HENRY CHODKOWSKI BIO
EDUCATION:
1963 M.F.A., The Yale School of Art and Architecture, Yale University.
1961 B.F.A., The Hartford Art School, University of Hartford.
1959 Yale-Norfolk Summer Art School.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2005 “Ouranos-Thalassa,” B Deemer Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2000 Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
1999-00 University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
1997 University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana
1996 Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
1994 University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
1991, 1985 The Hellenic-American Union, Athens, Greece
1984 Kathleen Meyer Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1981 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1980 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
1979 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, New York
1978 J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
1977 New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
1975 Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D. C.
1975 The Chautauqua Gallery of Art, Chautauqua, New York
1972 The Duke University Museum, Durham, North Carolina
1968 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2003 “A Gallery Retrospective: Part I, Celebrating 20 Years,” Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles, Kentucky
2002-03 “Collage,” Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio
2001 “John H. Flodstrom Collection,” Morris B. Belknap Gallery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
“New Acquisitions Exhibition,” University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
2000 “25th Year Celebration Exhibition,” University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
“Hidden Talents: The Art of Those Who Teach,” Kentucky Art & Craft Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1999 “Made in Kentucky: Regional Art in the Collection,” University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
1997 “Realism in 20th Century American Painting,” Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine
1993 “New Regional Painting II,” The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1991 “American Artists Living in Greece,” Hellenic-American Union, Athens, Greece
1986 “The Peterdi Years: Recent Works by Former Students of Gabor Peterdi,” Yale School of Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1984 “Chicago International Art Exhibition,” Represented by Echo Press, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1978-79 “Eye on the Seventies,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS:
1998 Recipient, Richard Florsheim Art Fund Grant
1989 Recipient, Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council
1983 Artist, Echo Press, Bloomington, Indiana
1980 New Collectors’ Purchase, Mrs. Carlisle Crutcher Fund, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
1977 Purchase Award, 7th National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot, North Dakota
1976 Sweet Briar College Purchase Award, National Print, Drawing and Photography Exhibition, Fourth Annual Juried Show, 2nd Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
1998, 1981, 1978, 1975, 1969, 1967 Research Grants, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville
1962-63 Goodrich Memorial Scholarship in Painting, Yale University
1959 Springfield Museum Award for Painting, Springfield, Massachusetts
SELECTED CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky
The Helenic-American Union, Athens, Greece
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D. C.
The National Gallery of Greece, Athens, Greece
Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conneticut
Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky
Brown, Todd and Heyburn, Providian Building, Louisville, Kentucky
Citizens Fidelity Bank and Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky
K F C Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky
Papercone Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky
South Central Bell, Louisville, Kentucky
Mr. Allan Stone, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, New York
University Club and Alumni Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2001 “Looking at Painting,” KET video, three part series of 14 Kentucky painters, Robert Tharsing and Guy Mendes.
“Speaking of Art,” Diane Heilenman, The Courier-Journal, December 2, 2001, page I1 and 4.
“KET picks artists brains by `Looking at Painting’,” David Minton, Lexington Herald-Leader, December 2, 2001, page K4.
2000 “Artist Exhibits Bring Powerful Images,” Port Arthur News, October 27, 2000, page 1B and 2B, illustration.
“Chodkowski’s Creations Impress,” David Minton, Lexington Herald-Leader, January 23, 2000, pg. J4, illustration.
1999 “Henry Chodkowski’s Mavros Labyrinthos Series,” Ace Magazine, November 10-23, 1999. page 30, illustration.
1997 “Ogunquit Museum of American Art Presents American Realists Paintings,” York Weekly, September 10, 1997.
1995 “Henry Chodkowski,” Art Papers, Jay Kloner, January-February, 1995, page 53-54, illustration.
1990 “Henry Chodkowski,” Dialogue, Jay Kloner, July-August, 1990, page 28, illustration.
“Chodkowski Work Rich in Visual Tension,” Ann Tower, Lexington Herald-Leader, March 25, 1990, page 5, illustration.
1986 “Grecian Influence Seen in Artist’s Work,” Ann Tower, Lexington Herald-Leader, April 6, 1986, pages F1, 5, illustration.
1985 “Henry Chodkowski,” Bia Papadopoulou, Eikastika, May, 1985, page 56, illustration.
1984 “Henry Chodkowski,” Dario A. Covi, Art Papers, May-June, 1984, page 28, illustration.
1983 “Echo Press Artists at Gallery,” Pegram Harrison, The Sunday Herald-Times, April 24, 1983, page C4.
1979 “Other Shows of Interest This Week Include: James Grashow and Henry Chodkowski,” John Russell, The New York Times, March 23, 1979, page C12.
1978 “An Odyssey to Greece Produces Colorful Convoy of On-Canvas Trucks,” Jan Kirstein, The Courier-Journal, December 3, 1978, page H18.
1975 “In Chodkowski `Realism’ It’s Light That’s Real,” Sarah Lansdell, The Courier-Journal and Times, March 4, 1975, page 16, illustration.
1962 Yale Literary Magazine, Spring Edition, 1962, page 28, illustration.
