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Ilya Bolotowsky Biography
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1907 |
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Born in Petrograd, Russia
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1921 - 1923 |
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Studied at the College of St. Joseph, Istanbul, Turkey
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1923 |
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Emigrated to the United States
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1929 |
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Naturalized U.S. Citizen
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1924 - 1930 |
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Studied at the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
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1946 - 1948 |
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Acting Head of Department, Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC
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1954 - 1956 |
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Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
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1948 - 1957 |
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Associate Professor of Art, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
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1963 - 1964 |
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Adjunct Professor of Art, Hunter College, New York, NY
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1957 - 1965 |
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Professor of art, State Teachers' College, New Paltz, New York, NY
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1969 |
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Visiting Professor of Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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1965 - 1971 |
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Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
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1973 |
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Adjunct Professor, Queens College, New York, NY
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1978 |
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Artist-In-Residence, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
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1981 |
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Died in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Gallery Selections, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
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2008
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Gallery Selections Summer 2008, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
New York Cool: Paintings and Sculptures from the NYU Art Collection, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York, NY
MAXImin, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
New American Abstraction 1960-1975, GARY SNYDER / Project Space, New York, NY
Masters of Abstraction, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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Ilya Bolotowsky: Centenary Exhibition, Paintings and Films, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York , NY (solo)
Conflicting Current: Aspects of American Art 1920-1950, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
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2006
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Autour du Blanc. Exposition de goupe, Galerie Lahumière, Paris, France
Black Mountain College, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Outside Europe, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Paper Works by Abstract Masters, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
Modernism: The Aesthetic of Change: Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2004
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New York School Artists: work of 50's & 60's, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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Selected American Graphic Prints from the Lincoln Center Collection, City Art Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Park Avenue Cubists & Friends, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
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2002
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RETROSPECTACLE, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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1995
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Referencing Mondrian no. 1: Ilya Bolotowsky, Burgoyne Diller, Fritz Glamer, Harry Holtzman, Charmion von Wiegand, Washurn Gallery, New York, NY
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1991
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Group Show, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
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1987
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Ilya Bolotowsky, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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Ilya Bolotowsky Retrospective, Institute of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX (solo)
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1978
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Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
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1974
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Ilya Bolotowsky, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1971
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Paintings and Screenprints, London Arts Gallery, London, UK
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1970
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Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
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1964
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Art Depot Gallery, Grangeville, NY
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1950
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The Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY
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1943
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As We See Them: Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Portraits, Inc. New York, NY
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1938
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Second Annual Membership Exhibition, American Artists Congress, John Wanamaker Gallery, New York, NY
The Ten, Georgette Passedoit Gallery, New York, NY
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1937
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Second Annual Exhibition: The Ten, Montross Gallery, New York, NY
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1936
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New Horizons in American Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1930
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Eleventh Exhibition, Anderson Galleries, Inc. New York, NY
G.R.D. Studios, New York, NY
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1929
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G.R.D. Studios, New York, NY
Christodora House, New York, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
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Societe Anonyme Yale University, New Haven, CT
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il
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Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Gotheborg Museum, Gotheborg, Sweden
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Jerusalem Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
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Michener Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX
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North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
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Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
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San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
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Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NB
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Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
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Newark Museum Association, Newark, NJ
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New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Fine Arts, Calcutta, India
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Musee d'Art Moderne, Ceret, France
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Lyman Alyn Museum, New London, CT
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Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
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Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Al
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Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
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Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
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Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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