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ARTIST STATEMENT
Three themes underpin my work: the emotional response to a scene where only the viewer is present; light as mediator between the fleeting and the permanent; and, finally, a representation of reality that plays fact against perception colored by memory.
BIOGRAPHY 1973 to Present
One Man Shows Gallery Madison 90, New York City, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983 Spring, 1983 Fall, 1992 Allen Sheppard Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., New York, 2002 Michael Ingbar Gallery, 568 Broadway, New York, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005 Gallery 25N, Peekskill, New York, 2006 Group Exhibitions New England Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, 1976, 1997, 1998 Josef Gallery, New Jersey, 1976, 1977, 1978 Audubon Artists, NYC, 1978 National Academy, NYC, 1978 Winthrop Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1982 Jean Lumbard Fine Arts, NYC, 1983 Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NYC, 1987 Gallery Madison 90 Inc, NYC, 1991 Americas Gallery, NYC, 1993 Red Windows, Christie’s, NYC, 1994 Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, 1996 “NYC Bridges” Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, “Four Artists Take on New York” 1997 Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, “Drawing the Lines: New York City Subways,” Group Show to Benefit The New York Transit Museum” 1997 Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, Is Still Standing,” 1998 “1898 Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, "Splendor in the Grass: Central Park” 1999 Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, “New York at Large” 1999 Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC, 2000 Michael Ingbar Gallery, “Building Against the Sky” 2001 Michael Ingbar Gallery, “Manhattan Paintings” NYC, 2002 Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC, 2002 Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, “Views of Manhattan” 2003 Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC, 2004 Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, “Color in New York” 2004 Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC, “Urban Affair” 2005 Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, 2006 Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC, 2007 Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, Summer Exhibition, 2008 Phyllis Lucas Gallery, 2008 Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC, “Inner City Out,” 2009 Terrain Gallery, NYC, “Surface and Depth—Contemporary Paintings” 2010
Education 1969 – 1972 Art Students League 1962 – 1967 Harvard University, BA 1967
Collections and Galleries In addition to private collections, Derek Reist’s paintings are in the collections of Paine Webber, General Mills Corporation, Howrey LLP at Citigroup Center, Cravath Swaine and Moore, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, Pfizer Corporation, UBS and the International Peace Academy. He is represented by Allen Sheppard Gallery in Chelsea, Michael Ingbar Gallery in SoHo, Michael Lucas Gallery in Midtown, and Gallery 25N in Peekskill, New York. 914-734-7041 derekreist@aol.com |
