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Curriculum Vitae 2007 1 CURRICULUM VITAE SOLO EXHIBITIONS (ALL invited) 2007 Carceral & Erasure Paintings 1987 – 1990, Exit, a gallery space, Cleveland, OH 2004 nearly black, superior (an exhibition space), Cleveland, OH. 2003 Paintings, Lanchester Gallery, School of Art & Design, Coventry University, England a complex of lines, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH. Recent Paintings, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA. 2002 Contorni, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH. 2000 Recent Paintings, Fine Arts Gallery, Kent State University Stark Campus, Canton, OH. 1995-96 Prosthesis, CR. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO. 1993 Textural Forms, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York City, NY. Selected Works, West Gallery, Downtown Arts Building, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1992 Drawings, Ricky Renier Gallery, Chicago, IL. Textural Forms, The Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. Textural Forms, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO. 1990 New Paintings & Drawings, Ricky Renier Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1988 Paintings, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 1985 Air Gallery, London 1984 In Arcadia Series, Axiom Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, England 1981 Harlequinade Paintings, Coelfrith Gallery, Sunderland Arts Center, England 1979 Recent Paintings, lan Birksted Gallery, London Recent Paintings, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England (catalog) 1977 Recent Paintings & Collages, Newcastle Upon Tyne Polytechnic Gallery, England 1975 Recent Paintings and Drawings, Moreton Street Gallery, London (catalog) 1973 Recent Painting, Drawings, Prints & Photographs, Cockpit Theater, London MIXED EXHIBITIONS 2014-15 Sensory Impact, Morgan Stanley International, Purchase, NY.— juried 2011 ABSTRACTION∞, The Icebox, Philadelphia, PA. —invited American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Exhibition, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY.— juried 2010-12 American Abstract Artists International, Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Otranto, Italy, 2010, traveling to; Galerie oqbo | raum für bild wort und ton, Berlin, Germany, 2011 and parisCONCRET, Paris, France, 2010 The Expansive Gesture, Cleveland Clinic Art Exhibition Area, Glickman Tower, Cleveland, OH. —invited 2009 Touch and Scale, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH 2009 The Newcastle Group 1984 – 2009, University Gallery & Baring Wing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. 2008 Small Works: American Abstract Artists, The Painting Center, New York, NY. 2007 Continuum, St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ. 2007 2005 Optical Simulations, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY. — juried The NEO Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. — juried Ideal; Selections from the American Abstract Artists, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY. — juried Lindsey Alberding, Martin Ball & Craig Lucas, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, OH. 2005 2 2004 Abstraction Since 1950: Selected Paintings From The Museum Collection, The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. 2003 Mixed, M%, Cleveland, OH. 2003 - 04 —invited “im+provisus: Compositions in Jazz,” Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, MO. 2003 - 04 —invited Artists Choose Artists, Oberlin Gallery & performance Space at Here Here Gallery and The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH. —invited Preliminary Inventories, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH. —invited Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. 2002 Abstract Dilemmas: The American Abstract Artists, Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. Circles, Cycles, and Structure, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. —invited Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. 2001 Inaugural Exhibition, NorJea Galleries, Akron, OH. 2001 Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. Circles, Cycles, and Structure, F.A.V.A. Gallery, Oberlin, OH. 2001 —invited 2000 Painting Function: Making It Real, SPACES, Cleveland, OH. —invited Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA. 2000 Abstraction in the Year 2000 Part II, Genovese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA. 2000 Ohio Arts League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition 2000, Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, OH. 2000 — juried Towards the New: American Abstract Artists, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookvale, NY., Selected Works, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH. 2000 Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. 8-Hour Drawing, Part III, Bowman & Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA. 1999 Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. mach schau, 1★2★F★U★ Gallery, Cuyahoga Falls, OH.—invited Summer Art, Gallery 138, Kent, OH. 1998 Built, Cowcross Court, The Artist's Network, London Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. Grand Gala Opening & Benefit, Gallery 138, Kent State University, Kent, OH. A Summer Painting Show, Great Northern Corporate Center Art Gallery, North Olmsted, OH. —invited Small Works, Gallery 138, Kent State University, Kent, OH. Painting with an Edge, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ. 1998—invited 1997 The Artist's Network, Selected Artworks, The Artist's Network, London Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH. Pat Hearn: The Emergency Art Fund Benefit Exhibition, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY.—invited 8th Annual Benefit Art Auction, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. 1996 unconditionally ABSTRACTION, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO.—invited Pioneers of Abstract Art: American Abstract Artists, 1936-96, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, C.U.N.Y., New York, NY. (catalog) American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Exhibition, James Howe Fine Arts Gallery, Kean College, Union, NJ. (catalog) American Abstract Artists, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY. New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ. (catalog)—juried 1994 New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. 1994 (catalog)—juried Summer Solstice, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY. 1993 The Tenth Summer, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY. Ricky Renier Gallery @ Art Chicago; The Navy Pier Show, Chicago, IL. 3 1992 Large Drawings: A Group Invitational, C. R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO.—invited Faculty Exhibition, Steinberg Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 1991 The Painted Line, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY.—invited 10th Anniversary Art Auction, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. (catalog)— invited Drawing Ranges, Ricky Renier Gallery, Chicago, IL. St. Louis Artists, Blue Moon Gallery, St. Louis, MO.—invited 1990 Northern Lights, D.L.I. Museum, Durham, England, 1990, Touring to Bergens Kunstforening, Norway, 1990-91 (catalog) British Abstract Painters, Oscar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL. (catalog)—invited Contemporary American & European Art, Lake Point Tower, Chicago, IL.—invited London Group, Open Exhibition, R.C.A. Galleries, London 1989 Lines & Geometry, Ricky Renier Gallery, Chicago, IL. (catalog) Human Scale, Newcastle Upon Tyne Arts Center, England (catalog)—invited 1988 The Presence of Painting: Aspects of British Abstraction 1957-1988, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, England, South Bank Touring Exhibition to Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England, 1988-89 (catalog)—invited Newcastle Group ’84, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Newcastle Group ’84, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Groningen, Netherlands 1987 Gala Auction & Richard Demarco Gallery 21st Anniversary Exhibition, Smith’s Gallery, London—invited Newcastle Group ’84, Dovecote Art Center, Stockton-on-Tees, England London Group, Open Exhibition, R.C.A. Galleries, London (catalog) Newcastle Group ’84, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England (catalog) 1986 A Painterly Approach: Artists in Print, Northern Center for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England (catalog)—invited Newcastle Group @ International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia, London—invited 1985 Tyne Tees Northern Open, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, A Sunderland Art Center Touring Exhibition to Queens Hall Art Centre, Hexham, Durham University, Carlisle Museum and York Museum & Art Gallery, England (catalog)—juried Fresh Air, St. Paul’s Gallery, Leeds, England—juried Modern Landscape, Sunderland Arts Center, England (catalog) Axiom Review 1983-1985, Axiom Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, England—invited Newcastle Group ’84, Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery, England (catalog) 1983 Diversities, A Drawing Exhibition, Ulster Polytechnic, Belfast, Northern Ireland—invited Gallery 7, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England—invited London Group, Members’ Show, Morely Gallery, London Tyne Tees Northern Open, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, A Sunderland Art Center Touring Exhibition to Hexham Moot & Queens Hall Art Centre, Hexham and Carlisle Museum, England, 1983-84 (catalog)—juried 1982 Small Works, Newcastle Upon Tyne Polytechnic Gallery, England—invited Northern Open, Sunderland Arts Centre, England (catalog)—juried London Group Members Show, Morely Gallery, London London Group, Open Exhibition, Camden Arts Center, London (catalog) Small Works 5th Anniversary Show, Newcastle Upon Tyne Polytechnic Art Gallery, England—invited 1981 London Group Open Exhibition, South London Art Gallery, London (catalog)—juried 1980 Seven Painters, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, England, Touring Exhibition to Minories, Colchester, Hull College of FE., Stafford Museum & Art Gallery, Manchester Polytechnic Art Gallery and Portsmouth City Museum & Art Gallery,
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