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Jeff Kellar (American, 1949)
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Jeff Kellar
Folded # 28 2008
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Jeff Kellar
Wall Drawing(black) #3 2008
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Biography |
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1949 |
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Born in Washington, D.C. |
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1971 |
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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; B.A., English / Film Making
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Studies
Honorable Mention, Kenyon Film Festival, Kenyon College, OH |
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1971 - 1973 |
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Fleisher Memorial Art Institute, Philadelphia, PA, Studies |
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1981 |
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Daphne Award, industry design award |
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1996 |
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Individual Artist Fellowship; State of Maine |
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1997 |
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Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Fellowship Purchase Award; The Unbroken Line- Centennial Exhibition |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME |
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2007 |
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Paintings/Sculptures, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME |
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2006 |
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Intersection, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME |
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2006 |
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Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick ME |
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2006 |
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Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME |
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2005 |
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Sublime Geometries, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Jeff Kellar/Frederick Lynch, Merrimack College Art Gallery, Andover, MA |
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2004 |
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Drawing Space, Icon Contemporary Art; Brunswick, ME -solo |
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2003 |
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Color Space, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
Icon Contemporary Art; Brunswick, ME
Painting by Design; Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI |
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2002 |
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Barrier/Space, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Abstraction In Maine, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
Icon Contemporary Art; Brunswick, ME (solo) |
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2001 |
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Haystack Pivotal Transformations, Maine Coast Artists, ME
Taking Stock, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Abstractions: 22 Visions, Maine Art Gallery; Rose Marie Frick, curator |
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1999 |
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Corridors and Compartments, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Fellowship X Ten, Blaine House, Augusta, ME |
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1998 |
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Between The Muse, Rockland, ME (solo)
Maine Grid - Visual Counterpoint, Maine Coast Artists, ME |
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1997 |
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Gallery Joe; Philadelphia, PA (solo)
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME (solo)
The Unbroken Line, 1897-1997; Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA
Woodwork, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA |
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1996 |
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Dean Velentgas Gallery, Portland, ME (solo)
Twentieth Century Sculpture, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Eighth Triennial Exhibition, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Small Scale Sculpture, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA |
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1995 |
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Perspectives: A Sense of Place, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (solo)
Function to Form; University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME (solo) |
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1994 |
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University of Maine / Farmington Art Gallery, Farmington, ME, Retrospective (solo) |
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1993 |
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Art That Work, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC |
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1991 |
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Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL (solo)
Lighting the Landscape: Artists’ Use of Light, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Gallery Artists Show; Dean Velentgas Gallery, Portland, ME |
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1990 |
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Barridoff Galleries, Portland, ME (solo)
Downtown / Downeast, Maine Coast Artists, Invitational
Reflections of the Built Environment, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME |
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1989 |
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Barridoff Galleries, Portland, ME (solo)
Interstices, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME (Invitational) |
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1968 - 1988 |
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10, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME |
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1987 |
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Soho Show, Winston and Co., New York, NY |
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1986 |
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Artists Designed Furniture, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
3D work from Paintings, Workbench Gallery, New York, NY and Chicago, IL |
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1982 |
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Maine Artists Invitational, Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME |
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Literature |
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2003 |
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Sculpture Magazine; Gallery Joe review, Dan R. Talley; June Vol.22 No.5
Color Space, September; essay by Dan R. Talley |
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2002 |
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American Craft; ‘Jeff Kellar’; Aug-Sept. by Jon Binzen
Maine Sunday Telegram; April28; Icon Review; Phillip Issacson
Philadelphia Citysearch ; ‘Clay Time’ Gallery Joe; Nov. 27; Roberta Fallon
Barrier/Space, October; essay by V. Scott Dimond |
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2000 |
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Philadelphia Citysearch; ‘Time and Space’ Gallery Joe; Roberta Fallon Editorial Profile
Maine Sunday Telegram; Icon Review; Valerie Cann |
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1998 |
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Maine Times, Nov. 12; Review, Maine Grid; Donna Gold |
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1997 |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, 'Jeff Kellar/ Sculpture'; Sept.7; Review, Edward J.Sozanski
Philadelphia Weekly, 'Special Effects: Jeff Kellar’s Wall Pieces'; Aug.20; Review, Gerard Brown
Maine Sunday Telegram, 'Jeff Kellar: Sculpture', June 29; Review, Phillip Issacson
The Unbroken Line 1897-1997, Centennial Exhibition; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Fellowship Exhibition; exhibition catalog; Museum of American Art, Phila., PA |
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1996 |
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Arts/Media, 'The Eighth Triennial Exhibition'; Dec.; Review, Jeff Perrott
Boston Sunday Herald, 'Triennial'; Oct.1; Review, Mary Sherman
Philadelphia Inquiref, 'Small Scale'; Aug. 30; Review, Edward J. Sozanski
Philadelphia City Paper, 'I Dream of Geons'; Aug. 16; Review, Robin Rice |
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1995 |
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Maine Sunday Telegram February 5; Review, Ken Greenleaf
Maine Sunday Telegram, June18; Review, Phillip Issacson
Perspectives: A Sense of Place; exhibition catalog; Portland Museum of Art |
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1990 |
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Art New England, July / August; Review, Shirley Jacks
Portland Museum of Art Bulletin, November, essay by Martha Severens, Curator
Maine Art Now; Edgar Allen Beem; Dog Ear Press
Art That Works; catalog; University of Washington Press, Lloyd Herman |
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1989 |
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Interstices; exhibition catalog; Farnsworth Museum; Rockland, ME |
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1988 |
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Art New England, ‘Ten, Portland Museum of Art’; June; Review, Sherry Miller
Maine Times, April 22 & July 1; Reviews, Edgar Allen Beem
10; exhibition catalog; Portland Museum of Art; Portland, ME |
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