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BENJAMIN LONG

- BENJAMIN LONG

EDUCATION:

1984  B.A., Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002  Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1999  Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1999  Shippensburg University, Philadelphia, PA
1997  Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1996  Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1995  Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1994  Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1993  Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1992  Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1988  Mostly Drawing, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
1985  Saurus Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003  Two Person Show, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2003  Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2002  Connecticut College, New London, CT
2002  Small Works, New York University, New York, NY
2001  Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2003  20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2000  Main Line Art Center; Haverford, PA
2000  Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
1998  Works on Paper, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
1998  Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1996  Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1996  Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
1996  Toils of Transformation, Studio 600 Gallery, Reading, PA
1995   Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
1995  Artspace 534, Stroudsburg, PA
1994  Drawing 1994, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1994  Television, Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1993  National Drawing Invitational, Emporia State University, KS
1992  Citizen’s Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1992  U.S. Artists at the Armory, Philadelphia, PA
1991  Mayfair, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA
1991  The Bixler Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
1991  Martin Tower Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
1990  Images from the Common Ground, Art in General, New York, NY
1990  Drawing 1990, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1989  Two Person Show, Springer Gallery, Allentown, PA
1989  Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
1989  National Drawing 89, Trenton State College, NJ
1989  Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1988  Two Person Show, Expose Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
1988  Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
1988  Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA
1987  Mayfair, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA
1987  Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1986  Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, NY
1986  Small Works, New York University, New York, NY
1985  Karl Stirner Gallery, Easton, PA
1985  Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1984  Lehigh Art Alliance, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
1984  Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2001  The LaPelle Collection: 21 Years of Philadelphia Art, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2000  Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1998  Mayfair, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1997  Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1994  Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1993  Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1993  Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington DE
1993  Four Artists, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1993  Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1992  Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1991  Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1990  Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1988 ,i> Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1987  Carrol Reece museum, Johnston City, TN
1987  Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA
1986  Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1986  Reading Museum, Reading, PA
1984  Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA

AWARDS AND HONORS

2002  Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts>br> 1998  Prize, Cheltenham Center for the arts
1995  Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1993  Honorable Mention, Delaware Art Museum Biennial
1992  Group Show Award, Allentown Art Museum
1991  Best of Exhibition, Monroe County Arts Council
1990  Second Prize, Drawing 1990, Brigham Young University
1989  Purchase Award, Trenton state College
1989  Prize, Cheltenham Center for the arts

PUBLICATIONS

O’Shaughnessy, Tracy The Republican-American (Waterbury, CT). May 2003
Open Studies Press. New American Paintings, Number 45. May 2003
Mattera, Joanne. “The art of Encaustic Painting”, Watson-Guptill. 2001
Sozanski, Edward. “Still More Botany”, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Feb. 2001
Fallon, Roberta. “More is More”, Philadelphia Weekly. Feb. 2001
Arettam, J. “Spirit Maps”, Boston; Red Wheel, 2001
Open Studies Press. New American Paintings, Number 27. May 2000
Fabbri, Anne. Old City, New Art”, The Philadelphia Daily News, Nov. 1999
Open Studies Press. New American Paintings, Number 15. April 1998
Meirod, George. “Optical Allusions”, Art & Antiques. June 1997
Brown, Gerard. “Threshold Poetry”, Philadelphia Weekly. May 1995
Gehman, Geoff. “A Quadruple Curiosity at Allentown Art Museum” The Morning Call. June 1993
Sozanski, Edward. “32 Paintings and Drawings, Some Viewed as Constructions”, The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 1992
Volk, Carol. “Below the Surface”, Art & Antiques. May 1992
Stevenson, Martha. “Images From the Common Ground”, Catalogue essay 1990
Redd, Adrienne. “Art As Mystery”, Bethlehem Globe-Times. Feb. 1998

COLLECTIONS


Trenton State College
Moravian College
Muslkfest, Inc.
Bridget Foy’s Restaurant, Philadelphia
Janet and Joseph Shein, Esq.
Church of the Manger, Bethlehem


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