Cynthia divides her time between painting on location and in the studio. Light is the most important element she looks for when composing a painting, although she states almost anything can grab her attention.

Education

2014       Cleveland Institute of Art, Printmaking; Emphasis in Biomedical Art

Solo Exhibitions

2014       “Idle Hours”, CIA, Cleveland, OH

2014       “System-Cut”, Art Spot Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2013       “Houses: A History of Homes in Cleveland”, CWRU Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Cleveland, OH

Exhibitions

2016       Encaustics Exhibition, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2015       Top Pics, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2014       43rd Annual Valley Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Chagrin Falls, OH

2014       The New Now, Cuyahoga Community College, Beachwood, OH

2014       Transformation, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH

2014       Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2014       Blaze of Glory, Art Spot, Cleveland, OH

2014       Exploring the Senses, Indigo Perfumery, Cleveland, OH

2014       Spring Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2014       Art Cares, Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, OH

2014       Systems & Language, Juma Gallery, Shaker Heights, OH

2014       SIE, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2013       Arttwerk, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH

2013       4U, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH

2013       Sprawl, Art Spot Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2013       Rags Make Paper, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH

2013       Alumni & Student Show, Loren Nagi Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2013       6th Annual Benefit, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH

2012       Art Cares, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

2012       Student Show, Art Spot Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH

2012       On/Of Paper, Joseph McCullough Center, Cleveland, OH

Collections

2014       Cleveland Institute of Art’s Permanent Collection

2014       Dealer Tire Collection

2014       Cleveland Art Association

Ursula J. Brenner creates a diverse array of landscapes and contemporary abstracts in pastels, acrylics and oils, using contrasts in form and color to underscore emotion in each piece. Ursula’s art reflects a wide range of moods, from light and playful to deep and mysterious.

Born in Germany in 1955, Ursula has been influenced by a rich cultural background of old world museums, art, music and architecture. She lives in Ohio, where she attended Edgecliff College on scholarship, graduating in 1978 with a B.A. in Drawing and Painting. She has studied with and been influenced by the work of Wolf Kahn, Susan Sarback, Doug Dawson and Albert Handell.

Always filled with ideas, Ursula can be as inspired by driving in the country as looking through a magazine. She likes to focus on the fundamental nature of a scene – the values, colors and shapes – using a “notan” study, a Japanese method of examining lights and darks. She enjoys alternating between landscapes and abstracts to keep her interests in both genres high.

Ursula experiences a spiritual connection as she creates art, something she wants the viewer to experience as well. “My art makes a strong, bold statement, an unambiguous statement,” says the artist. “Yet it can be very ethereal too. I want people who look at my art to be transported into another realm, to transcend the normal human experience.”

Ursula shows her work at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati and is represented by selected galleries. Her paintings are featured in private and corporate collections both nationally as well as internationally.

Linda Fischer artist statement

"

Before I start any painting I select my pallet, based on the series I am currently working on, or the subject matter. I have a vague idea of what I hope to achieve but the piece takes shape quickly, and leads the way. I start with a base coat of patterns and shapes creating what I consider the most important step. It is in this stage that the city or the building, or the memories start coming to life. I have to constantly remind myself to not “fall in love” with anything quite yet it is only paint! I start laying in the larger shapes which define the composition and set the movement of the piece. I further enhance the design to create a strong composition, with added visual texture, and bold use of color to create tension within the elements, trusting my intuition to advance into the finished piece. I often spend a great deal of time cleaning up brush or knife strokes, and applying countless layers of glazes for depth, and to enhance the colors dominate

in the piece.

 So often people ask me how I know when a piece is complete. Well, it happens when I can walk away with no regrets and sometimes not remember making it or as they say, “Keeping your head out of the game!”

The true success of my painting happens when the experience and emotion I am conveying is seen and felt by others.

Barbara Gillette is a landscape painter and environmentalist who works primarily in chalk pastel. She combines her love of drawing and of rural Ohio into strong, dramatic pieces which conveys her concern about the rapid loss of our farmland due to rampant sub-urbanization. It was only much later in her career that she began to draw flowers. She has always loved line, and she is drawn to the strong yet graceful line of the Calla Lilly which prompted a series of pastels using this flower as the subject. Barbara Gillette is widely praised for the rich and luminous colors she achieves with chalk pastels.Gillette received her BFA from the University of Akron in May 1986, where she majored in drawing, and minored in painting and art history.

Solo Exhibitions:

2016 Barbara Gillette Retrospective, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2008    Kendal at Oberlin, Oberlin, OH

2003    Harris × Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2000    Harris × Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

1999    Akron Women’s City Club, Akron, OH

1996    Evelyne Shaffer Gallery, Akron, OH

1994    Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH

1993    Evelyne Shaffer Gallery, Akron, OH

1992    Gordon Beale Frank Gallery, Cleveland, OH

1990    Reynolds Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Select Group Exhibitions (since 1990):

2013    Three Person Exhibit with James Rehmus and Bonnie Gordon, Harris∙Stanton Gallery,      Akron, OH

2012    “Why Art’s Alive in Akron!” Summit Art Space, Akron, OH

2011   “Looking Inward”, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Invitational

2009    “Seasonal Perspectives” New works by James Rehmus, Barbara Gillette and Bonnie Gordon, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2009    “Summit Art Space”, Akron, OH

2008    “River Galley”, Lakewood, OH

2007    “Artist Archives of the Western Reserve”, Cleveland, OH

2006    "Barbara Gillette & Matthew Kolodziej" Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2003     “Mindscapes” Barbara Gillette and Harriet Ballard, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

2001    “Land: Our Heritage, Our Legacy” Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2000    Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR), Cleveland, OH

1998    Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH

1998 “6th Annual Women’s Invitational”, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike OH

1998    Annual May Show, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH

1997    “Ohio Landscape Artist” Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH

1997    Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepperpike, Ohio Invitational

1996    All Ohio Exhibit, Conrad Gallery, Ohio State Univ., Mansfield, OH

1995    “Drawing in Ohio at the Turn of the Century,” Emily Davis Gallery, Univ. of Akron

1995    Ursuline College, Women’s Invitational, Wasmer Gallery, Pepper Pike, OH

1995    Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

1994    “Architecture in Art” Beck Center, Lakewood, OH

1994    “Women on the Environment” University of Akron, Akron, OH

1993    SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH

1993    B.K.Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH

1993    The Bonfoey Company, Cleveland, OH

1993    Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show (also 1990)

1992    Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

1991    John D. Wilson Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, Michigan

1991    9th Street Studio, Cleveland, OH

1990    All Ohio Biennial Exhibition, Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH

Awards and Honors:

2012    Akron Area Arts Alliance Award for Outstanding Visual Artist

2000    Accepted as an archived artist in Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH

1998    National Midyear Painting Exhibit, Honorable Mention, Butler Institute of                         American Art, Youngstown, OH

1998    Annual May Show, 4th Place in Monotype Division, Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH

1996    All Ohio Exhibit, Conrad Gallery, Ohio State Univ., Mansfield, OH, Hon. Mention 

1990    Cleveland Museum of Art May Show, Special Mention for Graphics

1990    All Ohio Biennial Exhibition, Canton Art Institute, 2 Honorable Mentions

1989    Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, Festival Award for Painting and Graphics

1988    Cain Park Festival, Cleveland, Honorable Mention

1988    Baycrafters Annual Juried Exhibit, First Place

1987    Baycrafters Annual Juried Exhibit, Best of Show

Collections:

Cleveland Museum of Art, Extensions Collection

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

Taub Container Corp., Cleveland

Society National Bank, Cleveland

Squires, Sanders and Dempsey, Cleveland

Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron

Crystal Clinic Wellness Center, Montrose, OH

B. F. Goodrich Corporate Headquarters, Charlotte, NC

In addition to her formal education in painting, drawing and art history, Lee Heinen, artist, finds travel and art historical influences important to the development of her work. She draws from various artists and periods according to her current interests, including David Hockney and Henri Matisse for color and decorative motifs and Milton Avery for his purity of form. Recently, Joan Mitchell's and Jackson Pollock’s paint application has engaged her interest, directing her attention to an active surface, leading to a greater variety of paint application, including use of the palette knife and collage. It is the continuing exploration of new ideas, or new approaches to old ideas that keeps her art exciting.

She has work in many corporate collections, and is represented in galleries and exhibits throughout the country.

Education: 

1987    Bachelor of Fine Arts (concentration in glass) Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Glass Related Experience:

2009    Summer Arts Experience, Lock 3, lead artist

2007    Currently teaching glass fusing at The Peninsula Art Academy, Peninsula, Ohio

2005    Teaching a College Credit course through Ashland College and Steinert Glass School.

2004    Summer Artist in Residence at University of Akron –Arts Lift Program working with students making 4’fused glass butterflies that hang in Stan Hywet’s new conservatory.

2000    Currently teaching Fusing and Slumping at the Steinert Glass School in Kent, Ohio.

1992    Taught at Portage Lakes Career Center -Enrichment Program (1992 – 1997)

1991    Taught a workshop on glass fusing at Kenyon College.

1989    Attended a workshop on pate' de verre casting taught by Larry Fielder, Chicago, Illinois.

1987    Assisted visiting Czechoslovakian artists Dana Zamecnikova and Marian Karel in the flat shop.

1986    Attended the workshop given by Bohumil Elias painting on glass.

1985    Studied under Richard Mietner, visiting artist/teacher from Rietfeld Academy, Amsterdam

1983    Studied under Sheryl Cotleur graduate assistant instructor of flat glass program at Kent State University and was also the master technician for Narcissus Quagliata from 1980-1983.

1983    Attended workshop by Albinas Elskus, author of the book The Art of Painting on Glass.

1981    Student of Bruce Metcalf jewelry/metals (through 1982)

1982    Student of Professor Henry Halem, Head of Kent State University's Glass Department, artist, and author of the book Glass Notes (1982 – 1987)

1981    Student of Professor Mel Someroski enameling on metal (through 1984)

1980    Attended summer workshop on enameling taught by Professor Mary-Ellen McDermott from Cleveland Institute of Art.

Exhibitions:

2014    “Marianne Hite, Ruth Bercaw and Cathy Clerk Dully”, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2010    “Chromatic Insights”, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2007    “Marianne Hite & Maria Zanetta”, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2004    University of Akron Gallery, Akron, Ohio

2002    Norjea Gallery, Akron, Ohio

2002    Alan Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

2001    Ginko Gallery, Oberlin, Ohio

2001    Alan Gallery ,Cleveland, Ohio                  

2001    Garth Andrews, Bath, Ohio

2001    Upstairs Gift Gallery, Hudson, Ohio

2000    Murray Hill Art Walk, Cleveland, Ohio                     

2000    Alan Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

1999    Akron Art Museum, Ohio Perspectives: Reflections in Glass -Twenty-Seven Ohio Glass               Artists, March 20th-June 6th 1999.

1998    Riffe Gallery, Ohio Perspectives: Reflections in Glass, November 5th-January 9th 1998.

1998    Alan Gallery, November 6th-December 24th.

1998    New Arts Salon, Philadelphia, Pa., September 5th-October5th.

1997    Alan Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

1996    Alan Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

1996    Berea Arts Festival, Berea, Ohio

1996    Gallery 400, Canton, Ohio.

1996    Akron Arts Exposition, Akron, Ohio.

1995    Alan Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

1995    Gallery 400, Canton, Ohio.

1995    Berea Arts Festival, Berea, Ohio.

1995    Kent Festival, Kent, Ohio

1992    Riley Hawk Gallery, Solo Show, Columbus, OH

1992    Gallery 400, Canton, Ohio

1992    Charles Mayer Studio, Akron, Ohio

1991    Riley Hawk Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

1991    Art at The Powerhouse, Cleveland, Ohio

1991    Fall Festival of Art, Peninsula, Ohio

1991    Kenyon College, Gambiar, Ohio

1987    Riley Hawk Gallery, *Solo Show, Columbus, Ohio

1987    Kent State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts Show, Kent, Ohio

1987    Students of Architectural Glass, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

1986    Three Rivers Arts Festival, PPG Wintergarden, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1982    Fiori Gallery, Murray Hill, Cleveland, Ohio

Public  Installations :

2005    Currently working on eight panels for Firestone Memorial Library in Akron, Ohio.

2004    Stan Hywet Conservatory, worked with Artist Lift Program making five hanging butterflies of fused glass and metal framework. They hang overhead in the greenhouse/ butterfly conservatory.

2003    Three-story Atrium piece for the Bowery Professional at Children’s Hospital in Akron, OH

2002    Heart Catherization Lab, Children’s Hospital, Akron ,Ohio. Glass Creatures installation.

2002    Mad For You Restaurant, Beachwood Place Mall, Beachwood, OH four panels of fused and leaded glass 5' x 5' each.

SELECTED SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

Terry Klausman: New Drawings Harris Stanton Gallery Cleveland, Ohio 2016

Unveilings, Harris∙ Stanton Gallery, Akron OH 2013

Discard & Reclaim, River Gallery, Rocky River, Ohio 2013

Art and Recovery, Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, Hudson, Ohio 2012

Steel: A Welded Sculpture Exhibition, Kent State University, Stark Campus, Canton, Ohio 2011

Steel Passions  Millworks Gallery, Akron, Ohio  2011

Fire and Ice Two Person Exhibition, Artists of Rubber City, Box Gallery 2010                   

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

New Now: Best of the Western Reserve, The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Cuyahoga            Community College, Gallery East, 2016

  Highland Hills,Ohio 2016

- Reinvention Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Cleveland, Ohio 2016

Juried Membership Show Artists Archives of Western Reserve Cleveland, Ohio 2016

-6th Annual May Show Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio 2015

-Re-emergence Spring Members Show Artists Archives of Western Reserve Cleveland Ohio 2015
-The New Now by The Artist Archives of Western Reserve Tri -C East Gallery Cleveland, Ohio 2014
-Present Tense by Artists of Rubber City On Line Book Show 2014
-National Collage Society Juried Show Metropolitan State University Center for the Visual Arts Denver Colorado 2014

-National Collage Society Juried Show On Line, 2013

28th Annual National Collage Society Show online at www.nationalcollage.com 2013

23rd Annual Juried Show Artists of Rubber City, Summit Artspace, Akron Ohio 2013

Kaleidoscope 2013, Summit Artspace, Akron Ohio 2013

40th Regional Juried Show, Hoyt Center for the Arts, New Castle, PA 2013

4th Annual Juried May Show, Lakeland Community College 2013

Fresh and Q Show, Summit Artspace, Akron, Ohio 2013

H x W x D Sculpture Competition. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio 2012

The 41st Annual Valley Art Center Juried Show, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 2012

Ohio Collage Society, Gallery 2091, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 2012

Kaleidoscope 2012, Summit Artspace Gallery, Akron, Ohio 2012

68th Annual Ohio Show, Zanesville Museum of Art, 2012

28th Annual National Collage Society, National Show, Berman Museum, Ursuline College,   Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 2012

Ephemeral Show, Summit Artspace Gallery Akron, Ohio 2012

22nd Annual Artists of the Rubber City Juried Show, The Box Gallery Akron, Ohio, 2012

74th Annual Area Artists Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio 2012

Small Gems, Harris Stanton Gallery Akron, Ohio 2011

ASA Members Juried Show, Summit Artspace, Akron, Ohio, 2011

Kaleidoscope, Summit Artspace, Akron, Ohio, 2011

Religious/ Spiritual Show, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio 2011  

2nd Annual May Show at Lakeland, Lakeland Community College Kirkland, Ohio 2011

21st Annual Artists of the Rubber City Juried Show, Akron, Ohio 2011   

Fresh Art/ Current Affairs, Summit Artspace, Akron, Ohio 2011

Fresh Art, Summit Artspace, Akron, Ohio, 2010

Kaleidoscope, Summit Artspace, Akron, Ohio 2010

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Assemblage Peninsula Art Academy Peninsula, Ohio 2016

Dreams and Visions: Surrealism and Fantasy Art Lakeland Community College Kirkland, Ohio         2016

Reinvention, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. Cleveland, OH 2016

Friends, Gallery 10 Kent, OH 2016

Skull and Skeleton Show, Lakeland Community College. Kirtland, OH 2015

Re Emergence, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Cleveland, OH 2015

Time Capsules Summit Artspace Akron Ohio 2015

1st Annual International  Exhibition Harris Stanton Gallery Cleveland Ohio, 2014

Absolute Art Auction Harris Stanton Gallery Akron,Ohio 2014

Lost and Found, Hoyt Center for the Arts, Castle,Pennsylvania 2014

Skull and Skeleton Show, Loren Naji Gallery, Cleveland,Ohio 2013

Skull and Skeleton Show, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland,Ohio 2013

NOADA Art Expo, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH 2013

Art Books, Altered Books, Assemblage Art, Lakeland Gallery-Lakeland Community College,              Kirtland, Ohio

Small Gems II Show, Harris-Stanton Gallery, Akron, Ohio 2012

The Winter Collection, The River Gallery, Rocky River, Ohio 2012

Ruby, Ruby, All Things Red, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 2012

Cleveland Rocks, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 2012

 Akron Society of Artists Members Show, Summit Artspace Gallery, Akron, Ohio 2011

Local Artists, St Paul’s Gallery, Akron, Ohio 2011

Artists’ of Rubber City Members’ Show, The Box Gallery 2011

SPECIAL PROJECTS

A Time Capsule of the Art Community in the Akron Area 2014-2015, is part of the Special Collections Department of the Main Branch Library Akron,Ohio

Resurrection A performance/ fine art project 2016

NOTABLE AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS

National Collage Society 2014 Juried Show Award of Merit, Signature Status

Akron Art Museum Curators Choice Award, Absolute Art Auction Harris Stanton Gallery Akron Ohio 2014
National Collage Society 2013 Juried Show Award of Merit

Creative Opportunity Grant, Artists of Rubber City 2011

Akron Area Arts Alliance Board   Juried Award for Studio and Gallery space, 2010

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Summa Health System Healing Arts Collection

Montifiore, Health System, Bronx, New York

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Akron Public Library Main Branch, Akron, OH

S.D. Myers Corporation, Tallmadge, OH

Stuart and Donna Kohl

Education

2006                                        University of Illinois Champaign- Urbana, Champaign, IL, MA in Art Education

2003                                                             Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Professional Experience

2012-Current                         Maumee Valley Country Day School, Toledo OH

                                                                        Upper School Art Instructor

2007-2012                                               Summit Academy, Toledo OH

                                                K-8th Grade Art Instructor

2007-Current                         Ann Arbor Cultural Arts Center, Ann Arbor MI

                                                                        Pottery Instructor

2004-2006                                              University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

                                                                        Associate Instructor, Art for Education

1999-2003                                               Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH

                                                                        Saturday School Instructor: Ceramics     

1999-2003                                               Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH

Ceramics Lab Technician

1999-2003                                               Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH

                                                                        Admissions Officer

1997-2000                                               Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

                                                                        Family Center Art Assistant                                                    

Solo Exhibitions  

2012                                        Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton MI

2011                                         Art-o-Matic, Toledo OH                       

2010                                         Owens Community College, Toledo Emerges, Toledo OH

                                                                Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City MD, Contrast and Symmetry

2009                                        Art-o-Matic, Toledo OH

                                                                        Pearl Conard Art Gallery, Mansfield OH, Ohio State University

2007                                                             Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

2003                                                             Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, OH, Columbus College of Art & Design

Group Exhibitions

2013                                                             Harris Stanton Gallery, Unveilings, Akron, OH

2012                                             Gallery Chiz, Sense and Sensuality, Pittsburg, PA

2011                                                             Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron OH, “Small Gems”

                                                                        Hudson Gallery, Sylvania OH, “Group of Nine”

2010                                        J and J Gallery, Toledo OH, “The Feminine Form”

                                                Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus OH, “Ohio Connection”

2008                                                            Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula MT, “Soda Salt National IV”

PIE Studio, Jacksonville, FL, “Art on a Pedestal”

2007                                                             Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, OH, “Kowalski, Lombardo, Van Kerkhove”

                                                                        Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, “Toledo Area Artists”

Creative Arts Workshop, Hilles Gallery, New Haven, CT

Ceramic Abstraction: Exploration and Evidence

                                                Franklin Square Gallery, 27th Annual July Exhibition, Southport, NC

                                                Englewood Arts,Englewood Civic Center, Englewood, CO

2005                                                            Heuser Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, “Contemporary Ceramic Invitation”                                                                            Stretch Gallery and Studios, Pineville North Carolina “Funk”-tion

2006                                                            National Ceramic Exhibition

Awarded “Honorable Mention”

Link Gallery, Champaign IL, Annual Ceramics Exhibition

2005                                                            Space 237 Gallery, Toledo, OH “Untitled”

                                                                        Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo OH, “Toledo Area Artists”

2004                                                            Celadon Clay Art Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, “Ceramic Sculpture”

2003                                        Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH, “Emerging Artist Exhibition”

                                                                        Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, “Toledo Area Artists”

                                                                        Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH, Juried Exhibition

2002                                                            Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH, In Conjunction with George Bellows

Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH, “Emerging Artist Exhibition”

2001                                             Blue Cube Gallery, Columbus, OH, Group Show

Bibliography

2011                                                             Toledo Free Press, Group of 9 by Joel Sensenig

2007                                                             New Haven Register, Delightful CAW exhibition mines clay’s boundless possibilities, by Judy Birke

2005                                       Toledo Free Press, Exhibition asks ‘What in a name’, by John Dorsey 

2003                                             Toledo Blade, 3-D rules, by Rebekah Scott

                                                                        Columbus Dispatch, Bright potential makes for exciting display, by Jacqueline Hall

Marvin Jones, painter, sculptor, printmaker. 

Born in 1940 in Flora, Illinois; died in 2005

Education:

University of California, Davis, California, MA in Sculpture, 1968

Anderson College, Anderson, Indiana, BA 1964

Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Professional:  

Mr. Jones began teaching art in 1964, and taught printmaking at Cleveland State University from 1974 until his death in 2005.  He became head of the Printmaking Department in 1985.  He also taught at the University of Alberta, Kansas City Art Institute, and Karl Marx University in Germany.  He served as visiting artist, critic and artist-in-residence at the Rhode Island School of Design, Montalvo Center of the Arts, California State University, Oxbow Studio and Conference Center and other institutions in the U.S.  He has had over 75 solo exhibitions in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and his work is included in over 40 public collections throughout the world.   

Solo Exhibitions since 1985:

2015    Mind Creatures: The Amazing World of Marvin Jones, The Galleries at CSU, Cleveland, OH

2014    Marvin Jones A Lifetime’s Work, Harris• Stanton Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2006    Estate Exhibition, Harris∙Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2003    Dead Horse Gallery, Lakewood, OH

2003    Harris∙Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2002    Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (25 year retrospective)

1998    The Mustard Seed, Akron, OH

1997    The Temporary Gallery, Cleveland, Oh.

1996    Design Studio Gallery, Cleveland, Oh

1995    Audrey Feinberg Gallery, Cleveland, Heights, Ohio

1994    Hot Beans/Cool Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1993    Folkarte Gallery, Cleveland, Oh.

1992    Academia Gallery, Cleveland Ohio

1990    Cleveland Playhouse Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

1989    Denison University, Granville, Ohio,

1988    Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, California.

1985    The Manolides Gallery, Seattle, Washington

            University OD Dallas, Irving, Texas

            Coventry Gallery, Cleveland Heights, Cleveland

            Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

            University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama

            Northeastern Ohio University, Chicago Illinois.

            Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

            Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Awards:

1984:   Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas Manhattan National Print’84 

1982:   Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina-National Drawing Exhibition (purchase award/drawing)

1981:   Southwest State University, Marshall Minnesota-National Painting                                     Exhibition (award/painting)

            Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Ohio-62 Annual May Show (award/print)

1980:   Portsmouth Art Center, Portsmouth, Virginia-American Drawing III (purchase

            award/drawing)

1978:   Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey-National Print Exhibition  (purchase

            award/print).

            University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia-Second National Ring Show (award-print

            construction)

1977:   Miami University, Oxford, Ohio National Print and Drawing Exhibition (purchase

            award/print)

            La Grange College, La Grange, Georgia-La Grange National Exhibition (purchase             award/print)

            Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio-All Ohio Exhibition (award/print)

1976:   Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pa-35 National Exhibition of the American Color Print Society (award/print)

1975:   Miami Art Center, Florida-2nd Miami Graphics Biennial (purchase award/print)

1973:   Springfield Art Association Gallery, Springfield, Illinois-Images on Paper (purchase award/print)

1973:   Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana-19th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture

            Show (award/sculpture)

1972:   Cheney Cowels Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington-24th  Spokane Annual (award/sculpture)

1971    The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta-West/71 (purchase award/print)

1966:   Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana -Eastern Indiana Artists (award/painting)

His works are held in public and corporate collections across the United States.

Select Collections:

Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Charlotte Lees, painter and sculptor

She was born in Cleveland, Ohio where she still lives.

Education:     

1965    Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

1964    Bowling Green State University, B.S. Cum Laude, Bowling Green, OH

Select Solo and Group Exhibitions:

2011                “Extraordinary Environs” Harris ∙ Stanton Gallery Akron, Ohio (2 person show with                     Linda Zehler)

2009                Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA

2008                “Collaboration:  Charlotte Lees and David Moskovitz (with George Raeder)” Harris ∙                    Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2005                “Charlotte Lees Sculpture,” Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA

                        “Celebrating Nature,” Harris ∙ Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

2003                “With Reverent Hands” Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH

2001                “Three Sculptors” Hawken School’s Art Gallery, Gates Mills, OH

2000                “Sculpture by Charlotte Lees” Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH

                        Mid States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN

1999                “New Works by Charlotte Lees” Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH

1997                “New Currents” Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MO

                        The Cleveland Playhouse Gallery, Cleveland, OH

1995                “Figurative Sculpture: Charlotte Lees” Herr-Chambliss Gallery, Hot Springs, AR

                        “Women’s Invitational” Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH

1994                “Sculpture by Charlotte Lees” Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

                        “An Added Dimension” Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH

1993                “May Show” Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

                        “Works off Walls” Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West VA (’91, ’89)

                        “Three Rivers Juried Exhibit” Pittsburgh, PA (’90, ’89, ’86)

                        “Figurative Sculpture” 9th Street Studio, Cleveland, OH

                        “Recent Works by Charlotte Lees” Riley Hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH

Awards and Honors:

All-Ohio Landscape Competition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, 2004

Josephine Beardsley Sandor Memorial Award, Catharine L. Wolfe Art Club, NY. 2002

Frances E. Willard Award, Alpha Phi International outstanding career achievement award, 2002

Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, 1995

Awards and Honors (cont'd):

Sculpture Award, Figurative Small Work, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, 1993

Sculpture Award, Mid-States Exhibition, Evansville, IN, 1992

Excellent Maquettes Exhibit, 4th Rodin Grand Prize Exhibit, Hakone Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Sculpture Award, TAG Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren OH, 1991

Sculpture Award, Works Off Walls, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, 1991

Honorable Mentions, All Ohio ’90,  Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH, 1990

Gold Medal of Honor for Sculpture, Catherine Lorrilland Wolf Art Club Exhibit, NY, 1986

Collections

Hillcrest Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Solon Community Center, Solon, OH

Cleveland Clinic Foundation Women’s Center, Cleveland, OH

Harrison West, Columbus, OH

Hobe Sound Library, Stuart, FL

Vern Riffe Center, Columbus, OH

Solon Public Library, Solon, OH

Narcissus Street, West Palm Beach, FL

Kethly House Sculpture Garden for the Benjamin Rose Institute, Cleveland, OH

Akron Children’s Services, Akron, OH

Westlake Recreation Center, Westlake, OH

Rapid Transit Authority, West Blvd. Station, Cleveland, OH

Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital, Columbus, OH

Meditation Sculpture Garden, First Step Family Violence Center, Tiffin, OH

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Willoughby Hills, OH

University Hospital of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

Port Charlotte Town Mall, Port Charlotte, FL

Charlotte’s work is also held in numerous private collections throughout the United States

EDUCATION                      Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, The University of Akron, magna cum laud                                                                        1985

EXPERIENCE

2004-2014                            CERAMICS, 3-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN INSTRUCTOR, Part-time faculty,      

                                                University of Akron, Akron, OH.

1985-2014                           CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR, Children and Adults, Cuyahoga Valley Art                                                                               Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH.

2009                                       HYBRIDOLOGY: Animals Reinterpreted, Akron Zoological Park, UA Student                                                                    Collaborative Exhibition investigating Art and Science.

2007                                       EXHIBITION CO-CURATOR, ALL THE DIFFERENCE: Works in Clay,                                                                               Myers School of Art, The University of Akron, Akron, OH.

1998-2006                            CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR, Part-time faculty, CO-CERAMICS LAB             

                                                SUPERVISOR, Cuyahoga Community College-Western Campus, Parma OH.

1997-2000                            CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR, Part-time faculty, Kent State University, Stark                                                                        Campus.

1987-1990                            ART INSTRUCTOR, Part-time faculty, The University of Akron; Ceramics                                                                         and Design.

ARTIST IN EDUCATION

June/ July 2006                    ARTSLIFT ARTIST - Collaborative Sculpture Project with the University of                                                                        Akron Art Education Dept. and Akron Public School Students in the Cuyahoga                                                                  Valley National Park.

April 2004                             PANEL SESSION PARTICIPANT, “Student-Faculty Collaboration in the                                                                             Arts”, 2004 Celebration of Excellence in Learning and Teaching, The                                                                                    University of Akron.

April 2003                             PANEL MEMBER,  “Ceramic Art in Education Symposium”, Myers School                                                                        of Art, University of Akron.

1996                                       King School Ceramic Tile Murals, Artist in Residence, King Elementary                                                                                 School, Akron, OH.

1995-1996                            THE POWER OF IF Project, The Education Enhancement Partnership,                                                                                                 Massillon City Schools, Stark County, OH.

1994                                       UBU ROI Project, The Education Enhancement Partnership, Stark County                                                                          Schools, OH.

1993                                       “Imaginary Animals”, William R. Day Elementary School, Plain Township,                                                                         OH.

1992                                       DISCOVERY/REDISCOVERY Project, The Education Enhancement                                                                                   Partnership, Stark County Schools, OH.

1988                                       “Where the Wild Things Are”, St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Canton, OH.

1988                                       “Borge’s Imaginary Beings”, Tuslaw School District: Moffet Heights,                                                                                    Beechgrove and Newman Elementary Schools.

EXHIBITIONS

Ohio Designer Craftsmen BEST OF 2014, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus OH, May 4-June 22, The Wassenberg

Art Center, Van Wert, OH, July 12-August 24, 2014.

Bioforms + Microcosms, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron OH. March 28-April 25, 2014

BETH E. LINDENBERGER –page 2

13th ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED CUP SHOW, KSU Downtown Gallery Kent, OH, March 13-April 5, 2014

FRESH 10th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Summit Artspace, Akron, OH. March 7-April 12, 2014

2014 52 Weeks 52 Works ACADEMY GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION Calendar             

12th ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED CUP SHOW, KSU Downtown Gallery Kent, OH, March 13-April 20, 2013,

37 DAYS: Ephemeral Sculpture, Summit ArtSpace, Akron, OH. Sept. 28-Nov. 3, 2012.

GATHERING SIGNALS, North Canton Library Little Art Gallery, North Canton, OH. Aug 25 - Sept  2012

Faculty Exhibition, University of Akron,  2005, 2006, 2008, 2009,2010, 2012

SYNAPSE COLLABORATION, ACTIONLINK Headquarters, Akron, OH. June-Sept 2012

NEW WORLD:  places + form, Sculpture, Drawings and Installation, Main Hall Art Gallery, Kent State Stark Campus.  April 7-May 6, 2011

FRESH & WITTY, Summit ArtSpace, Akron, OH.  Aug-Sept. 2009

THROW BACK: Ceramic Revolution, Ellis Armory, Pittsburgh, PA. March 16-    22, 2008, NCECA Conference.

ALL THE DIFFERENCE: Works in Clay , Emily Davis Gallery, The University     of Akron, Oct.1-Dec.2, 2007

FRESH ART, Summit Artspace, Akron OH. Aug – Sept. 2007

SEEKING SHIBUI: Handmade dinnerware, Cuyahoga Community College-West, Parma, OH, Sept. 5 – Oct. 13, 2006

ARTSLIFT Artist, Solo Exhibition, Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art,      University of Akron, June 15-July 7, 2006

DIRECTION and DISCOVERY (a two person show), SummitArtspace, Akron,   OH. July 21- Sept. 3, 2005

ESTIMATING TERRAIN GEOMETRY: Interpreting Place (two person show), Cuyahoga Community College-West, Parma, OH, Jan 24-Feb 26, 2005

PERSONAL GUARDIANS: Ceramic Sculpture, Kent State University, Stark Campus, March 10-April 9 2004

Faculty Show, Tri-C West, Parma, OH. 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,  2003, 2004.                                        

Ceramic Sculptures (a one person show), Kent State University, Stark Campus. April, 1997

Distant Shores ( a two person show), Little Art Gallery, North Canton Public Library, North Canton, OH. Sept. 8-Oct. 13, 1996

THE POWER OF IF; Ways of Knowing, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH. March 24-April 14, 1996                                     

UBI ROI; Learning Through the Arts, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH. May15-June 30, 1994

Women’s Perspective on the Environment, Atrium, Guzzeta Hall, University of Akron. Feb. 28-March 18, 1994

COURAGE, Art at the Powerhouse and EIO Gallery in the Flats, Cleveland. Jan. 21-Feb.26, 1993

BETH E. LINDENBERGER – page 3

Two-Person Show, Gallery 732, Akron Women’s City Club. Dec. 1993

Ceramic Mural, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron, OH(Collaborative work of Group See, designers, creators, and installers of mural.) May 1993.                                        

DISCOVERY/REDISCOVERY Exhibition, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH. Sept.-Oct. 1992

Group See Collaboration, Grand Exchange Gallery, Akron, OH.  May 1992

Group See Exhibition, Kent State-Stark Campus 1991

Drawing Now, Kent State-Stark Campus, 1991                           

Fine Arts Association Annual Juried Exhibition, The School of Fine Arts, Willoughby, OH. 1989

MAY SHOW, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. 1989, 1988, 1986

“Sur la Table”, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Landerhaven Country Club, Beachwood, OH. Dec. 1988

Three Rivers Art Festival Juried Exhibition, PPG Building, Pittsburgh, PA , 1987

Student and Faculty Show, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. Spring 1987-2013

Stark County Artists Juried Exhibition, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH. April 1987, 1990

University Student Art Invitational, Akron Arts Fest ’85, Akron Centre Plaza. June 1985

Juried Student Show, Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron. 1985

Juried Student Scholorship Show, Emily Davis Gallery, The University of  Akron. 1983

Juried Student Show, Lakeland Community College, Mentor, OH. 1981- 1st place Sculpture, 1980, 1979

HONORS and AWARDS     

Summit Education Initiative Celebrate the Stars: Partners in Education Award and Grant for Tile Murals, Jan 2001

Akron Public Schools School Improvement Volunteer Recognition Award (In-school art and tile installations), Jan 2001

University of Akron Juried Student Show, 1985; Honorable Mention and Purchase Award

Pi Beta Phi Annual Scholarship Award, 1984; Tuition to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee                                              

Phyllis was an accomplished, prolific artist throughout her adult life. She worked in the various mediums of printmaking, painting and watercolors. Phyllis received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon in 1943. Her work moved from abstract in the 1950's and 60's, to representational work including still-life, cityscape, landscape and the human figure. Phyllis had numerous one-woman shows throughout the country. Her most recent show was a retrospective at the Las Vegas Art Museum featuring 200 works covering a period of 60 years. Her work is represented in numerous private, corporate and museum collections including the University of New Mexico Art Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art. She was a member of the Print Club of Cleveland and trustee from 1991-2000. She was a member of Santa Fe Printmakers Gallery and Artist Archives of the Western Reserve.

La Wilson, born 1924, Corning, New York

EDUCATION

1942-43     Smith College

1950’s     Studied with Leroy Flint for two years

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

      2014     “La Wilson: Objects Transformed” The Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio

      2013     John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York

      2011     John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York

      2008     John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York

      2006     John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York

2004        Constructions, John Davis Gallery, New York, NY

2004          La Wilson Altered Objects, Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College,

Retrospective exhibition with catalogue (essay by Edward M. Gomez), curated by                       John Davis, Collegeville, PA

2002          New Work, TSL Gallery, Hudson, NY

2000          Davis & Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY

1999          New Works, Gallery 138, Kent State University, Kent, OH

1999          Davis & Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY

1992          Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

1989          John Davis Gallery, New York, NY

1988          John Davis Gallery, New York, NY

1987          Moos Gallery, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH

1986          John Davis Gallery, New York, NY

1986          La Wilson/Metaphorical Objects, Akron Art Museum, 20 year retrospective, curated    

                 by Kathleen Monaghan (catalogue), Akron, OH

1985          John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH

1983          John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH

1978          The Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH

1967          Ross Widen Gallery, Cleveland, OH

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2015     Moments of Improbable Coincidence, Harris • Stanton Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

     2012    The Traveler and the Magician, La Wilson and Mark Soppeland, Harris∙Stanton Gallery,                      Akron, OH

      2009     The Object of Memory, La Wilson & Mark Soppeland, Harris-Stanton Gallery, Akron

2006     Miraculous Transformation, La Wilson and Mark Soppeland, Harris-Stanton Gallery

2000          Connections, La Wilson & Craig Lucas, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH

1997          La Wilson/Mark Soppeland, Evelyne Shaffer Gallery, Akron, OH

1990          La Wilson & Dennis Kowalski/Recent Sculpture, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH

1988          Hidden Treasure, Enclosed and Exposed, La Wilson and Mary Fox, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

1984          La Wilson & Jenny Wilson, The Arts for Living Center, Burlington, IA

1983          La Wilson & Betty Cully, Artreach, Columbus, OH

1983          La Wilson & Jenny Wilson, Eels Gallery, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

1975          La Wilson & Avis Andres, In Town Club, Cleveland, OH

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004    Inaugural Exhibition, John Davis Gallery, New York, NY

2003          Beyond Reality, Ohio Artists After Surrealism, curated by Elizabeth McClelland,

                  Cleveland Artist Foundation at the Beck Center for the Arts, Cleveland, OH

1998          Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art, curated by Tom E. Hinson, curator Contemporary              Art Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue, Cleveland OH

1996          Steel Cities, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PS

1994     Anniversary Exhibition, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

1993          The May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

1991     The Invitational, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

      1990     Separate But Equal, Ohio Women Artists, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington

      1988     John Davis Gallery, New York, NY

      1986     Art on Paper, Witherspoon Art Gallery, U. of North Carolina (catalogue)

      1985     Have a Heart, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH

      1982     Three Artist/Three Media: Betty Culley, Helen Matteson & La Wilson, Canton Art Institute

AWARDS

1993     Cleveland Arts Prize for Visual Arts - $1,000, Women's City Club, Cleveland, OH

1993     The May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, $1,000 sculpture prize

1967     44th Annual Juried Exhibition, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, 3 Honor Awards

1965     42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, Honor Award

1963     40th Annual Spring Show, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, Honor Award

1959     36th Annual May Show, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, Honor Award (catalogue)

Ms. Wilson's work is held in private and public collections, including the Akron Art Museum, The Allen Art Museum in Oberlin, OH; the Berman Museum of Art in Collegeville, PA

The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, U. of N.C. at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ