Murray Zimiles

Education

  • MFA/Painting and Printmaking, Cornell University, 1965
  • BFA/Painting and Printmaking, University of Illinois, 1963

Additional Professional Training:

  • Atelier Clot - Bramson, Paris, France, 1966
  • Advanced training in lithography at the Ecole Nationale
  • Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1965

Professional Experience

  • State University of New York at Purchase – Kempner Distinguished Professor, 1997
  • State University of New York at Purchase - Professor, 1977 to present
  • State University of New York at New Paltz - Assistant Professor, 1972-76
  • Silvermine-Lacoste School of Art, Lacoste, France - Director, 1972
  • Lehman College, City University of New York - Lecturer, 1972
  • Silvermine College of Art - Chairman, Graphics Department, Assistant Professor, 1969-71
  • Pratt Graphics Center - Instructor, 1968-71
  • Cornell University - Teaching Assistant, 1963-65

Guest Lecturer

  • American Folk Art Museum, New York, 2006, 2007
  • Houston Holocaust Museum, Houston, Texas, 2006
  • Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY, 1989, 1992, 2003, 2005
  • Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois, 2001
  • Millbrook School, Millbrook, New York, 2001
  • Central School of Art, Adelaide, Australia, 2000
  • College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2000
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1996
  • The Sydney Jewish Museum, Sydney, Australia, 1996
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1996
  • The Jewish Museum, Friedman Lecture Series, New York, NY, 1995
  • Holocaust Memorial Museum and Educational Center, Madeira Beach, FL, 1994
  • Rockland Center for the Arts, NY, 1994
  • Purchase College, Jewish Studies Program, Purchase NY, 1994
  • Amsterdam School of the Arts, Amsterdam, Holland, 1993
  • Suffolk Community College, Selden NY, 1993
  • University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1993
  • National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA, 1989
  • S.U.N.Y. Buffalo, NY, 1989
  • Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, 1988
  • Aberdeen Print Studio, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1983
  • Duncan of Jordan Stone School of Art, Dundee, Scotland, 1983
  • Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, 1983
  • Saint Martins School of Art, London, England, 1981
  • Chelsea School of Art, London, England, 1981
  • Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1973, 1975, 1977
  • Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1970
  • Franconia College, Franconia, NH, 1970

Other Professional Experience

  • Selected to head the Purchase College delegation to Technos International Week, 2007 in Japan supported by the Tanaka Foundation
  • Guest Curator, American Folk Art Museum to prepare an exhibition The Synagogue and Carousel, an exhibition of Jewish Folk Art, scheduled for 2007 in their new building adjacent to MOMA on 53rd Street, NY
  • Atelier Project: Proposed, developed, and coordinated the publication of sixteen original
    prints by internationally known artists for a study collection for the 64-campus system of the State University of New York. The $100 thousand budget was raised privately. 1983-86
  • Design and Historical Consultant for Building Project, Western Heritable Investment Corporation. 1985-86
  • Advisory Council, School of Art, Architecture, and Planning, Cornell University. 1978-84

Fellowships and Grants

  • Richard Florshiem Art Fund , funding for the catalogue for retrospective exhibition, 2002
  • New York State Council on the Arts Grant for Artists’ Books Fellowship, 1995-96
  • Museum of American Folk Art Travel Grant to Romania for the Synagogue and the Carousel Project, 1995 and to the Ukraine, 1996
  • Smart Foundation for the Synagogue and the Carousel, Jewish Folk Art project, NY, 1995, 1996
  • Dorot Foundation grant for The Synagogue and The Carousel, Jewish folk art project, 1993-4
  • U.U.P./S.U.N.Y. travel to collections award, 1993, 2000
  • Dutchess County Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship in Artists Books, 1991
  • Visiting Artist Fellowship Program, to publish a suite of prints on the Holocaust, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, 1987, 1998
  • Faculty Award, SUNY at Purchase, 1986, ‘88, ‘91, ‘92, ‘96, ‘06
  • Dutchess County Arts Council Award for the mural for the Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1980-81
  • State University of New York Research Award, for experimentation in high relief collage, drawings, prints, and cast paper, 1976
  • Fellowship to Oslo, Norway, given by the Royal Norwegian Government for the study of Edvard Munch’s art, 1971
  • Fellowship to Paris France, given to the winners of a national competition sponsored by the Harriet Hale Wooley Foundation, administered at the Fondation des Etats-Unis, Cite Universitaire, Paris, France, 1965-66

Collections (partial listing)

  • Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  • Brooklyn Museum, NYC
  • College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, CT
  • Elmhurst College, IL
  • First National Bank, Chicago, IL
  • Jewish Museum, NYC
  • Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NYC
  • Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
  • Museum of Modern Art, NYC
  • Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel
  • National Collection, Washington, DC
  • National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA
  • Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
  • New York Public Library, NYC
  • Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
  • Ronald Lauder Collection, NYC
  • Royal Norwegian Government Collection, Oslo, Norway
  • Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  • Rosenwald Collection, Philadelphia, PA
  • U.S.I.A. Collections
  • Commissioned to paint the official portrait of former Purchase College President Michael Hammond, 2003

Publications

  • Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses, From the Synagogue to the Carousel, book/catalogue for the 2007 exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum.
  • Murray Zimiles, The Fire Paintings, The Book of Fire, Exhibition catalogue for exhibition held at the Stuart Levy Gallery, New York City, Essays by Murray Zimiles and Christopher Busa 1992
  • “Boris”, catalogue essay in Boris Margo, A Retrospective, curated by Murray Zimiles for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum Provincetown, MA, and the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, 1988
  • “Atelier Project”, Provincetown Arts, 1986
  • Windmills: Energy Without Pollution, Historic Preservation, 1975
  • The Lithographic Workshop Around The World, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1974
  • Early American Mills, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1973
  • The Technique of Fine Art Lithography, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1970

Reviews

  • WPYX, Ion Media Networks, Albany, NY, half hour broadcast, Subject Matters with Gary McLouth, Artist Murray Zimiles, 2006
  • MacMillan, Sunny, An Artist Who Leaves No Shadows, The Country and Abroad Magazine, pgs. 90-95, Winter 2005-2006
  • William Zimmer, Art Review, Paintings Whose Figures Tell Tales, Murray Zimiles, A Retrospective, New York Times, November 23, 2003
  • Consoli, Grace, Murray Zimiles, A Retrospective, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Arts Media, New England’s Guide to the Visual Arts, March 15 – April 15, 2003
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Philip Satchel Show, one hour interview about BMG Gallery Exhibition, Adelaide Australia, 2000
  • Rosenblum, Sylvia, Arts Magazine, Eastside Radio 89.7 interview about lecture and workshop at College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2000
  • Donelly, Marea, “War crimes fire a burning passion”, The Book of Fire exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum, The Daily Telegraph, Arts Section, Sydney, Australia, March 8, 1996
  • Rothwell, Nicolas, “Eternal Flame”, The Book of Fire exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum, The Australian Magazine, Showcase, March 2-3, 1996
  • “Best of it”, The Book of Fire, exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum, The Australian Financial Review, Weekend Review of the Arts, March 15, 1996
  • Michaels, Dannielle, “My passion, my obsession”, The Book of Fire exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum, The Australian Jewish News, March 15, 1996
  • Lowe, Jillen, “The Zimiles”, Compelling Art, Dutchess Magazine, Dutchess County, NY, Spring, 1996
  • Wix, Elizabeth, “A Fiery Echo of the Hollocaust, Murray Zimiles”, New York Newsday, Manhattan and Long Island Editions, 1993
  • Dworkin, “Murray Zimiles”, Art News, April 1992
  • Paine, Piera,“Murray Zimiles”, 30 minute broadcast interview for the program Conversations in the Arts, WBAI, February 20, 1992
  • Raynor, Vivien,”Krasdale Foods…Gallery Project…“, New York Times, Sunday, May 5, 1991
  • Busa, Chris, “Murray Zimiles”, New England Arts, August, 1986
  • Caldwell, John, “Murray Zimiles”, New York Times, Sunday, January 4, 1978
  • Justin, Gale, “Murray Zimiles”, Arts Magazine, January, 1978
  • “A Portfolio of Prints by Young Printmakers”, Artist Proof, 1971

Selected One-Man Exhibitions

2006
Houston Holocaust Museum, Houston, Texas
2004
New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
2003
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
2002
Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
2001
Elmhurst College, IL
Warner Gallery, Holbrook Center, Millbrook School, NY
2000
BMG Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1999
DFN Gallery, New York, NY
1998
BMG Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1996
Sydney Jewish Museum, Sydney, Australia, 1996
1994
Holocaust Memorial Museum and Educational Center, Madeira Beach, FL
1993
Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY
1992
Cathedral of Saint John The Divine, New York, NY
Stuart Levy Gallery, New York, NY
1989
National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA
1987
Hahn Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA
1985
Vorpal Galleries, San Francisco, CA
1984
Vorpal Galleries, New York, NY
1983
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, Scotland
1982-
1986
Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1981
Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1980-
2003
Neuberger Museum, SUNY College at Purchase, NY
1978
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Sindin Galleries, New York, NY
1977,
1988
Kent School, Kent, CT
1976
Welfleet Art Gallery, Welfleet, MA
1974
State University of New York at New Paltz, NY
1972
Kunstnerfaorbundet Gallery, Oslo, Norway
1971
Zingale Gallery, New York, NY
1966
Centre Cultural de la Cite Universitaire, Paris, France
1965
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

1971-2006 Over one hundred group exhibitions across the United States and abroad including:

  • Alfred College, NY
  • Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY
  • Dusseldorff Art Multiples, Invitational, 1992, Germany
  • Forum Gallery, New York, NY
  • Graham Gallery, New York, NY
  • Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
  • Hartford School of Art, Hartford, CT
  • Idaho State University, ID
  • Illinois State University, IL
  • Kansas State University, KS
  • Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
  • New Arts Gallery, CT
  • North Carolina State University, NC
  • Pratt Graphics Center, National Show of Cast Paper Objects, New York, NY
  • Philadelphia College of Art, National Invitational, “Experiences in Offset Lithography”, Philadelphia, PA
  • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  • P.S.1 “International Post Card Show”, New York, NY
  • Rockland Center for the Arts, NY
  • Sindin Gallery, New York, NY
  • Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, NY
  • Stuary Levy Gallery, NY
  • SUNY Gallery, Albany, NY
  • SUNY Gallery, Purchase, NY
  • University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ
  • University of Southern California, CA
  • University of Tennessee, TN
  • Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
  • Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA
  • Wisconsin State University, WI