Paul Resika
Paul Resika is an American painter, was born and raised in New York City. Resika began exhibiting his paintings in New York City in the 1940s. He has had several dozen one-man exhibitions in important galleries and museums, and his works have been included in hundreds of group exhibitions since the late 1940s until the present.
He is a well-known New York artist who chaired the Parsons School of Design MFA program from 1978-1990. He is a member of the National Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a former student of Hans Hofmann. Resika's work is in the permanent collections of dozens of museums and corporations throughout the United States and the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Academy, the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC., the Palace of Culture, Warsaw, Poland, the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, and the Whitney Museum of American Art among numerous others.
Public collections
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NYArkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Charles B. Goddard Center, Ardmore, OK
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Municipal Gallery, Bordighera, Italy
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Academy Museum, New York, NY
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
Palace of Culture, Warsaw, Poland
Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, OH
Corporate collections
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NYComcast Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Exxon Corporation, New York, NY
IBM Corporation, New York, NY
MetLife Collection, New York, NY
Mitsubishi Collection, New York, NY
Time Warner Inc., New York, NY
One-person exhibitions
2013Paul Resika: 1947-48, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York.
Paul Resika: 8 + 8, Lori Bookstein Fine Art and Steve Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York
2012
Houses In Provence: Paintings, La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York
Houses in Provence: Works on Paper, La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York
2011
Paul Resika: Flowers, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York
Paul Resika: Paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Cape Flora and Fauna, Berta Walker Gallery
2010
Paul Resika: Recent Paintings, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York
Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2009
Paul Resika: Selected Paintings, 2000 – 2008, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2008
Paintings, James Graham and Sons, New York
Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2007
Paintings, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York
Figures and Flowers, Meredith Long & Company, Houston, TX
2006
Works on Paper, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York
Paul Resika: An Introduction, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Recent Paintings, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
Galleria Benucci, Rome, Italy
Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown. MA
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, TX
2004
Paintings, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York
2001
Paul Resika: Etchings and Monotypes, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York
2002
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Figures by the Pond, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Paul Resika: Recent Paintings, Hackett-Freedman, San Francisco, CA
2000
Recent Paintings, Craven Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Galería Metta, Madrid, Spain
Walker Kornbluth Art Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ
Recent Paintings, Hackett- Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York
Small Paintings, Hackett-Freedman, San Francisco, CA
1998
Paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Form and Atmosphere: The Graphic Work of Paul Resika, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York
Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1997
Paper, Walker Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, NJ
Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
Provincetown Paintings, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
1996
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
1995
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York
Provincetown Pier Paintings, 1984-1994, Long Point Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1994
Provence Paintings, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York
1993
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York
1992
Figures on the Beach, Long Point Gallery, Provincetown, MA, also: 1988, 1984, 1981, 1979, 1977
1991
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
1990
Graham Modern, New York, also: 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985
Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York
1986
Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ
Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
1985
Artist’s Choice Museum, New York
1984
The Art of Landscape, Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ
1983
Graham Gallery, New York, also: 1981, 1979, 1976, 1975
1982
The Century Association, New York
1981
Washington Art Association, Washington, CT
1975
Carlton Gallery, New York
1974
Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA
1973
Washburn Gallery, New York
1972
Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1971
The Valley of Tepoztlan, Peridot-Washburn Gallery, New York.
1970
Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Marlin McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Peridot Gallery, New York, also: 1969, 1968, 1967, 1965, 1964
1948
George Dix Gallery, New York