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For many years now
I have been intrigued by ancient themes that connect with the
present and how we work these into contemporary thought.
Loss and regeneration make up the journey of our lives. It is
the use of symbolic materials in my work that bring these ideas
to life.
Lead is both an ancient and contemporary metal with the power
to perform what it does best with its malleability and strength.
Poetry and words bring us the rhythms of man's thoughts and ultimate
passions, while the use of hair as an art form throughout time
is full of personal aesthetic expressiveness.
The mystery of life is forever; I need to celebrate it now.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1997 "Recent Work, Sculpture and Drawing,"Bergen Museum
of Art & Science, Paramus, NJ
1995 "From Hair to Eternity," Woodstock School of Art,
Woodstock, NY
1995 "Recent Drawings and Sculptures," Johnson and Johnson,
New Brunswick, NJ
1993 "Lost Chapters'" Aljira Gallery, Newark, NJ
1992 14 Sculptors Gallery, New york, NY
1986 Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
1979 Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
1978 Pleiades Gllery, New York, NY
1977 Pleiades Gllery, New York, NY
1976 Edward Williams College, Hackensack, NJ
1975 Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY
1974 Maurice M. Pine Public Library, Fairlawn, NJ
1970 Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ
1963 Oakland University, Rochester, MI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIIBITION
1999 "Urban Air Forms," New Jersey City University,
Jersey City, NJ
1998 "The Community Warehouse," Interchurch Center,
New York, NY
1998 "The Raw & The Cooked," Firehouse Art Gallery,
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
1996 "Large Show of Small Works," Curator: Romy Phillips,
Guggenheim Museum, Cooper Union, NY
1996. "Drawn to the Third Dimension," 14 Sculptors Gallery,
New York, NY
1995 "The Aljira National One," Prudential Gateway Center,
Newark, NJ
Jurors: Joseph Jacobs of Newark Museum, and Alejandro Anreus of
the Jersey City Museum, NJ
1994 "Inaugural Exhibition (new space), 14 Sculptors Gallery,
New York, NY
1994 "New Jersey Arts Annual", (selected New Jersey
artists), New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1994 "The Definitive Decade Show," Aljira Gallery, Newark,
NJ
1994 "Multicultural Exhibit," Johnson & Johnson,
New Brunswick, NJ,
Curators: Edward Anderson, Michael Bzdak
1993 "Aljira Fine Art Auction," Invitational, Gateway
Center, Newark, NJ,
New Jersey Selection Comitee: New Jersey City Museum, Port Authoriy,
New York, New Jersey Art Center
1993 "Material Narative," Invitational, 14 Sculptors
Gallery, New York, NY
1992 "Challenging Utopia," 14 Sculptors Gallery, New
York, NY, Cuurator: Jude Schwendenwein
1992 "Contemporary Sculpture," Kenkeleba Gallery, New
York, NY
1991 "New Jersey Arts," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair,
NJ
1991 "Collaboration," Trenton City Museum, Trenton,
NJ
1986 "Group Exhibition," Hirschl & Adler Gallery,
New York, NY
1982 "On and Off the Wall," Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
1980 "Paperworks," Hudson River Museum, New York, NY
1979 "Drawings, Kathryn Markel Gaallery, New York, NY
1978 "Invitational," World Trade Center, New York, NY
1964 'Group Exhibition," Detroit Institute of American Art,
Detroit, MI
AWARDS
1995 "Woodstock Fellowship," Woodstock School of Art,
NY
1989 New Jersey State Council of the Arts Grant, Sculpture
1980 New Jersey State Council of the Arts Grant, Sculpture
Tri-State Exhibit 3
Tri-State Exhibit 4
Paper, Clay, Metal, Glass Show, New Jersey State Exhibit
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
1993 Art by Eileen Watkins, Newark Star-Ledger, March
1991 Art by Eileen Watkins, Newark Star-Ledger, September
1988 Art Reproduction, Newark Star-Ledger, February and October
1986 Art Reproduction, Newark Star-Ledger, February and October
1982 Art Reproduction, Newark Star-Ledger, July
1977 Art Reproduction, Newark Star-Ledger, April
1975 Art Reproduction, Newark Star-Ledger, February
1989 "Sculptures that Test the Idea of Opposites," by
Vivian Raynor, The New York Times, Sunday, October 1
1988 "Group Show with Side Dish," by Vivian Raynor,
The New York Times, Sunday, November 6
1986 "Something-but-What? is Happening in New Jersey Art,"
by William Zimmer, The New York Times, Sunday, August 10
1986 "Craft Aesthetic Dominates Show of New Jersey Artists,"
by Edward J. Sozanski, Philadelphia Enquirer, July 17
1986 "Newark; Inside the 'Outsider Art'," by Patricia
Malarcher, The New York Times, Sunday, March 2, (art reproduction)
1981 Art Reproduction and Caption, The Bergen Record, November
9
1981 "One Show at Two Galleries in Newark," by Vivian
Raynor, The New York Times, Sunday, February 8
1979 "Newark: Winners," by David L. Shirey, The New
York Times, Sunday, April 29
1979 "Originals: American Women Artists," by Elizabeth
Munro, Simon & Shuster
1978 "Soho," by H. Z. Seeman and A. Seigfried, Neal-Schuman
1978 "New York Reviews," by Kay Larsen, Art News, November
19
1977 "Reviews," by Janice Glander Bandyk, Arts, April
1977 "Art News," by Margaret Betz, The New York Times,
April
1975 "The Bergen Record," by David Spengler, The Bergen
Record, October 28, (art reproduction)
COLLECTIONS
Butler Institute of American Art, OH
Citibank,New York, NY
Fidelity Bank, PA
Johnson & Johnson, NJ
Opto 22, CA
Hirshl Collection, Touchstone Gallery, NY
Mariners Cove Corp., CA
MOR Development, CA
Peckar & Abrahamson, NJ
Bergen Community College, NJ
Coldwell Banker, CA
NY Building Congress, NY
EDUCATION
Cooper Union, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
