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Christine Blair



EDUCATION:

1993
Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania MFA, Printmaking
1989
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania BFA, Printmaking and Drawing
1987-1988
Parsons School of Design, The American College, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris


PROFESSIONAL HONORS/AWARDS:

1995-96, 1999
Workspace Program, Dieu Donne Papermill, Inc., New York, NY
One of four national artists selected to produce new projects in handmade paper in collaboration with master papermaker, Paul Wong.
1993-97
Artist in Residence, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1995
1994-95 Pew Fellowships in the Arts Discipline Winner for Works on Paper
1994
1993-94 Pew Fellowships in the Arts Discipline Winner for Printmaking


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1999
Patterning Specimens, George Billis Galllery, New York, NY

Origins and Paths, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
1997
Gathering Series, The Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA

The Philadelphia Wall, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
1993
1993-94 Challenge Exhibition, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2000
“Patterned Flowers,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Just Made, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Moore College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Obsessive Compulsive Order, Hillwood Art Museum, CW Post Long Island University, Brookline, Long Island, NY

10 Women, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

Art Exchange, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

20 X 12: A Generation of Challenge Artists, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1997
Twenty-First Anniversary Show, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA

Second Annual Juried Exhibition: Installation and Video, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Juried by Lisa Corrin, curator at The Contemporary, Baltimore, MD.
1996
Innovations and Explorations in Handmade Paper: Twenty Years of Collaboration at Dieu Donne Papermill, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY, curated by Margaret Matthews-Berenson

Recent Work (two person exhibition), Artist Members' Gallery, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Art of the State: Pennsylvania '96, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, juried by Bonnie Pover, Director, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ, and Steve Lanier, Curator, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE

1996 Penn Charter Juried Art Show, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, PA, juried by Alice Beamesderfer, Special Assistant to Director of Projects, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Julie Courtney, William Daley, Professor Emeritus, University of the Arts
1995
Forest: The Infinite Inspiration, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Shades of the Spirit, Painted Bride Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

National Juried Competition, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, juried by Thelma Golden, Associate Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, Branch Director, Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris

Seventh Annual National Art Competition, University Art Gallery, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO, juried by Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum
1994
Ninth National Print exhibition, The Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, juried by Diane Burko, painter and printmaker
1993
Third Biennial Works on Paper exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, juried by Ann Philbin, Director of the Drawing Center, New York, NY

Eighth National Print exhibition, The Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, juried by Clare Romano, printmaker, author, educator
1991
Group exhibition ata girl! (women in art, theory, and action), AC Project Room, New York, NY

LITTLE THINGS MEAN ALOT, (Slice it down to size), A Momentary Modern Exhibition, Warmoesstraat 12, Amsterdam, Holland

Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop: An Exhibition of Contemporary Printmakers, Bronx River Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
1990
Prints & Drawings group exhibition, Dome Gallery, New York, NY


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1999
Sozanski, Edward J. "Review", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 14, Weekend
1998
Catalogue, Obsessive Compulsive Order, Hillwood Art Museum, CW Post Long Island University, September
1996
Catalogue, Innovations and Explorations in Handmade Paper: Twenty Years of Collaboration at Dieu Donne Papermill, Dieu Donne Papermill, Inc., October

Catalogue, Seventh Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University, June Weaver, A.M., brochure, "Shades of the Spirit: Contemporary Explorations in Printmaking and Drawing", Painted Bride Gallery, February
1993
Sozanski, Edward J. "Review", The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 17, Weekend, p. 40

Dove, Pheralyn "Contemporary artworks on paper: The Abington Art Center's exhibit explores the many possibilities of the medium", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 28, p. MC3

Donohoe, Victoria "Review", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 7, p.MD12

Duffy, James F. "Works on Paper", Times Chronicle, March 3

Catalogue, Third Biennial Works on Paper Exhibition, Abington Art Center, March


COLLECTIONS:

Werner Kramarsky, New York, NY




Represented by George Billis Gallery.