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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
511 West 25 Street
New York, NY 10001
phone: 212-645-2621
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