CONTACT
garykoenitzer@gmail.com
See Bio and Statement after below event postings.
Current Events and selected prior events, gallery, and museum exhibitions.
2013 Exhibitions
Brewerytown Spring Festival – 2600 to 2800 blocks of West Girard Avenue Philadelphia PA. May 2013
FEATURED artist on Discover Jersey Arts Click DJA Cosponsored by NJ council on the arts May 2013
TRENTON CITY MUSEUM – ELLARSLIE MANSION in Cadwalader Park
Trenton, New Jersey
Linear Mix Painting titled ” NY Nanosecond WINS “Honorable Mention ” April 2013
PERKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS Moorestown, NJ Photography 32 Juried Exhibition January 2013
2012 Exhibitions
Philadelphia SPACE gallery 2nd Street Philadelphia December 2012
AIGA Philly “Speakeasy” Soirée and Silent Auction. December 2012
Alberta Gallery St. Petersburg Russia Exhibiting 8 art works. December 2012
Medford Arts Center juried exhibtion, October 2012, Medford NJ.
Time Square NYC exhibition short video “Chashama” released July 2012. New York, New York.
Exhibited at a ground breaking event titled “Art Takes Times Square ” in concert with the Times Square Alliance, Chashama and Artists Wanted. Several of the most iconic video signs in Times Square were made into an immense continuous display of art. Hosted by Questlove of the Roots | Special Performance by Twin Shadow. June 18 2012
Exhibited at the Artists Wanted VIP after party featuring Questlove of The Roots / House band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. June 18th 2012. New York, New York.
SHAZAM, MAC exhibition, 2012, Medford NJ. ( Dream Weaver -First prize winner of this event )
McGOPA, SPP Galleries, juried art exhibition, Philadelphia Inquirer Building, Conshohocken, PA
Perkins Center of the Arts, juried photography 31 Exhibition, Moorestown NJ 2012
Selected Exhibitions 2011 and prior
APW Gallery, juried art exhibition, Something Different, New York, New York
Washington’s Square, 70th Anniversary, juried art exhibition, New York, New York
Kimmel Center, Summer Solstice, juried art exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Icebox Crane Arts Center, InLiquid juried art exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Hampton Arts Conventions Center, juried art exhibition, Halls of Art, Hampton, VA
The Noyes Museum of Art, juried art exhibition , DA Seven, Hammonton, NJ
*Medford Art Center, Multiple juried photography and art exhibitions, Medford, NJ
Awarded first, second, third and honorable mention prizes by the MAC in past 4 years
F.U.E.L Collection, juried art exhibition, Grand Small Works, Philadelphia, PA
DaVinci Art Alliance, juried art exhibition, New Concepts, Philadelphia, PA (4 Exhibitions)
Philadelphia Stories Auction, Bidding for Good, Philadelphia PA
The Enclaves, Duel art exhibition, “The Art of Gary and Nicole Koenitzer “, Philadelphia, PA
Muse Gallery, juried art exhibition, Small Works Show, Philadelphia, PA
Rock, Paper, Scissors Gallery, juried art exhibition, Two, Asbury Park, NJ
Tyme Gallery, Expo XI juried photography exhibition, Havortown, PA
Artbride Prallsville Mill Gallery, juried art exhibition, Stockton, NJ (3 Exhibtions)
Duane Morris, Legal Clinic for disabled Art Auction, Philadelphia, PA
Sassafras, Duel art exhibition, Gary and Nicole Koenitzer Philadelphia, PA
Gallery 125, juried art exhibition, Winterlude, Trenton, NJ (5 Exhibitions 2006 -2009)
Kate Lemay Gallery, Duel exhibition, Gary and Nicole Koenitzer, Medford, NJ 2006
Red Sky, Duel art exhibition, Gary and Nicole Koenitzer, Philadelphia, PA
Newark NJ Gateway Complex, juried art exhibition Newark, NJ
Omar’s Cafe, First Friday Show, Byrn Mawr, PA
Philadelphia First Friday events. Nicole and I have been regulars since 2007 !
TELEVISION
2007
Featured on 30-minute segments of Princeton’s cable TV30 talk show Talk to Me with host Natasha Sherman Topic: “Artists- from obscurity to a house hold name”
2006
Television: Featured on 30-minute segments of Princeton’s cable television’s TV30 talk show Talk to Me with host Natasha Sherman. Topic: “The art of Gary and Nicole Koenitzer”
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Painting titled “Guggenheim” published on the cover of award winning book titled “Mad to Live” by Randall Brown | MORE INFO
Painting titled “The Script” Published in aroundphilly.com, June 2011, Philadelphia MORE INFO
platform58, Eyes, Issue 018, e-zine | MORE INFO
Sally Friedman, Medford exhibit examines creativity and genetics, Courier Post , August 14, 2010, New Jersey
Mac asks: Is art in the ‘Jeans’?, South Jersey Local News , July 21, 2010, New Jersey
platform58, Paint, Issue 015, e-zine
Metro International Press, The Art Gets Serious, Bruce Wals
South Jersey Magazine, The Art of Medicine, Volume 6 Issue 5, New Jersey
Philadelphia Stories, Spring 2009, Philadelphia, PA
Art Matters, January/February, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Stories, Winter 2006, Philadelphia, PA
Le May, Kate, Artist to Artist, Ovations Newsletter, February, Medford, New Jersey
Philadelphia Stories, Winter 2006, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Stories, Summer 2006, Philadelphia, PA
Le May, Kate, Artist to Artist, Ovations Newsletter, February, Medford, New Jersey
Courier Post, July, New Jersey
ONLINE PRESENCE
GaryKoenitzer.com Koartpro.com
SaatchiOnline.com ArtSlant.com
ArtFlakes.com CreatorsProject.com
BIO:
Art is my life. I have always been greatly inspired by this extremely vibrant and visual universe we live in. Some where around age ten I remember being fascinated by a book of art first noting that it was more pictures than it was words. I immediately knew soon after I wanted to try this thing called art. So I studied it intently. By the age of fourteen or so I already had a list of favorite artists.I also became interested in their life biographies and studied their life history. I concluded that artists were a creative force which contributed a significant definition to every culture they were part of. Their stories and their art inspired in me this gift of creation we all have. Holding artists in high reverence it took awhile before I could think of actually becoming one. In 2004 I changed careers from a strategic technology planner to a full time artist. I first developed a very successful series I called “artists as art” which explored artists as a subject of art. I went on to become highly active in three distinctly different mediums which were on canvas work, photography and digital painting.
Artist Statement:
When it comes to my process I am highly diverse and experimental. My first homage to the great artists of the world resulted in on canvas work using a wide range of mixed mediums. I enjoyed mixing uncommon mediums such as aluminum paint, sumi ink and florescent paint. While I did want to project a recognizable image of these artists I did not want to copy their style, technique nor methods. I am not a historical preservationist wishing to perfect the methods of the past but rather I am the innovator looking to invent the new. I decided to leverage my extensive technology back ground to explore new advances in digital technology and also creative computer software to add to the arena of my expanding inventive pallet. I wanted to take full advantage of every thing present day which past artists did not have access to and then mix it all up as if one brand new medium. Ultimately all this experimentation led to my developing a creative style I call ” Linear Mix”. This is a process I use to tie all three genre together as well. Linear mix is a stylistic method of using fragmented lines or blocks of color to first define and shape the entire content of a subject matter, then additional color, shading and texture are applied using a highly diverse uncommon set of mixed mediums, processes, software tools or color values. I produce this work as on canvas work, digital paintings and edited photography. Even though I work in three distinctly different genre a similar look and style can been seen across all of them. A lot of my inspiration comes from the continued exploration of new processes and mediums as well as mixing them together while maintaining a signature style which stands out as all my own.
2004-Present
Artist and Founder KoArtPro.com (Koenitzer Art Productions) is an art group and website to promote the arts seeking artistic ways to inspire, improve and give back to the world in general.