellowship, 2002
The Cummington Community of the Arts, Cummington, Mass. Residency, 1988, 1996 - 1997
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois, Artist in residence, 1987
Illuminating Society of North America, Lighting Institute for Educators, Univ.of New Hampshire 1986
SOLO SHOWS
George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, N.Y. 2018
SabinArti Gallery, Casaprota, Italy 2017
Tompkins Square Gallery, NYC 1990
Paier college of Art, Hamden, Conn. 1988
New York University, Downtown Gallery, New York 1988
Wheeler Gallery, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984
Springfield Central Gallery, Springfield, Mass. 1984
University Gallery, SUNY Stony Brook 1981, 1982
GROUP SHOWS
George Billis Gallery, Chelsea, N.Y. 2017
Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea, N.Y. 2017, 2018
Manhattanville College, Faculty Show, Purchase, N.Y. 2017
Greenpoint Art Gallery, Greenpoint, N.Y. 2017
Bedford Annual Art Show-Bedford, N.Y. Winner arty Berol Award
Center for Appellate Litigation-New York, N.Y. 2017
Garvey, Schubert & Bau- law office-New York, N.Y. 2016
Art Students League-Manhattan Borough Presidents Office, New York, N.Y. 2016
Salazar and Burch Gallery-309 5th Ave. New York, N.Y. 2015
Chashama Open Studio Exhibition-Brooklyn, N.Y. 2014, 2015, 2016
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition-2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Kean Gallery, The High School of Art and Design, New York 2010
Elana Zang Gallery, Woodstock, N.Y. 2002
Monmouth County Museums, Lincroft, N.J. 1994, 1995, 1996
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, N.Y. 1990
BACA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 1987
William Patterson College, New Jersey, 1986
Trenton State College, New Jersey 1986
Kean College of New Jersey, annual Faculty Show, 1986
Brooklyn College M.F.A. Student Exhibit 1986, 1987
Union Gallery, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1984
International Gallery, Northampton, Mass. 1984
Gracie Mansion Gallery, N.Y.C. 1982
Art Students League Annual Show, N.Y.C. 1979, 1980
ADMINISTRATION/TEACHING
Adjunct Professor-Manhattanville College, Purchase, N.Y. Art Department-Fundamentals of Drawing, 2017
Adjunct Professor-Parsons School of Design, N.Y. –teaching perspective drawing 1983-present
Administrator-Office of Superintendent Juan Mendes 2015-2017
Administrator-CFN 203-Arts Liaison and Youth Development 2014-2015
Principal-The High School of Art and Design, N.Y.C. 2009-2014
Assistant Principal, Art teacher-Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2000-2009
Adjunct Professor-The New York School of Interior Design, 1986-2000
Assistant Professor-Brookdale Community College, LINCROFT, N.J. 1992-1996
Assistant Professor-New York Institute of Technology, Westbury, L.I. 190-1992
Instructor-Kean College, Union, N.J. 1996-1998 (half time position)
EDUCATION
S.A.S. College of St. Rose/C.I.T.E. administration and supervision 2002
M.F.A. Brooklyn College, CUNY painting and drawing 1988
M.S. The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, interior design 1987
A.A.S. The Fashion Institute of technology, N.Y. interior design 1983
M.S.W. Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, N.Y. clinical social work 1982
B.A. Binghamton Univ., Binghamton N.Y., McGill University, Montreal, Canada art and psyc. 1982
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy-Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, New York, 1990
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Va. 2017
SabrinArti Artist Residency, Casaprota, Italy 2017
Chashama Artist Residency, Brooklyn, N.Y.-partly funded studio space, 2014-present
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 2016
Soaring Gardens Artist Residency, Laceyville, PA. 2014, 2015
Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars-Columbia University-The Gilded Age in New York-2014
Fulbright Administrators Exchange program-Argentina, summer 2013
Wellspring Artist Colony, Ashfield, Mass. summer 2012
Korea Society-Administrators trip to Korea, Spring 2012
N.E.H Fellowship, summer seminar, Arts and Cultures of the Himalayas, Worcester, MA. 2011
Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars-US History Uni. of Pennsylvania-2009, Gettysburg College-2005
China Institute-summer study tour, The Southeast Coast, 2008
N.E.H. Fellowship, summer seminar, the Visual Culture of Colonial New England, Salem, MA, 2006
Briarcliffe Artist Residency, Woodstock, New York, 2004 - 2005
Saltenstall Artist Residency, Ithaca, New York, 2002
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Artist Fellowship, 2002
The Cummington Community of the Arts, Cummington, Mass. Residency, 1988, 1996 - 1997
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois, Artist in residence, 1987
Illuminating Society of North America, Lighting Institute for Educators, Univ.of New Hampshire 1986
Artist statement
Art has been the center focus of my life and certainly my major interest and joy. Born into an immigrant family, refugees from Nazi Germany, my parents were eager to explore this new land, America. We often went to museums and early on I enrolled in art school. My learning continues through college and two years at The Art Students League in New York. Entwined with my interest in art, were studies in architecture, design and the behavioral sciences. This has had a major impact on the imagery I pursued. My hand is steady, a product of drafting which has an effect on my drawings. My interest and studies in the behavioral sciences has provided a more in-depth understanding of human behavior. My studies culminated with an M.F.A. degree in painting and drawing at Brooklyn College, CUNY, studying with major painters such as Lennart Anderson, Lois Dodd, Lee Bontecou and Phillip Pearlstein. Brooklyn College was a good fit for me as its focus was realist painting.
My work follows the spirit of some of the great landscape painters of all time. I am a mid-career artist who has always been fascinated with the natural and built landscape. I enjoy the plein- air painting process, carrying around my French easel outside and setting up even on the coldest of days. I am attracted to rural and seaside scenes.
Over the years, due to my background in architectural design, I have completed a series of paintings about the built environment. These include one group of paintings which focused on building stairwells, another portrayed halls in old buildings. These series took the viewer into old tenement buildings, a trip back into time, perhaps a place that their ancestors inhabited.
I have attended a number of artist residencies throughout the years. These uninterrupted periods have proven productive allowing me to focus on my work. The subject may be mountains, the valleys or the skies. Work in the studio might focus on architectural themes. It is always a joy to work amongst other artists and writers. Friendships develop, ideas are shared and a spirit of collegiality fills the air.
Thank you.
My work follows the spirit of some of the great landscape painters of all time. I am a mid-career artist who has always been fascinated with the natural and built landscape. I enjoy the plein- air painting process, carrying around my French easel outside and setting up even on the coldest of days. I am attracted to rural and seaside scenes.
Over the years, due to my background in architectural design, I have completed a series of paintings about the built environment. These include one group of paintings which focused on building stairwells, another portrayed halls in old buildings. These series took the viewer into old tenement buildings, a trip back into time, perhaps a place that their ancestors inhabited.
I have attended a number of artist residencies throughout the years. These uninterrupted periods have proven productive allowing me to focus on my work. The subject may be mountains, the valleys or the skies. Work in the studio might focus on architectural themes. It is always a joy to work amongst other artists and writers. Friendships develop, ideas are shared and a spirit of collegiality fills the air.
Thank you.
