Andrea Beizer

BIOGRAPHY

Andrea Beizer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956. She studied Art in high school, received a BFA in Painting in 1978 and a Master of Architecture in 1982. After completing her degree in architecture, she worked for firms in and around Philadelphia prior to opening her own architecture and design firm The AEB Design Group in 1993.

While practicing architecture, she developed a cartoon strip called "Alice © " which was published monthly from 1984 - 1989 in the Philadelphia Architect and was also published in the Manhattan Comic News.

Upon passing the architectural examinations and receiving her license, she decided to take up painting again at Fleisher Art Memorial, a free art school in Philadelphia. As her passion for painting took over, she reduced the size of her architecture practice in order to devote more time to her artwork, and opened a painting studio in 2003, moving to her present location in the Artists Building at 915 Spring Garden Street in downtown Philadelphia in 2006.

EXHIBITIONS

Selected Exhibitions

"Mascara (Mask)" Group Show, Projects Gallery Philadelphia, PA, Juried by Henry Bermudez - August 2011; One ink drawing (The Line 2011)

The Sixth Day, Group Show, Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA - July 2011; One painting ("Hiding Animal" 2002) and one drawing - ("Rising Waters" 2010)

Juried Exhibition "148th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings" The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA - Spring 2011, one painting will be on exhibition. Juried by Julien Robson - Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, James J. Himsworth III, and Alexandra Tyng.

Juried Exhibition "Art of the Garden", from the Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library, Haverford, PA - Spring 2011, two paintings on exhibit, "Floating" won Honorable Mention. Curated by Laura Zito, Juried by Barbara Greenfield Board Member of PAFA, Alan Fetterman, Painter, Melina Moritz, Chairwoman of tthe Philadelphia International Flower Show - Spring 2011 .

Juried Exhibition "Inside Outside" at GoggleWorks Center For the Arts, Reading Pa - Spring 2011 - one painting on exhibit -"Lovers" Juried by Bruce Samuelson, Professor of Painting and Drawing at PAFA- May 13, 2011 - June 19, 2011.

Exhibition at the Wayne Art Center, Juried by Al Gury, Chair of the Art Department at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA - Fall 2010 - one painting on exhibit - October 24 thru November 15.

“Works On Paper” at Arcadia University 2009, One drawing – Three In Bed, one of 22 pieces selected out of over 1200 submissions by Joao Ribas, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts (formerly, curator, The Drawing Center, New York)

Selections From The Philadelphia Open Studio Tour At Creative Artists Network - Juried by Kate Ware, Curator of Photographs, Philadelphia Museum of Art - (One Painting - "Night Dream", October 2004

A.I.R. Gallery, 2010, "Wish You Were Here 9", Post Card Show, Brooklyn New York

“Expressions of Seven” – Zeidler Gallery – 5 paintings, Group Show – Nov.29 – Dec. 31, 2009

Art By Architects - “Archifacts”– Center for Architecture – 2 paintings September 18^th thru October 31^st 2009 – Group Show

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours – 2009 – Image of Painting “Judea And Her Children” selected to be on cover of catalogue

Dear Fleisher, 2010, 2008 – Participated in this fundraising event.

Projects Gallery, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, - 2008, paintings and GiClees

Sneed Gallery and Photo Studio, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, - 2007 –paintings and prints

6 GiClees (Prints) exhibited at the Roxy Theatre – 2007

The Galleries at Moore Faculty Exhibition– Curated by Lorie Mertes (1 Painting) Sept-Oct 2007, 2004

PII Gallery, Old City Philadelphia: -( 21 Paintings ) Nov. 2003

The Mills, Philadelphia – (1 Painting) 2003

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours – 2003 - 2010

Burrison Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Curated by Orit Darwish – (10 Paintings) Spring, 2003

Lucy Glick Memorial Award for Painting, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, - 2002, 2003, 1992

“Alice”, cartoon strip published in the Philadelphia Architect from 1984 – 89 and the Manhatten Comic News, Commercial RealEstate Womento present.

“Petite Quips” a political cartoon strip published in the Philadelphia Architect

Emmie’s Gallery- Solo show in Old City-1994 (Architecture in Art)

Galerie Atelier-Old City, Philadelphia – 1992

Gallery at Gloucester County College-Group Exhibit, 1992

Art Around The Edges II- Port of History Museum, Painting "Into The Woods" Juried by Curator Corliss F. Cavaliere, Fall 1991

REVIEWS

- the Philadelphia Inquirer, Weekend, Art Museum Galleries Section - Review of show at the Old City Jewish Art Center, Light and Dark, by Victoria Donohoe, July 15, 2011

-the art blog - Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, What's It Worth? Works on Paper at Arcadia Show, November 22, 200

-Philadelphia Inquirer - Edith Newhall, Paper Thin, Sunday Edition, Dec. 4, 2009

-One Review A Month - In Defense Of Works On Paper, Dec 4, 2009

-Art Matters, Old City Preview - By Deborah Kravetz, A Cornucopia Of Offerings", November, 2003

-Philadelphia Inquirer, Weekend, Art Section, Image - Night Dream - From Show Dreaming Dream Time, PII Gallery, Phila, Nov.2003

COLLECTIONS

Paintings, Drawings and GiClees may be found in private collections in Philadelphia, New York, Florida, Brazil and Italy

FACULTY AFFILIATIONS

Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

EDUCATION

Fleisher Art Memorial; Advanced Painting 1990-1993, 2000-2003

Master of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; 1982

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art (Majored in Painting) Carnegie-Mellon University; 1978

Parsons Work-Study Program – CBS Graphic Design Dept., NYC (Fall 1976)