Adrian Gottlieb
      Biography

Memberships
Education
Workshops
Scholarships and Grants
Awards and Recognition
Exhibitions


Title: Mirror Image 
Size: 29.5" x 23.25" 
Category:  Self Portrait on Belgium Linen
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Creative realist painter Adrian Gottlieb was born and raised in northern Vermont.   Since early  childhood, Gottlieb’s inherited talent and passion for creating art was clearly evident. With no elementary art curriculum  available in rural Vermont, Adrian and his older brother (now a 3D computer modeler for George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic) began by  drawing and painting from life and from rented taxidermic specimens. Both developed an early métier for representational expression that continues to shape their creative focus.

By the time he was 15, Adrian Gottlieb had already exhibited in and around Vermont, including the State Capitol. In  1993, his work was displayed at the Jefferson Building of the US Library of Congress, earning  him letters of commendation from Vice President Al Gore and Vermont State Senators Jim Jeffords and Patrick Leahy. That same year, in addition to winning numerous national competitions, Gottlieb sold a painting to the University of Vermont for permanent exhibition.

Today, Adrian Gottlieb’s works are in private and public collections in Vermont, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Maine, Massachusetts - in Italy and in France.

Gottlieb began Atelier study while enrolled as an undergraduate at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Art & Design. Hungry for training in the classical techniques of drawing and painting, he enhanced his undergraduate study by attending Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence Italy for three summer terms. It was at Cecil Studios that Adrian was first  exposed to the drawing and painting methods developed from the Renaissance through the 19th Century French Academic tradition.

Further inspired by lectures at the famed Specola Anatomy Museum, the artist returned to the states and pursued  independent study in gross anatomy and anatomical drawing as part of a cooperative program with RIT and Rochester University  Medical School.

After earning his BFA (with honors) in November of 1998, Gottlieb decided to defer his planned pursuit of an MFA. Instead, he enrolled full-time at Atelier Florence Academy of Art, where he is currently pursuing his fourth year of study and serves as an assistant instructor.

The artist hopes to develop a firm foundation on which to build his own personal creative vision, and ultimately to make a meaningful contribution to the emerging 21st Century Renaissance movement.

MEMBERSHIPS: 

• The American Society of Classical Realism
• The Art Renewal Center International
• The Portrait Society of America
• The American Society of Portrait Artists
• The Shelburne Museum
• The Sharon Arts Center  
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Education

 

1/99 - Present:

Graduate study at The Florence Academy of Art (Atelier), Florence, Italy

1995 - 1998:

Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Art & Design.  Degree: BFA (Hon)

Summers '96,'97, & '98

Charles H. Cecil Studios “July Intensive Programs,” Florence, Italy

1994/95:

Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Art, Pittsburgh, PA (full-time/fully matriculated).

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Workshops

 

May/June 1999:

Landscape Painting with Richard Whitney

July 1999:

Painting the Figure with Igor Babailov (BFA Surikov Academy, Moscow)

Summer '93

Carnegie Mellon Univ. Visual Arts Pre-College, PA

Summer '93

Marie Walsh-Sharpe Fine Art Institute, Colorado College, CO

Summer '92

VT Governor's Institute on the Arts. Castleton State College, VT

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Scholarships & Grants

2001:                                                The John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Award

1999 & 2000:

Leslie & Frances Posey Foundation, Graduate Fine Art Scholarships 

2000:

Joukowsky Family Foundation Scholarship

1999:

John Gyles Educational Fund Scholarship

1996 - 1999:

The Albert W. Fleming Insurance Trust Scholarships

1994 & 1999:

Travis Canedy Memorial Fine Art Grants

1998:

Marion Barr Stanfield Fine Art Fellowship

1994 & 1998:

Vermont Hand Crafters, Inc. Artisanship Grants

1994 - 1998:

The Keal Foundation Scholarships

1997 & 1998:

Rochester Institute of Technology,  Anonymous Donor Scholarships

1994 - 1998:

Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Madeline Gegenheimer McClure Memorial Scholarships 

1997 & 1998:

Rochester Institute of Technology Fine Arts Scholarships

1994:

National Alliance for Excellence, Inc., US Senator James M Jeffords Honorary Scholarship in the Visual Arts

1994:

Carnegie Mellon University Scholarship

1994:

Vermont Ad Club Scholarship

1994:

Essex Alumni Scholarship

1994:

Stanley E. Jackson Memorial Scholarship

1994:

NAWID Educational Foundation Scholarship

1993:

AAA (American Automobile Assn.) Outstanding Scholars Travel Grant

1993:

DiscoverCard Tribute to Young America “Gold “ Award

1993:

Tylenol Leaders Scholarship

1993:

Carnegie Mellon University Fine Arts Pre-College Scholarship

1992:

Marie Walsh-Sharp Art Foundation Fellowship

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Awards & Recognition  

 

 

1994:

International Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community. The National Press Club, Washington, DC

1994:

Certificate of Merit/Letter of Commendation from Vermont's Governor Dr. Howard Dean “…for combining fine art and community service….”

1993:

First place national winner, painting & graphics category, The Foundation for a Creative America,  Div. of US Patents, Trademarks, Copyright Offices, and US Library of Congress, Washington, DC

1993:

Presented with a Bear Claw “…as a symbol of friendship for …work in support of the cultural identity of the Abenaki  People.” Tribal Council of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi.

1993:

Letter of commendation for outstanding artistic achievement, from then US Vice President Al Gore

6/92:

“Most outstanding  community contribution to the Arts for 1992."  Friends of Fine Arts, VT.

1994:

Congressional Art Competition, T. W. Wood Art Gallery, VT.  Judges Choice, Senator’s Choice. The Peoples Choice Awards.

1993: 

Congressional Art Competition, Chandler Art Gallery, VT.  Senator’s Choice Award, Honorable Mention.

1992:

Congressional Art Competition, Chandler Art Gallery, VT.  2nd Place State Award, People’s Choice Award.

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Exhibitions

 

Sept15- Oct.14, 2001

Exhibit:  21st Century Renaissance,  Royce Gallery,  Montclair, New Jersey

Oct19 - Nov, 25 2001

Featured Artist Exhibit, Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Rutland, VT

Nov, 2000 - January, 2001

Creating the Illusion, a single-artist exhibition, Leunigs, Burlington, VT

July/August, 2000:

Visions by Candlelight, Cohasset, MA

May/August, 1999:

The Church Street Exhibit, (single-artist exhibit), VT

1999:

A New Age Renaissance, (single-artist exhibit), Leunigs, Burlington, VT

1999:

Arts Alive, a group exhibition, Burlington, VT

1999/2000:

21st Century Renaissance, The Peoples Gallery, (single-artist exhibit), Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, VT

April 1998 - April 1999:

The Illustrators, Xerox Corporation Gallery, Xerox Corporate Headquarters, Rochester, New York.

1998:

Fine Art Honors Exhibit ‘98, The Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

1997:

Fine Arts Honors Exhibit ‘97, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.

1994:

Faces of Native Vermont, Paintings inspired by the modern cultural reclamation of northeastern Native American peoples.  Sponsored by the Perry Restaurant Group, Shelburne, VT

1994, 1995:

Lake Champlain Discovery Cove Forest Exhibit, Designed and constructed by the artist for the Discovery Museum, VT

1993:

Foundation for a Creative America Exhibit, Jefferson Building, US Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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