Education
1976-1978 MFA Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting, Baltimore, MD.
1971-1972 Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. BFA in Painting, 1972; President’s Scholar; Magna cum Laude 1970-1971 Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy
1968-1970 Syracuse University, School of Art, Syracuse, NY

Grants and Honors
2009 - “Who’s Who of American Women”, Marquis Publication
2008 - Contemporary Women Artist Files of the Margery Somers Foster Center, Rutgers
- University, Institute for Women & Art
2007 - “Who’s Who of American Educators”, Marquis Publication
2004 - “Who’s Who of American Women”, Marquis Publication
2002 - Visiting Artist, University of Guanajuato, Mexico
- Faculty Development Grant, Moore College of Art
- Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Post-BaccGraduate Program
2001 - Faculty Development Grant, Moore College of Art & Design
2000 - Visiting Artist, Syracuse University, School of Art, Syracuse NY
1998 - Visiting Artist, Millersville University, Millersville PA
1997 - Who’s Who of American Women”, Marquis Publication
- Visiting Artist, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Guest Lecturer, National Institute of Architecture, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Guest Lecturer, American Center, US Information Agency, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Faculty Development Grant, Moore College of Art & Design
- “Process: Space”, International Artist Residency, Balchik, Bulgaria
1995 - Pennsylvania Council for the Arts (Grants to Individual Artists for Painting)
1991 - Faculty Development Grant, Moore College of Art & Design

Exhibitions (*denotes one-person exhibition)
2012 - * "Branching", Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Aqua, Miami, FL
- Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
- Art Naples, Naples, FL
2011 - Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL
- “Abstraction”, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- “Little Treasures : Big Rewards”, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
- Gallery Artists Selection, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL
2010 - Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL
- * “Second Nature”, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
- “Gone Printin”, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
- Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL
2009 - Toronto Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
- Red Dot Fair, Miami, FL
- Gallery Artists, Philadelphia, PA
- “Obama-Rama” Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 - “In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art”, Penn Humanities Forum, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
- “PaperWork In, On and of Paper IV”, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2007 - “Show of Hands”, Manna, Philadelphia, PA
- “Faculty Trienniel”, The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2006 - “15X15”, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
- “100x100”, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Art, Philadelphia PA
2005 - “Outlook”, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- “ Show of Hands”’ Manna, Philadelphia, PA
2004 - “Faculty Exhibition”, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia PA
- “The Print Center Auction”, Print Center, Philadelphia PA
2003 - “Black and White,” Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- “The Print Center Auction”, Print Center, Philadelphia PA
- “Luminaries”, The Galleries at Moore, Philadelphia PA
2002 - * “Paintings & Prints” Westtown School, Westtown PA
- Moore Faculty, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA
- “Abstraction” Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington DE
2001 - “Faculty” Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia PA
- “The Print Center Auction”, Print Center, Philadelphia PA
2000 - “Industrial Strength” , Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
- Keisho , Aichi Prefect, Museum of Fine & Performing Arts, Nagoya, JAPAN
- Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
1999 - “Award Winners” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
- “A Show of Hands,” Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design
1998 - * “Recent Work,” Fireside Gallery, Wayne PA
- “Faculty,” Moore College of Art and Design
- Millersville University, Lancaster, PA (2 person)
- “Abstract Strategies,” Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
- “Art and Design Studio Tour,” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
1997 -“Process.Space” International Invitational Exhibition and residency, Balchik, BULGARIA
- * “Prints and Drawings,” K.A. Gallery, Bourgas, BULGARIA
- “An Extended View: Landscapes by Philadelphia Artists,” Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art
and Design, Philadelphia PA
- “A Show of Hands,” Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia PA
1996 - “2 Up,” Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
- “Destination: Art Influenced by Experiences with Other Cultures,” Borowsky Gallery,
Philadelphia PA
- “Gallery Artists,” Albers Gallery, Memphis TN
- “Group Show,” Stephen Haller Gallery, New York NY
1995 - Faculty,” Moore College of Art and Design
- “Return to Beauty,” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
- “Small Works,” Stephen Haller Gallery, New York NY
- “A Show of Hands,” Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design
- “Definitions of Community & Place”, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
(award; traveling)
1994 - “Gallery Artists,” Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- “Drawing Together,” Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo NY
1993 - “Black and White,” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington DE
- “Spirit Markers II,” Stephen Haller Gallery, NewYork NY
1992 - * “Recent Work,” Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- “Faculty,” Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia PA
- “Object Oriented,” Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
- “Structure and Texture,” Stephen Haller Gallery, NewYork, NY
1990 - “Idols & Icons,” Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
- “Idols & Icons,” Thomas J. Walsh Museum Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield CT
- “Divinations,” Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA
- “New Work by Gallery Artists,” Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- “Prints,” Philadelphia Wall, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia PA
- “Altered States,” Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
1989 - *“Recent Paintings,” Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- “Faculty,” Moore College of Art and Design
1988 - “The Outside of the Inside” Six Artists Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts, Loveladies NJ
- “Works on Paper” Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown NJ (Award)
- “New Work by Gallery Artists,” Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- “At the Invitation of the Bride,” The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia PA
1987 - * “Recent Paintings,” Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia PA
- “Abstract Art,” Art in City Hall, Philadelphia PA
- “Flamboyance, Fragmentation and the Sublime: Contemporary Romanticism Expressed through
Collage; A Survey of Collage by Artists from Nine States, Water Tower Art Assoc.,
Louisville KY (invitational)
- Philadelphia Wall, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
- “Objects,” Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986 - “The Artist as Teacher,” Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia PA
- “Mutual Respect,” Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- “The Contemporary Woman in the Visual Arts,” Warm Gallery, Minneapolis MN
1985 - * “Recent Work,” 20th Century Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984 - * “Paintings and Drawings,” West Chester University, West Chester, PA
- “In the Spirit of Liberation,” Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
- “Small Painting Exhibition,” Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
- “Annual Exhibition,” Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
1983 - * “Recent Work,” 20th Century Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- “Women: Self-Image,” Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1982 - “Invitational Exhibition,” Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham
- Group Exhibition, 20th Century Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1981 - “Opens Friday,” Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA (Invitational)
- “On Cloth,” Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (Invitational)
- Holiday Group Exhibition, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1980 - “Looking Forward,” Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- “Small Collages,” Key Gallery, New York, NY
1979 - “All Paperwork,” Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV (Marcia Tucker, Juror)
- “Alumni Exhibit,” Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- “Woodmere Art Annual,” Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- “Faculty Exhibit,” Grand Valley State Colleges, Allendale, MI
1978 - * “Recent Collages,” Thomas Jefferson College, Allendale, MI
- * “Recent Collages,” Artstop, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
- M.F.A. Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD
- Group Exhibition, Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1977 - Group Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD
- Group Exhibition, Arts Tower Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- Two Person Exhibition, The Fell’s Point Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- “39th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting” Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1976 - “Oil and Acrylic Exhibition,” Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
- “The 1976 Maryland Biennial,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
- “Alumni Exhibit,” Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA (Invitational)
1975 - “28th Annual Award Painting Exhibition,” Cheltenham Art Center, PA
- “35th Annual Exhibition of Paintings,” Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1971 - “American Artists Abroad,” American Embassy, Rome, Italy

Collections
Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Philadelphia, PA
ARA Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, Philadelphia, PA
First Pennsylvania Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Himont, Inc., Newark DE
Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, NJ
Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA
Provident National Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Numerous private collections.

Reviews /Catalogues (selected)
Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2011
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 2010, “Tactile Color”, by Edith Newhall
“Red Dot” by Joanne Mattera, 2009
“In the Beginning:Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art”, Feb 2008, by Martha Lucy (catalogue essay)
“Faculty Trienniel”, The Galleries at Moore, September 2007, catalogue
Art Matters, February 2003, “Black and White”
Art Matters, October 2002, “Abstraction” at Blue Streak Gallery
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 1998, “A sampling of abstraction...,” by Edward Sozanski
Philadelphia Weekly, December 1997, “Everything New...,” by Gerard Brown
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1997, “An Extended View...,” by Edward Sozanski
Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia, May-August 1997, “An Extended View: Landscapes by Philadelphia Artists,” by Lisa Panzera, Curator
DCCA, Visiting Critic Program, September 1997, “The Persistence of Modernism...,” by Richard Huntington, Visiting Critic-in-Residence
“Process/Space”, Balchik, Bulgaria, 1997, catalogue essay
Art Matters, December 1995-January 1996, “Exhibit curator calls for ...,” by Anna B. Francis
The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 1995, “DCCA: Return to Beauty,” by Victoria Donahue
Philadelphia Weekly, January 1996, “Traveling Exhibition,” by Gerard Brown
Borowsky Gallery, January 1996, “Destination: Journeys and Imagination, Art Influenced by Travel and Other Cultures,” by Cheryl Harper, Associate Curator
DCCA, Visiting Critic Program, September 1994, “Defending the Periphery: Artists in Delaware,” by Elizabeth Licata, Visiting Critic-in-Residence
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1992, “Jessica Berwind Gallery,” by Edward Sozanski
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 1989, “Vivian Wolovitz’s Abstract Imagery,” by Patricia Stewart
Art Matters, February 1988, Holiday Exhibition, Jessica Berwind Gallery,” by William Southwell
The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY, September 1987, “Collage Exhibition,” by Diane Heilenman
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 1987, “Jessica Berwind Gallery,” by Victoria Donahue
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1986, “Mutual Respect,” by Edward Sozanski
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 1982, “Annual Holiday Invitational,” by Victoria Donahue
WUHY Radio, Philadelphia, PA, “Opens Friday, Vivian Wolovitz,” by Judith Stein
Art News, October 1980, “The Nation,” by Ann Jarmusch
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1980, “Budding Rodins and Picassos,” by Victoria Donahue
WUHY Radio, Philadelphia, PA, 1980, “Looking Forward at Marion Locks,” by Judith Stein

Teaching
1980-2010 Professor of Fine Arts (tenured), Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA.
Chair of 2D Fine Arts Department, 1996-2000.
1978-1979 Thomas Jefferson College, Grand Valley State Colleges, Allendale, MI.
Visiting Assistant Professor and Artist-in-Residence