Solo Exhibitions

• 1968 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT “Contemporary Art at Yale”
• 1970 Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY
• 1972 Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY
• 1977 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
• 1980 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
• 1981 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
• 1981–82 Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Ten-Year Retrospective, opened October 1981
• 1985 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
• 1986 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
• 1987 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
• 1988 Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
• 1991 Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, TX
• 1997 Vesti Daine Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
• 2002 The Center Gallery, New York, NY “A Painter’s View of Sicily” — photographs
• 2019 Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University, College at Lincoln Center, New York, NY “21 Floors” — view the Collider Series / 21 Floors

Group Exhibitions

• 1964 Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
• 1966 Yale University School of Art & Architecture, New Haven, CT
• 1969 Silvermine Guild Exhibition, Silvermine, CT
• 1970 J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, MI “Six New York Painters”
• 1971 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX “Four New York Painters”
• 1971 Reese Palley Gallery, New York, NY Exhibition of Gallery Artists
• 1971 Kunst Markt, Cologne, Germany
• 1971 Duchamp Festival, University of California, Irvine, CA
• 1971 Hawthorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
• 1972 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY “Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting”
• 1972 Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1973 Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD
• 1973 University of California, Irvine, CA “Faculty Show”
• 1974 Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY “Ten Painters in New York”
• 1975 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Biennial Exhibition
• 1975 John Doyle Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 1975 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA “Irvine Milieu: The First Ten Years”
• 1975 Michael C. Rockefeller Art Center Gallery, Fredonia, NY “CAPS Grant Recipients”
• Oct–Nov 1977 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 23rd Annual Contemporary American Painting Exhibition, October 2 – November 11
• 1977 Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY “The Critics Choice”
• 1977 Munson, Williams, Proctor Institute, Utica, NY “The Critics Choice”
• May–Jun 1977 Hundred Acres Gallery, New York, NY “Ten Alumni from the School of Visual Arts”
• Sep–Dec 1977 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY “Art in Public Spaces”
• Oct–Nov 1977 Ralph Wilson Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA “Contemporary American Painting: Pattern, Grid and System Art”
• Mar–Apr 1978 New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY “Six Artists View Development”
• Jun–Sep 1978 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY “Key Words of the Season”
• Feb–Mar 1979 Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY “Generation”
• Oct 1979 Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX “The New American Painting I”
• Nov–Dec 1979 Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, NY “Subject: Space”
• Sep–Oct 1979 Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY “American Painting: The Eighties, a Critical Interpretation”, curated by Barbara Rose. Toured 1980–1983: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX American Center, Paris, France Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France Helsingin Taidehalli (Kunsthalle Helsinki), Helsinki, Finland Neue Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Galeria Arcady, Krakow, Poland Galeria Studio, Warsaw, Poland Teatro del Falcone, Genoa, Italy Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain Fundación La Caixa, Madrid, Spain Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
• Jan–Feb 1980 Pratt Institute Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, NY “Subject: Space”
• Jan–Feb 1980 Nina Freudenhaim Gallery, Buffalo, NY “Drawings”
• Jun–Aug 1980 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN “Painting and Sculpture Today 1980”
• Nov 1980–Jan 1981 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY “American Drawings in Black and White from 1970–1980”
• Jan–Mar 1981 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT “Twenty Artists from the Yale University Art School, 1950–1970”
• 1982 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
• 1982 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY “New Acquisitions”
• 1982 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA “From Pong to Pac-Man”
• 1982 Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD “Six Abstract Painters”
• 1983 Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY “A Homage to Arthur Dove: 14 Abstract Painters”
• 1983 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA “Art and Technology Offset Prints”
• 1984–85 “Space Complex: The Invention of Space” Touring exhibition, 1984–85: Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Ireland Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, England Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, England
• Oct–Nov 1985 Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX “Charcoal Drawings, 1980–1985”
• Jun 1986 Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL “Emmerich Gallery Artists”
• Jan 1987 Hokin Gallery, Miami, FL “Emmerich Gallery Artists”
• Nov–Dec 1988 The McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX “Abstract Painting”
• Nov 1988–Jan 1989 Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, TX “New Prints: Peregrine Press”
• Oct–Nov 1989 IBM Gallery of Art and Science, New York, NY “Fifty Years of Collecting IBM”
• Mar 1991 Hunter College Art Gallery, City University of New York, New York, NY “Physicality: An Exhibition on Color Dimensionality in Painting”, organized by George Hofmann
• Dec 1991–Jan 1992 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY “Abstract Painting: The 90’s”, curated by Barbara Rose
• Mar–Apr 1993 Hunter College Art Gallery, City University of New York, New York, NY “Hunter College M.F.A. Faculty Artists: 1981–1993”
• Jun–Jul 1995 Stark Gallery, New York, NY “Color, Sign, System, Sensibility”
• 1998 The Center Gallery, Fordham University, New York, NY Faculty Exhibition
• Mar 2000 Hokin Gallery, Miami, FL
• 2003 Pushpin Gallery, Fordham University, New York, NY Faculty Exhibition
• 2016 32 Edgewood Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT “Hey You, Who Me?” — Yale School of Art alumni exhibition, organized by Robert Storr, Dean of the Yale School of Art. April 6 – June 5, 2016
• Jul 2021 Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME

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, MA

Corporate 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
• Shearman & Sterling, New York, NY
• Vesti Trust, Boston, MA
• PepsiCo, Purchase, NY
• Texas Instruments, 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

• 1965 Graham Foundation of Fine Arts Group research grant in environmental studies
• 1969 Morse Fellowship Research grant in painting, a Yale University faculty grant
• Oct 1974–May 1975 Creative Arts Public Service Program Grant for painting, sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts
• Oct 1977–Jun 1978 National Endowment for the Arts Grant for painting, highest award
• Oct 1989–Jun 1990 National Endowment for the Arts Grant for painting, highest award

Foundations

• 2005–present Trustee of the Al Held Foundation

Education

• 1967 Yale University BFA / MFA
• 1963 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Certificate

Academic Affiliations

• 1979–2019 Fordham University, College at Lincoln Center, New York, NY Professor of Visual Arts Emeritus Emeritus standing conferred on retirement, 2019–present. Professor of Visual Arts Taught painting, drawing and senior seminars for Visual Arts majors; member of the department Executive Committee, 2003–2019. Director of Visual Arts Department Taught courses in painting, drawing and art history and administered 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 for three areas of study — art history, visual arts and 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 member and 5 adjuncts, 25 Visual Arts majors, 1979–1993.
• 1975–1979 Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY Regular faculty appointment The 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.
• 1974 Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY Guest Adjunct Fall semester. Taught basic design and color courses.
• 1971–1974 University of California, Irvine, CA Adjunct Professor of Art Taught painting to graduates and undergraduates. Conducted graduate seminars. Organized the graduate lecture series. Graduate advisor. Member of the graduate admissions committee.
• 1970–1971 Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY Instructor of Art Taught painting, advanced design and basic studio art courses. Member of the curriculum committee and graduate admissions committee.
• 1967–1970 Yale University, School of Art & Architecture, New Haven, CT Instructor of Art Taught undergraduate painting and design. Tutor in the Scholar of the House program. Member of the graduate school admissions committee; undergraduate student advisor.
• 1968 Yale Norfolk School of Music & Art, Norfolk, CT Summer faculty Member of the summer school art faculty.

Visiting Critiques and Lectures

• New York Studio School
• Bard College, MFA Program
• Meadows Distinguished 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
• 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

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