RESUME:
Joseph Sweeney |
EDUCATION:
1980 Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA, MFA in Printmaking
1976Philadelphia
College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, BFA in Painting
and Drawing
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2006Rivers
- New Pastels, Gross McCleaf Gallery
2002The
Irish Coast, Gross McCleaf Gallery, December 6 -
31
2000New
Work, Cabrini College. Radnor PA
Farms
and Fields/Central, PA. Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
1998Plum
Bottom Farm, Belleville, Pa
19991997,
1995, 1992, 1990, 1986, 1984, 1983, 1981, Gross McCleaf
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998Art & Ayrshires,
Plum Bottom Farm, Belleville, Pa
19921990,
Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1991Helio
Gallery, New York City
1989Katharina
Rich Perlow Gallery, New York City
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006 “Art of the State”: Pennsylvania
2006, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Masters
in Montana, Chaparral Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
Works
on Paper Show, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia,
PA 2005
2005 “Old School, New School, No School. Carbon
County Cultural Project. Jim Thorpe PA. Juror
142nd
Annual Exhibition of Small oil Paintings, The Philadelphia
Sketch Club Philadelphia, PA
Craft
Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
Works
on Paper Show, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia,
PA
2004 Works on Paper Show, The Philadelphia Sketch
Club, Philadelphia, PA
“Art
of the State”: Pennsylvania ‘04 Juried
Exhibition The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg,
PA
Along
the Lincoln Highway Westmoreland Museum of American
Art, Greensburg, PA
Faculty
Exhibition Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
2003 The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts. 106th Annual Exhibition Chester Springs,
PA
The
Unbroken Circle, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
2002 Works on Paper Show, The Philadelphia Sketch
Club, Best in Show
2002 Woodmere Art Museum 62nd Juried Exhibition,
Philadelphia, PA Juror: John Yau
2001 Pennsylvania Center for Landscape Painting Group
Show (Scapes and Scrapes), Susquehanna Art Museum,
Harrisburg, PA Curated by Joseph Sweeney
2000 Philadelphia: A Crossroads for American Art,
1750-2000. The Union League Club. New York,, NY and
Debra Force Fine Art, Inc.
Points
Of Departure: Art on the Line. Main Line Art Center
Haverford, PA, Curated by Julie Courtney
Color
and Steel, Paintings by Joseph Sweeney, Sculpture
by Joseph Mooney, Widener University, PA
1999 Philadelphia Water Color Club 99th Anniversary
International Exhibition of Works on Paper at Woodmere
Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA
for
Pastel Only by the Pastel Society of America. Hermitage
Museum, Norfolk, VA
Philadelphia:
A Crossroads for American Art, 1750-2000. The Union
League Club. New York,, NY and Debra Force Fine Art,
Inc.
Points
Of Departure: Art on the Line. Main Line Art Center
Haverford, PA Curated by Julie Courtney
Color
and Steel, Paintings by Joseph Sweeney, Sculpture
by Joseph Mooney, Widener University, PA
1999 Philadelphia Water Color Club 99th Anniversary
International Exhibition of Works on Paper at Woodmere
Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA
For
Pastel Only by the Pastel Society of America. Hermitage
Museum, Norfolk, VA
99th
Anniversary Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper,
Phila. Water Color Club, Philadelphia. PA
The
27th Open exhibition for Pastel Only by the Pastel
Society of America. New York, NY.
Culture
and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield,
WI
59th
Annual Juried Exhibition, Woomere Art Museum, Philadelphia,
PA
59th
Annual Juried Exhibition, Woomere Art Museum, Philadelphia,
PA
1998 98th Anniversary International Exhibition of
Works on Paper, Phila. Water Color Club. Atlantic
City, NJ Juror: Charles McVicker AWARD: Best of Show
101st
Annual Juried Members’ Exhibitions, Fellowship
of the PAFA ,Yellow Springs PA
"Philadelphia
Focus" Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
"Images ‘98" Central
Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College,
PA Juror: Sarah Sargent. Award: Best of Show
"Culture & Agriculture" New
Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
"Through
the Heart of the City". Philadelphia Art Alliance.
Philadelphia, PA
"National
Spring Open Juried Exhibit" Juror: Oswaldo Romberg,
the Wayne Art Center , Wayne PA
"Works
on Paper 1998" Juror: Mark Rosenthal, Curator,
S.R. Guggenheim Museum N.Y.
Beaver
College Glenside, PA
1997 "Mainly Maine": Sherry French Gallery
New York, NY
"Bianco
Galley Annual Juried Exhibition", Buckingham,
Pa AWARD:
"Art
of the State": Pennsylvania ‘97 Juried
Exhibition The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg,
PA
1996 "Wayne Art Center Juried Exhibition",
Wayne, PA AWARD: Best of Show
"Art
of the State": Pennsylvania ‘96 the State
Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
"Smith
College Invitational Drawing Exhibition" Northampton,
MA
"Landscapes "Wayne
Art Center, Wayne, PA
1995 "Virtuosity" ACI Juried Exhibition
on CD Philadelphia, PA
1995 "Pennsylvania" Steven Scott Gallery,
Baltimore, MD
"Waterworks" Steven
Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"Concepts
In Drawing", The Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA,
Co-Curator
1994 Gross McCleaf Gallery's 25th Anniversary Exhibition,
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Summer
Skies", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"A
Diversity of Views", Artist Look at The Delaware
River Watershed, The Nature
Conservancy
at The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, Curator/Originator
1993 "Impressions XII", The American College,
Bryn Mawr, PA, (Juried)
"Estelle
Gross Memorial Exhibition", Philadelphia Art
Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
"The
Art of Etching", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore,
MD
"By
the Sea", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1992 "Atmospheres", Steven Scott Gallery,
Baltimore, MD
1991 "Landscape 1991", The American College,
Bryn Mawr, PA
"Dad
Vale Regatta Show", National Rowing Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
"The
New Romanticism", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore,
MD
"The
Printed Landscape", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore,
MD
1990 "Sport in Art", Woodmere Art Museum,
Philadelphia, PA, (Catalog)
"Reflections
and Mirror Images", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore,
MD
"Summer
Place", Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
"A
Celebration of Philadelphia", Gross McCleaf
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Festivals & Festivities" Curator
Sigmund Balka, Bronx Museum, New York
1989 The Philadelphia Art Show, Featured Artist,
Philadelphia, PA
14th
Annual West/Art and the Law Exhibition / Purchase
Award / Minneapolis
"Meticulous
Realist Drawings", Squibb Gallery, Princeton,
NJ, Curator Ronny Cohen
"Vistas" New
Landscapes, Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Gallery
Artists, Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"Land,
Sea, and Air", Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore,
MD
1988 The Philadelphia Art Show, Philadelphia, PA
"Pennsylvania
Painting", Bucknell University, Juror Clement
Greenberg
Gallery
Artist - Winter - Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore,
MD
Summer
Landscape Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
"Scenic
River Days", Juried Show, 1st Place, Best of
Show, Reading, PA
"The
Art of Sport", Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
Summer
Preview, Benefit Show, Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore,
MD
1987 Summer Landscape Show, Gross McCleaf Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
Figure
In Landscape, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New
York, NY
"Seascapes,
Landscapes, Cityscapes", Tobiah Kraa Gallery,
Montclair, NJ
The
Philadelphia Art Show, Philadelphia, PA
1986 Beaver College Juried Exhibition, Glenside,
PA
Sechuan
Fine Arts Institute, Chongging, China
Printmaking
East/West Exchange, Tianjun, China
161st
Annual Exhibition - National Academy of Design, New
York, NY
"New
Talent in American Landscape", Katharina Perlow
Gallery, New York, NY
"Talent
'86", Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985 "Director's Choice", Gross McCleaf
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Representational
Work", Gallery G, Pittsburgh, PA
"Landscape
Artist From Pennsylvania", Virginia Intermont
College, VA
"Ten
Realist Artists", Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
Eaglesmere
Friends of the Arts, Eaglesmere, PA
"Pennsylvania
Painters and Printmakers", State College, PA
1983 "After Ten Years, 1971-1981", Philadelphia,
College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Alumni
Drawing Exhibition, Philadelphia College of Art,
Philadelphia, PA
"42nd
Annual Aware Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Art
Center, Cheltenham, PA, Juror A. Aladar Marberger
1982 "Ten Philadelphia Area Artists", Villanova
University, Villanova, PA
Hahnemann
University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1981 "Along the Schuylkill", Gross McCleaf
Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"New
Generation Show", Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
1979 "Juried Regional Art Exhibition",
Williamsport, PA
"13th
Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts",
Juried Print and Drawing Exhibition, University Park,
PA
"Greater
Harrisburg Arts Festival Juried Exhibit", Harrisburg,
PA
"17th
Annual Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition",
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
*Park
Tower Gallery Award.
Pennsylvania
State University Graduate Show, University Park,
PA
1978 "Alumni Show", Philadelphia College
of Art, Philadelphia, PA
ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
Instructor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Director. Instructor Wayne Art Center, 413
Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA
Gross McCleaf Gallery, 127 South 16th Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19102, 215-665-8138
Sherry French 24 West 57th Street, New York NY 10019
Carspecken Scott Galleries, Wilmington DE
The Nature Conservancy
The Philadelphia Water Color Club
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
American Artist, Cover and Pastel Article, August,
2000
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Catherine Quilman, Cultural
Arts, April, 2000
The New York Times , Sunday, Fred B. Adleson, Art
Review, October 18, 1998
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Victoria Donohoe, "The
Arts" August 2, 1998
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ed Sozanski, "Art",
May 29.1998
Main Line Today Patricia O. Morro, Homegrown Art,
February, 1998 page 22
MainLine Life ,Nancy Rhey, February 27, 1997 Arts & Leisure
cover and centerpiece
MainLine Life Christina Alex, January 25,1996 Page
7
The Baltimore Sun, Diane Schurper, August 20, 1996
page 3b
The Baltimore Sun, John Dorsey, August 7, 1994
The Daily Local News, West Chester, PA, John Chambless
Section B (Cover), Saturday, August 7, 1993
City Paper, Baltimore, MD, Mike Giuliano, July 23,
1993, pp. 24
USA Today, Thursday, September 12, 1991, pp. 7E
City Paper, Philadelphia, PA, Robin Rice, August
23-30, 1991
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Victoria Donohue, November
4, 1990, pp. 32M
"Art In Sport" Catalog, Michael W. Schantz,
Ph.D., Woodmere Art Museum, October 1990
Gallery Guide, (Philadelphia), Cover, October 1990
The Evening Sun, Mike Giuliano, March 29, 1990 (Baltimore)
The Baltimore Sun, John Dorsey, March 29, 1990
Philadelphia Images, (Book) pub. by University of
the Arts, October 1990
Delaware County Magazine, Donna McCole, March/April
1990
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Victoria Donohoe, June
2, 1990
New York Times, Vivian Raynor, May 21, 1990
The Illustrated, Candyce H. Stapen, Palm Beach, Regional
Artists
Artforum, Ronny Cohen, September 1989
The Daily Record, Bernard Perlman, MD, December 13,
1988
Mid-Atlantic Country, Candyce H. Stapen, November
1987
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Donald Miller, October 26,
1985
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ed Sozanski, "Art",
November 1, 1984
American Artist, October 1984, William P. Scott, "Joe
Sweeney: Painting Along the Schuylkill"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Victoria Donohoe, "Art",
February 11, 1983
COMMISSIONS:
1995The
Marriot Corporation , Philadelphia International
Airport, Philadelphia, PA
1995Glenmede
Trust Company, Philadelphia, PA
1994Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA
1991Three
Large Pastels for 3M Corp., St. Paul, MN, Consultant
Bonnie Sussman
1991Seven
Large Paintings for Riverview Entertainment Complex,
Consultant Melissa Montague, Irving, TX
1987Evan
Randolph Portrait, Philadelphia, PA
1985T.S.O.
Financial, Horsham, PA, Consultant Galman/Lepow
1984Reliance
Insurance Company of America, Philadelphia, PA, Consultant
Carolyn D'Alfonso
1983Smith
Kline Corporation, Philadelphia, PA, Consultant Carolyn
D'Alfonso
COLLECTIONS:
American Association of Retired Persons, Lakewood,
CA
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, NY
ARA Services, Philadelphia, PA
ATOCHEM Elf Aquitaine, Philadelphia, PA
AT&T, New York, NY
Bank of Tokyo, New York, NY
Bank of Tokyo, Washington, DC
Bell of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Blue Cross / Blue Shield, Camp Hill, PA
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Chew and Formicola Associates, Philadelphia, PA
CIGNA Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Cunard Interior Design, London, England
CoreStates Bank, Reading, PA
E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co., Inc., Wilmington, DE
Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, Philadelphia, PA
Ewing, Cole, Cherry, Parsky Architects, Philadelphia,
PA
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
PA
Fidelity Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance, Radnor, PA
Rita Rich Fraad Collection, New York, NY
Glenmede Trust Company, Philadelphia, PA
Haab Oil Company, Philadelphia, PA
Hunt Manufacturing, Philadelphia, PA
Johnson & Johnson Inc., New Brunswick, NJ
Mrs. John B. Kelly, Philadelphia, PA
Kraft Foods Group, Philadelphia, PA
Krasdale Foods, New York, NY
3M Corporation, St. Paul, MN
Manufacturers Hanover, New York, NY
McDonald's Corporation of America, New York, NY
McKinsey and Company, Cleveland, OH
Merrill Lynch, Philadelphia, PA
New Jersey National Bank, Trenton, NJ
NRG America Life, Philadelphia, PA
Penn Mutual Insurance, Horsham, PA
The Pew Trust, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Free Library Print Collection, Philadelphia,
PA
Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, MD
Pittsburgh National Bank, Pittsburgh, PA
PNB - CoreStates Financial Corporation, Philadelphia,
PA
Price, Waterhouse, Baltimore, MD
Price Waterhouse, Philadelphia, PA
Provident National Bank, Philadelphia, PA
RCA Corporation, Cherry Hill, NJ
Reading Company, Philadelphia, PA
Reliance Insurance Company of America, Philadelphia,
PA
Richard I. Rubin & Co., Philadelphia, PA
Smith Kline Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Squibb Museum, Princeton, NJ
Touche Ross and Company, Philadelphia, PA
Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Philadelphia,
PA
T.S.O. Financial, Horsham, PA
Undine Barge Club, Philadelphia, PA
United Artist Corp. Riverview Entertainment Complex,
Philadelphia, PA
Valley Forge National Historic Park
Vesti Corporation, Boston, MA
West Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN
Westinghouse Electric, Pittsburgh, PA
Wolf, Block, Schorr, Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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