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EHELYN HONIG

 

EDUCATION

BENNINGTON COLLEGE, BENNINGTON, VT
SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, BRONXVILLE, NY (B.A.)
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, NYC; /VIDEO EDITING
STUDIO WITH ALICE ADAMS, SCULPTOR
STUDIO WITH EVA HESSE AND TOM DOYLE
ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE, NYC
   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 MEMBER CERES GALLERY
2003 CURATOR: 55 MERCER GALLERY “SLIGHTLY OFF-CENTER” 40 WORKS,15 ARTISTS
 
2000 CHAIR SELECTION COMMITTEE
1999 CHAIR SELECTION COMMITTEE
1998 PRESIDENT OF 55 MERCER GALLERY
1997 PRESIDENT OF 55 MERCER GALLERY
1990 US PATENT FOR ORIGINAL DESIGN
1987 CHAIR: SCULPTURE CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, BATTERY PARK MARITIME BUILDING NYC (NEVER REALIZED)
 
1971 PUBLISHER: “CHICAGO 7” ART PORTFOLIO TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE TRIAL OF THE “CHICAGO 7” FOR THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION. ACCOMPANIED BY BOOK; DAVID GODINE PRESS, BOSTON, MA
 
 
1971 PUBLISHER “SARAH LAWRENCE ART PRESS” KENNETH NOLAND’S SECOND PUBLISHED PRINT, EDITION OF 200. SILKSCREEN ON CANVAS. SOLD TO KNOEDLER GALLERY, LAWRENCE RUBIN, DIRECTOR
 
 
1970 PUBLISHER “SARAH LAWRENCE ART PRESS” SOL LEWITT’S FIRST PUBLISHED PRINT PORTFOLIO (A PORTFOLIO OF FIVE SILKSCREEN PRINTS IN FOUR COLORS), 1970, 20” X 20”, EDITION OF 150. DISTRIBUTED BY JOHN WEBER OF DWAN GALLERY
 
 
 
- CURATOR: EXHIBITS WITH RICHARD BELLAMY OF THE GREEN GALLERY, AND KLAUS KERTISS OF THE BYKERT GALLERY
 
- PRESIDENT: LONG BEACH ISLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, NJ
 
- ORIGINAL MEMBER OF 55 MERCER ALTERNATIVE SPACE (FIRST ALTERNATIVE SPACE IN SOHO)
 
- OBTAINED 55 MERCER’S FIRST GRANT FROM NEA AND NYSCA
- MEMBER ART WORKERS COALITION. WORKING ON RIGHTS FOR WOMEN TO EXHIBIT IN MUSEUMS
 
-  SUMMER EXPERIMENT WITH ARTISTS AS A COMMUNE IN A SUMMER CAMP
- TWO AWARDS FOR WORK WITH PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES THROUGH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
 
   

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “VOCABULARY”
2001 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “CONEY ISLAND”
1999 JAN VAN DER DONK GALLERY, CHELSEA, NY “CONEY ISLAND”
1998 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “BETWEEN US”
1996 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “PILGRIMAGE TO CONEY ISLAND AND OTHER PLACES”
 
1994 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “LOVE, LOSS AND ATLANTIC CITY”
1991 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “PATENT” DRAWINGS AND INSTALLATION
1989 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “IT FEELS LIKE THE FIFTIES AGAIN”
1987 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “TROUBLE IN PARADISE
1986 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “CARNIVAL AGAIN”
1985 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “DREAM SPACES”
1984 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “MAKING MAGIC”
1983 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE”
1981  KATONAH GALLERY/MUSEUM KATONAH, NY “THINGS THAT DO NOT WORK”
1981 P.S. ONE, LIC, NY “INSTALLATION” CURATED BY JOHN BERNARD MYERS
1979 FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES, NYC “A THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING”
1979 SOMERSTOWN GALLERY, SOMERS, NY “INSTALLATION“ “PANDORA’S STUDIO”
 
1978 SOUTH EAST MUSEUM, BREWSTER, NY, CURATED BY JOHN BERNARD MYERS
 
1975 ROSA ESMAN GALLERY, NYC
1974 55 MERCER GALLERY, NY
1972 55 MERCER GALLERY, NY
1968 BENSON GALLERY, BRIDGEHAMPTION, LI, NY
   

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC “PAPER: PRESSED, STAINED, SLASHED FOLDED”
 
2009 CERES GALLERY, NYC “SHIMMERINGS”
2009 CERES GALLERY, NYC “TOWING(SIE) THE LINE”
2008 NEW MUSEUM ARCHIVE / POSTED INTERVIEW AND IMAGES ON THEIR WEBSITE
 
2006 WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NYC “WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2006: DAY FOR NIGHT”
 
2001 128 RIVINGTON GALLERY, NYC
2000 OPEN STUDIOS / DUMBO, BROOKLYN, NY
1998 128 RIVINGTON GALLERY, NYC “ARTISTS FOR TIBET
1998 128 RIVINGTON GALLERY, NYC “FREAK OF NATURE”
1998 STEPHEN GANG GALLERY, CHELSEA, NYC
1997 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “SOHO ARTS FESTIVAL”
1995 128 RIVINGTON GALLERY, NYC “TABULA RASA: EX VOTO”
1994 - 95 TRIBECA 148 GALLERY, NYC “ART INITIATIVES”
1993 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “FRIENDS”
1991 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “DRAWING SHOW”
1990 SOMERSTOWN GALLERY, SOMERS, NY “ARTMAKERS 12”
1989 HAMMOND MUSEUM, NORTH SALEM, NY “12 INVITE 12”
1987 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “MEMBER’S CHOICE”
1987 KATONAH GALLERY, KATONAH, NY
1985 SOMERSTOWN GALLERY, SOMMERS, NY “SUMMER SHOW”
1985 KENEKELABA GALLERY, NYC “THE GATHERING OF THE AVANT GARDE: THE LOWER EAST SIDE, 1948-1970”
 
1985 FOXWORTH GALLERY, NYC “BOX SHOW”
1984/85/86 A.I.R. GALLERY, NYC “CHRISTMAS INVITATIONALS”
1984  KEENE COLLEGE ART GALLERY, UNION, NJ, CURATED EXHIBIT “19 ARTISTS”
1981 SOUTHERN ALLEGHENY MUSEUM OF ART “DIARIES IN BOXES”
1980 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM, TUSCON “DIARIES IN BOXES”
1979 FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES, NYC, TRAVELING EXHIBIT TO MONTCLAIR, NJ ART MUSEUM; KANSAS CITY ART MUSEUM; TOKYO MUSEUM OF ART, JAPAN “DIARIES IN BOXES”
 
 
1977 FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES, NYC “DIARIES IN BOXES”
1975 - 76 55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC, TRAVELLING EXHIBITION, THROUGHOUT NY STATE
 
1976 ROBERT ELKON GALLERY, NYC
1976 BENNINGTON COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, NYC, ALUMNI GROUP SHOW
1975 MUSEÉ D’ART MODERN, PARIS “NOUVELLE TENDENCES DE LA PEINTURE AMERICAINE”
 
1974 GALLERY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE
1974 WOMEN’S INTERART CENTER, NYC “NEW DRAWINGS- 10 ARTISTS”
1974 WEATHERSPOON GALLERY, GREENSBORO, NC “ART ON PAPER”
1974 TAFT MUSEUM, CINICINATTI, OH
1974 INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART “PAINTING AND SCULPTURE TODAY”
1974 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC “CRUSHED, CRUMPLED AND TORN”
1974 ROSA ESMAN GALLERY, NYC
1973 NEW YORK CULTURAL CENTER, NYC “WOMEN CHOOSE WOMEN”
1972 THE COMMITTEE FOR ARTISTIC FREEDOM, NYC
1972 MARTHA JACKSON GALLERY, NYC, PRINTS
1971 CROQUIS GALLERY, NYC
1970 PAULA COOPER GALLERY, NYC
1970 STAR TURTLE GALLERY, NYC, CURATOR ANN WILSON
1961 - 65 LONG BEACH ISLAND FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES, NJ, EXHIBITIONS
 
1964 UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, TEXAS “1 + 1 = 3”
1964  CONTEMPORARIES GALLERY, NYC “LE GROUPE DE RECHERCHE DE PARIS”
1963 CONTEMPORARIES GALLERY, NYC “MIXED MEDIA”
1963 CONTEMPORARIES GALLERY, NYC “WORKS ON PAPER”
   

COMPETITIONS

2003  MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, BOSTON, MA, GUEST VISITNG ARTIST
2000 “NYU SMALL WORKS SHOW” NYC, COMPETITION JUROR RONALD FELDMAN, OWNER
 
1998 MINNESOTA CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, JURIED COMPETITION. JURORS: ROSEMARY FURTAK, WALKER ART CENTER LIBRARIAN, WILBER SCHILING, KAREN WIRTH
 
 
1998 “NYU SMALL WORKS SHOW” NYC, COMPETITION JUROR EALAN WINTON, DIRECTOR, GAGOSIAN GALLERY, NYC
 
1976 KATONAH GALLERY, KATONAH, NY, JURIED EXHIBITION. WINNER: MARCIA TUCKER, EX-CURATOR WHITNEY MUSEUM; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW MUSEUM, NYC
 
 
   

ARTISTS RESIDENCIES

2004 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER
2003 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER
1999 ARTISTS RESIDENCY: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
   

PUBLICATIONS

NEW MUSEUM PAPER VOLUME 04, SPRING/SUMMER 2008, P. 9, “BOWERY ARTIST TRIBUTE UPDATE,” FOR HELPING TO ORGANIZE LIST
ART FORUM MARCH 2006, WHITNEY BIENNALE 2006- IRVING PETLIN, P.256 (PHOTO)
THE WEEKEND TRADER GANNET PRESS, AUGUST 13, 1988 (PHOTO)
THE NEWS-TIMES EXTRA JANUARY 23, 1988. VOLUME 3, ISSUE 4, DANBURY, CT “SOMERSTOWN: ROOMS WITH A VIEW,” FRANK MERKLING
THE WEEKEND TRADER GANNETT PRESS, JANUARY 8, 1988, “REVIEW OF SIX ARTISTS,” (PHOTO)
GANNET WESTCHESTER NEWSPAPERS AUGUST 16,1985. “ART SCENE,” KATHIE BEALS
ART NEWS NOVEMBER 1983, “NEW YORK REVIEWS,” RONNIE COHEN
55 MERCER TWELVE YEARS, 1982, INTRO BY LAWRENCE ALLOWAY (PHOTO)
VILLAGE VOICE DECEMBER 24, 1979, KAY LARSON, P. 89
THE NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1979 “AN ARTISTIC CELEBRATION OF PAPER IN ROCKLAND,” DAVID SHIREY
ARTS MAGAZINE APRIL 1975, JOSEPH DREISS, P. 7 (PHOTO)
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY MAY 1974, CULTURAL AFFAIRS, OFFICERS ABROAD
ART FORUM MAY 1972, KENNETH BAKER, P. 89 (PHOTO)
ART NEWS FEBRUARY 1972, JOHN GRUEN
WHOSE WHO IN AMERICAN WOMEN
   

CATALOGUES

THE PITTSBURG CENTER FOR THE ARTS JULY 18-AUGUST 19, 1981; SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART, AUGUST 29
A CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS’ BOOK EXHIBITION, PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE, MAY 18-JUNE 20, 1981
TENDANCES ACTUELLES DE LA NOUVELLE PEINTURE AMERICAINE, 1975; ARC2 MESEÉ D’ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
GALLERY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1974
ART ON PAPER, 1974; WEATHERSPOON ART GALLERY; THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE TODAY, 1974; INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, INDIANAPOLIS, IN
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ANNUAL REPORT 1973-1974, P. 16, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC
WOMEN CHOOSE WOMEN, JANUARY 12-FEBRUARY 18, 1973; NEW YORK CULTURAL CENTER IN ASSOCIATION WITH FAIRLEIGH DICKENS UNIVERSITY, NYC. P.61
   

MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

LISSON GALLERY,LONDON, UK, 1973
GILLMAN FOUNDATION
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NY, 1974
PATRICK LANNON FOUNDATION
SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, NORTHHAMPTON, MA
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM, HARTFORD, CT
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART, NY
   

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS NOT LISTED




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