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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

 

2010    “Little Masters,” MFA Exhibition, Harold Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ

 

2008    “Vanitas Contemporarius”, Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ 2006“Covering/Uncovering”, Mitchell Sanborn Gallery, Keyport, NJ

 

2005    “Portrait/Landscape”, Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, NJ,Paintings & Works on Paper, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ (2 person exhibition)

 

2004    “Landscape Paintings and Prints”, Eatontown Library NJ “Blockprint Retrospective: 1999-2004”,Skinetics, Red Bank, NJ

 

2003    “Martha’s Garden”, Poricy Park Nature Center, Middletown, NJ

 

2002    “A Mother’s Studio”, Monmouth County Library, Shrewsbury, NJ

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2011    “WetPaint 2011,” National Juried Exhibition, Zhou B. Art Center,
            Chicago, Illinois
            32nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ

2010    Faculty Exhibition, Brookdale Community College, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ

Nexus New Jersey 2010 Statewide Juried Show, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ

18th Anuual Juried Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ

“Exquisite Corpse” and Members Exhibit -Pro Arts Jersey City Artists Studio Tour

“Water,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

“Seventh Annual Fresh Meat/Young Blood: New Jersey’s New Masters,” Shore Institute

for Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ

“BabyDoll 2,” The Broadway Gallery, So Ho, New York City

“WetPaint 2010,” National Juried Exhibition, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL

“Emerging Patterns,” Arts Council of Morris, Morristown, NJ

“BabyDoll,” Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ

“New Prints 2010,” International Print Center New York, New York,NY

 

2009    “Moolah”, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, New Jersey

“NeoRococo”, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ

“Circles of Influence”, Brookdale Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Lincroft, NJ

Paterson ArtWalk, Paterson, NJ

“The Members’ Art Show”, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ

23rd Annual Juried Art Show, Brookdale Community College Alumni Association,

Brookdale Center for Visual Arts

5th Annual Jersey Shore Juried Art Show, The Boatworks Gallery, Belmar, NJ

 

2008    ”5th Annual Juried Show,”Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch,NJ

“Human History” – Brennan Courthouse Gallery, Jersey City, NJ,

“Trading Places” and “People Without Clothes”, Pro-Arts Jersey City Artists

Studio Tour, Jersey City, NJ

“Currents: Studio Montclair”, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson

University, Wayne, NJ,

“Making Marks”, Brookdale Center for Visual Arts

 

2007    Brookdale Center for Visual Arts

 

2006    “Identity” –Brennan Court House Gallery, Jersey City, NJ,

Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, NJ

 

2005    Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, NJ

 

2004    “A Women’s View–A View of Women”, Sulli Studios, Asbury Park, NJ,

Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, NJ

 

2003    Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ, Monmouth Festival of the Arts,

Atlantic Artisans, Atlantic Highlands, NJ

 

2002    Art Alliance, Brookdale Center for Visual Arts

 

 

AWARDS

 

 

2010    Honorable Mention 18th Annual Juried Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ

2007    Award: Art Alliance 21st Annual Statewide Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ

2006    Geraldine Dodge Grant Recipient: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2001    Honorable Mention: Art Alliance 15th Annual Statewide Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

2010                   MFA New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ

2002-06              Independent Studies: Painting, Brookdale Community

                           College, Lincroft, NJ

2000-2006          Independent Study in Painting with Grace Graupe-Pillard

1981                   BFA Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1977                   Fiorello LaGuardia HS of Music & Art, New York, NY

 

 

TEACHING

 

2010-11                  Adjunct Professor: New Jersey City University, Brookdale Community College

2009                       Master Level Internship – Drawing and Composition, New Jersey City University

2003-2006              Brookdale Continuing Education, Lincroft, NJ: Portrait Painting, Drawing, Printmaking

2001-2006              Designed Curriculum & Taught: Young Children’s Fine Art Camp (Grades K–4)

2001-2005              After School Art Enrichment, Red Oak Preschool, Middletown, NJ

 

DEMOS/WORKSHOPS/LECTURES

 

 

2009    Laurelton Art Society (Demo), Brick, NJ

Block Printing (Demo), Jane Lux Artists Group, Little Silver, NJ

2008    “Lucky Sevens” (Artist Lecture), Jersey City Museum, Jersey City

Manasquan Group of Artists (Demo), Brielle, NJ

2007    “Lucky Sevens” (Artist Lecture), Jersey City Museum, Jersey City

Artists Day Sickles Market (Demo), Little Silver, NJ

2006    Belmar Arts Council (Demo), Belmar, NJ

Artists Day Sickles Market (Demo), Little Silver, NJ

2005    Monmouth Festival of the Arts (Demo), Tinton Falls, NJ

2004    Atlantic Artisans (Workshop/Demo), Atlantic Highlands, NJ

2003    Monmouth Arts Foundation (Demo), Shrewsbury, NJ

Monmouth Festival of the Arts (Demo), Tinton Falls, NJ

2001    Monmouth Festival of the Arts (Demo), Tinton Falls, NJ

Art Alliance Gallery (Workshop), Red Bank, NJ

 

 

FURTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

2002–2006      Commission Portrait Artist

 

1985–1992      Senior Design Director –Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., New

York, NY 

 

1982-1985       Lisa Ficarelli Designs, Inc., Red Bank, NJ

 

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

Visual Art Today www.visualarttoday.com

Member Pro-Arts Jersey City, Monmouth County Arts Council, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art

Member Kappi Pi National Art Honor Society

President of the Shrewsbury Foundation for the Arts (non-profit 501C)

Member of Art Educators of New Jersey

Member of the National Art Education Association

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY/PRESS

 

2010    “Art of the Matter,” Monmouth County Arts Council Blog – Featured Artist, http://mcacartistsblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/lisa-ficarelli-halpern

 

“Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern,” Studio Visit Magazine, vol.10, Spring

 

“On the Waterfront,” The New Yorker, July 12, 2010, p. 26.

 

Maber, Marie, “The New Masters: More ‘Fresh Meat’ on view at SICA in Long Branch,” The Asbury Park Press, June 11, 2010, Jersey Alive Section, p.19,  www.app.com/fdcp/?276278660253

 

“Tri These: Fresh Meat 2010,” The Tri City News, June 3, 2010, p. 46. “New Prints 2010/Spring” Exhibition, Announcement,  www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/B23A

 

“Tri These: The Neo Rococo Show,” The Tri City News, September 10, 2009, p. 42

 

2008    Maber, Marie, “CVA Gallery: Making Their Marks”, The Hub, February  21, p. 29.

 

Seidel, Bobbi, “Dutch Derived”, The Asbury Park Press: Jersey Alive, March 14, p.8, www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880303140321.

 

Announcement, The Star Ledger: Ticket, March 21, p. 16.

 

Siedel, Bobbi, “Art News”, The Asbury Park Press: Jersey Alive, October 3, p. 9.

 

Delman, Peter, “Canco Shows”, The Hudson County Reporter, October 3, p.15, Reproduction, p. 15.

 

Editorial, “At SICA”, Tri-City News, October 16, p.50

 

Siedel, Bobbi, “Art News”, The Asbury Park Press: Jersey Alive, October 17, p. 9. www.app.com/article/20081017/ENT/810170353-1031

 

Editorial, “SICA Juried Exhibit Opens this Weekend”, The Two RiverTimes, October 17, p. 19. www.tworivertimes.com/issues/081017/ae2.php    

 

2006    Stravelli, Gloria, “Covering/Uncovering”, The Hub/Atlanticville, April 27, p. 29, 26.

 

Announcement, State of the Art, May p. 18.,

 

Announcement, The New York Times, April 23, New Jersey Section, p. 7.

 

Bischoff, Dan, “Career Change Show”, The Star Ledger, April 27, p 38.

 

Paviluk, Susan, “Painter Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern to Show Works at the  Mitchell Sanborn Gallery”, The Monmouth Journal, April 7, p. 16.

 

Cotter, Kelly-Jane, “Art News”, The Asbury Park Press: Jersey Alive, p. 12.

 

Schwaeble, Diana, “Different Voices, Different Views: 36 Artists  Search for Identity in JC”, Current, Hudson County, NJ, October 4, http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=1291&dept_id=523592&ne

 

Reproductions: Buthmann, Annie, ed. Collage: Brookdale Magazine of the Arts,  vol.36, pp.54-55

 

 

2005    Maber, Marie, “Exhibit Juxtaposes Lyricism and Social Commentary, The Hub, March 3, p. 32, www.http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2005/0302/Front_Page/048.html

 

Announcement, Art Alliance Communique, March/April, p. 1. Announcement, State of the Art, March, p. 14.

 

Announcement, The Monmouth Journal, March 4, p. 8.

 

Announcement, The Asbury Park Press, March 6, p. 7.

 

Maber, Marie, “Spotlight on an Artist: Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern. Brookdalian, March, p. 8.

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