Florence Putterman uses imagery like a typesetter uses letters…imprinting her canvases with marks that create a language of fantasy, emotion and wonder. Often applying sand and crushed shells to her canvas before painting, she allows these forms to lead her to the creatures and shapes that follow.
Following the receipt of an NEA grant to explore and study the prehistoric symbolism of our ancient civilizations, Florence began to develop her own symbolism. Her whimsical creatures of frolicking elephants, playful dogs and cats, colorful serpents and tropical birds combine with abstract marks, lines and curves and levitating figures reminiscent of Chagall or Miro to build a narrative of images that dance magically across her canvases. Her collages are composed of found objects, hand-made papers and Putterman’s great interest in giving discarded items a new life and meaning. Her colors are earthy, pungent and bold; and her use of sand and crushed shells makes a crackled texture surface that further intrigues the eye.
Although she considers herself a late-bloomer in the field of art, Florence has proven herself more than serious about what she does. Having received a M.F.A. from Penn State University and then fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Florence has continued to exhibit extensively throughout the U.S. with literally hundreds of solo and group exhibitions. She has received numerous awards and is featured in the collections of such notables as the Metropolitan Museum of New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Grand Rapids Museum of Fine Art, Chicago Art Institute, Portland Museum of Art and many, many others. She has been a teacher, juror, mentor and an inspiration to those who have been fortunate to experience her zest for life and her love of art.
Florence divides her time between homes in central Pennsylvania and southern Florida, and her works are exhibited extensively throughout the U.S.
EDUCATION:
1947 - B.S., New York University
1963-1970 - Graduate Studies, Bucknell University
1973 - M.F.A., Penn State University
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
2007 - Brand 36 Brand Library, Glendale, Ca
- Graphic Chemical Colorprint Society
2004 - Daniel Serra Baduie Award, Society of American Graphic Artists
2002 - Purchase Award La Grange National XXII Biennial, La Grange, GA
2001 - Colorprint Society, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
2000 - National Association of Woman Artists, Sarasota, Florida
1999 - Dr. Everett Harrison Award, Florida Artists Group, Orlando, FL
1998 - Stockton Print and Drawing Purchase Award, Stockton, California
1997 - National Association of Women Artists, Palm Beach
- Purchase Award, Del Mar College Annual, Corpus Christie,TX
1996 - Daniel Serra V Nevas Memorial Award-Audubon Artists
- Elizabeth Morse Memorial Award, Florida Artists Group
- Leila Sawyer Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists
1995 - Award for Excellence, Philadelphia Watercolor Club
- Stella Drabkin Award, Colorprint Society, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA (also 1994)
1984 - The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (also 1983)
1979 - National Endowment for the Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2012 Lebanon Art Gallery, Lebanon, PA
- Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (also 2010, 2007, 2004, 2002, 1999, 1997, 1996)
- Post and Lintel Selinsgrove, PA
2011 Pace Galleries, Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, ME
- Villanova University, Villanova, PA
2010 - A survey of works 1950-2010, Ringing College, Sarasota, FL
- Noir et Blanc, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
- Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
2009 - Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art Sarasota FL (also 2007, 2005, 2003)
2008 - Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (also 2006)
- Dana Gallery, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
2007 - Pennsylvania College of Technology, Impressions Gallery, Danville, PA
- Barnstone Gallery, Phoenixville. PA
- Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown. PA
2006 - Susquehanna Art Museum,. Harrisburg, Pa
- Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
- City Hall, Hollywood, Fl
- Gallery 10 Washington, D.C.
2005 - Allyn Gallup Gallery, Sarasota, FL (also 2003)
2004 - Walton Art Center, Fayetteville, AR
- Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
- Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA
- Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY (also 2002, 1999, 1997, 1996)
2003 - Ten-Year Retrospective, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
- Robeson Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
- Waterworks Visual Art Center, Salisbury, NC
2002 - Albany Art Museum, Albany, GA
- Milton Hershey Art Museum, Hershey, PA
- Texas A & M, College Station, TX
- Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, FL
2001 - Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
- Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL
- Tampa International Airport, Terminal A, Tampa, FL
- Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2000 - Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
- Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC
- Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
- Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
1999 - Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, TX
- Galerie Lumiere, Savannah, GA
1998 - Ziegenfuss Gallery, Sarasota., FL
- Burroughs-Chapin Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Lighthouse Gallery, Tequesta, FL (also 1993)
- The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA (also 1996, 1993, 1992, 1990)
1997 - Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, FL
1996 - Hodges-Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- Donn Roll Gallery, Sarasota, FL (also 1994)
- State Capital, Tallahassee, FL
1995 - Walter Wickiser Gallery New York, NY
- Florida Printmakers, Jacksonville, FL
- Americas 2000 Works on Paper, Minot State, ND
- Imaging New Jersey-Printmaking Council of NJ
- Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
- University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI
- Erie Art Museum. Annual Erie, PA
- 1Colorprint Society Annual-Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR
- Prints'94 Artists Equity Triennial-Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
1994 - Ringling Museum Statewide Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
1993 - Galeria Brita Prinz, Madrid, Spain
- Florida Artists:Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL
- Paintings: Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NY
- Women Artists;Harmon Gallery,Sarasota, FL
- Five Sarasota Artists, Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1992 - Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Gallery 10, Washington, D.C.
- Works on paper, Humphrey Gallery, NY
- 25th Anniversary Invitational, Doshi Gallery, PA
- “Skin, Sand, Paint, Metal": Bucknell University, PA
- "Return Engagement" Works from the Spanish Embassy
- Anderson=Marsh Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
- Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Woodmere Art Museum, PA
- University of Delaware Biennial Newark, DE
- Florida Artists: Harmon Gallery, Sarasota. FL
- Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Noyes Museum, NJ
- Contemporary Printmakers, Sordoni Gallery, Wilkes College, PA
- Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
- 40 Printmakers: Long Beach Island Foundation, NJ
1991 - Artist's React to The Gulf Crisis": Erie Art Museum, Eric, PA
- Print Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts of Hanoi
- Florida Artists: Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL
- Spanish Embassy, Madrid, Spain
- Faculty Exhibition: Susquehanna University, PA
- Audubon Artists, Annual National Arts Club, N
- Expanding the Figurative Imagination",
1990 Works on Paper, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Erie Museum of Art Annual: Erie, PA
- Works on paper, Beaver College, PA
- Pennsylvania Artists, Joshua White Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
- Pennsylvania Artists: Josiah White Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
1989 - Boston Printmakers Annual Mid-year Biennial, Owensburg Museum of Art Owensburg, KY
- Erie Museum of Art Annual, Erie, PA
1988 - Introductions III, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
- Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
- University of Delaware Biennial, Newark, DE
- National Print Exhibition, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
- Pacific States National Print Exhibition, Hilo, HI
- Works on Paper, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
- Artist's Equity Triennial, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- "Art Made in the USA" Municipal Art Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
1987 - Contemporary Works from the Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
- University of Dallas Print Invitational, TX
- “Artists Choose Artists," Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
- “Continuity & Change", Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
- Colorprint Society, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- National Association of Women Artists, Monmouth Museum, NJ
1986 - North Carolina Print & Drawing, Charlotte, NC
- "Heart of America" National Print Exhibition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Monotype Invitational, Greene County Center for Art, Catskill, NY;
- 16th National Works on Paper, Minot State College, Minot, ND
- East/West Exchange," Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
- Beaver College Print Exhibition, Glenside, PA
- Women's Invitational, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
- "Letters", Women's Caucus for Art, The Clocktower , NY
- Audubon Artists Annual, Academy of Design, New York, NY
- "Folk Images in Contemporary Art," Tampa Museum Tampa Fl
- Society of Four Arts Painting Annual, Palm Beach, FL
- Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Colorprint Society, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- Society of American Graphic Artists
1985 - 9th University of Dallas National Print Invitational, Irving, TX
- Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC
- Boston Printmakers Annual, Boston MA
- Chautauqua National, Chatauqua, NY
- Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
- Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 3rd Annual National Exhibition, Printmaking Council of NJ
- North Dakota Print & Drawing Annual, Grand Forks, ND
- Delmar College Annual, Corpus Christi, TX
- Mickelson Gallery, Washington, DC
1984 - "Cave Letters"Segal Gallery, NYC
- "New Work", Segal Gallery, NYC
- Rutgers Drawing Annual, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,NJ
- Print Print Club Annual, Philadelphia, PA
1983 - Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "New Aquisitions," Jacksonville Museum, Jacksonville, FL
- National Society of Miniature Painters, Washington, DC
1982 - LosAngeles Printmaking Society, Multicultural Art Institute, San Diego CA
- North Carolina Print & Drawing Society 6th Annual:
1981 - Colorprint Society, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
- Potsdam Drawing Exhibition, State University of New York,
Potsdam, NY
- Plate I Print Exhibition, Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
- Boston Printmakers Annual Boston, MA
1980 - Chautaqua National, Chautaqua, NY
- "In Celebration of Print," Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
- Society of American Graphic Artists, AAA Gallery,
New York, NY
- "Multiple Impressions," Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1979 - "New American Monotypes," SITES, Smithsonian Institute
INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2013 - SAGA, Galerie Recolte, Fukuoka, Japan
2007 - Triennial Print Exhibition, Krakow, Poland
2006 - International Print Exhibit, Krakow, Poland
1997 - Colour Graphique, Krakow, Poland
1996 - U.S. Embassies, Sri Lanka & Benin
1993 - Galeria Briz Prinz, Madrid, Spain
1991 - Print Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts of Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam
1991 - Spanish Embassy, Madrid, Spain
1988 - Art Made in the USA, Municipal Art Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012 - SAGA exhibition, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Black and White, Gallery 705, Stroudsburg, PA
- Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Wayne, NJ
- Doshi 40, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2011 - Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
- Pennsylvania Treasures, Anita Shapolsky Foundation, Jim Thorpe, PA
2010 - Brand Library, Glendale, CA
- Nathan Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2009 - Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
- Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
- American Impressions, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
- Society of American Artists, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL and Australia
- Susquehanna Art Museum
- Florida Museum for Women Artist, Deland, FL
- Gallery 704, Stroudsburg, PA
- Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
- Keystone National, Mechanicsburg, PA
2008 - Valdosta National, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
2007 - Brand Library Print Exhibition, Glendale, CA
- Paper Cuts, Projects Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
- Whitaker Center, Harrisburg, PA
2006 - Sculpture, Gallery 10, Washington, DC
- Silvermine Guild National 25th exhibition, New Canaan, CT
- Delmar Collage, Corpus Christie, TX
- Colorprint Society, Springbull Gallery, Newport, RI
- Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
- Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA
2005 - A Papered Approach, Hyder Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Landscape, Boston Printmakers, Danforth Museum, Danforth, NJ
- National Print Exhibition, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
- Artists Equity, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
- Contemporary Printmaking, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
- American Colorprint Society, Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
- SAGA Exhibition, Miami University, Coral Gables, FL
2004 - American Impressions, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
- La Grange National 2004 XXIII Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, La Grange, GA
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- Poughkeepsie Art Museum, Poughkeepsie, NY
2003 - Journey Within, Morrison Gallery, Penn State, Harrisburg, PA
- American Colorprint Society, Weidner University, Chester, PA
- Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Glendale, CA
- Appalachian Corridors, Charleston, WV
- Invitational Print Exhibition, Big Arts, Sanibel, FL
- Traditional & Contemporary Prints, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
- Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
- 52nd Invitational, Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton FL
- Works on Paper Biennial, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2002 - Butler Institute of American Art, 66th National Mid-year Show, Youngstown, OH
- Society of Four Arts 64th Annual Exhibition, Palm Beach, FL
- La Grange National, Chattahoochee Valley Museum, La Grange, GA
- Earth Matters, Los Angeles Printmakers Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
- 17TH Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
- Images, Robeson Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA
- National Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Assoc., Cooperstown, NY
- Please Do Not Sit on the Chair, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
- Anita Shapolsky Foundation, Jim Thorpe, PA
2001 - Landscapes, Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL
- 63rd Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings, Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach, FL
- Works on Paper, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
- Tampa Museum Overview/Undercurrent, Tampa, FL
- Minot State University, Minot, ND
- Florida Printmakers Exhibition, Venice, FL
- Humanity, Printmaking Council of NJ, Somerville, NJ
- Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
- Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
- NAWA, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, Palm Beach, FL
- Colorprint Society, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Valdosta National Works on Paper, Valdosta, GA
2000 - Print & the Process, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
- Southern Graphics Print Exhibition, Miami, FL
- Wallpaper, Pedestrian Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
- Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, Palm Beach, FL
- Florida Printmakers, Miami, FL
- Print Exhibition, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
1999 - Works on Paper, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
- Artists Equity Exhibition, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
1998 - Del Mar College Drawing Annual, Corpus Christie, TX
- 26th Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
- Surface & Diversity, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
- Stockton National Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
- Across the Grain, University of Texas, Tyler, TX
- Florida Artists Annual, Jacksonville Museum, Jacksonville, FL
- Florida Printmakers, Lemoyne Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
- Florida Printmaking Society, Lee County Art Center, Ft. Meyers, FL
1997 - Del Mar College, Corpus Christie, TX
- Fron Acconci to Wujick, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
1996 - 10th Biennial National Print Show, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
- La Grange National Biennial, La Grange, GA
- East-West Exchange, 479 Gallery, New York, NY
- Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
- Abstraction Monoprint,Monotype University Museum, Indiana, PA
- Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
- Kala Institute, Berkley, CA
- Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
- Urban USA Portfolio, Old Print Club, NY & Fred Baker Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 - Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
- Florida Printmakers, Jacksonville, FL
- Americas 2000: Works on Paper, Minot State University, Minot, ND
- Imaging New Jersey-Printmaking Council of NJ, Somerville, NJ
- Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI
- Erie Art Museum. Annual, Erie, PA
1994 - Colorprint Society Annual, Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- Northwest Print Council, Portland, OR
- Prints'94 Artists Equity Triennial-Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
- Ringling Museum Statewide Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
1993 - Florida Artists, Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL
- Paintings, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
- Women Artists, Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL
- Five Sarasota Artists, Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1992 - The Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Gallery 10, Washington, D.C.
- Works on Paper, Humphrey Gallery, New York, NY
- 25th Anniversary Invitational Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
- "Skin, Sand, Paint, Metal": Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
- “Return Engagement" Works from the Spanish Embassy, Anderson-Marsh Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
- Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- University of Delaware Biennial, Newark, DE
- Florida Artists, Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL
- Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
- Contemporary Printmakers, Sordoni Gallery, Wilkes College, PA
- Pennsylvania Artists, Josiah White Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
- 40 Printmakers, Long Beach Island Foundation, NJ
1991 - "Artist's React to The Gulf Crisis": Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
- Florida Artists, Harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL
- Faculty Exhibition, Susquehanna University, PA
- Audubon Artists, Annual, National Arts Club, N
1990 - "Expanding the Figurative Imagination", Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
- Works on Paper, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
- Erie Museum of Art Annual, Erie, PA
- Works on Paper, Beaver College. PA
- Pennsylvania Artists, Joshua White Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
1989 - Boston Printmakers Annual Mid-year Biennial, Owensburg Museum of Art, Owensburg, KY
- Erie Museum of Art Annual, Erie, PA
1988 - Introductions III, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas TX
- Boston Printmakers, Boston MA
- University of Delaware Biennial, Newark, DE
- National Print Exhibition, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
- Pacific States National Print Exhibition, Hilo, HI
- Works on Paper, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
- Artist's Equity Triennial, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1987 - Contemporary Works from the Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
- University of Dallas Print Invitational, TX
- "Artists Choose Artists", Tampa Museum, FL
- "Continuity & Change", Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
- Colorprint Society, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- National Association of Women Artists, Monmouth Museum, NJ
1986 - North Carolina Print & Drawing, Charlotte, NC
- "Heart of America" National Print Exhibition, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Monotype Invitational, Greene County Center for Art, Catskill, NY
- 16th National Works on Paper, Minot State College, Minot, ND
- East/West Exchange, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
- Beaver College Print Exhibition, Glenside, PA
- Women's Invitational, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
- "Letters", Women's Caucus for Art, The Clocktower, NY
- Audubon Artists Annual, Academy of Design, New York, NY
- "Folk Images in Contemporary Art," Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
- Society of Four Arts Painting Annual, Palm Beach, FL
- Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Colorprint Society, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- Society of American Graphic Artists
1985 - 9th University of Dallas National Print Invitational, Irving, TX
- Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, NY
- Boston Printmakers Annual, Boston, MA
- Chautauqua National, Chautauqua, NY
- Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
- 3rd Annual National Exhibition, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
- Printmaking Council of NJ
- North Dakota Print & Drawing Annual, Grand Forks, ND
- Delmar College Annual, Corpus Christi, TX
- Mickelson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1984 - "Cave Letters", Segal Gallery, New York, NY
- "New Work", Segal Gallery, New York, NY
- Rutgers Drawing Annual, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- Print Club Annual, Philadelphia, PA
1983 - Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "New Aquisitions", Jacksonville Museum, Jacksonville, FL
- National Society of Miniature Painters, Washington, D.C.
1982 - Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Multicultural Art Institute, San Diego, CA
- North Carolina Print & Drawing Society 6th Annual Print Exhibition, Charlottesville, NC
1981 - Colorprint Society, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
- Potsdam Drawing Exhibition, State University of New York, Potsdam
- Plate I Print Exhibition, Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
- Boston Printmakers Annual, Boston, MA
1980 - Chautauqua National, Chautauqua, NY
- "In Celebration of Print," Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
- Society of American Graphic Artists, AAA Gallery, New York, NY
- "Multiple Impressions", Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1979 - "New American Monotypes", SITES, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
2010 - Life Achievement Award, Society of American Graphic Artists, Brand Library 39 Works on Paper, Glendale, CA
2007 - Brand 36: Works on paper, Brand Library, Glendale, CA
- Colorprint Society, Graphic Chemical Award
2005 - Graphic Chemical Award, Colorprint Society, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
- Artists Quity, Honorable Mention, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
2004 - Renaissance Graphic Arts Materials Award, SAGA 71st Annual Exhibition
- Daniel Serra Baduie Award, Society of American Graphic Artists
2002 - Purchase Award La Grange National XXII Biennial, La Grange, GA
2001 - Colorprint Society, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
2000 - National Association of Woman Artists, Sarasota, Florida
1999 - Dr. Everett Harrison Award, Florida Artists Group, Orlando, FL
1998 - Stockton Print and Drawing Purchase Award, Stockton, California
1997 - National Association of Women Artists, Palm Beach
- Purchase Award, Del Mar College Annual, Corpus Christie,TX
1996 - Daniel Serra V Nevas Memorial Award-Audubon Artists
- Elizabeth Morse Memorial Award, Florida Artists Group
- Leila Sawyer Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists
1995 - Award for Excellence, Philadelphia Watercolor Club
- Stella Drabkin Award, Colorprint Society, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA (also 1994)
1994 - National Medal of Honor, Elizabeth Blake Award, National Association of Women Artists
- Best in Show Award, Printmaking Council of NJ Nabisco exhibition
- Honorable Mention, Artist’s Equity, Berman Museum, Ursinus College
1993 - Ear Horter Award for Excellence in Graphics
- Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1992 - Ethel Klassen Memorial Award, Florida Artists Exhibition
- Honorable Mention, Printmaking Council of NJ
1988 - Distinguished Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University
- Kohinoor Award, Printmaking Council of NJ
- Purchase Award, University of Dallas Print Invitational, TX
1985 - Chautauqua National, Chautauqua, NY
- Gold Medal of Honor, Audubon Artists, New York, NY
- Laura Clary Memorial Award, 2nd National Print & Drawing, Buffalo, NY
- Johnson & Johnson Purchase Prize, 3rd Annual National, Council of NJ
- Purchase Prize, North Carolina Print & Drawing, Charlotte, NC
- Delmar College Drawing Annual, Corpus Christi, TX
1984 - Estelle Colwin Snellenberg Award, Artists Equity, Philadelphia, PA
- Andrew Nelson Whitehead Boston Printmakers
1983 & 84 – The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
1981 - Women in the Arts, William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA
- Painting Annual, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
1980 - Chautauqua National, Chautauqua, NY
1979-80 – National Endowment for the Arts
1979 - Gold Medal of Honor, Audubon Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, NY
- Purchase Award, Charlotte Printmakers, Charlottesville, NC
- Purchase Award, Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, NJ
1975 - Appalachian Corridors Biennial Art Exhibition, Purchase Award
COLLECTIONS:
Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum Of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Jacksonville Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Grand Rapids Museum of Fine Art, Grand Rapids,
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Palmer Museum, Penn State University
Polk Museum, Lakeland, FL
Museum of Art, University of Arizona
Grunewald Collection, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, La Grange, GA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
Barnet Bank, Tampa, FL
Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania
Harris Savings Bank, Harrisburg, PA
Daon Corporation
Bloomsburg University of PA
National Bank of Texas
General Re Insurance
IT&T
First Federal Savings of Chicago, IL
Cameron Iron Works, Houston, TX
Merrill Lynch, San Francisco, CA
Real Time Management, Bridgeport, CT
IBM, Santa Rosa, CA, NYC and Washington, DC
Bank of America, Los Angeles, CA
Marco Systems, Washington, DC
Psychiatric Institute of America, Washington, DC
Mattel, Los Angeles, CA
Two/Ten National Foundation, Boston, MA
Continental Illinois Bank, Chicago, IL
Northern Trust Co. Chicago, IL
Acco World Corp. Deerfield, IL
Centel, Chicago, IL
Hyatt Technical Center, Oak Brook, IL
O'Hare Plaza, Chicago, IL
Ragu Foods, Connecticut
Appalachian Corridors
Bell Telephone of NJ
Atlantic Richfield
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
California College of Art
Purculator Arco, Dallas, TX
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Stamford, CT
Johnson & Johnson
Bear Sterns, San Francisco, CA
Nations Bank
AMOCO
Saks Fifth Avenue, Sarasota, FL
National Museum for Women in the Arts
Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
City of Orlando, FL
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL
Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL
Anne Carlsen Center for Children
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Health Care for all, Boston, MA
Volunteers Lawyers Project, Boston, MA
POSITIONS:
1990 - Artist -In-Residence, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
1989 - Monotype workshop: Bennington College
1984-1990 - Instructor, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
1980 - Juror, Women in the Arts Exhibition, William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1973-75 - Instructor Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
1969-70 - Demonstrating Artist, Title III Program
1967-68 - Artist-in-residence, Federal Title III Program
- Vice-Pres: Society of American Graphic Artists
AFFILIATIONS:
Artists Equity
National Association of Women Artists
Boston Printmakers
Society of American Graphic Artists
Audubon Artists
Printmaking Council of New Jersey
Philadelphia Watercolor Society
Colorprint Society
Philadelphia Print Club
Florida Artists Group
Founder & President: Arts Unlimited, Selinsgrove, PA 1969-73
Treasurer, Mid State Artists, 1969-72
Curator, Milton Shoe Company Print Collection Board of Directors, Fetherston Foundation 1975-90 Board of Directors: Bucknell University Art Gallery 1989-1997
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS:
1990-91 - “Twenty-Year Survey”
1983-85 - “In Search of Origins”, curated by Jane M. Farmer
- Mt. San Angelo’s Artists”, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, - 9th University of Dallas Print Invitational
1983-85 - “Bird, Hand & Man”, Museum of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1989-90 - “Bird, Hand & Man”, Polk Museum, Lakeland FL
1979 - “New American Monotypes”, organized by Smithsonian Institute
1978 - Library of Congress Biennial
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Mark Ormond, Pelican Press, Sarasota, FL, 2007
Robin Rice, ARTnews, summer issue, 2006
Scott Campbell: Traversing the mediums, Harrisburg Magazine, 2006
Andrew Damiter, The Spirit, Philadelphia, PA, March 2006
David Dunkle, The Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA April 20, 2006
Mark Ormond, Pelican Press, Jan 20, 2005
Marty Fugate Longboat Observe, Jan 20, 2005
Kevin Costello, Sarasota Herald Tribune, Jan 23, 2005
David Cleveland, Salient Parables, catalog, 2004
Mark Ormond, Pelican Press, 2004
Tempo, Tampa Bay, May, 2004
Marty Fugate, Longboat Observer, 2004
Mark Ormond, Pelican Press, Feb 20, 2003
Centre Daily Times Artist Profile, PA Sept 12, 2003
Sunbury Daily Item, Sunbury, PA Nov 20, 2003
Valerie Livingston, Ten-Year Retrospective, 2003
Arlene McKanic, Art News, November, 2002
Lilly Wei, Allusive Metaphors catalog, 2002
Jessica Schilling ; Putterman Visits Albany Art Museum, Albany Herald, May 30,.2002
Terri Finn,Tampa Museum Show Expands Its Range, Sarasota Tribune, July 20, 2001
Ellen Slupe, Pennsylvania’s Treasure, Lancaster County Woman, Sept-Oct, 2001
Marcia Corbino, West Coast Women, April, 2001
James Shepp, Explorations in Several Media, Maitland Art Center, March, 2001
Joan Altabe, The Arts, Herald-Tribune, March 2, 2001
Terry Hummel, Orlando Sentinel, 2001
Peter Koenig, Weekly Planet, Feb 15, 2001
Joan Altabe, Sarasota Herald Tribune, The best in Art & Architecture in 2000
Art at the Four Corners, Gerrit Henry catalog, 2000
Metaphoric Fables, Eleanor Heartney, 1999, catalogDaily Item Sunbury Pa Susquehanna Today, Sept 26, 1999
Joan Altabe, Sarasota Herald Tribune, April 9, 1999
Sarasota Arts Review, April, 1999
Lynn Hamilton, Fish Kiss Woman, Creative Loafing, Savannah, GA, March 6, 1999
Zoe Randall, Savannah News, Savannah, GA, March, 1999
Donna Dorian Wall, “The New Gouache” Southern Accents, July, 1998
Joe Jacobs, Metaphoric Fables, catalog Lighthouse Gallery, Tequesta, FL, 1998
Kevin Costello, Art Beat Pelican Press, Jan 8, 1998
Judd Tully, Cryptic Tidings, 1997, catalog
Char Magaro, Artist Bio, Citybeat, Jan., 1997
Jeff Smart, Catching up with Florence Putterman, Longboat Observer, Feb, 1997
Joan Altabe, New Art:Making History, Sarasota Herald Tribune, Jan 1, 1995
Kevin Costello, Bradenton Herald, December 6, 1994
Joan Altabe, Sarasota Herald Tribune, November 25,1994
Lee Fleming, Washington Post, July 9, 1994
Joan Altabe, "Dreams So Real", Sarasota Herald Tribune, April 10, 1994
Kevin Dean and Kay Kippling, "Florence Putterman at Donn Roll Galleries", The Longboat Observer, March 31, 1994
"Art this Week", The Palm Beach Post, Oct 29, 1993
Joan Altabe, "The Case of the Missing Criteria", Sarasota Herald Tribune Jan 17, 1993
Valerie Livingston, Exploring the Narrative in Florence Putterman.work, 1993
"Artists Recognition", Sarasota Herald Tribune, Jan 17, 1993
"Rasky Recieves Three Awards in One Week", Sarasota Herald Tribune, April 2, 1992
Kevin Dean, Longboat Observer Arts, Oct 17, 1991
Joan Altabe, Sarasota Herald Tribune, Feb 10, 1991
Randy Ploog, 20 year survey, Penn State University Museum, 1991
Kevin Dean, New Art Examiner, June, 1990
Katherine Collmer, "Museum Notebook" Southwest Art, June, 1988
Mary Ann Marger, "House of Art", St. Petersburg Times, Nov., 1987
Art Talk April- May, 1988
Charlie Huishing, "The Mysterious Works of Florence Putterman", The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March, 1987
Diane Lesko Bird, Hand & Man Catalog, 1986
"Indian Images Take on New Forms", Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Feb 28, 1986
Eunice Agar, "The Painterly Print", Jan 16-Feb 13, 1986
"Petroglyphs Show Ancient Art", Evening News, Sault St. Marie, MI Jan, 31, 1986
"Monotypes at GCCA", The Daily Mail, Catskill, NY, Jan 4, 1986
Carrie Wissler-Thomas, "Review", Art Matters, Philadelphia, PA, Oct, 1985
Charles Benbow, "Innovative Prints", St. Petersburg Press, FL, Sept, 1985
Betsy Persun, "People", The Sunday Grit, Williamsport, PA, July 21, 1985
Kevin Dean, "The Artist and the Studio: Florence Putterman", The Longboat Observer, Sarasota, FL, July 18, 1985
Chester A. Moore, Reading Eagle, PA, July 14, 1985
"In Search of Origins", Centre Daily Times, PA, July 10, 1985
"On Exhibit", Lewistown Sentinal PA, July 10, 1985
"Putterman Exhibit at StateMuseum", Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1985
Kay Kipling, "The Creative Mind", Clubhouse, June, 1985
Rex Allyn, "Art Review", Sarasota Herald-Tribune FL, March 22, 1985
Bernice Mancewicz, "Form, Fantasy"The Grand Rapids Press, MI, March 14, 1985
Jane Maulfair, “Ancient Symbols Inspire Artist", The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Feb 4, 1985
Dr. Ray Morgan, "The Fine Art of Interpretation", The Times Leader PA, Feb, 1985
Edward Bolding, "The Worlds of the Artist", Artspeak, NYC, Jan, 1985
Roger Gurlburt, "Symbols by Florence Putterman", News Sunday Sentinel Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Nov 11, 1984
Kevin Dean, "Art", The Longboat Observer, Sarasota, FL, November 1, 1985
Pat Van Gelder, "Award Winning Studio", American Artist, Feb, 1981
Cal Goodman, "Monotype, A Singular Art Form", American Artist, Jan, 1981
Betje Howell, "Perspective on Art", Santa Monica Evening Outlook, April 12, 1980
"Reflections at D.C. Gallery", The Patriot, Harrisburg, PA, Feb 1, 1980
Cal Goodman, "Artist in Business", American Artist, July, 1979
Connie Bramson, "Lifestyle", Evening News, Harrisburg, PA, April 9, 1979
Keith Cooper Marshall, "Putterman at Bolen", Art Voices South, Vol. 1 # 6, Nov/Dec, 1978
Roger Green, The States Item, New Orleans , LA, June 26, 1978
"New Directions in Printmaking", Art News, Jan, 1978
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