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LOU SCHELLENBERG     nova scotia     mount gretna     industrial     resume
ARTIST STATEMENT

"My paintings are primarily done outside, on-site, in surroundings I know. Buildings and other man made structures in the landscape are repeated subjects. I find subject matter in work-yards, vacant lots, and personal artifacts that collect around homes. Backyards, the spaces in-between dwellings, and the boundaries people create around their homes fascinate me. Painting my immediate surroundings over and over from different vantage points, I form a collected experience of a particular spot. Recently I’ve started painting my surroundings as they are reflected in windows. I love the experience and spontaneity of working outside - it requires working quickly and spontaneously. I aim for a painterly integrity that avoids "fussy" description, and which places color first. Working with oils on panel allows for a simplification of reality using painterly language, fluid paint, and integrated color. Paintings that function both as abstraction and representation have inspired me – especially the works of Fairfield Porter, Milton Avery and Lois Dodd."
 L. Schellenberg 2007

RESUME

EDUCATION

M.F.A., University at Albany, State University of New York
Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
B.A., Framingham State College, Framingham MA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007
Lou Schellenberg's Nova Scotia, Lancaster Arts Hotel Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA
Rural East Coast/Lou Schellenberg and Urban West Coast/Debra Walker, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA
2006        
A Long Shadow: The Influence of Fairfield Porter, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, MD
Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, ME, (since 1997)
The Gallery at Paula MacDonald’s, Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
2005        
Lou Schellenberg, New Work, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA
Solo Exhibit, The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
More Than a Game: The Art of Baseball, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Painting Exhibit, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2004        
Solo Exhibit, The Art Center at Orange, Orange, VA
2003        
Solo Exhibit, Lancaster  Galleries West, Elizabethtown, PA
Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania, (also 1997, 1996, 1994- award), Harrisburg, PA
Small Works Invitational,  Blue Mountain Gallery, (also 2002) NY, NY
2002        
Mid Atlantic Regional Exhibit
, Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA
A Nation Mourns, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, PA
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Art Center, New Canann, CT
2001        
Solo exhibit, Elizabethtown College, Hess Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA (also 1997)
Annual Juried Exhibit, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2000        
Solo exhibit, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
1999        
Small Works Exhibit
, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Annual Exhibit of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
1998        
Solo exhibit, Sloan Art Center, Lockhaven University, Lockhaven, PA
1997        
Susquehanna Valley Invitational
, Messiah College, Grantham, PA
26th Biennial, University Art Museum, University of Delaware, " Newark, DE
Transfiguration, University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, NY
Together , Schacht Fine Arts Center, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Artists/Educators , The Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA
1996        
Solo exhibit, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, Middletown, PA
1995        
Solo exhibit, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster,  PA
1994        
Solo exhibit, The Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA
1992        
Interplay 92
, Albany Institute of History and Art, Rice Gallery, Albany, NY
1991        
Inside Stories
, Schacht Fine Arts Center, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Artists of the Hudson-Mohawk , Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY (award)
1987        
New England Women Artists
, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Art of the State: Massachusetts Fellowship Recipients, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA

GRANTS AND AWARDS
Juror’s Awards: "Art of the State: ‘94", The State Museum of Pennsylvania,
      Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Albany Institute of History and Art, 1990
Fellowship, Massachusetts Artists Foundation, 1986
Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, 2001

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Orange County Review, front page illustration, April 8, 2004.
Knapp, Tom, "Schellenberg Show Gracefully Displays Motion, Stillness", Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, illus., Mar. 14, 2003.
Harrisburg Patriot News, "insideout", p. 40, illus. Mar. 21, 03.
Fitchburg Art Museum, "A Nation Mourns and Artists Respond", exhibition catalog, illus. Dec. 2003.
O'Brien, Barbara, "Regional Reviews", Art New England, December/January, 2003.
Knapp, Tom, "Community Gallery Goes Coast to Coast", Intelligencer Journal, cover illus. Sept. 8, 1995.
University Art Museum, University of Delaware, "Biennial Exhibit", catalogue, 1994.
Rich Kreiner, Play Things, Metroland, Albany, NY, illus. Feb. 20-26, 1992.
Rich Kreiner, Inside Stories, " Metroland", Albany, NY, Dec. 19-25, 1991.
The Albany Institute of History and Art, "1990 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region", catalog, review by Ken Johnson, illus. 1990.

COLLECTIONS
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA.
MBNA, Camden, ME.
Private collections PA, MA, ME, MD, NY, AZ, VA, Canada

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1992 to present - Associate Professor of Art, Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA

PRESS RELEASES click on entry to read

Lou Schellenberg's Nova Scotia, Lancaster Arts Hotel - June 2007
Lou Schellenberg, New Work, Lynden Gallery - November 2005