RESUME

PHILIP AYERS
Studio and Home Address: 1410 Millstone River Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey 08844
Email: payers@pratt.edu         philip.ayers@gmail.com                    Phone: 908-581-1607                 http://www.philipayers.com

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2022-23 New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey; Arts Annual

2017     Rubelle & Norman Shafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Foundation Faculty Exhibition

2014     Rubelle & Norman Shafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Faculty Exhibition

2013     (October) Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York; “Making Faces”

2013     The Painting Center, 547 West 27th Street, Suite 500, New York, New York, PHILIP AYERS,     "PORTRAITS" March 26 –April 20.

2012     McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, "National Drawing Invitational"

2012     Rubelle & Norman Shafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Foundation Faculty Exhibition

2011     The Painting Center, 547 West 27th Street, New York New York, “Philip Ayers: Paintings, History in Nature”, Catalogue Available with Essay by Kenneth Gross.  Solo

2010     University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, “Philip Ayers and William Itter, Found in Nature, Paintings and Drawings”

2010     The Painting Center, 547 West 27th Street, Suite 500, New York, New York, New Walls/Fresh    Paint.

2009     The Painting Center 547 West 27th Street, New York, N.Y., 2 Person exhibition with William Itter (Traveled to University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia June 2010)

2007     Rubelle & Norman Shafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Foundation Faculty Exhibition

2005-06 The State Museum of New Jersey, Trenton NJ, NJSCA Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Color   -Catalogue Available

2003-04 Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, "The Bold 80s: A Collector's Vision"

2001     Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State U., Lake Charles, Louisiana, "National Drawing Invitational"

1998     Forum Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, “It's Still Life”

1998     The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, “Mindscapes” Five Person Exhibit

1997     Forum Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, “New Figuration, Familiar Faces, New Faces”

1996     Forum Gallery, New York City, “Men and Machines”

1996     The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey, “New Jersey State Council on the Arts       Fellowship Exhibit,” Catalogue

1995     The Brotsky Gallery, The Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, “Philip Ayers” Solo

1994     New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, “New Jersey Arts Annual”, Catalogue

1994     Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island, “Landscape as Metaphor”, Catalo

1993     Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, “Landscape as Metaphor”, Catalogue

1992     Steibel Modern, New York City, “Nature Fabrilis”

1992     Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, “30 Years”

1990     Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York City, “Philip Ayers” Solo

1988     The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, Catalogue

1988     Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine , Fresco Competition; Winning Design

1987     Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, “Reveal”

1987     Florida International University, Miami, Florida, “American Art Today – Narrative Painting” Color   -Catalogue

1987     Los Angeles Art Expo, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1987     Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, “Philip Ayers, Paintings“ Solo

1987     Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, California, “Figure in Context”

1987     Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY, “Philip Ayers, Martin Wong, Duncan Hannah, and friends”

1987     Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY, “Onieric”

1986     Semaphore Gallery, New York City, “Philip Ayers” Solo

1986     Art et Industrie, New York, “Art for Money Benefit” for Fashion Moda

1986     William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, “American Landscape” 

1986     Queens Museum, Queens, New York, “Television’s Impact on Contemporary Art” Catalogue

1986     Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, “Painting and Sculpture Today” Catalogue

1986     Semaphore East, East Village, New York City, “Semaphoria”

1984     Indiana University Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Faculty Show,        Catalogue

1983     Indiana University Museum of Art, Bloomington, Indiana, “New Faculty” Exhibit

1983     Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, “New Talent”

1982     New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey “Twenty Years Rutgers University Art” Catalogue

1982     University of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Faculty

1981     Creative Arts Center, New Haven, Connecticut, NEAs from Connecticut

1979     Organization of Independent Artists, 76 Federal Plaza, New York, New York

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2012            100 Boston Painters. Chawky Frenns, Editor. Schiffer Books

2010-11       Philip Ayers Painting: “Beautiful Specimen” featured as poster theme: Rutgers University, NJ, “Global Initiatives 2010-2011: The Way Forward”

2009-10       Philip Ayers Painting: “Sectioned Root”, featured as poster theme: Rutgers University, NB, “Global Initiatives, 2009-2010: Ecologies in the Balance”

1995     Newark Sunday Star Ledger Sept.3, Eileen Watkins Review, “Philip Ayers at Educational Testing Service, Brotsky Galleries”

1994     New American Paintings: Mid-Atlantic Region. Open Studios Press, Needham, Massachusetts, “Philip Ayers”

1994     The New York Times (New Jersey section), July 5, William Zimmer, “A Robust Presentation....At State Museum”, Arts Annual (painting & sculpture) New Jersey State Museum

1994     The Trenton Times, May 20, Janet Piggot, “Proof of New Jersey’s Aesthetic Vigor”,Arts Annual (painting & sculpture) New Jersey State Museum

1994     Art, New England, April-May; Alicia Faxon, “Landscape as Metaphor”, Newport Art Museum,       Newport, Rhode Island

1994     The Providence Journal-Bulletin, Jan. 14, 1994; Review, Bill Van Siclen, “Landscape as Metaphor”, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island

1992     New York Times, July 3. Review. Holland Cotter, “Nature Fabrilis” at Steibel Modern, NYC

1988     WNJN-TV State of the Arts, October and November, “Philip Ayers” Segment on Artist

1988     “American Art Today”, Florida International University, Includes Essay by John Hollander

1988     The Miami Herald, May 6. Review. “American Painting Today”, Florida International University

1988     The Miami Herald, May 20. Review. “American Painting Today”, Florida International University

1987     Art Forum, May issue. S. Freudenheim, “Suburban Hamlets”

1987     Los Angeles Times, September 18. Review. “Philip Ayers at Koplin Gallery”

1987     Art Scene, Los Angeles, California, Vol.7, No.2, October. Continuing and Recommended: “Philip Ayers, Koplin Gallery”

1987     New York Times, September. Review. “Television’s Impact on Art, Queens Museum”

1986     Arts Magazine, May issue. Album: “Philip Ayers”, pp.114-115. 1986

1986     Downtown, No.10, June 4. Cover. Andy Sichel, “Expecting the Barbarians” pp.4-5.

1986     Appearances, No.13, Fall/Winter. pp.7, 58.

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2004     New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Artist Fellowship

1993     New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Artist Fellowship

1990     Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1987     National Endowment for the Arts, Painting Fellowship - Major Award-$15,000

1986     New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Artist Fellowship

1983     Finalist in Painting, American Academy in Rome

1982     National Endowment for the Arts, Painting Fellowship - Major Award-$25,000

1980     National Endowment for the Arts, Painting Fellowship

COLLECTIONS:

            Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

            Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

            Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

            Chase Manhattan Bank Art Collection, New York, NY

            Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA

            other corporate and private collections

EDUCATION:

1976     Rutgers University, MFA in Visual Arts, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Focus on Painting and      Printmaking
1973     Massachusetts College of Art BFA, Boston, Massachusetts (The Award in Painting) Major-Painting; Minor in Film
1972     Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine & New York, New York
1967     Atlanta College of Art (SCAD), Atlanta, Georgia (Ford Foundation Scholarship Student)

SELECTED TEACHING: 

1982-85               Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

2005-19                Professor, Pratt Institute of Art and Design, 220 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

2019-Present        Professor Emeritus, Pratt Institute, 220 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY