Eugene Newmann

EUGENE NEWMANN

Born:

1936 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (presently the capital of Slovakia). Grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia and New York City. Lived subsequently in Chicago (B.A. from the University of Chicago – 1957), Colombia, Mexico, New York, California, Switzerland, and, from 1972 to 1995, in Santa Fe, NM. Currently lives near Ribera NM, 40 miles east of Santa Fe.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2014            David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                   Wiliam Havu, Denver, CO
2013            Drawings, Phil Space, Santa Fe, NM
2009            “Selectioms”, Linda Durham Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2008            “The Bodies”, Linda Durham Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2006            “From Painting to Painting”, Linda Durham Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2003            “Neither Here nor There”, Linda Durham Contemporary, New York City, NY
2001            “Country Exercises”, Linda Durham Contemporary, Galisteo, NM
1994            “Eugene Newmann”, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1993            “Figures/Inventions”, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992            “Eugene Newmann”, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1990            “Eugene Newmann”, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1988            “Eugene Newmann”, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1986            “Eugene Newmann”, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1985            "Selected Works On Paper 1973-85", St. John's College Art Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1983            "Nerve", The Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1981            “Works”, The Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1979            “Paintings/Drawings”, Clarke-Benton Gallery, Santa Fe NM
1978            “Eugene Newmann”, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1977            "Eugene Newmann - Paintings", Clarke-Benton Gallery - Santa Fe NM
1976            "Figures/Newmann", Bob Tomlinson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

INSTALLATIONS: (in collaboration with John Connell)

1993            “Works II”, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992            “Works”, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
"THE RAFT PROJECT 1989-1994"
1994            Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
1991            Allen Center Gallery, Houston, TX
1991            New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
1990            The Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1989            Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX

SELECTED GROUP AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

2014            “SITE UNSEEN”, a benefit auction, SITE Santa Fe/James Kelley Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2012            “SITE UNSEEN”, a benefit auction, SITE Santa Fe/James Kelley Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2010            “Case Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art”, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2008            “SITE Unseen”, a benefit auction, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
                   “Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts Exhibition’, the Governor’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                   “Friends”, UNM Hospital and Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2007            “How the West Was One”, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
                   “So Long – Bernard Plossu au Frac Haute-Normandie”, FRAC, Rouen, France
                   “An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection”, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2006            “Painting: Alive and Well! 8 New Mexico Masters”, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
                   “Site Unseen-A Benefit Exhibit for SITE Santa Fe”, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
                   “Metamorphosis II”, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM
2004            “Site Unseen-A Benefit Exhibit for SITE Santa Fe”, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2003            “New American Drawings 2003”, Fred R. Kline Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                   “Abstract Art In New Mexico”, Anderson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003            Art Bank program of the United States Department of State, George Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Arlington, VA
2002            Art Köln, Cologne, Germany, exhibited by Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, NM and New York, NY
                   “Five Allies” The Governor’s Gallery and the Rotunda, The Capitol, Santa Fe, NM
                   “Site Unseen-A Benefit Exhibit for SITE Santa Fe”, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2001            “Passages: Touring New Mexico Art with a Detour on Route 66”, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2000            “Selections from the Ray Graham Collection”, Museum of Albuquerque, NM
1999            “Site Unseen-A Benefit Exhibit for SITE Santa Fe”, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1997            “O’Keeffe’s New Mexico”, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
                   "Contemporary NM Artists: Sketches And Schemas", Sheldon Memorial, Lincoln, NE
1996            "Contemporary Art Society Collects”, Anderson Gallery, Albuquerque NM
                   “Contemporary NM Artists: Sketches And Schemas“, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1995            "A Sense of Place", The Governor's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995            "Up And Running”, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1994            "Artistas Contemporaneos de Nuevo Mexico", Guadalajara, Mexico
1993            “CAS – 5th Anniversary Show”, Contemporary Art Society, Albuquerque, NM
                   “Recent Acquisitions”, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1992            "A View from Here: 75 Years at the Museum of Fine Arts", Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1991            "A Sense of Place - The Wilderness Society Benefit Exhibition", Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990            "Arts of New Mexico", Embassy of the US - La Paz Bolivia
1989            "Modern Masterworks from the Permanent Collection", Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1987            "Drawing - Six Approaches", Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico
1986            "Artspace 10th Anniversary Exhibit" University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
                   "Recent Acquisitions", Museum of New Mexico, Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
                   “New Mexico Selections––‘86”, The Gallery, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1985            "1985 Invitational Exhibit", Roswell Museum and Art Center , Roswell NM
1984            "Arts of New Mexico", Gallery of the Organization of American States, Washington, DC
1984            "Artists of the Rio Grande", San Jose Institute of Contemporary Arts - San Jose, CA
1983            "Santa Fe/Taos" -a travelling exhibition, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
1982            "Santa Fe Festival of the Arts - Invitational", Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM
1981            "Santa Fe Festival of the Arts - Invitational", Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM
1980            "Santa Fe Festival of the Arts - Invitational", Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM
                   "Prints from the Collection", Museum of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
                   "One of a Kind - Monotypes", Art Gallery, Bennington College, VT
1979            Santa Fe Festival of the Arts Invitational, "The Armory Shows", Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe NM
1978            Santa Fe Festival of the Arts Invitational, "The Armory Shows", Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe NM
                   "Art in Public Places", Museum of New Mexico, Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
                   Ellen Sragow Limited, New York, NY
1977            University of Las Vegas (Nevada) Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
                   Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX
1975            “Fourteen New Mexico Artists”, Southern Colorado University Gallery, Pueblo CO

HONORS:

2002            Santa Fe Rotary, Artist of the Year, Santa Fe, NM
2008            New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Santa Fe, NM

COLLECTIONS:

Work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including those of Gifford and Joanne Phillips, Ray Graham, the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, NM, The Museum of Albuquerque. The Capitol Foundation Collection, in Santa Fe, NM, The Roswell Museum and Art Center, The Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, The Tucson Museum of Art, and The U.S. Department of State Art Bank.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Work has been reproduced, cited, or reviewed in many publications, including Art in America, American Artist, House Beautiful, Artspace, Art Voices South, TREND, and THE magazine. It appears in Jan Adleman’s book “Contemporary Art in New Mexico”, and also in the following books published by the Museum of New Mexico Press: “Modern Masterworks from the Collection”, “Artists of 20th Century New Mexico”, “New Mexico Artists at Work”, and, most recently, in “How the West was One”.