ALEX ZWARENSTEIN

 
  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Born: 1952 in Zimbabwe

Education:

1975-1978 M.F.A. Royal Academy of Art, London where he studied with Peter Greenham, Ken Howard, Carel Weight, Norman Blamey and Bernard Dunstan.

1972-1975 B.A. Kingston on Thames Polytechnic


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Royal Academy; "Summer Exhibitions"

Fulham Art Center, "Concrete Poetry Exhibition" with Scottish novelist Alan Spence and playwright Tom MacGrath

Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York
"Group Exhibitions"

Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York
"One-Man Exhibitions"

Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York
"Summer Salon Exhibitions"

Miranda Gallery, Aspen, Co; "Group Exhibition"



AWARDS

Royal Academy Gold Medal
Edward Scott Scholarship
Vincent Harris Prize for Mural Design
Armitage Award
Eric Kennington Prize for Drawing
David Murray Studentship
Edward Landseer Scholarship
Turner Travelling Scholarship


  COLLECTIONS

New York Stock Exchange

National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe

Matsushige Mita; President, Hitachi Corporation

Sir James Walker, Baronet

London City Council

Frank Bennack; CEO, Hearst Corporation

John F. Bookout; CEO, Shell Oil

Richard Furland; Chairman, Squibb

J.W. Michaels; Editor, Forbes Magazine

Sir Freddy Laker


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

National Academy of Design, New York
Instructor of painting and perspective

Harrow College of Art, London
Instructor of painting and drawing

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Instructor of drawing


PUBLICATIONS

"Materials and Techniques of Painting",
co-authored with Brian Little

"Forbes Magazine" and "National Review" covers

"Eyes Of New York" - Exhibition Catalogue 1998
Currently working on book about perspective


 
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