Solo Exhibitions
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1968
("Contemporary Art at Yale")
Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY, 1970
Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY, 1972
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY 1977
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY 1980
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY 1981
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 1981-82
(October 1981 Ten-Year Retrospective)
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY 1985
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY 1986
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY 1987
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Fl 198
Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, TX 1991
Vesti Daine Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. 1997
The Center Gallery, New York, NY 2002
A Painter's view of Sicily Photographs
Group Exhibitions
Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY 1964
Yale University School of Art & Architecture, New Haven, CT 1966
Silver Mine Guild Exhibition, Silver Mine, CT 1969
J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, MI 1970
"Six New York Painters"
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX 1971
"Four New York Painters"
Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY 1971
Exhibition of Gallery Artists
Kunst Markt, Cologne, Germany 1971
Duchamp Festival, University of California, Irvine, CA 1971
Hawthorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 1971
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1972
"Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting"
Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1972
Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD 1973
University of California, Irvine, CA 1973
"Faculty Show"
Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY 1974
"Ten Painters in New York"
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1975
Biennial Exhibition
John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, IL 1975
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA 1975
"Irvine Milieu The First Ten Years"
Michael C. Rockefeller Art Center Gallery, Fredonia, NY 1975
"CAPS Grant Recipients"
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 1977
23rd Annual Contemporary American Painting Exhibition
October 2 - November 11
Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 1977
"The Critics Choice"
Munson, Williams, Proctor Institute, Utica, NY 1977
"The Critics Choice"
Hundred Acres Gallery, New York, NY, May - June 1977
"Ten Alumni from the School of Visual Arts"
26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY, September - December 1977
"Art in Public Spaces"
Ralph Wilson Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA October - November 1977
"Contemporary American Painting: Pattern, Grid and System Art"
New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY, March - April 1978
"Six Artists View Development"
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY June - September 1978
"Key Words of the Season"
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY February - March 1979
"Generation"
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX October 1979
"The New American Painting I"
Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, NY November - December 1979
"Subject: Space"
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY September - October 1979
"American Painting: The Eighties, a Critical Interpretation"
Curated by Barbara Rose
Toured Venues 1980-1983
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
American Center, Paris, France
Musee des Baux Arts, Nantes, France
Haisingen Taudetalo, Helsinki, Finland
Nueu Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig, Aschen, Germany
Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Galeria Arcady, Krakow, Poland
Galeria Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Teatro del Falcone, Genoa, Italy
Palacia de la Virreina, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Gallery of La Caiza, Madrid, Spain
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Pratt Institute Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, January - February 1980
"Subject: Space"
Nina Freudenhaim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, January - February 1980
"Drawings"
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, June - August 1980
"Painting and Sculpture Today 1980"
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY November 1980 - January 1981
"American Drawings in Black and White from 1970-1980"
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Ct, January - March 1981
"Twenty Artists from the Yale University Art School, 1950-1970"
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY 1982
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1982
"New Acquisitions"
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 1982
"From Pong to Pac-Man"
Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD 1982
"Six Abstract Painters"
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 1983
"A Homage to Arthur Dove: 14 Abstract Painters"
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 1983
"Art and Technology Offset Prints"
"Space Complex: The Invention of Space" 1984
Tour Venues 1984-85
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, England
Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, England
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX October - November 1985
"Charcoal Drawings ó 1980-1985"
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL, June 1986
"Emmerich Gallery Artists"
Hokin Gallery, Miami FL, January 1987
"Emmerich Gallery Artists"
The McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, November - December 1988
"Abstract Painting"
Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, TX, November 1988 - January 1989
"New Prints: Peregrine Press"
IBM Gallery of Art and Science, New York, NY, October - November 1989
"Fifty Years of Collecting IBM"
Hunter College Art Gallery, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY March 1991
"Physicality: An Exhibition on Color Dimensionality in Painting"
organized by George Hofma
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY December 1991 - January 1992
"Abstract Painting: The 90's"
curated by Barbara Rose
Hunter College Art Gallery, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY March - April 1993
"Hunter College M.F.A. Faculty Artists: 1981-1993"
Stark Gallery, New York, NY June-July 1995
“Color, Sign, System, Sensibility”
Faculty Exhibition, The Center Gallery, Fordham University, 1998
Hokin Gallery, Miami, Fl March 2000
Faculty Exhibition, Pushpin Gallery, Fordham University, 2003
Collections
Museum Collections
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Collections/Commissions
American Telephone and Telegraph, New York, NY
First National City Bank, Houston, TX
International Business Machines, New York, NY
Lehman Brothers, New York, NY
Sherman and Sterling, New York, NY
Vesti Trust, Boston, MA
Pepsico, Purches, NY
Texas Instrument, Dallas, TX
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Saatchi and Saatchi, Los Angeles, CA - commission
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, List Art Posters, New York, NY - commission
Grants and Fellowships
Graham Foundation of Fine Arts, 1965
Group research grant in environmental studies
Morse Fellowship, 1969
Research grant in painting, a Yale University faculty grant
Creative Arts Projects, October 1974 - May 1975
Grant for painting, sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts, October 1977- June 1978
Grant for painting, Highest award
National Endowment for the Arts, October 1989- June 1990
Grant for painting, Highest award
Foundations
Trustee of the Al Held Foundation, 2005-present
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Education
Yale University, BFA/MFA 1967
School of Visual Arts, Certificate 1963
Academic Affiliations
Fordham University, College at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1979-Present
Professor of Visual Arts: teach painting, drawing, senior seminars for Visual Art majors; member of the department Executive Committee,
2003-present.
Director of Visual Arts Department:
Taught courses in painting, drawing and Art History and administrated a studio program with 10 full time faculty, 10 adjuncts, and 100 Visual Arts majors, 1997-2003.
Chair of the Division of Art: promoted to full Professor 1989, duties as Chair included responsibility over three areas of studies - Art History, Visual Arts, Theater and over 20 full time faculty, 15 adjuncts, 3 administrators, and 200 majors,1993-1997.
Director of Visual Arts Department: tenured Associate Professor, 1986, taught courses in painting, drawing and Art History, with 1 full time faculty and 5 adjuncts, 25 Visual Arts majors, 1979-1993.
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1975-1979
Regular faculty appointment, college has no ranking. Taught courses in painting, drawing, and a seminar in art criticism. Member of the gallery committee, which planned six exhibitions a year. Designed a new Visual Fundamentals curriculum for beginning students at the college.
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
1974
Guest Adjunct, fall semester. Taught basic design and color courses.
University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
1971-1974
Adjunct professor of Art. Taught painting to graduates and
undergraduates. Conducted graduate seminars. Organized graduate lecture series. Graduate advisor. Member of graduate admissions committee
Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY
1970-1971
Instructor of Art. Taught painting, advance design, and basic studio art courses. Member of curriculum committee and graduate admissions committee.
Yale University, School of Art & Architecture, New Haven, CT
1967-1970
Instructor of Art. Taught undergraduate painting and design. Tutor on Scholar of the House Program. Member of graduate school admissions committee; undergraduate student advisor.
Yale Norfolk School of Music & Art, Norfolk, CT
1968
Member of the summer school art faculty.
Visiting Critiques and Lectures
New York Studio School
Bard College, MFA Program
Medows Distinguish Visiting Professor, Southern Methodist University
Maryland Institute of the Arts
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. School of Art
Hunter College CUNY, Visiting Critic Graduate Program
Colby College
Pratt Institute
Maryland Institute of the Arts
Yale University School of Art
Rutgers University
California Institute of the Arts
University of California, San Diego
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Yale Norfolk School of Art