Delphi, 1976, oil-wax chalk and pencil on paper, 37 1/4 x 46 inches (94.6 x 116.8 cm)
Loretta Dunkelman
(b. 1937, Paterson, NJ) lives and works in New York, New York. She earned an MA from Hunter College in 1966, where she studied under Tony Smith and Ad Reinhardt, and a BA in art from Douglass College (Rutgers University) in 1958. Dunkelman presented six solo exhibitions with A.I.R. Gallery (New York, NY) between 1973–1987. Notably, her large scale works on paper were included in Women Choose Women at the New York Cultural Center (New York, NY); Of Paper at the Newark Museum (Newark, NJ); American Drawings 1963-73 at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY); New Painting: Stressing Surface at The Katonah Gallery (Katonah, NY) alongside works by Brice Marden, Robert Ryman, and Ralph Humphrey; Whitney Biennial 1973: Contemporary American Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY); and New York Now at the Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ). She has participated in group exhibitions at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center (Queens, NY); Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY); Tucson Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ); and 55 Walker (New York, NY), among others.
Her work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Hunter College, New York, NY; City University Graduate Center, New York, NY; Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; and Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ. She is the recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, an Esther and Adolph Gottlieb Foundation grant, and a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship. She has taught at Cornell University, Virginia Commonwealth University, UC Berkeley and the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Born
Paterson, NJ 1937. Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
1966 | MA, Hunter College, New York, NY
1958 | BA, Douglass College (Rutgers University), New Brunswick, NJ
One-Person Exhibitions
2024
Engrossed in the Shell (the Sky and the Circle), Polina Berlin Gallery, New York, NY
1987
1708 E. Main Gallery, Richmond, VA
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1983
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1981
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1978
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1975
Paintings and Drawings 1970-75, Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1974
Alms Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1973
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Emotional Intelligence II, Polina Berlin Gallery, New York, NY
Loft Law: Photographs by Joshua Charow, Westwood Gallery NYC, New York, NY
2019
Women on the Leading Edge: Douglass College at 100, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2018
This Must Be the Place (curated by Jenni Crain and Miles Huston), 55 Walker, New York, NY
2011
No Nonessential Conversations below 10,000 feet, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2008
The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
A.I.R. Gallery Retrospective: 1972-79, Werkstätte Gallery, New York, NY
A.I.R. Gallery: The History Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY and Tracey/Barry Gallery, Bobst Library, New York University, New York, NY
2007
An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Cool Aid, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Artists on the Edge, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2000
Yaddo Centennial Arts Festival, New York, NY
1998
25 Years of A.I.R., Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
1997
Generations, A.I.R. 25th Anniversary, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series 25th Year Retrospective Exhibition, Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1994
One Hundred Hearts, Contemporary Art Institute, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, 128 Gallery, New York, NY
1992
The 1.5 Show (curated by Yvonne Muranushi and Russet Lederman), 148 Duane Street, New York, NY
1991
A.I.R. Print Portfolio-Women Making History-1976, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY
NY in NJ, Rabbet Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1987
Faculty Show, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1986
Let's Play House (curated by Miriam Schapiro), Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY
1985
The Gathering of the Avant Garde: The Lower East Side 1950-79, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY
New York Loft Tenants Exhibition, Governor's Office, World Trade Center, New York, NY
1984
Visiting Artist Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Artists Call, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
Art and the Suburban Experience, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1983
Faculty Shows/Faculty Invites, Bennington College Art Gallery, Bennington, VT
Twenty Contemporary Women, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
1981-82
Kulturhuset, Stockholm and Lunds Konsthall
Helen Schein Gallery, Boston, MA
The Women Artist Series at Douglass College, Tenth Anniversary Retrospective, Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ
1980
Structure, Narrative, Decoration, McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
From the 16th Floor, Hunter Gallery, Hunter College, NY
1979
New York Now, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Cornell Artists, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1978
Works of A.I.R. Artists, Ginza Kaigakan, Tokyo, Japan
Overview: An Exhibition in Two Parts by the A.I.R. Gallery, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
1977
Cornell Artists, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
Webb and Parsons Gallery, New Bedford, NY
1976
Broward County Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1975
Six A.I.R. Artists, Windham College, Putney, VT
The Year of the Woman, Bronx Community Museum, Bronx, NY
1974
New Painting: Stressing Surface, The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY (Catalogue essay by Klaus Kertess)
Smith College, Northampton, MA
New Abstract Drawings, Women's Interart Center, New York, NY
Waves, An Artist Selects, Cranbrook Academy of Art/Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI and Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Ml
1973
Of Paper, Newark Museum, Newark NJ
Whitney Biennial of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
American Drawings 1963-73, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The City University Graduate Center Mall, New York, NY
Women Choose Women, The New York Cultural Center, New York, NY (Catalogue essay by Lucy Lippard)
IX Painters, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1972
Opening Group Show, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Kent State Invitational, Kent State Art Galleries, Kent, OH
13 Women Artists, 117 Prince Street, New York, NY
The Riderless Boat, Willard Gallery, New York, NY
1971
Retrospective for a Critic, The Gene Swenson Collection, University of Kansas Art Museum, Lawrence, KS
Awards and Fellowships
1993
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship in Painting
1991Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Individual Grant
1986
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship
Virginia Commonwealth University, Faculty Grant
1984
Hand Hollow Foundation Fellowship
1982
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship in Painting
1981
MacDowell Colony Fellowship
Yaddo Fellowship
1976-77
American Association of University Women Fellowship
1975-76
New York State Council on the Arts, CAPS Fellowship
1975
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship in Painting
Selected Collections
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Hunter College, New York, NY
City University Graduate Center, New York, NY
Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Spencer Art Museum, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Bellevue Medical Center, New York, NY
Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, KS
Images
Exhibitions
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Engrossed in the Shell (the Sky and the Circle)
October 22 - December 7, 2024
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Emotional Intelligence II
February 22 - March 27, 2024
