Born Brooklyn, New York Education 1990 - 95 New York Studio School, New York, NY 1986 Columbia University, New York, NY, Master of Architecture 1983 Cornell University, Ithaca NY, Bachelor of Arts, Art History Solo Exhibitions 2005 George Billis, Gallery, New York, NY 2003 George Billis, Gallery, New York, NY 2002 George Billis, Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1999 Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, Connecticut Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 “The Continuous Mark: 40 Years of the New York Studio School,” The New York Studio School, New York, NY, curated by Jennifer Sachs Samet “Visual Ground,” Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, New York, NY 2004 “New York Night,” Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY “Industrial Beauty,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY “Inaugural Exhibition,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2003 “Searching for the Image: Six Artists from the New York Studio School” The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples Florida, Elliot Gallery, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida “Selections,” Albright – Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY 2002 “New York Studio School Alumni Exhibition,” Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Karen Wilkin and Judd Tully Gallery MAC, New York, NY 2001 “New York,” Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York “Realism 2001,” The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY, curated by Peter Tatistcheff “Beckoning Vision: Annual Alumni Exhibition,” New York Studio School, New York, NY, curated by Karen Wilkin 2000 “Small Works,” 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY, curated by Tricia Collins “New York, New York,” Nabisco Gallery, East Hanover, New Jersey “On the City, Urban Realities and Fantasies,” New York Studio School, New York, NY, curated by Irving Sandler 1999 “World Views, A Retrospective Exhibition of Selected Work,” One World Trade Center Mezzanine, New York, NY 1998 “Vertigo, from the top of the World Trade Center,” New York Studio School, New York, NY “Small Works,” 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY 1997 “World Views,” Lower Manhattan Cultutral Center, New York, NY 1995 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY curated by Jane Frielicher 1994 Union College, Schenectady, New York “The Perceptual Pursuit,” Plaza Gallery, Fordham University, New York, NY Awards 1999 Cornell Council for the Arts Grant 1994 Hohenberg Travel Grant, New York Studio School Vera List Endowment Scholarship, New York Studio School Charles H. Revson Foundation Fellowship, New York Studio School 1992 - 93 Speyer Foundation Scholarship, New York Studio School 1986 Post- Graduate William Kinnes fellows Traveling Fellowship, Columbia University 1983 Sampson Fine Arts Prize, Cornell University Bibliography 2005 Kagan, Dick, “Painting the Town”, Art & Antiques, September Wilkin, Karen, catalogue essay for exhibition at George Billis Gallery 2004 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Site Matters, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s World Trade Center Artists Residency, 1997 –2001, New York Mullarkey, Maureen, “Gallery Going - Night New York at Elizabeth Harris Gallery,” The New York Sun, June 24 Mullarkey, Maureen, “Gallery Going - Industrial Beauty at George Billis Gallery,” The New York Sun, July 22 and 29 Steen, Karen E., “Big Sky Country: Paintings by Ron Milewicz,” Metropolis, January Wilkin, Karen, “A Nourishing Summer Meal,” The Hudson Review, Autumn 2003 Bennet, Lennie, “Six Artists in Search of an Image,” St. Petersburg Times, May 22 Cohen, David, catalogue essay for “Searching for the Image: Six Artists from the New York Studio School” Naves, Mario, “Eye on the Sky”, The New York Observer, October 20 Paybarah, Azi “Painting the Transformation of Queens,” The Queens Tribune, October 10 Wozniak, Mary “New York Studio School artists search for the image,” News Press, Aprill 18 2002 “Paintings Capture City Skyline from a Distance,” New York Resident, May 27 Rockwell, Steve. “Milewicz’s View of New York, Ron Milewicz at George Billis,” dart International, Fall 1999 Geran, Monica, “C’est Magnifique,” Interior Design, September. 1998 Brown Price, Aimee “The Artist and the City,” Cityscape News, Summer Hoffman, Jan “An Artist’s Garret, on the 85th Floor,” The New York Times, April 30 Corporate Collections Pfizer Time Warner Pen Med Consultants
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