Bill Brookover
Contact Information
Studio & Gallery
PO Box 1402 Merchantville, NJ 08108
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.
Printmaking
Artist's Biography
Bill Brookover is a printmaker and photographer whose work is based in his training in design and architecture. Born in West Texas, he studied art and architecture at Rice University, historic preservation at Columbia University, and printmaking at Fleisher Art Memorial. His prints explore design, color, texture, and geometric structure.
Brookover is a teaching artist at Fleisher Art Memorial, a community art center in South Philadelphia, where he has taught printmaking since 2010. In 2014 he began leading tours of Hidden Print Collections for Fleisher printmaking students. He volunteers at the Print & Picture Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia building a digital catalog of the Fine Art Print collection. In 2014 he served as Independent Curator for Eugene Feldman Offset Lithographs, Print & Picture Hallway Gallery, at the Parkway Central Library. He is a member of Second State Press Mt Airy Art Garage, and The Print Center in Philadelphia.
Artist's Statement
As a printmaker, I’m drawn to paper and water-based inks, rather than to paints and brushes on canvas. My work is an engagement with my materials and ideas of order. When confronted with a blank page, I respond in one of two ways: either I develop a pattern of abstract geometry, or I develop a grammar of expressionist gestures. Through these two approaches, I explore the creative possibilities of geometry and expressionist gesture in a tension between opposites: painterly against geometric, monochrome against color, spontaneous against planned.
Selected Exhibitions
2014
Third Biennial Winter Invitational: Snowflake Salon @HBHQ, 1241 Carpenter Street, Philadelphia, PA
Creative Tension, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Maiza Hixson
Quarter Sheet: Almost Legal, The Sanford Gallery @ Zeamays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Celebration of Athenaeum’s 200th Anniversary, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Sandra Tatman, John Blatteau & William Valerio
Philadanco Benefit, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Cecelia Fitzgibbon, Lisa Hanover, & Nelson Shanks
Award: Honorable Mention
Star Wheel Printers Making Our Mark: Philadelphia Printmakers, The Avenue Gallery, 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
1st Annual Juried Print Exhibition, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Juror: Phyllis E. Wright
2013
PaperWork, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ
Jurors: Gabriel Romeu & Elise Mannella
Under Pressure, West Windsor Arts Center, Princeton Junction, NJ
Juror: Eileen Foti
3rd National Monotype and Monoprint Exhibition, Monotype Guild of New England, Wenham, MA
Juror: Mark Pascale
Award: Honorable Mention
RITUAL: Single Sheet Book Show, 110 Church Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Members Show: Second State Press, InLiquid, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, The Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Second Biennial Invitational: Snowflake Salon, The Bridge Club, Philadelphia, PA
Heart Print – Celebrating the Artists of the Fleisher Print Love-in, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Works on Paper, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Joseph Sweeney & Ron Wyffels
2011
Stimuli – Stimulus, 110 Church Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Leo Robinson
18 Fabulous Fleisher Printmakers, Nice Things Handmade, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Christine Blair
Professional Experience
2014
Independent Curator Eugene Feldman Offset Lithographs, Print & Picture Hallway Gallery, Parkway Central Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2010 – present
Printmaking Instructor, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1980 – 2011
Historical Architect, National Park Service, Philadelphia, PA
Other
2014
Second State Press Portfolio Exchange, Philadelphia, PA
Book Paper Scissors, Philadelphia Center for the Book, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Nice Things Handmade Craft Bazaar at The Philadelphia School, Philadelphia, PA
Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Second State Press Portfolio Exchange, Philadelphia, PA
Book Paper Scissors, Philadelphia Center for the Book, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Art for the Cash Poor, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Education
2003 – present
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Printmaking
1978
Columbia University, New York, NY
Master of Science, Historic Preservation
1973
Rice University, Houston, TX
Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Arts, Architecture, Fine Arts
Recent Artist Member Mentions on InLiquid
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Subjective Perspective
Coming out of 2020, there probably isn’t a long list of things we as a society could all agree on. … See Full Post
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Members in “Ctrl-P”
Bill Brookover, Karen Hunter McLaughlin, and Kit Donnelly are in Da Vinci Art Alliance’s exhibition Ctrl-P. The show, juried by Liz Spungen, runs from January 8 – January 24, 2021 and has an opening reception over Zoom on January 10 at 2 pm.
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Ctrl-P
Opening Reception for Ctrl-P: The public is invited to the opening reception of the juried exhibition, Ctrl-P, on Zoom Sunday, … See Full Post
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Light
A DVAA MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION IN GALLERY 1 @ DVAA PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, December 2, 7-8pm | Register here 2020 … See Full Post
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Members Shed “Light” at DVAA
Alan Lankin, Annie Stone, Barbara Dirnbach, Bill Brookover, Brenda Howell, Brooke Lanier, Cheryl Levin, Diane Lachman, Ellen Abraham, Florence Weisz, Frank M. Gaydos, Gary Grissom, Jenn Hallgren, Linda Dubin Garfield, Louis Gribaudo, Mary Powers Holt, Michael Marks, Orlando Saverino-Loeb, Pamela Tudor, Phyllis Anderson, Rebecca Schultz, Rosalind Bloom, Sally K. Eisenberg, Sam Koren, Sandi Neiman Lovitz, and Terri Fridkin are all in Da Vinci Art Alliance’s members exhibition, Light. The show, which runs December 2 – December 20, 2020, will have a virtual opening reception Wednesday, December 2 at 7 pm.
Feature image: Harborview, Golden Hour, Brooke Lanier
