2007 Galerie 1816, Bretenous, France

2006 Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Elmhurst Hospital, NYC Health and Hospital Corp, Queens,NY
2003 Krasdale Gallery, New York
1999 Central Queens YM & YWHA, Forest Hills, NY
1998 Westchester Reform Temple, Scardale, NY
1997 Lobby Gallery, Sonnenschein, Nath, & Rosenthal, NY
1996 Union of American Hebrew Congregations, NY
1994 John Jay College Art Gallery, CUNY, NY
1993,85 Queensborough Public Library, NY
1991 Manhasset Library Gallery, LI, NY
1988 Plandome Gallery, LI, NY
1987 Lowenstein Library Gallery, Fordham University, NY
1983,81,78,76,73 Paul Klapper Library, Queens College, CUNY
1980,78 Institute of International Education, NYC
1979 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University, NYC
1979 Donnell Library Center, NYC
1959 Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL.


AWARDS

Award, Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts, Flushing, NY - 2002
Award, Lever House Gallery, N.Y. - 1996
Award, Art Initiatives Gallery, N.Y., -1995
Award, Hutchins Gallery, C.W. Post, NY - 1992
Award, Chung-Cheng Art Gallery, St. Johns University, NY - 1991
Individual Grant, Artists Space, NY -  1991 and 1987
Show Case Award, Queensborough Public Library - 1985
Juror's Award, Small Works Annual, New York University - 1983
Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY - 1957
Fulbright Fellowship, Rome, Italy - 1954-55
Three Year Scholarship, Art Students League, NYC - 1951-54
Scholarship to School for Art Studies, NYC - 1950-51


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

 

2007 - Singular Objects, Brooklyn College Library, CUNY, Brooklyn , NY

2007 - [un]Contained Vessels, The Center for Book Arts, NY

2007- Play, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY

2006 - Book Structures, Univ.Gallery, Kyoto Institute of Technology & Gallery Terra, Kyoto, Japan

2006 4th Intl. Artist’s Book Exhibition, King St. Stephen Museum, Hungary
2006         The Eye of the Collector, The Jewish Vision of Sigmund R. Balka - Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion Museum, NY
2006 The Artist and The Book, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2005 The Gift, Building a Collection for the Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2005 Celebrating Artists Members, 30th Anniversary Exhib., Center for Book Arts,NY
2005 A Survey of Exhibition History at The Center for Book Arts 1974-2004, NY  
2005 Women of the Book, Alper JCC, Maimi, Fla., Rutgers University, Camden,NJ
2004 2004 Artist Member Juried Show, Center for Book Arts, NY
2003 Ceres at 20 Birthday Duet Celebrates Dialogue, Ceres Gallery, NY
2003 Washi in American Artist’s Books, Center for Book Arts, NY
2003 Women of the Book, Jewish Artists, Jewish Themes, Purdue Univ. Galleries, Lafayette, In.and Starr          Gallery, Newton Center, MA.
2002 Fine Art And Fine Crafts, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2002 2002 Members Juried Exhibition, Center for Book Arts, NY
2002 Art of the Book 2002, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2002 Biennial 2002, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
2001,00,99,97 Women of the Book, Jewish Artists, Jewish Themes, Minnesota Center for the Book, Minneapolis. Minn.,- Boca Raton & Florida Atlantic University,-Fla.,-Fingood Art Gallery,West Hills, CA. – Kutztown Univ.& Sharadin Art Gallery, Penn.- Janice Charach Epstein Museum, Detroit, MI.,Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA., Gotthelf Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2001 From the Hands of the Maker, Temple Judea Museum, Elkins Park, Pa.
2000 Third International Artists Book Exhib. King St. Stephan Museum,Hungary
2000 An Immigrant Experience, Central Queens YM&YWHA, Forest Hills,NY.
1999,97,93 Invitiational Book Fair, Corocoran Gallery of Art, Wash.DC
1999 New York, New York, Harper Collins Exhibition Space, NY
1998 Artists of the Graphic Arts Council of NY,Krasdale Gallery,White Plains,NY
1998,99 The Art of the Artists Book, Museum of the Instituto De Artes Graficas De Oaxaca, Mexico,and Bibloteca Mexico, Mexico City
1998 Jews, Women, & Art, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum,Wash.D.C.
1997 Today's American Artists, Federal Hall National Memorial Rotunda, NY,NY
1997 Fulbright Artists,Meridian International Center, Wash.D. C.
1997 Invitational,A Survey of Book Arts,Delaware Arts Center Gallery, NY
1997 Death, Dying and Mourning, Ceres Gallery, NY
1996 Book Arts, The Left Bank Gallery, Bennington, Vt.
1996 Book As Art VIII, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Wash. DC
1996 Small Works Invitational,.Blue Mountain Gallery, NY
1996 Full Spectrum , Lever House Lobby Gallery, NY
1996 Voices from the Heart, Harper Collins Exhibition Space, NY
1996 Transforming Tradition, Chinese Culture Institute, Boston, MA.
1995 Maximum Capacity, Art Initiatives Gallery, NY
1995 Art from Detritus 2, The Writer's Place, Kansas City, Missouri and East
Ashland Independent Art Space, Phoenix, AZ
1995 This Day in History, Center For Book Arts, NY
1995 Women's Work, An Open Book, Harper Collins Exhibition Space, NY
1995 Beyond the Page,Brookfield Craft Gallery, Brookfield, CT
Traveling to Harper Collins, NY
1995 Jewish Identity, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
1995 Book as Art,NCCC Art Gallery, Niagara Falls, NY
1994 Selected Visions 1, Krasdale Gallery, Bronx, NY
1994 Baker's Dozen, McKillop Gallery, Newport, RI
1994 Reflections of Our Jewish Idenity, YM & YWHA, Forest Hills, NY
1994 Showcase Retrospective, Queens Libary, NY
1994 Assemblage/Collage, Westbeth Gallery, NY
1994,87 Artists' Books Exhibit, King St. Stephens Museum, Hungary
1993 Invitational, Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY
1993 Not by the Book, Artists Books, Pelhan Art Center, NY
1993 Sisters, The College of Staten Island, NY
1993 The Best of the Best, Flushing Council on Culture and Art, NY
1993,92 Invitationals, AQA Art Center, NY
1992 Metafiction, Kent School Art Gallery, CT
1992 Diversity & Vision, Art Lab, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, NY
1992 Ree-Vision, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Hutchins Gallery, CW Post, NY
1992 Cork Gallery, NY
1991 "My Vision," Sumner School Museum, Washington, DC
1991 Chung-Cheng Art Gallery, St. Johns University, NY
1991 Undercover, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, VA
1991 International Antiguarium Book Fair, Basel, Switzerland
1991 El Archivero, Museo De Arte, Carrillo Gil, Mexico
1991 "Book as Art IV," The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
1991 "The Artist Book," Islip Art Museum, LI, NY
1991,89,87,86,85 Center for Book Arts, NY
1990 The Book as Art, Montclair Public Library, NJ
1990 Fulbrighters, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI
1990 New Work - Ted Cronin Gallery, NY
1989,75,74 Juried Annuals, Queens Museum, NY
1989 Discoveries IV, Flushing Gallery, NY
1988 Books & Book Making, Print Making Council of NJ
1987 Artists' Books USA, American Cultural Center,
New Delhi & Bombay, India
1987 Collage & Construction, Temperance Hall Gallery, Bellport, NY
1987 Fulbright Art Exhibit, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
1986 Artists Make Books, Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1986 Fulbright Art Exhibit, Smithsonian, Wash., DC & Northwestern Il. Univ., Dekalb, IL.
1986,85 Book Exhibition, Hand in Hand Gallery, NYC
1986,84,82 Works on Paper, Juried Annual, Queensborough Community College, NYC
1985 Collage, Bergen Museum, NJ
1985 The Scroll Unrolls - Janco, DADA Museum, Einhop, Israel
1985 Artworks/Bookworks, Dallas Public Library, Texas
1984,82,80,79,78 The Thirteen Collection, Sotherby Parke Bernet, NYC
1983 44 Artists, Pace University, NYC
1983 Breaking the Bindings, Elvehjem Museum, Madison, WI
1983,79 Small Works Annual, New York University, NYC
1983 Recent Acquisitions, Franklin Furnace, NYC
1983 Selections II, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY
1982,81 Small Works, Key Gallery, NYC
1981 Invitational, Salisbury State College, MD
1981 New Landscapes, The First Women's Bank, NYC
1979 Post Card Art, PS 1, Long Island City, NY
1979,78,77,76 Jamaica Art Center, NYC
1978 Arte Fiera 78, Bologna, Italy
1977 The American Council of the Arts, NYC
1977,76 Artists Choice, SUNY Binghamton, Randolph Macon, VA, Virginia State Univ., VA
1976 Fairleigh Dickenson University, NJ
1975 Works on Paper, Brooklyn Museum, NY
1960 Leonard Hutton Gallery, NYC
1959 American Painters, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL
1959,58 Fulbright Painters, Whitney Museum, NYC, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
1958 Avante Garde Gallery, NYC
1955 International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy


PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

American University, Wash. DC, Watkins Collection
 
Ancanda Corporation
Arthur Young and Company
Automatic Data Processing
Beth Isreal Hospital, NY
Brooklyn Museum Library, NY
Boston National Bank
Bristol-Meyers
Cahil, Gordon & Reindel
Canadian Postal Museum, Ottawa
Cancer Care, NY
Center for Book Arts, NY
Cerritos Public Library, Cerritos, Calif.
Chemical Bank
Chubb Insurance Company
Citicorp
Delaware Art Museum
Devon Properties
Duke University, NC
Doubleday Book & Music Corporation
East River Savings Bank
El Archivero, Mexico
Elmhurst Hospital Medical Center, Queens, NY
Exxon Corporation
Financial Security Assurance
Fine Arts Academy, New Delhi, India
FMC Corporation
First International Bank
Fondzione Origanle, Italy
Franklin Furnace Archive
Frederic Harris Company
F&W Publications
Goodkind, Wechtler, Labaton, Rudoff
Indianapolis Museum of Fine Arts
Irving Trust Company
Jewish Association Service for the Aged
King St. Stephens Museum, Hungary
Language and Cognitive Development Center
Loews Corporation
Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center
Miami Museum of Modern Art
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company
Museum of the City of New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, NY
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Newark Public Library, NJ
New York City Health and Hospital Corp.NY
North Carolina National Bank
Owens Corning Fiberglass
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Pittsburgh National Bank
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Queens College, CUNY
Queens Museum of Art, NY
Roquette Corporation
Sackner Archive of Concrete & Visual Poetry
Salomon Brothers
Smith, Barney, Uphom & Harris
Southeastern Banking Corporation
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
University of California, LA
University of Vermont, Vemont
Univerisity of Western Michigan, Mich
Yale University,Conn.
 


EDUCATION

1989 School for Visual Arts, NYC
1983 Pratt Graphic Center
1954-55 Academia De Belle Arte, Rome, Italy
1951-54 Art Students League, NYC
1950-51 School for Art Studies, NYC


TEACHING

1989 thru 1999 Alliance of Queens Artists, NY, Instructor - Collage and Painting
1993 Workshops, Brookfield Craft Center, Connecticut
1991, 92 Alliance of Queens Artists, NY, Lecturer - Career Seminars
1958, 59 Museum of Modern Art, NY, Teaching Assistant, Ed. Dept. under Victor D'Amico


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Artist Has “The Gift”, The Queens Courier, January 11, 2006
4th International Artists’ Book Exhibition, King St. Stephen Museum, Hungary, 2006, catalogue
Marquis Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in American Women, Who’ Who in America
Ulises Carrin: Personal Worlds or Cultural Strategies –Artists Books, Turner Press, 2003
The Art of Communication, Krasdale Gallery, NY, 2003, catalogue
Ori Solties, Fixing the World, Jewish American Painters in the 20 Century, Brandies Univ. Press, 2003
Shreen LaPlantz, The Art & Craft of Handmade Books, Lark Publishers, 2001
Women Of The Book, Florida Atlantic University Libraries, Boca Raton, Fla.,2001, catalogue
Suzanne Tourtillott, The New Photo Crafts, Lark Publishers, 2001
International Artist Book Exhibition, King St Stephans Museum, Hungary, 2000, catalogue
Artist for the year 2000, four of my collages on the covers of the four quaterly journals of the “American Speech-Language Hearing Assocation”, Rockville, MD.
Jason Thompson, Journal Books,  Rockport Publishers,2000
Kristina Feliciano, Making Memory Books By Hand, Rockport Publishers, 1999
A Multi-Cultural Collage, Queens Tribune, Jan. 1999
Hilary Larson, The Queens Jewish Week, February 5, 1999
Carl MacGowan, Outings, Newsday, February 7, 1999
Ken Oda, Jews, Women & Art, Art News, Wash. D.C., March 1998
WWW Catalogue, http;//colophon.com/gallery/womenofthebook, author Judith Hoffberg, 1998-2000
Fulbright Artists, Meridian International Center, Wash. D.C. catalogue, 1997
Lisa J. Curtis, Art, The Insider, NY, March 1996
Book As Art VIII, National Museum Of Women in the Arts, Wash. DC. Catalogue 1996
Virtuosity, Juried Exhibition CD, Art Communication International CD Rom 1995
This Day in History, Center for Book Arts, NY, catalogue, 1995
Beyond the Page, Brookfield Craft Center,CT, catalogue, 1995
Art/Life, Original Limited Edition, Vol. 15 # 1, Feb.95, and Vol. 13, #10, Nov. 94
International Artist Book Exhibition 2, King St. Stephens Museum, Hungary, Catalogue, 1994
"Art A-La-Carte," Video Interview on Queens Public Television, 1991
B. Ommerman, "Around Town," Newsday, April 7, 1991
Fulbrighters East & West, East-West Center, Hawaii, Catalogue, 1990
The Best of Annual Juried, Queens Museum,  Cataloge, 1989
Book Arts Review, no. 27, Summer 1989
R. Rosenbaum, Women Artists News, Spring 1988
International Artists Book Exhibition, King Stephens Museum, Hungary,
 Catalogue, 1987
Helen Harrison, N.Y. Times, July 12, 1987
Dustan Knight, Artspeak, NY, December 16, 1987
Art/Life, Original Artworks, Vol. 6, No. 6, July 1986
V. Shisko, "Finding Your Center of Interest," The Artist's Magazine, April, 1986
Caryn Eve Weiner, "Closeup," Newsday, January 7, 1985
Joan & John Digby, The Collage Handbook, Themes & Hudson, 1985
"Collage: The State of the Art," Bergen Museum, Catalogue, 1985
"The Scrolls - Unroll," Janco, Dada Museum, Ein-Hop, Israel, Catalogue, 1985
John Shanks, "Techniques of Landscape Collage," The Artist's Magazine, April, 1984
The Thirteen Collection, Sotherby Park Bernet, Catalogues, 1984, 82, 80, 79, 78
Art Preview, Newsday, April 1, 1983
"Breaking the Bindings," Elvehjem Museum, WI, Catalogue, 1983
John Shanks, review, Women's Artists News, April, 1981
John Shanks, "New Landscapes," Women's Artists News, June, 1981 "Reflections on Change," Jamaica Art Center, NY, Catalogue, 1978 "Artists Choice," Women in the Arts Foundation, Catalogue, 1976 "Works on Paper," Brooklyn Museum, Catalogue, 1975
"Fulbright Painters," Smithsonian Institute, Catalogue, 1958
Dore Ashton, "Young Painters," N.Y. Times, May 27, 1958

WORK ON THE WEB

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