EDUCATION
University of Maryland, B.A.
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
School of Visual Arts, New York, B.F.A.
SELECTED ONE PERSON SHOWS
2012 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
1996 New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1995 OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Paterson Museum, New Jersey
1989 OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1987 OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Mission Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Edward Williams Gallery, Farleigh Dickinson University, NJ
1985 Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, NJ
1985 Chicago Books, New York, NY
1985 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1984 Windows on White, New York, NY
1981 55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2020 Artist’s of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
2019 En Masse 2019, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2019 Suspended Universe, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Art From the Boros VII, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Edge of Abstraction, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Faculty and Friends, Columbia-Greene Community College, NY
2019 Infinite Rhizome, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Intersections, Five Points Center for Visual Arts, Torrington, CT
2018 En Masse 2018, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2018 Artist’s of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, SUNY Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY
2017 Past As Prologue, Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Artist’s of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
2017 En Masse 2017, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2016 Artist’s of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
2016 En Masse III, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2016 Abstraction I, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2015 En Masse II, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2014 Sequential Abstraction, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2014 En Masse, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2012 Friend of a Friend, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2012 Abstract & Concrete, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2008 Scott Sherk / Gerald Wolfe, Kim Foster Gallery, NY
2006 Menagerie, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City, NY
2005 Scott Sherk: Steel Solitudes / Gerald Wolfe: New Paintings, Kim Foster Gallery, NY
2005 Collectors Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2004 Peek-a-boo, Deja vu, Kim Foster Gallery, NY
2003 New York Collection 2003, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2003 Marymount College Art Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Selections from the Collection, Kim Foster Gallery, NY
2002 In the Groove, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2002 An Hors D’oeuvre, Kim Foster Gallery, NY
2001 Black and White, Kim Foster Gallery, NY
1999 Small Abstractions, Kim Foster Gallery, NY
1997 Contemporary Fresco Painting, The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, NY
1996 Recent Paintings and Sculpture, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Blur, Remission Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Salon Show, Art in General, New York, NY
1992 The other Landscape, 148 Duane St., New York, NY
1992 Painting: New Jersey, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, NJ
1988 Words, Paterson Museum, NJ
1987 Bigger and Defer, Mission East Gallery, New York, NY
1987 The New Season, Neo Persona Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Paranoid Delusions, P.A.C.A. Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Super-Ego Show, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1986 The Non-Furniture Furniture Review, No Se No Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Objects, Sensory Evolution, New York, NY
1986 The Micro Show, EV Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Unaffiliated IV, Hillwood Art Gallery, C. W. Post College, Long Island University, NY
1986 The All-Natural Disaster Show, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY
1984 Souvenirs, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, NJ
1982 Invitational, 55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York, NY
1982 Group Show, Judy Caden Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Spacescapes, Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY
1981 Season’s Greetings, Erickson Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Group Show, 626 Broadway, New York, NY
1979 Summer Invitational, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1978-79 Post-Card Size Art, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
“Those Who Can, Do…and Teach,” Sunday Star Ledger, by Eileen Watkins, Newark, New Jersey 12/2/84
“Six Solo Shows at University,” Richmond News Letter, by Ray Proctor, Richmond, Virginia 2/23/85
“Welcome to Leisure World,” Paterson News, by Peter Spink, Paterson, New Jersey 11/29/85
“Artist Makes Hash of It but Succeeds,” The Record, by Charles Innes, Northern New Jersey 12/9/85
“Unaffiliated IV,” Exhibition Catalog, Hillwood Art Gallery, C. W. Post College 6/86
The visual elements of Islamic Art, Greek and Roman museum displays, and the quilts of Gee’s Bend have been an ongoing influence in my work. To a varying degree, the imagery of my work combines the patchwork aspects of quilt making, the fragmentary nature of Greek and Roman artifacts, and the fluid, interwoven nature of Islamic script.
The use of untraditional materials has always been a key element for me. Most recently, my paintings have a “built” quality. I would begin each piece by applying inexpensive cotton drop cloths to panels of wood. The porous quality and imperfections of the drop cloth is what draws me to this material. As each piece begins to evolve, cutting, patching, scraping, drawing and painting takes place. In many cases, much of the drop cloth becomes obscured, but the rough quality of the material is always evident. As I am working, I add panels of wood, therefore, changing the original shape of the piece. The piece becomes a puzzle that I’m trying to solve. In the most recent pieces, I have also incorporated spray paint. The spray paint adds a spontaneous quality, as well as, another dimension and “weight” to each piece. it helps create the illusion of shadows and depth, something that I strive to attain. Over the years, I have also worked with spackle, concrete, house paint, primer, and fiberglass window screen.
I approach my paintings in an intuitive way. This instills an energy in each piece, while making objects that have a three-dimensional, architectural feel. The final statement of each piece is realized when the interplay of lines and shapes create a tension between flatness and depth.
I also work intuitively when doing my wall sculptures. I have used cardboard tubes, wood, plaster, wood filler, and latex primer in these pieces. In the first few of my recent sculptures, I used wood lath that was taken from old plaster walls. When making these wall pieces, I tried to retain the character of the old wood throughout the process. In the latest sculptures, I have been primarily using plaster and wood. In these pieces, I make very simply-shaped objects while incorporating an element of drawing. I want these pieces to feel as if they are a fragment of history, that they are more than what you see. In these, I feel the object is complete when there is a simplicity and balance realized through shadows, line and depth.