Gina Werfel

Gina Werfel (born July 1, 1951 in Brooklyn ) is an American painter and teacher. She is Professor of Art at the University of California at Davis , California .

life and work

Gina Werfel studied art at Hamilton College (Kirkland College) in Clinton and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 . She then led the Paris Summer Session at the New York Studio School until 1975 and completed her studies in 1979 at Columbia University with a Master of Fine Arts. From 1991 to 1997 she was a professor at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia . Then she was until 2000 at the University of Connecticut Professor and Head of the Department of Art and Art History. She has been Professor of Art at the University of California at Davis since 2000 . In 2017 Werfel signed a multi-part public art contract for Burnett Miller Park in Sacramento . Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in the US and abroad. Werfel is married to the painter Hearne Pardee , who is also a professor of art at UC Davis.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

1980: Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
1981: Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville , ME
1982: Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
1982: University of Maine, Farmington , ME
1983: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg , VA
1983: Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
1985: Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
1986: Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
1989: Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
1992: Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg , VA
1993: Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham , AL
1994: Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
1995: Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, AL
1998: Prince Street Gallery, New York City
2001: Prince Street Gallery, New York City
2003: Prince Street Gallery, New York City
2004: Mondavi Winery, Vineyard Gallery, Napa, CA
2005: B.Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2006: Monty Stabler Galleries, Birmingham, AL
2007: Prince Street Gallery, New York City
2009: Prince Street Gallery, New York City
2010: Adler & Co Gallery, San Francisco , CA
2011: California State University, Stanislaus
2012: Jane Deering Gallery, Santa Barbara , CA
2013: Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA
2014: Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding , CA,
2016: Mondavi Winery, Clearing, Margrit Mondavi Gallery, Napa , CA
2017: Coombs Gallery, Recollections, American University in Paris, Paris

Awards (selection)

1981: Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA (residency)
1984: Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy (fellowship)
1986: Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA (residency)
1993: Yosemite National Park, Artist in Residence
2000: Connecticut Arts Commission Grant in Painting, Artist-in-Residence, Auvillar , France
2005 to 2007: International School of Art, Montecastello, Italy, Senior Artist in Residence, Yosemite National Park, Artist in Residence
2016: American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, April 2016

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personal data
SURNAME	Werfel, Gina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American painter and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn , New York