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Christopher Gallego Biography
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1959 |
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Born Queens, New York
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1982 |
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B.A. - C.W. Post College, Brookville, NY
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1982 - 1985 |
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Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
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1985 - 1986 |
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National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
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Awards
2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts – Painting Fellowship
1999 Cambridge Art Association - Best of Show Rathbone Award, Boston, MA
1993 Savannah National - Award for Painting, Savannah, GA
1991 Allied Artists 77th Annual - Art Students League of NY Award, New York, NY
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Public Collections
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2004 - 2006
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"Masterworks from the New Britain Collection" Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
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2005
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"Evocative Realism," Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
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2004
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Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
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2003
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"Observations/Reflections - 200 Years of Still-Life," Hirschl & Adler, New York, NY
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2002
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"Collector’s Show," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
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2002
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"Modern – The Eloquent Line," Hirschl & Adler, New York, NY
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2002
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New Britain Museum of American Art - New Now, New Britain, CT (solo)
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2002
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"Collector’s Show," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
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2001
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"Magic Vision," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
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2001
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"Re-presenting Representation V," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
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2001
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"New York Realists," Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France
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2001
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"National Drawing Invitational," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
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2001
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"New York Realists," Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France
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2001
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"Re-presenting Representation V," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
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2001
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"Magic Vision," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
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2000
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"New York Classicism Now," Hirschl and Adler, New York, NY
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2000
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"Collectors’ Show," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
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1999
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"Midyear," Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
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1999
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"30 years, 30 Artists," Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
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1999
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"Drawings," John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1998
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Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1996
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"Collector’s Show," Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
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1995
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Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
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1995
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"Spectrum '95," Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
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1995
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United Nations Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1994
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Savannah National - Collector's Choice, Savannah, GA
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1994
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"7th Annual," Association for Visual Artists, Chattanooga, TN
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1994
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"National Competition," First Street Gallery, New York, NY
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1993
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Museum of Latin American Art - Int’l Art Competition, Miami, FL
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1993
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Association for Visual Artists - Artist-in-Residence, Chattanooga, TN (solo)
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1990
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First Street Gallery - National Competition, New York, NY
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| Literature |
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2002
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Hedberg, Gregory, Ph.D., The Eloquent Line, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2002. pp.1,2,3,10,11,16 (exhibition catalogue)
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2002
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Wolfe, Townsend, Magic Vision. Arkansas Museum of Art, Little Rock, AR 2002, pp. 9, 44, 45 (exhibition catalogue)
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2002
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Wolfe, Townsend, Eighth National Drawing Invitational Arkansas Museum of Art, Little Rock, AR 2002 (exhibition catalogue)
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2002
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“The Eloquent Line”, American Arts Quarterly, spring 2002, pp. 46, 48
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2002
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Doherty, Steven M., “Four Approaches to Drawing”, American Artist, June 2002, pp. 66-67
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2001
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Attias, Laurie, New York Realists Now Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris 2001 (exhibition catalogue)
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2000
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Bloemink, Barbara, Ph.D., New York Classicism Now Hirsch and Adler Modern, New York, NY 2000 (exhibition catalogue)
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2000
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Johnson, Ken, “New York Classicism Now” New York Times, September 8, 2000
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2000
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Rodriguez, Edel, “New York Classicism Now” The New Yorker, August 14, 2000
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1999
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McKown, Rich, “Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show” Art New England, Boston, MA, August-September 1999
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1999
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Art Students League of New York, 1999 (exhibition catalogue)
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1999
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Pence, John, Drawings John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999 (exhibition catalogue)
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1993
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Glaser, Pam, “Two Artists, One Grand Vision” Association for Visual Artists Newsmagazine, Chattanooga TN, autumn 1993
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1993
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Nichols, Ann, “Achieving Truth in Painting” Chattanooga Free Press, June 6, 1993
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Koob, Pam, Kuebler, Joanne, Thirty Works by Art Students League of New York Alumni (exhibition catalogue)
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