RUSSELL MEHLMAN: EXHIBITIONS
Selected Exhibitions & Competitions

2010

TABLA RASA GALLERY, "Backroom Art Sale! Affordable Works by Gallery Artisits", Brooklyn, NY

PHOENIX GALLERY, "2010 National Juried Show", NYC. Juror: Robert Storr, Dean, Yale University School of Art

BROOKLYN WATERFRONT ARTISTS COALITION, "Wide Open", National Juried Art Show, NY Jurors: Anne Strouss, Assoc. Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Mark Hughes, Director, Galerie LeLong; Bill Murphy, Profeesor and Gallery Director, Wagner College.

VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF NEW JERSEY, 24th International Juried Show, Summit, NJ. Juror: Susan Kismaric, Curator, Department of Photography, Museum of Modern Art

2009

THE BARRETT ART CENTER, "New Directions '09", 25th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juror: Joan Young, Guggenheim Museum of Art, NY

UNDER MINERVA GALLERY, "Making Funny: A Group Show", Brooklyn, NY. Guest Curator: John Olsen

THE 9TH STREET SALON, "Transition: Where the Wind is Blowing", Group Invitational, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Carol Itzkowitz Neiman

2008

THE BARRETT ART CENTER, FIRST PRIZE WINNER, "New Directions '08", 24th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juror: Asher Miller, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of 19th Century, Modern & Contemporary Art.

2007

THE HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART, ANA 35, Helena, MT., Juror: Willem Volkeresz, Artist, Writer, Teacher, Lecturer, Documenter & Collector of American Folk and Outsider Art

VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF NEW JERSEY, HONORABLE MENTION,"21st Annual International Juried Show", Juror: Laura Hoptman, Senior Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY

TOUCHSTONE GALLERY, 9th Annual All-Media Exhibition, Washington, DC, Juror: Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American University Museum, Washington, DC

2006

PLEIADES GALLERY, 24th Annual Juried Show, NYC. Juror: Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art

GEOFFREY YOUNG GALLERY, "Live Feed", Great Barrington, MA.

VAN DER PLAS GALLERY, "Brooklyn Show", South Street Seaport, NY

2005

MILLS POND HOUSE GALLERY, 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, Smithtown Arts Council, St.James, NY. Juror: Claudia Altman-Siegel, Director of the Luhring Augustine Gallery.

PARRISH ART MUSEUM, The 39th Juried Exhibition, Southampton, NY. Jurors: Jacqueline Brody, Editor of The Print Collector's Newsletter, Ariella Budick, Staff Art Critic, Newsday, Sara Nightingale, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY.

RONGIO GALLERY, Project Diversity, A Multi-Venue Exhibition of 200 Brooklyn Artists held at 16 Brooklyn Galleries

2004

BRENT SIKKEMA GALLERY, "Postcards From the Edge" Benefit, Visual AIDS, NYC

ART IN GENERAL, "Priority" Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction, New York, NY

CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY ART MUSEUM, JUROR'S MERIT AWARD & MUSEUM PURCHASE AWARD WINNER, LaGrange National Biennial, LaGrange, GA. Juror: Eleanor Heartney, cultural critic, and author.

2003

MERKIN CONCERT HALL, SOLO EXHIBITION, The Kaufman Center, Lincoln Square, NY.

2002

CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY ART MUSEUM, LaGrange National Biennial, LaGrange, GA. Juror: Benny Andrews, Artist, and Teacher.

2001

PARRISH ART MUSEUM, 37th Juried Exhibition, Southampton, NY. Jurors: Tom Eccles, NY Public Art Fund, Nicole Klagsbrun, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NY, Shamim Momin, Branch Curator, Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, NY.

ELIZABETH HARRIS GALLERY, SOLO SHOW, Chelsea, NY.

2000

ELISA PRITZKER GALLERY, "City People", New Paltz, NY.

ART IN GENERAL, "Private Worlds", NYC. Curators, Arnold Mesches and Joan Semmel.

1999

MILLS POND HOUSE GALLERY, SECOND PRIZE, 24th Annual, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, NY. Jurors: Ariella Budick, Art Critic, Newsday, Alicia Longwell, Curator, Parrish Art Museum, NY.

HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART, ANA 28 National Juried Competition, Helena, MT. Juror: Peter Plagens, Painter, Newsweek Critic and Author.

ALEXANDRIA MUSEUM OF ART, 17th Annual Competition, Alexandria, LA. Juror: Beth Handler, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, NYC.

FRASER GALLERY, HONORABLE MENTION AWARD WINNER, Georgetown Annual International, Washington, DC. Juror: Joe Shannon, Artist, Writer, Curator, Teacher, and former Chief of Exhibition and Design, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.

1998

MILLS POND HOUSE GALLERY, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, 23rd Annual, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, NY. Jurors: Tracy Bashkoff, Assistant Curator Guggenheim Museum, and Alyn Cosgrove, Nardin Gallery, NYC.

THE MAYFAIR NATIONAL FINE ART EXHIBITION, Allentown, PA, SECOND PRIZE AWARD WINNER with AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. Juror: Dr. Daniel Rosenfeld, Director Philadelphia Museum of American Art.

ARMORY ART CENTER, AWARD OF MERIT WINNER, 8th Annual Figurative Small Works Exhibition, West Palm Beach, FL. Juror: Timothy Eaton, Eaton Fine Art.

1997

ART ASSOCIATION OF HARRISBURG, SECOND PRIZEWINNER, 69th Annual Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Dr. Daniel Rosenfeld, Director Philadelphia Museum of American Art.

PALM SPRINGS DESERT MUSEUM, National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs, CA. Juror: Mary Livingstone Beebe, former Executive Director Portland center for the Visual Arts.

1996

HCC ART GALLERY, FIRST PRIZE AWARD WINNER, 3rd National Juried Art Exhibition, Highland, NY. Juror: Deborah A. Goldberg, MOMA, and Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lecturer and Curator.

THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, Berkshire Art Association, 1996 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Pittsfield, MA. Juror: Dan Cameron, Senior Curator New Museum of Contemporary Art.

MANHATTAN ARTS INTERNATIONAL, ARTIST SHOWCASE AWARD WINNER, 5th Annual Competition. Juror: Renée Phillips, Publisher and Editor-in Chief, Manhattan Arts Magazine, NYC.

1995

CARNEGIE ART CENTER, AWARD OF MERIT WINNER, National Juried Exhibition, North Tonawanda, NY. Juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Senior Curator Albright-Knox Art Gallery, NY.

ARMORY ART CENTER, TWO DIMENSIONAL CATEGORY WINNER, Small Works Exhibition, West Palm Beach, FL. Juror: Patricia C. Jones, Executive Director, South Florida Art Center.


Affiliations

New York Artist's Equity, Art in General, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn Arts Council, NY Foundation of the Arts.


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