ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004
"Alfred De Credico: Stealing from the Dead," Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
"Brave New World," McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
1999
"La Selva Oscura," The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Connecticut College,
New London, CT
1996
"Alfred DeCredico Drawings and Paintings," Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
"Alfred DeCredico: Recent Paintings," Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
1995
"Alfred DeCredico: Selected Drawings 1988-1995," Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
"A Painting and Ten Drawings," Sanske Gallerie, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
1994
"Alfred DeCredico: Drawings 1985 - 1993,"
The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
The Wood Street Gallery of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
(catalog - 1994)
The Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1993
Sanske Gallerie, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
"The End of The Hunter," Scott Alan Fine Arts, New York, NY
"Works on Paper," Scott Alan Fine Arts, New York, NY
1992
"Ecstacy," Levinson/Kane Gallery, Boston, MA
"Alfred DeCredico: Five Paintings," Scott Alan Fine Arts, New York
Macdonald Street Gallery, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
New England Foundation for the Arts, Cambridge, MA
Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA
1991
"Voices,"
Galleria Sechzig, Feldkirch, AUSTRIA
Scott Alan Fine Arts, New York, NY (catalog- 1991)
Reynolds Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990
Levinson/Kane Gallery, Boston, MA (catalog-1990)
1987
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
Elise Meyer Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Harvard University, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
1984
Elise Meyer Gallery, New York, NY
Sally Reynolds Gallery, Houston, TX
1983
Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston, MA
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1976
Bergman Gallery, University of Chicago
1973
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1971
470 Parker Street, Boston, MA
Agra Gallery, Washington, DC
1970
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1969
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, MA (catalog-1969)
1968
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Union College, Schenectady, NY
1967
Fontana Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1999
"Alfred DeCredico and Toots Zynsky," The Wheeler Gallery,
Providence, R.I.
1994
"Independent Explorations," the Drawings of Alfred DeCredico and
Paola Fonticoli, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1991
"Graphics and Drawings: Per Kirkaby and Alfred DeCredico," Galerie Sigma,
Vienna, AUSTRIA
COLLABORATIVE WORK EXHIBITIONS
1997
Barry Freidman Ltd. (collaborative work with Toots Zynsky and Lino
Tagliapietra), New York, NY
1996
"Drawings and Glass Sculpture," Rhode Island School of Design Museum of
Art (collaborative work with Toots Zynsky, and collaborative work with
Toots Zynsky and Lino Tagliapietra), Providence, RI
"Murrine Storia," Elliott Brown Gallery (collaborative work with Toots Zynsky
and Lino Tagliapietra), Seattle, WA
1995
SOFA, Sanske Galerie (collaborative work with Toots Zynsky and Lino
Tagliapietra), Chicago, IL
Sanske Galerie (collaborative work with Toots Zynsky and Lino
Tagliapietra), Zurich, SWITZERLAND
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
"Tango," Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
"Recent Acquisitions in Glass," Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
2001
"Contemporary Glass Masters," Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
1999
"20th Century Sculpture from the Collection of the Everson Museum of Art,"
The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
"Memory Boxes," Susan H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College,
Annville, PA
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
"Frontline: Contemporary Draughtsmen in New England," The Boston
Athenaeum, Boston, MA
"Abstract Forms, Concrete Logic," The Lyman Allyn Art Museum,
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of
Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
1998
"Artist as Curator," Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1997
"Little Treasures," Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
"All Things Great But Small," Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada
"Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Works On Paper," Rhode Island School
of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
"American Artists In Rome," The Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
"Recent Acquisitions to the Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios,"
Jane Voohers Zimmerli Art Nuseum, Rutgers, the State University
of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
1996
"Investigations: American Abstraction," Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
"All Things Great But Small," Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada
1995
"Protective Coverings," Franie Coburn Gallery, University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT
"The Masters of Graphic Art," Gyor Biennial, winner of the "Prize of the
Janos Zanthus Museum," Gyor, HUNGARY
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
Galerie Am Lindenplatz, Schann, LICHTENSTEIN
"Take A Seat," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI
"Sculpture; Small Scale," Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
1994
Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
Art Fair/Seattle, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Seattle, WA
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL"
One Medium, Two Cultures," The Gallery of the Chinese Culture Institute,
Boston, MA
1993
Art Fair/Seattle, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Paper Trails: The Eldetic Image,"
I Space, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, IL
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Champaign, IL
Art Chicago International, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Abstract Reality," Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN
"The Choice of Painting: Recent Work by 1992-93 Fellows of the
New England Foundation for the Arts," Lyman Allyn Art Museum,
New London, CT
1992
Art Fair/Seattle, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Seattle, WA
"4x4," Kristina Wasserman Gallery, Providence, RI 1992
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
International Art Exposition, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
"7th Annual Collectors Choice," Vero Beach Center for the Arts,
Vero Beach, FL
"The Rhode Island Artists Exhibition," Pawtucket, RI
"Critics Choice," Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
"Works on Paper - Masters of the 20TH Century," Galerie de Art - Michel
Bigue, Quebec, CANADA
"AS220/The Building Box," Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
"The University of Notre Dame Friends and Alumni Collect: A
Sequicentennial Celebration," Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
(catalog-1992)
"Abstractus," Scott Alan Fine Arts, New York, NY
"National Drawing Invitational," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
(catalog-1992)
"University of Delaware 25th Works on Paper Biennial," University of
Delaware Art Gallery, Newark, DE (merit award, catalog-1992)
"Art and Objects," Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA
Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
1991
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
"6th Annual Collectors Choice," Vero Beach Center for the Arts,
Vero Beach, FL
"1990 NEFA/NEA Regional Fellowship Recipients - 1991," Mills Gallery,
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1990
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
London Art Fair, Levinson Kane Gallery, London, ENGLAND
L A Art Fair, Levinson Kane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989
"Restive Visions," Rose Art Museum: Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA (catalog-1989)
L A Art Fair, Levinson Kane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
1987
Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
"Other Gods - Containers of Belief,"
The New Orleans Contemporary Art Center
The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
1986
"Other Gods - Containers of Belief" (cont.)
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Fondo Del Sol, Washington, DC
Wallace Wentworth Gallery, Washington, DC
Art Caprice, Inc., Washington, DC
(catalog-1986)
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Department of Visual and
Environmental Studies Faculty Exhibition, Cambridge, MA
1984
Pinacoteca Communale, Val Fiorita, Cantanzaro, ITALY
Nabisco Brands/USA Gallery, East Hanover, NJ
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island
School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
1983
Royal Palm Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Elise Meyer Gallery, New York, NY
1982
Rhode Island School of Design, Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
1980
"Painting and Sculpture Today - 1980," Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Indianapolis, IN (catalog-1980)
Elise Meyer Gallery, New York, NY
1979
Bronx Museum , Bronx, NY (catalog)
1973
470 Parker Street, Boston, MA
1972
470 Parker Street, Boston, MA
Agra Gallery, Washington, DC
1971
470 Parker Street, Boston, MA
Agra Gallery, Washington, DC
1970
Obelisk Gallery, Boston, MA
1963-69
Fontana Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1969, 68, 67, 66
State University College, New Paltz, NY 1965
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1964
National Academy of Design, New York, NY 1963
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alexander and Alexander, Washington, DC
Allendale Insurance Company, Johnston, RI
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Carnegie Museum of Fine Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, MA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Enka Foundation, Istanbul, TURKEY
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
First Bank, Tewksbury, MA
Fondo Del Sol, Washington, DC
Hotel Corporation of America, New York, NY
ICA, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Francisco, CA
Perlow Investments, Pittsburgh, PA
Providence College, Providence, RI
Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, Providence, RI
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
The Providence Group, Providence, RI
Tribler and Orpett, Washington, DC
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon, AZ
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN
Wesleyan University Museum of Art, The Davison Print Collection,
Middletown, CT
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Rhode Island School of Design, Professor of
Foundation Studies, 1981 to present
Harvard University, Visiting Lecturer in Drawing
Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
Carpenter Center for the Visual Art - 1985 to 1988
VISITING ARTIST
Syracuse University 1995, 72
Brown University 1999, 93
Carnegie Mellon University 1991
Bennington College 1989
Mirmar Sinan University, Istanbul, TURKEY 1988
Skidmore College 1969
Union College 1969
Haystack School 1968
Rhode Island School of Design 1968
University of Rhode Island 1967
Juror
Juror: Warwick Art Museum, Annual Open Juried Exhibition 1994
Guest Curartor: Pawtucket Arts Council, "The RI Artists Exhibition," 1992
American Juror: International Graphics Competition, Enka Foundation,
Istanbul, Turkey 1988
Juror: Bristol Art Museum, Annual Open Juried Exhibition 1978
AWARDS & HONORS
New England Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (Drawing) 1996, 90
The "Prize of the Janos Zanthus Museum" Gyor Biennial, Gyor Hungary 1995
The International Art Critics Association selected "The End of the Hunter"
(exhibition, Scott Alan Fine Arts, NY, 1993) as one of the 25 best gallery
shows of 1993 1994
New England Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (Painting) 1992
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Individual
Fellowship (Drawing) 1992, 91
Blanch E. Colman Foundation Fellowship 1991
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Bellagio Study and Conference Center,
Bellagio, ITALY 1990
Rhode Island School of Design Faculty Development Grant 1992,90,89
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Travel Grant 1989
Rhode Island School of Design - European Honors Program 1966,65
TV INTERVIEWS
Channel 13, New York, NY 1979
Channel 6, Boston, MA 1969,67
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