Contact info for Phyllis Plattner

Phyllis Plattner
phyllis@phyllisplattner.com

 

EDUCATION, FELLOWSHIPS
MFA Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
Claremont Graduate Fellowship
BA

Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Brooklyn Museum School Art School, NY
Max Beckmann Memorial Fellowship

 

AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2006 Brenner Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Nominated for Fulbright Grant to Italy
Faculty Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004 Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
Faculty Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Artist in Residence, National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD
2001 Lucas Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Faculty Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2000 Lorenzo di Medici Premio, Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
1999 Faculty Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1998 Trafford Klotz Artist-in-Residency, Rochefort-en-terre, France
1996 Maryland State Arts Council Grant, Baltimore, MD
1995 Faculty Artist's Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1992 Faculty Research Grant, Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO
1989 Mid-Atlantic States/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1985 Nominated for Awards in the Visual Arts V
1984

Mayor's Award for the Arts, St. Louis, MO

 

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004 FYR Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (three person show)
2003 Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
2002 Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy
Wice Gallery, Paris, France
1998 Musee du Chateau, Rochefort-en-terre, France
1996 Hugo Di Pagano Gallery, New York, NY
Quick Art Center, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY
1995 R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1993 Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD
1992 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1991 Brody's Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1988 Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
B.Z. Wagman Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1985 B.Z. Wagman Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1984 St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1983 Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1980 Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1978 Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
1977 Barbara Okun Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1976

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Barbara Okun Gallery, St. Louis, MO

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Up-
coming
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
Chicago International Art Fair, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
2006 Bethesda Painting Awards, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
La Muerte,Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
2005 Contemporary Master Works on Paper, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
"Strictly Painting", McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
"Collaboration as Medium", Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
Gallery 619, Washington, DC
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
"Gender in Motion", 310 Haustudio Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 "Resident Artist Exhibition", Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
2003 "Mexican Voices", Macy Gallery, Columbia University Teachers' College, NY
"Conversations", curated by Barry Nemmett, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Springmore House, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
"Grant Winners", Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
2002 "What a Doll!" Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
"Gallery Artists", Pavlova M. Gallery, Miami, FL
2001 "Small Works" Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC
1999 "Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea", Florence, Italy
1998 "Faces of the Real and the Imagined," Governor's House, Annapolis, MD
1997 "Images of Chiapas" Galeria Coqui, Seattle, Washington
"Prints: Washington '97" The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1996 "Objects of Personal Significance," curated by Jan Marquardt-Cherry, traveling to six museums, Exhibits USA
1995 Artopia Gallery, New York, NY
1994 "International Contemporary Art Expo" Chicago, Illinois, Courtesy Elliot Smith, St. Louis, MO
"Paper, Rock, Scissors" University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1993 "The Hero" Fonda Del Sol Visual Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
"Watercolors," Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
l992 "Postcards" Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1991 "Reviewing the Critics" American University, Washington, DC
1990 "Bones" Brody's Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 "Small Format Works" Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
"Gallery Artists" Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"Washington Watercolors" Gallery K, Washington, DC, courtesy Fendrick Gallery
1988 "Palmy Days" Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
"3rd. International Contemporary Art Fair" Los Angeles, CA, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1987 "2nd. International Contemporary Art Fair" Los Angeles, CA, Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"Gallery Artists" Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
"Washington Artists Works on Paper" Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC, courtesy Fendrick Gallery
"Contemporary American Artists," US Embassy, Berlin, Germany
"Gallery Artists" B.Z. Wagman Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1986 "Contemporary Works on Paper" Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
Invitational: "Watercolor USA l986/The Monumental Image" Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
1985 "Contemporary Works on Paper" Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 "Contemporary Works on Paper" Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Gallery Artists" Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Invitational: Watercolor USA 1984" Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
"Contemporary Screens" Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1983 "Recent Prints" Landfall Press Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Contemporary Works on Paper" Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
"New Acquisitions" The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
"Watercolor USA 1983" Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
1982 "Contemporary American Watercolors" Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Watercolor USA 1982" Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
1981 "Collector's Choice" The St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1980

"Contemporary Watercolors" Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Steinberg Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Reynolds Minor Gallery, Richmond, VA
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
Martin Marietta Corporation, Bethesda, MD
The Kemper Group, Chicago, IL
IBM, Rochester, MN
AT &T, St. Louis, MO
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT
Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, MO
Continental Bank, Chicago, IL
Continental Bank, Miami, FL
Jaans Collection, Sun Valley, ID
First National Bank, Chicago, IL
Lane Blackbourn, Chicago, IL
Hastings, Janofsky, Walker, Washington, DC
Himont Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Latham and Watkins, Washington, DC

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Legends, Balises (Belgian Literary Journal) Vol. 7/8, Brussels, Belgium
2005 New American Paintings, Steven Zevitas, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
Collaboration as Medium, Catalog, Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, DC
Gender in Motion, Catalog, WomenÕs Caucus for Art, Atlanta, GA
2002 "Commando Performance", Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, May 31
"Small Soldiers", Garance Franke-Ruta, Washington City Paper, May 17
"Una Estadounidense Enamorada de Chiapas", Milagros Melendez-Vela, El Tiempo Latino, Washington, May 24
2000 "New American Artists", Stephen Zevitas, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
"Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea", John T. Spike, Florence, Italy, Catalog
"Dal Chiapas al Chianti", Paola Bartoloti, Il Corriere, Florence, July, 2001
1998 "Echanges Artistiques" Le Telegramme, Vannes, France
"Peintres Americans au Musee du Chateau, Ouest-France, Vannes, France
1996 "Objects of Personal Significance," Jan Marquardt-Cherry, Exhibition Catalog, Exhibits USA, 1996
1995 "Bones of Contention," Chris King, Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO May 24
"Dreamscapes," Robert W. Duffy, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, April 27
"Sense and Sensuality," Mike Giuliano, City Paper, April 12
1993 "Phyllis Plattner: Mute Witness," Carole Falk, Washington Review, December
1992 "Phyllis Plattner," Carol Ferring Shepley, New Art Examiner, Washington, DC, September
"Phyllis Plattner: Mute Witness," Phyllis Jacobs, Eyewash, Washington, D.C.
"Reviewing Reviewing The Critics," Washington Review, Washington, D.C. March
"Coming Home," Robert W. Duffy, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, March 15
"Two Artist Show Explores Ancient Themes," Robert W. Duffy, St. Louis Post
1991 "In This Case The Victims Were A Seedy Lot," Gail Foreman, Washington Post, April 10
"Kitchen Mortician," Mary Gabriel, Museum and Arts Washington, Washington, D.C., March
"Phyllis Plattner at Brody's," Michael Welzenbach, Washington Post, Washington, D.C., April 12
"To This Artist Cooking Is Just Plain Murder," Gail Foreman, Detroit News, May 21
"Phyllis Plattner, Murder in the Kitchen," by Phyllis Jacobs, EyeWash, Washington, D.C., April
"Phyllis Plattner, Murder in the Kitchen," Linda Brown, Artvu, Durham, NC
"Phyllis Plattner," TV Program, by Ann and Alan Eevry, "Art Strokes," Montgomery County Cable TV, Rockville, MD
1990 "Oil Pastel," Kenneth D. Leslie, Watson/Guptil Publications, New York
"Phyllis Plattner," Nancy Rice, New Art Examiner, Washington, DC, June
"Phyllis Plattner at Locus," John-Paul Wolff, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 23
1988 Interview, Susan Stamberg, Weekend Edition, National Public Radio,Washington, DC
"Art in America," Tokyo Art Review, Tokyo, Japan, April
"Perspectives: Works on Paper," Exhibition Catalog, Easton, MD
1987 "Phyllis Plattner," Nancy Rice, New Art Examiner, Washington, DC, November
1986 "Plattner Looks at Kitchen Utensils," Jim Harris, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November
1985 "Phyllis Plattner," Betsy Goldman, American Artist, New York City, June
"The Art of Seeing," Linda Skrainka, St. Louis Magazine, St. Louis, MO, February
"Recent Editions," Jack Lemon, Landfall Press Catalog, Chicago, IL
1984 "Phyllis Plattner," Nancy Rice, New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL,June
"Phyllis Plattner's Ar t: It's a Jungle in There," Robert Duffy, St. Louis Post- Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, April 11
"Currents 23: Phyllis Plattner," Judy Weiss, Exhibition Brochure, The St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, April
1983

"Two Symbolists Emerge in Exhibit,"Alan G. Artner, Chicago, Tribune \

 

VISITING ARTIST INVITATIONS

2006 International School of Painting and Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Perugia, Italy
2005 Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004 Mt. Royal School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
"From Novice to Artist", College Art Association panel, Seattle, WA
2003 Columbia University, Teacher's College, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2002 Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
"Bridging Generations," Symposium, Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia, PA
2001

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

2000 Temple University in Rome, Rome, Italy
"The Impact of Place," Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy
1999 "From Perception to Metaphor," National Art Education Conference, Washington, DC
1997 "Bare Bones and Iris Prints," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1995 "Looking Out and Looking In," St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
School of Art and Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1994 "Images of Birth in Ancient and Tribal Art," Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY
1993 "Images of Birth in Ancient and Tribal Art," XIII International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences, San Cristobal and Mexico City, Mexico
1993 "Shedding Light on Birth, a Censored Iconography," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1992 "Do Babies Eat Paintings?," Steinberg Hall, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1991 "Success and the Artist," Panel Speaker, Washington Coalition for Art and Washington Project for the Arts
"Murder in the Kitchen," Brody's Gallery, April 18
1990 "Training the Hand and the Eye," National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
1989 "Murder in the Kitchen," Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO
1986 "Reflections," Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
1985 International Education Consortium, St. Louis, MO
1984

"Currents 23," The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, M0

 

TEACHING

2000-present Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1999-2000 Faculty, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
1993-99 Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1991-93 Distinguished Wallace C. Smith Visiting Associate Professor, Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO
1987-91 Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1985-88 Visiting Associate Professor, Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO
1980-85 Instructor, Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO
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