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Vincent Ceglia: has had fifty one-person shows and exhibited throughout the United States, Italy and France, and has been the recipient of many awards. He had a one-person show at the James A. Michener Art Museum in 1990, and in May 1991, a one-person show at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. Mr. Ceglia has exhibited in the New Jersey State Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Newark Museum, Morris Museum of Art, James A. Michener Art Museum, Palazzo Valentini-Rome, Butler Institute of American Art, National Academy of Design and the National Arts Club, New York. Also with the American Watercolor Society, the Philadelphia Watercolor Club, the New Jersey Watercolor Society and many other private galleries. Ceglia's paintings can be found in the permanent collections of Penn State University, Sun Oil Company, James A. Michener Art Museum, American Can Company, Fidelity Bank, Educational Testing Service as well as private and public collections. A former Professor for 28 years on the Visual Arts Faculty at Mercer County' College and Trenton Jr. College, he has been a member of the Salmagundi Club, Philadelphia Watercolor Club and Philadelphia Sketch Club. He is listed in "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in the East" and his painting reproduced in the "International Dictionary of Watercolorists", published in Milan, Italy. Ceglia was one of two Americans invited to exhibit in Rome at the "Collettiva Art Figurative", in honor of the 36th year of liberation of Italy. Zoltan Buki, Curator of Fine Arts at the New Jersey State Museum, wrote, "Ceglia does not hold up a mirror to nature simply to record what has already been registered on the retina. In his work we are presented at one time with grand vistas, at other times, with microscopic glimpses which the artist has already transformed by his passion." For 35 years, Ceglia resided in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In 1992 he was honored "Artist of the Year" by the Bucks County Chamber of Commerce. In a special issue of American Artist Magazine, 1992, he was the subject of an illustrated article on his painting and working in Italy, where he spent twelve summers teaching painting workshops. In 1994 Ceglia was awarded the Schweitzer Price of $3,500 for the best painting at the 169th Exhibition of the National Academy of Design in New York. In September 1994 "The Artist" magazine did an article, "The Watercolor World's 1994 Winners". Ceglia was represented as the top award winner at the National Academy of Design. At the 67th Annual Exhibition, 1996, at the Phillips' Mill, New Hope, Pa., Ceglia received the Top Patrons' Prize for painting, of $1,000.In 1997 and 1998 Ceglia received the Crest Medal from the Philadelphia Watercolor Club for a distinguished career in visual arts and long association with the Philadelphia Watercolor Club. A Professor Emeritus, Visual Arts from Mercer County College where he taught for over 20 years, and also was a consultant to Thomas Edison College. Since 1985 the artist has spent six months of the year working and exhibiting in Italy. For more information about the art or the artist, please contact: BOI's of New Hope Art Gallery 9 W. Mechanic Street New Hope, PA 18938 215.862.8292 boisofnewhope@verizon.net |
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