Bruce Dorfman at work in his New York City studio.
Bruce Dorfman currently lives and works in New York City.
Education:
The Art Students League of New York; with Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Arnold Blanch, Charles H. Alston. 1951-1952.
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; with Mauricio Lasansky, Stuart Edie. B.A. 1958
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Gallery of the American Fine Arts Society, The Art Students League of New York, NY, NY. "Inclusive Moments" – Selected Works – October 5 - January 2019
2018 June Kelly Gallery, NY, NY – Currents – Paintings in Combined Media, 2016-2018 – October 12 - November 27th, 2018.
2016 Elizabeth Clement Fine Art (Boston, MA.); CONTEXT New York Pier 94 2016, International Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2016 Monmouth University, Long Branch, NJ (Upcoming, September - December)
2016 Elizabeth Clement Fine Art (Boston, MA.); CONTEXT Art Wynwood 2016, International Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
2015 June Kelly Gallery, NY, NY (September - October)
2015 Elizabeth Clement Fine Art (Boston, MA.); CONTEXT Art Miami 2015, International Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
2015 Elizabeth Clement Fine Art (Boston, MA.); Art Southampton 2015, International Contemporary Art Fair, Southampton, NY
2015 Elizabeth Clement Fine Art (Boston, MA.); Art Pier 94 2015, International Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2015 Elizabeth Clement Fine Art (Boston, MA.); Art Wynwood, 2015, International Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
2013 Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery; Art Students League of New York, Vytlacil Campus
2012 Los Angeles Art Fair, Solo Exhibit (Chubb); Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, NC
2010 Kouros Gallery, NY, NY
2008 Kouros Gallery, NY, NY
2005 Kouros Gallery, NY, NY
2005 Kouros Gallery, NY, NY
2004 Galerie Dionisi, West Hollywood, CA
2004 Roseline Koener Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY
2003 Kouros Gallery, NY, NY
2001 Roseline Koener Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY
2001 The Reece Galleries, NY, NY
2000 Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Roseline Koener Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY
1999 The Reece Galleries, NY, NY
1999 J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Krisal Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland
1995 Korean Cultural Service, Gallery Korea, NY, NY
1995 The Bergen Museum of Art & Science, NJ
1994 Hal Katzen Gallery, NY, NY
1994 Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1993 Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
1992 New School for Social Research, NY, NY
1990 Susan Schreiber Gallery, NY, NY
1990 Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1988 Arras Gallery, NY, NY
1986 Arras Gallery, NY, NY
1982 Arras Gallery, NY, NY
1981 New School for Social Research, NY, NY
1978 Nobe Gallery, NY, NY
1977 Barret House Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
1976 Nassau Community College, Firehouse Gallery, Garden City, NY
1975 Images Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
1972 Kennedy Galleries, NY, NY
1971 Gallery Jose Alegria, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1969 K Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1967 Krasner Gallery, NY, NY
1967 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
1967 Polari Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1966 Polari Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1966 Roberts Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1964 Rudolph Galleries, Woodstock, NY and Coral Gables, FL
1962 The Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL
1962 Roger Price Gallery, NY, NY
1960 Two Explorers Gallery, NY, NY
1955 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Group Exhibitions:
2020 Art Wynwood, Miami, FL - Elizabeth Clement Fine Art, Boston, MA
2019 The Art Students League in Woodstock 1947–79, Curated by Jenne M. Currie, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY The
League of Masters, Past + Present, Curated by Robin Frank, THE GALLERY AT 200 LEX powered by Incollect, NYC.
2018 The Masters: Art Students League Teachers and their Students, The Art Students League of New York, NYC
Artistic Vanguard: The 1960's; Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery,The Art Students League of New York, NYC
2017 Celebrating 30 Years: Group Show, Drawings and Photographs; June Kelly Gallery, NYC
2016 Ways and Means: A New Look at Process and Materials in Art - 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, NYC
Curators: Jason Andrew, Norte Maar
Art New York, NYC; Elizabeth Clement Fine Art, Boston, MA
Art Miami/Wynwood, Miami, FL - Elizabeth Clement Fine Art, Boston, MA
2015 Art Miami/Context, Miami, FL - Elizabeth Clement Fine Art, Boston, MA
Nineteenth Annual Boston International Fine Art Show - Elizabeth Clement Fine Art, Boston, MA
Escola International de Arte Loulé 1993-1998. Museum at Cloisters, Loule, Portugal
Art Southampton, LI, NY - Elizabeth Clement Fine Art, Boston, MA
Art Miami/New York, NYC - Elizabeth Clement Fine Art, Boston, MA
Art Miami/Wynwood, Miami, FL - Elizabeth Clement Fine Art, Boston, MA
Eye on UI: Bruce Dorfman, Stan Brodsky, Robert Kipniss, Ellen Lanyon; The Figge Museum, Davenport, Iowa
(in conjunction with the University of Iowa Museum of Art ); January - June, 2015
Public Collections (Selected):
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
American Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The Art Students League of New York, NY, NY
Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Baer Bank, Geneva, Switzerland
The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Collection Mourlot, Paris, France
Commerce Trust Company Foundation, Kansas City, MO
The Cook Company Foundation, CA
Dart-Kraft Corporation, IL
The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
The Faber-Castell Corporation, Lakewood, NJ
Government of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
Government of Monaco, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, NY, NY
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX
The Museum of Loulé, Loulé, Portugal
The New School for Social Research, NY, NY
Rice University, Sewall Gallery, Houston, TX
Rockefeller Foundation, NY, NY
Searle Corporation, Chicago, IL
The Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Museum of Art, University of Kentucky
Woodstock Artists Association Museum, Woodstock, NY
Awards and Grants (Selected):
2017 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Individual Grant
Gold Hermes International Creative Award
2007 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation; Individual Grant
2004 Artists Fellowship Inc.; Individual Grant
1997 New American Paintings; Open Studios Award
1996 Government of Monaco, United Nations; Commission
1996 United States Department of State; Certificate of Appreciation
1990 Arts East Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Individual Grant
1988 Arts East Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Individual Grant
1979 Rockefeller Foundation; Commission, ‘El Salvador’
1978 Sharon Creative Arts Foundation; Special Award for Painting
1978 New York State Council on the Arts; Outdoor Mural, Poughkeepsie, NY
1977 Sharon Creative Arts Foundation; Award for Painting
1972 Butler Institute of American Art; Purchase Award, Friends of American Art
1970 Atelier Mourlot, Paris, France / Mourlot Graphics, NY, NY /Touchstone Editions; Commissions
1964 New York World’s Fair (Invited); Award for Painting
1962 National Academy of Design; Julius Hallgarten Award
1962 Audubon Artist Society; Jane Peterson Prize & Award
1961 Fulbright Fellowship
1961 New York City Center of Music and Drama; First Prize, Painting
1957 Des Moines Art Center; First Prize and Younker Award
1956 Des Moines Art Center; Third Prize and Award
Teaching Positions and Lecturing:
1964 - Present
January 2007
Spring 2002
Fall 1996
Fall 1996
1983 - 1996
1979 - 1995
Spring 1994
Summer 1993
1979 - 1993
Summer 1972
Spring 1971
1965 - 1966
1964 - 1971
1962 - 1964
The Art Students League of New York, NYC
The Art Students League of New York, NYC; Lecture
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; Visiting Lecturer
The Institute Frederico Brandt, Caracas, Venezuela; Visiting Artist
The Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas, Venezuela; Lecturer
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
The New School for Social Research, NYC
Centre Pompidou; Musée d’Orsay; Musee de l’Orangerie; Musée Picasso; Paris, France; Lecture Series
The International School of Art, Loulé, Portugal; Guest Artist
The NY Artist’s Critique Group, NY, NY; Master Class
The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; Visiting Artist
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Visiting Artist
The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY; Visiting Artist
The Art Students League of New York - Summer School, Woodstock, NY
The Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL; Artist in Residence
Professional Affiliations and Positions:
1990 - Present Trustee, American Fine Arts Society/The Art Students League of New York, NYC
1997 - 1998 Chair, Forum of The Art Students League of New York, Critical and Contemporary Issues in the Arts, NYC
1968 - 1972 Chair, Friday Noon Forum, The Arts Students League of New York - Summer School, Woodstock, NY
1964 - Present Life Member, The Arts Students League of New York, NYC
