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ALAN FISHMAN

Solo Exhibitions

2023    Maine Jewish Museum, "Intertidal," Portland, ME 
2020    Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME
2008    Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2008    Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME   
2006    Perimeter Gallery: “The Four Seasons”, Belfast, ME
2003    Elan Fine Arts Gallery: “Winter Into Spring”, Rockland, ME
2001    Eastland Gallery: “Eyes to the Horizon”, Portland, ME
2000    Elements Gallery: “Seasons of Color”, Rockland, ME
1999    Saturday Cove Gallery: “On the Water”, Northport, ME
1998    The Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
1983    Niagara Community College, Sanborn, NY
1982    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1969    Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024         Carver Hill Gallery, "Pathways Series," Camden, ME 
2024         Clifford Gallery, Waterfall Arts, "Dark Skies," Belfast, ME 
2024         Gallery B, "Familiars," Castine, ME                

2023          Gallery B, Summer Exhibition, Castine, ME           
2023          Carver Hill Gallery, Spring Opening Exhibition, Camden, ME           
2023          Cove Street Arts, "Tree Speech," Portland, ME 
2022/3      Carver Hill Gallery, "Winterlude," Camden, ME           
2022          Harbor Square Gallery, "Flight Risk", Rockland, ME

2018          Center For Maine Contemporary Art Biennial Exhibition, Rockland, ME
2013          Harbor Square Gallery, "Tree Work," Rockland, ME
2013          Aarhus Gallery, "The Forest for the Trees", Belfast, ME
2012          Penobscot Marine Museum, "The Circus," Searsport, ME
2011           Center For Maine Contemporary Art, auction, Rockport, ME
2010          Mulford Gallery, "Harold Hangs Ten," Rockland, ME
2008-10    Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME
2008   
     Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
2003-7      Elan Fine Arts Gallery: gallery artist exhibitions, Rockport, ME
2004         Elan Fine Arts: “Myths & Mirrors”  3 person show, Rockland, ME
2002   
     Camden Falls Gallery: “A Gathering of Small Works”, Camden, ME
2002   
     Maine Coast Artists: Juried Biennial Exhibition, Rockport, ME
2002   
     Elements Gallery: “Love”, Rockland, ME
2001   
     Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
2001   
     Elements Gallery: “Get Away”, Portland, ME
1999   
     Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1998   
     Maine Coast Artists: “After Dark”, Rockport, ME
1998    
    College of the Atlantic: “Sex and Gender...”, Bar Harbor, ME
1998    
    Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1997   
     Ellsworth Library: “Downeast looks at Downeast”, Ellsworth, ME
1997   
     Saturday Cove Gallery, Northport, ME
1995   
     Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1995   
     Gallery 2/20, New York, NY
1994   
     Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1985
         Bronx Museum: “Sculptural Statements”, Bronx, NY
1984   
     A.I.R. Gallery: 3rd Annual Holiday show, New York, NY
1983   
     Herbert Johnson Museum: “8 Cornell Artists 1963-83”, Ithaca, NY
1983   
     Bowery Gallery : Invitational Show, New York, NY
1982   
     A.I.R. Gallery: “Festive Art”, New York, NY
1982   
     New York University: “Small Works Show”, New York, NY
1981   
     A.I.R. Gallery: “Festive Art”, New York, NY
1980   
     Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1979   
     The Brooklyn Collector: 2 person show, Brooklyn, NY
1979   
     Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1977   
     112 Greene Street Gallery: “Indiscriminate show”, New York, NY
1976   
     The Brooklyn Collector: Three person show, Brooklyn, NY
1972   
     Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1970   
     Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York, NY
1970    
    Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY
1968   
     Albright Knox Museum: “Celebration of the Arts”, Buffalo, NY
1970   
     Image Gallery: Three person show, Stockbridge, MA
1967   
     Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY

Education
1964-66   Academia degli Belli Arti, Rome, ITALY
1964   
    Cornell University, B.F.A., Ithaca, NY

Awards
1997    Professor Emeritus: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1993    Academia Medicea: Awarded: Academic Senator, Florence, ITALY
1991    Paride 91: Awarded: Man of the Year    Polizano, ITALY
1969    Purchase Award: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1967    Traveling Award: Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
1964    Max Beckmann Award Scholarship: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1963    Yale University Summer Scholarship, Norfolk, CT

Articles
2012
    Experience Magazine, "New England Artists Who Dare To Be Different"
2008     Maine Home and Design, by Suzette McAvoy, Portland, ME
2004     Portland Magazine: “Painting the Sea” by Stephen May, Portland, ME
1998    
The Free Press: “Two Artists in a Barn”, Rockland, ME
1983     “The Spirit”, Sanborn, NY
1982     “Arts Magazine”, New York, NY
1982     “The Daily Progress”, Charlottesville, VA

Professional Teaching...
2014-           Onboard Artist/Lecturer, Celebrity Cruises
2006   
        Painting teacher, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
2003   
        Professor of Italian language, University of Maine, Belfast, ME
1986-92
       Director: POLIMODA, Florence, ITALY
1967-96
       Full Professor: Fashion Institute, Dept of Fine Arts, New York, NY   

Represented by Carver Hill Gallery . Camden, Maine

© Alan Fishman 2025

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