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