Carmen Cicero Bio
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Born
Newark, New Jersey
Lives and
works in New York City |
Education |
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1991 |
MFA, Montclair State College, NJ |
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1952 |
Graduate Studies with Robert Motherwell, Hunter College, NY |
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1947-1951 |
BA, Newark State Teachers College, Newark, NJ |
Solo Exhibitions |
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2024 |
Carmen Cicero Drawings And Watercolors, June Kelly Gallery, New
York |
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2021 |
Watercolors: 1985-2017, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2020 |
The Human Condition, essay by John Yau, June Kelly Gallery, New
York |
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2018 |
Battle of the Sexes 1965-1982, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2015 |
Carmen Cicero: Early Works: 1970s-1980s, June Kelly Gallery, New
York |
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2012 |
Visionary Paintings,
June Kelly Gallery, New York
Carmen Cicero: The Visionary Work, curated by William Evaul,
Provincetown Art
Association and Museum, MA |
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2010 |
Carmen Cicero:
Watercolors, The Shore Gallery, Provincetown, MA
In the Still of the
Night: New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2007 |
Things That Happen
In the Moonlight: Watercolors, June Kelly Gallery; catalogue |
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2004 |
New Paintings,
June Kelly Gallery, New York; catalogue |
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2001 |
Recent
Work, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2000 |
Carmen
Cicero: A Survey of Paintings, Provincetown Art Association and
Museum, MA;
catalogue
Carmen Cicero: Watercolors, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San
Francisco, CA |
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1998 |
Recent
Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
Paintings and Watercolors, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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1997 |
Long Point
Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
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1995 |
Paintings
and Watercolors, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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1993 |
New
Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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1991 |
Montclair
State College Art Gallery, Montclair, NJ |
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1990 |
Paintings
and Watercolors, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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1988 |
Paintings,
Graham Modern Gallery, New York
Watercolors, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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1987 |
Watercolors
and Sculpture, Graham Modern Gallery, New York |
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1986 |
Cherrystone
Gallery, Wellfleet, MA |
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1985 |
Recent
Paintings, Graham Modern Gallery, New York |
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1984 |
Paintings
and Drawings, 1975-1984, Graham Modern Gallery, New York |
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1983 |
Art Academy, Museum of Cincinnati, OH |
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1982 |
Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York |
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1979 |
Gurewitsch Gallery, New York |
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1978 |
Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1976 |
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ |
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1975 |
Leslie Rankow Gallery, New York |
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1972 |
Simone Stern Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
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1970 |
Wellfleet Art Gallery, Cape Cod, MA and Palm Beach, FL
Drawings and Serigraphs, New School for Social Research, NY |
Selected Group
Exhibitions |
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2017 |
Celebrating 30
Years, Gallery Artists: Drawing and Photography, June Kelly Gallery,
New York |
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2012 |
Art of Another Kind:
International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949-1960, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum; travelled to the
Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen,
Netherlands; catalogue
Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim,
1949-1960, Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum; catalogue
Long Point: An Artists’ Place, curated by Mary E. Abell,
Provincetown Art Association and
Museum, MA; catalogue
Celebrating 25 Years, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2009 |
Hidden Gems: Works
on Paper, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2007 |
THE 182ND ANNUAL
EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ART,
National Academy Museum, New York;
catalogue |
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2006 |
The Figure in
American Painting and Drawing 1985-2005, Ogunquit Museum of American
Art, ME; brochure |
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2005 |
180th Annual
Exhibition, National Academy Museum, New York
Art Chicago In The Park, Chicago, IL |
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2004 |
Art Dealers
Association of America, 69th Street Armory, New York
Art Chicago At The Pier, Chicago, IL |
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2001 |
Many Moons,
curated by Barbara J. Bloemink, Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll
Garden, North Salem, NY |
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1998 |
Long Point Gallery at
Fine Art Work Center, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, MA
A Tribute to Long Point Gallery, Cape Museum of Fine Arts,
Dennis, MA
A Salute to the Long Point Gallery, Nardin Gallery, New York
Long Point Gallery at Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA
Contemporary Selections from The National Academy at Silvermine,
New Silvermine Guild
Galleries, New Canaan, CT |
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1997 |
The Artist’s Eye:
Will Barnet Selects Portraits from the Permanent Collection,
National Academy
Museum, New York |
Selected Public Collections |
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Aldrich Museum of
Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive USC (University of Southern
California)
Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge,
High Museum of Art, Atlanta. GA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
National Academy of Design Museum, New York
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Netherlands Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
New York National Academy of Design, New York
Montclair Art Museum, Upper Montclair, NJ
Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Diego Museum of Art, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive,
CA
University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Southern California, Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
University of Texas Art Collection, San Antonio, TX
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA
Art Gallery of Toronto
Art Institute of Chicago
Musei Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland
Jacobs, Visconsi & Jacobs, Cleveland, OH
La Mont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater, MA
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA
West Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN |
Fellowships and Awards |
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2024 |
Gladys Emerson Cook
Prize for "best animal sketch or painting or best academic work” at
the 191 Annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design Annual |
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2016 |
Jacob Lawrence and
Gwendolyn Knight Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters,
New York |
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2012 |
Lifetime Achievement
Award, Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
MA |
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2007 |
Lifetime Achievement
Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York |
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1997 |
American Academy of
Arts & Letters, Purchase Prize |
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1995 |
Mikhail and Ekateryna
Shatalov Prize for “a romantic realist landscape executed in a free
manner” at the 170th annual National Academy of Design exhibition. |
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1993 |
Designated National
Academician (NA), National Academy Museum and School (formerly
National Academy of Design), New York, NY |
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1991 |
Admitted as Associate
Member (ANA), National Academy Museum and School, New York |
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1965 |
Ford Foundation
Purchase Prize |
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1963 |
Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation Fellowship |
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1961 |
Ford Foundation
Purchase Prize |
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1957 |
Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation Fellowship |
Bibliography
Books/Monographs |
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2024 |
Carmen Cicero
Drawings And Watercolors, Foreword by Annette Blaugrund, “Tales of
Intrigue,
Danger, and Humor,” Essay by David Ebony, Abbeville Press, New York,
London
Charow, Josh. The Last of New York City’s Original Artist Lofts.
Bologna, Italy: Damiani Books,
2024: 40-49.
Falconer, Morgan. “Books: Turn on, Tune In, Walk up: Loft Law: The
Last of New York City’s
Original Artist Lofts (by Joshua Charow; Damiani), World of
Interiors, May 2024: 68.
Keenan, Annabel. “Photographer Joshua Charow Takes You Inside New York’s
Last
Remaining Artist Lofts, Cultured Magazine, May 3.
Latu, Dan. “Look inside the last lofts of New York City’s artists
shielded 40 years ago from
the city’s soaring rents, Business Insider, May 4. |
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2022 |
Storer, Abraham.
“Carmen Cicero’s Pursuit of Deep Expression: A lifetime of stories and
styles emerge from a studio in Truro.” Provincetown Independent,
November 3, 2022: C1. |
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2019 |
Brown, Susan Rand. “The
fascinatin’ rhythms of Cicero & Abell.” Provincetown Banner, June
27, 2019, Arts & Entertainment: 19. |
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2015 |
Smith, Roberta. “Carmen
Cicero: Early Works: 1970s–1980s.” The New York Times, April 2. |
Teaching |
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1959-1968 |
Sarah Lawrence College,
Bronxville, NY |
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1970-2001 |
Montclair State
University, Upper Montclair, NJ |
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