Alan Lankin
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Archived Works
Artist's Biography
Alan Lankinwas born and raised in Vineland, NJ and became interested in drawing as a teenager. After moving to Philadelphia, he took drawing and painting classes at Fleisher Art Memorial, the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He has exhibited his paintings in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Arizona.He lives and works in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, which is just outside Philadelphia.
Artist's Statement
My paintings, acrylic on canvas, are abstract explorations of color and shape, line and mass, movement and balance. I begin my paintings with a plan. The original concept is just the beginning, however –I respond to what I see happening on the canvas. I work improvisationally, intuitively developing the image. My love of color and movement, music and dance are reflected in my painting’s shapes and lines. The finished work often reveals the history of revisions in the pentimenti of paint. My paintings embrace ambiguity and are imbued with multiple meanings.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
1997
Gallery 50, Bridgeton, NJ
Group
2019
3-person Show, D'Arrigo Family Gallery, Salus University, Elkins Park, PA
Composition in Concert, DVAA @ IHP (Da Vinci Art Alliance @ Lightbox Film Center), East Alcove Gallery, International House Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Bill Timmins
Cerulean Arts Collective Associate Members' Exhibition, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Artists Equity 70th Anniversary Members' Juried Exhibition, GoggleWorks, Reading, PA
Juror: Neysa Grassi
Works on Paper II, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Rochelle Toner
New Now II, InLiquid, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
ART el al., Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Two-person show, DVAA at Atria Center City, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: Bill Scott
Artist, Reader, Writer, Da Vinci Art Alliance Members Show, POST (Philadelphia Open Studio Tours), Philadelphia, PA
Connections: Artists Equity Fall 2018 Juried Show, Cheltenham Center for the Arts Center, Cheltenham, PA
Juror: Thora Jacobson
Artists Equity 2018 Spring Exhibition, Baker Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Juror: Kassem Amoudi
Received Honorable Mention
Motion Pictured, Da VinciArt Alliance& Lightbox Film Center, International House Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Robert Cargni-Mitchell, Theater and Galleries Manager, Lightbox Film Center
Personally Speaking,Da VinciArt Alliance at International House Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Katherine Kurtz
Looking Forward, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Members’ Juried Exhibition, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA
Juror: Jan Baltzell
Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
1997
Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Three-person show, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT
99th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Jack Beal
Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror: John Ollman, Director, Janet Fleisher Gallery
1995
Art of the State: Pennsylvania '95, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Jurors: Zoltan Buki, Curator of Fine Art, NJ State Museum-Trenton and Halide Salam, Professor of Art, Radford University, Radford, VA
Philadelphia Views, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Anne d'Harnoncourt, John Higgins, and Edward Rendell
98th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, West Chester University, PA
Juror: Charles W Millard III, formerly UNC & Hirshhorn
Artists League of Mount Airy Juried Art Show, ALMA Gallery, Artists League of Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA
1994
Two-person show, Vineland Public Library, Vineland, NJ
Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition, 479 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Melissa Feldman, John Ittmann
131st Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Patricia Mangione, John Costanza, and John Koomar
Springside Contemporary Art Competition, Springside School, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Kathryn B Hiesinger, Michael Schantz, Darrel Sewell
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Juror: Richard Torchia
3rd Annual Juried Art Show, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Nannette Clark, Melissa Feldman, Thora Jacobson, Richard Torchia
1993
Art of the State: Pennsylvania '93, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Jurors: Richard Hood Harryman and Sam Peters
130th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia , PA
Jurors: Jeanne Coryell, Libby Newman and William Southwell
Juried Painting and Sculpture Show, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Jurors: Lanny Bergner, Larry Becker and Heidi Nivling
96th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Juror: Fred Osborne
Awards and Honors
2018
Jurors Award of Special Merit, Annual Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Honorable Mention, Artists Equity 2018 Spring Exhibition, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Residencies
1996, 1997
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Affiliations
Member, Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity
Member, Da Vinci Art Alliance
Education
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
MS
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BA
Continuing Education
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Recent Artist Member Mentions on InLiquid
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Hindsight
Hindsight is a DVAA Members-only exhibition exploring the concept of time in relation to artists and their artwork. Is hindsight … See Full Post
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Members in “Hindsight”
Alan Lankin, Alla Reznik, Bill Brookover, Brenda Howell, Don Evan Gordon, Frank M. Gaydos, Gary Grissom, Louis Gribaudo, Orlando Saverino-Loeb, Pamela Tudor, Phyllis Anderson, Rosalind Bloom, Sam Koren and Stuart Lehrman are all in Da Vinci Art Alliance’s show Hindsight. The show runs July 8 through July 26. The exhibition is on view at DVAA but the closing reception on July 26 will be held over Zoom.
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Cerulean Arts’ 8th Annual Juried Exhibition
JUROR: Born in Beijing, China, Ying Li graduated from the Anhui Teachers University (1974-77) where she taught 1977-83. She immigrated … See Full Post
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Members in Cerulean’s 8th Annual Juried Exhibition
Alan Lankin, Andrea Snyder, Pamela Tudor, and Teresa Shields are all in Cerulean Arts’ 8th Annual Juried Exhibition which runs from July 1st thru August 9th. Please contact the gallery for appointment and remember to wear a face mask!
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Members in Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity’s 71st Annual Spring Show
Ada Trillo, Alan Lankin, Andrea Snyder, Anne Milner, Arlene Solomon, Bradford White Fiske, Kathy Loev Putnam, Kirby Fredendall, Lee Muslin, Linda Dubin Garfield, Nancy Kress, Phyllis Anderson, Rissa Berlin are all in the Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity’s 71st Annual Spring Show.
The exhibition runs online May 15th thru July 15th.
Ada Trillo won 1st place, Andrea Snyder 2nd, and Kirby Fredendall won 3rd in the show juried by Bridgette Mayer. Arlene Solomon also received an Honorable Mention.
Featured image: Mappings, Alan Lankin
