Rowan University Art Gallery

Past Exhibits

ELAINE M. ERNE: Drawings and Prints - October 12th through November 14th

October 8 - November 14, 2009

Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 14, 5 - 7 pm

Elaine M. Erne is a Philadelphia-based artist who creates large scale graphite drawings as well as lithographic prints. Her most recent series is titled "The Lives and Traumas of Stuffed Animals" that features imagery serving as an allegory for children in abusive situations. 
 
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BETTER THAN EVER: Women Figurative Artists of the 70's Soho Co-ops

September 1 - October 2, 2009

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 5 - 7 PM. Gallery talk begins at 5:00

 

This traveling exhibition is curated by New York painter and professor Sharyn Finnegan. The show spotlights the 1970's, a crucial period in the feminist movement, and reunites 19 artists who displayed their work in supportive, cooperatively-owned galleries in New York City's SoHo neighborhood. Artists featured are Dottie Attie, Nancy Beal, Temma Bell, Marcia Clark, Daria Dorosh, Sharyn Finnegan, Janet Fish, Susan Grabel, Nancy Grilikhes, Barbara Grossman, Marjorie Kramer, Marion Lerner Levine, Tomar Levine, Cynthia Mailman, Frances Siegel, Sylvia Sleigh, Shaw Stewart, Selina Trieff.

 

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Decorative Resurgence

April 21 - May 24, 2009

Opening Reception: April 23, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, Gallery Talk by Jill Baker Gower @ 4:30

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Annual Juried Student Exhibition

March 30 - April 9, 2009

Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 1, 4 - 6 PM

Thus Annual Student Exhibition features juried works of all media and subject matter created by aspiring artists in the Rowan community. Outstanding works are selected for prizes and awards. This year's juror is Julie Saecker Schneider, Director of Fine Arts in the Department of Fine Arts at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.


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DOUBLE BIND: Women Telling it Slant

February 16 - March 20, 2009

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5, 4:30 - 6:30 PM

A person in a double bind receives a conflicting message, whereby the action taken is wrong no matter what choice she makes. Catch-22s have been used historically to restrict women and challenge their roles as leaders. Considering Emily Dickinson's suggestion to "Tell the truth, but tell it slant", this exhibition will feature works that address or question old-fashioned double binds and new-fangled twists through the artistic device of indirection. Works in the exhibition take on visual strategies such as metaphor, parody, irony and narrative. Artists invited to participate include Susana V. Jacobson, Jennifer Justice, Laura McAdams, Jackie Sandro, Julie Saecker Schneider, Sylvia Sleigh and Nancy Wright. This show marks a commemoration of Women's History Month and is curated by Kathryn McFadden.  

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Trash Picked: Contemporary Arte Povera

January 12 - February 6, 2009

Opening Reception: January 28, 4:30 - 6:30 PM

Arte Povera ("Poor Art") was an art movement that began in Italy in the late 1960s. Young Italian artists began to use inexpensive or free materials in experimental and innovative ways to create their works. These methodologies have since become common practice in contemporary art. This group exhibit examines how Arte Povera, while a small and short-lived art movement, continues to have relevance with artists working in the 21st century. Artists participating in this exhibition include Alyse Bernstein, Steven and Bill Blaise Dufala, Seth Eisen, James Ottie Greenwell, Geoff Hindle, Scot Kaylor and Jeff Thomas. A Gallery Talk will occur at the onset of the reception. The exhibit is curated by Kathryn McFadden.

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SANDA ILIESCU: Collages and Drawings

November 10 - December 16, 2008

Opening Reception: November 13, 2008 @ 4:30 - 6:30 pm

Sanda Iliescu is an Associate Professor of Art and Architecture at the University of Virginia. Born in Romania, she came to the United States at age 15 with her mother who was a political refugee. She turned to painting, collage and drawing after earning an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a masters in architecture at Princeton University. Widely exhibited, her work is currently represented by Vagabond Gallery in New York City. Among her professional awards are The Rome Prize and The Distinguished Artist Award of the New Jersey State Council of the Arts.

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TONY ROSATI: Paintings and Prints

September 29 - October 31, 2008

Opening Reception: October 2, 2008, 5 - 6:30 PM (with Gallery Talk)

Acclaimed artist Tony Rosati is a printmaker and painter. A graduate of Tyler School of Art and Rider College, Rosati is currently the Chair of the Printmaking Department at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. This exhibit features recent monotypes and paintings. His subject matter of landscape is presented both realistically and using lyrical abstraction. Distorting color and form, Rosati addresses feelings of yearning in his visual expression of nature. His work is represented in a number of major public collections including the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A brochure will be available to complement the exhibition.

Please note: a special "Preview" Gallery Talk will take place on September 27, @ 11 AM as part of Rowan University Family Weekend. All welcome and free of charge.

 

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SHIRLEY GORELICK: Frida, Pablo and the Self/Artist as Model

April 14 - June 30, 2008

Opening Reception: April 16 at 4:30 PM

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Clay and the Transferred Image II

March 3 - April 4, 2008

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 6, 5 - 7 PM

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Gelah Penn - The Narrow Margin

January 15 - February 22, 2008

Opening Reception: Reception for artist: Thursday, January 24, 5 - 7 PM

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Bill Westheimer - Photographs

January 10, 2008

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Juried Student Exhibition

April 20 - 28, 2007

Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 18th, 4:00-6:00pm

Juror: Douglas Ferrari, Executive Director
Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts
Long Branch, New Jersey

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Julie Speed - Bible Studies

March 1 - April 7, 2007

Opening Reception: Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 7th 5:00-7:00pm

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Ben Polsky - Structural Process

January 16 - February 24, 2007

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 1, 5:00-7:00pm

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Jackie Tileston - Chromatopia

September 21 - October 27, 2006

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Rowan University Student Juried Exhibition

April 13 - 28, 2006

Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 19th 4:00-6:00pm

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Janice Krasnow & William A. Ortega

March 2 - April 7, 2006

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 9th 5:00-7:00pm

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Building Structures

January 18 - February 24, 2006

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 26th 5:00-7:00pm

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Jill Moser - Naming Game

November 8 - December 16, 2005

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 17th, 2005 5:00-7:00pm

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Abandoned Prisons

September 22 - October 28, 2005

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Stefanie Nagorka: Aisle Tour

March 3 - April 7, 2005

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Drawing Netowrks: Abstraction and the Scientific

January 18 - February 25, 2005

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Private Lives

October 6 - November 19, 2004

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2004 Rowan University Faculty Exhibition

May 3 - 31, 2004

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