MOE A. BROOKER

Education MFA Painting: Tyler School of Fine Arts 1972 BFA Painting: Tyler School of Fine Arts, 1970 Certificate Painting: Academy of the Fine Arts, 1963

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2012: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Alumni Gallery 2011: LaSalle University Museum, ,PA 2010: “Shorthand for the Real” Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2009: Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 2008: Delaware Center for the Creative Arts, Wilmington, DE The Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2007: Robert Roman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2006: June Kelly Gallery, NYC 2005: Robert Roman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2004: The Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2001: June Kelly Gallery, NYC 1998: The Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1996: June Kelly Gallery, NYC 1994: The Malcolm Brown Gallery, Cleveland, OH 1992: Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1990: June Kelly Gallery, NYC 1985: DBR Gallery, Cleveland, OH 1984: Akron Museum, Akron, OH

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2012: Centennial Exhibition: Rice University, Houston, Texas Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop, PMA Delaware Art Museum , Centennial Juried Exhibition, Wilmington 2011: The Chemistry of Color, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY 2010: The Chemistry of Color, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, SC 2009: Each in their Own Voice, Cleveland State University Gallery, OH Tradition Redefined, University of Maryland, College Park, MD The Paul Jones Collection of American Art, University of Alabama 2008: In Search of Missing Masters, Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2007: Celebration, Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts Center, NC 2006: Silent Voices, Loud Echoes, African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2005: A Different Way of Seeing, Noyes Museum of Art, Ocean Ville, New Jersey The Chemistry of Color, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Illuminations, Towson University, Union Gallery, Towson, MD 2004: A Celebration of Color, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA 2003: Junction Specific, Tubman Museum, Macon, GA 2001: When The Spirit Moves, Anacosta Museum, Smithsonian, Washington, DC 2000: An Exuberant Bounty, The Philadelphia Museum of Art 1996: Celebrating Visual Traditions lll, The Allentown Art Museum, PA 1989: Cultural Perspectives, Gregorio Y Matos Center for the Arts, Bahia, Brazil 53rd Annual Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 1979: The May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Selected Professional Experience:

2012- August: Appointed Special Assistant to the President (of Moore College) 2012- August: Retired as Chair 2004-2012: Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA – Professor, Foundation Dept. Chair 1991-1993: Parson School of Design, New York, NY – Foundation Dept. Chair 1985-1991: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA – Professor 1987: Fall: Tianjin College of Fine Art, Tianjin, China – Guest Lecturer, Fall Sem. 1976-1985: Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH – Associate Professor 1974-1975: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill – Associate Professor 1973-1974: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA – Assistant Professor

Community Activity:

2012: Event Committee for Magee Rehab Center Partnership Exhibit Fleisher Art Memorial: Donation to their Annual art auction Donated a work of art to the Adopt a Child Gala Member Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Committee Catto Memorial Juror 2000 to Present: Mainline Center Art Advisory Board 2008 to Present: Art & Business Advisory Committee 2006 to Present: Philadelphia Art Commission Member 1999 to 2003: Fleisher Advisory Board

Selected Honors & Awards:

2011: 2011 Legacy Award, from the African American Museum, Phila, PA. The Penny & Bob Fox Distinguished Professorship, Moore College of Art. 2010: The Hazlett Memorial Award, The 2010 Governor’s Award. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Artists Equity Award, Artist Equity Assoc of Greater Delaware Valley 2009: Medal of Merit, Philadelphia Art Alliance 2008 : Invited to present a paper at Oxford University, Harris Manchester College, UK 2006: Invited to present a paper at Oxford University, Jesus College, UK The Bermuda National Gallery Biennial Exhibition, Juror 2004: Conrad Fellowship, University of Millersville, Millersville, PA 2003: James Van Der Zee Award, Honoree, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA 2000: Who’s Who in American Art, Biographee form 2000 – Present 1992: Absolut Vodka, Commission, “Absolut Brooker” advertisement 1989: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Recipient – fellowship for painting

Selected Bibliography:

2012: “Moe Brooker”, City Paper, Robin Rice Full Spelctrum, prints from the Brandywine Workshop, catalogue, Illp29, essay, Ruth Fine, Philadelphia Museum of Art. “Speaker, Symposium, . Phila. PA Voiceover, Acustaguide, Barnes Fundation Collection. “In the Studio, Honoring Moe Brooker, YouTue, MCAD, 4/10. “Talk with Students at SpringSide School, YouTube. Moe Brooker, On Henry O. Tanner, CMS Philly Talk w/Pat Ciarrochi , 4/4 2010: “A morning with Moe Brooker in his studio”, Youtube, 1/15 2009: Each in Their Own Voice, catalogue, Illp14 & 15 2008: In Search of Missing Masters, catalogue, Woodmere Museum, Illp76 Interior Spaces – Moe Brooker at Sande Webster, Artblog, Roberta Fallon Philadelphia Sketch Club, Moe Brooker, Abstract Lecture, YouTube, 10/8/ 2006: “Moe Brooker, Visual Artist” Artist & Influence, Vol XXIV Hatch-Billops, p. 1-8 2003: “And the winner was...” Melissa Debben, Philadelphia, Inquirer, Ill.p1, Mi-2 1997: Seeing Jazz, Artists and Writers on Jazz, The Smithsonian, Illp 76 1994: Delighting the Eye, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Arts, Steven Lill, p. L1, L3, Illp.L1 1993: Twenty-Five Years, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Ellen Landau, p. 54

Selected Public Collections:

The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi The Muse’e des beaux arts, Canada Ottawa, Ontario The Museum of the Chateau of Monbeliard, Montbeliard, France The Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia, PA The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA The American Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA The African-American Museum, Philadelphia, PA The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA Ohio Arts Foundation, Cleveland Georgia Museum of Art, Athens Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VV The Philadelphia Community College Smith, Kline and Beecham, Philadelphia General Motors Corporation, Executive Offices, Detroit, MI Continental Bank, los Angeles, CA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA Absolut Vodka, Carillion Importers, Teaneck, NJ PNC Bank, Cleveland, Ohio National City Bank, Cleveland, Ohio Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA