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Hedy O'Beil: Biography
 
Selected One-Person Exhibitions:  
2007 Westbeth Gallery, "A Passion To Paint"  
2001 2/20 Gallery, NY, NY, "The New Work"  
2000 La Mama Gallery, NY, NY  
1992 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY  
1991 Sunnen Gallery, NY, NY  
1983 Barbara Ingber Gallery, NY, NY  
1979 Landmark Gallery, "Metaphors For The Female"  
1973 Jacques Seligman Gallery, NY, NY  
1971 Guild Hall Gallery, East Hampton, NY (First Award, Long Island Artists)  
1970 Heckscher Museum, Huntington, L.I., NY  
1969 Oswego State College, Oswego, NY  
1965 Nassau Community College, Garden City, L.I., NY  
1963 Hofstra University, Hempstead, L.I., NY (First Award Graphics)  

Selected Group Exhibitions:
 
2009 Andre Zarre Gallery
2009 Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center
2009 Broome St. Gallery, "Gestures in Paint" (projected - Oct. 2009)
2008 Sirens Song Gallery, "All About Eve"
2007 Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery, "Gone Abstract"  
2007 Westbeth Gallery, "Summer Light"  
2005 The Art League of Long Island, "The Early Years"  
2003 Westbeth Gallery, "Movement in Space"  
2003 Studio 18, "Ambient Forays"  
2002 Andre Zarre Gallery  
2002 Westbeth Gallery, "Drawings & Sculpture"  
2001 Broome Street Gallery, "Invitational Show"  
2001 Contemporary Artists Guild  
1999 Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia  
1999 Broome Street Gallery, NY, NY, "The Gesture and the Brush"  
1998 Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY, NY  
1998 Chuck Levitan Gallery, NY, NY, "Painting, Yes!"  
1997 American Society of Conemporary Artists, Award Winner  
1996 Katherine Rich Perlow Gallery, NY, NY  
1995 Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, L.I., NY, "Object Into Subject"  
1992 Provincetown Artists Assoc."The League At The Cape" Curator-Rosina Florio  
1991 Judy Heller Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.  
1986 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pa  
1986 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio  
1985 Barbara Ingber Gallery, NY, NY  
1970 Heckscher Museum, Long Island Artists, Huntington, LI  
1963 Hofstra University, Graphics First Award  

Awards & Honors:
 
2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant  
2008 American Institiute of Arts & Letters
2007 Reger Foundation  
2004 The Library of Congress, Prints  
1999 Richard Florsheim Art Fund  
1997 ASCA Annual award for Painting  
1992 Bob Blackburn, Printmaking Workshop Scholarship  
1988 Warren Tanner Grant Finalist, O.I.A.  
1984 Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY  
1978 Cummington Community of the Arts, Northampton, Ma.  
1971 Guild Hall, First Award Long Island Artists  
1963 Hofstra University First Award Graphics  

Education:
 
1978 M.A. Goddard College, Montpelier, Vermont  
1975 B.S. Empire State College  
1964-1968 Painting Workshop of Betty Holliday, Sands Point, L .I., NY  
1962-1964 Brooklyn Museum Art School, Reuben Tam  
1959-1961 Westbury Art School, Harry Sternberg  
1958 Skowhegan School of Art  
1957-1959 Art Students League, Ernest Fiene, Harry Sternberg  
1949-1950 Traphagen School of Art, NYC.  

Selected Bibliography:
 
2007 Ed McCormack, Gallery and Studio, "A Passion To Paint"  
2005 Ed McCormack, Gallery and Studio, "Gestural Abstraction"  
2004 Gary Shapiro, The New York Sun  
2001-1985 Who's Who in American Art  
1995 Sansegundo, Sheridan, "At The Galleries", East Hampton Star  
1992 Roberts, Diana, Manhattan Arts Magazine  
1985 Poroner, Palmer Bruno, "Hedy O'Beil", Artspeak  
1983 Wechsler, Elaine, "Hedy O'Beil", Arts Magazine  
1979 Zimmer, William, Soho News  
1977 Pomfret, Margaret, Arts Magazine  
1973 Tennenbaum, Sylvia, Arts Magazine  
1972 Preston, Malcolm, Newsday  
1972 The New York Times, "Artists In The Suburbs"  
1970 Paris, Jeanne, The Long Island Press  
1965 Preston, Malcolm, Newsday  
1965 Margold, 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:
 
1976-1985 Art Critic -- ARTS MAGAZINE  
1976-present Art Tour Guide and Educator. Art Center of No. New Jersey  
1976-1999 Art 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.  
1964-1975 Painting and Drawing Teacher: The Huntington Township Art League, Private Workshops, Huntington High School, Adult Education.  

 

ETAOIN
September 3, 2007