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Celia Reisman
Kidstuff, 2017
oil on canvas
30 x 37 7/8 in.

Everywhere I go, close to home or further afield, I find potential subjects for my paintings.

Inspired by the interaction of residential architecture with natural forms, I am compelled to record these interactions, to make these observations stay put in paintings when they are  ephemeral in life.  The narrow spaces in between domestic residencies provide varied displays of shape and color that change from time of day and season to season.  From my car I make observational drawings and, in my studio, combine the drawing with changes of color, light and perspective altering the known with the imagined.  New forms develop that lead to that moment when there is tension between the hard silhouette of a garage and the graceful lines of a tree.  My studio challenge is to orchestrate all the components so that they hold that tension.  By working between boundaries of representation and abstraction, meaning is created by my choices to balance all the elements. In return, the paintings transform my daily world into one suspended in mystery and surprise. 

"The paintings transform my daily world into one suspended in mystery and surprise."

CELIA REISMAN

1950
Born in Syracuse, NY

EDUCATION

1978
MFA, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

1971
BFA, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

1971
Blossom Art Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Side Streets, Back Roads, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2020
Borderlands, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2019
The Vermont Paintings, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT

2018
Endless Readings, Art Space, HACC Lancaster Campus, Lancaster, PA

2017
A Moment Noticed, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2016
Paintings & Their Studies, St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery, Rutherford, CA

2015
Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013
A Certain Slant – Paintings and Drawings, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Hidden Spaces, The Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery, Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ

2011
Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Paintings, Upper Jewett Exhibition Corridor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA

2004
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Fifteen Year Survey, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Tasis American School, Surrey, England

TEACHING

2020
Visiting Artist, Mt. Gretna School of Art, Mt. Gretna, PA

2019
Visiting Professor, Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

2013
Visiting Artist, Mt. Gretna School of Art, PA

2012
Visiting Professor in Painting, The International School for Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy [summer]

SELECTED AWARDS

2015
Borgo Finnochietto Residency, Buonconvento, Italy

2009
Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Fund Purchase, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency, Taos, NM

2004
Rochfort-en-Terre Painting Residency, Brittany, France

2001
Leeway Foundation - Window of Opportunity Award
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts - SOS Grant

Celia Reisman Seven Tops, 2017 oil on canvas 36 x 48 in.

Celia Reisman
Seven Tops, 2017
oil on canvas
36 x 48 in.

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Celia Reisman Purple Umbrella, 2014 oil on canvas 30 x 24 in.

Celia Reisman
Purple Umbrella, 2014
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.

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CR_MagnoliaFrame.jpg

Celia Reisman
Magnolia Frame, 2012
oil on canvas
26 1/4 x 36 in.

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CR_Remember-Valley.jpg

Celia Reisman
Remember Valley, 2014
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.

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CR_Ranunculus.jpg

Celia Reisman
Ranunculus, 2014
oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.

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CR_Birdcage.jpg

Celia Reisman
Birdcage, 2014
oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 20 1/8 in.

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Celia Reisman Kidstuff, 2017 oil on canvas 30 x 37 7/8 in.

Celia Reisman
Kidstuff, 2017
oil on canvas
30 x 37 7/8 in.

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CR_RoadI.jpg

Celia Reisman
Road I, 2015
oil on canvas
24 x 32 in.

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CR_Spiky-Plant-on-30th-Street.jpg

Celia Reisman
Spiky Plant on 30th Street, 2014
oil on linen mounted on panel
6 x 9 in.

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CR_Pencil-Plant-for-Larry.jpg

Celia Reisman
Pencil Plant for Larry, 2014
oil on canvas board
8 x 10 in.

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CR_Two-Vases.jpg

Celia Reisman
Two Vases, 2010
oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 12 in.

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Celia Reisman Golden Hill, 2015 oil on canvas 36 x 42 in.

Celia Reisman
Golden Hill, 2015
oil on canvas
36 x 42 in.

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Celia Reisman. Bird of Paradise, 2015 oil on canvas 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.

Celia Reisman
Bird of Paradise
2015 oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.
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Celia Reisman Red Roofs, 2014 oil on canvas 22 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.

Celia Reisman
Red Roofs, 2014
oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.

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CR_Red-Lily.jpg

Celia Reisman
Red Lily, 2010
oil on paper
20 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.

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CR_BirthdayTulips.jpg

Celia Reisman
Birthday Tulips, 2011
oil on linen panel
10 x 13 1/2 in.

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Celia Reisman Night, 2008–09 oil on canvas 44 5/8 x 57 1/2 in.

Celia Reisman
Night
, 2008–09
oil on canvas
44 5/8 x 57 1/2 in.

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CR_Lily-at-Night.jpg

Celia Reisman
Lily at Night," 2010
oil on paper
20 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.

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Celia Reisman  Pink Umbrella, 2014 oil on canvas 10 x 17 7/8 in.

Celia Reisman
Pink Umbrella, 2014
oil on canvas
10 x 17 7/8 in.

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Celia Reisman Study for Echo Park, 2014 gouache and graphite on paper 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.

Celia Reisman
Study for Echo Park, 2014
gouache and graphite on paper
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.

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Celia Reisman Echo Park, 2014 oil on canvas 28 x 32 in.

Celia Reisman
Echo Park
, 2014
oil on canvas
28 x 32 in.

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Celia Reisman. Study for LaLa Purple, 2014 gouache and graphite on paper 13 3/8 x 11 in.

Celia Reisman
Study for LaLa Purple, 2014
gouache and graphite on paper
13 3/8 x 11 in.

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Celia Reisman Study for Remember Valley, 2014 gouache and graphite on paper 19 1/8 x 25 7/16 in.

Celia Reisman
Study for Remember Valley, 2014
gouache and graphite on paper
19 1/8 x 25 7/16 in.

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Celia Reisman Seven Tops, 2017 oil on canvas 36 x 48 in.

Celia Reisman
Seven Tops, 2017
oil on canvas
36 x 48 in.

Celia Reisman Purple Umbrella, 2014 oil on canvas 30 x 24 in.

Celia Reisman
Purple Umbrella, 2014
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.

CR_MagnoliaFrame.jpg

Celia Reisman
Magnolia Frame, 2012
oil on canvas
26 1/4 x 36 in.

CR_Remember-Valley.jpg

Celia Reisman
Remember Valley, 2014
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.

CR_Ranunculus.jpg

Celia Reisman
Ranunculus, 2014
oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.

CR_Birdcage.jpg

Celia Reisman
Birdcage, 2014
oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 20 1/8 in.

Celia Reisman Kidstuff, 2017 oil on canvas 30 x 37 7/8 in.

Celia Reisman
Kidstuff, 2017
oil on canvas
30 x 37 7/8 in.

CR_RoadI.jpg

Celia Reisman
Road I, 2015
oil on canvas
24 x 32 in.

CR_Spiky-Plant-on-30th-Street.jpg

Celia Reisman
Spiky Plant on 30th Street, 2014
oil on linen mounted on panel
6 x 9 in.

CR_Pencil-Plant-for-Larry.jpg

Celia Reisman
Pencil Plant for Larry, 2014
oil on canvas board
8 x 10 in.

CR_Two-Vases.jpg

Celia Reisman
Two Vases, 2010
oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 12 in.

Celia Reisman Golden Hill, 2015 oil on canvas 36 x 42 in.

Celia Reisman
Golden Hill, 2015
oil on canvas
36 x 42 in.

Celia Reisman. Bird of Paradise, 2015 oil on canvas 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.

Celia Reisman
Bird of Paradise
2015 oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.
SOLD

Celia Reisman Red Roofs, 2014 oil on canvas 22 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.

Celia Reisman
Red Roofs, 2014
oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.

CR_Red-Lily.jpg

Celia Reisman
Red Lily, 2010
oil on paper
20 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.

CR_BirthdayTulips.jpg

Celia Reisman
Birthday Tulips, 2011
oil on linen panel
10 x 13 1/2 in.

Celia Reisman Night, 2008–09 oil on canvas 44 5/8 x 57 1/2 in.

Celia Reisman
Night
, 2008–09
oil on canvas
44 5/8 x 57 1/2 in.

CR_Lily-at-Night.jpg

Celia Reisman
Lily at Night," 2010
oil on paper
20 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.

Celia Reisman  Pink Umbrella, 2014 oil on canvas 10 x 17 7/8 in.

Celia Reisman
Pink Umbrella, 2014
oil on canvas
10 x 17 7/8 in.

Celia Reisman Study for Echo Park, 2014 gouache and graphite on paper 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.

Celia Reisman
Study for Echo Park, 2014
gouache and graphite on paper
11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.

Celia Reisman Echo Park, 2014 oil on canvas 28 x 32 in.

Celia Reisman
Echo Park
, 2014
oil on canvas
28 x 32 in.

Celia Reisman. Study for LaLa Purple, 2014 gouache and graphite on paper 13 3/8 x 11 in.

Celia Reisman
Study for LaLa Purple, 2014
gouache and graphite on paper
13 3/8 x 11 in.

Celia Reisman Study for Remember Valley, 2014 gouache and graphite on paper 19 1/8 x 25 7/16 in.

Celia Reisman
Study for Remember Valley, 2014
gouache and graphite on paper
19 1/8 x 25 7/16 in.