Sandi Neiman Lovitz

Contact Information

sandiltc@gmail.com

Phone: 610-547-9983

http://www.sandineimanlovitz.com/

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Painting/Mixed Media

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 in the Pittsburgh watercolor society before moving to Philadelphia.
Sandi continued to teach private classes and exhibit her paintings. Her passion for art led into 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 free style 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 and was part of the Merrill Collection, a gallery in West Chester, PA.

She was of 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 juried in to the Centennial exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum by John B. Ravenal, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She was also juried in to the Berks Art Alliance at the Reading Art Museum and was awarded an honorable mention by Lisa Tremper Hanover, CEO of the Michener Museum. She participated in the Square Foot Art Basel Miami and was awarded the Nolan Painting Award at the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA, by celebrated artist, Moe Brooker, and was awarded feature artist on Artsy Shark, founded by Carolyn Edlund, Executive Director of the Arts Business Institute (http://www.artsyshark.com/2014/01/01/featured-artist-sandi-neiman-lovitz/ ). Sandi is on the faculty member at the MAIN LINE ART CENTER in Haverford, Pennsylvania and paints full time in her studio.

Publications: 2017 American Journal of Critical Care Front Cover: January 2017 Volume 26, No. 1

Artist's Statement

I was a very little girl when I became excited about art. My first box of crayons was the most precious gift I have ever been given. The colors around me, from the blue of the sky, the first robin's egg that I saw, to the rainbows on an oil slick pavement, still, to this day, provide me with a huge vocabulary to express myself.

My subject matter is actually the "process" of painting itself. Each layer I use gives me information for the next. I continue to explore the dance between paint and marks by using experimental methods of application that demand spontaneity in gesture and thought, while maintaining an informed reason for every action that is taken. I find this a challenging and illuminating experience because it pushes me further into the discovery of new possibilities.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo
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
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, Wynneword, PA

ACA, Cincinati, OH
Juried Exhibition

Bauhaus to Bowie, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Juror: Sharon Ewing, Director, The Gross McCleaf Gallery

85/564 Members Show, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Thora Jacobson

2015
Eyes Wide Open, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Moe Brooker

Chromatic, Linus Gallery

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

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
Womens 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

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

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