Binnie Birstein
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2011
“Shattered,” MarinMOCA  Juror: Kenneth Baker, Art Critic, San Francisco Chronicle
“New England Collective II,” Galatea Gallery, Boston, MA Juror: Joanne Mattera
"Crossroads," Silvermine Guild Juror: Tracy Fitzpatrick, Neuberger Museum
“Beeline,” Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA Juror: Francine D'Olimpio
“Pollination,” Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA  Curator: Gregory Wright invitational
“WOW-Women in Wax,” Art Center Sarasota, FL Curator: Elena De La Ville invitational
“Look Who’s Here-Artists Make Mirrors,” Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
“Sanctuaries in Time,” Columbia University, NYC catalog
Vertrue Corporation, Norwalk, CT
2010
“a wrinkle in time,” ArtPlace, Fairfield, CT solo
N.E.W. @ FAC, Fairfield Arts Council, CT Curator: Laura Einstein catalog
New Members, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
‘Inside/Out,” Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
“Fresh Pics: Contemporary Art in Connecticut,” Ridgefield Guild of Art, CT
Curator:Camilla Cook catalog
2009
“Print Americas 2009,” 26th Print Triennial, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Juror: Jacob Lewis, Director, Pace Prints Chelsea
“Embedded Light,” Grosse Point Art Center, Grosse Point, MI Juror: Chris McCauley
“Ancient Medium, N.E.W. Terrain,” Duxbury Art Museum Complex, Duxbury, MA
Curator: Craig Bloodgood, Director of Special Projects, Duxbury Art Museum Complex
“Heat Stroke,” Saco Museum of Art, Saco, ME
Curator: Katherine French, Director, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
“Working in Wax,” Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Juror: Eileen P. Goldenberg
“Cultural Passages: What’s Art Got To Do With It?,” Creative Arts Workshop
“Spectrum 2009,” Carriage Barn Arts Center, Waveny Park, New Canaan, CT
Juror: Barbara Grossman
“American Impressions: Contemporary American Printmaking,”
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ Juror: Willie Cole catalog
“Small Works,” Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild, Larchmont, NY
Juror: Leslie Nolan, Executive Director, Center for Contemporary Printmaking
“Identity: Who Are We Now?” Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT Curator: Laura Einstein
“Interpretations: The Art of Transcription,” Center for Contemporary Printmaking
2008
“Why Not?!,” Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT catalog
Juror: Helen Klisser During, Second Prize Award
“Art/Place 25+ Years,” Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport CT
“31st small works,” 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYC
Juror: Richard Witter, OK Harris Works of Art, NYC
“Footprint International,” Center for Contemporary Printmaking
Jurors: Kristin Heming, Director of Pace Prints, NY,
Jim Kempner, Director of Jim Kempner Fine Art, NY
“Painting as Presence,” a national exhibition, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Juror: William Bailey, Kingman Brewster Professor Emeritus at Yale
“justbinnie,” encaustic paintings and monotypes, Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT solo
“Six in Wax,” Nashawannuck Gallery, Easthampton, MA Curator: Nancy Natale invitational
“The Diptych Project,” Collaboration in Wax, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
Second National Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
“Wax-It ’08,” Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH invitational
Artworks Gallery Summer juried show, Hartford, CT
Juror: Julia Pavone, Director, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, UConn, 2nd Prize
“Tete-a-Tete,” Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2007
“Thinking in Wax,” Castle Hill at Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
Juror: Joanne Mattera, author of “The Art of Encaustic Painting,” First Prize Award
Connecticut Women Artists 78th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Mystic Art Center
Juror: Donna Bruton, Professor of Painting, RISD, Honorable Mention Award
“Hot, Hot, Hot,” Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT
Juror: Helen Klisser During
“Take 5,” New members show, Art/Place, Southport, CT
“Cultural Passages: Identity Made Visible,” Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
“Encaustic I,” Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA
“Encaustic II,” Galletly Gallery, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH
“Blue Print,” Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
“The Banner Project,” Fairfield Arts Council, Fairfield, CT
2006
“Particular Places,” Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Juror: Bernard Chaet, William Leffinwell Professor of Painting Emeritus,
Yale University School of Art Honorable Mention Award
“The Connecticut Vision,” Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Jurors: Charles Cajori and Barbara Grossman
2005
“Encaustics,” Ulla Surland-Gallery Eleven, Fairfield, CT solo
Connecticut Women Artists, 76th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jorgenson Gallery, UConn
Juror: Dianna Dimodica Mille, Director of Walsh Gallery, Fairfield University, CT
“Facing Our Ancestors,” Jewish Community Center, Woodbridge, CT invitational
2004
”Women, Power and Politics,” Women’s Caucus for Art,
Lyman Center for the Performing Arts, Southern Connecticut State University
“Artists Invite Artists,” Art/Place, Southport, CT invitational
Connecticut Women Artists, Members Juried Exhibition, John Slade Ely House,
New Haven, CT Juror: Deborah Muirhead, Professor of Art, UConn, Storrs
“Earth, Air, Water and Fire,” Women’s Caucus for Art, Westport Library, Westport, CT
“Known/Unknown,” Women’s Caucus for Art, Waveny Carriage Barn, New Canaan, CT
“6 x 6”, Women’s Caucus for Art, The Small Gallery,
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, CT
2003
“A Room of Ones Own,” Ulla Surland- Gallery Eleven, Fairfield, CT solo
“Women, War and Peace,” Women’s Caucus for Art, Lyman Center for the Performing Arts,
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Gallery at Merritt Crossing, Prints and Paintings solo
“Now Voyager,” Connecticut Commission for the Arts, Women’s Caucus For Art
Bradley International Airport
“Art For Life,” Gaining Your Voice Through the Arts 9th Anniversary Invitational
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT Co-curator
Printmakers from Creative Arts Workshop at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Printmakers from Creative Arts Workshop, Moira Fitzsimmmons Arons Gallery, Hamden
Studio Tour, Westport Arts Center, CT
Art to the Avenue, Greenwich Arts Council, Chico’s, Greenwich, CT
“Objects and Images,” Women’s Caucus for Art, White Silo Farm, Sherman, CT
“Poetry into Print,” Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2002
“Art of the Northeast USA” Fifty third Annual, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Juror: Ann Temkin, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Best in Show, the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award
“NorthEast Prints 2002” William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ. catalog
Curator: Judith Hecker, Assistant Curator, Department of Books,
Museum of Modern Art, NY
“Prints From Within II” Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, CT
“Cycles,” Women’s Caucus For Art, Jeffrey Weiss Gallery, Black Rock, CT
Printmakers from Creative Arts Workshop, Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery, Hamden
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2001
“Boxed,” Ulla Surland-Gallery Eleven, Fairfield, CT solo
“New Directions ’01,” Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY catalog
Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Chair and Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, NY
“Art For The Cure,” New Britain Museum of American Art, CT catalog

Professional Experience

Fifth International Encaustic Conference, 2011,
Castle Hill Center for the Arts,Truro,MA; instructor, post-con
Third and Fourth International Encaustic Conference, 2009-2010,
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA Presenter: “Developing Imagery”
Professional Development for Art Teachers and Art Professionals:
Encaustic Demonstrations and Workshops
Creative Arts Workshop: Faculty
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC: Color Print Shop; cataloging and sales
Studio Assistant to William Accorsi, NYC
Lecturer: SUNY Brockport
Art Instructor/Teacher


Collections

State University of New York at Brockport, Faculty Office Building
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
R. D. Weis & Company, CT
Numerous private collections, list available upon request


Education

State University of New York at Brockport
City College of New York: Steers Award for outstanding achievement in art;
Dean’s List; Phi Beta Kappa; Magna cum Laude
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Nazareth College, Rochester, New York
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico
Art Students’ League, NY


Affiliations

Art/Place
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Connecticut Women Artists
Creative Arts Workshop
Phi Beta Kappa
Silvermine Guild of Art
Westport Arts Center
Women’s Caucus for Art