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Hedy Obeil: Biography
 
Selected One-Person Exhibitions:
2007Westbeth Gallery, "A Passion To Paint"
20012/20 Gallery, NY, NY, "The New Work"
2000La Mama Gallery, NY, NY
1992Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1991Sunnen Gallery, NY, NY
1983Barbara Ingber Gallery, NY, NY
1979Landmark Gallery, "Metaphors For The Female"
1973Jacques Seligman Gallery, NY, NY
1971Guild Hall Gallery, East Hampton, NY (First Award, Long Island Artists)
1970Heckscher Museum, Huntington, L.I., NY
1969Oswego State College, Oswego, NY
1965Nassau Community College, Garden City, L.I., NY
1963Hofstra University, Hempstead, L.I., NY (First Award Graphics)
Selected Group Exhibitions :
2007Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery, "Gone Abstract"
2007Westbeth Gallery, "Summer Light"
2005The Art League of Long Island, "The Early Years"
2003Westbeth Gallery, "Movement in Space"
2003Studio 18, "Ambient Forays"
2002Andre Zarre Gallery
2002Westbeth Gallery, "Drawings & Sculpture"
2001Broome Street Gallery, "Invitational Show"
2001Contemporary Artists Guild
1999Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia
1999Broome Street Gallery, NY, NY, "The Gesture and the Brush"
1998Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY, NY
1998Chuck Levitan Gallery, NY, NY, "Painting, Yes!"
1997American Society of Conemporary Artists, Award Winner
1996Katherine Rich Perlow Gallery, NY, NY
1995Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, L.I., NY, "Object Into Subject"
1992Provincetown Artists Assoc."The League At The Cape" Curator-Rosina Florio
1991Judy Heller Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
1986Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pa
1986Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
1985Barbara Ingber Gallery, NY, NY
1970Heckscher Museum, Long Island Artists, Huntington, LI
1963Hofstra University, Graphics First Award
Awards & Honors:
2004The Library of Congress, Prints
1999Richard Florsheim Art Fund
1997ASCA Annual award for Painting
1992Bob Blackburn, Printmaking Workshop Scholarship
1988Warren Tanner Grant Finalist, O.I.A.
1984Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
1978Cummington Community of the Arts, Northampton, Ma.
1971Guild Hall, First Award Long Island Artists
1963Hofstra University First Award Graphics
Education:
1978M.A. Goddard College, Montpelier, Vermont
1975B.S. Empire State College
1964-1968Painting Workshop of Betty Holliday, Sands Point, L .I., NY
1962-1964Brooklyn Museum Art School, Reuben Tam
1959-1961Westbury Art School, Harry Sternberg
1958Skowhegan School of Art
1957-1959Art Students League, Ernest Fiene, Harry Sternberg
1949-1950Traphagen School of Art, NYC.
Selected Bibliography:
2007Ed McCormack, Gallery and Studio, "A Passion To Paint"
2005Ed McCormack, Gallery and Studio, "Gestural Abstraction"
2004Gary Shapiro, The New York Sun
2001-1985Who's Who in American Art
1995Sansegundo, Sheridan, "At The Galleries", East Hampton Star
1992Roberts, Diana, Manhattan Arts Magazine
1985Poroner, Palmer Bruno, "Hedy O'Beil", Artspeak
1983Wechsler, Elaine, "Hedy O'Beil", Arts Magazine
1979Zimmer, William, Soho News
1977Pomfret, Margaret, Arts Magazine
1973Tennenbaum, Sylvia, Arts Magazine
1972Preston, Malcolm, Newsday
1972The New York Times, "Artists In The Suburbs"
1970Paris, Jeanne, The Long Island Press
1965Preston, Malcolm, Newsday
1965Margold, Jane, "O'Beil--She Really Gets Into Her Work," Newsday
Selected Collections:
 Library of Congress, Washington, DC
 Birmingham College, Birmingham, Alabama
 Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah , Georgia
 Asset Strategies, NYC
 Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NYC
 Gerry Gersten, Illustrator, NYC
 Regina Stewart, NY Artists Equity, NYC
 and numerous other private collectors
Professional Activities:
1976-1985Art Critic -- ARTS MAGAZINE
1976-presentArt Tour Guide and Educator. Art Center of No. New Jersey
1976-1999Art History Lectures, JASA
1976-present,Art Reviewer: The Proof, The Westside News, Women in the Arts, The Eastside Courier, The Walt Whitman Press, Lofty Times, ASCA Newsletter, Westbeth Newsletter.
1964-1975Painting and Drawing Teacher: The Huntington Township Art League, Private Workshops, Huntington High School, Adult Education.

 

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September 3, 2007