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BORN
1958 Lincoln, Nebraska
EDUCATION
1976-1980 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 4-Year Certificate
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Monumental Drawings, Glen Hansen Studio, Southold, NY
2011 Beckler Family Member Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts,
Wilmington, Delaware May - August
Lied Art Gallery; Creighton University; Omaha, Nebraska Jan - March
2010 European Union House; Riga, Latvia.
2004 My Friends, My Brothers, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Solo Exhibition, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Narrative Portraits, Museum of Nebraska Art at Kearney, NE
2002 Solo Exhibition, Tatistcheff Gallery, NYC
1992 Latvian Foreign Art Museum, Riga, Latvia
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 Nebraska Artist Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
2019 Optical Chronicle III, Museum of Nebraska Art
American Psyche, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York City
2019 Nebraska Artist Biennial, Gallery 1516
2018 Traditions & Innovation, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Compelled To Tell: Marketing, Museum of Nebraska Art
2017 About Face, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY
2016 The PAFA Show, Morris – Warren Gallery, NYC
Works on Paper, ACA Galleries, NYC
2015 Friends of Kent, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
The Selfie and Others, Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount College, NYC
Collectors Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, AR
2014 Face to Face: Artists’ Self-Portraits From the Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr.
Arkansas Art Center, AK
2013 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
2012 The Romantic Impulse, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Sacred and Profane, Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art, Portsmouth, NH
Face to Face: Portraits, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
2009 Legacies: Works by Twelve Former Students of Elizabeth Osborne and Sidney Goodman, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
The American Scene, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Edgar Jerins / Jock Anderson, 2 Friends / 2 Visions Fine Arts Exhibition Hall
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2008 Timeless The Art of Drawing, Morris Museum Morristown, NJ.
RSVP Museum of Nebraska Art: Contemporary Art Invitational, Kearney, NE
On The Edge, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2007/8 Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL;
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
2007 Representation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
Creative Imagining: The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
New Directions in American Drawing, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2006 Figure in American Painting and Drawing 1985-2005, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, ME
2005 Dances of Death, Tatischeff Gallery, New York, NY
71st Regional Exhibition, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Out of Line, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia,PA
Collectors Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, AR
2004 Traditions and Departures, Mentors and Protégés, Vose Gallery, Boston, MA
Collectors Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, AR
2003 Re-presenting Representation VI, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
2002 A Decade of Perception, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2001 Magic Visions, Arkansas Art Center, AR
15 Exposures, Pennsylvania Academy Competition, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA
Ten New Artists, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Pennsylvania Academy Fellowship Group Show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
1998 The Nude in Fine Art, Vanier Fine Art, Ltd., Scottsdale, AZ
The Copley Society Portrait Show, Boston, MA
1997 Latvian Artist Group, Lever House, New York, NY
The Copley Society Spring/Summer Members Show, Boston, MA
The Copley Society Winning Artists Show, Boston, MA
The Legacy Lives, Hillside College, Hillsdale, MI
1996 Artists Cooperative Gallery, Omaha, NE
The Legacy Lives, Lever House, New York, NY
New Members Shows, The Copley Society, Boston, MA
Fellowship Show of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1995 International Images, Ltd., Sewickly, PA
1994 Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
1993 Latvian Artist Group, Lever House, New York, NY
C.P.S. Pastel Society, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT
1991 Art to Live With, The Sterlington Exhibit, Sterlington, NY
1990 Five New York Artists Look at Los Angeles, Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989 What’s In a Face, Pelham, NY
Portrait-Self-Portrait, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, NY
1988 The New York Eye, Peale House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 90th Annual Fellowship Show of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Islip Museum, Islip, NY
1986 Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Wunsch Arts Center, Glen Cove, NY
Fellowship Show of PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Antiquarium Gallery, Omaha,NE
Fellowship Show of PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Five Years After, Rice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984 Wunsch Arts Center, Glen Cove, NY
Fellowship Show of PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
1983 Biedribs Felpa Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Landscapes, Swope Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Art Guild, Los Angeles, CA
1981 View Interior Exterior, Stockton State College, NJ
Los Angeles Bicentennial Student Show, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Fairytales, Cal State, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS
2014 Venture Fund Grant, The New Academy of Art
2011 The Artists Fellowship Grant
2006 George Sugarman Foundation Grant
2005 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books
2004 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2003 The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant
2002 George Sugarman Foundation Grant
2001 E.D. Foundation Grant
1997 Nathaniel Burwash Award, Copley Society, Boston
1987 Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, PA
1981 Los Angeles Bicentennial Student Award
1980 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
Frances Bergman Memorial Prize, PAFA
1979 Eleanor S. Gray Still Life Prize, PAFA
1978 Advanced Studio Privilege
Bergman Prize, Toppin Prize, PAFA
1977-78 Hotz Half Scholarship, PAFA
1976 National Scholarship Awards, Full Scholarship, PAFA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 “The Brooklyn Rail, Edgar Jerins: Monumental Drawings”, Joyce Beckenstein, March
2014 The Figure, Skira/Rizzoli book, Image and essay
2011 Donohoe, Victoria. “Family Matters”. The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 8th
2009 Newall, Edith, “Irresistible Search for Clues Linking Students &Teachers”, Philadelphia Inquirer July 5:H8
New&Notable, American Artist Drawing,Winter 2009: 16
2008 “Three to Watch”, Fine Art Connoisseur, October
2007 Kelly Compton, “The Human Touch” Fine Art Connoisseur, December
2006 O’Hern, John. “Artists’ Self Portraits.” American Art Collector, May.
O’Hern, John. “The Powerful Charm of Home.” American Art Collector, December.
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2004 Brown, Clint. “Exhibition Review.” American Arts Quarterly, Summer.
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2001 Wolfe III, Townsend D. “Magic Visions.” Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR.
1992 Cacioppo, Nancy. “Bringing Life To Art.” Rockland Journal-News, November 30: C-1.
1991 Delmont, Jim. Omaha World Herald, May 28.
1987 Harrison, Helen A. “Islip Museum Exhibition Review.” New York Times, April 19.
1986 Harrison, Helen A. “Group Exhibition Review.” New York Times, May 18.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
The Global Center for Latvian Art, Cesis Latvia
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Adjunct Faculty New York Academy of Art