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Selina Trieff


Born: Brooklyn, NY 1934


Education:

Art Students League 1951-1953
Hans Hofmann School, New York and Provincetown,MA 1954 - 1956
Brooklyn College, BA 1955



Solo Exhibitions:

2006
George Billis Gallery, NYC

1990-2004

Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetwon, MA

2004

Miranda Gallery, Portchester, NY

2000

Janus Avivson Gallery, Paris, France
Lori Bookstein Gallery,NYC
Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY

1997

Long Beach Museum of Art, CA

1991 - 1997

Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC

1987-2000

Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1992

Powers Art Gallery, East Stroudsberg University, PA
Art Gallery, Suffolk Community College, NY

1984 - 1986

Artes Galleri. Oslo, Norway

1986 - 1989

Hell’s Kitchen Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1984 - 1999

Galleri Cassandra, Drobak, Norway

1990

Marshall University, WV

1986 - 1988

Graham Modern Gallery, NYC

1974 - 1984

Prince Street Gallery, NYC

1981 - 1984

On the Vineyard Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard,MA

1983

Rutgers University, Women’s Art Series, NJ

1982

Manhattan College, Purchase, NY

1979 – 1981

Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1978

Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Galleri Anna, Goteberg, Sweden

1972 - 1976

Riverrun Gallery, Edgartown, MA

1961 – 1965

Area Gallery, NYC

1962 – 1963

Sun Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1960

Nonogon Gallery, NYC



Selected Group Shows:

2005

Terrain Gallery, NYC “Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibtion”

2005

Denise Bibro Gallery, NYC “Creatures”

2004

“Go Figure”, George Billis Gallery, NYC

2004

Denise Bibro Gallery, NYC “Staying on Point”

2003

Teichmann Fallery, Brewster, MA
“Six Provincetown Artists” Parker Gallery: Washington, DC

2002 - 2006

“Works from the Collection of PAAM” travelling exhibition: various venues

2002

“Women from the Bible” Hebrew Union College: NYC

2000

Soho 20 Gallery: NYC

1999

Lori Bookstein Gallery: “Women Who Studied With Hofmann”
Berta Walker Gallery: “Five Figurative Expressionist Painters”
“Bridge” Sakai City Museum: Osaka, Japan
Janus Avivson Gallery: London, England
Triplex Gallery: Borough of Manhattan Community College
“Summer and a Pluralistic Overview”, Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Art Store: Charleston, WV
Katzen Brown Gallery, N YC: “Homage to Chrysler: The Provincetrown Years”
Art at 100 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT, “Celebration of African American Art: Yesterday and Today”
The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Yonkers, NY “The Nature of the Beast”
The Connecticut Gallery, Hartford, CT
National Acadeny, Rita Rich Collectioon, catalogue by John I H Baur (traveling show)
“Contemporary Realist Drawing”
Ceres Gallery, NYC, “Outrageous Women”
Ingber Gallery, NYC, “Survival of the Fittest II: Figurative Works on Paper”
Graham Modern Gallery, NYC, “Summer Yellow”
Kenkeleba House, NYC, “The Gathering of the Avant Garde”
Concourse Gallery : Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN “Contemporary Figure Drawing”
Park Synagogue Art Festival X, Cleveland Heihts, OH
Delaware Art Museum, Curator: Lial Jones, “The Female Animal”
The Art Museum Association, Curator: April Kingsley, “Emotional Impact: New York
School Figurative Expressionism”
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
National Academhy of Design, NYC
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA
Sutton Gallery, NYC
Allan Stone Gallery, NYC
Bass Museum, Elvcenjem Museum of Art. University of Arizona Museum of Art,
Santa FeCommunity College, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada:
“Hans Hofmann as Teacher”
SOHO 20 Gallery, NYC, “The Symbolic View”
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, “Creatures Great and Small”
Landmark Gallery, NYC
Pace University, NYC, “Image - Self Image”
Snite Museum, Notre Dame University, Ball State Art Gallery, Parson Gallery, Indianapolis Art League, Purdue University, Fort Wayne Museum, “New York/Indiana Connection: Women Artists’ traveling show
National Academy of Design, Annual Eshibition, NYC
Wauter Gallery, NYC
CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, “Women Artists-78”
Hera Gallery, Providence, RI, “Figurative Painting”
Bayonne Jewish Center, Purchase Prize, Bayonne, NJ, “View from the Center”
Summit Art Centrer, Summit, NJ, “Six Couples”
First Street Gallery, NYC
Terrain Gallery, NYC
Bryn Mawr Collerge, Bryn Mawr, PA
College of Misericordia, PA
Virginia Miller Galler, Coral Gables, FL
Variouus Galleries, NYC, “Tenth Street Days”
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, “Works on Paper”Notre Dame University, South Bend IN
Queens Museu m, NYC, “Sons and Others”
Olean Library, Canton College, NY, “A Voice from Soho”
Goddard College Painting Competition: 2nd Prize
Woman”s Interart Center, NYC, “Woman’s Self-Image”
Swearingen Gallery, Loiuisville, KY
Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
Hartford Museum of Contemporary Art, Hartford, CT
Wadswoth CAthen eum, Hartford, CT, “Contemporary Figure Painters”
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Hallmark Gallery, NYC, “Intimate Eye: works by artists and their children”
HCE Gallery, Provincetown, MA
James Gallery, NYC



Selected Public Collections:

Arkansas Center for the Arts
Brooklyn Museum
Bryn Mawr College
Beverly Hills Hotel, Polo Lounge: installation of six paintings (commission)
Cape Cod Museum
Citibank
Colt Industries
East Stroudsberg University
Hilton Hotel, San jose, CA (on loan from the city of San Jose, CA)
Hollins College
Kalamazoo Art Institure
Long Beach Museum
Michigan State University, Lansing. MI
New York Public Library
Princess Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Prudential Insurance Company
Roll International
Snite Museum, Notre Dame University
Southeast Missouri State University
Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Sunreise Museum, Charleston, WV



Awards:

Thomas B Clarke Prize, National Academy of Design, 1978
Bayonne Jewish Center, Purchase Prize, 1978
Bayonne Jewish Center, Lithograph Commisssion, 1978
CAPS Grant, Creative Artist Public Service Program 1976
Goddard College Painting Competition, 2nd Prize, 1974



Reviews and Reproductions:

2004

Their Lives in Art:Robert Henry & Selina Trieff, video, Vineyard Video Productions, premier, FAWC, Provincetown, MA and other venues

2004

McQuaid, Cate Matched Pair, Boston Globe, July 16, 2004
Lustig, Robin Painters & Partners, interview,The Connection, NPR August 2, 2004
LeBow, Ellen The Inventive Return,Reunion and Resurrection. The Cape Cod Voice, July 15 - 28, 2004

2003

Aamgot, Madelaine, Hans Hofmann, Atrist & Teacher, video, appearance,
Kathy Shorr, Double Vision: New york Style, Cape Cod Magazine, July, 2003
Robins, Corinne, Selina Trieff, Provincetown Review, 2003
Robins, Corinne, Selina, in Marble Goddesses with Technicolor Skins. Poem

2001

Cedco Publishers Calendar, “Women Artists”
Seiser, Beth Two Way Mirror, A-Plus Summer,2001

2000

Harrison,Sue, Henry and Trieff Show the Power of Unity,The Provincetown Banner Harrison, Sue, Out of the Shadow of Death, Provincetown Banner, Oct 7, 1999

1999

Kennedy, Eileen, The Expressionists, Provincetown Magazine, July 22, 1999
Mullarky, Maureen, The Legacy of Hans Hofmann, Review

2001

The Provincetown Banner
NY Times, Printmakers Great and Small

1995

London, Sarah, Cape Cod Magazine

1998

Cedco Publishers Calendar, “Women Artists”

1998

Art and Antiques, reproduction

1993

Taylor, Robert, Boston Globe, Outer Cape Art
Cedco Publishers Calendar, “Women Artists”

1991

Henry, Gerrit, Art News,
Wright, Jeffrey, Cover Magazine,

1990

Raynor, Vivien, NY Times, Bad Girls

1989

Raynor, Vivien, “Nature of the Beast”, The New York Times,

1989

Frizzell, Deborah, Monograph: “Figuration,” The Connecticut Gallery, Arts and Antiques,
Lloyd, Anne Wilson, Contemporanea, Jan-Feb

1998

Provincetown Magazine, The New York Times, print show

1987

Brenson, Michael, The New York Times,
Russell, John, The New York Times, June

1986

Campbell, Lawrence, Art in America, Dec
Raynor, Vivien, The New York Times,
Marter, Joan, Arts, June

1985

Hurlburt, Roger, Sun Sentenial
Raynor, Vivien, The New York Times, May
Glueck, Grace, The New York Times, Aug

1984

Mullarkey, Maureen, Arts,

1982

Kramer, Hilton, The New York Times, “Artists’ Show Revitalizes 5th Avenue Academy”

1981

Kingsley, April, Art Express,

1978

Edwards, Ellen, Miami Herald, “Seven Painters, 14 Revealing Porrtraits”, Jan
Robins, Corinne, Arts, April

1976

Womanspirit, reproduction
Kingsley, April, Soho Weekly News, “Painted Portraiture Lives”

1974

Brooklyn Museum, bulletin, reproduction , November

1973

Kingsley, April, Art International, ‘New York Scene”
Kingsley, April, Artforum, “Women Choose Women”

1964

Grossberg, Jacob, Arts,
Art International, “New York Scene”

1961

Sandler, Irving, Artnews,

1960

Provincetown Review, reproduction



Teaching Experience:

New York Institute of Technology
National Academy of Design
Vermont Studio Center
Pratt Institute
Kalamazoo Art Institute
New York Studio School
Fine Arts Work C enter
Castle Hill
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Indianapolis Art League
Tutorial Program: Empire State College
New York Figurative Academy
Western Connecticut College
Women’s Artists Seminar: Notre Dame University






Represented by The George Billis Gallery
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New York, NY 10001
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