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JEFFREY REED

EDUCATION 

1983 MFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
1979 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME 
1976 BFA, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 



SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2012 Still Life: The Painted Image, Washington County Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD
2011 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2011 Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 
2009 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2008 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 
2007 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2005 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 
2005 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2004 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 
2003 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2002 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2001 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2001 List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 
2001 Samuel Fleisher Challenge Exhibition, Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA 


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2009 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY, NY 
2009 Introductions, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 
2008 Interior Dialogues, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2007 Landscapes; Richard Crozier and Jeffrey Reed, Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 
2007 Visions of the Susquehanna; 250 Years of Painting by American Masters, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, Traveling Exhibition 
2006 Embassies Programme of the United States of America, US Embassy, Rwanda 
2006 Sunlight and Shadow, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau., WI 
2006 Embassies Programme of the United States of America, US Embassy, Dublin, Ireland 
2003 Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland. Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland 
2003 Interior Dialogues, Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 
2003 Plein Air, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
2003 Imaginative Affinities: Echoes of Edwin Dickinson in Contemporary American Painting, Pennsylvania 
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 
2003 Aisling Geal, The Riverbanks Art Centre, Newbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland 
2003 Locations & Light, Three person show, Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, FL 
2003 Landscapes/Mindscapes, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ 
2003 Northern Images, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo, Ireland 
2003 George Nick Selects, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA 
2003 Landscape Painting, Kerygma Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ 
2003 Distinct Visions, Diverse Pursuits, Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 
2003 Landscape, Light, Juxtapositions, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA 
2000 River Paintings, MCS Gallery, Easton, PA 
2000 20 x 12: A Generation of Challenge Artists, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA 
2000 One Thing on Top of Another, Kerygma Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ 
2000 Juried Show, First Street Gallery, New York, NY 
2000 Juried Show, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA 
2000 Drawing Invitational, Smith College, Northampton, MA 
2000 Invited Artists, 55 Mercer, New York, NY 
2000 Concepts in Drawing, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 
2000 Vistas/Visions, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 
2000 Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 
2000 Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 
2000 Landscapes, Cudahy’s Gallery, New York, NY 
2000 Invitational, Hall-Barnet Gallery, New Orleans, LA 
2000 Skowhegan Ten Year Retrospective, A juried show that traveled to Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY 
2000 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME and other venues 
2000 The Spirit of the Coast: American Artists (1850-1984), Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ 
2000 Contemporary American Landscape Painting, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, IA 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 

American Art Collector, January 2008, “Painting the Moment”, Joshua Rose 
American Art Collector, December 2005, New Work, Joshua Rose 
American Artist, September 2001, “Conversations With a Landscape”, Joseph Skrapits 
American Artist, July 2001, “The River as Muse”, Joseph Skrapits 
Art in America, January 2000, “Philadelphia: Jeffrey Reed at Gross McCleaf ”, Bill Scott 
The Morning Call, November 20, 2000, “Arts & Travel: Riverscapes”, Tim Higgins 
The Express-Times, November 17, 2000, “River’s Majesty”, Kenneth J. Endick 
Harn Museum of Art Bulletin, January, 1994, Illustration 
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 15, 1994 “The Arts,” Victoria Donohoe 
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 5, 1995, “The Arts,” Victoria Donohoe 
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 1, 2002, “Accents on Dickinson”, Edward Sozanski 
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 17, 1992, “Galleries,” Edward Sozanski 
Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1992, “Galleries,” Edward Sozanski 
Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists, pages 22 and 55, 1991, Julie Courtney 
The William and Mary Review, 2002, Volume 40, Back Cover, Reproduction 
Workshop, Spring 2008, “Jeffrey Reed: Introducing the Basics of Painting”, Stephen Doherty 


COLLECTIONS 

The Ballinglen Archive, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland 
Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia 
Chemical Bank 
Cigna Museum 
Commerce Associates of Wilmington 
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida 
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 
Lancaster-York Heritage Region 
Marine Midland Bank 
New York University 
NRG America 
University of Pennsylvania 
Pennsylvania Trust Company 
Toy National Bank 
Wilmington Trust 
Numerous Private Collections 

FELLOWSHIPS 
2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2002 The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Ltd Fellowship, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, 
Ireland, Returning Fellow 
2003 Individual Creative Artist Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 
2000 The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Ltd Fellowship, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland, Residency 
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts , Visual Arts Fellowship 
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency 


TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

1986-present Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Courses taught: Painting, all levels of Drawing, 
Two Dimensional Design and Color Design 
1976-1979 Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ, Full-time faculty in a private secondary school, Courses taught: 
Painting, Drawing, Two Dimensional Design and Art History; Served as Art Department Chair in 1978-79 

VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES 

Artist for the Environment Foundation 
College of William and Mary 
Crealde School of Art 
Maryland Institute College of Art 
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 
Swarthmore College 
Haverford College 
Wayne Art Center 
Woodmere Art Museum

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