LAURIE FENDRICH
LAURIE FENDRICH LAURIE FENDRICH LAURIE FENDRICH
CURRICULUM VITAE



Born:
Paterson, NJ

Education

bullet Mount Holyoke College, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude,1970
bullet The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, M.F.A., Painting, 1978

Solo Exhibitions

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Montana Museum of Art, “Laurie Fendrich: Sense and Sensation, Paintings and Drawings, 1990-2010,” 24 March-21 May 2011.

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Gary Snyder Fine Art, Project Space, “Laurie Fendrich: Recent Paintings,” 2011 (10 February-2 April 2011)

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Ruth Chandler Williamson Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, Retrospective, curated by Mary MacNaughton, Director of the
Museum, with catalogue (catalogue essay by Mark Stevens) (forthcoming, 31 October-19 December, 2010)

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Gary Snyder Fine Art, Project Space, “Laurie Fendrich: Drawings From the South of France,” 4 November-19 December 2009.

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Palm Beach Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL, represented by Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, December 2007

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MiamiNow, Art Fair, Miami, FL, represented by Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, December 2007

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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY, Drawing Exhibition, October 2007

bullet Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY, December 2006-January 2007
bullet Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY, 2003; with catalog essay by Karen Wilkin
bullet Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, “Laurie Fendrich: Drawings,” 2002; with catalog essay by Alfred MacAdam
bullet Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2000
bullet E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York, NY, 1995
bullet The Galbreath Gallery, Lexington, KY, 1994
bullet Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1993, 1986, 1983, 1981
bullet John Davis Gallery, New York, NY, 1990
bullet College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1982
bullet Frans Wynans Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1982

Group Exhibitions

bullet Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Show, 2006
bullet Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY, "Loosely Defined," 2006
bullet Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA, "Order(ed)," Curated by Julie Karabenick; with catalog and catalog essay by Roberta Fallon, May, 2005
bullet The Painting Center, New York, NY, "The Legacy of Hans Hofmann," Curated by Karen Wilkin and Geoffrey Dorfman, November 3-December 24, 2005
bullet New York Arts Gallery, Curated exhibition by Julie Karabenick, (forthcoming, April 2005)
bullet National Academy of Design, 179th Annual Invitational Exhibition, invitational group exhibition, May 6 - June 6, 2004
bullet New York Arts, "Drawing Conclusions II," curated by Gae Savannah and Jill Conner, December 12, 2003 - January 13, 2004, New York, NY
bullet P.S. 1 Museum, New York, “After Matisse/Picasso,” 2003
bullet Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL; “Artists and Writers and Husbands and Wives,” four-person show with Peter Plagens, Barbara Novak, and Brian O’Doherty, with catalog with 3500 word essay by each artist and reproductions of works, 2002
bullet Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2000; 2001
bullet Gary Snyder Fine Art, opening exhibition of new gallery in Chelsea, 2001
bullet Pratt Gallery, Puck Building, New York, NY, 1999, and Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, “Women and Geometric Abstraction,” curated by Kit White, 2000
bullet N-3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1999
bullet Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2000, 1999, 1987, 1984, 1982, 1979
bullet Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY 1998( two exhibitions)
bullet Gramercy International Art Fair, New York, NY, 1997
bullet Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY, “The New Naturalism,” 1997
bullet Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY, “Geometric Abstraction, 1937-1997,” 1997
bullet Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY, "Affinities," 1996
bullet Donahue/Sosinski Gallery, New York, NY, 1996
bullet Emily Lowe Museum of Art, Hempstead, NY, 1998, 1994, 1991
bullet Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "The Mask Project," 1992
(with catalogue)
bullet P.S. 1 Museum, New York, "Slow Art: Painting in New York Now,"
1992, curated by Alanna Heiss
bullet John Davis Gallery, New York, NY, 1989, 1990
bullet Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY, 1986
bullet Duo exhibition (with Jim DeFrance), 239 S. Los Angeles St.,
Los Angeles, CA, 1984
bullet "Critical Perspectives," P.S. 1 Museum, NY, 1982 (catalogue)
bullet "Contemporary Art from North Carolina," Squibb Corporation
Gallery, Princeton, NJ, and North Carolina Museum of Art,
Raleigh, NC, 1982 (catalogue)
bullet "Painting, Notes & Sketches," Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA, 1980 (Four artists)
bullet "Introductions," Watson-Willour Gallery, Houston, TX 1979

Teaching


bullet Professor of Fine Arts, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY,
2002-present; Associate Professor, 1995-2001
bullet Adjunct Faculty, Department of Fine Arts, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 1989-95
bullet Painting Faculty, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 1980-85
bullet Instructor, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1978-79
bullet Instructor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1979-80

Visiting Artist

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Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, Montana, March 2011
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, Visiting Critic, January 2009
Visiting Artist, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, Idyllwild, CA, 30 June-2
July, 2008

bullet Visiting Artist, “Critical Voices Program,” Irish Arts Council, Dublin, Ireland, May 2003
bullet Visiting Artist, Critic and Artist Residency Series, Colorado State University, 7-11 October, 2002
bullet The Pratt Institute, 1999 (semester seminar)
bullet University of Delaware, 1998
bullet Triangle Workshop, summer, 1997
bullet The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1993
bullet Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, 1984; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC,1983; Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver, B.C., 1981 (fall semester)
bullet Artist's Fellowship (Painting), National Endowment for the Arts, 1983-84

Fellowship

bullet Artist's Fellowship (Painting), National Endowment for the Arts, 1983-84

Selected Bibliography

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Brooklyn Rail, March 2011,“Hard-Edgeness in American Abstract Painting,” By Robert Morgan. Online version:
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/03/artseen/hard-edgeness-in-american-abstract-painting

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Art in America, January 2011, review by Leah Ohlman

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CityArts, 18 November 2009. “Drawings from the South of France,” review by Mario Naves.

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The New York Sun, 24 July 2008. “A Delicious Paradox,” review by Stephen Maine.

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art press, (Paris edition), March 2007, review by Robert C. Morgan

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Geoform, (url: www.geoform.net), Interview by Julie Karabenick, with images of paintings going back to 1977, posted April-Oct. 2007 (archived on the website).

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New York Absolute Magazine, February/March 2007, “Abstract Logic,” By Richard Polsky

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ArtForum, March 2007, review by Donald Kuspit

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Art in America, March 2007, review by Nancy Princenthal.

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ArtNews Magazine, February 2007, review by Ann Landi.

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The New York Observer, 8 January 2007. Individual review, Mario   Naves.

bullet The New York Sun, 14 December 2006. Review by Maureen Mullarkey.
bullet The Phiiladelphia Inquirer, 26 May 2006. Review of "Order(ed)," by Edith Newhall. Select mention.
bullet The New York Observer, 27 February 2006. Review of "Loosely Defined," by Mario Naves. Select mention.
bullet The New York Sun, 25-27 November, Weekend Edition, "Celebrating Hofmann's Enduring Influence," review of exhibition by John Goodrich. Individual mention.
bullet The New York Observer, 21 November 2005. Review of "Hans Hofmann: The Legacy"; two individual mentions.
bullet The New York Times, Art Listings, 18 November 2005. Individual mention in "Hans Hofmann: 'The Legacy'" listing.
bullet NY Arts Magazine, "In Conversation with Laurie Fendrich," Interview and illustrations, by Julie Karabenick, online September - December, 2004; in print, NY Arts Magazine, November/December, 2004
bullet The New York Times, "The 179th Annual," May 14, 2004, review with individual mention, by Ken Johnson
bullet Art in America, June 2003, review by Eleanor Heartney
bullet The New York Times, review by Grace Glueck, 27 January 2003
bullet The New York Observer, “Laurie Fendrich May Be Harbinger of New Movement,” by Hilton Kramer, 6 January 2003
bullet ArtNet online, review by Walter Robinson, January 2003
bullet AbArt Online, review by Joseph Walentini, editor, January 2003
bullet New York Magazine, “Talent: Living Color,” by Edith Newhall, 16 December 2002
bullet ArtNews Magazine, “Up Now”; review by Lilly Wei, December 2002
bullet Palm Beach Daily News, Apr. 28, 2002, review and interview by Jan Sjostrom
bullet The Cincinnati Enquirer,” 28 March, 2000, review by Owen Findsen
bullet “Women and Geometric Abstraction,” Review, Dec. 1999,
review by Robert C. Morgan
bullet “From the Mayor’s Doorstep,” March, 1999, review by Piri Halasz
bullet Partisan Review, Fall, 1996, review by Karen Wilkin
bullet The New York Times, 2 August, 1996, review by Roberta Smith
bullet Partisan Review, Winter, 1996, review by Karen Wilkin
bullet Art in America, January 1996, review by Richard Kalina
bullet The New York Times, 13 October, 1995, review by Pepe Karmel
bullet New York Magazine, 11 September, 1995, by Edith Newhall
bullet Dialogue, Mar/Apr 1994, review by James McCormick
bullet Artforum Magazine, May 1993, review by James Yood
bullet Art in America, June 1990, review by Walter Thompson
bullet ARTS Magazine, April 1990, review by Peggy Cyphers

Lectures and Panels

bullet Hofstra University 9/11 Symposium, "Remembering 9/11: Making a Memorial for Everyone," Panel Moderator, 5 September 2006
bullet Gallery Siano, "Order(ed)," Panel Participant, 6 May 2006
bullet Lecture, The University of Kentucky, 27 March 2006
bullet Panelist, The Painting Center, New York, NY, "The Legacy of Hans Hofmann"; Panel Moderator Karen Wilkin, 3 November 2005
bullet Lecture, "Why Artists Always Lie: The Inherent Antagonism Between Art and Philosophy," 11 November 2005; Visiting Professor, College Seminar, Balzac's The Unknown Masterpiece, 10 November 2005, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
bullet Lecture, The Otis College of Art and Design, 25 August 2005
bullet The New York Studio School, New York, NY, Artists and Critics Lecture Series, January 2003
bullet Keynote Speaker, Colorado Art Education Association, Fall Conference, Breckenridge, CO, 13 October 2002
bullet Public Lecture, Colorado State University, 9 October 2002
bullet Session Chair, College Art Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (February 2002)
bullet Participant, “Talking History,” Aired on Public Radio, nationwide, the week of December 10, 2001
bullet Lecture, Raritan Valley Community College, Keynote Speaker, Community of Scholars Colloquium, November 15, 2001
bullet Lecture, The Pratt Institute, Artist/Lecture Series 1999, April 29, 1999
bullet Panelist, College Art Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, February 11, 1999
bullet Lecture, The University of Delaware, 1998
bullet Lecture, “Why Paint a Painting at the End of the 20th Century?,” The Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series, 1997, Hofstra University, 1997
bullet "Abstract Painting Now," The New York Studio School, NY, NY, with Hilton Kramer, Barry Schwabsky, and Pat Sutton, 1994
bullet Lecture, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1993
bullet Lecture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1993

Publications

bullet "Blowing Art-Theory Smoke," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 12 May 2006
bullet "The Lie of the Portrait," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 November 2005
bullet "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mess," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 3 June 2005
bullet "Sleeping Beauty," The Common Review, Vol. 3, Number 3, Winter, 2004
bullet "Wishing You Would Wish This," column participant, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 9, 2004
bullet "A Brush with Leo Strauss," The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 12, 2003
bullet "Matisse Wins!," The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10, 2003
bullet "Peter Plagens: An Essay by His Wife," in Artists & Writers, Husbands and Wives (West Palm Beach: Eaton Fine Art, Inc., 2002)
bullet “Confessions of an Abstract Painter,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 10, 2002
bullet “Traces of Artistry,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 11, 2002
bullet “History Overcomes Stories,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sep. 28, 2001
bullet “Deconstruct This,” column participant, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 1, 2000
bullet “Perceptual Drawing in the Age of the Keyboard,” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 17, 2000
bullet Why Painting Matters (Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation), 2000
bullet “Why Painting Still Matters,” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Apr. 30, 1999. Reprinted in Drawing Us In: Essays on How We Experience Visual Art, ed. by Deborah Chasman (Boston: Beacon Press), 2000

Related Experience

bullet Exhibitions Editor, ARTS Magazine, 1990-93