biography of Elissa DORFMAN (1950)

Personal data

Birth : 05/12/1950 - Brooklyn, New York NY New York, United States
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Representatives

Galeria d’Art Zero – C/Canvis Nous 1 – Barcelona, Spain
Indie’s Art Café – 1146 John Sims Parkway – Niceville FL, United States
The Ninth Life Fine Art Gallery – 6812 Estate Smith Bay 40B – Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands of the United States

Education

1969 – 1971 : CUNY The City University of New York (Education) – 535 E 80th Street – New York NY, United States
1969 – 1972 : Brooklyn Museum Art School – 200 Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
Pupil of / student of Isaac SOYER [ 1907-1981 ]
1970 – 1972 : The Art Students League of New York (Education) – 215 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Pupil of / student of John HOVANNES [ 1900-1973 ]
1972 : Pratt Graphic Center – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1972 – 1976 : New School University (Printmaking Study) – 66 West 12th Street – New York NY, United States

Professional data

Work and Life

1972:Studio at 41 Union Square, New York NY, USA

Artist in residence

1980

1980 : Artist in Residence
Awarded by : University of Maryland – College Park MD, United States

Affiliated to an association

The Art Students League of New York – 215 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
NMWA The National Museum of Women in the Arts – 1250 New York Avenue, N.W. – Washington DC, United States
VAGA Visual Artists and Galleries Association, Inc. – 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6305 – New York NY, United States
NYAEA New York Artists Equity Association, Inc. – 498 Broome Street – New York NY, United States
Society of Arts Academy – United Kingdom
Smithtown Township Arts Council – Mill Pond House – 660 Route 25A – Saint James NY, United States

Work

Categorie and medium

Painting : Acrylic - Mixed media - Oil

Print-Multiple :

Sculpture-Volume :

Drawing-Watercolor : Watercolour

Furniture-Design :

Subject

eroticism
fantastic
men
interior
nature
still life
landscape

Artistic periods

1972-1975 : developing "Expansionism" (stretching) (expanding) expanding subject, still lifes, landscapes etc...
1969-1972 : Dark, depressing colors, Egyptian, Indian

Movements and styles

Realism
Abstraction

Works

Paint Chat
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Oil/paper Size : 14 x 17 inch

Other Worlds
Date of creation : 1987 Medium : Oil Size : 12 x 9 inch

Indian Migrant Family
Date of creation : 1978 Medium : Oil Subject : men Size : 30 x 40 inch

Another Face
Date of creation : 1974 Medium : Oil Size : 24 x 30 inch

Brain Activity
Date of creation : 1972 Medium : Oil Size : 24 x 16 inch

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2002

Galeria d’Art Zero – Barcelona, Spain
02/22/2002 – 03/14/2002

1982

Art Space Gallery – Hyogo, Japan
1982

Galler Fuji – Osaka, Japan
03/08/1982 – 03/13/1982

1979

Elissa Dorfman. Expansion Paintings
Collector’s Gallery – New York NY, United States
1979

Galerie Raymond Duncan – Paris, France
08/01/1979 – 08/17/1979

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

1999

Licensing ’99 Show
Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York NY, United States
1999

Festivals

1980

First International Festival of Women Artists
NY Carlsberg Glyptotek – Copenhagen, Denmark
07/14/1980 – 07/30/1980

Group exhibitions

2002

Up to Kivipankki
Kivipankki Gallery – Jämsä, Finland
06/2002 – 07/2002

The Day After
Galeria d’Art Zero – Barcelona, Spain
01/18/2002 – 02/15/2002

Reactions
Exit Art Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/12/2002 – 03/30/2002

2001

Small = Big IV
Galeria d’Art Zero – Barcelona, Spain
11/30/2001 – 01/15/2002

Grand Opening
The Ninth Life Fine Art Gallery – Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands of the United States
2001 – 2002

Art in Summer
Galeria d’Art Zero – Barcelona, Spain
07/02/2001 – 07/03/2001

1997

Members Art Forum
Mills Pond House Gallery – Saint James NY, United States
1997

The Nude National
Wedge Gallery – Rochester NY, United States
08/07/1997 – 09/12/1997

1994

Members Art Forum
Mills Pond House Gallery – Saint James NY, United States
1994

Waterworks
Paramount East Gallery & Upstairs Gallery – Peekskill NY, United States
09/17/1994 – 10/16/1994

1992

Out of Earth: Water Soil and Stone
The Gallery at Cox Arboretum – Dayton OH, United States
02/14/1992 – 03/20/1992

1987

Impressions/Expressions 1987
Gallery 124 – Kenosha WI, United States
1987

1983

Bienal Internacional de Gravura e Arte Gráfica, n°1
Cabo Frio, Brazil
1983

1982

ARTEDER’82 – Muestra Internacional de Arte Grafico
La Feria Internacional de Bilbao – Bilbao, Spain
03/19/1982 – 04/04/1982

1981

New Artists
Madison Square Garden – New York NY, United States
1981

21 Women Artists
Cork Gallery – Avery Fisher Hall – New York NY, United States
04/09/1981 – 04/21/1981

1979

Only when I Laugh
The Village Gate – New York NY, United States
11/07/1979

1978

Women Artists
Fort Lee Public Library – Fort Lee NJ, United States
1978

1977

Artists Choice
Chatham College – Pittsburgh PA, United States
1977

Artists Choice
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College – Lynchburg VA, United States
1977

Artists Choice
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – Blacksburg VA, United States
1977

Artists Choice
Binghamton University – State University of New York – Binghamton NY, United States
1977

1976

The Theme is Men by Women. Artists of the Lower East Side
Arts For Living Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/29/1976 – 04/23/1976

1969

Fence Show
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1969

1961

Children’s Art
Lever Building – New York NY, United States
1961

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Books

1993

Computer Systems, Architecture, Organization, and Programming
Author: MACCABE Arthur B.
1993
ISBN : 0-256-11456-0

How to Program Well, A Collection of Case Studies
Author: SHAPIRO Henry D – Computer Science – University of New Mexico Farris Engineering Center 319
1993
ISBN : 0-256-15150-4

1987

Encyclopedia of Living Artists in America
Publisher: Directors Guild Publishers – United States
1987

Dictionaries

2000

Dictionary of International Biography, 28th Edition
Publisher: Melrose Press (IBC) – St Thomas Place – Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
2000
ISBN : 0948875836

Who’s Who in American Art, Millenium Edition – 23rd Edition
Publisher: Marquis Who’sWho – 121 Chanlon Road – New Providence NJ, United States
1999-2000
ISBN : 0-8379-6303-6

1997

Who’s Who of American Women
Publisher: Marquis Who’sWho – 121 Chanlon Road – New Providence NJ, United States
1997

Websites

http://wwol.is.asu.edu/

http://www.theo-zimmerman.freeserve.co.uk/dorfman.htm#top

http://dart.fine-art.com/Squery.asp?FromListLinks=Y&intUserID=4897

http://the-artists.org/ArtistView.cfm?id=1F7E4353-FFEA-4E46-ACF200AAE996DE2D

http://ionone.com/exhibition.htm

http://www.cannes-gallery.com/artistes/dorfman/

Legals