J E A N   Z A L E S K I ART BIOGRAPHY
ART BIOGRAPHY
Born Malta, Europe
  Nee: Busuttil
Education Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  Pratt Institute, New York, NY
  Parsons, New York, NY
  Art Students League, New York, NY
   
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1970-2002
2002 "Malta: Memories and Explorations" St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Malta
2000 "Retrospective: Four Decades of Painting"   Westbeth Gallery, New York City
1997-98 Myung Sook Lee Gallery, New York City
1996 Trinity College Fine Arts Center - Hartford, CT
1995 A/E Gallery, New York City
1993 Sweet Briar College - Sweet Briar, VA
1991 Z Gallery, New York City
1988-89 Citicorp Center, New York City
1987 Romano Gallery - Barnegat Light, NJ
1986 Elaine Starkman Gallery, New York City
1983 Hodgell Galleries - Sarasota, FL
1982 Second Street Gallery - Charlottesville, VA
1981 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - Sweet Briar, VA
1979-80 Alonzo Gallery, New York City
1975 Adelphi University - Hempstead, NY
1974 Galleria Stuciv - Florence, Italy
1973 Il Gabbiano Galleries - Naples, Italy
1971 Wallnuts Gallery - Philadelphia, PA
1970 Neikrug Gallery, New York City
   
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"Recent Acquisitions"     Museum of the City of New York   New York City
"New York Collection"   Albright Knox Museum   Buffalo, NY
Virginia Museum     Virginia Center for the Creative Arts   Sweet Briar, VA
Travelling Exhibition     Bayly Museum   Charlottesville, VA
"Painting and Paperworks: Women in the Arts"     Queens College   New York, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery     Bridgehampton, NY
"Westbeth Artists"     Westbeth Gallery   New York, NY
"Artists Choice: Women in the Arts"     Women in the Arts Gallery   New York, NY
"Works on Paper: Women Artists"     Brooklyn Museum   New York, NY
"Connections: Painting and Poetry"     Pace University   New York, NY
"Eleven Women Artists"     Sweet Briar College   Sweet Briar, VA
"Three New York Artists"     Museum of the Hudson Highlands   Cornwall, NY
"Women Artists"     City University of New York   New York, NY
"Four New York Artists"     Frick Museum   Pittsburgh, PA
Oklahoma Art Center     Oklahoma City, OK
Albany Institute of History and Art     Albany, NY
National Academy of Art     New York, NY
Palazzo Vecchio     Florence, Italy
The Art Alliance     Philadelphia, PA
The Print Club     Philadelphia, PA
Denver Museum     Denver, CO
"ART/USA"     New York, NY
"International Women's Arts Festival"     Cannes, France     Gold Medal
  
PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City
Museum of the City of New York - New York City
New York Public Library - New York City
National Museum of Fine Arts - Valletta, Malta
Slater Memorial Museum - Norwich, CT
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - Sweet Briar, VA
Ragdale Foundation - Lake Forest, Il
American Studies Center - Naples, Italy
Pfizer Inc. - Corporate offices, New York City
Cargill LTD - Corporate offices, Winnipeg, Canada
 
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1987 Artist's Space - New York, NY (Grant)
1982 National Endowment for the Arts/Brown University- RI (Grant)
1970 International Women's Arts Festival - Cannes,France (Gold Medal)
   
BOOKS PUBLISHED
1981 "COW/LINES" in collaboration with poet Edwin Honig
   Copper Beech Press, publisher - Providence, RI
1995 "Winged Spirits" Collage Paintings by Jean Zaleski. With twenty-four Contemporary
   American Poets, poetry edited by F.D. Reeve  Bayeux Arts Inc., publisher - Calgary, AB, Canada
   
SPECIAL HONORS
1986 National Organization for Women - Susan B. Anthony Award in the field of painting
1975 White House Invitation from President Carter - delegation of five women artists
   
RESIDENT FELLOWSHIPS
1975-2001 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - Sweet Briar, VA
1997 British Academy - Rome, Italy
1986-92 Ragdale Foundation - Lake Forest, IL
1991 Tyrone Guthrie Foundation - County Monaghan, Ireland
1986 Banff Centre for the Arts - Banff, Canada
1981-82 Ossabaw Foundation - Ossabaw Island, GA
1977 Montalvo Center for the Arts - Saratoga, CA
1971-75 MacDowell Foundation - Peterborough, NH
   
VISITING ARTIST
Stanford University, CA
Adelphi University, NY
Hofstra University, NY
Brooklyn College, NY
Sweet Briar College, VA
Hollins College, VA
Randolph Macon Women's College, VA
North Carolina Arts Council, NC
University of South Florida, FL
United States Embassy, Malta
St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Malta
 
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL LISTINGS
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in American Art
Who's Who of American Women
World Who's Who of Women
American Artists of Renown
Distinguished Americans
International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women
Men and Women of Distinction
Who's Who in Society
 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2002 Catalog of exhibition: "Malta: Memories and Explorations l989-2001"
   curated and essay by Joseph Paul Cassar
2002 Critique and review of exhibition "Malta: Memories and Explorations 1989-2001"
   by E. Fiorentino, The Sunday Times, Malta June 9
2002 Critique and review of exhibition "Malta: Memories and Explorations 1989-2001"
   by Raphael Vella, The Malta Sunday Independent  June 9
2002 Interview by Daniela Vella for Malta Times Weekender  June 8
2002 The International Dictionary of Artists who Painted Malta by Marquis Nicholas de Piro -
   reproduction of painting and biographical text
2000 Catalog of exhibition: "A Retrospective: Four Decades of Painting" with essay by Joan Marter
1997 Art News, review with reproduction
1991 Spoon River Quarterly, cover: painting reproduction
1991 Exhibition Catalog "Malta and Megaliths: The Ancestor Series", Z Gallery exhibition,
   essays by Joan Marter and Professor A. Bonanno of University of Malta
1990 Annual Report "New Acquisitions", Museum of the City of New York
1988 Artspeak, Ken Wallace review of Citicorp exhibition, painting reproduction
1987 The Artist's Magazine "Zaleski, The Allure of Shifting Light" cover: painting reproduction, in-depth article
1986 Ms. Magazine, Tracy Cochran "Jean Zaleski" profile and report of Susan B. Anthony Award
   in the field of painting , awarded by the National Organization of Women
1985 The Artist's Magazine, "Jean Zaleski, The Search for Gesture" article by John Shanks
   and painting reproductions
1984 Sweet Briar Alumnae magazine, review of Zaleski/Honig Artbook COW/LINES, painting reproductions
1982 Charlottesville Observer, review of Second Street Gallery exhibition by JoAnn B. McGraw
1981 Women Artists News, Review by Ruth Gray of exhibition at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
1980 Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Sunday Edition, cover story by Olive Ann Burns
   "Getting Off the World on Ossabaw Island", painting reproduction
1979 "Feminist Collage", edited by Judy Loeb, Teachers College Press "Jurying Innovation by Women
   in the Arts"  article by Jean Zaleski
1979 Arts Magazine, essay and review of exhibition by Joan Marter, painting reproduction
1977 Exhibition Catalog, "Eleven Women Artists", Sweet Briar College, painting reproduction
1975 Exhibition Catalog, "Works on Paper/Women Artists", Brooklyn Museum Exhibition, painting reproduction
1972 Exhibition Catalog, "Man Series" at Il Gabbiano Galleries (Naples, Italy), painting reproductions
1971 Philadelphia Bulletin, article by Nessa Forman "Can a Girl Succeed in the Art World",
   interview and painting reproduction
1970 La Revue Moderne Des Artes (Paris, France) review and painting reproduction
   
   
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