DAVID DEWEY
Email: ddeweywc@gmail.com
Phone: 207-596-7521
Cell: 908-303-6620
PO Box 116 Owls Head, ME 04845
Education
Philadelphia College of Art, BFA 1968
Washington State University, MFA 1974
Honors
University of New Haven, Doctor of Fine Arts, Honoris Causa 2019
Teaching Experience
1995-2008: Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme CT
1993: Kutztown University
1991: New York Academy of Art
1987-Present: National Academy School of Fine Arts
1974-1997: Parsons School of Design
1977-1980: Artist for Environment Foundation - AFE
1974-1975: Philadelphia College of Art
1972-1973: Washington State University, TA
1971-1972: Philadelphia College of Art Visiting Instructor to AFE
Curatorial Experience
2008 - 2021: Curator, Joseph A Fiore painting estate, Falcon Foundation, Damariscotta, ME
2016-2019: Co-director, The Joseph A Fiore Art Center, Rolling Acres Farm, Jefferson, ME
2010-2018: Director and Curator, The Firehouse Center Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
Solo Exhibitions
2022: FROM THE SKETCHBOOK, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2017: PEMAQUID LIGHT, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland,ME
2014: THE MARSHALL POINT, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2013: DAVID DEWEY - PAINTING THE FIGURE WITH MY STUDENTS, Lyme Academy College of Art, Old Lyme, CT
2012: WATERCOLORS AND COLLAGES, Caldbeck Gallery
2011: DAVID DEWEY, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2008: DAVID DEWEY, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2006: Newport Art Museum, Newport,RI
2006: Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2006: The Irvine Gallery - River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME
2005: Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2004: Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2002, 2000: Gleason Fine Art, Camden, ME
2001: Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
2001: THEN AND NOW, OILS AND WATERCOLORS ACCOMPLISHED OVER TWO DECADES, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2001: PAST AND PRESENT, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
2000, 1999: G.Watson Gallery, Stonington,ME
1999, 1997, 1995, 1993,1989,1987,1985, 1983: Tastistscheff & Co, New York, NY
1993: Gordon College, Wenham, MA
1983: Messiah College, Grantham, PA
1980: Tatischeff & Co., New York, NY
1978: Green Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
WATERCOLOR: GO WITH THE FLOW, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2019: BACK TO NATURE, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2012: WATERCOLORS OF NEWPORT AND NARRAGANSETT BAY, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
2009: SMALL PAINTINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2008: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN REALISM, 2008 Biennial curated by Sachi Yanri-Rizzo, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2008: ARTISTS WHO TEACH, Greenhut Gallery, Portland ME
2007: A PRECIOUS MUSE, ART OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, William Verika Fine Arts, LTD, Newport RI
2006: LANDSCAPE OF GOLF, Newport Museum, Newport, RI
2006: THE AMERICAN MEDIUM: Master Watercolors from the Farnsworth Collection, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
2004: SCENE AND UNSCENE: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2004: LANDSCAPE, Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy, NJ
2003: MAINE SEEN, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME,
2003: HOT WATER, Bernarducci-Meisel Gallery, New York, NY,
2003: Freisen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
2003: ROCKLAND HARBOR, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2001: MAINE IN AMERICA, 19TH and 20th CENTURY WATERCOLOR COLLECTION, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
2000: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN ANNUAL EXHIBITION, New York, NY
1997: THREE FRIENDS: David Dewey, Lois Dodd and Paul Rickert, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
1997: RETHINKING REALISM: Contemporary American Watercolors, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
1997: REINVENTING REALISM, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
1994: WATERCOLOR '94, A Group Show Featuring 25 Nationally Recognized Artists, Broden Gallery Ltd, Madison, WI
1993: CONTEMPORARY REALIST WATERCOLORS, Sewall Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX
1986: WATERCOLOR USA: The Monumental Image, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
1980: ARTIST FOR ENVIRONMENT: The First Decade, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1979: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS, Ingber Gallery, New York, NY THE REVIVAL OF REALISM, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
1976: THE WATER GAP ART CENTER,Walpack, NJ
1975: DELEWARE WATER GAP: American Paintings from 19th and 20th Centuries, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1974: MARION LOCKS GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA
Bibiliography
Art of Penobscot Bay, by Carl and David Little
Art New England, Review by Carl Little
Art New England, Review of Pemaquid Light by Carl Little
Maine Home Design Magazine
American Art Collector, David Dewey, Transparent Poetic Symbols
Isaacson, Philip, Maine Sunday Telegram
Beem, Edgar Allen, The Maine Times
Isaacson, Phillip, Maine Sunday Telegram
Purcell, Janet, The Trenton Times
Turner, Frederick, Visionary Realism, American Arts Quarterly
The Gettysburg Review
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Frisch, Marianne B. Readers Digest Collection Catalogue
Raynor, Vivien, A Taste of the Water Gap, From Nine Painters, The New York Times
Dewey, David Working Back Into Paint, American Artist
Moore, Christopher, Give Imagination a Workout, Independent Press
Raynor, Vivien, What Watercolorists Can Do, The New York Times
Watkins, Eileen, Watercolorists Go Beyond, The Star Ledger
Long, Andrew, Art and Antiques
Bolt, Thomas, David Dewey, Arts Magazine
Artists for Environment, Philadelphia Inquirer
Shirey, David, New Jersey Landscape, New York Times
2023
July/August 2022
July/August, 2017
April, 2008
April, 2008
August 6, 2006
December 6, 2001
December 2001
February 16, 2001
Fall, 2000
Winter Issue, 2000
March 24, 1999
January 21, 1997
1996
July 1995
Summer 1995
February 1994
February 13, 1994
February 1994
May 1993
1985
January 4, 1983
1980
May 27, 1979
Publications
Dewey, David, Nature Observed: The Landscapes of Joseph Fiore, 2018
Dewey, David, The Watercolor Book, Watson-Guptil Publications, New York, NY 1995
Catalogues
David Dewey, Pemaquid Light, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, 2017
David Dewey, Marshall Point Light, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland ME, 2014
Painting the Figure With My Students, Selected Figure Watercolor Drawings, 2012
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, essay by Randy Melick
David Dewey, Full Moon Rising, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, NYC, 2008
Water to Water: Maine to Rhode Island in the Paintings of David Dewey, Newport Art Museum
Newport RI, 2007, essay by Dr. Karl Emil Willers
David Dewey, Breakwater Paintings, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, 2006
David Dewey, New Paintings, Bernarducci.Meisel Gallery, NYC, 2005, essay by Theodore Prescott
David Dewey, New Paintings, Caldbeck Gallery Rockland, ME, 2004 essay by Jessica Nicoll
David Dewey, New Watercolors, Tatistscheff Gallery, New York, NY, essay by Susan Larsen, 1997
Then and Now, Oil and Watercolors Accomplished over Two Decades, CMCA-Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, essay by Susan Larsen, 2001
David Dewey, Past and Present, Rider University Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ, 1991
Selected Collections
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Newport Art Museum, Newport,RI
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, ME
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Washington State University, Seattle, WA
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
INA Corporate Museum
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Manice
Citibank, N.A., New York, NY
Lloyds Bank International, New York, NY
and numerous private collections
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