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Artist Gene Baldini

EDUCATION:

  • Hoffberger School of Painting - M.F.A. - 1976 - Maryland Institute College of Art
  • Studied under: Grace Hartigan and Salvatore Scarpitta
  • University of Illinois - B.F.A. (Painting) 1974

FELLOWSHIPS and PRIZES:

  • Fulbright Fellowship - Painting - Italy 1981-82
  • "Artists in Residence" - Harriman State Park - Southfield, N.Y. 1980
  • Hellen Frankel Award - M.I.C.A. 1976
  • Hoffberger Grant - (Full Tuition) M.I.C.A. 1974-76
  • University of Illinois Union - Purchase Prize I - 1974

EXHIBITIONS:

  • PAINTING EXHIBITIONS
  • 2006 "Italian Dreams" 42 Drawings
    Gallery East
    College of Eastern Utah
  • 2004 ėLanguorî Lohin Geduld Gallery ņ New York, N.Y.
  • 1998 ėRebis Press Galleryî - Panzano in Chianti - Firenze, Italy
    • Christmas Exhibition - East-West Gallery - London, England
  • 1997 ėHalloweenî - Associazione Culturale Eumeswil, Firenze, Italy
    • Marylin Wilson Gallery - Birmingham, Alabama
  • 1996 Richard Michelson Gallery - Northampton, MA
  • 1995 ėDogsî - Galerie Francoise - Baltimore, MD
    • ėThings sceneî - Caffè Gioberti - Firenze, Italy
  • 1994 Palazzina Direzionale - Scandicci - Firenze, Italy
    • ėArte e poesiaî - Impruneta - Firenze, Italy
    • ėGatto dopo gattoî - Galleria Palazzo Vecchio - Firenze, Italy
    • ėMostra dei docentiî - Temple University - Rome, Italy
    • ėArtisti per l'Indiaî - Piombino - Livorno, Italy
  • 1993 Istituto Universitario Europeo - San Domenico - Firenze, Italy
  • 1992 Istituto Universitario Europeo - San Domenico - Firenze, Italy
  • 1991 San Casciano (FI), Italy
    • Istituto Universitario Europeo - San Domenico - Firenze, Italy
  • 1990 ėArtisti alla Badia Fiesolanaî - San Domenico - Firenze, Italy
    • Giardino Villa Garzoni - Collodi - Pistoia, Italy
  • 1989 Galleria Emilarte - Firenze, Italy go to top
  • 1987 Istituto Universitario Europeo - San Domenico - Firenze, Italy
  • 1986 Studio Art Centers International - Firenze, Italy
  • 1985 ėArtists on Mulberry St.î - M.S.C.A. - Baltimore, MD
  • 1984 ėMichigan Fine Arts Competitionî - Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 1983 ėKendall Facultyî - Grand Rapids, MI
    • ėEmerging Artistsî - Jewish Com. Center - Baltimore, MD
  • 1980 ėArtists - In - Residenceî - Rockland Center for the Arts - West Nyack, N.Y.
  • 1979 ėGallery Artistsî - C. Grimaldis Gallery - Baltimore, MD
  • 1978 Easton Academy of the Arts - Easton, MD
  • 1977 ėGrace Hartigan and Friends" - Mechanic Gallery - Baltimore, MD
  • 1976 ėHoffberger Annualî - Decker Gallery - Baltimore, MD
  • 1975 ėHoffberger Annualî - Decker Gallery - Baltimore, MD
  • 1975 Gallery San Giuseppe - College of Mt St. Joseph - Cincinnati, OH
  • 1974 University of Illinois Union Competition - Champaign, Illinois
  • 1973 Community Arts Center, St. Bede Abbey - Peru, Illinois

  PRINT EXHIBITIONS go to top

  • 2004 The 4 th Evora Printmaking Festival- Evora, Portugal
  • 2004 International Mini Print Salon- Timisoara, Romania
    • The International Competition of the Third Triennial in Havirov 2002 Gallant and Erotic
    • Works in Ex-libris and Small Graphics ņ Havirov, The Czech Republic
    • International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait Drawings and Graphics '02 - Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2001 The International Festival of Graphis Arts - Cluj, Napoca, Romania
  • 2001 ėRepertorio degli Incisori Italianiî - Bagnacavallo, Ravenna
  • 2001 6th Biennale di Grafica ėCittà di Castelleoneî - Castelleone, Cremona
  • 2000 ėBianco & Neroî 5th Rassegna Internazionale della Calcografia Contemporanea ņ Modica, Sicily
  • 2000 1st Cheju International Prints Arts Festival - Cheju Do, Korea
  • 1999 International Biennal Festival of Drawings and Graphics ë99 - Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

COMMISSIONS:

  • Anne Wineman-Dewitt, Michigan
  • Gloria and Stefano Marchetti - Florence, Italy
  • Paola and Gianni Sestini - Florence, Italy
  • Deborah and Daniel Marr Family ņ Indianapolis, Indiana
  • David Leavitt and Mark Mitchell - Rome, Italy
  • Leonard Baskin - Leeds, MA
  • Charles and Elizabeth Handy - London, England
  • Roberta and Benito Vitali - Bologna, Italy
  • Edward Byer - Baltimore, MD
  • Lou Inturrisi - Rome, Italy go to top
  • Sheldon Weisfeld - Houston, Texas
  • Academy of European Law - Portraits of the lecturers - Firenze 1990
  • St. Bede Academy - Christ as King - Peru, ILL. 1981

PUBLICATIONS:

  • New York Sun ņ June 24, 2004
  • International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait Drawings and Graphics 2002 - Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • The International Festival of Graphis Arts - Cluj, Napoca, Romania ņ 2001
  • 6th Biennale di Grafica ėCittà di Castelleoneî - Castelleone, Cremona - 2001
  • ėCaffè Michelangeloî Rivista di scienze umane - Edizioni M.E.M. gennaio-giugno 1997
  • ėCarnetî Speciale Venezia - Ritratto del sindaco Massimo Cacciari - agosto 1996
  • De Agostini-Rizzoli periodici - luglio 1996
  • ėMichelangeloî Rivista di scienze umane - Edizioni M.E.M. luglio-dicembre 1994

EMPLOYMENT:

  • Santa Reparata International School of Art
  • TASIS - The American School in Switzerland ņ Summer Program in Tuscany
    • 2002: Figure Drawing Workshop
  • Summer Print Workshop - Montefiore Conca, Rimini - Italy
    • 1998: Workshop for Swiss Art teachers
  • Sarah Lawrence College in Florence
    • 1992 - 1997: Professor:
      • - Life Drawing
      • - Painting
      • - Etching
  • Istituto Politecnico Internazionale della Moda - Firenze, Italy go to top
  • (Fashion Institute of Technology of New York)
    • 1987 - 1991: Professor / Life Drawing
    • "Portraits of the lecturers"
  • Academy of European Law - Firenze 1990
  • "Tuscan Landscape Painting Workshop" - 1990
  • Studio Art Center International - Firenze, Italy
    • 1984 - 1989: Professor / Painting and Drawing
      • Intermediate and Advanced levels
  • Kendall School of Design - Grand Rapids, MI
    • 1983 - 1984: Professor:
      • - Begining Figure Drawing
      • - Basic Drawing
      • - Color Theory and Design
      • Kendall School of Design students - summer session in Florence

REFERENCES:

  • Richard Fremantle ņ Firenze, Italy
  • Nelda Ferace - Firenze, Italy
  • Salvatore Scarpitta - New York, N.Y.
  • Sharon Yates - RR. 2 Lubec, ME. 04652

COLLECTIONS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC:

 

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