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.

GALLERY AFFILIATION:

Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

 

EDUCATION:

1977 MFA University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1974 BFA Cooper Union, New York, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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 Icon Gallery, “New Work”,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 EXHIBITIONS

2010 “Mid_ Atlantic New Paintings”, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, Univ.of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
“Cultural Memory”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008 “Hand Pulled Prints”, St. Asaph’s Gallery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
“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
“POST”, Freeman’s Aucition House, Philadelphia, PA
“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
“Rip, Rig & Panic” Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
“Works on Paper”, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA.

2005 Portland Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
“Very Early Pictures”, Arcadia University, Glenside , PA

2004 Group Show, Haverford College, Haverford, PA

2003 “Drawing”, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
“50 Years”, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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.
“Faculty Show”, Beaver College , Glenside, PA

1998 “Group Show”, ICON Gallery, Brunswick , MA
“Faculty Show”, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

1997 “New Work”, ICON Gallery, Brunswick, ME

1996 “New Images”, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Drawings, Smith College Gallery, North Hampton, MA
1995 Self-Imaginings, Maine Coast Artist’s Gallery, Rockport, ME
Invitational, Albright College, Reading, PA

1994 “New Directions”, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME
Gallery 68, Belfast, ME

1993 Summer Show, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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
“Contemporary Philadelphia Artists”, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phila., PA (catalog)

1989 “Four Women Painters”, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“The Family in Contemporary Art”, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Qualities in Paint”,Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
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)
“A Telling Impulse”, Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
“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
“The Real World”, More Gallery, Phila., PA
“The Figure, The Landscape”, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“The Artist as Teacher”, Goldie Paley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)

1985 “Philadelphia Urbanscape”, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
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
“Peaceable Kingdom”, East Baton Rouge Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Invitational Show, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2006 Philadelphia Print Collaborative Portfolio, in conjunction with The Fabric Worksho
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Director’s Award, Works on Paper 2006, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA

2005 Ballinglen Arts Program. Residency in Ireland

SOS Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Juror’s Award, Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME

2000 Leeway Grant for Achievement, Painting

1992 NEA Grant, Fellowship in Painting

1990 NEA Grant, Fellowship in Painting
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 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Residency in New Hampshire

1985 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Fellowship for Painting

CATALOGS & PUBLICATIONS

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

 

CATALOGS & PUBLICATIONS

2007 Instructor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

2001-2007 Adjunct , Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

2001-2007 Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2000 Visiting Artist, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, 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

1987 Visiting Artist, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

1986 Visiting Artist, Chestnut Hill College, Chestnut Hill, PA

1984-85 Visiting Artist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA