NORMAN GALINSKY
FINE ARTIST
BIOGRAPHY
Norman Galinsky’s abstract geometric art has been inspired and informed by his background in science and engineering, and his ongoing interest and study of meditative and energy healing disciplines and consciousness explorations.
His work represents the intimate relationship between the energetic and quantum nature of reality and the spiritual essence embodied by art. He believes that art expression is energy itself –an aspect of what the Chinese term Qi, the universal life energy. The images depict a “stillness in motion”, drawing the viewer into a meditative dialog with the present moment. His over 30 year practice and teaching of Chinese martial arts, Tai Ji Quan and qigong exercises, as well as study of other energetic healing disciplines have been foundational in helping him generate, cultivate, and utilize energy patterns that often find their way into his images. Additionally, his earlier career and professional background in chemical engineering was instrumental in combining his use of mathematics with “permutational” and intuitive approaches to making art. His understanding and study of sacred geometry became a roadmap to explore how energy, science, and esthetics can be related.
BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION
Born and raised in Charleston, WV, 1942
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1964 BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
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1973 MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts
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Study: painting with Philip Guston, Jack Tworkov, Stamos, Dorthea Rockburn; printmaking with Bob Blackburn and Tony Harrison
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Additional study: Art Students League (George Tooker, Will Barnet) The New School (Henry Pearson), New York University, Pratt Graphics Center, Printmaking Workshop, School for Visual Arts, Women’s Studio Workshop
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Contemplating Presence, ROOST/Union Art Center, Sparkill, NY
2019 Ruminative Marks, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
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2019 Searching for Stillness, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack NY
2016 Seen/ Unseen, Union Arts Center, Sparkill NY
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Artist of the Month, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack NY
2014 Stillness in Motion, Union Arts Center, Sparkill, NY
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2011 Portals, The Outside in Piermont Gallery, Piermont, NY
2008 Mandalas of Awareness: Images of Healing and Transformation, The Art Gallery at the
Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Sleepy Hollow, NY
2006 Invoking Presence: Synthesizing Art, Science and Spirituality, NY Hall of Science,
Queens, NY
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2004 Healing Paradigms, Durst Corporate Gallery, New York, NY
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1996 Selected Works: 1970-1995, Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
1995 Healing Paradigms, Allen Sheppard Gallery Piermont, NY
1990 Constructions, Wooden Tent Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA
1979 Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
1978 Jock Truman Gallery, New York, NY
Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 Grand Palais Éphémère - Art Capital, Paris, France
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2022 Ways of Abstraction, Carole Perry Pop-UP, Nyack, NY
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Salon Société Nationale des Beaux-arts, Senate Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France
2019 Rockland Center for the Arts Members Exhibition, West Nyack NY
2018 Hopper House Artist Member Show
Lorin Marsh Showroom, New York, NY
Art Walk, Nyack, NY
2016 Song of Light, Blue Hill Art and Cultural center, Pearl River, NY
2014 Lorin Marsh Showroom, New York, NY
2014 Rockland Past and Present: A Chronicling of Time, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center,
Pearl River, NY
2013-14 Change/Transformation, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2011 Abstractions, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
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2010 Tovin Studio Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, Nyack, NY
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2009 Garner World, GAGA Art Center, Garnerville, NY
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2008 Light Entanglements, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
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2006 Columbia University School of the Arts Alumni exhibition, New York, NY
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2004 24×24, GAGA (Garnerville Art Center), Garnerville, NY
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1998 Artists’ Night, Newark Museum sponsored exhibition, Park Ridge, NJ
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1992 Joy Roy Fine Art, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
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Drawings from Emporia State University Collection, Gallery 303, Brigham Young
University. Provo, Utah ,L’Atelier Gallery, Piermont, NY
1991 Off the Wall, Rockland Connection ‘91, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
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L’Atelier Gallery, Piermont NY
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1990 Profound, Outer Space Gallery, New York, NY
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Sense of Self, Triplex Gallery, Manhattan Community College, New York, NY
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Collage, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
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1989 L’Atelier Gallery, Piermont, NY
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Member Artists ‘89, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
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1987 Contemporary American Drawing, Kansas Art Commission (circulating)
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1986 Mount Aramah Exhibition, Clove Furnace, Arden, NY (NY Telephone Award)
Schwitteria, The Art Lobby, New York, NY
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1985 The Abstract Vision, Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1984 Panel Gallery Show, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
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Eight Bank Street Parents, Bank Street College, New York, NY
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Selections from the Caraccio Print Collection, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
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1983 Art for the Collector, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
1982 Synergy/Artists – 1+1=3, Thorpe Intermedia Center Gallery, Sparkill, NY
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Mountains and Rivers of Rockland, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
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Small Works, Sixth Annual Show at New York University, New York, NY (Juried by Nancy Hoffman)
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1981 Fifth Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Emporia State University, Emporia Kansas
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1980 Paperworks ‘80, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY (Juried by Grace Glueck, Ken Tyler, and Philip Pearlstein) - Hudson River Contemporary Artist Prize
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1979 Drawing ‘79, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ (Juried by Bernice Rose, MoMA)
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1978 5 on Paper, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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1977 Post Cards and Other Mail, Truman Gallery (formerly Betty Parsons Gallery), New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
IBM
Astra Merck
Bank of America
Continental Illinois Bank
Southeast Banking Corp.
AMOCO
Exxon-Mobil Oil Corp.
Four Seasons Hotels
Hyatt Regency Hotels
Novartis
Smith Barney
Lord, Day, and Lord
FMC Corp.
Ted Bates Advertising
Pepsico
Columbia University
Charleston Art Gallery and Museum
Kansas Art Commission
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum
Numerous private collections
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
IArts Magazine, September, 1978
House and Garden, May 1980
Art in America, July/August, 1982, 1984
Art Speak, February, 1985
Who’s Who in American Art, 1987
New York Times, January 28, 1990
Vineyard Gazette, July 26, 1990
BOARD MEMBER
Rockland Center for the Arts, multi-media art center and school, West Nyack, NY