EDUCATION
M.F.A. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa.
B.F.A. MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, Baltimore, Maryland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Gallery 817, The University of the Arts, Two-Person Exhibition, Niles Lewandowski
and Leslie Roberts, Recent Paintings, Philadelphia, Pa.
2000 Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998 John Sloan Gallery, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
1995 Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey
1994 Westby Gallery, Rowan College, Glassboro, New Jersey
1993 The Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia
1992 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1992 Delaware County Community College, Media, Pa.
1991 West Chester University, McKinney Gallery, West Chester, Pa.
1990 Drexel University, Nesbitt Design Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1984 Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pa.
1982 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1980 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1979 Chestnut Hill College, Chestnut Hill, Pa.
1977 Houston Hall Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 The University of the Arts,” Foundation Faculty Exhibition", Philadelphia, Pa.
Ice Box Projects, Gray Space, Crane Arts Building,
"Friends of Hitoshi Nakazato Exhibition", Philadelphia, Pa.
2004 The University of the Arts, "Faculty Exhibition", Philadelphia, Pa.
2003 "Ellarslie XXI Open", Trenton Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
2001 The University of the Arts Faculty Exhibition (College Wide)
2000 Gross McCleaf Gallery
1999 “Gallery Artists”, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia
“Alumni Exhibition 20” x 20” “, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1998 “Philadelphia Focus”, Gross McCleaf Gallery
“Post Pennism I”, Alumni Exhibition, Meyerson Gallery,
Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania
1997 The University of the Arts Faculty Exhibition (College wide)
Twenty-eighth Annual Group Summer Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery
1996 The University of the Arts Foundation Faculty Exhibit
The Artist Guild of Delaware Valley, Invitational at the Art Institute of Philadelphia
Twenty-seventh Annual Group Summer Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery
“Gallery Artists” Annual Winter Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery
The New Arts Salon, Invitational U/Arts Faculty Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pa
1995 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1994 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1993 The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pa.
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1992 Alumni Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1991 25th Anniversary Faculty Exhibition, Community College of Philadelphia
Cheltenham Annual Juried Exhibition, Cheltenham, Pa.
Gallery Artists, Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1990 Philadelphia Images, The University of The Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Gallery Artists, Philadelphia, Pa.
1989 The University of The Arts Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pa.
1988 Camden County Cultural and Heritage Agencies, Camden, New Jersey
1987 Foundation Faculty Exhibition, The University of The Arts,
1986 The Delaware Art Museum, “Corporations Collect”, Wilmington, De.
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
45th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pa.
Pavilion Gallery, “Tracking The Trends”, Mount Holly, New Jersey
1985 PCA Faculty Exchange Exhibition, Tianjin, China
Camden County Cultural and Heritage Agencies, Camden, New Jersey
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1984 Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1983 “Affects/Effects”, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
Invitational, Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1982 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1981 “New Generation Artists”, Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1980 William J. Green Federal Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Woodmere Gallery, 40th Annual Juried Show, Philadelphia, Pa.
1979 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pa.
1978 Juried Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pa.
1977 Fifth Street Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
Lancaster County Community College, Lancaster, Pa.
1976 Rutgers State College, Camden, New Jersey
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
National Juried Show, Fifth Street Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1975 University of Delaware, Tri-State Regional, Newark, Delaware
Houston Hall Gallery, University of Pennsylvania
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1974 University of Delaware, Tri-State Regional, Newark, Delaware
1973 “Seven Painters”, Houston Hall Gallery, University of Pennsylvania
1972 Gallery Popular, Washington, DC
1971 Foliograph Gallery, McLean, Virginia
Regional Show, Easton College, Maryland
“Seven”, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
1990 - 2003 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1976 -1988 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1988 -1990 Corporate Interiors, Clara Hollander, Art Consultant, Philadelphia, Pa.
1983 -1985 Meredith Contemporary Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1976 -1979 Fifth Street Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
COLLECTIONS
Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pa.
Delaware County Community College, Media, Pa.
NRG America, Philadelphia, Pa.
INA-CIGNA Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa.
M Bank USA, Wilmington, Delaware
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa.
Continental Bank, Philadelphia, Pa.
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
Bell Savings Bank, Philadelphia, Pa.
Merck Sharp & Dohme, Norristown, Pa.
Delaware Museum of Art, Sales and Rental Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
REVIEW AND PUBLICATIONS
Victoria Donohue, "Rich landscapes encourage the simple art of perception"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 2000.
Frederic Kaplan, “Niles Lewandowski at DCCC”, Art Matters, Vol. II-No. 6, March, 1992.
Victoria Donohoe, “Showcase in Cheltenham”, Philadelphia Inquirer, Mar 3, 1991.
“Philadelphia Images”, The University of the Arts Press, pp. 67 and 175, 1990.
Victoria Donohoe, “Art Teachers Exhibiting Fruits of Their Learning”, Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/6/86.
“Tracking the Trends”, Exhibition Catalog of Award Winning Artists in the State of New Jersey 1986.
John Dorsey, “Contemporary Perspectives 1984”, The Baltimore Sun, Jan. 25, 1984.
Elaine J. Corcordas and Joanne Ryan, “Affects/Effects”, Exhibition Catalog, Philadelphia College of Art, Oct. 1983, pp. 71.
Amy Tecosky, “Niles Lewandowski Looks Down on Philadelphia”, South Street Star, Jan.6,
1983,p.6.
Victoria Donohoe, “Bright Local Cityscapes, Lonely Scot Landscapes”, Philadelphia Inquirer,
Jan. 11, 1980, p. 26 D.
Victoria Donohoe, “Back to the Land”, Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug. 1, 1980, p.24 D.
Lincoln F. Johnson, “A Variety of Ways Studying Figure at Phoenix Chase”, The Baltimore Sun,
June 7, 1973, p. 1 C.
Barbara Gold, “The Many Modes of Realism”, The Baltimore Sun, Jan 1971, p.2 D.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Faculty Development Grant , The University of the Arts, For travel and research in China, 2008
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa. 2008
Venture Fund Grant, The University of The Arts, for travel and research in Mexico. 1995.
Purchase Prize Award, Delaware County Community College Annual Juried Exhibition. Media, Pa. 1993.
Venture Fund Grant, The University of The Arts. To pay for services of studio models. 1987-1988.
Tobeleah Wechsler Award, 45th Annual Cheltenham Juried Exhibition, Cheltenham, Pa.
Juried by Dore Ashton/Writer, Critic, 1986.
Purchase Prize Award, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Agencies, Camden, New Jersey.
Juried by Victoria Donohue/Art Critic, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1985.
Venture Fund Grant, The University of The Arts. To pay for the services of a helicopter rental company in preparation
and research for paintings and drawings of aerial views. 1983- 1984.
First Prize, Printmaking, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
Juried by Charles Parkhurst, Director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1971
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, Philadelphia College of Art and Design. 1979 - present.
Current position, Associate Professor, Co-Chairperson of Foundation Program 1989-95 and
1999-2002.
DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Nesbitt College of Design. 1979- 1985.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA. 1976-1985.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1975-1976. Teaching Assistantship.
GUEST ARTIST: PRESENTATIONS/JURORING
LEHIGH VALLEY ANNUAL REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Easton, Pa.
Served as a juror. 2002.
RINGLING SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, Sarasota, Fla. I made a presentation on a University wide project
called "The Freshman Project" developing a link between studio and freshman writing. 2000.
SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, Pa.
Lecture on the content of my exhibition. 2000.
LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
Lecture on the content of my exhibition. 1998.
RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, Pomona, New Jersey.
Lecture about the content of my exhibition. 1995.
ROWAN COLLEGE, Glassboro, NJ. Lecture and slide presentation on the evolution of my work. 1992
TWENTIETH CENTURY, Williamsburg, Va. Lecture about the content of my exhibition. 1993.
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF TEXTILES. Juror, Student Exhibition, 1991.
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. Lecture and slide presentation, “Teaching Color
Design in Harmony with Drawing and Three Dimensional Design/A Coordinated Syllabus”. Presented at
the National Bi-Annual Foundation in Art, Theory and Education (FATE) Conference, Chicago, Ill, 1990.
CABRINI COLLEGE, Department of Art. Juror, Student Exhibition. 1987.
CORTLAND COLLEGE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. Panel Participant. 1981.
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