<\/strong>Born: 7.24.1972 –\u00a0Bethpage, NY <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gavin teaches oil painting and life drawing at\u00a0Parsons School of Design.<\/a>\u00a0He also has a fine art studio\/gallery in Brooklyn – where he also teaches privately.<\/strong><\/p>\n Gavin is currently working on a new series of paintings – \u00a0in homage to the Barbizon School of painting. Please refer to the ‘landscape’ section for updates on his progress.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n <\/strong>Private teaching and commissions<\/p>\n Exhibitions\u00a02006 – 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n West End Gallery<\/strong> Gallery 225 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n West End Gallery Windham Gallery<\/strong> 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n Windham Gallery<\/strong> <\/strong>Painters on Location <\/strong>The Phatory Gallery <\/strong>West End Gallery Barrie Holt Gallery<\/strong> 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n Anne Irwin Fine Art <\/strong>Lincoln Center Addison Art Gallery Windham Fine Art<\/strong><\/strong> Addison Art Gallery<\/strong><\/strong> Salmagundi Club\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong> Anne Irwin Fine Art 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n Lincoln Center<\/strong><\/strong> Salmagundi Club\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong> Bobby Vans<\/strong><\/strong> Marquet<\/strong><\/strong> 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Lincoln Center Marquet Bobby Vans Jefferson Market Library<\/strong> <\/strong>Silver Swan Restaurant Salmagundi Arts Club 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n Stephen Downes Gallery <\/strong>Lincoln Center <\/strong>Galerie Pelar <\/strong>Nexus Gallery Society of Illustrators<\/strong> Law & Order: Criminal Intent<\/strong>\u00a0– Wolf Films\/Studio USA Television Gracie Square Art Show<\/strong> Pugliese Vineyards Silver Swan Restaurant, New York, NY<\/strong> <\/strong>Gracie Square Art Show<\/strong> Bentley Manhattan Gallery<\/strong> <\/strong>2000 Bowery Gallery National Competition<\/strong> 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n Pat Pong, New York, NY Catherine Moore Fine Arts, New York, NY The Wave Cafe, New York, NY\u00a0Faces and Places 1998\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Manhattan Motor Car, Rolls Royce, New York, NY Commissions<\/strong><\/p>\n 2000-2004<\/strong><\/p>\n Gavin Spielman Fine Art Classic Audi, East Chester, NY Commissioned landscape watercolor painting for John Sykes,\u00a0VH1<\/strong>\u00a0president.<\/p>\n Princeton Review\/State Farm Insurance, New York, NY NARAL, New York, NY National Aphasia Association, New York, NY 1997<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Women in Data Processing (WDP), New York, NY Manhattan Motors, Rolls Royce, New York, NY Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1996<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>FlatIron News Magazine, New York, NY<\/strong> 1995<\/strong><\/p>\n Everybodys Magazine, Brooklyn, NY<\/strong> Private Collections<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>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\u00a0<\/strong>and many others.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Teaching Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n 2000 – Present<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Parsons School of Design, New York, NY <\/strong>Other Courses Taught: 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n Parsons School of Design, New York, NY\u00a0<\/strong> 1999\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCurrent studio – \u00a0West Kill, NY \/Bushwick, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n![\"pleinaire\"](\"http:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/pleinaire.jpg\")
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\n 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\u2019s landscape paintings capture a serene and detached view, inherently implying the divinity of nature. His work is often described as \u2018timeless\u2019 \u2013 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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Spielman\u2019s still life work incorporates elements of realism, while less integral characteristics understatedly suggest detail. These paintings are abstract narratives \u2013 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\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0and proclaimed “Metro Masterpieces” by the\u00a0New York Daily News<\/em>, Mr. Spielmans paintings have received additional noteworthy praise from\u00a0Long Islands Newsday<\/em>,\u00a0Dans Papers<\/em>\u00a0and other prominent media in and around the City.<\/span>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\u00a0VH1<\/em>\u00a0President, John Sykes, and Don Taffner, producer of classic sitcoms, including\u00a0Three’s Company<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Too Close for Comfort<\/em>.<\/span>Motivated by the works of Nerdrum, Rembrandt and Dine \u2013Mr. Spielman\u2019s 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 \u2013Mr. Spielman is the quintessential painters\u2019 painter.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\n 2014<\/p>\n
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\nAuld Alliance Gallery
\n<\/strong>Ongoing Representation<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Gang of Four Exhibition<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Ongoing Representation
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\nAuld Alliance Gallery
\n<\/strong>Ongoing Representation<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Paint The Mountaintop 2007<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Paint The Mountaintop 2006\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Plein Air Paint Out and Live Auction\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>East Village Parks Conservancy Art Exhibition
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\nSalmagundi Club\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>
\nJunior and Scholarship Exhibition
\n<\/strong>Frank Dumont. Award Winner for ‘West Village Walk’ Oil Painting
\nAnnual Members Exhibition
\n<\/strong>Self Portrait Exhibition\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Ongoing Representation<\/p>\n
\nOngoing Representation
\nPierre’s Restauran<\/strong>t
\nBridgehampton Upscale French Cuisine
\nSalmagundi Club
\n<\/strong>Self Portrait Exhibition<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Small Works Show<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/strong>Los Artistas De Losaida ‘Decadence’ Exhibition.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Solo Exhibition of over 15 regional landscapes<\/p>\n
\nPaint the Mountaintop<\/em>\u00a0Group Exhibition<\/p>\n
\nBlooms<\/em>\u00a0Group Exhibition<\/p>\n
\nAnnual Members Exhibition
\n<\/strong>Jack Richeson & Co. Award Winner for ‘Huguenot Library’ Oil Painting<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Ongoing Gallery Exhibition<\/p>\n
\n8th Annual ‘Artistas De Losaida’ Exhibition.<\/p>\n
\nJunior and Scholarship Exhibition
\nJunior and Scholarship Award Winner for \u2018Hampton Home\u2019 Oil Painting<\/p>\n
\nSolo exhibition of still life and landscape work<\/p>\n
\nSolo Cityscape exhibition.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/strong>Los Artistas De Losaida ‘Synergy’ Exhibition.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Cityscape exhibition.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Landscape exhibition of eastern Long Island.<\/p>\n
\nSolo exhibition throughout the month of March.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Solo exhibition of 30 new paintings.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>‘Self Portaiture’ group show.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Group Show in SoHo Gallery.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Group Show ‘Los Artistas De Losaida’<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n‘Locals Past and Present’
\n<\/strong>Group showing of Long Island inspired scenes.
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\n9th Street Market
\n<\/strong>‘Ten portraits and a Still Life<\/strong>‘
\nSolo show in upscale restaurant.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSmall Works 2002 Group Show
\n<\/strong>Selected to participate in juried exhibition.<\/p>\n
\nPrevailing Human Spirit Group Show
\nExhibit in homage to the September 11, 2001 disaster.<\/p>\n
\nScenes of Law & Order incorporates large scale paintings as backdrops.
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\n2001<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSelected to participate in the 31st annual Gracie Square Art Show.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Solo exhibition of limited edition Giclee prints as well as landscape and still life paintings.<\/p>\n
\nSolo exhibition of 20 oil paintings depicting studio work as well as landmark and historic New York City buildings and landscapes in upscale Park Avenue restaurant.<\/p>\n
\n2000<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSelected to participate in the 30th annual Gracie Square Art Show.<\/p>\n
\nExhibition of auto-related and still life paintings on exhibit at Madison avenue Rolls Royce and Bentley showroom.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSelected for national juried competiton in SoHo Gallery.
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\nSilver Swan Restaurant, New York, NY
\nStill Life and Village Street Scenes
\n<\/em><\/strong>Solo exhibition of 27 oil paintings depicting West Village landmark and historic buildings as well as studio work in upscale Park Avenue restaurant.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Solo exhibition of nine oil paintings, New York landscapes and still lifes in downtown Thai restaurant.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Group Exhibition, Catherine Moore Fine Arts Gallery. Curated by Catherine Moore.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong>Solo exhibition of 25 New York City-inspired drawings and mixed media paintings in popular West Village restaurant. Curated by Drew Jacobs.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Solo exhibition of automotive-themed oil paintings in highline car dealership.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Various personal still life, portraits, landscape and design commissions.
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\n1999<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by owner to create a series of seven automotive-themed murals for permanent display in highline car dealership.
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\n1998<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by founder and president, John Katzman, to design and illustrate the 1998-99 College Admissions Roadmap, a full-color, fold-out guide, sponsored by State Farm Insurance, widely-distributed to high schools across the country.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Commissioned to design and illustrate the 1998 New York State Pro-Choice Voting Guide, distributed to pro-choice organizations and individuals throughout New York State.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Commissioned to create poster for National Aphasia Awareness Month, distributed to more than 5,000 public hospitals nationwide for display.
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\nFinkelstein, Levine, Gittlesohn & Partners, Newburgh, NY
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by Finkelstein, Levine, Gittlesohn & Partners law firm to illustrate and author Harms Way, syndicated comic strip featured in six New York newspapers.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by senior vice president, Larry Willson, to design and illustrate corporate holiday greeting card, distributed to more than 1,000 industry organizations and professionals.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by owner to create a series of five automotive-related murals for permanent display in highline New York City car dealership.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>New York City-themed pen and ink drawing featured in Parsons School of Design 1997-98 Portfolio & Catalog.<\/p>\n
\nContributing illustrator to regional monthly magazine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nContributing illustrator to monthly magazine of Caribbean-American culture.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Painting Instructor<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Material and Methods
\nSummer Intensive Study
\nSummer Academy
\nAdvising
\nSemester Reviewer and Guest Lecturer<\/p>\n
\nTeaching materials and methods.
\nGuest lecturer and semester reviewer.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Guest lecturer and semester reviewer.‘Nurture your childs love of art. ‘
\n<\/strong>Private tutoring for young artistic adults.<\/p>\n