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| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2019 | “Esther Podemski, New Paintings” Murdoch Collections Exhibition Space, Portland, OR |
| 2012 | “Transport: Works by Henk Pander and Esther Podemski,” Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland, OR |
| 2008 | “5 Days in July, a video installation about the Newark Riots of 1967,” Aljira, A Center For Contemporary Art |
| “5 Days in July,” Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL | |
| 2005 | “A History of the Shadow,” Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2004 | “Drawings, A Survey of Drawings, 1999-2004,” Pacific Northwest College of Art, Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2001 | Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1999 | Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1997 | Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1997 | “The Planets and Other Works,” Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ (catalogue) |
| 1996 | Painting Center, Project Room, New York, NY |
| 1994 | Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1992 | Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1990 | Elizabeth Leach Gallery(Catalogue) |
| 1989 | Elizabeth Leach Gallery |
| 1985 | Traver-Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1982 | Traver-Sutton Gallery |
| 1983 | Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1981 | Blackfish Gallery |
| 1979 | Blackfish Gallery |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2025 | Selections Forward: New Works, Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland, OR |
| 2024 | Margaret Thatcher Projects, “Color Coded”, three person show, New York, NY |
| Margaret Thatcher Projects, Gallery Artists Summer Show, New York, NY | |
| 2023 | Equity Gallery, “The New Math: Invitational” curated by Michael Gormley, Peter Hristoff, New York, N.Y. |
| 2022 | Margaret Thatcher Projects, The World Develops Blank Spot, New York, NY |
| Zurcher Gallery, “Women of Spirit Part 5”, New York, NY | |
| 2021 | Blue Sky Gallery, Our Diversity is Our Strength, Portland, OR |
| McCoy Gallery, Drawing Challenge, “The Earth is Blue Like an Orange”, New York, NY | |
| 2020 | Coplouzos Family Museum, Project 35 X 35, Athens , Greece |
| 2019 | Artist Equity Gallery, Members Invitational, New York, NY |
| 2018 | Jeffrey Thomas Fine Arts, Making Visible the Invisible: Abstract Artists of the Pacific Northwest, Portland, OR |
| 2017 | Odetta Gallery, Thomas Lendvai Exhibition, Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY |
| Drawing Rooms, “The Big Small Show Invitation”, Jersey City, NJ | |
| 2015 | “Paradise: Fallen Fruit,” selections from the collection of the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR |
| “Inside/Out,” Art 101 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| “Drawing Big: The Immediacy of Touch”, curated by John Tomlinson, Delaware Art Center, Narrowsburg, NY | |
| 2014 | New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, “5 days in July” installation, Aljira at 30, Dreams And Reality, Trenton, NJ |
| 2012 | “Float: Group Exhibition,” Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2010 | “Directors Lounge,” Urban research/ The Symbol’s City Life, Berlin, Germany |
| 2008 | “2008 1968: Then and Now: New York University,” Tisch School of the Arts Photography and Imaging Dept, New York, NY (Catalogue) |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY | |
| 2004 | “Somewhat Figurative,” Sears Peyton, New York, NY |
| 2001 | “Contemporary Drawings,” Invitational. Caldwell College, Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell, NJ |
| 1999 | “Drawing In The Present Tense,” An Invitational Group Exhibition of Visiting Artists at The Parson School of Design MFA Graduate School, Main Gallery and the Aronson Gallery, Curated by Roger Shepherd, New York, NY and Eastern Connecticut State University, Julian Akus Gallery, Catalogue |
| “The Power of Drawing,” Invitational Group Exhibition, Curated by Beverly Brodsky, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1996 | “Small Prints: A Joint Faculty Small Print Exhibition by Printmakers at the University of West England,” Bristol and Parsons, Exhibition Center, New York, NY |
| 1994 | “Painters Painting II,” The Painting Center, New York, NY |
| 1993 | “Points of Reference: Contemporary Abstraction,” Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
| 1990 | “Miniature Paintings Invitational,” Bowery Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1989 | “Six Abstract Painters,” East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY |
| “Carol Waag / Esther Podemski,” A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY | |
| “Annual Exhibition of Emerging American Artists,” National Academy of Design, New York, NY (Catalogue) | |
| “Founding Members Show,” Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| 1988 | “Source Material,” Mercer Gallery, SUNY College, Rochester, NY |
| 1985 | “Selected From The Faculty of the Pacific Northwest College of Art,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR |
| “Portland Painting Now Invitational,”Marylhurst College Art Gym, Portland, OR (catalogue) | |
| “Artists of Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR | |
| 1984 | Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
| “Selected Work From Recent Purchases,”Seattle Center, Seattle, WA | |
| “Invitational from the Museum Art School,”Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR | |
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| MEDIA PROJECTS | |
| The Peasant and the Priest – http://www.thepeasantandthepriest.com/ Completed 2010 | |
| 2015 | University of Chicago, Logan Center, Chicago, IL Illinois Wesleyan University, Film Series, Bloomington, IL |
| 2013 | Calandra Italian American Institute, CUNY Queens College, New York, NY NewFilmmakers Festival at Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY |
| 2011 | MUSE Center of Photography and the Moving Image, New York, NY The International Film Festival at Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY 13th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece The Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ |
| 2010 | Northwest Film Center/ Portland Art Museum, “Voices in Action, Human Rights on Film,” Portland, OR |
| 5 Days in July – http://www.5daysinjulyinstallation.com/ Completed 2007 | |
| 2017 | Rutgers University, True Diversity Series at NJPAC, Newark, NJ |
| 2011 | Video Arts and Experimental Film Festival, New York, NY |
| 2010 | The 6th International Berlin Director’s Lounge, The Symbol of City Life, Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 | 28th Black Maria Film and Video Festival 2009, Jersey City, NJ Director’s Choice – 3rd Prize 28th Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Seattle, WA Jury Award for Best Short |
| 2008 | Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), Birmingham, AL “1968: Then and Now,” New York University Tisch School of the Arts |
| 2007 | Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ “5 Days in July Radio Program,” PRX Radio Special, bought by KUNM, KBYS, 88.3 FM, KKFI, WCBE, WSKG and more |
| House of the World – http://www.houseoftheworldfilm.com/ Completed 1999 | |
| 2019 | Portland Art Museum, Northwest Film Center, Screening and Filmmaker’s talk in conjunction with the Photography Exhibition by Henryk Ross, “Memory Unearthed; The last Journey of the Jews of Lodz” |
| 2003 | Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival |
| 2002 | Jury Award, Moondance International Festival, Boulder, CO |
| 2001 | Festival of Human Rights, Lodz, Poland Ann Arbor International Festival of Experimental Films, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2000 | Theatrical Screening, Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, CA Memphis Film Forum, International Film Festival, Memphis, TN The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London, England Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Atlanta, GA Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA Seattle Jewish Film Festival, Seattle, WA The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London, England |
| 1999-2001 | The Human Rights Watch Traveling International Film Festival USA Human Rights film Festival, traveling to Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, St Louis, MO, and Houston, TX. New School University, Tishman Auditorium, New York, NY |
| 1999 | New Documentary Series, The Northwest Film Center, sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities and The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR The L.A. International Jewish Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA The International Jewish Film Festival, Walter Reade Theater Lincoln Center, Sponsored by the Jewish Museum, New York, NY Washington Jewish film Festival, WA Maine Jewish Film Festival, ME Virginia Jewish Film Festival, VA San Diego Jewish Film Festival, San Diego, CA New Haven Jewish Film Series, New Haven, CT Women in the Directors Chair Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Toronto, Canada |
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| GRANTS AND AWARDS | |
| 2018 | Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship for Painting |
| 2014, 2012 | Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship for Painting |
| 2013 | Ucross Foundation residency fellowship for Painting and Drawing |
| 2009 | New York Foundation for the Arts, One time Opportunity Grant for Printmaking |
| Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Best Short Film, “5 Days in July,” Seattle, WA | |
| 2008 | PRX Zeitfunk award for radio, “5 Days in July,” radio program, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2007 | New Jersey Humanities Council Grant for Radio program, “5 Days in July” |
| 2004 | Bullseye Glass Artists Scholarship for Drawing with Glass, Portland, OR |
| 2001 | New School For Social Research, Parsons School of Design, Special Projects Leave of Absence For Faculty Grant to develop paintings and works on paper, New York, NY |
| 1999 | Distribution Grants, Puffin Foundation, Eastman Foundation, ETC Grants, “House of the World,” NJ, NY |
| 1997 | Soros Foundation, Post Production For Documentary Film, “House of the World,” NY |
| 1996 | Memorial Foundation For Jewish Culture, Post Production Grant, “House of the World,” NY |
| New York State Council For The Arts, Production Film Grant, “House of the World,” NY | |
| 1995 | New School For Social Research Faculty Development Grant for Documentary Film, NY |
| 1994 | Jerome Foundation, Media Grant for Film, “House of the World” |
| Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Grant for Film, “House of the World” | |
| 1992, 1996 | Oregon Council for the Humanities, Script Development and Post Production Grant for documentary film, “House of the World” |
| 1992 | New York State Council for the Arts, Painting Grant, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, NY |
| 1992 | Pennsylvania Council on the Humanities Production Grant, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1990, 1992 | Yaddo Residency Fellowship for painting Saratoga Springs, NY |
| 1988 | William H. Leavin Award For Drawing, National Academy of Design, New York, NY |
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| APPOINTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES | |
| 2010 | Murray State, Visiting Artists, Painting and Film, Murray KY |
| 2001-04 | Sarah Lawrence College, Visiting Faculty, Drawing, Bronxville, NY |
| 1993-2001 | Parsons School of Design, Instructor Drawing, Painting, Time Based Media, New York, NY |
| 2000 | Parsons School of Design, Instructor Foundations Department, Drawing Concepts |
| 1996-99 | Parsons School of Design, Visiting Graduate Faculty in Drawing |
| 1994 | Portland State University,Visiting Artist, Haystack Summer Arts Program, Cannon Beach OR |
| Illinois State University,Visiting Artist, Bloomington-Normal IL | |
| 1978-86 | Pacific Northwest College of Art, Associate Professor, Portland, OR |
| Beginning and advanced Painting, Beginning and Advanced Life Drawing, General Drawing, Foundations, Composition, Color Theory, Advisor to Thesis Students, Independent Study | |
| Committee Work: Curriculum, Personnel and Tenure, Admissions and Scholarship, Faculty Council, Visiting Artist Program | |
| 1977-80 | Marylhurst College, Instructor, Portland, OR Beginning and Advanced Drawing |
| 1980 | Portland State University, Visiting Artist, Portland, OR |
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| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2022 | 6 Art Fairs in NYC This Weekend, Zurcher Gallery, “Women of Spirit”, New York Times |
| 2016 | Daria Dorosh, A Studio Visit with a Mid-Century Artist, Moore Women Artists |
| 2015 | John Tomlinson, Drawing Big The immediacy of Touch : Glanzman, Phillips, Podemski +Tomlinson, essay by Dominque Nahas |
| 2014 | Hilarie M. Sheets, Utopian Vision Born of a Harsh Truth, “Aljira at 30: Dream and Reality,” at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, 5 DAYS IN JULY Installation, New York Times |
| 2011 | Vanessa McMahon, “The Peasant and the Priest, an interview with Esther Podemski,” Fest21 |
| 2010 | Bev Questad, “Under Review: The Peasant and the Priest,” It’s Just Movies |
| Elise Nakhnikian, “Movie a Day, Day 54: The Peasant and the Priest,” Slant Magazine | |
| 2008 | Debra Willis, “1968: Then & Now, 5 Days in July,” Catalogue, Department of Photography & Imaging New York University Tisch School of the Arts and The Nathan Cummings Foundation |
| 2007 | Holland Cotter, “5 Days in July, video installation at Aljira A Center for Contemporary Arts,” New York Times Friday Arts Section |
| Bonnie Yougelson, “5 Days in July,” video installation, essay, www.5daysinjulyinstallation.com, | |
| 1999 | Debra Bricker Balken, “Drawing in the Present Tense,” Essay and Catalogue, curated by Roger Shepard and George Negroponte |
| 1997 | Alejandro Anreus, “The Planets,” essay and catalogue, The Jersey City Museum |
| 1994 | Lois Allen, “In Soft Light, Esther Podemski at the Jamison Thomas Gallery,” Artweek |
| 1991 | Debbie Barry, “Three Northwest Painters,” Visions Art Quarterly |
| 1990 | Rosellen Brown, “Judy Cooke, Robert Hanson, Esther Podemski,” essay and catalogue |
| Randy Gragg, “Expatriates, Three Painters at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery,” The Oregonian | |
| 1988 | Lois Allen, “Esther Podemski’s Paintings,” Artweek, Vol. 19, No. 30 |
| Sue Ann Kendall, “Podemski’s Art,” Seattle Times | |
| 1985 | Paul Sutinen, “Portland Painting Now,” Marylhurst College Art Gym (catalogue) |
| 1980 | A Universal language: Modern art from the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Collection |
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| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
| Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, OR |
| Western Art Gallery: Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA |
| Oregon Health and Science Universtiy |
| Portland (Oregon) Art Museum |
| City of Portland, OR |
| City of Seattle |
| State of Oregon–1% for Art |
| Orbanco Financial Services Corporation |
| Continental Bank of IL, Chicago, IL |
| Safeco Corporation, Seattle WA |
| Cushman and Wakefield, Portland, OR |
| Physio-Control Corporation, Redmond, WA |
| Tonkin, Thorpe & Galen, Portland, OR |
| Arthur Anderson, Chicago, IL |
| Bank of America, San Francisco, CA |
| Micro-Soft Corporation, Seattle WA |
| Stoll, Stoll and Berne Esq |
| Gartmore Morley, Financial Services |
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