ALAN FISHMAN . painter . Belfast, Maine USA
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2008 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
2006 Perimeter Gallery: “The Four Seasons”, Belfast, ME
2003 Elan Fine Arts Gallery: “Winter Into Spring”, Rockland, ME
2001 Eastland Gallery: “Eyes to the Horizon”, Portland, ME
2000 Elements Gallery: “Seasons of Color”, Rockland, ME
1999 Saturday Cove Gallery: “On the Water”, Northport, ME
1998 The Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
1983 Niagara Community College, Sanborn, NY
1982 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1969 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013- Harbor Square Gallery, "Tree Work", Rockland, ME
2013 Aarhus Gallery, "The Forest for the Trees", Belfast, ME
2012 Penobscot Marine Museum, "The Circus", Searsport, ME
2011 Center For Maine Contemporary Art, auction, Rockport, ME
2010 Mulford Gallery, "Harold Hangs Ten", Rockland, ME
2008-10 Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME
2008 Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
2003- 07 Elan Fine Arts Gallery: gallery artist exhibitions, Rockport, ME
2004 Elan Fine Arts: “Myths & Mirrors” 3 person show, Rockland, ME
2002 Camden Falls Gallery: “A Gathering of Small Works”, Camden, ME
2002 Maine Coast Artists: Juried Biennial Exhibition, Rockport, ME
2002 Elements Gallery: “Love”, Rockland, ME
2001 Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
2001 Elements Gallery: “Get Away”, Portland, ME
1999 Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1998 Maine Coast Artists: “After Dark”, Rockport, ME
1998 College of the Atlantic: “Sex and Gender...”, Bar Harbor, ME
1998 Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1997 Ellsworth Library: “Downeast looks at Downeast”, Ellsworth, ME
1997 Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1995 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1995 Gallery 2/20, New York, NY
1994 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1985 Bronx Museum: “Sculptural Statements”, Bronx, NY
1984 A.I.R. Gallery: 3rd Annual Holiday show, New York, NY
1983 Herbert Johnson Museum: “8 Cornell Artists 1963-83”, Ithaca, NY
1983 Bowery Gallery : Invitational Show, New York, NY
1982 A.I.R. Gallery: “Festive Art”, New York, NY
1982 New York University: “Small Works Show”, New York, NY
1981 A.I.R. Gallery: “Festive Art”, New York, NY
1980 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1979 The Brooklyn Collector: 2 person show, Brooklyn, NY
1979 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1977 112 Greene Street Gallery: “Indiscriminate show”, New York, NY
1976 The Brooklyn Collector: Three person show, Brooklyn, NY
1972 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1970 Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York, NY
1970 Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY
1968 Albright Knox Museum: “Celebration of the Arts”, Buffalo, NY
1970 Image Gallery: Three person show, Stockbridge, MA
1967 Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
Education
1964-66 Academia degli Belli Arti, Rome, ITALY
1964 Cornell University, B.F.A., Ithaca, NY
Awards
1997 Professor Emeritus: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1993 Academia Medicea: Awarded: Academic Senator, Florence, ITALY
1991 Paride 91: Awarded: Man of the Year, Polizano, ITALY
1969 Purchase Award: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1967 Traveling Award: Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
1964 Max Beckmann Award Scholarship: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1963 Yale University Summer Scholarship, Norfolk, CT
Articles
2012 Experience Magazine, "New England Artists Who Dare To Be Different"
2008 Maine Home and Design, by Suzette McAvoy, Portland, ME
2004 Portland Magazine: “Painting the Sea” by Stephen May, Portland, ME
1998 The Free Press: “Two Artists in a Barn”, Rockland, ME
1983 “The Spirit”, Sanborn, NY
1982 “Arts Magazine”, New York, NY
1982 “The Daily Progress”, Charlottesville, VA
Professional Teaching
2014- Onboard Artist/Lecturer, Celebrity Cruises
2006 Painting teacher, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
2003 Professor of Italian language, University of Maine, Belfast, ME
1986-92 Director: POLIMODA, Florence, ITALY
1967-96 Full Professor: Fashion Institute, Dept of Fine Arts, New York, NY
Represented by Harbor Square Gallery . Rockland, Maine
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2008 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
2006 Perimeter Gallery: “The Four Seasons”, Belfast, ME
2003 Elan Fine Arts Gallery: “Winter Into Spring”, Rockland, ME
2001 Eastland Gallery: “Eyes to the Horizon”, Portland, ME
2000 Elements Gallery: “Seasons of Color”, Rockland, ME
1999 Saturday Cove Gallery: “On the Water”, Northport, ME
1998 The Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
1983 Niagara Community College, Sanborn, NY
1982 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1969 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013- Harbor Square Gallery, "Tree Work", Rockland, ME
2013 Aarhus Gallery, "The Forest for the Trees", Belfast, ME
2012 Penobscot Marine Museum, "The Circus", Searsport, ME
2011 Center For Maine Contemporary Art, auction, Rockport, ME
2010 Mulford Gallery, "Harold Hangs Ten", Rockland, ME
2008-10 Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME
2008 Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
2003- 07 Elan Fine Arts Gallery: gallery artist exhibitions, Rockport, ME
2004 Elan Fine Arts: “Myths & Mirrors” 3 person show, Rockland, ME
2002 Camden Falls Gallery: “A Gathering of Small Works”, Camden, ME
2002 Maine Coast Artists: Juried Biennial Exhibition, Rockport, ME
2002 Elements Gallery: “Love”, Rockland, ME
2001 Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
2001 Elements Gallery: “Get Away”, Portland, ME
1999 Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1998 Maine Coast Artists: “After Dark”, Rockport, ME
1998 College of the Atlantic: “Sex and Gender...”, Bar Harbor, ME
1998 Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1997 Ellsworth Library: “Downeast looks at Downeast”, Ellsworth, ME
1997 Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1995 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1995 Gallery 2/20, New York, NY
1994 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1985 Bronx Museum: “Sculptural Statements”, Bronx, NY
1984 A.I.R. Gallery: 3rd Annual Holiday show, New York, NY
1983 Herbert Johnson Museum: “8 Cornell Artists 1963-83”, Ithaca, NY
1983 Bowery Gallery : Invitational Show, New York, NY
1982 A.I.R. Gallery: “Festive Art”, New York, NY
1982 New York University: “Small Works Show”, New York, NY
1981 A.I.R. Gallery: “Festive Art”, New York, NY
1980 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1979 The Brooklyn Collector: 2 person show, Brooklyn, NY
1979 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1977 112 Greene Street Gallery: “Indiscriminate show”, New York, NY
1976 The Brooklyn Collector: Three person show, Brooklyn, NY
1972 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1970 Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York, NY
1970 Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY
1968 Albright Knox Museum: “Celebration of the Arts”, Buffalo, NY
1970 Image Gallery: Three person show, Stockbridge, MA
1967 Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
Education
1964-66 Academia degli Belli Arti, Rome, ITALY
1964 Cornell University, B.F.A., Ithaca, NY
Awards
1997 Professor Emeritus: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1993 Academia Medicea: Awarded: Academic Senator, Florence, ITALY
1991 Paride 91: Awarded: Man of the Year, Polizano, ITALY
1969 Purchase Award: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1967 Traveling Award: Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
1964 Max Beckmann Award Scholarship: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1963 Yale University Summer Scholarship, Norfolk, CT
Articles
2012 Experience Magazine, "New England Artists Who Dare To Be Different"
2008 Maine Home and Design, by Suzette McAvoy, Portland, ME
2004 Portland Magazine: “Painting the Sea” by Stephen May, Portland, ME
1998 The Free Press: “Two Artists in a Barn”, Rockland, ME
1983 “The Spirit”, Sanborn, NY
1982 “Arts Magazine”, New York, NY
1982 “The Daily Progress”, Charlottesville, VA
Professional Teaching
2014- Onboard Artist/Lecturer, Celebrity Cruises
2006 Painting teacher, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
2003 Professor of Italian language, University of Maine, Belfast, ME
1986-92 Director: POLIMODA, Florence, ITALY
1967-96 Full Professor: Fashion Institute, Dept of Fine Arts, New York, NY
Represented by Harbor Square Gallery . Rockland, Maine