Astar
2007
ink and pencil on paper
14 x 10 inches

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BRUCE POLLOCK

b. 1951 Painesville, OH

Education

1977/78 MFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1976/77 Temple University Abroad, Rome, Italy
1973/76 BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1971/72 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Solo Exhibitions

2008
Bruce Pollock, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (Project space)
2004
Materializing Light: New Paintings and Drawings, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Framing the Infinite, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998
New Paintings, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa 1991
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990
Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Design Arts Gallery, Nesbitt College of Design Arts, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1987
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986
Cavin Morris Inc., New York, NY
1984
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1983
Florence Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1982
Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Karen Lennox Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1981
Dome Room Gallery, New Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
Line and Time and Space, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Cave paintings. Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
This Place is Ours! Recent Acquisitions at the Academy, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Enter the Dragon, The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Transcendent and Unrepentant, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1999
Brushes with Spirituality: Ethereal Paintings, The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey
Contemplation, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Drawing Rules, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Abstract Strategies, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Twenty Philadelphia Artists: Celebrating Fleisher Challenge at Twenty, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
1997-96
Art in City Hall, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Rome Selections: 30 Years of Tyler School of Art ,Temple/Rome Program, Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Biennial 1996, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1995
Artists of Northern Liberties, Paley Design Center, Philadelphia, PA
1994
Prison Sentences: The Prison Site/The Prison as Subject, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Alexander Anufriev, Yvonne Pacanovsky Bobrowicz, Vladimir Kandelaki, Bruce Pollock, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs PA
1993
Ritual and Response Abstract Painting, Hicks Art Center, Newtown, PA
1991
On the Moon: A Collaboration Installation, Bruce Pollock and Richard Torchia, Science Center, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1990
Incohate Forces, Cavin Morris Inc., New York, NY
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phila., PA
1989
Landscapes of Thought, Momenta Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Art of State:Pennsylvania, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Evening Skies, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
1988
Scale:Small, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
10 x Twelve: A Decade of Fleisher Challenge Artists, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Perspectives from Pennsylvania, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1988
Made in Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Abstract Art, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Stalking the Light, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ(catalogue)
Neo-Alchemy, Cavin Morris Inc., New York, NY
Abstract Painters, The Morris Krigelman Endowment for the Arts, Richard Stockton State College, Stockton, NJ
1986
Toys and Ornaments Made by Artists, Vanquard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
House, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY
1985
An Inside Place, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ(catalogue)
Philadelphia Painters, Holman Art Gallery, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
1984
Philadelphia Elementalism:Bruce Pollock and Warren Rohrer, Marion Art, Lancaster, PA
Small Scale Sculpture, Mathews Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983
Five Years of Challenge Exhibitions, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Five Philadelphia Sculptors, Karen Lennox Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982
Pertaining to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational Exhibition, Freedman Art Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1981
May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1980
Talent, Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Painted Structures, Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Small Work Annual, Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY
1979
Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Caveat Emptor, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1973
May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Outdoor Works

1990
One Percent Public Art Installation Commission, Sidewalk Mosaic, Philadelphia, PA
1983
Site Adjustment Sculpture, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
1982
CRIB, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Grants and Awards

1990
Distinguished Artist Award, "Contemporary Philadelphia Artists"
1987
MacDowell Colony Fellowship
1983
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
1980
Small Works Annual, Best of Show, Washington Square East Gallery, NYC

Bibliography

2001
Sozanski, Edward J., Philadelphia Inquirer, November 30, 2001.
Hagen, Susan. Philadelphia Citypaper, November 15, 2001.
1996
Seidel, Miriam, Art in America, June, 1996, pp. 107-108
1994
Sozanski, Edward J., Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18
1990
Crohn, Jennifer, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 16,
Sozanski, Edward J., Philadelphia Inquirer, February
1988
Seidel, Miriam, New Art Examiner, March, vol.15, no.7, pg.52-53
1987
Sozanski, Edward, Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 19
1985
Zimmer, William, New York Times, August 25
1982
Stein, Judith, Art in America, no.8, pg.136
Sachs, Sid, New Art Examiner, vol.10, no.1, pg.16
Lundy, Larry, New Art Examiner, vol.9, no.6, pg.18
Hayden, Harold, Chicago Sun Times, February 12
Donohoe, Victoria, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25
1981
Jarmusch, Ann, ArtNews, "If Vermeer Were Alive Today", vol.80, no.3, pg.156
1979
Flood, Richard, ArtForum, vol.18, no.2, pg.77
Butera, Anne Fabri, The Philadelphia Bulletin, July 22

Selected Public Collections

Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Arthur Anderson Corporation
Kvaerner Corporation
Duane Morris & Heckscher
Prudential Life Insurance
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius