Joseph Peller - Resume

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Exhibitions, Awards, and Publications
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Selected Awards
Selected Publications
Special Projects and Commissions
Teaching and Lectures

Biographical Information

Joseph Peller's paintings, works on paper, and sculpture explore the haunting notions of isolation and ambivalence inherent in his images of individuals caught in the unnoticed rituals of modern urban life.

The artist prefers working from life using a small circle of friends, and occasionally himself, as objects of exploration. His sketchbook drawings and oil studies, done "in situ," seek the "essential incident" which he supplements with his visual memory to inform the development of his larger work. Peller enjoys experimenting with a wide range of pure and mixed techniques involving oil, pastel, various printmaking procedures, drawing and sculpture.

The artist has exhibited in solo exhibitions in New York and Toronto, and has participated in group exhibitions in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Peller's work has received recognition in international and national exhibitions. He ha been mentioned in reviews in several publications including The New York Times, New York News Day, and The Wall Street Journal. In 1992 he received the National Sculpture Society Award for Figurative Sculpture, the Len G. Everett Award for painting in 1994, and the Dr. David Soloway Memorial Award in 2000. The artist is represented in public, corporate, and private collections in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He currently lives and works in New York and teaches at the Art Students League of New York.

Born in Toronto in 1953, Peller's independent development has generally favored private affiliation with artists whose body of work shared common themes with his personal vision. Initially, he studied with A.K. Scott, a Canadian artist and pupil of the distinguished American painters Charles W. Hawthorne, and George Bellows. During formal study at the School of Architecture at the University of Toronto, he maintained a private liaison with Canadian painters Kenneth Forbes and Cleve Horne. His development continued in New York working with noted artists Thomas Fogarty, Jr., and Hilary Holmes at the Art Students League, and Ron Sherr at the National Academy of Design. During this time he received a Revson Foundation Grant from the Art Students League of New York, in 1985.

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Exhibitions, Awards, and Publications

	The artist has exhibited in the United States, Canada and Europe. His work has received mention in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York News Day, and numerous catalogues. Peller's work has also been recognized by awards in national group exhibitions. The artist is represented in public, corporate, and private collections in the United States, Canada and Europe. A selected list of exhibitions and awards follows.

A selected list of exhibitions and awards follows.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

	2008	In the Light, the City Transfigured , Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

	2005	Sunrise, Sunset – the City , Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

	2004	Metropolis, Myth and Destiny, ACA galleries, New York, NY

	2003	Intermezzo, The Roberts Gallery, Toronto Canada

	2002	The Essential Moment: A Survey of Paintings, Works on Paper, and Sculpture, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield CT

	2002	Songs Without Words, Rittenhouse Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

	2001	Spirits of Place, The Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

	2001	Urban Interludes, The Cultural Exchange Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

	1999	Hidden Seams: Modern City Life Observed, Solo Exhibition, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

	1998	Unnoticed Rituals, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

	1997	Variations on Urban Themes, Art Gallery Conference Center, Fairfield University Fairfield, CT

	1997	Urban Ether Joseph Peller Recent Work, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

	1994	Women with Attitude, First Street Gallery New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

	2007	Allied Artist of America, Invitational show at Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT

	2007	Summer Group show, ACA Galleries, New York, NY

	2007	Into the Heart of the Southwest: 20 Painters Interpret the Forbes Trinchera Ranch , The Forbes Gallery, New York, NY

	2007	Artist Choice, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

	2006	"Why the Nude", Art Students League, New York, NY

	2006	International Fine Art Exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany

	2006	Splash: Artist's Reflection on Water, ACA Galleries, New York, NY

	2005	Continuum, ACA Galleries, New York, NY

	2005	Toronto International Art Fair, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Canada

	2004	Allied Arts of America 91st Annual Exhibition, New York, NY

	2004	Love, Art Students League at Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

	2003	Bricks of Art, ACA Galleries, New York, NY

	2003	Small & Everlasting, ACA Galleries, New York, NY

	2003	Cast Art 4, Curated Sculpture Exhitition, Dusseldorf, Germany

	2002	Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY

	2001	The Discerning Eye, Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY

	2001	Allied Artists of America at The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

	2001	Faculty Drawing Exhibition, New York Academy of Art New York NY

	1999	30/30 Thirty Works By Arts Students League Alumni, A Juried Exhibition, New York, NY, New York, NY

	1997	Urban Landscape Five New York Painters, Curated Group Show Sponsored by the Marine Midland Bank & Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY

	1996	Art and the Law 1996, Traveling Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing MI, University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa OK, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford OH

	1996	Paint Fiction, Curated Group Show, Art Initiatives Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY

	1996	The 25th Juried Show, Juror: Susan Krane, Curator High Museum of Art, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown PA

	1995	National Works on Paper 125th Anniversary Exhibition, Curator: Catherine Valenza Director, Islip Art Museum, St. John's University, New York, NY

	1994	National Academy of Design 169th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design Museum, National Juried Show, New York, NY

Selected Awards

	2006	The Alden Bryan Memorial Award, 93rd Annual Exhibition Allied Artist of America, National Arts Club

	2000	The Dr. David Soloway Memorial Award, New York

	1994	The Len G. Everett Memorial Award, New York

	1992	National Sculpture Society Award for Figurative Sculpture, New York

	1985	Revson Foundation Grant, Art Students League, New York

Selected Publications

	2007	"Painters Interpret the Forbes Trinchera Ranch" , by M. Stephen Doherty, American Artist Magazine, New York, NY

	2006	On the Cover, Kate F. Hays, American Psychologist, Washington, DC

	2005	Talent Spotting at the Art Students League Anniversary Exhibitions, American Art Collector, Scottsdale, AZ

	2004	Art and Antiques, September 2004: “Gallery Watch”, Atlanta

	2001	Printmaking in the Sun, Dan Weldon, Pauline Muir, Watson-Guptill, New York, NY

	2001	A Moment in Time, Jennifer Cushman, Scottsdale Life July 2001, Scottsdale, AZ

	1998	Joseph Peller: Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture, "Joseph Peller: Romantic Myth, Realism, and Aestheticism" catalogue essay by Dr. Diana Mille New York, NY

	1997	Four from America, Dr. Martin H. Schmidt, Thetis Vol. IV, Mannheim University, Mannheim, Germany

	1996	Art and the Law 1996, West Publishing, Eagan, MN 1996

	1995	The New York Times, "75 Statements About Women's Bodies in a Didactic Exhibition", April 2 1995, New York NY.

	1994	New York News Day, "Ladies' Day." 11 March 1994, New York, NY.

Special Projects and Commissions

	1993	St. George Project - Variations on a Fantastic Theme Toronto Public Library. A series of site specific architectural sculpture design proposals for Philip Carter Architect using scale drawings and 3D working models.

	1992	Sangue Latino - A collaboration in a series of paintings for the choreographer Fausto Matias depicting the performer in rehearsals. Mr. Matias' project was recognized by a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in 1993.

Teaching and Lectures

	2001 - present	Art Students League of New York, Instructor, Painting and Composition, New York, NY

	1998 - 2003	New York Academy of Art: Instructor, Painting Composition From Life, New York, NY

	1994	Mount Holyoke College: Invited to give slide lecture on work to faculty and senior students and to review senior work as a guest critic