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BIOGRAPHY
Bonnie Levinthal

Name:
Bonnie Levinthal

Born:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Citizenship:
American

Education:
1983,The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, M.F.A.
1981, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, B.F.A
1976-81, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Teaching Experience:
Bonnie Levinthal is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts at Penn State University, Abington College in Abington, PA where she has been teaching since 1984.

Professional Experience:
2006-present, Visiting Artist, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2003, Visiting Artist, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1987, Visiting Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1985, Visiting Artist, Keystone Junior College, La Plume, PA, Berea College, Berea, KY
Selected Exhibitions
2006, Dear Fleisher, 4 x 6 Inches of Art, Biennial Invitational Exhibition, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA, Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005, Dialogue and Diversity: Recent Work by Faculty in the School of Visual Arts at Penn State, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
2004, Northern Landscapes, Kathy Haycock, Bonnie Levinthal, Linda Mackey, Cedar Ridge Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 4tthAnnual National Open Juried Small Works Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2003, Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
2002, Dreamscapes, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA; Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks, Reading, PA
2001, Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2000, Solo Exhibition, Germantown Academy Arts Center Gallery, Ft Washington, PA
27th Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1999, Art of the State 1999, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
1998, Through the Heart of the City, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA; 20X12: A Generation of Challenge Artists, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1997, An Extended View: Landscapes by Philadelphia Artists, The Galleries at Moore, Philadelphia, PA
1996, Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
1995, Two-Person Exhibition, Recent Landscape Painting, Mahler Gallery, Washington, DC
Group Exhibition, Women’s Work, Inherited Ideologies: A Re-Examination, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1994, Recent Assemblages and Wall Reliefs, Bonnie Levinthal, Joan Earnhardt, Mahler Gallery, Washington, DC, Group Exhibition, Paris-New York-Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
1993, Solo Exhibition, Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Biennial ‘93, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE; Group Exhibition
1991, Solo Exhibition, Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Homeless Benefit, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990, Inaugural Exhibition/New Location, Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Landscapes of Thought, Momenta Art Alternatives, Philadelphia, PA
1989, Solo Exhibition, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988, Bonnie Levinthal/Paul Harcharick, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA; Challenge Exhibition, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1987, Small Works, Momenta Art Alternatives, Philadelphia, PA; Extraordinary New Work/Smaller Scale, Bonnie Levinthal, Margrit Lewscuk, Jurgen Partenheimer, Steven Sorman, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council Gallery, Cobleskill, NY; 46th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham PA
1986, Solo Exhibition, Doris Ulmann Gallery, Berea College, Berea, KY
1985, Pennsylvania Artists on Paper II, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Works on Paper from Philadelphia’s Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Linder Gallery, Keystone Junior College, La Plume, PA; Philadelphia Artists Purchase Show, University Museum, Indiana University, Indiana, PA

ACHIEVEMENTS

Selected Publications:
2002, Donohoe, Victoria, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June
Hagen, Susan, City Paper, July
1999, Zevitas, Steven, ed., New American Paintings, Volume 27, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley MA, Donohoe, Victoria, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July
1998, Sozanski, Edward J., The Philadelphia Inquirer
Brown, Gerard, The Philadelphia Weekly, May
1997, Sozanski, Edward J., The Philadelphia Inquirer, July, Nugent, Jeanne, Art Matters
1996, Daniel Aaron, ed., From a Darkened Room, Harvard Press, cover art
Nolting, Lee, The Washington Post, November
Zevitas, Steven, ed., New American Paintings, Number Two, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley MA, Murphy, Mary, On View-Philadelphia, New Art Examiner, January
1989, Nolting, Lindsey, Reviews, New Art Examiner, January
1985, Jarmusch, Ann, Pennsylvania Artists on Paper, The Nation, ARTnews, November

Selected Public Collections:
Hangley, Connolly, Epstein, Chico, Foxman & Ewing, Philadelphia, PA
Merck Pharmaceuticals, Fort Washington, PA
Inglis House, Philadelphia, PA
Mellon Bank, Corporate Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA
Pepper, Hamilton & Sheetz, Washington, DC
Bell Atlantic, Philadelphia, PA
Federal Reserve, Philadelphia, PA
Cooper & Lybrand, Philadelphia, PA
Rouse & Associates, Headquarters, Malvern, PA
Kraft Dairy Group
PSFS, Philadelphia, PA
IBM, Philadelphia, PA and Charlotte, NC
Art Collection, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Selected Private Collections
Ms. Jessica Berwind, Philadelphia, PA
Mr. Joseph Connelly, Philadelphia, PA
Mr. Elliott Curson, Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Gladys Fenichel, Philadelphia, PA
Mr. George Stephanoupolous, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rodgers, Me
Mr. Joe Rodricks & Ms. Karen Hulebak, Washington, D.C.
Mr. And Mrs. Wachs, Loveladies, N.J.
Mrs. Anne Wollman, Woodstock, Vt

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2005, Ogontz ’65, Career Development Professorship, Penn State Abington College, Abington. PA, $24,000.
2003, Juror’s Award, Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
1999, 1st Prize, Painting, Art of the State 1999, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
1996, Leonard B. Belber Award for “Best of Show”, Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
1995, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant, Painting, $5000.
1993, Disciplinary Finalist, Painting, Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1991, 1988, Yaddo, Painting Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
1987, Millay Colony for the Arts, Painting Fellowship, Austerlitz, NY
Award, National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY
Direct Correspondence to:
elected member of

Bonnie Levinthal
Associate Professor of Visual Arts,
Penn State Abington College
1600 Woodland Road
Abington, PA 19001, USA
Tel: 215-881-7475
Email: bjl6@email.psu.edu

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