Jeanette Fintz is an abstract
painter, who resides and paints in
Surprise, New York in the upper Hudson River Valley. She is also an
arts writer and independent curator. The intermix of being a native New
Yorker and now, happily, a resident of the lush Hudson River Valley is
evident in her work, which combines an urban edginess with the lyrical
influences of her natural surroundings.
Ms. Fintz was born in Brooklyn NY, educated at Queens College, The New
York Studio School and Boston University. Her personal amalgam of NY
School formalist principles, and love of natural light and color was
initially forged during her summer at the Skowhegan School of Painting
& Sculpture where she painted from the Maine landscape. Ms. Fintz
lived and worked in the artist communities of Tribeca and Williamsburg,
exhibiting regularly in NYC. Jeanette in part, credits the importance
of natural light for her decision to transplant home and studio to
Surprise.
Ms Fintz has filtered nature through her urban sensibility, stretching
color motifs towards the heightened and intensified palette often found
in the realms of design and fashion. Her pieces have a rhythmic impact
stemming both from her enjoyment of jazz and polyrhythms of Brazilian
and Indian origin, which she also sees displayed in the visual rhythms
found in textiles and Islamic tile patterns. Jeanette’s involvement
with these resources was enhanced during her recent sabbatical trip
(2005) to the Andalusia region of Spain, and during a yearlong sojourn
in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in 1996-97, where she was a founding faculty
of a new Parsons School of Design affiliate school.
Jeanette’s paintings bring symmetrically ordered repetitive elliptical
and circular shapes to layer and co mingle with fluid streams of poured
color, clashing the modalities of the decorative arts against the
abstract expressionist gesture. In her work, the presence of both
energies characterizes the artist’s glimpse of divine harmony, while
her acceptance of the unexpected visual event acknowledges the
inevitable imperfection of human condition.
Jeanette received a Faculty Development Grant, 2003-4, for designing
digital color projects, and Faculty Development Leave, 2005, to Spain,
from the New School University (Parsons, The New School of Design), for
research combining digital color, abstract painting and Moorish tile
patterns. She received a NYFA SOS grant for this research trip in 2005.
Ms. Fintz is the recipient of many grants, awards & fellowships.
Jeanette's work was selected for the 183rd Annual Invitational
Exhibition of Contemporary Art at the National Academy Museum, May-Sept
2008.
Selected Grants and
Awards include:
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| The Emil & Dines Carlsen Award for
Painting given by the National Academy of Design |
2008 |
Sudden Opportunity Stipend, NYFA, Arts
Center for the Capitol Region
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2005 |
The New York State Individual Artist
Fellowship, Works on Paper
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1993 |
| E.D. Foundation Award, Painting |
1990 |
| Ludwig Vogelstein Grant, Painting |
1984 |
| Artist Space Exhibition Grant |
1984 |
| The Ingram Merrill Award, Painting |
1980 |
Ms Fintz has been teaching in
Foundations in Core Studies at Parsons, The New School for Design in
NYC
for nine years and taught painting & drawing at SUNY, Purchase for
12 years.
Ms
Fintz’s Residencies
/Fellowships include: The MacDowell Colony, The Millay Colony for
the
Arts, The Ucross Foundation, Altos De Chavon & Ossabaw Island
Project.
Jeanette’s selected Visiting Artist spots include Art New England,
Bennington College, Bennington, VT; Ohio State University,
Columbus,
OH; Illinois State University, Normal, IL; Hobart & Wm. Smith
Colleges, Geneva NY.
Ms. Fintz received her MFA from Boston Universtiy SFA (1975 ), and her
BA from Queens College CUNY(1972). She attended the New York Studio
School ( 1972-73 ) and received a scholarship to the Skowhegan School
in 1975.
Ms Fintz’s work can be found in many national & international
collections.
Selected US &
International Public Collections include:
Wilmer,
Cutler, Pickering ,Hale & Dorr, Boston MA;
Posternak,
Blankstein & Lund, Boston MA;
Hale & Dorr, Boston MA;
Analysis Group, Boston MA;
National Televison 7, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia;
Christmas Island Phosphate, Singapore
Jewish Free Loan Association Los Angeles CA
Rabobank, NYC; Commerzbank, NYC;
National Television 7,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
Hobart & Wm Smith Colleges, Geneva NY;
Skowhegan School.
Collections of Minister of Agriculture Datuk Effendi & Datin
Norwawi,
& the Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamed of
Malaysia
Selected Private
Collections include:
Jim & Debbie Ellickson -Brown, Cultural Attache, American Embassy,
KL Malaysia (1996)
Rohana Tan Sri Mahamad, Kuala Lumpur, MY
Suherwan Abu, Kuala Lumpur, MY & Singapore
Valentine Willie, Kuala Lumpur, MY
Aloysious Goh, Singapore
Ray Cubero & Kathy Cumerford, Watermill, NY
Barbel & Peter Starz, Toulouse, FR
Clarissa & Jean Kueller, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mr. & Mrs. Andre Keller, K L, MY & Geneva, Switzerland
Shirley Greitzer,Esq. Washington DC
Mark Meltzer, Los Angeles & Palm Springs, CA
Joel & Fran Soroka, Aspen, Colorado
Hella Ossenberg, NYC & Palm Beach, FL
Gabriel & Carol Laderman, New York, NY
Stephen
Westfall, New
York, NY
Dr
& Mrs Joseph Delisi, Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Dr & Mrs Chris Calder & Besty Swan, Menands, NY
Carol & Joachim Frank, Albany, NY
Mark Pettygrove, Los Angeles, CA
George A Schulman, Los Angeles, CA
Gerald De Silva, Los Angeles, CA
Jerry & Caryl Horn, Chicago, IL & Port Richmond, CA
Joe & Cathy Plumber, Cold Spring, NY
Molly Doland, Esq. Washington DC
Bethany Beardslee Winham, Rhinebeck, NY
David Fox & Associates, Inc. Briarcliff Manor, NY
Eric & Carolyn Egas, Greenviille, NY & Vieques, PR
Paolo & Kaska Arencibia New York, NY
Jin Zeng New York, NY
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
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| 2004 |
A. D. D. Gallery Hudson, NY |
| 2002 |
Hudson Opera House Hudson, NY |
| 2001 |
Southern Vermont Arts Center,
Manchester,
VT |
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Gallery 1708 Richmond, VA |
| 2000 |
A. D. D. Gallery Hudson, NY |
| 1999 |
Carrie Haddad Gallery Hudson, NY |
| 1997 |
Gallerie Taksu Kuala Lumpur, MY |
| 1992 |
The Five Points Gallery E. Chatham, NY |
| 1986 |
Ohio St University |
| 1985 |
55 Mercer ST Gallery, NYC |
| 1984 |
Hobart & Wm Smith Colleges |
| 1979 |
Prince ST Gallery, New York, NY |
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Hobart & Wm Smith Colleges |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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| 2008 |
The Millay Colony for Arts 35th
Anniversary Invitational,
Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
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| 2008 |
National Academy of Design 183rd Annual
Invitational,New
York, NY |
| 2008 |
“Locally Grown”, Albany International
Airport, Albany, NY |
| 2008 |
“Peace” Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg,
NY |
| 2007 |
“This End Up” 3 Person Exhibition,
Windham Fine Arts, Windham, NY |
| 2007 |
“Cowgirls of the Hudson Valley 2”, BRIK
Gallery, Catskill, NY |
| 2006 |
“Cowgirls of the Hudson” Valley, BRIK
Gallery, Catskill, NY
Curator, Richard Timperio
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| 2006 |
“Jeanette Fintz & D. Jack Solomon”,
Columbia- Greene Community College, Hudson, NY |
| 2006 |
Three Person Exhibition, Enderlin
Gallery, Roxbury, NY
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| 2006 |
“Informed Color”, BRIK Gallery,
Catskill,
NY
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| 2006 |
“13th Anniversary Show”, The Painting
Center 52 Green St.,New York, NY |
| 2005 |
Small Works, Bond Gallery, New York, NY |
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Invitational, Richard Sena Gallery,
Hudson, NY
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“Abstracts” -Columbia County Council for
the Arts, Hudson, NY |
| 2004 |
“Nature Abstracted” -The Painting
Center, New
York, NY |
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“New Hudson, New York”, Carl Van Brunt
Gallery, New
York, NY
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Carl Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon NY |
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Group Painting Invitational, A. D.
D. Gallery Hudson NY |
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Millay Colony for the Arts 30th
Anniversary Exhibition
Albany International Airport Gallery,
Albany, NY
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| 2003 |
“ Resilience “, Richard Sena Gallery,
Hudson, NY |
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Mohawk-Hudson Regional - University Art
Museum,
SUNY Albany, NY |
| 2002 |
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
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“Haven”, Arts Center for the Capitol
Region, Troy NY |
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Southern Vermont Arts Center Manchester,
VT |
| 2001 |
“Fundamental Change”, A. D. D. Gallery, Hudson NY |
2000
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Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY |
| 1999 |
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY |
| 1997 |
Valentine Willie Fine Arts, Bangsar KL MY |
1996
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Gallerie Taksu, Kuala Lumpur MY |
| 1995 |
Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Schenectady
Museum, Schenectady, NY |
1994
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“Out of Line 2”,The Police Building, New York, NY |
1993
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“Out of Line1” PS 122, New York, NY |
| 1992 |
Invitational Art In General, New York,
NY, Curator :Holly Bock, |
| 1988 |
“Nature in Art”, One Penn Plaza New
York, NY, Curator: Ronny Cohen |
| 1986 |
“Structure and Metaphor”, Warm Gallery
Minneapolis, MN |
| 1986 -1984 |
Painting Invitational, John Davis
Gallery Akron, OH |
| 1985 |
Painting Invitational, Pam Adler
Gallery, NewYork, NY |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Occhiogrosso,Peter, Art & About, Hudson River Museum & Gallery
Guide, Fall 2006, Informed Color at
BRIK Gallery Catskill, NY,p.20
Brickman David , “The Round Table”, WAMC radio, Informed Color at BRIK Gallery,
Catskill, NY, July 18 2006
Hudson River Art
- Fall-Winter2004,Vol.3: Sightings “From The First”,
Van Brunt Gallery NYC”, acrylic/canvas by Jeanette Fintz, photo,p34
Walentini,J - http://www.abartonline.com/html/nyviews_3_p4.html,”Nature
Abstracted”, The Painting Canter NYC, review, photo,Dec15 2004
Luzajic,L.- http://www.ideamuseum.net/index2.htm
“Jeanette Fintz”, feature article, March 2003
Barton, P. – The Artful Mind
, Great Barrington MA, August 2002, cover feature article p.28 -29 ”
True Colors”
Eckhoff, S - Arts & Antiques -Register
/ Star, Hudson, NY Fri. May 21,1999 p. A-10:
"The Pleasure of Stripes - Fintz’s Abstract Paintings"
Christudas, Sam -The Arts - The New
Straits Times, KL, MY, Wed. Sept. 24,1999, A-3 "Venturing Into A
New Dimension"
Halliday, Janet - The Arts - Day and
Night, KL, MY, June 23-29,1999, p.14 & 51 "Colour And
Feelling”
Anu, Jay - Arts- Sunday Plus - The Arts, The Star, KL, MY, Dec. 15,1996,p.18,
"An Experience of Many Hues”
Wright, Churchill, Peg - "Brushmarks" - Arts & Entertainment - The
Daily Gazette, Schenectady Thurs. Nov.17 1994 - p. A- 9, " A
Bold Show
In Plaid"
Kreiner, Rich - "Art" - Metroland,
Albany NY, Dec. 1 - 7,1994 - "Color Loaded", Jeanette Fintz and Fumiko
Shido
Jaeger, W. - Art Review - SHOWTIME - The
Times Union, Albany, Sunday, Dec. 18,1994 – p.H-2 "Fintz's
paintings not only pretty"
Cohen, Ronny - Leslie Urbach Gallery, Albany, NY - Nov.- Dec.1994 -
"Jeanette Fintz -Paintings,"(catalogue)
Myers, Terry - The Police Building, NYC, April, 1994 -"Out of Line -
II," (catalogue)
Jaeger, William - Art Review - ENTERTAINMENT - The Times Union,
Albany, March 12, 1994 -p. D -5 “Artists' Nature' presents moving,
beautiful show in Catskill gallery"
Princenthal, Nancy - PS 122 Gallery, NYC - March 1993 - essay for the
show "Out of Line -4 Abstract Painters"
Lail, Thomas - Art Review - PREVIEW - The
Times Union, Albany,
Thursday, Aug.271992 p.27 "Cross and Fintz Display Artists' Process"
Martin, Mary Abbe - Reviews - Minneapolis
Star and Tribune, Feb. 2, 1986 - p.36
Cohen, Ronny - Warm Gallery, Minn. MN, 1986, "Structure and Metaphor,
Six Contemporary Visions," (catalogue)
Westfall, Stephen - Reviews - Arts
Magazine, Sept. 1985 - p. 40
Westfall, Stephen - Reviews - Arts
Magazine, Summer 1985 - p. 36
PUBLISHED REVIEWS & ESSAYS
Fintz, J -The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, July 2006 p. 13- ” Informed Color at BRIK Gallery”
Catskill NY curator’s statement
Fintz J - Metroland, Albany,
NY Dec 2005, p.28, ”Catskill’s New Vision” - No Place like Home,
BRIK Gallery 473 Main S Catskill NY
Fintz J - Metroland, Albany,
NY Nov 2005 p.34 “Cutting To the Spirit- The New Emerging
From the Old- Lu Shengzhong, University Art Museum, Albany NY
Fintz J - Metroland, Albany,
NY Oct 2005 p. 22 “Cosmic Road Signs”, Adolph Golttlieb The
Hyde Collection Glens Falls NY
Fintz J - Metroland,
Albany, NY Sept 2005 p. 31 “Overlooked Expressionists” Betty Parson’s
Women, Oplaka Gallery, Sage Colleges Albany NY
Fintz, J. – The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, May 2004 p.10-11
“Idiomatic Expressions”, Bogdan & Erickson at Van Brunt Beacon
Fintz, J. - The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, Nov.2003 p.8 “Reading Space”, Roger Shepherd at A
D D, Gallery, Hudson NY
Fintz, J. - The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, Sept.2003, p.8 ”Circumferences” Brown &
Isherwood at TSL, Hudson NY
Fintz, J. - The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, June 2003, p.8
”Time’sTexture”, Al & Jean Strausman at Unison Gallery New Paltz, NY
Fintz, J. - The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, Apr. 2003, p.11 “Marking Space-MakingTime”,
B.Stiglich, at Arts Center/ Capitol Region,Troy, NY & V. Pomilio at
Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon NY
Fintz, J. - The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, Jan. 2003, p. 6 “
Departures, Arrivals & Pitstops- Jean Feinberg, Susan
Mastrangelo
& Joan Grubin at A D D Gallery”
Fintz, J. - The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, Dec. 2002, p.6 ” Two Hats-Tony Thompson At RPI”
Fintz, J. - The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA, Oct. 2002, p.6-7 ” Life Lines- David Eddy &
Doug Clow”
Fintz, J. - The Artful Mind,
Great Barrington MA,Sept. 2002, p.6 “ Don
Porcaro & Leslie Wayne” at S. Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz
Fintz, J. - Arts & Antiques - Register/Star,
Hudson, NY, Fri. Dec. 3,1999, p. A-10 " Joseph Haske, Abstract
Paintings"
Fintz, J. - Arts & Antiques - Register/Star,
Hudson, NY, Fri. Oct., 1,1999. p. A –10" Ledy's Sculpture's On
Exhibit.”
Fintz, J. - Arts - Register / Star,
Hudson NY, Fri. April 16, 1999, p. A-6, "Suspension of Disbelief”
Fintz, J - Arts - Register /
Star, Hudson NY, Fri. Nov. 10, 1998, p. A –6,
” Photographers Pushing Boundaries"
Fintz, J. - Arts - Register / Star,
Hudson NY, Fri. Sept 25,1998, p. A-6, "From the Inside Out"
Fintz, J - Arts - Register /
Star, Hudson NY, Fri. Aug. 21 1998, p A-6, "How to Be In
Space"
Fintz, J. - Arts - Register / Star, Hudson NY, Fri. July 10 1998,
p A 6,"Surroundings,Revised,Revisited”
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