Resume

Education

1991 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
M.F.A. in Painting
 
University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
1986 Fifth Year Certificate, non-matriculating graduate program
1985 B.A., Fine Arts, painting and printmaking
   

One-Person Exhibitions

2009 Van Straaten Gallery, Denver
2009 Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv
2008 DFN Gallery, New York
2006 Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia
2005 DFN Gallery, New York
2003 Drue Chryst Gallery, Sparta NJ
2002 Sara Kishon Gallery, Tel Aviv
2001 Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
2000 Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
1999 University of Haifa Art Gallery, Haifa
1998 Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
1996 Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
1995 Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
1992 Contemporary Realist Gallery (Hackett-Freedman Gallery), San Francisco
1992 Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
   

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 "Looks Good on Paper", DFN Gallery, New York
2009 "Reconfigured and Relocated", DFN Gallery, New York
2009 "The Unbelievable is Right Here", Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv
2009 "Abstract/Nature", DFN Gallery, New York
2008 "New Work", DFN Gallery, New York
2008 Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York
2008 "Still Life", DFN Gallery, New York
2007-2008 "Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings", Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL and Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2007 "Works on Paper", DFN Gallery, New York
2007 Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2006 "American Artists in Rural Ireland: The Ballinglen Experience",
Concord Art Association, Concord, Massachusetts
2005 "Woods", DFN Gallery, New York
2005 "Out of Line", Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia
2005 "Tenth Anniversary Show", DFN Gallery, New York
2005 "Enchanted Place", Ba-sis Gallery, Beit Yanai, Israel
2004 "NYC", DFN Gallery, New York
2004 "Masters and Mavericks - Nudes", Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia
2004 "Interior Paintings", DFN Gallery, New York
2004 "New Works", Artspace, Jerusalem
2004 "Masters and Mavericks", Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia
2004 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York
2004 "Images from North Mayo", Ballinglen, Ireland
2003 "Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland", Mayo County Center, Castlebar
2002 "Common Threads", Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
2001 "Traces - Contemporary Drawing in Israel", Artist's House, Jerusalem
1999 "Art and Realities in Jerusalem", Artist's House, Jerusalem
1998 Ice Gallery, New York
1998 Juried Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
1997 "Portraits", Artist's House, Jerusalem
1996 "Virtual Reality", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
1994 Artist's House, Tel Aviv
1994 Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
1994 Artfocus, Fisher Gallery, Jerusalem
1993 Artist's House, Jerusalem
1992 Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
1991 First Street Gallery, New York
   

Honors and Awards

2002 The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship
1998 Israel-Tennessee Artists Exchange Program
1998 Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters
1993-94 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1993 Ish-Shalom Fellowship
1992 Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant
1991 Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship
1990-91 Yale University School of Art Scholarship
1985 College Honors, University of California at Santa Cruz
1985 University of California Regents Scholarship
   

Teaching Experience

2010 University of Colorado Denver, Denver CO
2009-2010 Art Students League of Denver, Denver CO
2009 Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver CO
2009 University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder CO
2007-2008 University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, MA
2007 Rhode Island College, Providence RI
2005-2006 Western Connecticut State University, Danbury CT
2006 The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck NY
2006 Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock NY
2006 Visiting Artist, University of Washington
2003-2005 Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ
2003 Visiting Artist, Boston University, MFA Program
2002 Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Undergraduate Painting
1999-2002 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1994-1999 Kalisher School of Fine Arts, Tel Aviv
1992-1997 The Emunah College of Arts and Technology, Jerusalem
1992-2005 Private Instructor, Painting and Drawing
   

Public Collections

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY, USA
Omanut La'am (Art for the People), Jerusalem, Israel
The Ballinglen Archive, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland
The James T. Dyke Collection, Little Rock AR
 

Bibliography

Aimone, Steven, Expressive Drawing, New York, Lark Books, 2009
Peleg-Rotem, Hagit, "A Veil of Mist", Globes, March 17, 2009
Mullarkey, Maureen, "Shimmer and Shadow", New York Sun, May 22, 2008
American Art Collector, States of Being, May 2008
Wolfe, Townsend, Vision: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, 2007
Weiss, Marion, Dan's Papers, cover and featured artist, February 2006
Tseitlin, Irene, Enchanted Place, Ba-sis Gallery, 2005
Gelman, Emanuel, Carmel Poetry Journal, featured artist, Winter 2005
Maxwell, Peter, Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland, Balleycastle, 2003
Weiman-Kelman, Paula, "Jordan Wolfson - A Portrait, 2002", Video Documentary, 2002
Wizgan, Ilan, Drawing in Israel Now, Artists House, Jerusalem, 2001
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Zisquit, Linda, "The Paintings of Jordan Wolfson", Artspace Essays, 1999
Eyal, Avishai, "Interior", Haifa, 1999
Suissa, Albert, "Paintings of the Soul", Voice of the City, November 13, 1998
Yizrael, Miriam, "In Love with Grey", Jerusalem Weekly, October 15, 1998
Wizgan, Ilan, Art and Realities in Jerusalem, Artists House, Jerusalem, 1998
Cassouto, Nella, Eye Level, Artists House, 1997
Yizrael, Miriam, "Looking at the Sink", Jerusalem Weekly, September 27, 1996
Ginton, Ellen, Virtual Reality, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1996
Pinchas-Cohen, Chava, Dimui ("Image"), featured artist, Winter 1995
Cassouto, Nella, Facing Reality, Art Focus, 1994
Geldman, Mordechai, Communion, Artists House, Tel Aviv, 1994
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