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MARION LANE
Artist's Statement, Curriculum Vitae

I use abstraction as a way to express my ideas, because for me, it is the most direct and universal. Each work is a new experience and an opportunity to confront my inner chaos. The process is a mystery and a search in which destruction partners with creation in unfolding progression. Using intuition, persistence and the joy of sublime accident, I sometimes create something fresh, interesting, and relevant. It becomes an aha moment and my ultimate reward. Circles or other geometric forms often appear in my work. They allude to a need for order and a link with art history. My recent work uses draped fabrics, to create relief forms that point me in exciting and untried directions

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Pleiades Gallery, New York City, NY "Draped Painting, Drawings and other works" 2007
Pleiades Gallery, New York City, NY "Life Forms, A Visual Dance" Paintings and Drawing 2006
Westbeth Gallery, New York City, NY "Changing Perspectives" Retrospective Exhibit 2000
Fourteen Sculptors Gallery, New York City, NY "Painted Aluminum Wall Sculpture" 1996
William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford NJ, Feminist and other recent works, 1990
Fairlawn Library, Fairlawn, NJ, "Paintings and Sculpture" 1986
Fairleigh Dickenson University, Edward Williams Gallery, Hackensack, NJ, 1982
Fairleigh Dickenson University, Edward Williams Gallery, Hackensack, NJ, 1980
Pleiades Gallery, New York City, NY, "Transformations" 1977
Pleiades Gallery, New York City, NY, "Works in Aluminum, Drawings" 1976
Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY, 1975
Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ, 1974
Bergen Community Museum, Paramus, NJ, 1971
Fairleigh Dickenson University, Edward Williams Gallery, Hackensack, NJ, 1971
Bergen County Players Theater, Oradell, NJ, 1962


Selected Group Exhibitions:
International Art Studio, Valjevo, Serbia, "Art Without Limits" 2002 catalog
Kerygma Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ, Featured Artist, 2000, 1990 to 2000, Group Exhibits
Broome St. Gallery, New York City, NY, 2000
14 Sculptors Gallery, New York City, NY, "The Raw and The Cooked" 2000
Nabisco Corporate Headquarters, East Hanover, NJ, 1995
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, Ben Shahn Gallery 1992, Alumni Juried Exhibit
Manhattan Community College, New York City, NY, Womans Caucus for Art, "Shapeshifters" 1990
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, Fellowship Exhibition, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 1988
Pavillion Gallery, Memorial Hospital, Mt. Holly, NJ, "The Cutting Edge" 1986
New York University Graduate School,New York City, NY, Womans Caucus for Art, "Mirrored Image" 1986
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA., "New Visions of the Family" 1986
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, New Jersey Artists, 1985 catalog
Glassboro State College, Concert Hall Gallery, NJ, Womans Caucus for Art, "Beyond Tradition" 1985
Jersey City State College, Vodra Gallery, NJ, Womans Caucus for Art, "Grand Illusion" 1985
Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, Womans Caucus for Art, "Beyond Tradition", 1985
City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, "Innovation, 10 approaches" 1984
Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ, Fellowship Award Exhibition, 1983 catalog
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Mable Smith Library, "Women in Art in New Jersey" 1982
Federal Plaza, New York City, N.Y., Womans Caucus for Art, "Pieced Work" 1982
Rutgers University, Paul Robeson Center Gallery,Newark, NJ, 1980 catalog
Kraushaar Gallery, New York City, NY, "New Talent Festival"
National Academy Gallery, New York City, NY, National Association Of Women Artists, 1973 catalog
Morristown Museum of Arts and Sciences, Morristown, NJ.
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, Art from New Jersey, 1968 catalog
Lever House, New York City, NY, 1966
Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ, 1966 catalog
Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Conn.,New England Annual, 1965, catalog
Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pa., "The Six" 1965
Sterns, New York City, NY, "All American" Invitational group, 1965
New York Worlds Fair, New Jersey Pavillion, Invitational Group, 1965
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, Painters and Sculptors Society, Annual National Exhibit, 1965
Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ, Festival of Fine Arts Annual, 1964, catalog
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, New Jersey State Triennial, 1964, catalog
Roko Gallery, New York City, NY, Invitational Group, 1964
Montclair Museum, Montclair NJ, New Jersey State Annual, 1964
National Academy Gallery, New York City, NY, Audubon Artists Annual National Exhibition, 1964
Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ, New Jersey State Annual, 1963
National Academy Gallery, New York City, NY, Audubon Artists, 1963
Riverside Museum, New York City, NY, MAG invitational, 1963
Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ, 1962, catalog
Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ, 1962, catalog
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, New Jersey Artists, 1961, catalog
Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ, New Jersey State Annual, 1961, catalog
Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ, New Jersey State Annual, 1960, catalog
Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, Museum Art School Alumni Fourth Annual, 1958, catalog
Morris Gallery, New York City, NY, Invitational Group 1957


Grants, Awards, Scholarships:
Rocky Neck, Gloucester, Mass., Residence Fellowship, 2008
Elizabeth Sackler Center, Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, Feminist Art Base
The Drawing Center, New York City, NY, Artists File, 2007
Virginia Center for the Cultural Arts, Amherst, VA., Residence Fellowship, 2004
Julia and David White Foundation, Collones,Costa Rica, Residence Fellowship, 2002
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mohaca, Spain, Residence Fellowship, 2001
Richard Florsheim Art Fund Grant for publication of my catalog for retrospective exhibit, 1999
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Grant, 1988
Edward Albee Foundation, Montauck, NY, Residence Fellowship, 1983
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Grant, 1983
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, Painters and Sculptors Society Exhibition Award, 1965
Monmouth College,West Long Branch, NJ, Annual Festival Award, 1964
Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ, New Jersey Artists Award, 1960
Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, Alumni Exhibition, Grumbacher Award 1958
Art Students League, New York City, NY, Scholarship Award for study in Woodstock, 1953


Private Collections:
Virginia Center for the Cultural Arts, Amherst, Va.


Teaching:
Manhattan Psychiatric Center, Wards Island, NY, Art/Recreation Therapist, 1986-1998
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ, Adjunct Professor of Art, 1980-1986



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