Timeline

1950–1960
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1962
Columbia University, New York, NY B.S.
1962–1970
Columbia Teachers College, New York, NY
1971–1974
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1977
Prize for Excellence in Craftsmanship and Design, Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
1999
The Leeway Foundation Grant for Excellence, The Leeway Foundation, 1999 Awards for Artists in Sculpture & Three-Dimensional Craft

Exhibitions

2006
Drawing Through Space, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
2006
Forming Lines, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Bowled Over, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2005
The Clay Studio: Thirty Years of Excellence, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Three Moore Alumnae, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Penetrable Vessels, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
2004
Drawings in Space, Delaware Center For The Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE (solo)
2004
Alumnae Exhibition, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2004
For The Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2003
Jill Bonovitz: A Simple Twist, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygen, WI (solo)
2003
Helen Drutt English: A Celebration of Contemporary Craft, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Jill Bonovitz: Drawing on Air, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2002
Mastery In Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2002
The Clay Studio: Thirty Year Retrospective, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2002
Ceramic Masterworks: 1962 - 2002, Curated by Helen Drutt, Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999
100 Teacups by Jill Bonovitz, Moore College of Art, The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
1999
Celebrating the 1999 Leeway Award Recipients, The Philadelphia Art Alliance,Philadelphia, PA (Award The Leeway Foundation Grant for Excellence)
1998
Connexions in Clay: Jill Bonovitz, Eugene Von Breunchenhein, Rudolf Staffel, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Jill Bonovitz, Cavin Morris Gallery, New York, NY, (Catalog with by Judith Tannenbaum) (solo)
1997
Nexus is 21, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Clay on the Walls, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
1996
Selected Moore Alumni, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1992
From the Ground Up: Ten Philadelphia Clay Artists, curated by Richard Torchia, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1992
Clay Studio Alumni, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Seventeen Years: 1974-1991, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (Catalog with essay by Richard Torchia)
1989
Biennial '89, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1989
Fifteen Years 1974-1989, Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
1989
Bonovitz: Recent Work, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, (Catalog with essayby Judith Stein)
1988
Work in Progress, Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Functional Dinnerware, The Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1987
Investigations of the Mind, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987
Windows, Tables and Doors, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
1985
Gallery Artists, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984
Jill Bonovitz: Recent Work, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
1983
Soup, Soup, Beautiful Soup, Invitational Exhibition, Campbell Museum, Camden, NJ
1982
12 Moore Alumnae, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA