Education
-Pratt Institute, Brooklyn , New York- , B.F.A.- Painting/Printmaking Major
-Parsons School of Design, New York City-, textile design and fabric arts
- School of Visual Arts , New York City-, graphic design, illustration and printmaking
- Boston Museum School
-Music and Art High School
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Solo Exhibitions
2006 Creative Center Gallery, Chelsea , 147 W. 26 th St. , NYC-Performances Series
2006 Bergdorf Cultural Center, Maplewood , NJ-Jazz with Abstraction
2005 Block Gallery, Montclair , NJ -Performances Series- acrylic/mixed media paintings
1996 P.S. 122 Gallery, New York City , New York-Fossil Forms
1980 Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn , NY -Paintings and prints
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 White Space Gallery, New Haven , Conn.
1978 Gallery, Maplewood , NJ
2006 City Without Walls Gallery Small Works Metro Juried Show, Newark , NJ
First Presbyterian Church Gallery, 5 th Ave. NYC
2005 Summer Invitational Salon Show, Griffen Gallery, Madison , NJ
Artist Tour Exhibit-Baird Art Center , South Orange , NJ
Anguish and Angst- juried show at the 1978 Gallery, Maplewood , NJ
The Art Gallery at Classic Framing , Salon Benefit Show, Maplewood , NJ
Project Diversity , Pratt Institute and Sky Gallery, Brooklyn , NY
2004 Art Market 2004,Montclair State University Gallery, National Juried Art Show
1978 Gallery, 1978 Springfield Ave. . Maplewood , NJ
Maplewood/South Orange Artist Studio Tour
Studio Montclair Juried Show @ Montclair Public Library, Montclair , NJ
2003 Kling Gallery, Studio Montclair Group Exhibition, Walnut Street , Montclair , NJ
1978 Gallery-Strategies of Expression, Juried Art Show, Maplewood , NJ
Gallery 31 North, Invitational Juried Show, Glengarden , NJ
Clifton Fine Art Gallery , Invitational Juried Show, Clifton , NJ
1978 Gallery, Group Show, Maplewood NJ-Press Coverage, Star Ledger,NJ
2001 20th National Traveling Small Works Show - City Without Walls Gallery
National 2001 Juried Show-Cooperstown Art Assoc., Cooperstown , N.Y.
Visions/Revisions Exhibition - City Without Walls Gallery, Newark , N.J.
1999 City Without Walls Gallery Juried Member’s Show, Newark , N.J.
RC Arts Gallery, Maplewood ,N.J.-Collage Constructions
1998 The Independents’ Biennial #4 Charas/El Bohio, curators, Curtis and Amando Perez , New York , N.Y.
1997 CWE Exhibit. Interart Theater Annex, 560 West 54th St. , NYC
1996 The Curtis and Armando Perez, New York , N.Y. Independents
Biennial #3 Charas/ El Bohio,curator
1994 Art Initiatives, 148 Duane St. N.Y.C.
1990 Show of Hands Gallery, Incorporated Gallery and Wheeler/Seidel Gallery - SoHo , New York
Awards and Grants
2004 Byrdcliff Arts Colony, Woodstock Guild, awarded summer artist-in-residence
1998 New Jersey Center for Visual Arts-Honorable Mention
1996 Honorable Mention-South Orange Gallery (Pierro Gallery), N.J.
1990 First Prize-McGraw-Hill Annual Art Show,N.Y.C.
1971 Dean’s List-Pratt Institute
Articles
November 13, 2003 StarLedger, In The Towns - Carmen Juri-Critic
Artists Statement
Defying Gravity Series
The sensuous qualities of applying paint have held me spellbound from the first time I painted. Over the course of my career, I have explored many different modes of expression: realistic and political themes, color, texture and pure geometric themes. At present my work can be described as abstractions and narratives involved with motion, turmoil and improbable situations that express my unrest about how humans want to control nature. My paintings create a visual whirlwind defying gravity.
I work with acrylics and oil sticks, building up the surface in many layers. I apply paint with sponge brushes, printmaking brayers, stamps and brushes. To add surface texture and imagery I sometimes add collage elements. Using a variety of acrylic mediums to change the consistency of the paint I achieve a surface that ranges from dry and brittle to creamy, glossy or almost liquid.
Biographical Narrative
Jane Dell was born in New York City and studied art at the High School of Music and Art, Art Students League and Pratt Institute. Many people have influenced her recent work, but her painting/printmaking professor from Pratt Institute, Jack Sonnenberg, instilled a love and respect for art history and the creative process that has remained with her to this day.
Jane lived and worked in New York all of her life until she relocated eleven years ago to Maplewood , New Jersey . Her work has been selected for many group and solo shows in New Jersey and New York , including City Without Walls Gallery, Montclair State University Gallery, 1978 Gallery in Maplewood , Kling Gallery in Montclair , New Jersey and the Creative Center Gallery located at 147 West 26 th St. , NYC
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