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AVA BLITZ
249 Harrogate Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
avablitz@gmail.com
tel: 610 649-4872
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exhibitions/blitz/
PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMISSIONS
Moby Dick II, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ 2004
Beauty & the Beast, Appel Farm Arts and Music Center, Elmer, NJ 2002
Time to Plant Tears, Whitemarsh Art Center, Plymouth Meeting, PA 2002
Our Town, Wilmington Boys & Girls Club Collaboration, Fraim Branch, Wilmington, DE 2002
Moby Dick, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN 2000
Cornets & Wings and Archegonium, Abington Art Center & Sculpture Garden, Jenkintown, PA 1999
Floating World, University City Science Center & the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority 1% for Art 1998
Seeds of Memory Sculpture Garden, International Artists-in-Residence Facility, Tokyo, Japan 1993
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & MAJOR INSTALLATIONS
Archaic Smile, Solo Exhibition, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia 2007
Forms of Existence, Philadelphia International Airport 2005
Zoo, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA 2003
Primal, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE 2002
Pebble Island, Brave/Smart, Philadelphia Selections 4, Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia 2001
Dig, Bird Park, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2001
Window on Broad, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1999
Inventory, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, National Showroom, Philadelphia, PA 1999
Stone Flower, Eight Contemporary Artists, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 1998
Stone Flower, Six, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA 1998
Portraits, Invitational Exhibition, The Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA 1996
Bird Baths, Sculpture Garden Invitational, Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA 1995
Stepping Stones, Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ 1994
Time to Plant Tears, Contemporary Sculpture '94, Quietude Garden Gallery, Cranbury, NJ 1994
Solo Exhibition, Bryn Mawr College Centennial Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA 1992
Solo Exhibition, Haverford College Comfort Gallery, Haverford, PA 1987
MFA Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia 1980
HONORS AND AWARDS (selected)
Independence Foundation Fellowship, 2008
Center for Emerging Visual Artists Alumni Travel Grant 2007
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Five County Arts Fund Grant 2006 and 2002
Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Award 2003, 1999
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Artists & Communities Grant 2002
National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America Grant, 2001
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Artist as Catalyst Grant 2001
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Community Arts Grant 2000-2001
Jerome Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park Residency 2000
Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Special Opportunity Stipend Award 2000
Bryn Mawr College Faculty Research Grant, 1996, 1992, 1990
Japan Foundation Fellowship, International Artist-in-Residence Program, Tokyo 1993
Residency Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Dorset Colony House 1992
Ford Foundation Grant, Cortona, Italy 1979
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (selected)
Adjunct Professor, Philadelphia University 2004-06
Fine Arts Program Director, Associate Lecturer: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 1986-98
Assistant Curator: Open Studio Printmaking Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1977
EDUCATION
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Degree: Master of Fine Art 1980
Ecole des Arts Decoratifs et des Beaux Arts de Strasbourg, France 1976
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Degree: Bachelor of Arts 1975
Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts 1972-74
GROUP INVITATIONAL AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS (selected)
Between Heaven & Earth, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 2008 (Eleanor Heartney, Juror)
Passion, Photography from Spain, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, Pa 2008
Sculpture Walk, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA 2007
The Kite, Lower Merion Township/Main Line Art Center Public Art, Ardmore, PA 2006
The Sculpture Garden at Trenton Plaza, Trenton, NJ 2005
Embracing the Arts, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE 2004
Community Gardens, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 2001
Celebration of the Spirit, Outdoor Art at Lakeview, Cleveland, Ohio 2001-02
Old World/New World/Common Ground,, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia. 2001
Un/Natural, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA 2001
Public Art, Concept, Process, Realization, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA 2000
Philadelphia Sculptors 2000, Woodmere Art Museum, and Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, PA 2000
Archeology, Sculpture in the Park, Allentown, PA 2000 & 96 (Sharks' Teeth)
Sculpture Garden Exhibitions, Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ 2000, 96-98 & 93(Artists Award)
Old World/New World-Common Ground, Budapest, Hungary 1999
Three Rivers Arts Festival: Sponsored by the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 1999, 87, 85
Philadelphia Sculptors, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ 1998
Family Realities, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 1998
25th, 21st & 20th Juried Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 1996 (Merit Award), 88, 86
Large Visions in Small Places, Philadelphia Sculptors, Moore on 2nd, Philadelphia, PA 1996
Color Now & The Power of Paper, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA 1996 & 95
Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ 1995 (Artist Award of Merit)
Ninth Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 1995-96
Creative Artist Network Exhibitions: Creative Artists Network Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1992-94
479 Gallery, NYC 1994, Stuart Levy Fine Art Gallery, NYC 1993, City Hall Installation, Philadelphia 1992
Painting & Print Biennial, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA 1994, 88, 83 (Blumenthal Award)
9th & 3rd National Print Exhibition, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 1994, 83
Imaging/Aging, Johnson and Johnson Corporation, New Brunswick, NJ & Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 1993
Works by Women Artists, William and Uytendale Scott Memorial Study Collection, Bryn Mawr College 1993
Georgia Printmakers Invitational, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1993
Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO 1992
Valley of the Dolls, Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA 1991
Invitational Printmaking Exhibitions: Sponsored by The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA 1990-94
Perspectives from Pennsylvania, Works on Paper Invitational, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 1989
Photo Imagery/Bryn Mawr, Three-Person Show, Women in Photography Conference: Bryn Mawr College 1989
Cimarron National Works on Paper, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 1987
Rutgers National Works on Paper, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ 1986
East/West Printmaking Exchange, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China and Tianjin Fine Arts College, Tianjin 1986
New Purchases Exhibition, Alberta Art Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1983
48th S.E. Competition of Drawing/Printmaking, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC 1980
25th Irene Leache Exhibition, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA 1979
16th Annual Piedmont Juried Graphics Exhibition, Greenville Museum, Greenville, SC 1978
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/JURIES
Panelist- Community Arts Institute, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Millville, NJ 2006 and 2001
Lecture-Z00, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA 2003
Presenter-Annual Meeting of the Board, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD 2002
Interview-Delaware Community Partnerships, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, WHYY Public TV 2002
Presenter-New Jersey Arts Education Collective Seminar, Appel Farm Arts & Music Center, NJ 2002
Panelist-Public Art, American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia, PA 1999
Juror- Altman Award, Swarthmore College Fine Art Department, Swarthmore, PA 1996
Lecture- Personal Work in Sculpture, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 1995
Lecture- An American Artist in Japan, History of Art Colloquium, Bryn Mawr College 1995
Juror- Trustees Achievement Award Committee Panel, External Consultant, West Chester University, PA 1995
Lecture- An American Artist in Japan, Creative Work and Cultural Experience, Rotary Club, Camden NJ 1994
Workshop- Community Arts Program for Children, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA 1992-94
Panelist & Lecturer- International Sculpture Symposium,, Tokyo 1993
Guest Artist- Junshin College, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan 1993
Lecture- Environmental Artists and Personal Work in Sculpture, Stuart Collection, University of California at San Diego, 1993
Portraiture Workshop- Alumnae College, Bryn Mawr College 1992
Lecture- A Return to Figurative Art, Personal Work and Contemporary Trends in America,
Fundacion Instituto International, Madrid, Spain 1989
Interview- WXPN, University of Pennsylvania non-profit radio 1984
Lecture - Personal Work, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC 1980
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)
Catalogues/Publications
Spring/Summer Exhibitions 2004, New Additions Outdoors, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ 2004
Art & Community, Visual Arts Residency Program, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE 2002
Philadelphia Selections 4, Brave/Smart, Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia 2001
Celebration of the Spirit, Outdoor Art at Lakeview, Cleveland, OH 2001
The Sculpture Garden, Burlington County College Pemberton, NJ 2001 and 1996
Philadelphia Sculptors 2000, Woodmere Art Museum & Philadelphia Sculptors, Philadelphia, PA 2000
Old World/New World- Common Ground, Hungarian Sculptors Association & Philadelphia Sculptors, Budapest 1999
Philadelphia Sculptors Exhibition Catalogue, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ 1998
Eight Contemporary Artists, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 1998
Six, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA 1998
Ninth Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition 95-96, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 1995
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90's, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art,
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York 1995
Artists-in-Residence Program, Tama Art Studio-Hinode, The Japan Foundation and Tama 21, Tokyo, Japan 1993
WEB Articles/Reviews/Images
Remaking the Landscape, The Art of Ava Blitz; http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exhibitions/blitz/
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2007/07/05/last-chance
http://fallonandrosof.blogspot.com/2007/06/ava-blitz-at-cfeva.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sokref1/sets/72157600332953791/
http://www.phl.org/art/avablitz.html
http://www.inliquid.com/museums/delaware/archive/1102dcca2.shtml
http://www.michenermuseum.org/exhibits/outdoor-blitz.php
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=3683
www.fallonandrosof.com/archives/2004_05_16_archive.html
http://www.appelfarm.org/about/artworks/beautybeast/index.html
http://www.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculptorPage.php?sculptor_id=1000183
http://www.rosensculpture.org/exhibit.php4?entriesid=91&artistsid=82
http://www.ocaatlanta.com/gallery/Artist%20Registry%20Albums/Blitz_Ava/index.html
http://thegalleriesatmoore.org/gmslide/search.cgi?code=1086
Reviews/Articles
Victoria Donohue, 'Galleries & Museums, MLUC Ava Blitz’, The Philadelphia Inquirer, L8, 04/13/08
Stephen Perloff, editor, Photo Review, 01-02/08
Monica Weymouth, Arts Agenda Last Chance, ‘Ava Blitz, Archaic Smile’, Philadelphia City Paper, 07/02/07
Lindsay Warner, ‘Ava Blitz Shows Her Stuff’, The Bulletin (Philadelphia), 06/08/07
Victoria Donohue, 'Exhibit on end of life', The Philadelphia Inquirer, L5, 03/27/05
M. English, 'Artist's Work full of beauty, mystery', The Colonial, Lafayette Hill Journal, p.1, 9/11/13, 10/15/03
Brian Bingaman, 'Stone Zoo on view', Times Herald, C1, 08/17/13
Christopher Willard, 'Materials and Methods', American Artist, p.13, 01/03
Roberta Fallon, 'See The Sights', Philadelphia Weekly, p.59, 5/22/02
'Time to Plant Tears', Times Herald, Plymouth Meeting Journal, Colonial, Montgomery County PA Newspapers 05/02
Edward Sozanski, 'Hinting at nature', Philadelphia Inquirer, p.W32, 11/16/01
Victoria Donohue, 'Pieces Abstract but Accessible', Philadelphia Inquirer, p.MC3,11/4/01
Edward Sozanski, 'Philadelphia picks: Not unfamiliar, but fine', Philadelphia Inquirer, p.W32, 6/29/01
Roberta Fallon, 'Speaking in Tones', Philadelphia Weekly, p.70, 6/6/01
'Newsbriefs', Sculpture Magazine, p.7, 6/2001
Roberta Fallon, 'Going Underground', Philadelphia Weekly, p.61, 5/16/01
Anne Fabbri, 'Art and Artists', Philadelphia Daily News, 05/04/01
Dave McCoy, 'Philly aglow', The Wilmington News Journal, 04/20/01
'On Record' and 'Commissions in Brief', Sculpture Magazine, 04//00, 03/00 and 10/98
R.B. Strauss, 'An act of courage', Wayne Suburban Times, 02/01/01
Roberta Fallon, 'Public Art at Nexus', Philadelphia Weekly, p.59, 5/17/00
'On Record' and 'Commissions in Brief', Sculpture Magazine, 04//00, 03/00 and 10/98
Gerard Brown, 'Open Window', Philadelphia Weekly, p.68, 06/30/99
Robin Rice, 'City Paper Choice '98', Philadelphia City Paper, p.42, 10/30/98
Barry Schwabsky, 'Tackling the Perennial Problems of Sculpture', The New York Times, 08/30/98
Purcell, Janet, 'Fifty from Philly exhibit at Grounds', The Trenton Times, 08/28/98
Marilyn J. Fox, 'The quirky art of introspection', The Reading Eagle, p.E2, 07/12/98
Geoff Gehman, 'Smaller is better', The Morning Call, Allentown, PA p.D10. 07/03/98
Kenneth Endick, 'Allentown museum continues tradition', The Express-Times, Bethlehem, PA, p.E7, 08/10/98
Edward Sozanski, 'Creativity', The Philadelphia Inquirer, 05/1/98
Gerard Brown, 'Strictly Sculptural', Philadelphia Weekly, p.22, 07/24/96
'Heads Above the Crowd-International Work', The Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/04/94
'International Artists -in-Residence', Tokyo Shimbun 1993
'Art Created by International Group', Asahi Shimbun, Tama Prefecture, Tokyo 10/16/93
'Tama Art Studio, Hinode Starts' , Shinbijutsu Shimbun (New Art Newspaper), page 3, Tokyo 07/1/93
New Creative Arts Center Open', Shuryie Shimbun, Tama Prefecture, Tokyo 06/11/93
'Artists-in-Residence', Artists' Network, page 11, Yokohama 8/20/93
Tama 21 Association Publications, Art and Cultural Program Division, Tama Prefecture, Tokyo
'Artists-in-Residence, Town Revitalization Through Art', & 'Tama Art Studio' Video, Tokyu Agency 1995
'Modern Art Integrated into Everyday Life', International Sculpture Seminar 1993 'Tama Art Studio' 1993
'Artists-in-Residence', AIR News, Volumes 1-4, 1993 'Artists-in-Residence', Voice 93, Vol. 11, September 1993
Susan MV Erdlen, '6th Annual Sculpture Garden, Burlington County College', Art Matters, Philadelphia, June 1993
Victoria Donohue, 'Two on Faculty Show Dual Talents', The Philadelphia Inquirer, p.23, 04/19/92
Victoria Donohue, 'Free Form', Philadelphia Inquirer, 08/13/89
Adrienne Redd, 'Amid Works that Shine', Globe-Times, Allentown, PA January 1988
'The Art Will be Paper Thin', Camden Courier Post, Camden, NJ 03/07/86
OTHER COLLECTIONS (selected)
4Culture
Harborview Medical Center Collection
Bryn Mawr College
Price Waterhouse
University of Georgia
Alberta Art Foundation
TRAVEL AND LANGUAGES
2007 CfEVA Travel Grant in Spain, France - 1 month
1993 Japan Foundation Grant in Japan- 6 months
1989 Spain, England
1987 Southwest U.S.
1982 Mexico - Chiapas, Yucatan
1979 Ford Foundation Grant in Italy- 3 months
1976 France, Britain, Turkey
1975 France- 12 months
1970 Japan, Hong Kong, Israel
Languages: proficient in French, knowledge of German, Spanish, and Italian |