Yale Epstein

Artist's Statement: I trust imagination and intuition, and am fascinated with process. The art that I do always involves an interaction between the evolving work and myself. It is conversation that is at times quiet and civil, at other times a screaming match. My paintings often begin directly on the canvas, or as overlays of transparent monoprints made from metal or plexiglass plates on my etching press. To these I might add loose washes of oil, acrylic colors, or layers of pastel. Shapes and impressions emerge.

In further developing the work, I might incorporate dry pigments, inks, wax, dyes, collage, marble dust, graphite, colored pencils, adding more transparent or opaque color, or whatever else the piece seems to be asking for. I will use my fingers as well as brushes and other mark-producing tools in the process. I might finish the work with wax or varnish.

While this approach to creating art is extremely personal, it is mediated by a lifetime of involvement with the visual legacy of the past, as well as of contemporary culture. My hope is that my most successful works will have personal resonance with those who will view them.

My prints are hands-on creations, far different from Glicee’, or other such reproductions. Each work in the portfolio was executed by me personally, sometimes assisted by a master printer. I created the plates individually, and printed them in several color stages, from one or more matrices, using etching or lithographic inks. They are on all-rag paper, in edition sizes of 15 up to 92.

EDUCATION:

• Brooklyn College, M.A., B.A., Fine Arts
• Columbia University, Art History;
• New York University, Art Education;
• Pratt Graphics Center, Printmaking;
• Brooklyn Museum Art School, Painting, Drawing
• Art Students League, Painting.

EXHIBITIONS: PAINTING AND GRAPHICS

• 2006/00/1998/90 Galerie Domberger, Stuttgart, Germany
• 2005 Artforms gallery, Red Bank N.J.
• 2005/00/95/88 Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, N.Y.
• 2004/02 Deborah Davis Gallery, Hudson, N.Y.
• 2003 Watermark/Cargo Gallery, Kingston, N.Y.
• 2003/02/98 Summa Gallery, New York City
• 1997/94/93 Images Gallery, New York City
• 1996/90 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• 1995 John Callahan Gallery, Boston, Mass.
• 1992 Chicago Center for The Print, Chicago, Ill.
• 1991/90 Falkenstern Gallery, New York City
• 1986 Mona Berman Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
• 1984 Galerie Schindler, Berne, Switzerland
• 1984 Jamie Szoke Gallery, New York City
• 1982/80/78 Gallery Odin, Port Washington, N.Y.
• 1981 Landmark Gallery, New York City
• 1980 Harriman College, Harriman, N.Y.
• 1979 Josef Gallery, New York City
• 1974 Alonzo Gallery, New York City
• 1972 New York City Community College
• 1969/68/67 Roko Gallery, New York City

• 2005/04/03 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• 2004/03/02/01 Works On Paper, Park Ave. Armory, New York City
• 2004/03 Artforms Gallery, Woodstock, N.Y 2003/01/99 Michele Birnbaum Fine Art, New York City
• 2003/97/87 Aires Gallery, Brewster, Mass.
• 2000/99/98 Lydon Fine Arts, Chicago,Ill.
• 2000 Pacific States Print Biennial, University of Hawaii 1999 Society of American Graphic Artists, New York City
• 1999 Nason-Williams Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
• 1999/98/97 Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, N.Y.
• 1997/95/93 Galerie Domberger, Stuttgart, Germany
• 1996 New York Artists Equity, New York City 1995 “Legacy of Excellence” Brooklyn. College Faculty Images Gallery, New York City
• 1994 International Print Triennial ‘94, Cracow, Poland
• 1993 “Global Graphics” Biennale, Maastricht, Holland
• 1992 Hong Kong Art Centre, “Americana ‘92”
• 1991/90/88 Chicago Center For The Print, Chicago, Ill.
• 1990 “ART 21/90” Basel, Switzerland; Galerie Domberger
• 1990 The National Academy of Design, New York City
• 1990/88 Soundshore Gallery, Stamford, Conn.
• 1989/86 Randall Beck Gallery, Boston, Mass.
• 1989/88/86 Mona Berman Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
• 1988 National Arts Club, New York City
• 1987 Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City
• 1987 Brooklyn College, City University of New York
• 1987 Multiple Impressions Gallery, New York City
• 1987 A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
• 1986/85/84 Chosy Gallery, Madison, W.I.
• 1985 Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
• 1984 “ART BASEL 15/84” , Switzerland: Galerie Domberger
• 1984/83/81 Galerie Françoise Palluel, Paris, France
• 1984 Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, N.Y. 1984 Marymount College, New York City
• 1984 New York University, Loeb Center, New York City
• 1984 Suffolk County Community College, N.Y.
• 1983 “ART Basel 14/83” , Switzerland; Galerie Domberger
• 1983 The Bronx Museum Of The Arts, Bronx, N.Y.
• 1983 The Lockhaven Art Center, Orlando, Fla.
• 1983/82 Pace Editions, New York City
• 1982 Mobil Corporation “Prints-USA”, Pratt Graphics Center, NYC
• 1982/81/80 Landmark Gallery, New York City
• 1980 Aaron Berman Gallery, New York City
• 1979 Alonzo Gallery, New York City
• 1978 The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.

• The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y
• The Bibleothèque National, Paris
• The Brooklyn Museum, N.Y.
• Pew Charitable Trust, N.J.
• The City of Chicago
• The Library of Congress U.S. Dept. of State
• Yale University, New Haven, CT

• 1993-2002 Arts Reveiw panel,Research Grants Awards, City Univ. of NY
• 1991 Lecturer, Woodstock Art School, Woodstock, N.Y.
• 1985-1990 Board of Directors, A.I.R. Gallery, N.Y.
• 1980-1990 Instructor, School of Visual Arts, N.Y.
• 1974-1987 Instructor, Brooklyn College, City University, N.Y.
• 1970-1987 Standing Committee on Art, New York City Board of Education
• 1965-1987 Chairman, Dept. Fine Arts, FDR High School, Bkyln, N.Y.
• 1968-1990 Assistant Examiner; Fine Arts, N.Y.C Board of Examiners
• 1973-1982 Museum of Modern Art, Education Advisory Board
• 1970-1974 Brooklyn Museum Art School, Advisory Board

• Sept. 2003 Inscriptions: “ Fragments of Lost Memories”, Watermark/Cargo Gallery
• Sept. 17, 1995 N.Y.Times Magazine: “The Power of Color”, Reproduction of painting
• Spring 1994 Triennale ‘94, International Prints: Cracow, Poland
• July 1993 Global Graphics: 1st International Graphics; Maastricht, Holland
• Spring 1993 The William and Mary Review: College Tercentenary Commission, Illustration
• April 24, 1990 Stuttgart Nachrichten: Review of 25 Year Retrospective Exhibition, Galerie Domberger, Stuttgart, Germany
• June 1990 Aspects of Nature: Monograph and Catalog of Paintings and Prints, 1965-90 Edition Domberger, Stuttgart, Germany
• June 16, 1988 Artspeak: Review; Pastel Exhibition, Summa Gallery, New York City
• July 20, 1984 New York Times: Review by Vivian Raynor of Painting Exhibition, Jamie Szoke Gallery, New York City
• June 16, 1984 Artspeak: Review of Print Exhibition, Loeb Center, N.Y.U., New York City
• June 15, 1983 Art 14 ‘83: De International Kunstmesse, Basel, Switzerland
• June 1982 Print Review: “Prints USA 1982”, Pratt Graphics Center, New York City
• August 31,1981 Newsday: Review by Malcolm Preston of Exhibition of Paintings, Gallery Odin, Port Washington, N.Y.
• Sept. 1981 The Print Collectors Newsletter: Review of Print Edition published by, Edition Domberger, Stuttgart, Germany
• June 1980 Arts Magazine: Critical Review, Tom Boutis
• Winter 1980 High Points:“Art as an Encompassing Experience”, New York City Bd. of Education
• Winter 1967/68 Art Journal: “Art Study Today: Comments and Criticism”, College Art Association of America

• Brooklyn Museum, Rosenthal Grant
• City University of N.Y., Research Grant
• Hudson River Museum, 69th Hudson River Annual Printmaking Award
• 1st International Graphic Biennale, Maastricht, Holland, Invited Artist

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