BORN 1954, Trenton, NJ
EDUCATION
1993 MFA in Painting, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Studied with Lennart Anderson, Lois Dodd and John Walker
1976 BA in Art, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
SOLO SHOWS
2013 Art House Picture Frames, Portland, ME
2012 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
Gallery West, Grant Campus, Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY
The Gallery at Chapin School, Princeton, NJ
2010 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
Romano Gallery, Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ
2002 WPA Gallery, Arts Council of Princeton, NJ
1998 Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
1997 Maurice N. Flecker Memorial Gallery, Ammerman Campus, Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY
1995 The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
1986 The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
1985 The Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton, NJ
1983 Queenstown Gallery, Pennington, NJ
1982 The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
1981 The Villanova University Art Gallery, Villanova, PA
1980 Stover Mill, Erwinna, PA
1979 The Center for Health Affairs, Princeton, NJ
1978 Jacmel Galleries, New Hope, PA
GROUP SHOWS
2013 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, Summer Selections
Gallery West, Grant Campus, Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY, Faculty Exhibition,
each year since 2004
2012 The Falcon Foundation, Damariscotta, ME, Lois Dodd and Her Students
2011 The Falcon Foundation, Damariscotta, ME, The Mentors Show
J. Lima Art Studios, Easton, PA, Hot
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, Holiday Group Show
2010 Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME, 5th Biennial Portland Show
2009 The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, curated by Dan Finaldi and Dorrie Papademetriou
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, In Leslie’s Garden
Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY, Night
2008 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, Three Painters
Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ, Group Show
Gallery North, Setauket, NY, Wet Paint Festival
Gallery 18, New London, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Group Show
2007 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, Three-Person Show
Gallery North, Setauket, NY, Wet Paint Festival
2006 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, Group Show
Gallery 18, New London, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Group Show
2005 The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, A Sense of Place: New Jersey,
curated by Dan Finaldi and A. M. Weaver
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY, Small Works,
juried by Claudia Stone
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, Group Show
2004 The Gallery, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, Portrait/Self-portrait,
juried by Mel Leipzig
RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, I Live Here
Wayne (PA) Art Center, National Spring Open Exhibition, juried by Juliet Wilson-Bareau
Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ, The NJ Landscape
2003 The Trenton City Museum, NJ, Jeff Epstein, Tom Lynch and Dana Stewart
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, Rockland Harbor (and vicinity)
Patie Eiffe Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, Alumni Exhibit
Maurice N. Flecker Memorial Gallery, Ammerman Campus, Suffolk County Community College,
Selden, LI, Faculty Exhibition
2002 Dutot Museum, Delaware Water Gap, PA, The Contemporary Landscape, Morpeth Gallery,
Hopewell, NJ, Group Show
2001 The Gallery, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, Sub/urban, three-person
exhibition curated by Tricia Fagan
Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY, The Artists Equity Invitational
The Gallery of South Orange, NJ, Earthline Landscape, curated by Me Leipzig
The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, Eyes on Trenton 2
Blair Academy Gallery, Blairstown, NJ, New Jersey Landscapes
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY, Small Works Invitational
2000 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 175th Annual Exhibition
1999 The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, Ambience and Energy: Expressionist
Painters Give Life to Inanimate Spaces, curated by Stacy Smith
The Lowe Gallery at Hudson Guild, New York, NY, Habitat
Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ, New Jersey Landscapes, curated by Lois Dodd
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, 43rd Annual Print Exhibition, juried by Starr Figura
Vincent Louis Gallery, New York, NY, Artgroup Pride 2
Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, National Print Competition, juried by Sidney Tillim
1998 Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, After Dark, curated by Bruce Brown
Firehouse Gallery, Bordentown, NJ, Contemporary Landscapes, curated by Lois Dodd
1997 First Street Gallery, New York, NY, juried by Eric Brown
1996 La Mamma La Galleria, New York, NY, Me, Myself & I
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY, Small Works,
juried by Edward Thorpe
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
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY, Small Works,
juried by Jacquie Littlejohn
1994 First Story Gallery, Louisville, KY, The Color Show
1993 DDC Gallery, Montclair, NJ, Jeff Epstein and Maria Lupo
Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, TAWA in New York
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, The Search for Meaning
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, MFA Thesis Show
1992 Pfizer Inc. Headquarters, New York, NY, Illumination, curated by the Art Advisory
Service of the Museum of Modern Art
1990 The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, Artists’ Gardens
American Re-Insurance Corp., Princeton, NJ, Recent Acquisitions
Henry Chauncey Conference Center, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, Jeff Epstein
and Clyde Lynds
USSR Artists Union Gallery, Moscow, Russia, TAWA in the USSR
1988 The Art Center of Trenton, NJ, Landscape Painters of the Delaware Valley
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, Living in America
Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Artists Equity Triennial
The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, The Ellarslie Open, also 1986,1984,1982
1987 Gallery Jupiter, Little Silver, NJ, Immediate Causes
Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Objets-dards (sic)
1986 The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ, The New Jersey Arts Annual
1985 Hunterdon Arts Center, Clinton, NJ, 83/84 Fellowship Exhibition
1984 Swansboro Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, Gallery Artists
Nabisco Brands USA Gallery, East Hanover, NJ, New Jersey State Council on the Arts 1984 Visual
Arts Fellowship Recipients
1983 The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, Biennial Competition
1981 The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, Eyes on Trenton
1980 Artspace Middlesex, Kendall Park, NJ, New Jersey Artists: A Selection
1979 The Art Spirit, Clinton, NJ, Of Light and Plane, Jeff Epstein and David Sharp
1977 Gallery 100, Princeton, NJ, Three New Young Artists
AWARDS AND HONORS
2000 President’s Award, TAWA at Ellarslie Museum Exhibition
1994 Finalist, Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Art for Transit Poster Project
1988 Best in Show, Arts Council of the Essex Area Juried Show
1983 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship
Purchase and Merit Awards, Landscapes, Mercer County Cultural and
Heritage Commission and Mercer County Community College
1982 Merit Awards, Mercer County Artists Exhibition, also 1980, 1977
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Janet Purcell, “The Ordinary and Sublime,” The Times of Trenton, 2-10-12, Good Times p. 3 and 8
“Where Man and Nature Meet,” Moravian College Magazine, Spring Edition 2012, p. 32
Fred B. Adelson, “From Waves Of Grain To the Shore,” The New York Times, 1-15-06, NJ
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 continued p. 3
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 Star-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
ARTIST LECTURES AND PANELS
2012 The Chapin School, Princeton, NJ
The Learning Center, Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY
SCCproduction’s Channel, "Faculty Focus Interview with Virginia Horan"
2009 The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
2001 Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
1999 The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, "Printmaking Today"
The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
1998 Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
1997 Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY