GEORGE
TOWNE
Education
Master of Fine Arts – 1997 School of Visual Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts – 1990 School of Visual Arts
Solo
Exhibitions
“George Towne: Portrait Paintings” – Delaware Valley
Arts Alliance 2/04
Narrowsburg, NY
“George Towne: The Ground Zero Portraits” – The Barbara
Ann Levy Gallery 9/03
Cherry Grove, NY, Fire Island National Seashore
“Full-Frontal: Paintings and Prints by George Towne” –
LGBT Community 11/02
Center, 208 West 13th Street
Selected
Group Exhibitions
“Group Show” – Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington, NY 11/03
curated by Barbara Ann Levy
“Postcards from the Edge” – Galerie Lelong, 11/03
Benefit for Visual AIDS
“Diversity Initiative Exhibit” – Credit Suisse Bank,
11 Madison Avenue 6/03
curated by Betty Levin, Corporate Art Directions
“14th Annual Lambda Literary Foundation Awards” – Tribeca
Rooftop 5/02
Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction
“Postcards from the Edge” – Sara Meltzer Gallery, 516
West 20th Street 11/01
Benefit for Visual AIDS
“Best of the Best” – Visual Arts Museum, 209 East 23rd
Street 2/00
curated by Marshall Arisman & Jack Endewelt, SVA Alumni show
“The Passion/Passions of Art” – Richard Anderson Fine
Arts, 453 West 17th St. 10/99
“Printmaking” – Visual Arts Gallery, 137 Wooster Street,
SoHo 3/99
curated by Gunars Prande
“No England, No Amsterdam III” – Real Art Ways (R.A.W.),
Hartford, CT 9/98
curated by Richard Vine, Managing Editor, Art in America
“Night of 1,000 Drawings” – Artist’s Space, Benefit
for Artist’s Space 12/97
“College Art Association MFA show” – Hunter College
Fine Arts Bldg. 2/97
Selected
Articles and Publications
Feature/Reproduction: Simpson, Les, “Family of Man”, Time
Out New York, issue #369, 10/02
Feature/3 Reproductions: Jeffries, Joe E., “Out in Oil”, HX
Magazine, issue #581, 10/02
Article/Reproduction: Vescio, Robert, “Love Object”, Blue
Magazine (Australia), issue #40, 8/02
Artist Profile/Interview/8 Reproductions: McCartney, Alistair, “A
Passion for Recording”,
A&U - Art and Understanding, issue #83, 9/2001
Artist Profile/8 Reproductions plus Cover: Merla, Patrick, “Portfolio:
Theme and Variations”,
The James White Review, Fall 2000 issue
Listing/3 Reproductions: Simpson, Les, “Print Pals”, Time
Out New York, 3/11/99
Awards
Stonewall Community Foundation’s Billy Heekin Memorial Arts Award
- 2002
Paula Rhodes Memorial Award – 1997
SVA Alumni Society Award – 1990
