BORN 1954, Trenton, NJ
EDUCATION  
 
1990-1993
MFA in Painting, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Studied with Lennart Anderson, Lois Dodd and John Walker
 
1972-1976
BA in Art, Moravian College, Bethlehem. PA
 
1977-1979
Studied with Edith Isaac-Rose and Hughie Lee-Smith
through Artworks, Princeton, NJ
 
Summer 1974
Studied with Dr. Rudy S. Ackerman in Florence, Italy

AWARDS AND HONORS
President's Award, "TAWA Exhibition at Ellarsie Museum, " 2000
Best in Show, "Arts Council of the Essex Area Juried Show," 1988
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship, 1984

Purchase and Merit Awards, "Landscapes," Mercer County Cultural and

 

Heritage Commission and Mercer County Community College, 1983
Merit Awards, "Mercer County Artists Exhibition," 1982,1980,1977
SOLO SHOWS
Rider Universtiy Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ, 1998
The Art Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY, 1997
The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, 1995, 1986, 1982
The Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton, NJ, 1985
Queenstown Gallery, Pennington, NJ, 1985
The Villanova University Art Gallery, Villanova, PA, 1981
Stover Mill, Erwinna, PA,1980
The Center for Health Affairs, Princeton, NJ, 1979
Jacmel Galleries, New Hope, PA,1978
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, "Eyes on Trenton," 2001
The Gallery of South Orange (NJ), "Earthline-Landscape," curated by Mel Leipzig, 2001
National Academy of Design, New York, NY, "175th Annuanl Exhibition," 2000
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, "Ambience and Energy: Expressionist
  Painters Give Life to Inanimate Spaces," 1999
The Lowe Gallery at Hudson Guild, New York, NY, "Habitat," 1999
Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ, "New Jersey Landscapes,"
  curated by Lois Dodd, 1999
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, "43rd Annual Print Exhibition,"
  juried by Starr Figura, 1999
Vincent Louis Gallery, New York, NY, "Artgroup Pride 2," 1999
Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, "National Print Competition,"
  juried by Sidney Tillim, 1999
Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME, "After Dark," curated by Bruce Brown, 1998
Firehouse Gallery, Bordentown, NJ, "Contemporary Landscapes,"
  curated by Lois Dodd, 1998
First Street Gallery, New York, NY, juried by Eric Brown, 1997
La Mamma La Galleria, New York, NY, "Me, Myself & I," 1996
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY,
  "Small Works," juried by Edward Thorpe, 1996
New Jersey Network, Trenton, NJ, "Jeff Epstein and Tom Malloy," 1995
BACA Downtown Gallery, Brooklyn War Memorial Building, Brooklyn, NY,
  "A Different Perspective," curated by Scott Holman, 1995
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY,
  "Small Works," juried by Jacquie Littlejohn, 1995
First Story Gallery, Louisville, KY, "The Color Show," 1994
DDC Gallery, Montclair, NJ, "Jeff Epstein and Maria Lupo," 1993
Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, "TAWA in New York," 1993
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, "The Search for Meaning," 1993
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, "Thesis Show," 1993
Pfizer Inc. Headquarters, New York, NY, "Illumination,"

 

curated by the Art Advisory Service of the Museum of Modern Art, 1992
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, "Artistsą Gardens," 1990
American Re-Insurance Corp., Princeton, NJ, "Recent Aquisitions," 1990
Henry Chauncey Conference Center, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ,

 

"Jeff Epstein and Clyde Lynds," 1990
USSR Artists Union Gallery, Moscow, Russia, "TAWA in the USSR," 1990
The Art Center of Trenton, NJ, "Landscape Painters of the Delaware Valley," 1988
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, "Living in America," 1988,
Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, "Artists Equity Triennial," 1988, 1984
The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, "The Ellarslie Open," 1988,1986,1984,1982
Gallery Jupiter, Little Silver, NJ, "Immediate Causes," 1987
Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, "Objets-dards" (sic), 1987
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, "The New Jersey Arts Annual," 1986
Hunterdon Arts Center, Clinton, NJ, "83/84 Fellowship Exhibition," 1985
The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, "Biennial Competition," 1983
Swansboro Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, "Gallery Artists," 1984
Nabisco Brands USA Gallery, East Hanover, NJ, "New Jersey State Council on the Arts

 

1984 Visual Arts Fellowship Recipients," 1984
The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, "Eyes on Trenton," 1981
Corporate Art Directions, New York, NY, "New Work," 1981
Artspace Middlesex, Kendall Park,NJ, "New Jersey Artists: A Selection," 1980
The Art Spirit, Clinton, NJ, "Of Light and Plane," 1979
Gallery 100, Princeton, NJ, "Three New Young Artists," 1977
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Helen A. Harrison, "Works of Curious, Conflicting Directions,"

 

The New York Times, 4-13-97, p.LI 16
Cathy Viksjo, "Jeff Epstein's work shown at Ellarslie," The Trenton Times, 6-11-95 p.CC1
Laura Mayron, "The Geometry of Contemporary Life," Artifacts, Vol.X, No.3, p.1
William Zimmer, "At Little Silver, the Solid and the Airy,"

 

The New York Times, 3-13- 97, p. NJ 28
Susan Doan-Johnson, "Three Mini Exhibitions Come Together for Impressive

 

Show at Ellarslie," The Trenton Times, 7-20-86, p. CC8
Louis Cook, "Art Exhibit at City Museum a Real Eye-Opener,"

 

The Trentonian, 3-19- 84, p.15

Lizabeth Starr, New Jersey Television Network, State of the Arts, 3-6-84
Eileen Watkins, "Selection and Celebration of Realistic Painters,"

The Starr- Ledger, 5-13-80, p.33

Trilla Ramage, "Artist Finds the Right Light at his Merritt Drive Home,"

 

The Lawrence Ledger, 12-25-84
Andrea Clurfeld, "Jeff Epstein Has Remembering Eye for Realistic Image, Abstract Form,"

 

The Hunterdon Democrat, 5-24-79

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