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RAY
MELCURTIS HERSHBERGER
Studio 141, d’ART Center
Selden Arcade
208 Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
BIOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION:
Born: February 24, 1948
Sacramento, California
EDUCATION:
Continuing:
Workshops: Janet Fish, Wolf Kahn, Philip Pearlstein, Charles Sovek, Ron
Johnson, Phillip Geiger
1981
- 1982: Special Studies: Old Dominion University
1973
– 1975:
BFA, Old Dominion University
1966
– 1968: School of Architecture, Clemson University
1966
-- Gordon H. Garrett High School, Charleston, SC
ART
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2007-Present:
Blackwater Workshops, Chesapeake, VA
2004
– 2005:
Governor’s School for the Arts, Norfolk, VA
(Instructor: Contemporary Art History, Watercolor Painting)
1998
– Present: Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
(Instructor: Watercolors)
1998
-- Present: Hermitage Museum Foundation, Norfolk, VA
(Instructor: Oil an Acrylic Painting and Drawing)
1992
– Present: d’ART Center, Norfolk, VA
(Instructor: Oil and Acrylic Painting, Watercolor Painting,
Drawing, and Children’s Programs)
1989
– 1996: Jewish Community Center, Norfolk, VA
(Instructor: Oil and Acrylic Painting, Children’s Programs)
1989
– 1996: Gifted and Talented Program, Norfolk City Schools, Norfolk,
VA
(Instructor: Two-dimensional, Painting and Drawing)
1987
– 2000: Adult Learning Center, Virginia Beach, VA
(Instructor: Painting and Drawing)
Continuing:
Visiting Artist in Regional Public and Private Schools
Continuing:
Workshop for Regional Art Groups, Organizations and Institutions
Continuing:
Judge or juror for several Local and Regional Organizations
CURATORIAL,
CONSULTANT AND INSTALLATION EXPERIENCE:
2003-2005:
Temporary Exhibits Design & Installation, Hermitage Foundation
Museum, Norfolk, VA
1998-2000:
Curator and Art Consultant, Crestar (Suntrust) Bank Gallery, Norfolk, VA
1997
– 1998: Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
1987
– 1989: Installation Manager, TAG Gallery, Norfolk, VA
MAJOR
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
2014:
Painting selected for Artfields, Lake City, SC
2013:
Swamps and Other Wetlands, One-man Exhibit, Arts of the Albemarle,
Elizabeth City, NC
Selected
Swamp Paintings, One-man Exhibit, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
Black
and White Exhibit, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
2012:
Beaufort County Arts Festival, Washington, NC
Honorable Mention: Oil Painting
Honorable Mention: Watercolor
Linda Matney Gallery, Group Exhibit - Storytellers, Williamsburg, VA
Selected Swamps and Other Wetlands, Chesapeake Public Library,
Chesapeake, VA
Swamps and Other Wetlands, One-Man Exhibit,
This Century Art Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
Swamps and Other Wetlands: One-Man Exhibit, Arts Center @ 319, Smithfield, VA
100 Paintings, by 100 Hampton Roads Artists, Charles Taylor Arts
Center, Hampton, VA
Painted Garden, Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
2011:
Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
2010:
Swamps and Other Wetlands, One-Man Exhibit, Portlock Gallery,
Chesapeake, VA
Self-Portrait Show, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Biennial Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA
Juror: Richard Hunt
In Miniature, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Norfolk Yacht Club Paint Out, Norfolk, VA
2009:
Out and About, Norfolk, VA: Judge's Choice
Small Works show, Charles Taylor AC, Hampton, VA
Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
2008:
Small Works Show, Charles Taylor A.C., Hampton, VA
New Art, New Wine, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Grand Opening, Mendola Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Women, Fast Frame, Chesapeake,
VA
2007:
Hampton Roads V.A. Idol, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
New Art, New Wine, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, Plein Aire, Monticello
Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2006:
Friday's Nude,, Monticello Gallery, Norfolk, VA
New Art, New Wine, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Small Works, Charles Taylor, Hampton, VA
Dwelling Place Invitational, Norfolk Yacht Club, Norfolk, VA
2005:
New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Dwelling Place Invitational, Harbor Club, Norfolk, VA
2004:
Beaufort County Arts Festival, Washington, NC
1st Place: Oil Painting
Honorable Mention: Oil Painting
Remembering 9/11, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA
Violence Theme, Signal 66 Gallery, Washington, DC
Armada Hoffler, Towne Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Summer Exhibition, d’Art
Center, Norfolk, VA
2003:
Virginia Wine Exhibition, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Small Painting Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA
2002:
Figure Exhibition, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
9/11 Memorial Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Go Figure, Virginia Wesleyan College, Virginia Beach, VA
2001:
Winter Exhibition, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia
Beach, VA
Now and Then, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Go figure, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Miniature Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA
2000:
Red, White and Blue, Longwood College, Farmville, VA
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
1999:
Go Figure, Martinsville Arts center, Martinsville, VA
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Elizabeth River Exhibition, Hermitage Foundation, Norfolk, VA
1998:
Go Figure, Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
Small Painting Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
1997:
Go Figure, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
TAA Portfolio Exhibition, University Gallery, Norfolk, VA
Hampton Bay Days, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
1996:
Art Auction, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Best in Oils and Acrylics
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
TAA Miniature Exhibit, Hermitage, Norfolk, VA
Purchase Award
1995:
TAA Miniature Exhibit, Hermitage, Norfolk, VA
Juror’s
Choice
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
New art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
TAA Portfolio Exhibition, Charles Taylor, Hampton, VA
TAA Member’s Exhibition, Crestar Gallery, Norfolk, VA
1994:
Mid-Atlantic Regional, d/Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Juror’s Choice
TAA Miniature Exhibit, Hermitage, Norfolk, VA
Award of Merit
Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Animal Exhibition: Crestar Gallery, Norfolk, VA
1993:
Mid-Atlantic Regional, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Juror’s Choice
TAA miniature, Hermitage, Norfolk, VA
Honorable Mention
1992:
Annual Exhibition: Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA
Painting Award
Juror: Neal Benezra, Chief Curator
Hirshorn Museum
Seawall Festival, Portsmouth, VA
Second Place
Stockley Gardens Spring Festival, Norfolk, VA
Third Place
Hirshorn Museum
1991:
Annual Exhibition: Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA
Juror: Tom Armstrong, Whitney Museum
Pasquotank Landmark Annual: Elizabeth City, NC
Merit Award
Beaufort County Art Festival, Washington, NC
Merit Award
Boardwalk Art Show, Virginia Beach, VA
Merit Award
Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA
Merit Award
Purchase Award
Southside Artists, Chesapeake, VA
M. Johnson Award for Realism
Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists Annual, Virginia Beach, VA
First Place
1990:
Works on Paper ’90, Virginia Beach, VA
First Place
Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA
Merit Award
TAA House and Garden, Virginia Beach, VA
Merit award
1989:
Stockley Gardens Fall Art Festival, Norfolk, VA
Best in Show
Day
in the Park, Chesapeake, VA
Best in Show
Pasquotank Spring show, Elizabeth City, NC
Second Place
Beaufort Country Art Festival, Washington, NC
Second Place
Stockley Gardens Spring Festival, Norfolk, VA
Second Place
Chesapeake Art Guild, Annual Exhibit, Chesapeake, VA
Merit Award
1988:
Haygood Shopping Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Merit Award
Stockley Gardens Fall Festival, Norfolk, VA
Merit Award
Purchase Award
Day in the Park, Chesapeake, VA
Best in Show
Seawall Festival, Portsmouth, VA
Judge’s Choice
Chesapeake Art Guild Annual, Chesapeake, VA
Best in Show
TAA Annual, VBAC, Virginia Beach, VA
Second Place
Juror: Jane Kessler, Mint Museum
1987:
Annual Exhibition: PFA, Newport News, VA
Marine Award
Juror: Ned Rifkin, Hirshorn Museum
Beaufort
County Art Festival, Washington, NC
Best in Show, Honorable Mention
Juror: Barclay Sheaks,
Virginia Wesleyan
Autumn Art Affair, Chesapeake, VA
Merit Award
Day in the Park, Chesapeake, VA
Honorable Mention
1987:Seawall
Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA
Award of excellence
Ghent Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA
AB Jackson Award
Chesapeake Art Guild, Chesapeake, VA
Grumbacher Award
1986:
Day in the Park, Chesapeake, VA
Honorable Mention
Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA
Best in Show
Chesapeake art Guild, Chesapeake, VA
Grumbacher
Award
1985:
Autumn Art Affair, Chesapeake, VA
First Place
1983:
Ghent Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA
First Place, Painting
One Person Exhibitions
1993
Cape Henry Collegiate College, Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia
Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA
1992
Artist At Work Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
Sacred Heart Church, Norfolk, VA
Bienville Grille, Norfolk, VA
Circuit Gallery, Norfolk, VA
1991
Image, Virginia Beach, VA
1990
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Quarberg Gallery, Norfolk, VA
Pasquotank Arts Council, Elizabeth City, NC
La Galleria, Norfolk, VA
1989
Meherrin Regional Library, Lawrenceville, VA
Chesapeake Headquarters Library, Chesapeake, VA
Bank of Tidewater, Chesapeake, VA
Russell Memorial Library, Chesapeake, VA
Courtney's, Norfolk, VA
1988
Freemason YWCA, Norfolk, VA
Chesapeake Headquarters Library, Chesapeake, VA
1987
George Washington University, Hampton, VA
Walter C. Rawls Library and Museum, Courtland, VA
1986
Russell Memorial Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA
Chesapeake Headquarters Library, Chesapeake, VA
1985
Ghent Arts and Crafts Gallery, Norfolk, VA
Russell Memorial Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA
1983
Judge Hilliard Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA
Russell Memorial Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA
Judge Hilliard Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA
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