Christopher Gallego (American, born )

Timeline

1959
Born Queens, New York
1982
B.A. - C.W. Post College, Brookville, NY
1982–1985
Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
1985–1986
National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
Awards
2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts – Painting Fellowship
1999 Cambridge Art Association - Best of Show Rathbone Award, Boston, MA
1993 Savannah National - Award for Painting, Savannah, GA
1991 Allied Artists 77th Annual - Art Students League of NY Award, New York, NY
Public Collections
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

Exhibitions

2004–2006
"Masterworks from the New Britain Collection" Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2005
"Evocative Realism," Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2004
Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2003
"Observations/Reflections - 200 Years of Still-Life," Hirschl & Adler, New York, NY
2002
"Collector’s Show," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2002
"Modern – The Eloquent Line," Hirschl & Adler, New York, NY
2002
New Britain Museum of American Art - New Now, New Britain, CT (solo)
2002
"Collector’s Show," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2001
"Magic Vision," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2001
"Re-presenting Representation V," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
2001
"New York Realists," Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France
2001
"National Drawing Invitational," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2001
"New York Realists," Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris, France
2001
"Re-presenting Representation V," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
2001
"Magic Vision," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2000
"New York Classicism Now," Hirschl and Adler, New York, NY
2000
"Collectors’ Show," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1999
"Midyear," Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1999
"30 years, 30 Artists," Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
1999
"Drawings," John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998
Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1996
"Collector’s Show," Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
1995
Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
1995
"Spectrum '95," Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
1995
United Nations Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1994
Savannah National - Collector's Choice, Savannah, GA
1994
"7th Annual," Association for Visual Artists, Chattanooga, TN
1994
"National Competition," First Street Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Museum of Latin American Art - Int’l Art Competition, Miami, FL
1993
Association for Visual Artists - Artist-in-Residence, Chattanooga, TN (solo)
1990
First Street Gallery - National Competition, New York, NY

Literature

2002
Hedberg, Gregory, Ph.D., The Eloquent Line, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 2002. pp.1,2,3,10,11,16 (exhibition catalogue)
2002
Wolfe, Townsend, Magic Vision. Arkansas Museum of Art, Little Rock, AR 2002, pp. 9, 44, 45 (exhibition catalogue)
2002
Wolfe, Townsend, Eighth National Drawing Invitational Arkansas Museum of Art, Little Rock, AR 2002 (exhibition catalogue)
2002
“The Eloquent Line”, American Arts Quarterly, spring 2002, pp. 46, 48
2002
Doherty, Steven M., “Four Approaches to Drawing”, American Artist, June 2002, pp. 66-67
2001
Attias, Laurie, New York Realists Now Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris 2001 (exhibition catalogue)
2000
Bloemink, Barbara, Ph.D., New York Classicism Now Hirsch and Adler Modern, New York, NY 2000 (exhibition catalogue)
2000
Johnson, Ken, “New York Classicism Now” New York Times, September 8, 2000
2000
Rodriguez, Edel, “New York Classicism Now” The New Yorker, August 14, 2000
1999
McKown, Rich, “Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show” Art New England, Boston, MA, August-September 1999
1999
Art Students League of New York, 1999 (exhibition catalogue)
1999
Pence, John, Drawings John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999 (exhibition catalogue)
1993
Glaser, Pam, “Two Artists, One Grand Vision” Association for Visual Artists Newsmagazine, Chattanooga TN, autumn 1993
1993
Nichols, Ann, “Achieving Truth in Painting” Chattanooga Free Press, June 6, 1993
Koob, Pam, Kuebler, Joanne, Thirty Works by Art Students League of New York Alumni (exhibition catalogue)