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I have been creating a lexicon of painted and drawn forms for my “museum of real, fake, natural and industrial
structures”. Some forms have become characters that continually reappear as friends. Others have bit
parts and just hang out for a short time. The banter and interaction between the forms can be comical and
mysterious. Recently I have been beach combing for objects. They can also be parts of microscopic worlds.
Their discovery and interactions are the core of this body of work.

Ethelyn Honig

ETHELYN HONIG

137 EAST 95TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10128
E-MAIL ETHELYN3@VERIZON.NET

EDUCATION
1952 - 53	BENNINGTON COLLEGE, BENNINGTON, VT
1954 - 55	SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE, BRONXVILLE, NY (B.A.)
19911954-551954-55	SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, NYC; /VIDEO EDITING
1974	STUDIO WITH ALICE ADAMS, SCULPTOR
1964 - 68	STUDIO WITH EVA HESSE AND TOM DOYLE
1958...	ART STUDENT'S LEAGUE, NYC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008	MEMBER CERES GALLERY
2003	CURATOR: 55 MERCER GALLERY, “SLIGHTLY OFF-CENTER” 40 WORKS, 15 ARTISTS
2000	CHAIR SELECTION COMMITTEE
1999	CHAIR SELECTION COMMITTEE
1998	PRESIDENT OF 55 MERCER GALLERY
1997	PRESIDENT OF 55 MERCER GALLERY
1990	U.S. PATENT FOR ORIGINAL DESIGN
1987	CHAIR: SCULPTURE CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, BATTERY PARK MARITIME BUILDING NYC (NEVER REALIZED)
1971	PUBLISHER: “CHICAGO 7” ART PORTFOLIO TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE TRIAL OF THE “CHICAGO 7” FOR THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION. ACCOMPANIED BY BOOK; DAVID GODINE PRESS, BOSTON, MA

1971	PUBLISHER “SARAH LAWRENCE ART PRESS” KENNETH NOLAND'S SECOND PUBLISHER PRINT, EDITION OF 200. SILKSCREEN ON CANVAS. SOLD TO KNOEDLER GALLERY, LAWRENCE RUBIN, DIRECTOR

1970	PUBLISHER SARAH LAWRENCE ART PRESS” SOL LEWITT'S FIRST PUBLISHED PRINT PORTFOLIO. (A PORTFOLIO OF FIVE SILKSCREEN PRINTS IN FOUR COLORS), 1970, 20” X 20”, EDITION OF 150. DISTRIBUTED BY JOHN WEBER OF DWAN GALLERY CURATOR: EXHIBITS WITH RICHARD BELLAMY OF THE GREEN GALLERY, AND KLAUS KERTISS OF THE BYKERT GALLERY


	PRESIDENT: LONG BEACH ISLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, N.J.
	ORIGINAL MEMBER OF “55 MERCER” ALTERNATIVE SPACE, (FIRST ALTERNATIVE SPACE IN SOHO).
	OBTAINED “55 MERCER'S” FIRST GRANT FROM NEA AND NYSCA
	MEMBER ART WORKERS COALITION. WORKING ON RIGHTS FOR WOMEN TO EXHIBIT IN MUSEUMS
	SUMMER EXPERIMENT WITH ARTISTS AS A COMMUNE IN A SUMMER CAMP
	TWO AWARDS FOR WORK WITH PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES THROUGH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “BETWEEN US”
2001	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “CONEY ISLAND”
1999	JAN VAN DER DONK, GALLERY CHELSEA,, NY “ CONEY ISLAND
1998	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “BETWEEN US”
1996	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “PILGRIMAGE TO CONEY ISLAND AND OTHER PLACES”
1994	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “LOVE, LOSS AND ATLANTIC CITY”
1991	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “PATENT” DRAWINGS AND INSTALLATION
1989	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “IT FEELS LIKE THE FIFTIES AGAIN”
1987	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “TROUBLE IN PARADISE”
1986	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “CARNIVAL AGAIN”
1985	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “DREAM SPACES”
1984	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “MAKING MAGIC”
1983	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE”
1981	KATONAH GALLERY/MUSEUM KATONAH, N.Y. “THINGS THAT DO NOT WORK”
1981	P.S. ONE, L.I.C., N.Y. “INSTALLATION,” CURATED BY JOHN BERNARD MYERS
1979	FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES, NYC “A THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING”
1979	SOMERSTOWN GALLERY, SOMERS, N.Y. “INSTALLATION, ““PANDORA’S STUDIO”
1978	SOUTH EAST MUSEUM, BREWSTER, N.Y. CURATED BY JOHN BERNARD MYERS
1975	ROSA ESMAN GALLERY, NYC
1974	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC
1972	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC
1968	BENSON GALLERY, BRIDGEHAMPTION, L.I., N.Y.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009	MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC “PAPER: PRESSED, STAINED, SLASHED FOLDED”
2009	CERES GALLERY, NYC “SHIMMERINGS”
2009	CERES GALLERY, NYC “TOWING(SIE) THE LINE”
2008	NEW MUSEUM ARCHIVE /INTERVIEW AND IMAGES POSTED ON WEBSITE MENTION IN NEWSLETTER FOR HELPING TO ORGANIZE BOWERY ARTISTS LIST
2006	WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NYC. “WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2006: “DAY FOR NIGHT”
2001	128 RIVINGTON GALLERY NYC
2000	‘OPEN STUDIOS,’ DUMBO, BROOKLYN, N.Y.
1998	128 RIVINGTON GALLERY NYC “ARTISTS FOR TIBET
1998	128 RIVINGTON GALLERY NYC “FREAK OF NATURE”
1998	STEPHEN GANG GALLERY, CHELSEA NYC
1997	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC. SOHO ARTS FESTIVAL
1995	128 RIVINGTON GALLERY, NYC “TABULA RASA: EX VOTO”
1994/95	TRIBECA 148 GALLERY, NYC. ART INITIATIVES
1993	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “FRIENDS”
1991	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “DRAWING SHOW”
1990	SOMERSTOWN GALLERY, SOMERS, N.Y. “ARTMAKERS 12”
1989	HAMMOND MUSEUM, NORTH SALEM, N.Y. “12 INVITE 12”
1987	KATONAH GALLERY, KATONAH, N.Y.
1985	SOMERSTOWN GALLERY, SOMMERS, N.Y. “SUMMER SHOW”
1985	KENEKELABA GALLERY, NYC “THE GATHERING OF THE AVANT GARDE: THE LOWER EAST SIDE, 1948-1970”
1985	FOXWORTH GALLERY, NYC “BOX SHOW”
1984/85/86	A.I.R. GALLERY, NYC “CHRISTMAS INVITATIONALS”
1984	KEENE COLLEGE ART GALLERY, UNION, N.J. CURATED EXHIBIT “19 ARTISTS
1981	SOUTHERN ALLEGHENY MUSEUM OF ART, “DIARIES IN BOXES”
1980	UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM, TUSCON, “DIARIES IN BOXES”
1979	FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES, NYC TRAVELING EXHIBIT TO MONT CLAIR, N.J. ART MUSEUM; KANSAS CITY ART MUSEUM; TOKYO MUSEUM OF ART, JAPAN

1987	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC “MEMBER’S CHOICE”
1977	FRANKLIN FURNACE ARCHIVES, NYC “DIARIES IN BOXES”
1975/76	55 MERCER GALLERY, NYC, TRAVELLING EXHIBITION, THROUGHOUT N.Y. STATE BENNINGTON COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, NYC. ALUMNI GROUP SHOW

1975	MUSEÉ D’ART MODERN, PARIS “NOUVELLE TENDENCES DE LA PEINTURE AMERICAINE”
1974	GALLERY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE
1974	WOMEN’S INTERART CENTER, NYC “NEW DRAWINGS- 10 ARTISTS”
1974	WEATHERSPOON GALLERY, GREENSBORO, N.C. “ART ON PAPER”
1974	TAFT MUSEUM, CINICINATTI, O.H.
1974	INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART “PAINTING AND SCULPTURE TODAY”
1974	MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC “CRUSHED, CRUMPLED AND TORN”
1974	ROSA ESMAN GALLERY, NYC
1973	NEW YORK CULTURAL CENTER, NYC “WOMEN CHOOSE WOMEN”
1972	THE COMMITTEE FOR ARTISTIC FREEDOM, NYC
1972	MARTHA JACKSON GALLERY, NYC. PRINTS
1971	CROQUIS GALLERY, NYC
1970	PAULA COOPER GALLERY, NYC
1970	STAR TURTLE GALLERY, NYC. CURATOR ANN WILSON
1976	ROBERT ELKON GALLERY, NYC
1961/65	LONG BEACH ISLAND FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES, N.J. EXHIBITIONS
1964	UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, TEXAS “1 + 1 = 3”
1964	CONTEMPORARIES GALLERY, NYC “LE GROUPE DE RECHERCHE DE PARIS”
1963	CONTEMPORARIES GALLERY, NYC “MIXED MEDIA”
1963	CONTEMPORARIES GALLERY, NYC “WORKS ON PAPER”
COMPETITIONS
2003	MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, BOSTON, M.A. GUEST VISITNG ARTIST.
2000	“NYU SMALL WORKS SHOW” NYC, COMPETITION JUROR RONALD FELDMAN, OWNER
1998	MINNESOTA CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, MINNEAPOLIS, M.N. JURIED COMPETITION. JURORS: ROSEMARY FURTAK, WALKER ART CENTER LIBRARIAN, WILBER SCHILING, KAREN WIRTH

1998	“NYU SMALL WORKS SHOW” NYC, COMPETITION JUROR EALAN WINTON, DIRECTOR, GAGOSIAN GALLERY, NYC
1976	KATONAH GALLERY, KATONAH, N.Y. JURIED EXHIBITION. WINNER: MARCIA TUCKER, EX-CURATOR WHITNEY MUSEUM; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW MUSEUM, NYC

ARTISTS RESIDENCIES
2004	VERMONT STUDIO CENTER
2003	VERMONT STUDIO CENTER
1999	ARTISTS RESIDENCY: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.
PUBLICATIONS
	NEW MUSEUM PAPER VOLUME 04, SPRING/SUMMER 2008, P. 9, “BOWERY ARTIST TRIBUTE UPDATE,” FOR HELPING TO ORGANIZE LIST ART FORUM MARCH 2006,.WHITNEY BIENNALE 2006- IRVING PETLIN, P.256 (PHOTO) THE WEEKEND TRADER GANNET PRESS, AUGUST 13, 1988 (PHOTO) THE NEWS-TIMES EXTRA JANUARY 23, 1988. VOLUME 3, ISSUE 4, DANBURY, CT “SOMERSTOWN: ROOMS WITH A VIEW,” FRANK MERKLING THE WEEKEND TRADER GANNETT PRESS, JANUARY 8, 1988, “REVIEW OF SIX ARTISTS,” (PHOTO) GANNET WESTCHESTER NEWSPAPERS AUGUST 16,1985. “ART SCENE,” KATHIE BEALS ART NEWS NOVEMBER 1983, “NEW YORK REVIEWS,” RONNIE COHEN 55 MERCER TWELVE YEARS, 1982, INTRO BY LAWRENCE ALLOWAY (PHOTO) VILLAGE VOICE DECEMBER 24, 1979, KAY LARSON, P. 89 THE NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1979 “AN ARTISTIC CELEBRATION OF PAPER IN ROCKLAND,” DAVID SHIREY ARTS MAGAZINE APRIL 1975, JOSEPH DREISS, P.7 (PHOTO) UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY MAY 1974, CULTURAL AFFAIRS, OFFICERS ABROAD ART FORUM MAY 1972, KENNETH BAKER, P.89 (PHOTO) ETHELYN HONIG ART NEWS FEBRUARY 1972, JOHN GRUEN WHOSE WHO IN AMERICAN WOMEN, ETHELYN HONIG
CATALOGUES
	THE PITTSBURG CENTER FOR THE ARTS JULY 18-AUGUST 19, 1981; SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART, AUGUST 29 A CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS' BOOK EXHIBITION , PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE, MAY 18-JUNE 20, 1981 TENDANCES ACTUELLES DE LA NOUVELLE PEINTURE AMERICAINE , 1975; ARC2 MESEÉ D'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS GALLERY ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE , SEPTEMBER 6, 1974 ART ON PAPER , 1974; WEATHERSPOON ART GALLERY; THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO PAINTING AND SCULPTURE TODAY , 1974; INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, INDIANAPOLIS, I.N. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ANNUAL REPORT 1973-1974 , P. 16, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC WOMEN CHOOSE WOMEN , JANUARY 12-FEBRUARY 18, 1973; NEW YORK CULTURAL CENTER IN ASSOCIATION WITH FAIRLEIGH DICKENS UNIVERSITY, NYC. P.61
MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
	LISSON GALLERY,LONDON, U.K. 1973 GILLMAN FOUNDATION MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, N.Y. 1974 PATRICK LANNON FOUNDATION SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, NORTHHAMPTON, M.A. WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM, HARTFORD, C.T. WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART, N.Y. PRIVATE COLLECTIONS NOT LISTED

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