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REBECCA DVORIN STRONG
Born 1954
Lives and works in Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
1985 Four-year certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
1976 Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Group Exhibition, Forget Not Beauty: The Legacy of Arthur DeCosta, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2015
Group Exhibition, La Petite Salon, A Reunion, Valise Gallery, Vashon, Washington
2008
Two-person Exhibition, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Allied Arts, Vashon, Washington
Group Exhibition, The Bee Show, Silverwood Gallery, Vashon, Washington
2007
Group Exhibition, Masters in Miniature, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Allied Arts, Vashon, Washington
2004
Group Exhibition, The Art of Travel: How Travel Inspires Our Work, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Allied Arts, Vashon, Washington
2002
Solo Exhibition, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2001
Group Exhibition, Views of Nature: A Landscape Invitational, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1999
Solo Exhibition, Katharina Rich Gallery, New York, New York
1998
Group Exhibition, Gallery Artists, Katharina Rich Gallery, New York, New York
1998
Solo Exhibition, Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
1997
Group Exhibition, The Unbroken Line, 1897-1997: The Centennial Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Museum of American Art, Philadelphia
1991
Two-person Exhibition, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Allied Arts, Vashon, Washington
1987
Group Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
1986
Group Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
1984
Group Exhibition, Philadelphia Drawing Competition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS
2022
Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, California, three-week residency
2016
Gullkistan Center for Creativity, Laugarvatn, Iceland, one-month residency
2008
Grant for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington for a series of Tree Self-Portraits
2007
Mary Anderson Center for the Arts at the Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality, Mount Saint Francis, Indiana, two-week residency
2000
The American Scandinavian Foundation Crown Princess Martha Friendship Fund grant for travel in Norway to experience the Midnight Sun, to paint, to study Scandinavian art in the museums of Norway. Travels above the Arctic Circle included a one-week residency at Kunstnerhuset (The Artists’ House) in Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands
1985
Lewis S. Ware Memorial Traveling Scholarship for European Travel, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thouron Prize for Composition, student vote, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eleanor S. Gray Prize for Still Life Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South Street Art Supply Prize for Drawing, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Small Black and White Print Prize for Lithography, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1984
Charles Toppan Prize for Drawing, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PUBLICATIONS, VIDEO, PRESENTATIONS
2021
Strong, Rebecca Dvorin. “An Appreciation of Arthur DeCosta’s Teaching Methods.” Introductory essay in Forget Not Beauty: The Legacy of Arthur DeCosta exhibition catalogue, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2019
Thornton, John. Forget Not Beauty: The Art and Teaching of Arthur DeCosta. (Voiceover and paintings by Rebecca Dvorin Strong appear in the video minutes 31:40-37:31) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TffAK-Qdlil
2006 and 2004
Strong, Rebecca Dvorin. Guest Artist, Painting II classes, Cornish College for the Arts, Seattle, Washington
2003
Mapes, Lynda V. In the Luminous Gloom: Shrouded, Steeped and Sheltered in Gray, Seattle Times Magazine, December 19, 2003.
2002
Stougaard-Nelsen, Jakob, University of Washington Visiting Lecturer, in Conjunction with The Scandinavian Institute and the Nordic Council. Light and Landscape in Scandinavia: The Landscape Paintings of Rebecca Dvorin Strong, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1998
Strong, Rebecca Dvorin. The Development of An Artist, Guest Speaker, Vashon Island Unitarian Fellowship
1998
Heffelfinger, Margaret. Hustle and Hard Work Key to Strong Success, Vashon-Maury Beachcomber, July 29, 1998.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Kaiser Permanente-Kaiser Medical Center, Clakamas, Oregon
Fox Paine Collection, Foster City, California
TEACHING
2000-2008
Oil Painting and Charcoal Drawing classes, Blue Heron Center for the Arts, Vashon, Washington
2001
Landscape Painting in the Studio class, Seattle Academy of the Fine Arts (now Gage Academy), Seattle Washington
1999
Luminous Landscape Drawing workshop, King County Arts Commission, Vashon, Washington