Anda Dubinskis

BIOGRAPHY
Anda Dubinskis' figurative paintings have won numerous awards including two Painting Fellowships from the National Endowment on the Arts; two Painting Fellowships as well as an SOS grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; and a Leeway Grant for Achievement in Painting. She was a resident artist at the MacDowell Artist Colony in New Hampshire, was awarded a residency at La Napoule, France and spent a month painting and drawing at the Ballinglen Arts Program in Ballycastle, Ireland. Her work has been exhibited extensively both locally and nationally and is represented by the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia.

She received her MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania and her BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She has taught at various institutions in the Philadelphia area including Swarthmore College, the University of Pennsylvania, Moore College of Art, Arcadia University and Tyler School of Art. She joined the faculty at Drexel University in 2007 and is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor and Drawing Coordinator in the Visual Arts Department of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. She lives and works in Philadelphia.

BORN
1952: Bethesda, MD

EDUCATION
1977: MFA University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1974: BFA Cooper Union, New York, New York

TEACHING POSITIONS
2007: Instructor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2001-2007: Adjunct , Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2001-2007: Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2000-2002: Adjunct , Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1999-2000: Adjunct , Beaver College, Glenside, PA
1999: Adjunct, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
1998: Assistant Professor, Kutztown Univ., Kutztown, PA (sabbatical replacement)
1995-97: Adjunct , Beaver College, Glenside, PA
1990: Assistant Professor, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA (sabbatical replacement)
1989: Assistant Professor , Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (sabbatical replacement)
1985-87: Adjunct, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

GALLERY AFFILIATION
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
BigTown Gallery, Rochester, VT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015: Drawings, Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014: Drawings, ICON Gallery, Brunswick, ME
2013: Decorative Impulse, University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
2012: What's In The Water, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
2009: Paintings & Gouaches, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005: Paintings and Drawings, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2002: Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998: Franklin Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1997: Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997: Denison University Gallery, Granville, OH
1996: New Work, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, ME
1993: Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991: Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990: Williamsburg Museum, Williamsburg, VA
1988: Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985: More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014: Listening In, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
2014: Summer In The City, Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014: Drawing On Nature, Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014: Big Picture, Biggs Museum, Dover , DE
2014: Woodmere Art Annual 2014, Woodmere Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, PA
2014: Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2014: Pressed and Bound, Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2013: Printmaking 2013, Lockhart Gallery, SUNY Geneseo, NY
2013: Aviary, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
2013: Prints on Prints, Second State Press, CSA Works, Crane Arts,Philadelphia
2013: Library of Life, City Hall, Philadelpahia, PA
2012: “9”, Museum Of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2012: BigBike Show, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
2012: URBN Navy Yard, ‘Flora & Fauna ‘, Philadelphia, PA
2011: Hive Culture, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill Arboretum, NY, NY
2011: Northern Liberties, Project Room, Philadelphia, PA
2011: 9x12, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2011: SELFSCAPE, Middlesex Community College, Edison, NJ
2011: TALE OF TWO CITIES, BLB Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011: “9”, Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2010: Year’s End, Betts Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2010: Art in the Open Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2010: Selections from Art In The Open, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2010: Systems Failure, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2010: Mid-Atlantic New Paintings, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, Univ.of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2010: Cultural Memory, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008: Hand Pulled Prints, St. Asaph’s Gallery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2008: Four Lithos, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
2007: From the Studio IV, The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel Gallery,  Philadelphia, PA
2007: POST, Freeman’s Aucition House, Philadelphia, PA
2007: The Philadelphia Invitational Portfolios, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
2006: Selections 6, curated by Linda Noochlin, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2006: Rip, Rig & Panic, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
2006: Works on Paper, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA.
2005: Portland Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2005: Very Early Pictures, Arcadia University, Glenside , PA
2004: Group Show, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2003: Drawing, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2003: 50 Years, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003: Group show, Addams Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2002: Past, Present, Future, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2000: Pictura Lucida, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1999: Gestures, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
1999: Faculty Show, Beaver College , Glenside, PA
1998: Group Show, ICON Gallery, Brunswick , MA
1998: Faculty Show, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
1997: New Work, ICON Gallery, Brunswick, ME
1996: New Images, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
1996: Drawings, Smith College Gallery, North Hampton, MA
1995: Self-Imaginings, Maine Coast Artist’s Gallery, Rockport, ME
1995: Invitational, Albright College, Reading, PA
1994: New Directions, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME
1994: Gallery 68, Belfast, ME
1993: Summer Show, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993: Figurative Drawing, Woodmere Art Ctr., Chestnut Hill, PA
1991: Traveling Invitational, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
1991: The Expressive Moment, Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown, PA
1990: Summer Show, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990: Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phila., PA (catalog)
1989: Four Women Painters, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989: The Family in Contemporary Art, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989: Qualities in Paint,Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
1989: Invitational, Levy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988: Perspectives in Philadelphia, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
1987: Made in Philadelphia 7, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
1987: A Telling Impulse, Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1987: Little Gems, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986: Contemporary Philadelphia Painting, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
1986: Painting Now: A Celebration of Pennsylvania Artists, Harrisburg, PA
1986: The Real World, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986: The Figure, The Landscape, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986: The Artist as Teacher, Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
1985: Philadelphia Urbanscape, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
1985: Summer Show, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984: Pastoral Landscape, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983: Bodies and Souls, Kornblee Gallery, New York City, NY
1981: Works on Paper, Rutgers State University, Camden, NJ
1981: Peaceable Kingdom, East Baton Rouge Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
1981: Invitational Show, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME

GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
2014: Faculty Research Grant, Drexel University
2012: Commission, Academy of Natural Sciences, WHAT’S IN THE WATER, Philadelphia, PA
2012: CSA Initiative, Invitational Portfolio participant, Philadelphia, PA
2011: Faculty Research Grant, Drexel University
2006: Philadelphia Print Collaborative Portfolio, in conjunction with The Fabric Workshop
2006: Director’s Award, Works on Paper 2006, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2005: Ballinglen Arts Program. Residency in Ireland
2005: SOS Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2005: Juror’s Award, Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME
2000: Leeway Grant for Achievement, Painting
2000: Visiting Artist, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1992: NEA Grant, Fellowship in Painting
1990: NEA Grant, Fellowship in Painting
1990: La Napoule Artist’s Residency, La Napoule, France (declined)
1989: Philadelphia Art Now, Bus Stop Poster
1988: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Fellowship for Painting
1987: Visiting Artist, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1987: MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Residency in New Hampshire
1986: Visiting Artist, Chestnut Hill College, Chestnut Hill, PA
1985: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Fellowship for Painting
1984-85: Visiting Artist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Community College
The City of Philadelphia
The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Duane Morris LLP
West Collection
Barbara & Ted Aronson

SELECTED LECTURES
Swarthmore College,
University of Pennsylvania
Bowdoin College
University of North Texas
Franklin & Marshall College
Chestnut Hill College

PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS
2014: Maine Home & Décor, April, Annual Art Issue
2014: Andrew Mangravite, “Drawing on Nature”, Broad Street Review, Art & Artchitecture
2014: "Drawing on Nature", ISSU Catalog
2014: "Woodmere Museum Annual", ISSU Catalog
2011: "Word" Image” Kipdeeds.blogspot.com
2010: Edie Newhall, “Art In the Open”, Philadelphia Inquirer
2006: "Very Early Pictures," D Magazine
2004: Drawings, City Paper, Philadelphia, PA
1989: Hard Choices; just Rewards, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1988: Searching Out the Best 1978-1988, Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia ,PA
1987: Made in Philadelphia 7, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1986: Contemporary Philadelphia Painting, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1986: The Artist As Teacher, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA