EDGAR JERINS
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born: Lincoln, Nebraska 1958
Education: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
1976-1980 4-Year Certificate
Awards:
2005 New York Foundation for the Arts,
Fellowship
in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books.
2004 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2003 The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
Grant
2002 George Sugarman Foundation Grant
2001 E.D. Foundation Grant
1997 Nathaniel Burwash Award, Copley Society,
Boston
1987 Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Award
For
Painting, Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia,
PA
1981 Los Angeles Bicentennial Student Award
1980 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
Frances Bergman Memorial Prize, PAFA
1979 Eleanor S. Gray Still Life Prize, PAFA
1978-79 Full Tuition Scholarship, PAFA
1978 Advanced Studio Privilege
Bergman Prize, PAFA
Toppin Prize, PAFA
1977-78
Hotz
Half Scholarship, PAFA
1976 National Scholarship Awards,Full
Scholarship,
PAFA
Exhibitions:
2007 (Scheduled) “New Directions in American
Drawing” The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA,
Telfair Museum of Art, Savanna, GA
2006 (Scheduled) “Figure in American Painting
and Drawing
1985-2005”, Ogunquit Museum of
American Art, Maine
2005 “Dances
of Death”, Group Exhibition,
Tatischeff
Gallery, NYC
71st Regional Exhibition, Arnot Art Museum,
Elmira, NY
Out of Line, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
“Collectors” Exhibition, Arkansas Art
Center, AR
2004 “My Friends, My Brothers”, One-man
Exhibition, Payne Gallery, Moravian College,
Bethlehem, PA (Catalogue)
One-Man Exhibition, Tatistcheff
Gallery,
NYC
“Traditions and Departures, Mentors
and
Protégés” Vose Gallery, Boston, MA (Catalogue)
“Collectors” Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center,
AR
2003 “Re-presenting Representation VI”, Arnot
Art
Museum, Elmira, New York (Catalogue)
“Narrative Portraits”, One Man Exhibition,
Museum of Nebraska Art at Kearney, NE
(Catalogue)
2002 One-Man Exhibition, Tatistcheff Gallery,
NYC
“A Decade of Perception”, Frye Art Museum,
Seattle, WAA, Curated by Norman
Lundin
(Catalogue)
2001 “Magic Visions”, Arkansas Art Center, Curated
by Townsend D. Wolfe, Director
(Catalogue)
Pennsylvania Academy Alumni Competition: “15
Exposures”; 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia,
PA
Ten New Artists, Tatistcheff Gallery,
NYC, NY
2000 Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Group
Show,
The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
1998 The Nude in Fine Art, Vanier Fine Art,
Ltd.,
Scottsdale, AZ
The Copley Society Portrait Show, Boston, MA
1997 Latvian Artist Group, Lever House, New York,
NY
The Copley Society Spring/Summer
Members Show,
Boston, MA
The Copley Society Winning Artists
Show,
Boston, MA
The Legacy Lives, Hillside Col., Hillsdale,
MI
1996 One Man Show, Artists Cooperative Gallery,
Omaha, NE
The Legacy Lives, Lever House, New York, NY
The Copley Society, New Members Shows,
Boston,
MA
Fellowship Show of the Pennsylvania Academy
Of the Fine Arts, Group Competition, Woodmere
Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1995 International
Images, Ltd., Group Show,
Sewicky,PA
1994 Rockland Center for the Arts, Group Show,
West Nyack, NY
1993 Latvian Artist Group, Lever House, New York,
NY
C.P.S. Pastel Society, Group Show,
Paul Mellon
Arts Center, Wallingford, CT
1992 Latvian Foreign Art Museum, One-Man Show, Riga,
Latvia
1991 Art to Live With, The
Sterlington Exhibit,
Sterlington, NY
1990 Five New York Artists Look at Los Angeles,
Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989 What’s In a Face, Group Show, Pelham, NY
1989 Portrait-Self-Portrait, Group
Show,
Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, NY
1988 The New York Eye, Group Show, Peale
House
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 90th Annual Fellowship Show of
the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts Group
Competition,
Philadelphia, PA
Islip Museum, Group Competition, Islip, NY
1986
Heckscher Museum, Group Competition,
Hungtington, NY
Wunsch Arts Center, Group Competition,
Glen Cove, NY
Fellowship Show of PAFA Group
Competition,
Philadelphia, PA
1985 Antiquarium Gallery, Two Person Show, Omaha,NE
Fellowship Show of PAFA, Group
Competition,
Philadelphia, PA
Rice Gallery, Five Years After, Group
Show,
Philadelphia, PA
1984 Wunsch Arts Center, Group Competition,
Glen Cove, NY
Fellowship Show of PAFA, Group
Competition,
Philadelphia, PA
1983 Biedribs Felpa Hall, One-Man Show, Los Angeles,
CA
Swope Gallery, Landscapes, Group Show,
Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Art Guild, Group Competition,
Los Angeles, CA
1981 View Interior Exterior, Group Show, Stockton
State College, NJ
Los Angeles Bicentennial Student Show,
Los
Angeles, CA
L.A. Fairytales, Cal State, Los Angeles, CA
Professional Experience:
Lecture and Critiques:
Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach,
CA
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Stetson University, Deland, FL
SUNY Stony Brook
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Public Collections:
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
Bibliography:
American Arts Quarterly, Summer 2004 Exhibition
Review Brown, Clint. Drawing From Life, Thomas Wadsworth, Third Edition.
Burlingham, Michael J. Narrative Noir, American
Artist Magazine, Cover and Feature Story, May, 2003.
Cerbini, Lorena. “Uomimi in mezzo ai guair”. Arte. Italy, December, 2005
Delmont, Jim. Feature Article, Omaha World Herald, May
28, 1991,
(illus.).
Donohoe, Victoria. Philadelphia Inquirer,
review, Sunday February 15, 2004.
Gehman, Geoff. Portraits of Pain. The Morning Call, Sunday
February 22, 2004, Allentown, PA
Harrison, Helen A. Group Exhibition Review, New York
Times, May 18, 1986
Harrison, Helen A. Islip Museum Exhibition Review, New York
Times, April 19, 1987.
Hassebroek, Ashley. Museum of Nebraska Art Exhibition
Review, Omaha World Herald Arts and Travel Section, page 6
(illus.) dated 8/24/03.
Jazzombek, Nancy Allyn. Mentors and Protégés
Catalogue Introduction, page 9.
Johnson, Ken. Friday,
May 28, 2004
Art Guide, Weekend Fine Arts Section, page E-34.
Kloefkorn, William, Nebraska Poet Lauriat,
“Waiting”, “September 2003, a poem after “Jock Moves Back Home”, by Edgar
Jerins.
O’Hern, John. Artists Self Portraits, American Art
Collector, May, 2006.
Wolfe, Townsend D., III “Magic Visions” Catalogue
Essay. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR.
