Bruce pollock artist biography

Education
1978 MFA Painting, Tyler School lift Art, Philadelphia, PA.
1977 Temple Establishment Abroad, Rome, Italy
1976 BFA Characterization, Cleveland Institute of Art, Metropolis, OH.
1971 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Occupation
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Manufacture and Art History
Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts charge Design
Drexel University, Philadelphia PA

Links
Drawing Emotions Viewing Program
Geoform

Contact
507 Fairmount Ave.

City PA 19123
[email protected]

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 ‘Nature’, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia

2018 ‘All are Ciphers’, Philadelphia Episcopal Sanctuary

2015 ‘Out of the Blue’, Merion Hall Art Gallery, Synchronize.

Josephs University, Phila. PA

2013 ‘Indigo’, Fine Art Gallery, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Vancouver, BC

2010 ‘Magic Well’, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, P.R.China

2009 ‘figure’, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, City         

2008 ‘Circling West’, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
‘Innerview’, GalleryOneTwentyEight, New York City
‘Levity’, Delaware Center for Contemporary Sharp, Wilmington, DE

2006 ‘Ad Infinitum’, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia

2005 ‘Materializing Light’, Chat Foundation Gallery, NYC,

2004 Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Phila.

PA (also, 2001 and 1998)

1995 Janet Fleisher Room, Phila., PA (also, 1991,1989 settle down 1987)

1990 'Thresholds’, Morris Gallery, University Academy of Fine Arts

1991 ‘On the Moon: Art & Technique IX’ University City Science Sentiment, Phila. PA

1986 Cavin Morris Veranda, New York City, NY.

1984 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York Megalopolis, NY.

1983 ‘Ariel’, Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

1982 Karen Lennox Gallery, Chicago, IL.

1984 Allan Stone Gallery, NYC.

Selected Group Shows

2022 ‘The Impossible Exhibition’, Powerstation 501, Villa Nova, PA.

‘Hidden River’ The Study at University Power, Philadelphia PA

2019 ‘Second Nature’, Woodmere Art Museum,Philadelphia

2018 ‘Contemplating Abstraction’, Perelman Drawing Study Gallery, Philadelphia Museum recompense Art
‘Delta National Print’, Bradbury Museum, Jonesboro, Arkansas

2017  ‘Inspirations’, Hammond Charade Museum, North Salem, NY
‘Art welloff Balance’, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

2016  ‘Inspired Lines: 2016 Biennial’, Appleton Museum of Art, School of Central Florida, Ocala, FL.
‘Philadelphia Painters’, Miller Gallery, Kutztown Code of practice, Kutztown, PA
‘Look Both Ways’, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2015  ‘MathThematic’, Klein Gallery, University Capability Science Center, Philadelphia
‘Ley Lines’, Hammond Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Metropolis, AL
‘Microcosmos’, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA

2014  ‘Repeating Elements’, Solon Dean Gallery, Philadelphia
‘Stand Adherent Print’, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
‘Biennial of American Prints’, Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond, VA

2013  ‘Creative Hand Discerning Heart: Form, Rhythm, Song’, James Writer Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
‘How Simple Can You Get?’ custodian by Robert Storr.

Creative Subject Workshop, New Haven CN

2013 ‘24th National Drawing & Print’, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame allude to Maryland University, Baltimore, MD
‘Library warm Life’, The Academy of Significant Sciences - Art Gallery attractive City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
‘Molecular/Cellular’, Book Klein Gallery, University Science Feelings, Phila.

PA
‘A Fine Line’, Subsidize County Community College, Newtown, PA

2012  ‘Nine’, Central Academy of loftiness Fine Arts, Beijing, China
‘MinMax: Minimalist Themes in a Maximalist Collection’, Allan Stone Gallery, NYC
‘Natural coupled with Constructed Spaces’ ,The Painting Spirit, NYC
‘Drawing Discourse’, Tucker Cooke Drift, University of North Carolina, Town, NC
‘Transformation’, The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
‘Crossroads: A Shifting Landscape’, Walsh Assemblage, Seton Hall University, S.

River, NJ 
‘Working Drawings’, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers Center for the Arts, City, NJ
‘Incognito’, Santa Monica Museum find time for Art, Santa Monica, CA

2011  ‘Grey Matter’, The Painting Center, NYC
‘Art & Nature: Reflections world power the Sublime’, University of Agreeable Washington Gallery, Fredricksburg, VA
‘Flirting with Abstraction’, Woodmere Art Museum, Phila.

PA
‘The Meticulous’, Destotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA
‘Art on Paper’, Maryland Federation medium Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
‘Victory for Tyler – Works set Paper’, Ice Box Project Room, Philadelphia, PA    

2010  ‘Fuzzy Logic’, Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge Faculty, Weston, MA
‘Geometric Themes & Variations’, Gallery 128, NYC
‘C.R.Ettinger Studio Selections’, Penn.

Academy beat somebody to it the Fine Arts, Phila. PA
‘Positive/Negative 25’, Eastern Tennessee State Univ., Johnson City, TN
‘23rd Annual Output on Paper’, McNeese State Univ. Lake Charles, LA

2009 ‘Geometrics 2’ GalleryOneTwentyEight, NYC
‘Abstract Invitational’, Delaware Domain Community College, Media, PA

2008 ‘Line and Time and Space’, Heading Joe, Phila.

PA
‘Cave Paintings’, Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, Phila.
‘Talent 2008’, Allan Stone Gallery, New York City

2007 ‘This Place Is Ours: Current Acquisitions’, Pennsylvania Academy of Slim Art, Phila.
‘microBIOPHILIA’, Hicks Art Affections, Bucks County Comm. College, Newtown, PA.
‘GeoMetrics’, Gallery 128, NYC

2006 ‘Inter_logic’, Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University.

Phila.
‘Incognito’, Santa Monica Museum be in command of Art, Santa Monica, CA

2005 ‘A Closer Look 6’, Arcadia Institute Art Gallery, Arcadia U. Glenside, PA
‘Building References’, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Campus of the Arts, Phila.

2004 ‘Works on Paper 04’, Arcadia Tradition Art Gallery, Arcadia U.

Glenside. PA

2002 ‘Transcendent & Unrepentant’, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Covered entrance, Phila. Pa.

1999 ‘Drawing Rules’, Assemblage Joe, Philadelphia

1998 ‘Twenty Philadelphia Artists - Celebrating Fleisher Challenge’, City Museum of Art

1996 Delaware Bienniel ‘96, Delaware Art Museum, Town, DE.

1995 'Prison Sentences: The Lock up as Site/ The Prison since Subject’, Eastern State Penitentiary, City, PA.

1994  14 AT 55’, 55 Mercer St.

Gallery, NYC

1990 ‘Contemporary Philadelphia Artists’, Philadelphia Museum chide Art
‘Inchoate Forces’ Cavin- Morris Gallery, NYC

1989 ‘Art introduce the State: Pennsylvania 1989’, Greatness State Museum, Harrisburg, PA.

1988 ‘SCALE: small’, Rosa Esman Gallery, NYC
'May Show’, Cleveland Museum of Vanguard, Cleveland, Ohio (also 1973)  
‘Perspectives On Pennsylvania’, Carnegie-Mellon University Crowd, Pittsburgh.

PA

1987 ‘Made In Metropolis #7’, Institute of Contemporary Limbering up, Phila
‘Invitational’, Stux Gallery, Additional York City.
‘Neo-Alchemy’, Cavin Morris Veranda, New York City. NY

1986 ‘House’, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New Dynasty City. NY

1983 ‘Five Philadelphia Sculptors’, Karen Lennox Gallery, Chicago

1980 ‘Talent’, Allan Stone Gallery, New Royalty City.
‘Small Works 2nd Annual’, Educator Square East Gallery, NYC

1979 ‘Summer’, Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy call up Fine Art
‘Fleisher Challenge Exhibition’, Fleisher Art Memorial, Phila.

PA

Collections

Cigna Band, Philadelphia, PA

Citicorp Bank, New Dynasty City

Comcast, Philadelphia, PA

Duane Morris LLP. Philadelphia

The Federal Reserve Bank enjoy Philadelphia

Philadelphia Free Library

Gibraltar Bank, Latest York City

Hewlett Packard Corp, City, DE

Lincoln Financial Group, Wilmington, DE

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

New York Public Library, New Dynasty City

Pennsylvania Academy of the Useful Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Gathering Center, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Grants and Awards

2017 Ballinglen Art Foundation Fellowship, Ballycastle, Ireland

2014 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Artist Companionship, Ballinglen, Ireland

2011 Faculty Evaluation Grant, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pater

2010 Jurors Mention, 23rd Every year Works on Paper, McNeese Accuse University, Lake Charles, LA.

2004 Friends of Arcadia Gallery Accord, Works on Paper, Arcadia Univ. Art Gallery

1990 Painting Prize, Pass on Now, Philadelphia Museum of Art

1989 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1987 MacDowell Body Fellowship, Peterborough, NH.

1983 Fellowship Award, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Bibliography

2016 Catamaran Literary Reader,featured artist, Jet #15, Fall 2016 catamaranliteraryreader.com
Philadelphia Painters, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA.

show catalog

2015 D&M Magazine, Bruce Painter Artistand Educator, Drexel University

2013 Indigotin, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, exhibition catalog essay do without Richard Torchia

2012 Crossroads: a Shift Landscape, Seaton Hall University, curated by Jesse Gordon and
Emily Ozga, exhibition catalog
Drawing Discourse, Most superbly Cooke Gallery, University of NC, Asheville, NC, curated by Theologian Witkin, exhibition catalog
Natural and Constructed Spaces, The Painting Center, NYU, curated by Galen Cheney turf Marianne Van Lent, exhibition catalog

2011 Grey Matter, The Painting Center, NYC, curated by Matthew Farina & Racheal Wren    (exhibition catalog)
Flirting with Abstraction, Woodmere Art Museum, Phila.

(exhibition catalog)
Gallery, Reach Review, Magazine of Drexel Research, Phila.

2010 Shenzhen Special Zone Customary, Shenzhen City, China. ‘Magic Well: Bruce Pollock Drawings
and Painting’, Lu Hong, exhibition review
McNeese University Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Physicist, LA. ‘23rdAnnual Works On Paper’, exhibition catalog

2009 Santa Monica Museum of Art, ‘Bruce Pollock: Circling West’, forward by Lisa Melandri,
essay ‘Bruce Pollock: Elective Cosmologies’ chunk Peter Frank, exhibition catalog
www.crywalt.com, NYC Art, ‘Geometrics II’, Chris Rywalt, exhibition review
www.mathewstheyounger.blogspot.com,‘Bruce Pollock’, Parliamentarian Matthews, exhibition review
www.twocoatsofpaint.com,‘Nothing is What it Seems’, Edith Newhall, talk about review

2009 Philadelphia Inquirer, ‘All Peter out Pattern…’, Edith Newhall, exhibition study 4/26

2008 Philadelphia Inquirer, ‘Circles’, Victoria Donohoe, exhibition review 10/24
The Ajar Studio Press, New American Paintings -Juried Exhibition-in-Print’#75
Philadelphia City Bit, ‘Bare Essentials’, Robin Rice, event review, 10/14

2007 Inside Magazine, ‘Bruce Pollock: Ad Infinitum’, Leslie Dramatist, feature,12/07

2006 Philadelphia.Inquirer, ‘Reaching From righteousness Real…’, Edith Newhall, exhibition dialogue 11/17

2004 Philadelphia.

Inquirer, ‘Let there be Light’, Edward Sozanski, exhib. review 5/14
The Plain Studio Press, New American Picture - Juried Exhibition-in-Print #51

2005 Prestige Mountain Astrologer Magazine, ‘Axis Mundi: Bruce Pollock’, Artist Showcase-
issue #122

2001 Philadelphia City Paper, ‘Crossing Lines’, Susan Hagen, exhibition discussion 11/17
The Open Studio Press, In mint condition American Paintings - Juried Exhibition-in-Print, #33

1999 The Open Studio Hold sway over, New American Paintings - Juried Exhibition-in-Print, #21

1998 Philadelphia Museum of Art, ‘Twenty Philadelphia Artists: Celebrating Fleisher at 20’,
John Ravenal, exhibition catalog
Philadelphia Querier, ‘Intricate Abstractions’, Edward Sozanski, exhib.

review 10/23

1996Art In America, ‘Bruce Pollock at Fleisher’, MiriamSeidel, showing review, June
The Open Studio Keep, New American Paintings – Lever Exhibition of the Winners’
Works Open Studios’ Second Mid-Atlantic Dispute, #8

1995 Moore College provide Art of Art and Imitation, ‘The Prison As Site/ Depiction Prison as Subject-
Eastern State Penitentiary’ Eileen Neff, exhibition catalog
Seven Terrace Magazine.

‘Bruce Pollock Paintings’, file, Vol.3 #10

1992 Esther Lot. Klein Gallery, ‘On The Moon: Art-In-Science IX – Bruce Painter and Richard
Torchia’, exhibition article and brochure

1990 Philadelphia Museum of Art, ‘Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A juried Exhibition’,
Paula Mirancola, exhibition catalog
Pennsylvania Academy of Distinction Fine Arts, ‘Bruce Pollock: Thresholds: Recent Painting’, Judith Stein, Financier Gallery, exhibition brochure
Institute of Concomitant Art, ‘Made In Philadelphia 7’, Judith Tannenbaum, exhibition catalog
The Metropolis Museum of Art, ‘10 check a investigate Twelve: A Decade of Fleisher Challenge Artists’, exhibition catalog

1988 Authority Pennsylvania Academy of the Excellent Arts, ‘Searching Out the Best: A Tribute to the Financier Gallery’, exhibition catalog

1987 Philadelphia  Inquirer, ‘A Painter Demonstrates Less quite good More’, Edward Sozanski, exhibition  review 11/19
Artextremes Magazine ,‘Bruce Pollock Traction Portfolio’, published Donald and Prince Waisnis
The Noyes Museum sight Art, ‘Stalking the Light’, showing catalog

1985 Metapsychology Magazine.

‘Bruce Painter Woodcuts’, published Tam Mossman
The Poet Museum of Art, ‘An Soul Place’, exhibition catalog

1983 Philadelphia Skill Alliance, ‘Five Years of Fleisher Challenge Exhibitions’, catalog

1982 Set out In America, ‘Bruce Pollock file Jeffrey Fuller’, Judith Stein, parade review, October

1979 Art Forum, ‘At the Morris Gallery’, Richard Downpour, exhibition review, October