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Meet the Members
The Decision2002 Oil on Canvas 48 x 40 inches
Ben Gibson
bgibson@edinboro.edu
Education
1970/73
M.F.A. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Painting major/ Printmaking minor
1967/70
B.A. Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
Painting major/ Printmaking minor
1964/67
Diploma of Graduation, Kendall School of Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Fine Arts major
Teaching Experience
1976/Present
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
Professor of Art
All levels of Drawing and Painting, including M.F.A.
1973/76
Daemen College, Buffalo, NY
Assistant Professor of Art
All levels of Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking
1975
Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, NY
Assistant Professor of Art
Drawing (spring semester), Design (summer semester)
Selected Public Collections
Advanced Systems Applications - Bloomingdale, IL
Albright-Knox Art Gallery - Buffalo, NY
BBDO Chicago Inc. - Chicago, IL
Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh, PA
Charles Burchfield Center - S.U.N.Y., Buffalo Campus, Buffalo, NY
Butler Institute of Art - Youngstown, OH
Duquesne Electric Co. - Pittsburgh, PA
East Carolina University Museum of Art - Greenville, NC
Flint Institute of Art - Flint, MI
Rutgers University - Camden, NJ
Springfield Museum of Art - Springfield, MO
Sioux City Art Gallery - Sioux City, IA
Greater Latrobe High School District - Latrobe, PA
Memorial Art Gallery - Rochester, NY
Charles Rand Penney Foundaiton - Olcott, NY
Lock Haven University - Lock Haven, PA
Pittsburgh Public Schools - Division of Art Education
Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center - S.U.N.Y., Fredonia, NY Campus
Stackpole Hall Foundation - Saint Marys, PA
University of Pittsburgh, - Pittsburgh, PA
University of Nebraska - Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Recent Group, Juried and One Person Exhibitions
2002
One-person exhibition
The University Museum
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
(catalogue available)
66th National Midyear Exhibition
The Butler Institute of American Art
Youngstown, OH
(review Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
2001
One-person exhibition
University of N. Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC
Northwest PA Artists Association Show
Lakeland Community College
Kirtland, OH
Artists of the Commonwealth 1950-2000
Realism in Pennsylvania Painting
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Loretto, PA/ Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA/ James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA/ State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA/ Everhart Museum of Art, Scranton, OH
Northwest PA Artists Association Show
Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College
Erie, PA
E U P Art Faculty Exhibition
Edinboro University of PA
Edinboro, PA
91st Annual Exhibitino
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, PA
2000
E U P Art Faculty Exhibition
Edinboro University of PA
Edinboro, PA
The Objects as Art
Bender Fine Art Gallery
Atlanta, GA
1999
Group Show
Bender Fine Art Gallery
Atlanta, GA
E U P Art Faculty Exhibition
Edinboro University of PA
Edinboro, PA
Degrees of Realism
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
NPAA Exhibition
Westfield Library
Westfield, NY
October Evenings Exhibition
Meadville Council on the Arts
Meadville, PA (Juror’s Award)
NPAA Invitational
Warner Theatre
Erie, PA
89th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Juried Show, Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, PA
76th Annual Spring Show
Erie Art Museum
Erie, PA
1998
15th Annual Juried Exhibition
Pleiades Gallery
New York, NY
75th Annual Spring Show
Erie Art Museum
Erie, PA (Juror’s Award)
88th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Juried Show, Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, PA
E U P Art Faculty Exhibition
Edinboro University of PA
Edinboro, PA
1997
First Night Erie Exhibition
Avalon Hotel,
Erie, PA
(Top Prize for Artists’ Choice)
One-Person Show
Meadville Council on the Arts
Meadville, PA
1997 International Juried Show
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts
Summit, NJ (Juror’s Award)
Group Show
Alleghenies College
West Mifflin, PA
1996
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Show
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Pittsburgh, PA
39th National Exhibition
Chatauqua Institution
Chatauqua, NY
One-Person Show
Daemen College
Buffalo, NY
86th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Juried Show, Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, PA
73rd Annual Spring Show
Erie Art Museum
Erie, PA
(Northwest PA Artists Assoc. Award)
One-Person Show
937 Gallery
Pittsburgh, PA
E U P Art Faculty Exhibition
Edinboro University of PA
Edinboro, PA
Painting/Drawing Invitational
Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of PA
Indiana, PA
1995
One-Person Show
Erie Art Museum Frame Shop Gallery
Erie, PA
72nd Annual Spring Show
Erie Art Museum
Erie, PA
Selected Group Exhibition
Glass Growers Gallery
Erie, PA
(Northwest PA Artists Assoc. Award)
59th Annual Midyear Show
Butler Institute of American Art
Youngstown, OH (Juror’s Award)
Recent Honors, Publications, and Grants
2001
Artists of the Commonwealth, Realism in Pennsylvania Painting, 1950-2000. Edited by Michael A. Tomor, PhD., Becotte & Co., Philadelphia. 2001. p. 28.
2000
Edinboro University Faculty Research Grant
Member Erie Delegation to Lublin, Poland to promote exchanges of artists and art
1999
Edinboro University Faculty Research Grant
Panelist: “Teaching Drawing Into The Twenty First Century,” Southereastern College Art Conference, Norfolk, VA
1998
Juror for The Southwestern Regional Art Show, Greensburg Area Council for the Arts
Greensburg, PA
Panelist: Teaching Drawing at the End of the 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st”
60th Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Lexington, KY
Continues to be included in “Who’s Who in American Art” and “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers”, 4th ed.
1997
Edinboro University Faculty Research Grant (for drawing and painting the human figure)
1996
Edinboro University Faculty Research Grant (for drawing and painting the human figure)
Including in A Unique Vision of Art, by Barbara H. Nakles, Greater Latrobe School District Art Conservation Trust, Latrobe, PA 1996.
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