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Jak Kovatch
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Painter, printmaker, sculptor and educator
EDUCATION:
1981-1982
Yale University, New Haven, CT: Participation, Yale/Mellon Fellow in
the Mellon Foundation Visiting Faculty Program: Special Fellow.
1981
Yale University, New Haven, CT; Participation, Yale/Mini-Fellowship
Program, Mellon Foundation Visiting Faculty Program-Summer.
1979-1980
Yale University, New Haven CT; Participation, Yale/Mellon Fellow in
the Mellon Foundation Visiting Faculty Program.
1972
Art Students League, New York, NY
1955-1956
Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
1952-1953
Lynton R. Kistler Lithography Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1951
University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA
1947-1950
Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1946-l947
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
WORKS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS – A SELECTED LIST
Albert Dorne Collection, New York, NY
Art Museum of Joinville, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Bicentennial Trust Collection, Town Hall, Westport, CT
Cabo Frio I International Print Collection, Cabo Frio – RJ, Brazil
Cabo Frio II International Print Biennial Collection , Bienal II Intern acional de Gravura e Arte
Cabo Frio, Embragel, Brazil Embragel, Brazil
Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT (by permission of Old Lyme Artworks
Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University
Greenwich Public Library, Greenwich, CT
Joseph Hirshhorn Museum at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
House of Prints of the Curitiba Cultural Foundation, in the capital of the State of Parana, Brazil
John Sladel Ely House Collection, New Haven, CT
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Town of Fairfield Permanent Collection, Fairfield, CT
University of Mississippi, Mississippi
Westport Public Library, Westport, CT
And numerous private collections
Grafica de
Gallery, Old Lyme, CT)
SPECIAL HONORS, AWARDS AND PRIZES
180 honors and awards for printmaking, drawing, painting, sculpture and scholarship.
Connecticut Commission on the Arts Grant (printmaking.)
Endowed Chair – Ethyl Professor of Industrial Design – Lifetime appointment.
55 years teaching
Art/Design Courses
Mellon Fellow – Yale University
Mellon Special Fellow – Yale University
Former Member Art Selection Committee - Percent For Art Program, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford,
CT.
Years in the Making – Three DVD disks: Trailer, Kovatch Studio and Kovatch Interview
Present or past publications:
Who’s Who in American Art,
Who’s Who in America,
Who’s Who in the East,
Who’s Who in the World,
Who’s Who in Society. `
Jak Kovatch
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Selection of group exhibitions 1949 – 2011:
1949, 1954, 1955
Los Angeles County Museum Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA
1950
Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA
1954
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. (Permanent collection)
M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
Smithsonian Institution, National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington. D.C.
Wichita Art Association, Wichita, Kansas
Middlebury College Art Museum, Middlebury, Vermont
Fleming Museum, Burlington, Vermont
Lamont Art Gallery, Exeter, NH
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1954, 1975
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1954,1955, 1956
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
1955
Portland Museum of Art, L.D.M. Sweat Memorial, Portland, ME
1956
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1957
Krasner Gallery, New York, NY
1957 – 2011 (Exh. 50+ times)
Silvermine Guild of Artists, Inc., New Canaan, CT
1958
The Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
1958, 1962, 1972
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
1959
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1960, 1977, 1980, 1986
The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1960
Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Venezuela
The Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA)
1961, 1978, 1979, 1992
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
1962 – 89 (Exh. 20+ times)
Museum of Art, Science & Industry, Bridgeport, CT
1972
Art Students League, New York, NY
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1973
Davidson College, Stow Gallery, Davidson, NC
Rivier College, Nashua, NH
1973, 1978
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
1973, 1977-78, 1982,
1985, 1992
Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
1973, 1975-79
National Academy Galleries, National Academy of Design, New York, N.Y.
(Audubon Artists Exhibitions)
1974
Joseph Hirshhorn Museum at The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
(Permanent collection)
1974 - 75
Arts and Science Center, Nashua, NH
1975
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
1975
Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1975 – 76
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
1975 - 90 (19+times)
Fairfield University, Oak Room Exhibitions, Fairfield, CT
1976
Boston Center For The Arts, Boston, MA
Michael Rockefeller Arts Center Gallery, State University College, Fredonia NY
Pacificulture Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
1976 – 98 (8 times)
Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT
1976, 1977, 1987-98
Slater Memorial Museum, The Norwich Free Academy, Converse Art
Gallery, Norwich, CT
1976 – 2011
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
1977
California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona, CA
Minot State College, Minot, ND
Kansas State College, Pittsburg, Kansas
Georgia Southwest College, Americus, Georgia
St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, Md
Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
Eastern Montana College, Billings, Montana
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA
Rensselaerville Institute of Art Gallery, New York
Somerset County College, NJ
Bergen Community Museum, Bergen, NJ
1977 - 78
The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1977, 1980
National Academy of Design Galleries, New York, N.Y. (Audubon Artists)
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1977, 1985
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
1977, 1979
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1977 - 86 (Exh. 10 times)
Sikorsky Aircraft, Division of United Technologies, Stratford, CT
1977 – 92 (Exh. 11 times)
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1978
Berkley Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT
Pierce College Art Gallery, Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
1978 - 1979
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
1978 – 2011 (Exh. 14+times)
Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT
1978 – 1999 (Exh.14 times)
1979
Westport Town Hall, Westport, CT (Also in permanent collection)
Brockton Art Center, Brockton, MA
Yale University, Building of Art & Architecture, New Haven, CT
1980
The American Academy and the Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1980 – 88 (6-times)
Waveny House, New Canaan, CT
1980, 1983 - 84
Richardson-Merrell, Inc., World Headquarters, Wilton, CT
1980 - 95
National Arts Club, New York, N.Y. (Audubon Artists)
1981
Governor’s Residence, Hartford, CT
Montserrat School of Visual Art, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA
1981 - 2010
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
1981 - 85
Green Art Gallery, Guilford, CT
1982 - 88, 1990
Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1983
Clark Arts Center Gallery, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
1983
Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Brazil
Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial (School of Industrial Design),
University of State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Parana: House of Prints, Curitiba Cultural Foundation, Capital of the State of
Parana, Brazil
Art Museum of Joinville, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil
UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista, Sao Jose of Rio Preto, Brazil
1984
Old Lyme Art Works, Old Lyme, CT
Shippee Gallery, New York, N.Y.
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1984, 1987, 1990
1967, 1969, 1973
1985
Fairfield University, Center for Financial Studies, Fairfield, CT
1985 - 86
Cabo Frio, Brazil
II Cabo Frio International Print Biennial
Brazil II Bienal Internacional de Gravura e Arte Grafica de Cabo Frio-
Southeastern Massachusetts University, University Gallery, North Dartmouth,
MA
Embragel
Rio de Janeiro Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Sala de Exposicao Candido Portinari (UERJ)
Espaco ESDI – Escola Surerior de Desenho Industrial
Sao Paulo Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Campinas IBILCE –
IBILCE – Sao Jose do Rio Preto/Universidade Estadial Paulista
Fasculdade de Cienfias de Jaboticabl
Institutio de Artes do Planalto-Sao Bernardo do Campo
Sao Jose do Rio Preto/Universidade Estadial Paulista Faculdade de Ciencias de
Jabodticabl
Pitney Bowes World Headquarters, Stamford, CT
1987 – 1992
1988
WAVE Gallery, New Haven, CT
Exposicao Internacional de Gravura, Galeria Culture, de Estado da Culture, Delegacia
Regional de Cultura – Campinas, Pontificia Universidade Catolice de Campinas, Brazil
1988
Connecticut Commission On The Arts, Connecticut Artists Showcase, Hartford,
CT
1989
Barbican Arts Centre, London, England
Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Peel Park, Salford, MS 4WV, England
Mead Gallery, Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, England
Royal West of England Academy, Queens Road, Clifton, BristolBS8 1PX,
Instidtudto de Artes do Planalto – Sao Bernaro do Campo
Minas Gerais: Fundacao Municipal de Cultura – Sao Lourenco
Parana: Casa da Gravura/Fundacao Culdtural de Curitiba
Santa Catarina: Museo de Arte de Joinville
Rio Grande do Sul: Univdersidade Federal de Santa Maria
Museo da Gravura Brasileir
1986, 1997
1987
The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Brazil:
Exposicao Internacional de Gravurs, Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa Em
Servico Social, Faculdade de Servico Social, Campinas-SP, Brazil
Exposicao Internacional de GravuraCongresso de Educacao de Sao Jose Dos Campo –
CTA Sao Jose Dos Campos SP - Brazil
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan
89
Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Grand Parade Brighton PNZ214, England
Ramsgate Library Gallery, Guilford Lawn, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 9AY, England
Metro Center, Stamford, CT
1987-
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1990
1990
Lotos Club, New York, N. Y.
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
The Nature Center for Environmental Activities, Inc., Westport, CT
1991
Dome Gallery, New York, NY
West Room Gallery, The Yonkers Education Cultural Arts Center, Yonkers, NY
Kent Art Association, Kent CT
1992
1991 - 92
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
Department of Consumer Protection, Hartford, CT
Legislative Building, Hartford, CT
1992, 1995 - 2011 Greenwich Arts Center Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1991, 1996 - 99
The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT (Also Museum of Art, Science &
Industry, Bridgeport, CT
1991, 1995 – 96
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
1992, 1995, 1998
Schenectady Museum, Turnbull Gallery, Nott Terrace Extension, Schenectady,
N.Y.
1992 - 99 (9times)
E. C. Potter Gallery, Greenwich Arts Center, Greenwich, CT
1993
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1994
Zurich Reinsurance Centre, Inc., Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, NY
1994 - 96, 2010
Westport Historical Society, Inc., Wheeler House, Westport, CT
1995
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Lever House, New York, NY
Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT
1996
Federal Hall, Wall Street, New York, NY
Hartford Art School Gallery, Hartford, CT
Lehman Art Gallery, The Lehman College of Art, Bronx, NY
1996 – 1998
Burr Homestead Art Exhibition, Fairfield, CT
1997
Salmagundi Club, New York, N.Y. (Audubon Artists)
1998
Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, NY
1999
Northeastern University, Curry Student Center Art Gallery, Boston, MA
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