About

EDUCATION:

1980     Master of Arts, Fine Arts; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

1977     Bachelor of Fine Arts; Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

TEACHING:

2003                 Instructor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

1997-2001        Senior Lecturer, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1998, 2001        Instructor, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1990-1991        Lecturer, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1981                 Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

GRANTS, AWARDS & COMMISSIONS:

2011     We Remember, Holocaust Memorial Commission, Congregation Mishkan Shalom, Phila., PA

2003     Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Fellowship Grant

2002     Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend

2001     Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend

1999     Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia

1993     Purchase Award and Juror’s Award, Delaware Art Museum

1990     Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, Fellowship Grant

1987     Artpark, Lewiston, New York

1986     Oakland Arts Council, Oakland, California

1982     Oakland Museum, Oakland, California

ONE & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2019     Patricia M. Nugent Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

2017     Recent Work, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

2015     liminal, Space Gallery, Pomona, CA

2014     nothing is everything, Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA

2000     Gallery Joe, Bird Park, Philadelphia, PA

The Shadows of Shoa (Two Person Show), Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999     University Gallery, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

1998     Philadelphia Museum of Judaica, Philadelphia, PA

1996     Abington Art Center Sculpture Garden, Jenkintown, PA

1994     Carbon 14, Philadelphia, PA

Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

1991     Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY

1990     Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

1988     Bank of America World Headquarters Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1986     Installation on Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA

Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1985     Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1983     Creative Art Center, Sunnyvale, CA

1982     Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL

Installation, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Selected Listing

2019     FOUR, Paul Williams Gallery, Ontario, CA

2018     Random, Paul Williams Gallery, Ontario, CA

2017     Black Box Cards, Faux Mouvement; Centre d’art Contemporain, Metz, France

2010     Creations-sur-le-champ-land art Mont–Saint-Hilaire, Saint Hilaire, Quebec

2005     Contemplations on the Spiritual; Museum of Religious Art, New York, NY

2004     Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (Travelling Exhibit)

2002     Contemplations on the Spiritual; Site projects, Cologne, Germany

Contemplations on the Spiritual; Cathedral of St. John the Devine, New York, NY

2001     Contemplations on the Spiritual; Site Projects, Glasgow, Scotland

Contemplations on the Spiritual; Galeria Sala 1, Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy

Sharjah International Art Biennial, United Arab Emirates (U.S. Representative)

2000     Black and White, Monique Glodstrom Gallery, New York, NY

Abstraction 2000, Lambertville, NJ

1999     Contemplation, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

Functional Follies, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA

1998     Space and Surface, Glodstrom Gallery, New York, NY

Through the Heart of the City, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1997     Installation and Video, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1996     Defining the Edge, Painted Bride Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1995     Cast Iron Gallery, New York, NY

FFS Gallery, New York, NY

1994     Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY

Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, Philadelphia, PA

1993     Biennial ’93, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

1992     Seventeen Sculptors, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Three Person Show, Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY

1991     Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1990     Contemporary Icons and Explorations, Hunter Museum of Art, TN

1989     Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

1988     Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1987     Artpark, Lewiston, NY

The House in Contemporary Art, California State University, Turlock, CA

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1985     Art Aglow: Nine Artists Using Neon, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Selected Listing

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

Bank of America, San Francisco, California

Kemper Life Insurance Company, Long-Grove, Illinois

Carrington, Coleman, Slogan & Blumenthal, Dallas, Texas

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS: Selected Listing

Belz, Carl, Thinking about Everything and Nothing, Left Bank Art Blog, March 24, 2014

Brown, Glen, Contemplating the Spiritual, World Sculpture News, Winter, 2003

Heartney, Eleanor, Catalog Essay, Contemplations on the Spiritual, Glasgow, Scotland

Kline, Richard, Catalog Essay, Contemplations on the Spiritual, Rome, Italy

Sozanski, E., The Shadows of Shoa, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 12, 2000

Fallon, R., Dark Shadows, Philadelphia Weekly, May 10, 2000

Sozanski, E., Spiritual Dimensions, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 8, 1999

Fallon, R., Lost in Space, Philadelphia Weekly, November 5, 1999

Sokolitz, R., Functional Follies, Sculpture, June 1999

Blankstein, Commissions, Up House Down, Sculpture, February 1997

Seidel, M., Alan Greenberg at Fleisher Art Memorial, Art in America, June 1994

Bohn, D., Alan Greenberg, New Art Examiner, Summer 1994

Sozanski, E., At Fleisher, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 1994

Sozanski, E., In Delaware, A Survey of Philadelphia Art, Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug.5, 1993

Brenson, M., Sculpture Tests Its Muscles Outdoors, New York Times, Sept. 6, 1987

Shere, C., The Shades of Summer’s End, Oakland Tribune, August 26, 1986

Pasles, C., Neon Art, Los Angeles Times, November 8, 1985

French, C., Piazza, Artweek, June 1, 1985