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 Feature Articles
 2002"Reflecting on Still Lifes" by Kristin Godsey, The Artist’s Magazine Summer edition
"Your Art Through the Ages" by Kristin Godsey, The Artist’s Sketchbook September edition
 1994"Mirror Images" by Eunice Agar, American Artist Magazine, NYC, November edition

 Solo Shows
 1997 Accidental Encounters - Union County College, Cranford, New Jersey
 1994 REALizations - William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, New Jersey
 1990

Tranquility of the East - Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City

 1988

Light in the Air - Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York City

 1982

West End Studio, New York City

 1980

Ernesto Mayans, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 1978

John O'Rourke Gallery, New York City
Mosholu/Montefiore Community Gallery, Bronx, New York

 Exhibitions

 

 2003

Reflection and Transparency (Opens in December) – Gallery Korea, New York City
The House Calls – T.W. Wood Gallery, Union Institute & University, Montpelier, Vermont

 2002

The Art of Oil – The Lowe Gallery, New York City
Snapshot - Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (traveling show)
66th National Midyear Show - Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Unity Canvas (a 9/11 tribute) – Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York City
Art from Detritus – Wall Gallery, New York City

 2001

New York Artist's Circle - Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
65th National Midyear Show - Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

 2000

Snapshot - Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (traveling show)
Self-Reflections: A Glance in the Mirror - Pfizer, Inc., New York City
Offspring: Artists Celebrate the Child - BHMS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Words/Pictures Pictures/Words: Artists & Writers Collaborate - Liquid Gallery, Hoboken, NJ

 1999

63rd National Midyear Show - Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
22nd Annual Open Exhibition – Salmagundi Club, New York City

 1998

World Artists for Tibet, Invitational Show - Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City
Group Exhibition - Coplan Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 102nd Annual Exhibition - National Arts Club, New York City

 1997

61st National Midyear Show - Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
American Academy of Women Artists - Desert Caballeros Museum, Wickenberg, Arizona

 1996

Dealers’ Choice - Art Initiatives’ 148 Gallery, New York City
Hootenanny Limited Edition Literary/Art Journal Benefit - CBGB’s 313 Gallery, NYC
In This World & Others: Contemporary Jewish Experience in Art - Village Gallery, NYC
Feast for the Eyes - Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Auction & Benefit, PA

 1995

Maximum Capacity: Art Initiatives' Salon -Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York City
25th Annual Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, New Jersey
Small Works Invitational - Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City

 1994

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 98th Annual Exhibition - National Arts Club, New York City
Mass Exposure: Art Initiatives' Salon - Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York City
Drawing Together, AIDS Benefit - Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NewYork
Collaborations - Pasco Hernando College, St. Leo, Florida
24th Annual Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, New Jersey

 1993

People Places Things - MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York City
Western Canadian Miniature Exhibit - Grasslands Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
And The Women Danced - Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Global Awareness - City Government Center, Greater Harrisburg Arts Council, PA
Still Life - Second Story Studios & Gallery, Seattle, Washington
The Self Portrait: A Means of Expression - Harbs' Bistro Gallery, Lexington, Virginia
Intimacy of Fear - The BAUhouse, Baltimore, Maryland
Women on Women - Artsquad Contemporary Fine Art, Easton, Pennsylvania
7th Annual Women in the Visual Arts - Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
National Print Exhibit - Ottawa Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio
Works on Paper - McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Drawing and Sculpture Show - Del Mar College, Corpus Christie, Texas
PATTERN: New Form, New Function - Arrowmont School of Art, Gatlinburg, Texas
Small Works - Rear Window Gallery, Winchester, Virginia
Janus: God of the Doorway - Williams Center, Rutherford, New Jersey
Intimacy of Fear - The BAUhouse, Baltimore, Maryland

 1992

Man & Nature - Clark Whitney Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
Group Show - Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Winter Exhibition - Gumps Gallery, San Francisco, California

 1991

Classic Modernism - Clark Whitney Gallery
Hudson River Open - Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
Get Real: A Survey of Contemporary Realism -
North Miami Center for Contemporary Art, Florida

 1990

Winners in the Salmon River National Arts Competition - Riggins, Idaho
A World of Water - Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
Salon 90: The New Figurative Artists - New York Academy of Art, New York City
New Years Invitational - First Street Gallery, New York City

 1989

The Food Show: Art with a Culinary Theme - Grand Central Art Galleries
Journey of the Self: Autobiographical Art - International House Art Gallery, New York City
New Works by Gallery Artists - Grand Central Art Galleries

 1988

Sixty-fourth April Salon - Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah

 1986

Group Exhibit - Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland

 1985

Six are Selected - Sherry French Gallery, New York City
Winners in the American Artist Competition - Grand Central Art Galleries

 1984

Art of Our Time - Pascack Valley Hadassah, New Jersey
Introductions '84 - Rachel Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas
Works in the Sherry French Gallery - Arts Signature Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma

 1983

City - Sherry French Gallery, New York City
Bodies and Souls - The Artists' Choice Museum at the Sherry French Gallery

 1982

Hudson River Open - Hudson River Museum, NewYork
The New Realists - Mongerson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
100 Works by 100 Artists - Public Illumination Gallery, New York City
The Wild Art Show - P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York
Fourth Annual 100 Artists Show - 10 on 8 Gallery, New York City

 1981

Gallery Artists - Ernesto Mayans Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 1980

Small Works -80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York City

 1979

New Artists - Ernesto Mayans Gallery
Fall Exhibition - Eli Levin Studio, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 1978

Young Realists - Harbor Gallery, Long Island, New York
Doors and Windows - Harbor Gallery
Winners in the American Artist Competition - Circle Gallery, New York City

 1977

Young Realists - Harbor Gallery

 1976

Private Showing - Winston Churchill Building,Bronx, New York 

 1975

Prints and Drawings - Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Distinctions at Juried Shows in New York City

 1975-97

Allied Artists; Art Students League; Audubon Artists; The Brooklyn Museum; Knickerbocker Artists; National Arts Club; New Jersey Society of Painters and Sculptors; Salmagundi Club; Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club

Selected Awards and Honors

 2000

Painting Chosen for publication in "Art Calendar,"

 1997

Honorable Mention - Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

 1996

Manhattan Arts Magazine Top Prize Cover Art Award, Summer issue 

 1995

Selected by Leo Castelli, John Weber, and K & E Galleries from over 700 artworks to be one of 13 artists in Art Initiatives’ Dealers’ Choice Exhibit, 1996

 1994

Top Prize for Oils - Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 98th Annual Exhibition, New York City
Funding Grant for Exhibitions at the Williams Center - NJ State Council for the Arts
Painting Chosen for Cover of "Art Calendar," January Issue

 1993

John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund Grant, Oklahoma City
First Prize - And The Women Danced, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia
Helen Stiles Grant for Print Making - Manhattan Graphics Center, New York City
Honorable Mention - Audubon Artists, New York City

 1991

Prize Winning Painting Chosen for Cover of "Art Calendar," May Issue 

 1990

Gold Award (First Place) - Salmon River Art Guild, Riggins, Idaho 

 1989

Artists Space Grant - New York City 

 1985

Winner in the American Artist Magazine Competition 

 1980

Elizabeth T. Greenshields Grant - Montreal, Canada
John McCarthy Award - Salmagundi Club, New York City

 1979

Allied Artists Award of Distinction - National Academy, New York City
Winsor and Newton Award - Salmagundi Club

 1978

Citation of Merit (for contribution through involvement in the visual arts) - Bronx Borough President, Robert Abrams

 1978

Elizabeth T. Clapp Prize - Salmagundi Club
Winner in the American Artist Magazine Competition

 1977

Salmagundi Art Fund Prize - Salmagundi Club
Anco Easel Award - Salmagundi Club

 1976

National Arts Club Award - National Arts Club, New York City

Bibliography / Listings

 2000

2000 Outstanding Women of the 20th Century
Hootenanny Limited Edition Literary/Art Journal, issue no. 5

 1998

Walls Photographs by Women Artists, compiled by Christopher Wilde

 1997

Exhibition Catalog - Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Catalog essay by Robert L. Kurtz, Exhibition Curator
New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, issue no. 10
Hootenanny Limited Edition Literary /Art Journal, issue no. 5
Encyclopedia of Living Artists, 10th edition, published by Art Network, Penn Valley, CA

 1996

Hootenanny Limited Edition Literary/Art Journal, issue no. 4 

 1995

Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists, Editor: Robin Kahn, SOS Int’l
Hootenanny Limited Edition Literary/Art Journal, issue no. 3

 1994

Recycling with Imagination: Art From Detritus - ATOA Project Catalog

 1988-95

Art in America Annual Guide to Museums, Galleries and Artists
"American Artist Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporaries"

 1988-2003

"Who's Who in American Art"

 1990

Survey of Contemporary Art (on Video) - Produced by the Salmon River Arts Guild

 1988

Exhibition Catalog - Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah,
Catalog essay by Simon Taylor, Cambridge University, Director Sothebys, London

 1985

American Artist Magazine - August Issue

 1983

Bodies & Souls Catalog - The Artists’ Choice Museum, New York City

 1982

Views by Women Artists - Women’s Caucus for the Arts, New York City
The Wild Art Show Catalog - Curator: Faith Ringgold

 1978 American Artist Magazine - August Issue

 Illustrations
 1998

Jacket artwork for "Poetry by Alice Fogel," on audio tape, A Mark Edson Production

 1989

Illustrations for poetry collection, "Notes of a Madman," Winston-Derek Publisher

 1985

Cover artwork for novel, "Happy All the Time," Penguin Books
"Contemporary Women Artists Calendar," Bo-Tree Publications

 Press Reviews
 2000 The Baltimore Sun, Maryland - November 26
 1997 The Cranford Chronicle, New Jersey - November 20
 1994 The Newark Star Ledger, New Jersey - November 18
 1993 The Upper East Side Resident, New York City - November 4
 1991 The Miami Herald, Florida - December 7
 1984 The Houston Post, Texas - July 15
 1980 Artlines, Taos, New Mexico - November and December
The Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, New Mexico - October 16
The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico - October 10
 1979 The Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico - October 2
 1978 Newsday, Long Island, New York - June 16 and August 4

Corporate and Public Collections

 

Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts

 

Texaco Corporation, New York

 

Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

 

PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Bellevue Hospital, New York City

 

Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

 Education  

 

Pratt Institute; Brooklyn Museum Art School; Art Students League; Antioch College; Private Studies with August Mosca, Charles Pfahl and Roger Van Damme

Related Positions

 1993

Guest Lecturer on Painting & Printmaking - Monmouth Festival of the Arts, New Jersey
Class Studio Visit - New School for Social Research, New York City

 1992-94

Artist/Teacher - Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont

 1988-89

Facilitator - Artist Support Groups for Women, New York City

 1985

Workshop Leader - International Conference on Art & Healing, Ibiza, Spain

 1978-2003

Private Instructor in Painting and Drawing - New York, California, and New Mexico


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