JEROME HERSHEY

Solo Exhibitions 2016 “New Strokes + Words,” PA Arts Experience Gallery, York, PA 2012 “New Word and Text Based Paintings,” Artisans Gallery, Lancaster, PA 2011 “Worth Repeating,” Artisans Gallery, Lancaster, PA 2010 “Good Words, New Works on Paper,” Lancaster Arts Hotel Gallery, Lancaster, PA 2007 “then&NOW,” Rose Lehrman Arts Center Gallery, HACC, Harrisburg, PA “Homage, Selected Paintings 2003-2007,” Doshi Gallery, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA 2003 “Selected Rose Variations and Permutations,” Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA “New Rose Variations and Permutations,” Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA 1999 “Fields, Elements and Constants,” Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA 1996 “New Paintings,” Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA 1995 “Recent Paintings,” Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA 1994 “Gardens, Cycles, Dances and Dwellings,” Community Gallery of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA “Dances and Dwellings,” Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA 1993 “Selected Work 1986-1992,” Tangerine Fine Arts, Harrisburg, PA “Cycles and Dances,” Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA 1989 “Hand-painted Picture Frames,” Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA “Recent Work,” Gallery Lounge, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA 1988 “The Vessel: Paintings, Collage, Sculpture,” Community Gallery of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA “Recent Work,” Brighton Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE 1984 “Paintings,” Gallery 28, New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA 1983 “Curious Times in Stripe City,” Marion Art, Lancaster, PA 1982 “Paintings,” Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA 1981 “Works on Paper,” Van Winkle Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA “Clues from Wapoos,” Marion Art, Lancaster, PA 1979 “HNS Series,” Marion Art, Lancaster, PA 1978 “Color Work on Paper,” Music Room Gallery, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 1977 “Color Work on Paper,” Student Memorial Center, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA

Group Exhibitions 2019 “Eclecticism,” 77Art Gallery, Rutland, VT “Echo Valley Art Group,” Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 2018 “Silent Night,” Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA “Prelude,” Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA “Art of the State,” State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA “Echo Valley Art Group,” Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA “Neoteric Abstraction VI,” Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY “Contemporary Abstract and Nonrepresentational Painting,” Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA “Recent Acquisitions,” Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA 2016 “Art of the State,” State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA “Text and Context,” Jerome Hershey, Robert Troxell, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD 2015 “PAE Exhibition,” Governor’s Mansion, Harrisburg, PA “Process and Product: Quilting Redefined,” Sunshine Art, Lancaster, PA “The Inaugural Exhibit of the PA Arts,” State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA 2014 “Hang-ups,” Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA 2013 “Jerome Hershey-Paintings, Sylvia Lehman-Baskets,” PAE Gallery, York, PA “Art of the State,” State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA 2012 “Featured,” Parker Gallery, St Simons Island, GA 2011 “Group,” Parker Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA “Line, Color and Light: A Barnes Education,” Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA 2010 “Art of the State”, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA “Collage Ménage,” Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 2009 “Multiple Choice,” Parlor, Lancaster, PA “Group Experiment,” eo art lab, Chester, CT “PA Arts Experience,” York College of PA, York, PA 2008 “Group Dynamics,” eo art lab, Chester, CT “Celebrating Doshi,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA “The Self-Portrait and the Artist,” Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA 2007 “Alt Geo,” Green Line, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Douglas Witmer “Forbidden Firsts, Jazz at Marshall’s,” Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA 2006 “Art of the State,” State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA 2005 “State of the Art,” Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 2004 “Rhapsody in Color, Abstract Art from the Permanent Collection,” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA “Cool Intentions,” Sommerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 2003 “Emblem,” Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA 2001 “Go Figure,” Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA 1998 “Art Faculty Collects,” Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 1995 “Group,” 808 Penn Modern, Pittsburgh, PA 1994 “Directions in American Abstraction: A New Decade,” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA 1993 “Art Designed for Living,” Archetype Gallery, New York, NY 1992 “Lancaster Artists Past and Present,” Community Gallery, Lancaster, PA 1991 “Open House,” Gallery I/O,” New Orleans, LA “Group, Roberta Wood Gallery,” Rochester, NY “Color,” Freehand, LA, CA 1990 “Group,” Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ 1987 “Objects,” Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA “7th Annual Small Works Show,” Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (also ‘86) “New Attitudes,” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA “Invitational Sculpture Exhibition,” Cheltenham Art Centre, Philadelphia, PA “51st Annual National Juried Exhibition,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, Max Protetch, juror “46th Annual Awards Painting Show,” Cheltenham Art Centre, Philadelphia, PA 1986 “Sculpture Invitational,” Sordoni Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, PA “Invitational Small Sculpture,” Messiah College, Grantham, PA 1984 “Five in Focus,” Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA “21st Annual Biennial Exhibition,” University of Delaware, Newark, DE “David Brumbach: Mountains, Jerome Hershey: Vessels,” Marion Art, Lancaster, PA 1983 “Laser, Hershey, Forsythe,” Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, PA “First Annual Holiday Invitational,” Cheltenham Art Centre, Cheltenham, PA 1982 “41st Annual Juried Exhibition,” Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1981 “Paint on Paper Invitational,” Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA “Pennsylvania Artists,” American Wind Symphony, Traveling Exhibition on Point Counterpoint “Ellen Groff, Jerome Hershey, John Swanger,” Community Gallery of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 1980 “Annual Juried Exhibition,” Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (also ’78, ‘77, ’76) “Group Doshi XXVI,” Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA (also XXV, XXIV) “4th Regional Exhibition, Berks Art Alliance,” Reading Museum of Art, Reading, PA (also 2nd and 1st) “Group Invitational,” Governor’s Mansion, Harrisburg, PA “14th Annual Juried Prints and Drawings Show,” Kern Galleries, Penn State, State College, PA “39th Annual Juried Exhibition,” Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA “Invitational,” Wyomissing Institute of Fine Art, Wyomissing, PA “Juried Exhibition, 13th Annual Greater Harrisburg Arts Festival,” William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA (also 12th and 10th) 1979 “Invitational Group Show,” Salisbury State College, Salisbury, MD “Alumni Exhibition,” Lake Placid School of Art, Lake Placid, NY “Jerome Hershey, Thomas Wise: Paintings,” Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 1978 “Regional Juried Exhibition,” Abington Art Center, Abington, PA “Regional Juried Exhibition,”University of Delaware, Newark, DE “Regional Juried Exhibition,” Hazelton Art Association, Hazelton, PA 1977 “Jerome Hershey: Geometric Color System Paintings, David Brumbach: Photo Realism” Dana Gallery, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 1976 “Drawing Invitational,” Lake Placid School of Art, Lake Placid, NY 1971 “Jerome Hershey: Paintings, Michael Hershey: Ceramics,” Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Collections Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA Phillps Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA Armstrong World Industries, Lancaster, PA Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, Lancaster, PA Hartz Mountain Industries, Secaucus, NJ Temple Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster, PA St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, PA Richard C. von Hess Foundation, Columbia, PA Rite Aid Corporation, Harrisburg, PA Stoudt Advisors, Lancaster, PA Sageworth, Lancaster, PA Barley, Snyder, LLC, Reading, PA High Industries, Lancaster, PA Blue Ball National Bank, Spring Township, PA Tri-Starr, Lancaster, PA Title Serve, Plainview, NY City of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA Moxie House, Lancaster, PA Bent Creek Country Club, Lancaster, PA Ware Offices, Lancaster, PA York County, PA Lancaster General Health/ Penn Medicine, Lancaster, PA Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA Downtown Marriott Hotel, Lancaster, PA Robert L. Pfannebecker, Holtwood, PA

Commissions and Special Projects 2009 Cover image, One Lancaster, Volume 2 2007 York County Substance Abuse Treatment Center, York, PA, 22 paintings Cover image, fig One Lancaster, Volume 1 2005 “Symphony Paintings Project,” with Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser Artist in Residence, Montessori Academy, Lancaster, PA One Painting, 91” x 130” done in collaboration with students 2004 Artist in Residence, Montessori Academy, Lancaster, PA One painting, 99” x 63” done in collaboration with the students 2003 Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, one painting 2002 Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, one painting 2001 Lancaster County Conservancy, one painting 2000 Temple Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster, PA one painting 48” x 56” Artist in Residence, Schaeffer Elementary School, Lancaster, PA One painting, 66” x 72” done in collaboration with students 1999 Armstrong World Industries, one painting, 48” x 128” 1997 Blue Ball National Bank, Spring Township, PA, six paintings, one 54” x 84”, two 40” x 60” 1983 Armstrong World Industries, piece commissioned for Tone cover

Flat File Inclusion 2018- present Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA 2012-2015 Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2015-2016 Sunshine Art + Design, Lancaster, PA

Bibliography Kim Banister, “Text + Context” Catalogue, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2016 Matthew Singer, “In Other Words: The Spirit of Fraktur in Modern and Contemporary Art,” an essay included in “Framing Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Material Culture and Contemporary Art,” published by the Free Library of Philadelphia and distributed by the University of Pennsylvania Press. June, 2015 Daina Savage, “Hershey’s art makes a bigger statement,” Sunday News, October 2, 2011 Daina Savage, “Artist gives new meaning to the parsing of words,” Sunday News, November 21, 2010 Jane Holahan, “Reading through a prism: “Good Words” opens at Arts Hotel,” Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, November 19, 2010 Victoria Donohoe, “Pennsylvania’s “Art of the State” show has poignance,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 2010 Jane Holahan, “County artists make fine showing in Art of the State,” Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, June 24, 2010 Stephen Kopfinger, “Jerome Hershey Delivers the Word,” Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, May 2, 2010 Carla di Fonzo, “Simple Complexity,” Intelligencer Journal, May 9, 2008 Roberta Strickler, “Destination Art,” Sunday News, May 4, 2008 Ellen Slupe, “Inside PA,” Artmatters, March 2007 Susan E. Lindt, “Repetition, Repetition, Repetition,” Intelligencer Journal, October 6, 2006 Michael O’Sullivan, “Art That Works,” The Washington Post, January 21, 2005 Victoria Donohoe, “Painter’s Style is rooted in Lancaster traditions,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 19, 2003 Daina Savage, “Color is my Middle Name,” Susquehanna Style, September 2003 Sid Sachs, “Jerome Hershey: Other Criteria,” Exhibition catalogue essay for “Jerome Hershey: Selected Rose Variations and Permutations, 2001-2003”, Lancaster Museum of Art, September 2003 Timothy Irish Watt, “The Vigilist: An Appreciation,” Exhibition catalogue essay for “Jerome Hershey: Selected Rose Variations and Permutations,” 2001-2003, Lancaster Museum of Art, September 2003 Zachary Lewis, “Rose Variations Shows Artist in Bloom,” Patriot News, June 6, 2003 Ellen Slupe, “A Rose by Any Other Name,” Art Matters, June 2003 Kristy Krivitsky, “On Relation,” Exhibition brochure essay for “New Rose Variations and Permutations,” Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery, June 2003 Carla di Fonzo, “The Creative Process on Display,” Intelligencer Journal, September 27, 2003 Robert Star Reeling, “Two Lancaster Artists,” Lancaster Business 2 Business, November, 2000 Mary Alice Bitts, “Reading Between the Lines,” Intelligencer Journal, April 23, 1999 Cheri Markowitz, “Jerome Hershey, Fields, Elements, and Constants,” Exhibition brochure essay, Demuth Museum, March 1999 Sue Long, “Making a Statement through Artistic Impressions,” Lancaster County, 4. 1998 Brian Wallace, “Hope and Home Permeate Jerome Hershey’s Work”, Intelligencer Journal, April 21, 1994 Victoria Donohoe, “Painters Works are Less Literal than Personal,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 1994 Jane Holahan, “Artist Enjoys Exploring Themes with Abstracts”, Lancaster New Era, September 29, 1993 Mary Alice Bitts, “Local Artist is a Picture of Success”, Lancaster County, October, 1991 “Au Courant,” Elle Décor, December 1990/January 1991 Mark Pearson, “Double Threat: Artist is Making Picture Frames “, Lancaster New Era, January 1, 1990 Jane Holahan, “Music, Family Inspire Jerome Hershey”, Lancaster New Era, September 8, 1988 Nadine Thomas, “Dave and Jerry Show an Artistic Hit”, Intelligencer Journal, September 30, 1988 Nadine Thomas, “City Grant Artist to Show his Works”, Intelligencer Journal, March 16, 1988 Jon Ferguson, “Studio Balances Chaos and Order”, Intelligencer Journal, October 2, 1987 Elaine Louie, “Home Beat,” New York Times, August 20, 1987

Selected Curatorial Work 1986 “Metal Invitational,” (Karl Bungerz, Brigid O’Hanrahan, Chris Smith, David Tisdale, Kate Wagle, Lynda Watson-Abbott, Jane Weintraub, J.Fred Woell, Kay Yee) Marion Art, Lancaster, PA reviewed by Lancaster Newspapers 1984 “Philadelphia Elementalism,” (Warren Rohrer, Bruce Pollock, Warren Seelig, Michael Titchnell) Marion Art, Lancaster, PA reviewed by Victoria Donohoe, Philadelphia Inquirer and Lancaster Newspapers “Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection: Recent Acquisitions,” Marion Art, Lancaster, PA, reviewed by Victoria Donohoe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jane Holahan, Lancaster New Era “David Brumbach: Works on Paper,” Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA reviewed in Intelligencer Journal “Approaches to Realism,” (Tom Judd, Richard Ranck, David Brumbach, Thomas Wise,) Marion Art, PA Lancaster, reviewed by Lancaster Newspapers

Lectures 2016 “Art of the State,” Artists Conversations with Frances Wolf, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA “New Strokes + Words” Gallery Talk – video on YouTube “Text + Context” Gallery Talk – video on YouTube 2007 “then & NOW” Power Point Presentation, HACC, Harrisburg, PA 2003 Conversations with Artists, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA

Awards 2010 Second Prize, Painting, Art of the State, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Leo Mazow, juror 1988 $2000 Grant (David Brumbach collaboration), Lancaster City Arts Commission, Lancaster, PA 1987 $2000 Grant, Lancaster City Arts Commission, Lancaster, PA Alexander Award, “46 Annual Awards Painting Show,” Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, Gracie Mansion, juror 1983 First Prize, “Photographic Visions,” North Museum, Lancaster, PA, Stephen Perloff, juror 1982 First Prize, Lancaster Open Awards Show, Community Gallery, Lancaster, PA 1977 Second Prize, Painting, Art of the State, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA 1970 Henry J. Marshall Memorial Award, Fine Arts League of Lancaster, PA 1968 Henry J. Marshall Memorial Award, Fine Arts League of Lancaster, PA

Education 1975 Lake Placid Workshop, Lake Placid, NY Millersville University, Millersville, PA 1972 BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA Junior year abroad, Rome, Italy 1967 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA