Sandi Neiman Lovitz
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Phone: 610-547-9983
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Artist's Biography
Sandi Neiman Lovitz graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelors degree in Art Education and taught art in the Pittsburgh public school system for two years. She attended summer art classes at Carnegie Tech and was a juried member of the Pittsburgh watercolor society before moving to Philadelphia.
Sandi continued to teach private classes and exhibit her paintings. Her passion for art led to various businesses that all involved the creative process. Plastic Fantastics was started with a friend, where they designed and manufactured acrylic functional art pieces. This, combined with her desire to keep doing art to make a living, resulted in her decision to learn sign painting as a trade. She did freestyle hand lettering on windows, tractor trailers, paper and wood for approximately 10 years. Following that, she developed a line of hand-painted clothing that was sold throughout the Philadelphia metropolitan area, did murals in personal and commercial areas, and also created a line of hand-painted furniture which was represented by several galleries in the area. During this whole time, Sandi continued to exhibit her paintings in various shows and was part of the Merrill Collection, a gallery in West Chester, PA.
She was President of the Tri-State Pennsylvania Artists Equity for two years and has continued to serve on the executive board. She is also involved in ARTsisters, a group of women who are professional visual artists that not only support each other, but also reach out to women and children in the community. Sandi was a juror in the Centennial exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum by John B. Ravenal and curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She was also a juror in the Berks Art Alliance at the Reading Art Museum and was awarded a honorable mention by Lisa Tremper Hanover, CEO of the Michener Museum. She participated in the Square Foot Art Basel Miami, was awarded the Nolan Painting Award at the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA, by celebrated artist Moe Brooker, and was awarded featured artist on Artsy Shark, founded by Carolyn Edlund, Executive Director of the Arts Business Institute. Sandi is a faculty member at the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA and paints full-time in her studio.
Artist's Statement
It all started when I was five years old and my Daddy picked me up to view the nest in our young tree. There in living color were a robin’s eggs…..a luscious shade of blue. That is when I fell in love with colors.
The simple definition of color: "the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object”. My subject matter is the power of color. Color is fundamental to our experience of the world around us.
I enjoy watching paint move and take on its own energy. The dance proceeds by using various methods of application such as marks making, the swipe of a brush, the push and pull of a palette knife, the spray from a can or the splatter and splash from a vessel. I demand from myself spontaneity in gesture, but also refine and edit my art from my knowledge of composition, balance and color. My personal reaction to joy in the world around me, then, completes the translation to the canvas. . I invite you, the viewer, to enter my world and experience your personal interpretations of what is happening on the canvas. I hope that looking at them brings a smile to your face.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2019
Boston Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016
The Great Frame UP, Wayne, PA
2015
Bazemore Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Featured Artist Sandi Neiman Lovitz, Artsy Shark
2012
Case Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA
Invitational
Two-person
2016
Rapture in Space, Boston Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Douglas Witmer & Sandi Lovitz, Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Group
2020
Poised and Forceful, InLiquid at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
CREATING JOY: Art Inspired by Music, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Juried Exhibition
2019
Tri-State/Artists Equity Association, GoggleWorks, Reading, PA
Professional Art Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2018
First Friday at the Curtis (presented by Keystone Property Group) Philadelphia, PA
Spaces Worth Feeling, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Art Expo New York, New York, NY
2017
Professional Artist Members, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juried Exhibition
2016
Spring Show, Jam Gallery, Malvern, PA
Women’s Art for the Heart, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA
ACA, Cincinnati, OH
Juried Exhibition
Bauhaus to Bowie, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juror: Sharon Ewing, Director, The Gross McCleaf Gallery
85/564 Members Show, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Thora Jacobson
2015
Eyes Wide Open, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Moe Brooker
Chromatic, Linus Gallery
2014
Thomas Moser Furniture Gallery, Wayne, PA
Franklin Commons Art Gallery, Phoenixville, PA
2013 - 2014
Jam Gallery, Malvern, PA
Juried Exhibition
2013
Artist Equity Select Show, Media, PA
Juror: Moe Brooker
Manhattan Arts International, online exhibition
Juried Exhibition
Members' Select Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juror: Moe Brooker
Nolan Painting Award
2012 – 2013
Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Invitational
2012
Biennial Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Juror: John B. Ravenal, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Shades of Green, ARTSisters at Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington, DE
Fall Juried Exhibition: Art Spirits, Tri State Artists Equity, Lyceum Hall, Burlington, NJ
Juror: Fran Gallum
First Place
63rd Anniversary Members Juried Exhibition, Tri State Artists Equity, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Juror: Sande Webster
2011
Square Foot Art Basel Miami, Projects Gallery at Art Basel, Miami, FL
Juried Exhibition
Abstraction, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition
AE Select Show, Tri State Artists Equity, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA
Juror: Frank Hyder
Berks Art Alliance 34th Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition, Reading Museum, Reading, PA
Juror: Lisa Tremper Hanover
Honorable Mention
62nd Anniversary Member Juried Exhibition, Tri State Artists Equity, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juror: Thora Jacobson
First Place
Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Dr. Debra Miller
Second Place
Oxford Art Alliance, Oxford, PA
Invitational
Paper and Paint, Board of Ethics, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Fine Art Sale, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2010
Tri State Artists Equity, MCCC, Pottstown, PA
Rubenstein Award
Fine Art Sale, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2009
Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA
Invitational
Fine Art Sale, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2008
Art Trust, West Chester, PA
Invitational
LIMR Art Gallery Fall Exhibition, Lankenau Medical Research Institute, Wynnewood, PA
Invitational
Living with Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2007
Living with Art, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational
Touching the Void, Atlantic City, NJ
Invitational
Brandywine Realty Trust, Radnor, PA
Invitational
2006
Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Invitational
Betsy Meyer Memorial, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juried Exhibition
2005
Artistic Fusion: Valerie Craig, Kim Davolos, Cyril Donkor, Sandi Lovitz, Kyle Margiotta, Steve Oliver, Republica Bolizariana de Venezuela Consulado General Nuevo Gallery, New York, NY
Betsy Meyer Memorial, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juried Exhibition
Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Invitational
2004
Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Invitational
Betsy Meyer Memorial, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juried Exhibition
Franklin Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Juried Exhibition
2003
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juried Exhibition
1997
Women's Work, Wayne, PA
Juried Exhibition
1995
Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
Juried Exhibition
1994
America College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Juried Exhibition
1993
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition
Publications
2017
American Journal of Critical Care, front cover, January 2017 Volume 26, No. 1
Professional Experience
2013
Juror, Art on Avenue of the States, Harrah's, Chester, PA
2012
Juror, Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA
Education
1969
Penn State University, University Park, PA
BS, Art Education
Recent Artist Member Mentions on InLiquid
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Sandi Neiman Lovitz in “Chromaticity”
Sandi Neiman Lovitz is in Perkins Center for the Arts’ Invitational Exhibition Chromaticity, which runs from January 16 – March 18, 2021. There will be an artist’s reception February 13, from 5-8 pm.
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Chromaticity
Artist’s Reception: February 13, 2021 | 5:00 – 8:00 PM Collingswood Gallery This exhibition features 4 artists specializing in saturated … 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
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ARTSisters Group Exhibition Video
ARTSister members Barbara Dirnbach, Florence Weisz, Jenn Hallgren, Linda Dubin Garfield, Linnie Greenberg, Nancy Freeman Tabas, Priscilla Bohlen, Sandi Neiman Lovitz, Sally K. Eisenberg, and Sandra Benhaim‘s works are all featured in Artists in the Time of Pandemic, an online video exhibition that can be viewed below!
Feature image: Three Wishes, Linnie Greenberg
