Born Jevel Demikovosky in Snovsk, Ukraine, 27 March 1922
1923
Emigrated with his mother to Brooklyn, NY
1939
scholarship to the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1939 - 1942
Attends National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1940 - 1942
Attends Beaux Arts Institute, New York, NY
1949
studied with Ossip Zadkine in the Zadkine School of Sculpture
1949
Academia de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France
1949 - 1950
Attends the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
1954 - 1955
Associate professor of art, State University of New York at New Paltz
1951 - 1956
Attends New York University, New York, B.S. 1952, M.A. 1954
1955 - 1956
Curator, New York University Art Education Gallery, New York
1956 - 1963
Art instructor and fine arts department coordinator, C. W. Post College, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York
1964
Awarded Purchase Prize, Ford Foundation
1963 - 1967
Instructor in art, Bennington College, Vermont
1967
First Prize and Gold Medal, 30th Biennial Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1975
Distinction in the Arts Award, University of South Carolina, 1975
1987
Sally and Milton Avery Professor, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
1991
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sceinces
1993
Associate, National Academician, National Academy of Design
2007
Died February 4, 2007, in New York City
Exhibitions
2007
"Jules Olitski: The Late Paintings, A Celebration" Knoedler & Company, New York,
2007
Jules Olitski: Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the 1980s, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida, March 1–29, 2007. Catalogue with text by David Courtney.
2006
Jules Olitski: The Seventies Painting and Sculpture, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, March 30–April 29. Catalogue.
2006
Jules Olitski: Works on Paper, The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, The George Washington University. Washington, DC, May 10–July 14, 2006. The catalogue essays were by Andrew Hudson and Lenore D. Miller
2005
Jules Olitski, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI, August 28–October 2.
2005
Jules Olitski—Matter Embraced: Paintings 1950s and Now, Knoedler & Company, New York, September 14–November 5. Catalogue with text by Carl Belz.
2005
Jules Olitski: Six Decades, The Goldman Warehouse, Miami, February 18–April 15. Catalogue with text by Karen Wilkin.
2004
Jules Olitski: Half a Life's Work: Selected Paintings 1972–2002, The Singer Gallery at the Mizel Center for Arts and Culture, Denver.
2003
American Master: Important Paintings and Works on Paper, opening January 19, Marianne Friedland Gallery, Naples, Florida.
2003
Jules Olitski: Spray Paintings of the 1960s, Ameringer/Yohe Fine Art, New York, May 29–August 1.
2003
Voyages: Recent Paintings by Jules Olitski, The McIninch Art Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, September 20–October 23.
2003
Jules Olitski: A Ten-Year Retrospective 1993–2003, Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, September 2–October 12. Catalogue for both exhibitions, Jules Olitski: The New Hampshire Exhibits, Lauren Poster, ed., with text by Jules Olitski, Jim Walsh, John Walters, et al.
2002
Jules Olitski, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island, July 28–August 18.
2002
With Love and Disregard: New Paintings by Jules Olitski — an 80th Birthday Celebration, Ameringer/Yohe Fine Art, New York, October 17–November 16. Traveled to
2002
Jules Olitski: New Acrylics and Watercolors, Gallery V, Columbus, Ohio, October 18–November 16.
Ameringer/Yohe Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida, February 13–March 8. Catalogue.
2002
Jules Olitski: Passages, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, March 20–April 27.
2002
Jules Olitski, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia, March 20–April 27.
2002
Jules Olitski: Watercolors and Pastels, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon, May 2–June 1.
2001 - 2002
Jules Olitski: New Works on Paper and Intimate Paintings, Ameringer/Howard/ Yohe Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida, October 2001–Spring 2002.
2001 - 2002
Olitski: Works on Paper, the 1960s, Ameringer/Howard/Yohe Fine Art, New York, November 29, 2001–January 5, 2002
2001
Jules Olitski, C.W. White Gallery, Portland, Maine, September 5–October 13.
2001
Jules Olitski, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent School of Art & Design (in association with Bernard Jacobson Gallery and John Kasmin Gallery, London), January 8–February 3. Catalogue with text by Derek Sprawson and Jules Olitski.
2001
Jules Olitski: New Work on Paper, Ameringer/Howard Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, March 8–31.
2001
Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL
2001
Jules Olitski: New Works on Paper, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, Rhode Island, June 17–July 15
2001
Jules Olitski, C.W. White Gallery, Portland, Maine, September 5–October 13.
1999 - 2001
Five Decades of Jules Olitski: A Traveling Retrospective Including Prints, Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture. Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples. Traveled to The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, September 3–October 22 (extended through January 2001). Catalogue with text by James Lilliefors
2000
Jules Olitski, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia (in association with Bernard Jacobson, London), May 3–27.
2000
Jules Olitski, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, June 9–27
2000
Jules Olitski, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI, July 9–30, 2000
2000
Jules Olitski: New Work, Ameringer/Howard Fine Art, New York, September 14–October 21
1999
Marianne Friedland Gallery Naples, FL
1996
Contemporary Masters, Philharmonic Center for the Arts Naples, FL
1995
Monotypes, Long Fine Arts New York, NY
1991
Galeria Afinsa Porto, Portugal
1990
Retrospective, Salander O'Reilly Galleries Los Angeles, CA
1989
Print Retrospective, Associated American Artists New York, NY
1987
Galerie Wentzel Cologne, Germany
1987
M. Knoedler & Co. New York, NY
1985
La Musée de Valence Valence, France
1984
Galerie Daniel Templon Paris, France
1984
Yares Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
1973
(solo exhibition) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1969
(solo exhibition) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1967
30th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Painters, Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC
1966
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1961
The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting & Sculpture, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA
1958
First solo exhibition in the United States at the Zodiac Gallery, New York, where his name was spelt 'Olitski', a European spelling which the artist has retained
