Firery Night
9 x 30 Rag Paper
Gray Skies II
9 x 30 Rag Paper
Shirley Bernstein, OPS
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Peaking Thru |
Royal Glow |
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School Of Clouds |
About the Artist
EDUCATION
MFA Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1967 Graduated with Honors
BFA University of the Arts, Phila., PA, 1965 Graduated with Honors
WEB SITES
www.oilpastelsociety.com
www.printmakersnetwork.org
www.inre.asu.edu/wwol
ONE, TWO, THREE PERSON SHOWS
2004 Night Skies, Windham Hospital, CT
Summer Artist Series, Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY
2003 New England Skies, Krause Gallery,
Providence, RI
1999 Night & Day, Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Stonington, CT
The Sky's The Limit, The McAuley, West Hartford, CT
1998 Safari Nights, Quinebaug Valley C. C., Danielson, CT
Connecticut Skies, Kellog Environmental Center, Derby CT
1997 Vast Horizons, Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
Night Spirits: Skyscapes, Stevens Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Three Woodcut Artists, The Art Guild, Farmington, CT
1994 Night Roads, Pump House Gallery,
Hartford, CT
1991 Watercolors, Everyday Books and Café, Willimantic, CT
SELECTED JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 North American Print Biennial, Danforth
Museum of Art, Framington, MA
Micro/Macro, Newport Museum of Art, RI
LA Printmakers Society, Brea Art Gallery
2010 Inked, Spirol Gallery, Danielson, CT
Travel +, Bristol Art Museum, RI
2nd Nat’l Juried Monotype & Monoprint
Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
Pacific Rim International Print, University
Of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
2009 Drawing from Perception VI, Wright State
Univ., Dayton, OH
Vistas, Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
LA Printmaking Society 20th National,
Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA
2008 American Landscapes, Maryland
Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2008 National Exhibition, Cape Cod Art
Assoc., Barnstable, MA
Transitions, on-line exhibition
2008show@oilpastelsociety.com
2007 64th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition,
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Northeast Fine Arts “Apex to Zenith”,
Green Trees Gallery, Northfield, MA2006
25th National Print Exhibition 2006,
Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan
The Art of Printmaking, Spring Bull Gallery
Newport, RI
41st Annual Art Department Faculty Show,
William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2005 American Landscapes, Maryland
Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
40th Annual Art Department Faculty Show,
William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
Halpert Biennial ’05, Boone, NC
Under Pressure, Samuel Chen Gallery,
CCSU, New Britain, CT
Progressive Print, Mercy Gallery, Loomis
Chaffee School, Suffield, CT
Strathmore Hall Gallery, Prints, Maryland
Faculty Exhibition, Qunebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
62nd Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition,
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2004 The Printed Image, Attleboro Museum, MA
Great Lakes Pastel Society, 2004 Nat’l,
Grosse Point Art Center, MI
Bowery Gallery 2004 Nat’l Comp, NYC. NY
Process to Print, Brickbottom Gallery,
Somerville, MA
39th Annual Art Department Faculty Show,
William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs,CT
Prints and Social Commentary, Wheaton
College Gallery, MA
2003 Collective Independence, Jewish
Community Center of New Haven, CT
Selections from the Printmakers Network of Southern New England, Converse Gallery, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT
2002 91st Annual Connecticut Academy of Fine
Arts, Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT
The Nude 2002, Lexington Art League, KY
Trends in Printmaking, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
Drawing From Perception, Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, OH
2001 90th Annual, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, The Slater Memorial Museum, CT
Pastel Exhibition, Edward Hopper House
Art Center, Upper Nyack, NY
Print: Process & Content, Paul Mellon Arts Center Gallery, Wallingford, CT
Art for the Cure, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Windham Regional Council, 18th Annual
Jorgenson Gallery, Storrs, CT
2000 The Nude 2000, Lexington Art League, KY
89th Annual, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, The Slater Memorial Museum, CT
The Intimate Print, Jorgenson Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1999 The Miniature Show, Gallery on the
Green, Canton, CT
Invitational Exhibition, Greater Mansfield Council of the Arts, CT
1998 55th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
The Intimate Print, Small Walls Gallery. Hartford, CT
Art Faculty Exhibition, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
Printmakers' Network of Southern New England, Slater Memorial Museum, CT
1996 ADA: Women and Information Technology, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
85th Annual Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, University of Hartford Art School, CT
CT Women Artists, 67th Annual Exhibition, Ely Slade House, New Haven, CT
Printmakers '96, U of Rhode Island
Burr Homestead, 4th Annual Art Exhibition, Fairfield, CT
1995 Global Focus Art Exhibit, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing China
The World's Women On-line!, Internet Installation, www.inre.asu.edu/wwol
84th Annual Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Seaport Gallery, Mystic, CT
Printmakers' Network '95, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Pushing the Boundaries in Printmaking, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Unabridged, Traveling Exhibition -
St. Marks School, Southborough, MA
The Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT
Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT
1994 51st Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibit Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Unabridged, Traveling Exhibition -
The Lucas Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
Washington Art Assoc., CT
Quinebaug Valley C. C., Danielson, CT
1993 The Evolution of the Print, Bradley International Airport, Winsor Locks, CT
1992 SOHO Internal, Montserrat Gallery, NYC
Gallery Artists, Gallerie Atelier, Phila, PA
49th Annual Connecticut Artists, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
1991 9th International Pastel Exhibition,
Pen and Brush Gallery, NYC, NY
Gallery Artists, Gallery Atelier, Phila, PA
48th Annual Connecticut Artists, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
American Drawing Biennial, Muscarelle Museum, Williamsburg, VA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Library
of Congress, The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Collection.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC
Staubiz Designs, Collinsville, CT
Arjo Wiggins, USA INC., Paris, France, New York, NY, Greenwich, CT
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
First Pennsylvania Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Henri Bendel, Genesco, New York, NY
Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN
Neiman Marcus, Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Savings Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Union Carbide Corporation, New York, NY
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Various collections in the United States, France, Spain, England, Egypt and British Columbia
LIMITED EDITION PORTFOLIOS & BOOKS
Printmaking Network of Southern New England
2009 Travel
2005 Hot Off The Press
2003 Collective Independence
1998 The Intimate Print
1995 Unabridged
HONORS/AWARDS
2009 Michael Phelan Award for Excellence in
Teaching, Quinebaug Valley Comm.College
2007 Artist of the Month, March, OPS
2006 Signature Status, Oil Pastel Society
The Monotype Award, 25th National Print
Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Galleries, CT
1996 Jurors Award, Connecticut Women Artists, 67th Annual, The John Slade Ely House
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1993-present Quinebaug Valley Community
College, Danielson, CT
2002-07 University of Connecticut, Storrs
1998 Manchester Community College, CT
1993-94 Three Rivers Community College, CT
1991-92, 1989-90, 2011, Eastern Connecticut
State University, Willimantic, CT
1981-82 Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
1976-78 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1976-77 Beaver College, Glenside, PA
1976 The Printmaking Workshop, New York
1973-75 Kean College of New Jersey, Union, NJ
1970-73 Cooper Union School of Art, New York
1967-68 Knoxville College, Knoxville TN
1966-67 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1965-66 Indiana University, Kokomo, IN
WORKSHOPS and LECTURES
Wood Engraving, Paul Mellon Arts Center, CT
Oil pastels, Manchester Council for the Arts, CT
Wood Engraving, Creative Arts Workshop, CT
Matting Workshop, ECSU, Willimantic, CT
Matting Workshop, Creative Arts Workshop, CT
Oil Pastels, Northeast Artists, Mansfield, CT
Women Artists- A Need for Historical Correctives, Eastern Connecticut State University
Prints and Techniques - Plate Lithography, Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY
Stone Lithography, The Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Oil
Pastel Society of America
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Avon CT
Printmaking Network of Southern New England
Los
Angeles Printmaking Society
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