Bio
Gavin J Spielman
Born: 7.24.1972
New York, NY
| New York City based artist Gavin Spielman is a prolific award-winning painter and painting Instructor at Parsons School of Design. His work is primarily executed using oil on canvas. In the tradition of Cezanne, Corot, Millet and the Barbizon school, Spielman creates landscapes out of still life scenarios. Spielman’s landscape paintings capture a serene and detached view, inherently implying the divinity of nature. His work is often described as ‘timeless’ – as he draws his technique from that of the early masters, incorporating extensive under-painting and glazing. Developed over a period of weeks, often months, his work is solely rendered from life.
Spielman’s still life work incorporates elements of realism, while less integral characteristics understatedly suggest detail. These paintings are abstract narratives – the fruit may be placeholders for people – an exploration of the human condition. The marriage or disconnections between these forms connote the family unit – the surrounding fabric representing the chaotic universe in which these items are united. Recently featured in the “Boldface Names” column of The New York Times and proclaimed “Metro Masterpieces” by the New York Daily News, Mr. Spielmans paintings have received additional noteworthy praise from Long Islands Newsday, Dans Papers and other prominent media in and around the City. Mr. Spielman often creates his paintings on the City streets, where owners of the historic and landmark homes that are frequently his subjects often offer to purchase work before the artist has made his final brush stroke. Prominent homeowners whose personal art collections feature works by Mr. Spielman include VH1 President, John Sykes, and Don Taffner, producer of classic sitcoms, including Three’s Company and Too Close for Comfort. Motivated by the works of Nerdrum, Rembrandt and Dine –Mr. Spielman’s portraits evoke numinous feelings of solitude and hope . Mr. Spielman is a member of the National Arts Club, the Salmagundi Club and the Society of Portrait Artists. Dedicating his life to teaching and exploring oil technique –Mr. Spielman is the quintessential painters’ painter. |
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2006 – 2009 West End Gallery Gallery 225 2007 West End Gallery Windham Gallery 2006 Windham Gallery Painters on Location The Phatory Gallery West End Gallery Barrie Holt Gallery 2005 Anne Irwin Fine Art Lincoln Center Addison Art Gallery Windham Fine Art Addison Art Gallery Salmagundi Club Anne Irwin Fine Art 2004 Lincoln Center Salmagundi Club Bobby Vans Marquet 2003 Lincoln Center Marquet Bobby Vans Jefferson Market Library Silver Swan Restaurant Salmagundi Arts Club 2002 Stephen Downes Gallery Lincoln Center Galerie Pelar Nexus Gallery Society of Illustrators Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Wolf Films/Studio USA Television Gracie Square Art Show Pugliese Vineyards Silver Swan Restaurant, New York, NY
Gracie Square Art Show Bentley Manhattan Gallery 2000 Bowery Gallery National Competition 1999 Pat Pong, New York, NY Catherine Moore Fine Arts, New York, NY The Wave Cafe, New York, NY Faces and Places 1998 Manhattan Motor Car, Rolls Royce, New York, NY Commissions 2000-2004 Gavin Spielman Fine Art Classic Audi, East Chester, NY Commissioned landscape watercolor painting for John Sykes, VH1 president. Princeton Review/State Farm Insurance, New York, NY NARAL, New York, NY National Aphasia Association, New York, NY 1997 Women in Data Processing (WDP), New York, NY Manhattan Motors, Rolls Royce, New York, NY Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1996 FlatIron News Magazine, New York, NY 1995 Everybodys Magazine, Brooklyn, NY Private Collections Mr. Warren Davis, Mrs. Debrah L. Cavanaugh-Schultz, Dr. Deborah Draving, Ph.D., Mr. Richard Grand, Mrs. Virginia Gordon, David and Jill Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Koocher, Mrs. Doris Mandell, Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Meade, Mr. Matthew Minkin, Mr. Marshall Minkin, Mrs. Lissa Minkin Marquez, Mr. Brian Miller, Mr. Arthur Miller, Mr. Joe Monge, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moscatt, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Nathanson, Ms. Jennifer Noble, Mr. Philip Ryan, Mr. Tony Sander, Mr. Glenn Nilson, Mr. Henry Schleiff, Mr. Gerald Siverman, Mr. John Sykes, Mr. and Mrs. Don Taffner, Mr. and Mrs. Lois Whitman and Eliot Hess and many others. Teaching Experience 2000 – Present Parsons School of Design, New York, NY Other Courses Taught: 2000 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1999 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1998 In the Spotlight Performing Arts School, Queens, NY Awards: 1993-1997 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1991-1993 State University of New York, New Paltz, NY Courses: Painting, Drawing, Sculpting |
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Themocracy
Hey Gavin,
You are certainly an amazing painter and I appreciate and respect your work for so many reasons. I wish I could have seen your studio the night of Greg’s show like everyone else.
Yet I too live dangerously, I too am a painter and a musician and teacher. Actually, I would be grateful for your insight/impressions, reactions, or general feedback about my recent artwork on my website at: http://www.mjb.mosaicglobe.com
The oils listed on the second page, Gallery Two, is what I’m caught up in now. Perhaps all night.
The other link I’m sending you is my contact info and bio for the Steinway Educational Partnership program where I am stationed as a piano teacher:
http://www.steinway.com/teachers/mbenerofe
Just seems like from meeting you and reading about your life that we have similar artistic goals and a profound passion for the Arts. For me, it is a personal and serious life force.
My girlfriend and I really enjoyed hanging briefly with you and Alison (via my endearing brother Greg) and I will definitely try to make it out for your next TTH show (either in Fishkill or Brooklyn).
Until then, be well and thrive, Keep painting, long live the Arts,
Michael Benerofe
914-319-8854
mbenerofe@hotmail.com