Born
Pittsburgh, PA, 1955
Education
1977	Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, B.F.A.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008	Selected Work 1977-2008, DFN Gallery, New York, NY In Fashion, Knapp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007	East Oak Lane, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2005	DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2004	Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Arts, New York, NY
2002	Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
2001	Chuck Connelly: Paintings 1996-2001, Galerie L'Enfant, Washington DC
1999	Chuck Connelly: Paintings 1990-1998, Galerie L'Enfant, Washington DC Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
1998	Alexander de Folin, New York, NY
1997	Alexander de Folin, New York, NY
1996	Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
1994	Chuck Connelly: Flowers, Exhibition Space, Elizabeth Moore, curated by Mary Lou Swift Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
1993	Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992	Chuck Connelly: Portraits, Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
1991	Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990	Chuck Connelly: New Paintings 1989-1990, Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY (Catalogue)
1989	Chuck Connelly: New Paintings, Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
1988	Chuck Connelly, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
1987	Galleria La Planita, Rome, Italy (Catalogue) Chuck Connelly, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
1986	Chuck Connelly, Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
1985	Chuck Connelly: Paintings, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Chuck Connelly: Paintings, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
1984	Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL Serra di Felice Gallery, New York, NY Chuck Connelly: Paintings, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
1982	Chuck Connelly: : Bilder and Sculpturen, Arno Cohen, Dusseldorf, West Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007	Wet, DFN Gallery, New York, NY New York Night, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2005	10th Anniversary Show, DFN Gallery, New York, NY Animal Tales, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2004	Summer Group Show, Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002	Aviary, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY New Year New York New Work, Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
2000	THE FIGURE: Another Side of Modernism, curated by Lilly Wei, Snug Harbor Cultural Center,      Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
1999	Looking for the Light, curated by Lester P. Kane, The Gallery on the Hudson, Irvington, NY
1998	Group Exhibition, Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
1997	Intimate Universe (Revisited), curated by Michael Walls, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
1996	Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM      Traveled to:      Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA;      Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY      (Catalogue: Text by Allan Gussow)
1995	A Gift of Vision: The William A. Susan S. Small Collection, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (Catalogue) Group Exhibition, Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
1994	Gallery Artists, Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY Novices Collect: Selections from the Sam and May Gruber Collection, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH (Catalogue) Cirque, Renee Fotouhi Fine Arts East, East Hampton, NY Transport, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA Songs of the Earth: Twenty-Two American Painters of the Landscape, AHI Gallery, New York, NY
1993	Recent Acquisitions, Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York, NY Men, Myths & Masculinities, curated by Amanda Trager, LedisFlam, New York, NY Interior Outlook, curated by Lester P. Kane, The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Municipal Building, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
1992	Big Ideas, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1991	American Narrative Painting and Sculpture: The 1980's, From the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,      Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY Personal Portraits, Annina Nosei Gallery. New York, NY Directions, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Spring/Summer Exhibition, Part One: Painters, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY
1990	Group Show, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY A Group Exhibition, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY
1989	Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY The New/Old Landscape, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ American, Italian, Mexican Art from the Collection of Francesco Pellizzi, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University,      Hempstead, NY; Traveled to: Ralph Wilson Gallery, Lehigh University      Traveled To: Bethlehem, PA, Ralph Wilson Gallery, Lehigh University Art Galleries,Lehigh University (Catalogue) Works on Paper, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY
1986	Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA; Traveled to: New York      Traveled To: Academy Center, New York, NY Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA David Bowes, Michael Byron, Chuck Connelly, McDermott & McGough, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA (Catalogue) Painting and Sculpture Today: 1986, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN Aspects of Nature, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT New Narrative Painting: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1985	Nuove Trame dell'Arte, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Genazzano, Palazzo Cononna, Rome, Italy The Door Show, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY Drawing the Line-Painting, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
1984	Dialoghi Nell'Arte: New Landscape Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio, Perugia, Italy New Narrative Paintings from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico American Neo-Expressionists, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT Summer Group Show, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
1983	Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY Serra di Felice Gallery, New York, NY
1981	P.S. 122, Long Island City, NY
1980	Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Awards and Grants
1999	Gottlieb Foundation Grant
Film Credits
2008	HBO Documentary Film Series, The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale, Produced and Directed by Jeff Stimmel
1989	New York Stories, Life Lessons, Directed by Martin Scorcese; Featured paintings by Chuck Connelly
1999	A&E Television, BIOGRAPHY. Actor Nick Nolte
Selected Bibliography
Exhibitions Catalogues Chuck Connelly: East Oak Lane, New York, NY: DFN Gallery, 2007 Chuck Connelly, New York, NY: DFN Gallery, 2005 Chuck Connelly, Washington DC:Galerie L'Enfant, 2001 THE FIGURE Another Side of Modernism, introduction by Olivia Georgia. Staten Island, NY: Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 2000 Page, Judith. Chuck Connelly. New York, NY: Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., 1996 Lieberman, William S. American Narrative Painting and Sculpture: The 1980's.      From the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Roslyn Harbor, NY: Nassau County Museum of Art, 1991 Chuck Connelly. Introduction by J. Adams, B. Lennon. New York, NY, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., 1990 Pellizzi, Francesco et al. 1979-1989 American, Italian, Mexican Art from the Collection of Francesco Pellizzi, Hempstead, NY:      Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, 1989 Yau, John. "A Contemporary View of Nature," Aspects of Nature, Ridgefield, CT: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1986 Diacono, Mario. David Bowes, Michael Byron, Chuck Connelly, McDermott & McGough: The Burning Brush, Boston, MA:      Mario Diacono Gallery, 1986 Chuck Connelly. Statement by the artist, Philadelphia, PA: Locks Gallery, 1985 Becker, Robert. "Chuck Connelly's Architecture," Chuck Connelly, New York, NY: Annina Nosei Gallery, 1985 Periodicals Kreime, Julian. "Chuck Connelly", Art in America, October 2007 "Philadelphia Freedom", American Art Collector Review, March 2007 Heller, Karen. "Paint and Life by the gobs", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 22, 2007 "Art." New York Times, Westchester Section, March 28, 1999 (Reproduction of “The Studio,” 1998) Bonney, Anne. "Profiles & Positions: Chuck Connelly.", BOMB, Summer 1991, pp. 32-34 Boyce, Roger. "Chuck Connelly", Art in America, March 2003, pp. 122-123 Brenson, Michael. "Chuck Connelly", The New York Times, November 29, 1985 Cohen, Ronny. "Chuck Connelly", Art Forum, February 1993 Cyphers, Peggy. "Chuck Connelly", Arts Magazine, January 1991, p. 101 English, Jane. "Chuck Connelly: Lennon, Weinberg", ARTnews, September 1989, p.184 Gardner, Colin. "The Art Galleries: Chuck Connelly", Los Angeles Times, January 19, 1986 Gimmelson, Deborah. "Lights, Camera, Art", Art & Auction, January 1989, pp.112-114 Glueck,Grace. "A Neo-Expressionist Survey that's Worth a Journey", The New York Times, July 22, 1984 Gonchar, Joann. "Chuck Connelly", Cover, March 1995 "Chuck Connelly", The New York Times, October 12, 1984 Hartney, Eleonore. "Chuck Connelly", Flash Art, February-March 1986  "Chuck Connelly" at Lennon, Weinberg, Art in America, May 1992, pp. 140-141 Johnson, Ken. "Chuck Connelly" at Lennon, Weinberg, The New York Times, October 11, 2002 Kaplan, Cheryl. "Chuck Connelly" at Lennon, Weinberg, ARTnews, January 2003, p. 122 Larson, Kay. "I Hear America Thinking", New Yorker Magazine, December 1985 Levin, Kim. "The Familiar and the Sublime", The Village Voice, September 11, 1984  "Voice Choices: Chuck Connelly", The Village Voice, December 20, 1994, p.8 "Voice Choices: Chuck Connelly", The Village Voice, June 4, 1996 Lipson, Karin. "Summer, Clowns and Flesh", Newsday, July 15, 1994  "Moving Pictures", New Yorker Magazine, April 24, 1989, p. 86 Low, Charlotte."Local artists come up big at TMA", Citizen, Tucson, AZ, 1992 Naves, Mario. "Rumbling with Love", The New York Observer, October 7, 2002 Newhall, Edith."Chuck Connelly", ARTnews, April 1992, p. 120 "Chuck Connelly", The New Yorker, December 19, 1994 Page, Judith. "Chuck Connelly", Art Papers, March 1995 Paris Review, Winter 1993, p.12 & table of contents illustration Raynor, Vivien. "The Door Show", The New York Times, June 28, 1985  "Chuck Connelly", The New York Times, April 17, 1987  "Views of Nature on Exhibit at Ridgefield's Expanded Aldrich", The New York Times, January 11, 1986, p.30 Regan, Margaret. "The Power of Paint", The Tucson Weekly, July 1-7, 1992, p. 23 Robinson, Walter. "Chuck Connelly", Artnet.com, September 2002 Schwabsky, Barry. "Chuck Connelly", Arts Magazine, February 1986 Servetar, Stuart. "Chuck Connelly", The New York Press, May 15, 1996 Silverstein, Joel. "Chuck Connelly", Review Magazine, November 1999 Smith, Roberta. "The Art World Painted in Films", The New York Times, April 5, 1989, p. C19 Solomon, Deborah. "Back To Nature", House & Garden Magazine, November 1988, p. 64 Sozanski, Edward J. "On Galleries: Locks Gallery", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 31, 1991, p. 5-D Westfall, Stephen. "Chuck Connelly at Lennon, Weinberg", Art in America, December 1989, p.171 Yau, John. "Chuck Connelly", Artforum, March 1986 Zimmer, William. "Gaining Space & Optimism, Two Galleries Head North", The New York Times, Westchester Section, April 4, 1999
Public Collections
Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY Davidson College, Davidson, NC Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA Portland Art Museum, OR Tampa Museum of Art, FL Tucson Museum of Art, AZ University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

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