Newman, Christine
Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, of Foreign Service parents, Christine Newman traveled the world before landing in Brooklyn, New York, to pursue a degree in studio art. She earned an MFA from Hunter College and taught art in an elementary school in Manhattan before focusing exclusively on drawing and painting. Her art has appeared in juried exhibitions, most recently at Gallery 440 in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She is a member of BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition) and a participant in FAST (Flatbush Artists Studio Tour).
She has an art blog at artbychristinenewman.blogspot.com.
| EDUCATION: 1984 MFA Painting, HUNTER COLLEGE, NYC 1981 BFA Fine Arts, OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Delaware, Ohio GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 1997 NO ENGLAND/NO AMSTERDAM II, REAL ART WAYS, HARTFORD, CN, curated by Kenny Schachter 1996 GROUP SHOW CERES GALLERY, NYC 1991 TEN YEARS HUNTER COLLEGE, NYC 1990 GROUP SHOW SPEED LIMIT 55, NYC 1989 LOVE ME TENDER, MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NYC 1987 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT: THE POLITICS OF DOMESTICITY, FOREMAN GALLERY, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 1986 EIGHT NEW YORK ARTISTS, CUTTING EDGE GALLERY, Chicago, IL 1985 HONEY I’M HOME MIDTOWN ARTS CENTER, Houston, TX 1984 LANDSCAPE PARK AVENUE ATRIUM, NYC 1983 RESURRECTION SHOW: 100 EAST VILLAGE ARTISTS, MIDDLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH, NYC |
PUBLICATIONS: 1991 THE FIRST DECADE OF THE MFA PROGRAM, HUNTER COLLEGE , NYC, p. 67 1988 Appearances, Issue 14, reproduction of work, p. 45 1987 Catalog, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT: THE POLITICS OF DOMESTICITY reproduction of work, p. 15 OTHER EXPERIENCE: 2001-2002 Painted High-End Fabrics for Jane Laug Designs 1997-2001 Painted Furniture by Commission, ” No Surface Beneath Me” 1982-1993 Art Teacher, The Day School, NYC 1980-1981 Intern, Franklin Furnace Archive, NYC |
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