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ARTISTS
LITA KELMENSON
 
 
Born in Buffalo, NY

AWARDS & HONORS
2007
1994
1992
1990
1989

1988
1980
1976
1973
Award of Excellence, “Body and Soul”, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, HTAL, Huntington, NY
Permanent Collection, “A View of One’s Own”, NAWA, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NJ
Cleo Hartwig Memorial Award, NAWA, Federal Building, NY
Medal of Honor and Amelia Peabody Memorial Award, NAWA, Federal Building, NY
Chase Manhattan Community Award, “National Works on Paper Competition ’89”, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
Special Award, “First Open Juried Exhibition”, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, NY
Jeffrey Childs Willis Memorial Prize, NAWA, Federal Building, NY
First Award Sculpture, National Juried Exhibition, Bay Shore, NY
Award of Excellence, Long Island Crafts Guild, Nassau Community College, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1997
1993
1990
1985
1981
Plandome Gallery, Plandome, NY
Gallery at Bryant Library, Roslyn, NY
”Reinvention Factor”, Gallery at Port Washington Library, Port Washington, NY
“Inner Visions”, b.j. spoke gallery, NY
“Journey of the Mind”, b.j. spoke gallery, NY
Mari Galleries of Westchester, Ltd., Mamaroneck, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
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2005

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1997
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1994
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1978
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1976
4th Anniversary Exhibition featured artist - dm Contemporary, Mill Neck, NY
“Personal Totems”, Ruth S. Harley University Center Gallery, Adelphi Un., NY
“Body and Soul”. Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, HTAL, Huntington, NY
“Made in the USA”, The Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
“3DeLuxe”, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Parrish Art Museum, “39th Juried Exhibition” Southampton, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
“Derived From Wood”, Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens, Ormond Beach, FL
“Art of the Northeast”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
“Interactive Elements, Mixed Media Sculpture”, Omni Gallery, Garden City, NY
“Reflections”, Mills Pond House, St. James, NY
Rose Gallery, District West Fine Art, Leesburg, VA
Grounds For Sculpture, Summer Exhibition, Hamilton, NJ
“Different Directions”, Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY
“Men”, Denise Bibro Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Millennium Gallery, East Hampton, NY
”Five Faculty Members”, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
“Hoyt National Art Show”, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
ISE Art Foundation, SoHo, NY
“Figure as Form”, Gallery Emanuel, Great Neck, NY
“Buoys: Marking the Place”, Alternative Space, TriBeCa, NY
“Summer Times Three”, b.j. spoke gallery, Invitational, Huntington, NY
“Artist’s Choice 5”, Northport/b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, NY
dupont Gallery, Washington & Lee University, VA
“Social Stigmas”, TriBeCa 148 Gallery, TriBeCa, NY
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, “Tenth Annual Juried Exhibition”, Hempstead, NY
“The Transformation of Matter into Art”, The New York Academy of Sciences, NY
Partnership for the Homeless Benefit Auction, Christies, NY
The Monmouth Museum of Fine Arts,  NJ
National Education Association, Washington, DC
Wunch Art Center, Glen Cove, NY
“Palace Place”, Isis Gallery, Woodbury, NY
“10th Anniversary Exhibition”, b.j. spoke gallery, Port Washington, NY
“International Juried Art Competition, Mussavi Art Center, NoHo, NY
“Beyond the New”, Pleiades Gallery, SoHo, NY
Bergen Community Museum, Paramus, NJ
“In the Best Tradition”, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
“North Shore Artists’ Choices, Shadow Box Gallery, Glen Cove, NY
Sculpture Garden, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
“Figurative Variations”, Hansen Galleries, SoHo, NY
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Julies, Artisans House, Madison Ave., NY, Plastic Jewelry
Islip Town Art Gallery (currently Islip Art Museum), Board of Advisors Exhibit

REVIEWS & RELATED INFORMATION
2005
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1981
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1973
Photos of work: “The Sculpture Reference”, Arthur Williams, Sculpture Books Publishing, Gulfport, MS, 2005
NEW YORK TIMES, 4/4/02, Helen Harrison, “Interactive Elements”
GALLERY & STUDIO, 1/2/2001, “The Female Strikes Back”
NEW YORK TIMES, 7/9/95, Helen Harrison, “Grace and Intrigue Highlight Sculpture”
NEW YORK TIMES, 7/10/94, Helen Harrison, “Using Recent Events as a Theme for Social Commentary”
NEW YORK TIMES, 1/15/89, Phyllis Braff, “Inner Concepts, Outer Forms”
“The NYSATA Bulletin”, Journal, NY State Art Teachers Assoc., Spring/Summer 1988
NEW YORK TIMES, 1/17/88, Phyllis Braff, “Gallery Retains Group Spirit”
NEW YORK TIMES, 2/8/87, Phyllis Braff, “Energetic Work Adds Sparkle to a Diversified Group show”
NEW YORK TIMES, 1/5/86, Phyllis Braff, “Highlights of an Anniversary”
“Art Education” Journal of the National Art Education Assoc., 7/85
THE GRAPHIC, 4/84
NEW YORK TIMES, 1/23/83, Phyllis Braff, “Paper That Stimulates Artistic Creativity”
NEWARK STAR LEDGER, 9/4/83, Eileen Watkins, “Nat’l. Assoc, of Women Artists Exhibits in Bergen”
NEW YORK TIMES, 1/10/82, Helen Harrison, “New Approaches to Social Art”
NEWSDAY, 1/12/82, Malcolm Preston, “Social Commentaries”
NEWSDAY, 1/15/82, Jeanne Paris
NEWSDAY, 2/3/81, Malcolm Preston, “Small Works”
NEWSDAY, 8/19/80, Malcolm Preston, “Rewarding Works by Newcomers at the Gallery Odin”
CRAFT HORIZONS, 6/78, Dido Smith, “New York Media Mix”
Photos of work: “Crafting with Plastics”, Thelma Newman, Chilton Book Co., PA, 1975
LONG ISLAND PRESS, 1/14/73, Jeanne Paris, “Group Show”
R.R. Bowker, Who’s Who in American Art; Who’s Who in American Women, 15th Edition; Who’s Who in New York


EDUCATION
  Queens College, C.U.N.Y. M.S.
Columbia University, N.Y. Graduate Studies
Albright Art School, Buffalo, N.Y. Scholarship
S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo. B.S. cum Laude

PUBLIC COLLECTION
  Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
  Mr. & Mrs. Epstein, Willmington, Delaware
Carla Reuben, Mari Galleries of Westchester Ltd.
Howard Rosengarten, Esq., L.I.
Gwen Karnes, L.I.
Mr. & Mrs. A Rosenman, L.I.
M. & M. Weissbach, L.I.

COLLEGE TEACHING (ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR)
1990 - 2002
1987 - 1992
1975 - 76
1974
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
Dowling College, Oakdale, NY
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY