Elinore Schnurr:.






		Elinore lives and works in a small loft in Brooklyn, New York. Her paintings are in many museum collections such as The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.; she has work in more than 50 corporate collections and many important private collections in this country and abroad. GRANTS AND AWARDS National Midyear Second Place Award, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio 2002 Golden Foundation, “individual artists award” 2001 Juror’s Award, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach “Figurative Works 01” 2001 Critics Choice Award, Flushing Council on the Arts, Queens, New York “Artists Choose Artists” 1994 MidAtlantic/NEA Fellowship 1994 Thomas B. Clarke Award, 161st Juried Exhibition at the National Academy of Design, New York 1986 Patron Purchase Award, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri “Watercolor USA” 1980 CAPS Fellowship, New York State Council on the Arts Childe Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York 1976 SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected) Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia “The Art of Hanging Out” 2008 EOS Gallery, Redlands, California “Interiors” 2004, 2002 Marin-Price Galleries, Chevy Chase, Maryland “New York, New York” 2002 DFN Gallery, New York, New York “Interiors” 1998 Barbara Moran Fine Art at St. Barthelemy, French West Indies 1995-1999 Gallery 10 Ltd., Washington, D.C. 1995 Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, Maryland 1993, 1987, 1984 Seraphim Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey 1992 Ken Bernstein Gallery, Long Island City/Queens, New York 1987 Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua, New York 1986 Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania (visiting artist, exhibition and lecture) 1980 Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1979 Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts 1979 ROKO Gallery, New York, New York 1977 Caravan House, New York, New York 1972 The New Gallery, Columbia University, New York, New York Mari Galleries, Woodstock, New York 1968 GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected) Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT "Presence as Painting" (curated by William Bailey) 2008 Flushing Town Hall (Smithsonian) Flushing, New York “Five Women Artist in New York” (curated by Ken Ratner) 2008 The Painting Center New York, New York “Out Looking In; In Looking Out: Urbanism: New York City” (curated by Janet Y. Larose) January 2007 Hudson Gallery Sylvania, Ohio “fresh paint” five artists 2006 Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Univ. of Richmond Museums Richmond, Virginia “2006 Biennial of American Prints” The Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts at Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, New York “Daily Miracles” 2004; “Exhibit of “Fine Art and Fine Crafts” 13 artists 2002; “14 members” (curated by Louise Weinberg) 1998-99; Members’ Open Exhibit 1996-97, 1997-98; “Artists Choose Artists” 1994 Walter Wickiser Gallery Inc., New York, New York “Figurative Phases” 2003 Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, New York “New Directions IV” 2003 Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, New York “Small Things of Great Importance” 2002 Queens Council on the Arts/Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing, New York “Paint” 4 painters 2002 “Echoes of a New Millennium” 2002 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio “Midyear” 2002, 2001, 1998, 1987, 1984, 1983, 1981, 1975, 1963 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida “Figurative Works 01” 2001 “Figurative Small Works” 1997 Museum of the City of New York, New York, New York “Painting the Town: Cityscapes of New York” 2000-2002 DFN Gallery, New York, New York Summer Show 2000 “Realism?” 1998; “Life in the Big City 1997 Cleveland Foundation for the Arts at the Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, Ohio “City Life” 1999-2000 Gallery East, East Hampton, New York Summer Show 1999 E.C. May & Co. at Addison/Ripley “10 x 10” Washington, D.C. 1999 Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, Ohio “Figuratively Speaking” 1997 Barbara Moran Fine Art, South Egremont, Massachusetts Summer Show 1993-1998 Gloria Plevin Gallery, Chautauqua, New York Summer Show 1997, 1996 Blue Mountain Gallery, New York “Small Works Invitational” 1997, 1996 Galerie Samagra in association with Barbara Moran, Paris, France 1996 American Institute of Physics, College Park, Maryland 1996 Citicorp Center, Long Island City, New York “Eastbank Artists” 1996 Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY “New York Now: Contemporary Cityscapes from the Museum of the City of New York” 1995; “Recent Acquisitions: Presents of the Past” 1994 La Mama – La Galleria, New York, New York 1994 Park Avenue Atrium, New York, New York (Curator, Ludwig Datene) “City and Country” 1994; “The Landscape” 1985; “Cityscapes” 1984 National Academy of Design, New York, New York 165th, 163rd and 161st Juried Exhibitions, 1990, 1988 and 1986, respectively Museum of the National Arts Foundation, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, New York, New York “In Search of the American Experience” 1989 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri “Watercolor USA” 1988, 1985, 1980 Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri “Paper in Particular” 1988, 1986, 1982 Ken Bernstein Gallery, Long Island City/Queens, New York 1988 Rockville Campus Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland “Director’s Choice” 1986 National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. “New Acquisitions” 1985 Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina “Art on Paper” 1985, 1981 Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, Maryland “The Realists” 1985 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio “Recent Acquisitions” 1983 Somerset County College Art Gallery, Somerset, New Jersey “Waterworks” (Cur. by Pamela Moore) 1983 Baker Gallery, La Jolla, California 1982 Segal Gallery, New York, New York 1982, 1981 Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York (three person) 1980 80 Washington Sq. East Galleries, New York, New York “Small Works Competition” (juried by Paterson Sims) 1980 Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Connecticut “31st New England Exhibition” (juried by Henry Geldzahler) 1980; “30th New England Exhibition” 1979 Five Towns Foundation, Woodmere, New York Juried Art Exhibit 1980; Juried Art Exhibit (juried by D. Sonnenberg, J. Truman and D. Shirey) First Prize 1979 Islip Art Gallery, Islip, New York “New Faces II” 1980 Tower Fine Art Gallery, SUNY Brockport and College Art Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, New York “CAPS” Graphics: 19 Artists” 1979 Terrain Gallery, New York, New York 1979 American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York “Hassam Fund Purchase Exhibition” 1976 Queens Museum, Queens, New York “Sons and Others: Women Artists See Men” 1975 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (juried exhibition) Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York “Recent Paintings USA: The Figure” 1962 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, Florida Museum of the City of New York, New York National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. CORPORATE COLLECTIONS (selected) Arthur Andersen and Co., Cleveland, Ohio Aux Deux Magots, Paris, France Burston Marsteller, New York, New York Citicorp Credit Card Services, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, New York Capital One, Richmond, Virginia CIGNA Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dunnells, Durvall, Bennett and Porter, Washington, D.C. Dupont, Wilmington, Delaware Fine Creative Media, Inc., New York, New York Fountain House, Inc., New York, New York Florida National Bank, Jacksonville, Florida Garden State Business Machines Inc., Springfield, New Jersey Harris Bankcorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois IBM (International Business Machines Corp.), Armonk, New York INA (Insurance Corp. of North America), New York, New York Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C. KPMG Peat Marwick, Atlanta, Georgia Lane and Edson, Washington, D.C. Manufacturers Hanover, New York, New York Mari Galleries, Larchmont, New York Mausel-Hollins, Rockville, Maryland McKinsey & Co., Inc., New York, New York Mentor Partners, New York, New York Mobil Oil, Powder Mill, New York Morningside House, Bronx, New York NCR Corporation, Columbus, Ohio Newsweek, Inc., New York, New York NIH (National Institutes of Health), Washington, D.C. Nurenberg, Plevin, McCarthy & Heller Co., Cleveland, Ohio (Collection of 22 Works on Paper) NYNEX Corp., New York, New York Pfizer Inc., New York, New York PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Readers Digest Association, Inc., New York, New York Peter Rose Gallery, New York, New York Rainbow Graphics, Inc., New York, New York Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, New York Smith, Barney, Harris, Upham & Co., Inc., New York, New York U.S. State Department “Art Bank,” Washington, D.C. University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio USF&G Corporation (Insurance), Baltimore, Maryland Voice-Tel Enterprises, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio Vinson & Elkins Attorneys, Houston, Texas Winkleman & Mann, Washington, D.C. Wunder and Diefendorger Law Offices, Washington, D.C. PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (selected) Dr. Gene Abel and Nora Harlow, Atlanta, Georgia Cynthia Bernardi and Manu Sassoonian, New York, New York Ken and Nancy Bernstein, Cleveland, Ohio Henny Bierke, Oslo, Norway Mary Lou amd John Diekman, Cranston, Rhode Island Michael and Marlene Fine, New York, New York Richard and Irene Frary, New York, New York Bjorn and Pia Freiberg, Stockholm, Sweden Ulrich Gnath and Camilla Krebsbach-Gnath, Kronberg, Germany Mitchell Goldberg and Robert Mayetta, Larchmont, New York Gladys Haddad (artists of Northern Ohio), Cleveland, Ohio David P. and Shirley Harry III, Redlands, California Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, D.C. Scott Keller, New York, New York Sam and Leslie Klein, New York, New York Dr. Noah Klein and Susan Davidowitz, New York, New York Boris and Judith Kupermann, New York, New York Prof. Alexander Lande, Amsterdam, Holland Arnold and Hazel Mannheimer, New York, New York Alex McNaughton, New York, New York Joan Nyman, New York, New York Bill and Selma Opie, Rancho Bernardo, California Dr. Steven and Meri Rosenblatt, San Antonio, Texas Diane Schreiber, New York, New York Richard Scrushy, Birmingham, Alabama Dr. Bertram Schwarszchild, Rockville, Maryland Prof. Amiya and Suzanne Sen, New York, New York Christopher Shyer, Larchmont, New York Hank Virgona, New York, New York Paul Zenov, New York, New York COMMISSIONED WORKS (selected) Barnes & Noble, New York, New York (gift of Fine Creative Media, Inc., New York, New York) Prof. James Barnhill, Providence, Rhode Island Stephen and Sherryl Carlomusto, Cranston, Rhode Island Eric and Jeanne Chaika, Barrington, Rhode Island Michael and Marlene Fine, New York, New York Tomiko Fraser, Long Island City, New York Prof. Gerson and Judy Goldhaber, Berkeley, California Nat and Marilyn Goldhaber, Oakland, California Mary Lou Gill, Saunderstown, Rhode Island David P. and Shirley Harry III, Redlands, California Robert and Sabina Lusardi, New York, New York Paula Lusardi, New York, New York Paul Mayer and Claire Labine, New York, New York Chuck Scarborough, New York, New York Bill and Alice Scott, Saunderstown, Rhode Island Mario and Patricia Zangari, Hamden, Connecticut BIBLIOGRAPHY(selected) “Daily Miracles: The First 25 Years of the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts,” edited by Linda Faulhaber and published by the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Flushing, New York, 2004; color reproduction of “Barfly/Nocturne” 2001 Sandusky Register, August 9, 2002, Sandusky, OH; “Literally Figurative” by Trish Doller with photograph of the artist 66^th National Midyear Exhibition at The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 2002, catalogue with color reproduction: “Vodka Bar I,” recipient of Second Place Award Redlands Daily Facts, April 28, 2002, Redlands, CA; “New exhibit at EOS features works of New York artist” with color reproduction of restaurant scene, oil on board, [“Pravda”] and photograph of the artist “Painting the Town: Cityscapes of New York, Paintings from the Collection of the Museum of the City of New York,” edited by Jan Seidler Ramirez and published by the Museum of the City of New York in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2000; full-page color reproduction of Katz’s Deli 1991 with facing-page text New York magazine, April 24, 2000, New York, NY; “Picture Perfect” by Susan Dominus The Artful Mind, Sept. 22 - Nov., 1995, Great Barrington, MA; Interview by Harriet Candee with 3 B&W reproductions and 2 photographs of the artist Newsday, Dec. 16, 1988, New York, NY; “Art Transplants” by Esther Iverem with one B&W photograph of the artist in her studio 161^st Annual Exhibit at the National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 1986; catalogue with B&W reproduction: “Darkness and Light” 1986, recipient of the Thomas B. Clarke Prize for a figure composition painted in the United States by an American citizen The San Diego Union, Aug. 8, 1982, San Diego, CA; Review of “Summer Show at the Baker Gallery in La Jolla, CA with B&W reproduction: “The Passage” 1978 LINK The Cleveland Institute of Art Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 1, Fall 1979: “New York, New York,” Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1979; Interview by Betsy Hamrah with 4 B&W reproductions The Plain Dealer, Sept. 16, 1979, Cleveland, OH; “New York double take” by Helen Cullinan with B&W reproduction: “Man in Shadow” 1976 “Sons & Others: Women Artists See Men,” The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY, 1975; catalogue with B&W reproduction: “Three Men Running” 1972 “Recent Paintings USA: The Figure,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1962; catalogue with B&W reproduction: “The Four Women” 1961 MEDIA Video “Cleveland Artists Foundation Presents a Panel Discussion on City Life” 12/14/99 Video “A Barnhill Portrait” 1991-92 Rhode Island University Film Department EDUCATION: BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art Hans Hoffman School, Provincetown, Massachusetts Yale-Norfolk Fellowship, Norfolk, Connecticut BORN: Sandusky, Ohio \| back to top \|

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