GENE WISNIEWSKI 20 48th Street #4F Weehawken, NJ 07086 (917) 566-8390
Background: Born Plainfield, NJ Rutgers University; studied under Leon Golub. Advanced to Painting VI Additional studies at the National Academy of Design, The New York Academy of Art, L’Ecole Albert Defois in Vihiers, France, and The New School
Selected Exhibitions: 2011: Richeson 75 International Figure/Portrait Exhibition Meritorious Entry 2011: Cover and featured artist, "Fix It Broken" Magazine Volume 1, Issue 2 (includes interview) 2010: Grace Van Vorst Gallery, Jersey City, NJ "21st Annual Cathedral Arts Fair"2010: City Without Walls, Newark, NJ "Wall to Wall" 2010: 33 Collective Gallery, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL "Sixth Annual Self-Portrait Competition" 2009: Grace Van Vorst Gallery, Jersey City, NJ "20th Annual Cathedral Arts Fair" 2009: Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY "Benefit for Nicole Gagne" 2008: Hoboken Artists’ Studio Tour, Hoboken, NJ Includes a staged reading of my original short story, “And Broke HIs Crown”, published by Exquisite Corpse, the literary magazine of Louisiana State University, www.corpse.org
2008: Jersey City Artists’ Studio Tour, Jersey City, NJ “Cashbash” Benefit Auction for ProArts Hudson County
2008: Park Avenue Gallery, Weehawken, NJ “Decay/Regrowth”
2008: North Bergen Library, North Bergen, NJ “Signs of the Times”
2008: Art House Production Space, Jersey City, NJ “Art SLAM”
2008: Park Avenue Gallery, Weehawken, NJ “La Ola’s Art Show: An Exhibition of North Hudson County Art”
2007: City Without Walls, Newark, NJ “Metro 25” Traveling exhibition independently juried by Heather Darcy (MIxed Greens Gallery), Erin Donnelly (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), and Carlo McCormick (Paper Magazine)
2007: Artists Space, New York, NY “Night of 1000 Drawings” Benefit Exhibition
2007: James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY “Postcards From the Edge” Benefit Exhibition/Auction for AIDS Research
2006: Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA “Post-Postcards"
2006: Sikkema Jenkins Gallery, New York, NY “Postcards From the Edge” Benefit Exhibition/Auction for AIDS Research
2005: The Tate Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY “First Year Anniversary Exhibition”
2005: CBGB 313 Gallery, New York, NY “Symbologic”
2005: Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY “Postcards From the Edge” Benefit Exhibition/Auction for AIDS Research
2005: Featured on web sites, www.surrealism.co.uk, Brighton, England, and The Tate Chelsea Gallery, www.thetatechelsea.com, New York, NY
2004: Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ “Nohu II Artists Slide Show”
2002: The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY “Juried Exhibition, Audobon Artists, Inc.”
1994: The Drawing Center, New York, NY “The Return of the Exquisite Corpse”
Partial List of Collectors: Douglas Carter Beane, New York, NY Beeban Kidron, London, England Sur Rodney (Sur), New York, NY Gregory Montreuil/Yves Musard, New York, NY Nancy Tompkins/Larry Heinemann, Jersey City, NJ Alice Eisenberg, New York, NY Eric Rasmussen, New York, NY Kathena Bryant/Tim Champion, New York, NY Robert David, Jersey City, NJ Skye Henley, Seattle. WA Charla Moore, Springfield, MO
Career-related Experience: City Without Walls, member/slide registry, Newark, New Jersey First and second “Rainbow Day” Events, art therapy program at children’s psychiatric ward of St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY Commercial Illustrator/Graphic Designer
Publications: Weehawken Reporter, “If there’s Soho, why can’t there be Nohu in North Hudson?”, Jim Hague, Sunday, Oct.4, 2004 The Jersey Journal, “Nohu arts scene on the rise”, Jeff Theodore, Saturday, Oct, 30, 2004 Weehawken Reporter, “From Acting to Real Estate to Art”, Jim Hague, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004 Weehawken Reporter, “Painting a Stairway to Paradise”, Jim Hague, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007 The Jersey Journal, “Art Party Promises to be Slammin’!””, Jeff Theodore, Friday, March 7, 2008
Publications (non-featured): New York Times, “A Show of Small Works, and a Group Sampler”, Benjamin Genocchio, Dec. 9, 2007 Hudson Reporter, “Causing a Splash”, Nicolas Millan, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008
Teaching Experience: *Studio Classes in Drawing and Painting/Senior Goddard Riverside Community Center, New York, NY 2000-present JCC Manhattan, New York, NY 2009-present *Studio Classes in Drawing and Painting/All Ages, All Levels Picasso Art School, New York, New York, NY 2008-2009 Private 2005-present *Lectures 2011-present *“Art Appreciation for Improved Business Thinking” Julia Hough Yoga Studio, Weehawken, NJ JCC Manhattan, New York, NY *“The Six-Hour Art Major” JCC Manhattan, New York, NY 92nd Street Y Tribeca, New York, NY Creative Center for People With Cancer, New York, NY SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY Hunter College, New York, NY Lehman College, Bronx, NY Queens College, Queens, NY Soho House, New York, NY Riverdale Y, Riverdale, NY Symposia Books, Hoboken, NJ JCC Manhattan, New York, NY 92nd Street Y Tribeca, New York, NY Princeton Area Newcomers and Friends,
Princeton, NJ Private
References: Christine Wheeler Goddard Riverside Community Center 212.873.6600 cwheeler@goddard.org
Debbie Himmelfarb 92nd Street Y Tribeca 212-413-8823 DHimmelfarb@92y.org
Sigrid Orr JCC Manhattan 646-505-5715 sorr@jcc.org
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