ELKE SOLOMON
116 West Twenty-Ninth Street
New York, New York 10001
www.elkesolomon.com
elke@elkesolomon.com
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
A Tavola! Early Bird Cafe’: Another Installation, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
A Tavola! A Performance, presented by Magic Time! and Judson Memorial Church, 2014
Alexander Kwartler and Elke Solomon, Klaus Von Nichtsagend, 2013
A Tavola! An Installation, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
Paintings and works on paper, Gallery 499 Park Avenue, New York New York, 2007- 2008
Paintings and Drawings, Deutsche Bank, New York, New York, 2004
Paintings, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, New York, 1999
Paintings and Drawings, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, 1997
Paintings and Drawings, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, 1995
Paintings and Drawings, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, 1992
Paintings and Drawings, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, 1990
Paintings and Drawings, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, 1986
Drawings, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 1981
Drawings, William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, 1981
GROUP EXHIBITIONS select list
Currents: Abortion, curated by Barbara Zucker, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
8 Women Artists, Hudson Guild, New York, NY, 2016
VanDeb Editions, Long Island City, NY, 2016
W2, Works x Women, VanDeb, Long Island City, NY, 2015
Home, Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ, 2014
Women’s History Month, VanDeb Editions, NYC 2014
Women Choose Women Again, Visual Arts Center for New Jersey, Summit, NJ, 2014
Momentum: 8 Women, 8 Singular Voices, Hudson Guild Gallery, NYC, 2013
Women's History Month Invitational, VanDeb Editions, NYC 2010
Parsons Pink Slips, George Adams Gallery, NYC, 2009
The History Show Part I, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, 2008
Layering space, Restucuring Time: Collage, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, NY, September 8 - October 14,2007
Group, Josh Blackwell, Barbara Hatfield, Sophia Petrides, Jacob Robichaux, Elke Solomon, Dinaburg
Arts, New York, NY , November-December 2003
VanDeb Editions 1999-2002 Etchings and Monoprints, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY,
December 2000- January 2003, September, 2003, June, 2004, NYC
Affordable Art Fair, Pier 92, VanDeb Editions, New York, New York, October 2002
PAINTINGS, (Mark Saltz, Elke Solomon, Thornton Willis), The Space, New York, NY, October 2002
Selections: Etchings and Monoprints 1999-2002, The Space, New York, NY, May 2002
Snapshots, Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art, November, 2000
New Work, New York, Creiger-Dane Gallery , Boston, MA, 1-26 February 2000
Drawing/In the Present Tense, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York, October-December 1999
Connecticut,
North Dakota Museum of Art,
Illinois University
Macro/Micro, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York June 1999
Small Works, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York September 1998
In Honor of Tibet, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, July 1998
25 Years of A.I.R., Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York, February 1998
Generations, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, January 1998, February 2000, 2002 ,2004, 2006, 2008
Contemporary Women Printmakers, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March-April 1997
Large and Larger, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, June 1996
Women’s Work, The Arsenal Gallery, New York, New York March 1996
Eleven, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, January 1996
Works on Paper, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, June 20-July 8, 1995
Abstract Painting, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, New York, March 18-April 22, 1995
Drawings, Artists Space, New York, New York, December 1995
Small Works, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York, September 1994
Heart Attack, West Broadway, New York, New York, February 1994
A.I.R. Group Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, January 1994
Europa/America, Pino/Molica Gallery, New York, New York, June 1993
150x150, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, New York, October 26, 1992
360, Pino Molica Gallery, New York, New York, June 1992
360, Pino Molica Gallery, Rome, Italy, September 1992
Miniatures, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York, September-October 1992
BCCDHHHJKNPPRSSW, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, New York, Sept-Oct 1992
A.I.R. Group Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, January 1992
Friends Seminary, February 1992
Pro-Choice, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, December 1991
Organization of Independent Artists, Bess Cutler Gallery, September 1991
Women Artists of America, Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua, New York, August 1990
ICI 15th Anniversary, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, New York 1990
Drawings, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas, Spring 1990
Work of the Spirit, Ceres Gallery, New York, New York, 1988
4 Abstract Artists: Gary Bandy, Howard Buchwald, Susan Crile, Elke Solomon, Lehman College Gallery,
Bronx, New York, June-September 1987
100+, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, New York, 1987
Abstract Drawings, Glassboro Stae College, Glassboro, New Jersey, March-April 1987
Five Artists: Susan Hambleton, Elissa D’Arrigo, Sari Dienes, Sarah Draney, Elke Solomon, A.I.R. Gallery,
New York, New York, January-February 1987
Art Aid for the Homeless, Coup de Grace Gallery, Hoboken, New Jersey, May 1987
Small Works, Gallery 50, New York, New York, June 1986
10 Years: Princeton Faculty, Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985
ICI 10th Anniversary, the Puck Building, New York, New York, December 1985
The 12th Year, City Gallery, New York, New York, December 1985
Let’s Play House, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, New York, November 1985
Constructures, Nora Haime Gallery, New York, New York, February 1985
Eastern Union County YM-YWHA, Union, New Jersey, February 1984
Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1984
Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1984
Franklin Furnace, New York, 1984
Artists’ Call, Judson Church, New York, January-February 1984
Two-person exhibition, with Blythe Bohnen, Parsons School of Design, October 1983
A.I.R. Invitational, New York, New York, 21 December-8 January 1983
Gray Matter, Barbara Guggenheim Associates, New York, New York, November-December 1982
Selections 16, The Drawing Center, New York, New York, October-November 1981
New Work in Black and White, The Museum of Modern Art, Penthouse Gallery, New York, New York,
September-November 1981
Concise: Small Works by Jan Hashey, Don Hazlitt, Elke Solomon, Mary Ann Strikas, Gladstone/Villani
Gallery, New York, New York, 4-31 January 1979
Beyond the Canvas—Artists’ Books and Notations, Touchstone Gallery, New York, New York,
4-30 November 1978
Visual & Sculptural Bookworks, Montclair, New Jersey, 14 January-11 March 1979
Contemporary Masks, traveling exhibition sponsored by Independent Curators, Inc., 1979-81
OBJECTS, Multiples-Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, 25 February-1 April 1978
Contemporary Masks, Lawrence University, Union, New York, March-April 1978
Contemporary Masks, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York, 16 May-3 June 1978
Color: Small Works in Color, organized by Organization of Independent Artists, 100 Center Street, New
York, New York, 10 May-30 June 1978
PERFORMANCE ART
Dada Performance, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 18 March 1979
Tunafish Tales
Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York, New York, 18 January 1978
Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 21 April 1978
Whitney Museum, Downtown Branch, New York, New York, 26 September 1978
Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, Oregon, 21 March 1980
Vital Arts, New York, New York, 19-21 February 1982
Mudd Club, New York, New York 27 July 1982
Tut’s in Town, with Barbara Zucker, Nobel Gallery, New York, New York, November-December 1978
Move’s and Gestures, A Collaboration with Thom Fogarty
Boundaries
Collectors Group, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, 3 March 1978
Seattle, Washington, July 1977
Lawrence Art Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 6 May 1977
Northwest Artist Workshop, Portland, Oregon, June 1977
University of Illinois,Normal, Illinois, November 1977
Boundaries (revised script), 55 Mercer, New York, New York, 26 May 1978
What is Dada, with Dada Mamas, Seymour’s Greenery, Eugene, Oregon, 28 July 1977
Walking, Valley River Center, Eugene, Oregon, 23 April 1977
Money
Mighty Oaks Theatre Service, The Kitchen, New York, New York, 17-19 May 1976
Portland Art Museum School, 13 January 1977
Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, November 1977
Santa Claudia
Corner of Grant and Geary Streets, San Francisco, California, 24 December 1976
Mighty Oaks Theatre Service, The Kitchen, New York, New York, 17-19 May 1976
Downtown Bandages, with Jeff Way, Streets, New York, New York, 23 April 1976
GRANTS/AWARDS
Residency Grant, Piedmont, Italy, 2000-08
Academic Leave, Parsons School for Design, 1992, 2009
Brandywine Prints, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990-91
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Drawing, 1982-83, 1985-86
Creative Artist Projects Services (CAPS), Graphics, 1978-79
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS select list
Bellevue Hospital Center Art Collection, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Denny Levy Fine Arts
International Business Machines (IBM)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
S.G. Warburg (USA), Inc., at the Equitable, New York, NY
Sydney Lewis Collection, Virginia
Visual Arts Center for New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
REVIEWS
Will Heinrich, The New York Observer, Jun 2013
Ryan Steadman, ArtForum, Jun 2013
Harriet F. Senie, Sculpture, Reviews/New York, Elke Solomon, January/February Issue, 2011 Vol 30 No.1
William Zimmer, New York Times, “Drawing in the Present Tense”, 13 February 2000 (Sunday)
Karen Chambers, Art Work Reviews, “Elke Solomon”, http/www.artReviews.com/reviews/kc.22.html-ssi, February 1997
Pat Steir, Art Review, Paris France, “5 Abstract Painters at Christinerose”, October 1995
Lilly Wei, Art in America, “Elke Solomon at A.I.R.”, December 1995
Print Collector’s Newsletter, November-December 1992
33rd Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Catalogue, July 1990
Art Matters, June 1988
Vivian Raynor, “Contemporary Solo Shows in Hartford and Marlborough,” The New York Times, 24 January 1988 (Sunday)
Matt Damsker, “New Exhibitions at Real Artways Feature Starkness and Seduction,” The Hartford Courant, 24 January 1988 (Sunday)
Nancy Princenthal, Review in Art in America, June 1986
“Drawing It Out,” Print Collector’s Newsletter, January-February 1982
Susan Fillin-Yeh, Review in Arts, March 1981
William Zimmer, Review in SoHo Weekly News, 25 November 1981
Edgar Buonargrio, Review in Arts, November 1979
Review in Art News, January-February 1979
Carrie Rickey, Review in ArtForum, April 1979
Peter Frank, Review in SoHo Weekly News, 30 November 1978
CURATORIAL
25 Years of A.I.R., Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York, February-March 1998
Keeping Culture Alive: Artists Housing in New York City, Urban Center Galleries, Municipal Art
Society, New York, New York, 22 August-17 September 1983
Ms. Decade of Women, The Equitable Life Building, New York, New York, February 1980
Collaborations, sponsored by Independent Curators, Inc., for The Salt Lake City Art Museum, Salt Lake
City, Utah, September-October 1979
Supershow, with Susan Sollins, a traveling exhibition, sponsored by Independent Curators, Inc., June-September
1979
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1970-75; Associate Curator of Prints and
Drawings, 1971-1975, also functioning as Curator of Painting and Sculpture, 1974-75; Assistant Curator
of Prints, 1970-71
Big Drawings, sponsored by Independent Curators, Inc., a traveling exhibition, 1984-86
Recent Drawings: William Allan, Jim Bishop, Viga Celmins, Brice Marden, Jim Nutt, Alan Saret, Pat Steir,
Richard Tuttle, American Federation of the Arts, Exhibition and Catalogue, April 1974
Photographic Research Collections, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, 1966-68
EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED FOR THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
1975 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, 20 January-9 April 1975
Tony Robbin, Paintings and Prints, 6 December 1974-7 January 1975
Jim Roche, Environment, 28 September-27 October 1974
Jeff Way/Chief with Cherries, 31 October-28 November 1974
Alex Katz/Prints, 10 September-27 October 1974
Prints from the Permanent collection, July-30 October 1974
Alice Neel, Painting Retrospective, 7 February-17 March 1974
Prints 1920-1920, 7 February-17 March 1974
William Allan/Watercolors, 17 December 1973-15 January 1974
Richard Haas/Prints, 17 December 1973-15 January 1974
Prints from the Permanent Collection, 28 September-19 October 1973
Ralston Crawford/Lithographs, 20 June-29 July 1973
American Drawings 1963-1973, 25 May-22 July 1973
Ann Shapiro/Watercolors, January-February 1973
Louis Lozowick/Lithographs, 21 November 1972-1 January 1973
Chryssa: Selected Prints and Drawings, 1959-1962, 13 September-15 October 1972
David Smythe/Drawings, 15 June-28 March 1972
Lilly Brody/Watercolors, 17 February-28 March 1972
Oversize Prints, 2 November-22 December 1971
John Altoon: Drawings and Prints, 2 November-22 December 1971
Mark Tobey Prints, 1 September-31 October 1971
John Sloan: Prints, 1 July-29 August 1971
Wayne Thiebaud: Prints, 1 July-29 August 1971
Orange Crate Labels, July-December 1971
Women in the Permanent Collection, Painting and Sculptures, 1970
Prints by Seven I, 26 June-2 August 1970
Prints Acquisitions, 4 May-11 May 1970
JURIES
The Scholastic Art Awards, 2000, 2001, 2002, New York, NY, May 2000
National Association of Women Artists, New York, May 1994
Nassau Community College, Hempstead, New York, November 1982
The Artists Foundation of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, May-June 1981
Betty Brazil Memorial Fund, New York, New York, 8 April 1981
Print and Drawing Exhibition, Charlottesville, Virginia, 8 April 1978
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Southwest Print and Drawing Exhibition, 27 August 1975
Manisphere: 12th International Jury Art Show, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 25 April 1975
Virginia Printmakers, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 5 February 1975
North Shore Community Art Center, Great Neck, New York, 23 January 1975
Printmakers, Fellowship Panel, national Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., January 1975
White Plains Outdoor Art Festival, Inc., June 1974
Women’s Show: Photography ’74, Cheltenham Township Art Center, Pennsylvania, April 1974
1973 Susquehanna Regional Art Exhibition, Robertson Arts and Sciences, October 1973
Print Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, New York, December 1972
FOCUS panel on “Aesthetic Decision-Making,” Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1974
San Francisco Art Institute, March 1974
California college of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, February 1974
Professional women in the Arts, Bennington College, Vermont, November 1973
Drawings: Seventies, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford Art School, Hartford, Connecticut
Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, February 197Visiting Critic, Bienal del Grabado, Latinoamericano, San Juan, Peurto Rico, January 1972
PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES
On Motherhood and Apple Pie, in M/E/A/N/I/N/G, An Anthology of Artist’s Writings, Theory, and
Criticism ed. Susan Bee and Mira Schor, Duke University Press, 2000 (original article 1992)
Big Drawings, for traveling exhibition sponsored by Independent Curators, Inc., 1984-86
Collaborations, for traveling exhibition sponsored by Independent Curators, Inc., 1979
Tony Robbin, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1974
Recent Drawings: William Allen, Jim Bishop, Vija Celmins, Brice Marden, Jim Nutt, Alan Saret, Richard
Tuttle, American Federation of the Arts, April 1974
Jim Roche, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1974
Alex Katz/Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1974
“New Editions/ Marisol,” in Art News (Special Prints Edition), March 1974, p.49
Alice Neel, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York 1974
Introduction of print exhibition catalogue John Dowell, Jr., with Robert C. Solomon, University of Texas,
Austin; Rome, Italy: Tyler School of Art, 1974
American Drawings 1963-1973, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York 1973
Louis Lozowick/Lithographs, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1973
Chryssa: Selected Prints and Drawings, 1958-1962, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New
York, 1972
Forward to Arthur B. Davies, Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1972
Print Catalogue to James Rosenquist, by Marcia Tucker, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York,
New York, 1972
Oversize Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1971
Mark Tobey Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1971
“Open Air Workshop,” The Print Collector’s Newsletter, Vol. I, No. 5, 1970, p. 106
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1966; Painting, Art History
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1968-69
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1961-62
ASSOCIATIONS
Women’s Action Coalition New York, New York, 1992-1993
Independent Curators, Inc., New York, New York, 1975-2001; Consulting Curator
1974-2001; Exhibitions Committee, 1974-1999
Co-Director, Village Temple Soup Kitchen, 1987-1993
Art Board, Bellevue Hospital Center Art Committee, 1982-89
Collective, Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics, 1975-81
Editorial Advisor, Print Review, New York, New York, 1974-79
Mighty Oaks Theatre Service, New York, New York, 1974-79
Print Council of America, 1971-79
Improvisational Theatre Group, 1972-77
College Art Association, 1993- present (Chair, Panel 1994)
TEACHING
Adjunct, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York, 1979-present;
Drawing, Painting, Art Criticism; Liberal Arts Advisor; Curriculum Committee; Summer High School
Program
Visiting Artist, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, November, 1995
Visiting Artist, Yale University School of Art, Summer School, Norfolk, Connecticut, July, 1995
Visiting Artist, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, February, 1995
Visiting Artist, Pennsylvania Academy of Arts, Philadelphia, PA, February, 1995
Visiting Artist, Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson,
New York, July, 1994, 1998
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, New York, New York, 1989-1995;
Beginning to Advanced Drawing; Graduate Painting and Thesis Advisor, Two Dimensional Design
Visiting Artist, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York, 1989-90;
Advanced Drawing
Associate Professor, City College of New York, New York, 1987-88, Graduate Drawing
Lecturer, Feminist Art Institute, New York, New York, 1981-1985; Drawing, Art Criticism
Visiting Associate Professor, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-81
Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1979
Performance Workshop, Visiting Lecturer, University of Oregon, Department of Architecture & Allied
Arts, 1977; Introduction to Performance Art
Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 1977, Art Criticism, Performance Art
Instructor, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon, 1977; The New Theatre, Introduction to
Experimental Theatre
Instructor, Portland State University, Department of Architecture and Art, 1976; Basic Design
Instructor, Pratt Institute of Arts, Brooklyn, New York, 1971; Graduate Seminar “History of Prints”
Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1975, 1976
Visiting Artist, Fresno State University, Fresno, California, 1975