My exposure to art began as a teenager growing up in an industrial area of NJ near NYC.  I began making trips to art museums in NYC when I was 15 and quickly developed a fascination with European painting.  As a youth I found myself drawn especially to the 15th through 17th century, with modern influences coming later.  This instilled in me a love of craft and a sense of where painting comes from.  Ultimately, my goal is to use painting as a way of expressing the way I see the world around me… using a modern approach, yet balancing that vision with the traditional representation which first inspired me to paint.

 David Shevlino was born in Jersey City, NJ in 1962.  He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the   University of Pennsylvania.  He has exhibited his work nationally.

Click here to see a painting which appeared in national magazines in 2000, including Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. You can also see an image from the December 1999 issue of American Artist.

 
       

Exhibitions:

2008    Solo Exhibition, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

           Solo Exhibition, DFN Gallery, New York, NY.

2007    Solo Exhibition, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC.

           New York at Night, DFN Gallery, NY, NY.

2006    Solo Exhibition, DFN Gallery, NY, NY.

2005    Solo Exhibition, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ.

           The Academy at Penn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
           Solo Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
           NYC, DFN Gallery, NY.

2004    Down the Shore, Cacciola Gallery, NJ.
           Philadelphia,  Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
           Philadelphia on the Rocks,  Blum Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME.    

2003    USArtist 03, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA.
           Solo Exhibition, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ.
           Solo Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2002    USArtists 02, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA.
           Solo Exhibition, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY.
           Introduction Exhibit, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
           Small Works Exhibit, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ

2001    Solo Exhibition, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ.
            Re-Presenting Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY.
            Solo Exhibition, Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC.
            Solo Exhibition, Carvel State Bldg., Wilmington, DE.

2000     Solo Exhibition, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ.
            "At The Shore," Group Exhibition, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
            Solo Exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.

1999     Group Exhibition, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY.
            Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston Center For The Arts, Boston, MA.
            USArtists 99, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA.
            Solo Exhibition, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
            Solo Exhibition, Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
           "Our Good Earth," Group Exhibition, Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC.

1998    USArtists98, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA.
            Three Person Exhibition, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
           "Painterly Bravura," Group Exhibition, Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
           "Summertime," Group Exhibition, Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
           Group Exhibition, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY.
           Solo Exhibition, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

1997    Group Exhibition, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY.
           Two Person Exhibition, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA.
           USArtists 97, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA.
           "The Unbroken Line, 1897-1997, A Centennial Exhibition," Museum of American Art of
           the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,  Philadelphia, PA.
           Group Exhibition, Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY.
           Solo Exhibition, Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
           Solo Exhibition, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
           Solo Exhibition, Widener University Art Museum, Chester, PA.

1996   Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 99th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art
          Museum,  Philadelphia, PA.
          USArtists 96, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA.
          "Pertaining to Philadelphia," Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
          56th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
          New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ.
          Juried Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA.
          Solo Exhibition, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. 

1995   Regional Juried Exhibition, Frank Martin Gallery, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA.

1994   "Urban and Rural Landscapes," Rodger LaPelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
          "Women and Children First," Philadelphia Museum of Art Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA.
        
1993   Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 96th Annual Juried  Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
          "Introductions," Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
          53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
                
1992   Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 95th Annual Juried Exhibition, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA.                                      
          52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.

1990   "New Decade Painters," Gross-McLeaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

1989   Annual Summer Show, Gross-McLeaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
 
1987   Solo Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
          "Golden Anniversary National Art Competition," American Artist Magazine, John Pence Gallery, 
          San Francisco, CA., Grand Central Gallery, New York, NY.

1985   American Artist Magazine, National Art Competition, Grand Central Gallery, New York, NY.
Awards:

1999   Delaware Division of the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship, Wilmington, DE.
1996   Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Award (Juror, Jack Beal)
          Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, NEA Regional Fellowship, Baltimore, MD.

1994   New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship, Trenton, NJ.
          Fourth Prize, Wallingford Art Center, Wallingford, PA. (Juror, Bruce Samuelson)

1993   Woodmere Endowment Fund Memorial Prize, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
          (Juror, Judith O'Toole, Director, Westmoreland Museum of Art)

1992   Woodmere Endowment Fund Memorial Prize, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
          (Juror, Peter F. Blume, Director, Allentown Art Museum)

1987   Golden Anniversary National Art Competition, American Artist Magazine, New York, NY.

1985   American Artist Magazine, Nationwide Competition, New York, NY.

1984   Lewis S. Ware Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,     
          Philadelphia, PA.

Education:

1986-92  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA., BFA
1983-85  Art Students' League, New York, NY.
1980-84  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA., Certificate

Collections:
Antenna Group Inc., San Francisco, CA.
Rogich Communications, Las Vegas, NV.Wellington Management Co., Boston, MA.
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, New Brunswick, NJ.
John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Richard I. Rubin Company, Philadelphia, PA.
Prudential Bache Securities, Philadelphia, PA.
Smith-Barney, Philadelphia, PA.
Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, DE.
MBNA, Newark, DE.
Bibliography:

Joshua Rose, "Never Sleeping City", American Art Collector Magazine, February 2007
Robin Rice, "Get Real," Philadelphia City Paper, May 2002 (review)
Georgina Keenan, "Wide Open Spaces," American Artist Magazine, December 1999
Open Studios Press, New American Paintings, April 1998

Ellin Anderson, "David Shevlino," Art New England, February 1998 (review)

Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Centennial Exhibition Catalog, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1997 

Judith West, "David Shevlino," Seven Arts Magazine, March 1997

Victoria Donohoe, "David Shevlino, Recent Works," Philadelphia Inquirer, February 1997 (review)

Stacy Smith, NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibit Catalog, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ, 1996

Jennifer Crohn, "New Decade Painters at Gross-McCleaf," Philadelphia Inquirer, February 1990 (review)

Valerie Rivers, "Golden Anniversary National Art Competition," American Artist Magazine, June 1987
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