Jackie Battenfield

New York artist Jackie Battenfield has been greatly influenced by Asian art and culture. This is evident in the prints, monotypes, works on paper, and paintings on canvas created by the artist, which are often described as musical, gestural, and spontaneous. A 1991 winner of a painting grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Battenfield’s work is included in corporate and private collection in numerous countries including The United States, Japan, Hong Kong, and Switzerland; as well as several museums such as the Montclair Art Museum and the New York Public Library. Battenfield is also the author of the book, The Artists Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What you Love.

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Small Hazy Noon 2, 2011, acrylic on mylar panel, 16 x 20 inches
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Pitch Blue Night, 2011, acrylic on mylar panel, 40 x 60 inches
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Mashomack Preserve 10, 2009, woodblock over monprint collage, 20 x 60 inches
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Glinting Sunlight, 2011, acrylic and chine colle on canvas, 34 x 76 inches
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Sun Dazed, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 28 x 40 inches
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Lime Leaves 1, 2011, acrylic on watercolor paper, 16 x 60 inches

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Jackie Battenfield

New York artist Jackie Battenfield has been greatly influenced by Asian art and culture. This is evident in the prints, monotypes, works on paper, and paintings on canvas created by the artist, which are often described as musical, gestural, and spontaneous. A 1991 winner of a painting grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Battenfield’s work is included in corporate and private collection in numerous countries including The United States, Japan, Hong Kong, and Switzerland; as well as several museums such as the Montclair Art Museum and the New York Public Library. Battenfield is also the author of the book, The Artists Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What you Love.

Education

1978	MFA, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, New York
1971	BS, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Exhibitions

Selected Solo & Two Artist Shows

2011	Moments of Change, Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2009	Moments of Change, Joel & Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA
2006	Shadow Play, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2004	Hothouse, DM Contemporary, Mill Neck, NY
	Tiptoe Motion, GwendaJayAddington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003	Day Burn, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC
	Organic Poetry: Jackie Battenfield & Barbara Andrus, Friends Academy, Locust Valley, NY
2000	Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1999	Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
	Four Breaths, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, VA
1998	Water’s Edge, Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH
	Roots & Wings, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
	New Paintings & Works on Paper, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
	Gestures, Nelson/Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1997	Jackie Battenfield & Cecily Kahn: Recent Work, The Painting Center, NY
1994	Fire & Water, Erickson & Elins Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993-95	Mizu, the Sounds of Water, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, VA (traveled)
1993	Geometry & Gesture: Battenfield & Martin, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
	Natural Forces, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
2010	Eastern Influence, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, White Plains, NY
	Celebrating Prints, Michele Mosko Fine Art, Denver, CO
2008	The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years, IPCNY, NY
	Uncommon Ground, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2007	American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
	United States Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel
	Office Space, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY
2006	Summer Rotation II, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
	Lots of Landscapes, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
	Four Printmakers, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
	Invisible Threads, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
2005	The Color of Night: How Artists Work With Darkness, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, NJ
	Cool Art/Hot Summer, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
	Landscape in the Abstract, Chicago Art Dealers Association, IL
	Private Space, Gwenda Jay Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004	Dealers Choice, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
	Jackie Battenfield Prints, Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
	Four New York Artists, Patrick Olson Gallery, Plymouth, MI
	Newer Genres, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
2003	Recent Acquisitions, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
2001	Power in my Hand: Works on Paper by Women Artists from the Permanent Collection,
	Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA

Selected Group Shows

2010	Eastern Influence, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, White Plains, NY
	Celebrating Prints, Michele Mosko Fine Art, Denver, CO
2008	The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years, IPCNY, NY
	Uncommon Ground, Anelle Gandelman Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2007	American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
	United States Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel
	Office Space, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY
2006	Summer Rotation II, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
	Lots of Landscapes, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
	Four Printmakers, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
	Invisible Threads, Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
2005	The Color of Night: How Artists Work With Darkness, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, NJ
	Cool Art/Hot Summer, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
	Landscape in the Abstract, Chicago Art Dealers Association, IL
	Private Space, Gwenda Jay Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004	Dealers Choice, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
	Jackie Battenfield Prints, Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
	Four New York Artists, Patrick Olson Gallery, Plymouth, MI
	Newer Genres, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
2003	Recent Acquisitions, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
2001	Power in my Hand: Works on Paper by Women Artists from the Permanent Collection,
	Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA

Grants/Awards/Honors

2009	Arts and Architecture Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University
2006-08	Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
2006	Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts
1996	Warren Tanner Memorial Art Fund Award in Painting
1991	Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in Painting

Publications/Reviews/Bibliography

2010	Anderson, Nicole, Finders Keepers: Interview with Artist Jackie Battenfield, Visual Overture Magazine, Fall 2010 pgs 22-23
	Andrus, Susan M., Story Circle Book Reviews, January 12 (online)
2009	Princenthal, Nancy, Moments of Change, catalog, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
	Battenfield, Jackie, The Artist’s Guide, DaCapo Press, Boston
	Johnson, Paddy, How to be an Art Professional as the Economy Crumbles, The L Magazine, August
	Gray, D.M, ArtDesignPublicity Magazine, November 11 (online)
	Howard, Christopher, The Artists Guide: An Interview with Jackie Battenfield, CAA News, September, pages 9-12
2008	Kushner, Marilyn S., The Future Must Be Sweet, catalog
2006	Villafuerte-Abonal, Lalaine, Abaca Philipines, catalog, Apples of Gold Publishing pg 256-7
	Donohoe, Victoria, “art Review, Haverford College,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, illus. pg.L8
2005	Costello, Kevin, “Fresh talent energizes ‘Cool Art/Hot Summer’”, Herald-Tribune, August 14
2004	Drury, Amalie, “City Art”, CS: Chicago Social, February 2004, illustration, page 38
	Aiglon, Kelly, WHERE Chicago Magazine, February 2004, illustration, page 27
	Zoltak, Benjamin, “Can of Culture”, Centerstage Chicago, February 11, 2004
2000	Monotypes in Contemporary American Printmaking, From the Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Fall/Winter newsletter
	Hirsch, Faye, “Working Proof”, Art on Paper, Vol.4.No.5, May-June 2000, pg.70, (color illus.)
1999	Braff, Phyllis,“Works on Paper, With a Difference,” The New York Times, February 21 (b&w illus.) Review of Molloy College exhibition, “Take Out/Eat In”
	New American Paintings, No.20, The Open Studios Press, pages 8-11 (color illus.)
1998	Hirsch, Faye, “Working Proof,” Art On Paper, Vol.3, No.2 Nov-Dec. 1998, pg. 51
	Sparks, Amy Bracken, “Artists delve into Liquidity,” The Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 14
	Buchholz, Barbara B., “gallery watch,” The Chicago Tribune, July 10

Selected Collections

Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Princeton, NJ
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Hong Kong Regent Hotel, Hong Kong
Jinling Tower, Nanjing, China
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
New York Public Library, NYC
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Melville, LI
Osaka Hyatt Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Palace Hotel, Beijing, China
Palme Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Progressive Corporation, OH
Sasaki Collection, Tokyo, Japan
United States of America, Department of State, Embassy Collections: Lima, Peru; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Sao Paolo, Brazil; & Zaghreb, Croatia
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.

Small Hazy Noon 2, 2011, acrylic on mylar panel, 16 x 20 inches

Pitch Blue Night, 2011, acrylic on mylar panel, 40 x 60 inches

Mashomack Preserve 10, 2009, woodblock over monprint collage, 20 x 60 inches

Glinting Sunlight, 2011, acrylic and chine colle on canvas, 34 x 76 inches

Sun Dazed, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 28 x 40 inches

Lime Leaves 1, 2011, acrylic on watercolor paper, 16 x 60 inches