B I L L   D U R H A M

B I O G R A P H Y



PERSONAL
 Born in Flint, Michigan, 1937

STUDIED
 Michigan State University, 1957-1961
Majored in Painting under:
Morris Kanter, Boris Margo and Abraham Rattner


TAUGHT
 Michigan State University, 1961
Graduate Assistantship


NOMINATED
 Awards in the Visual Arts, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation and The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 1981 & 1983

GRANTS AND AWARDS
 Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant, 1998
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., 1998


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  AE Gallery, East Hampton, New York, 2001, 2002

American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York City
Childe Hassam Purchase Exhibition, 1972

Ashwaugh Hall, Springs, East Hampton, New York
Artists of the Springs, 1975-1990, 2006

The Arts Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 1980

Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
New Faces in Art, 1967
The Environment, 1982
New Directions, 1992
Group, 2000

Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York, 1983, 1984, 1993

Brentano's Gallery, New York City, 1974

Bridge Gallery, New York City, 1963, 1964

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1979

Butler's Fine Art, East Hampton, New York, 2006, 2007

Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1961

Couturier Galerie, Stamford, Connecticut, 1978

Crazy Monkey Gallery, Amagansett, New York, 2002

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 1960

Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, Michigan, 1959, 1960

Gone Local Gallery, Amagansett, New York, 2007

Grand Rapids Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1959, 1960

Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
Artists of the Region, 1969, 1974, 1976
Artist Members Exhibition, 1974 to Present
Hamptons Bohemia, 2002

Ann Harper Gallery, Amagansett, New York, 1993

Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
New Directions, 1971

Kiva Gallery, Scarsdale, New York, 1980, 1981

Millennium Gallery, East Hampton, New York, 1997

National Academy of Design, New York City
Henry Ward Ranger Purchase Exhibition, 1978

Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, 1963

Park/Bernet, New York City
Artists of the Hamptons, 1975

Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, 1979

Southampton College, Southampton, New Yotk, 1969

Stony Brook Museum, Stony Brook, New York, 1995

Wunsch Arts Center, Glen Cove, New York, 1985

TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
 
1992Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1988Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1987Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1986Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1985Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1984Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York City
1983Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1982Kaber Gallery, New York City

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
 
2006Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York
2002The Blue Heron Art Center, New York City
2001The Crazy Monkey Gallery, Amagansett, New York
1995Ann Harper Gallery, Amagansett, New York
1990Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York
1988Bryant Gallery, Roslyn, New York
1981Art Placement International, New York City
1978Leif Hope's The Laundry, East Hampton, New York
1974Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
1972Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
1971Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
1970Southampton College, Southampton, New York
1967Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
1964Bridge Gallery, New York City

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
 Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
C'est Jolie, Inc., New York City
Citicorp, New York City
Emelin Theater, Mamaroneck, New York
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
Kidder Peabody, New York City
Kidder Peabody, Washington, D.C.
Jerry Kindman & Co., New York City
Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York City
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Solomon Brothers, New York City
Southampton Hospital, Southampton, New York
Stony Brook Museum, Stony Brook, New York
Warnaco, Inc., New York City
Woodside Church, Flint, Michigan
World's Fair, New York City, 1964 (commission)

IN NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

GUEST CURATOR
 Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York, 1992
An exhibition of paintings, photography and sculpture by Bill Barrett, Winifred Borg, Perry Greaves, Michael Henkel, Hans Hokanson, Leif Hope, Adrienne C. Mim, Frank Roth, Anne Sager, Joan Semmel, Anita Steckel, Racelle Strick, and Hans van de Bovenkamp.

PUBLICATIONS
  Art in America
Arts
Dan's Papers
East Hampton Independent
East Hampton Star
Long Island Press
Networking Newspaper
New York Herald Tribune
New York Times
Scarsdale Inquirer, etc.
Southampton Press
Suffolk Sun
Who's Who in American Art



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