Lisbeth Firmin
LISBETH FIRMIN | |
| BORN | August 24, 1949, Paducah, KY |
EDUCATION | |
| 1990-93 | Monoprint Workshop, Janice Loeb, Parsons School, New York, NY |
| 1975-76 | Printmaking Workshop, Seong Moy, Provincetown, MA |
| 1974-79 | Painting Workshop, Phillip Malicoat, Provincetown, MA |
| 1971 | Provincetown Workshop, Leo Manso, Victor Candell, MA |
| 1969-70 | High Museum School, Atlanta, GA |
| 1968-69 | University of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1966-67 | Chouinards Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA (Scholarship) |
| 1965 | Heron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN (Scholarship)
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SOLO AND TWO-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2005 | Streetlife, Havana, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
People, Places & Things, Windham Fine Arts, Windham, NY Urban Landscapes, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2004 | Havana, Paintings & Prints, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Recent Monotypes, Bachelier/Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT |
| 2003 | Street Life, solo show, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Recent Painting and Monotypes, Main Street Gallery, Bovina Center, NY Duality, Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, NY |
| 2002 | Monoprints, Art Gallery at Kingsborough Community College CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
Recent Paintings, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| 2001 | New Work, van de Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Urban Passageways, Paintings & Prints, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2000 | Recent Paintings, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| 1999 | Urban Images, Institute of Culture, Lima, Peru
Recent Paintings, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA Recent Paintings, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1998 | New York, NY, Marin-Price Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD
Firmin/Samalin, Cameo Appearances, New York, NY |
| 1997 | Quintessence, Atelier A/E, New York, NY
Firmin/Harris, Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT |
| 1988 | Firmin/Marese, Gotham Fine Arts, New York, NY |
| 1987 | Landscapes, More Landscapes, Marie Pelliconi Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1978 | Souvenir Collages, Marie Pelliconi Gallery, New York, NY
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PRIZES, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS | |
| 2004 | Fellowship, Saltonstall Arts Colony, Ithaca, NY
Vermont Studio Center, guest artist/printmaking |
| 2003 | Vermont Studio Center, guest artist/printmaking
CCVA Award, 46th Nation Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY |
| 2002 | Vermont Studio Center, guest artist/printmaking |
| 2001 | Vermont Studio Center, guest artist/printmaking
Emerging Artist Award, National Arts Club, New York Print Club |
| 2000 | Award of Excellence, Urban Visions, Manhattan Arts International
MacDowell Colony Residency Organization of Independent Artists, awarded an exhibition: Critic’s Choice/Juror: Claudia Stone, Allan Stone Gallery |
| 1999/2000 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
C-Scape Dune Shack Artist Residency, July/1999 N.A.W.A., New York, NY, “Connie Q. Heller Award, 110th Annual Exhibition” Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship Award, April/1999 |
| 1997 | Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, “Great Plains National” Purchase Award |
| 1996 | Bellport Art Gallery, Bellport, NY, “First Annual Juried Show” prize winner |
| 1995 | La Jolla Art Competition, La Jolla, CA, “Art Prospect 1995” prize winner |
| 1994 | Cambell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “LANA International Art
Competition Show” First-Prize winner |
SELECTED JURIED COMPETITIONS | |
| 2003 | A Celebration: The Hofstra Museum at 40, Works on Paper, Hempstead, Long Island, NY |
| 2000 | 23rd National Print Biennial 2000, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
National Competition, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA 23rd Small Works, Washington Square East Galleries, New York University National Print Biennial |
| 1999 | La Petite VII, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR |
| 1998 | 58th Annual Exhibition, Northwest Watercolor Society, Seattle, WA
173rd Annual Exhibition, National Academy, New York, NY 21st Small Works Show, Washington Square East Galleries, New York University |
| 1997 | Printwork 97, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY
57th Open Exhibition, Northwest Watercolor Society, Seattle, WA Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD |
| 1996 | Exhibition of Competition Finalists, Provincetown Art Association, MA
North American Open Watercolor Show, New England Watercolor Society, Boston, MA, 102 Stories: 24 Artists - Empire State Building Show, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY 46th Annual Competition, Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canann, CT |
| 1995 | Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition 1995, Foothills Art Center,
Golden, CO The Reach of Realism, Perry House, Old Town Alexandria, VA, Winter Show |
| 1990 | Small Works Show, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, New York, NY |
| 1979 | Hot Young Property Show, Provincetown Art Association, MA
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OTHER SELECTED GROUP SHOWS | |
| 2005 | Gallery Artists Portfolio, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Doorways, Bachelier/Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT |
| 2004 | Painting Show, Castle Hill, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
Go Figure Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD Exhibition of American Art, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 2003 | A Celebration: The Hofstra Museum at 40/Works on Paper, Hofstra Museum,
Hempstead, NY Their Portraits and Their Works, Bachelier/Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT 46th Chatauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chatauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chatauqua, NY |
| 2002 | 9th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
VSC/2001, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT Tribeca Works on Paper Show, DFN Gallery, NYC, NY Group Show, Gallery Artists, Bachelier/Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT Printmakers From America, Majsternia Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine American Days Festival, Galeria Biura Wystaw Artystycznych, Sandomierz, Poland American Printmakers, Erland Gallery, Budapest, Hungary The American Landscape, Forrest Scott Gallery, Mill Burn, NJ |
| 2001 | 8th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Recent Acquisitions, New York Historical Society, NYC, NY Recent Acquisitions, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Urban Imagery, Bacherlier/Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT Urban Landscape Show, Liz-Ann Tops Gallery, Easthampton, NY Manhattan Graphics Printmakers Show, Russel-Coates Museum, Bournemouth, England |
| 2000 | Artist in Refuge - Five Years at C-Scape Dune Shack, Schoolhouse Center for
the Arts, Provincetown, MA 7th Annual Realism Invitational: REALISM KNOWS NO BOUNDS, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Artists Revisit the Chrysler Building, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY 23rd National Print Biennial 2000, Silvermine guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 2000 National Competition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA 23rd Small Works Show, Washington Square East Galleries, New York University |
| 1999 | Local Color, Gallery North, Setauket, Long Island, NY
La Petite VII, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR Art Santa Fe, 1999, Santa Fe, NM, represented by van de Griff Gallery 6th Annual Realism Invitational: REALISM KNOWS NO BOUNDS, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM New for the Nineties II, curator, Nina Del Rio, Director, Prints, Sotheby’s Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY New Jersey, Cameo Appearances, New York, NY |
| 1998 | Our Essential Images, Portraits by Atelier Artists, Atelier A/E, New York, NY
NYC Centennial Show, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY 5th Annual Realism Invitational: REALISM KNOWS NO BOUNDS, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1997 | Christmas Show, State Street Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Windows, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM New York, New York, Cameo Appearance, New York, NY Works on Paper Show, Atelier A/E, 68th Street Armory, New York, NY Subway Show, New York Transit Museum, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1996 | First Anniversary Show, Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT
By a Clearer Light: Views of Long Island, Gallery North, Setauket, NY |
| 1995 | Inaugural Group Show, Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT
Local Color, Gallery North, Setauket, NY Bridge & Tunnel Show, Gallery North, Setauket, NY |
| 1994 | Annual Invitational Show” of American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Recent Monotypes, Hampton Square Gallery, Westhampton, NY |
| 1993 | Coney Island Dogs: Monoprints, Parsons Print Studio, New York, NY
Roadscapes, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| 1992 | The Last Slide Show, Red Spot Memorial, Palladium, New York, NY |
| 1990 | Recent Paintings, Mary Lou’s, New York, NY
Small Works Show, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, New York, NY |
| 1988 | Cedar Tavern Show, Cedar Tavern, New York, NY |
| 1985 | Hudson Street Press, New York, NY |
| 1984 | Annual Christmas Invitational Show, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1984-88 | Red Spot Outdoor Slide (eight shows), Soho, New York, NY |
| 1979 | Group Show, East End Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| 1978 | Group Show, Avalon Sun Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| 1977 | Galeria Piterre, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 1976 | Museo del Bella Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 1975 | Pastel Society Juried Show, National Arts Club |
| 1975-76 | Galeria Guarguao, San Juan, Puerto Rico (3 shows) |
| 1971 | Paul Kessler Gallery, Provincetown, MA
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| ART OF OUR TOWN, Hudson Street Press, 2006 | |
| JOURNAL OF THE PRINT WORLD, Spring, 2004 | |
| Website Gallery Opens: www.AtelierAE.com | |
| Bright Hill Press Yearbook, 2003, Duality, Poems & Paintings | |
| Catskill Mountain Region Guide, Artist Feature Section, Painters, December, 2003 | |
| ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, Oils Shed Light on New Mexico, New York, April 20, 2003 | |
| JOURNAL OF THE PRINT WORD, 8th Annual Artists Showcase Review, Winter, 2002 | |
| SEVEN DAYS, Burlington, VT, Print Run, July 24th 2002 | |
| NEW YORK TIMES, NYC, “Frozen in the Amber of the City”, January 26, 2001 | |
| PROVINCETOWN MAGAZINE, Provincetown, MA, “Lisbeth Firmin: Working the Shadows”, | |
| August 3, 2000 | |
| THE REGISTAR GUARD, Eugene, OR, “Miniature Art Hits the Big Time,” November 14, 2000 | |
| A CREATIVE LIFE, “The Young Person’s Guide”, by Linda Luzzi, 1999, Grolier Publishing | |
| PROVINCETOWN BANNER, Provincetown MA, “Artists Drawn to the Dunes,” July 1, 1999 | |
| NEW RENAISSANCE JOURNAL, Mainz Germany, “The Art of Lisbeth Firmin,” January 1999 | |
| ART OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, by Robert Heide & John Gilman, publication date, fall, 1999, Harry Abrams - publisher | |
| THE CREATIVE WAY, by Linda Leuzzi, publication date, spring, 1999, Franklin/Watts publisher | |
| THE ADVOCATE, Provincetown, MA, “Artists Selected for C-Scape Dune Shack Program, | |
| April 29, 1999 | |
| SARASOTA ARTS & LIVING, Sarasota, FL “City, Land and Seascapes at State Street Gallery”, | |
| May 7, 1998 | |
| SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE, Sarasota, FL, “Painter depicts intrigue of the untold story”, | |
| May 15, 1998 | |
| TIME OUT, New York, NY, “You gotta have art”, July 2, 1998 | |
| THE VILLIGER, New York, NY, review of Atelier A/E and their artists in Chelsea, Sept., 1997 | |
| “THE CREATIVE WAY”, by Linda Leuzzi, publication date Spring 1999, Franklin/Watts publisher | |
| make, (London-based art publication), Spring 1997 | |
| BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, Brooklyn, NY, Artworks, Jan. 1997 | |
| ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE PACKET, Alexandria, VA, Four visions of Modern Life, Oct. 1996 | |
| ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE PACKET, Alexandria, VA, Reach of Realism Show, Nov. 1995 | |
| THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, Urban Themes are a Source for Imagery in Two Shows, Feb. 1995 | |
| AMERICAN ARTIST, Wayne Thiebaud Selects, by Steve Doherty, Oct. 1994 | |
| ARTSPEAK, Moods and Presences in East Village Area, May 1987 | |
| ARTS, Review of one-person show at 47 Bond Street, by Gordon Brown, March 1978 | |
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS | |
| Ardsley Partners, New York, NY | |
| Bankers Trust, New York, NY | |
| Barclay Investments | |
| Beacon Group | |
| Cablevision, Long Island, NY | |
| Davies & Firmin, San Diego, CA | |
| Drake Hotel, New York, NY | |
| Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA | |
| Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT | |
| Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS | |
| Hofstra University, Long Island, NY | |
| I/B/E/S, New York, NY | |
| Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, New York, NY | |
| Mikasa, Japan | |
| Odyssey America Reinsurance group, CT | |
| Pfizer, New York, NY | |
| Rehabilitation Insurance Company, New York, NY | |
| Reliance National Insurance, New York, NY | |
| Savoir Faire, Sausalito, CA | |
| Select Media, New York, NY | |
| Sony Theaters, New York, NY | |
| University of Texas, Blanton Museum of Art | |
| The Jordan Company, New York, NY | |
| The New York Historical Society, NY | |
| Tides Institue, Eastport, ME | |
| Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT | |
| W.B. Doner & Co. Advertising, Baltimore, MD | |
| Zurich Insurance; New York, Bermuda, Hong Kong, London, Zurich | |
| Zweig Glazer | |
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS | |
| Night Shayamalan, Director, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Dr. George Milne, President, Pfizer Research Division | |
| Anne Farrell, Associate Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA | |
| Roz Chast, Cartoonist, Ridgefield, CT | |
| Mimi Gross, Painter, New York, NY | |
| Philip Glass, Composer, New York, NY | |
| Dr. Betty Edwards, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Dr. Alan Egge, McLean, VA | |
| Ken Burke and Maggie Cooper, New York, NY | |
| M. Emmet Walsh, Actor, Culver City, CA | |
| Marie-Noelle Bittner, Paris, France | |
| Robert Rothchild, Matawan, NJ | |
| Larry Cicci, Pittsburgh, PA | |