Fred Wessel | Résumé





		1976 1968-71 1968	M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY B.F.A. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

		1976-Present	Teaching, The Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford, Rank: Professor of Printmaking

		2007 2006 2004 2002 2000 1999 1997 1995 1994 1993 1989 1988 1986 1985	Silver and Gold, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA An Exercise in Grace…the Art of Fred Wessel, The Evansville Museum of Art & Science, IN New Figurative Works in Tempera, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA The Renaissance Revisited, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA New Figural Work, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY Arden Gallery, Boston, MA Renaissance Rediscovered, The Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY Predellas: New Paintings, Arden Gallery, Boston, MA Arden Gallery, Boston, MA The Springfield Museum of Art Arden Gallery, Boston, MA The Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT The Union League Club (through Printworks Gallery), Chicago, IL Printworks Gallery (Paintings, Drawings & Prints), Chicago, IL Stonepress Gallery, Seattle, WA Stonepress Gallery, Seattle, WA Stonepress Gallery, Seattle, WA

		2009	Layered Luminescence: The Art of Egg Tempera, 4 Person Show, ACA Galleries, New York, NY The Luster of Silver, Silverpoint Drawings, The Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN
		2008	Tempera: Ten, Westfield State College, MA
		2006	The Art of Tempera, 3 Person Show, R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, MA
		2005	Seventh Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Precious Metals, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
		2004	Exquisite Snake, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL February Flowers, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY Precious Metals, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
		2003	Magic Realism: The New Generation, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
		2002-03	Tempera/New Temperaments, 6 artists, 5 pieces included, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN (Sept 22-Nov 3, '02), Catalogue. Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (Dec-Jan '03); Frye Museum, Seattle, WA (Mar 7-Jun 1, '03) Contemporary American Images All’Italiana, Seton Hall College Still Lifes-Florals-Interiors, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA Egg Tempera, An Enduring Tradition II, Miami-Dade Community College (May-Jun '02); Mary Washington Museum Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA (Sept-Oct '02); The Wisteriahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA Inventing Reality, Elements Gallery, Rockland, ME The Figure, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
		2001	Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition I, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA From the DeCordova Collection, Brodeur Worldwide-Through the DeCordova Museum. Focus on the Collection: Recent Acquisitions, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
		1999-2000	Religion 2000, Mary Washington College, VA, (Nov '99-Mar '00) through Sherry French Gallery, then Mar '00 at Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY (12 Pieces) February Flowers, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY New Realism for a New Millenium, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
		1999	Small Sizes-Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY February Flowers, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
		1998	February Flowers, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY Small Sizes-Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
		1997	Dramatic Realism, The New Baroque, Southern Alleghenies Museum, PA (catalogue) Re-presenting Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY ('97-'98; catalogue) Realism, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Ohio February Flowers, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY Small Sizes-Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY Gallery and Invited Artists' Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY Brandywine Workshop, 25 Years of American Printmaking, Printed Image Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
		1996	2 Person Show, Dec ‘95 Arden Gallery, Boston, MA

		The Museum of Modern Art, NY; The Brooklyn Museum, NY; The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; The Library of Congress; Evansville Museum of Art and Science IN; The Mackintosh Museum, Scotland; The DeCordova and Dana Museum of Art, MA; The Wichita Museum of Art, KS; Smith College Museum, MA; The University of Tianjin Fine Arts College, People's Republic of China; The University of Glasgow, Scotland; Galleries Tolbuchin and Lovetch, Bulgaria; The Honolulu Academy of the Arts, HI; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Harvard University, MA; R.J. Reynolds Collection; Shawmut Bank of Boston; The Kemper Insurance Group; First National Bank of Seattle First National Bank of Seattle; The Continental Bank; The International Mineral and Chemical Corporation; Lake Shore National Bank of Chicago; The Frito Lay Corporation, Dallas, TX; Standish, Ayer, and Wood; The Index Group; The Oppenheimer Co. Chicago; United Airlines; M.B.N.A Bank; University of Dallas; Miami University, OH; The Dulin Gallery of Art; S.U.N.Y. Pottsdam; S.U.N.Y. Albany; Edinborough College; University of Rhode Island; University of Connecticut; University of Maine (Orono); University of Vermont; University of Massachusetts; University of New Hampshire; Westfield State College, University of Chicago Hospital, Newhouse, Wynn & Lily.

		The Masters of Tempera, American Art Collector Magazine, March issue, 2009 Fred Wessel, Masters of Realism Collection, American Artist Magazine, 12 pp. Fall/Spring 2008-2009 Fred Wessel, Renaissance Wonder, Article and Cover, American Art Collector Magazine, April issue, 2007 Using Egg Tempera & Gold Leaf to Achieve Renaissance Luminosity, Feature Article and Cover, American Artist Magazine, July/August issue, 2006 Atlas Coelestis-il Cielo Stellato nella Scienza e nell’arte– Felice Stoppa, Univesità Annunzio Press, Chieti, Italia Becca (Sundial) p. 85 Contemporary American Oil Painting, a book published by Jilin Fine Arts, China (4 full page reproductions and biography) 2000 City Secrets Guide to Italy, The Little Bookroom, NYC (Contributor) City Secrets Guide to New York City, The Little Bookroom, NYC (Contributor) Colors, a publication authored by Ginny Baier, published by American Artist Magazine,1999 The Visual Poetry of Gold Leaf, Feature Article, American Artist Magazine, April issue, 1995 Learning from the Italian Masters, Feature Article, American Artist Magazine, March issue, 1995

		The Arden Gallery, 129 Newbury St., Boston, MA

		2007 2006 2002	Visiting Professor, University of Georgia Studies Abroad in Cortona, Fall Semester Martha and Merritt deJong Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Evansville Museum of Art & Science, IN Lecture, The History of Egg Tempera in Renaissance Italy, Evansville Museum of Art & Science, IN