EDUCATION
M.F.A., Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1978.
B.A. with honors, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1973
SOLO, TWO PERSON AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA
2005 Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA – October 20-November 30, 2005
Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY, October 2005
2004 Unending River, Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA – April 15-June 15
2002 Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH – Sep. 13-Oct. 18
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN October
Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA –March
Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA- May 9 – June 30
Marie Park, Dallas, TX, April
2001 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY – November 15 – December 22
Jan Cicero Galllery, Chicago, IL - March 25 - April 29
Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA - March
Juniata College Museum of Art, Juniata, PA – February 2, March 3
2000 Gallery V, Columbus, OH – November 30 – January 13
Bonfoey Co., Cleveland, OH – October 26 – November 25
Concept Art, Pittsburgh, PA - April 13 - June 14
1999 Rivers Revisited, Linda Schwartz, Cincinnati, OH
Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1998 Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Marie Park, Dallas, TX
Gallery V, Columbus, OH
1997 Linda Schwartz, Lexington, KY
1996 Spangler Cummings, Columbus, OH
1994 Spangler Cummings, Columbus, OH
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1993 Elemental Structures, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1992 J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
Paintings From The Broadwaters, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
1988 Hopkins Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1987 Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
1986 Belmont Gallery, Columbus, OH
Abstraction, (Three Person Show), Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1985 People, Places, Pictures, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
John Pearson and Stephen Pentak, O.S.U., Newark, OH
1983 Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO
1979 Swarthmore College, Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY Sept.21-Oct 26
Navy Pier Art Expo, Chicago, IL –May
San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA-January
2000 “Common Ground” The Artists House, Jerusalem Israel (curated by Nella Cassouto and David Johnson. Catalogue: color illustration)
1999 “Fall”, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Common Ground” Riffe Gallery Columbus, OH, Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1998 “Back to Reality, More and Less”, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
“Earthly Visions”, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “Four Landscape Painters”, Concept Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1995 Delfina Studios, London, England
Linda Schwartz, Cincinnati, OH
Hammond Galleries, Lancaster, OH
“Off The Wall”, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Toni Birckhead, Cincinnati, OH
1994 Stephen Boody Fine Art, St. Louis, MO
1993 Galbreath Gallery, Lexington, KY
1992 Toni Birckhead, Cincinnati, OH
Kathryn Fleck Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.
1992 Gallery Group Show, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL.
Ohio State University / Ohio University Exchange, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
1991 J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
Ohio State University Painting Faculty, Indiana University at Bloomington, IN
Roberta Kuhn, Columbus, OH
1990 Artists Who Teach, Emery Center of the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Ohio Selections IX, Cleveland Contemporary Art Center, Cleveland, OH
1989 Landscape, Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
1988 Landscape Anthology, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
Columbus Collects, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1987 Accent on Landscapes: Paintings by Ohio Artists From the Permanent Collection, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1986 O.S.U. Painting Faculty, Denison University, Granville, OH
Governor's Residence Collection, Columbus, OH
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH
Belmont Gallery, Columbus, OH
1984 Columbus Art League, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Summer Group Show, Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Group Show, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Navy Pier International Art Expo
1982 Chicago Navy Pier International Art Expo
New Drawing in America, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (catalogue): selected work, traveling exhibitions: Sutton Place Museum, London, 1982; and Gallerie d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, Italy, 1983
Paint on Paper, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 Statements on the Picture Plane, Butcher and More Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Untitled: 1981, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
1980 Third Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Symposium
1979 New Shipment, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Faculty Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1978 Neill Gallery, New York, NY
Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Acusport Bellefontaine, OH
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP, San Diego, CA
Borden International, Columbus, OH
Central Trust Bank Corporation, Cincinnati, OH
The Chubb Group, Cleveland, OH
Cincinnati Gas and Electric, Cincinnati, OH
Kilroy Realty Corporation, San Diego, CA
Clark State Performing Arts Ctr., Springfield, OH
The Columbus Library, Columbus, OH
LPL Financial Services, Boston, MA & San Diego, CA
The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Conair, Pittsburgh, PA
Jack in the Box, San Diego, CA
The Continental Corporation, Chicago, IL
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, San Diego, CA
Coopers, Lybrand, Columbus, OH
Emmends, Hurd, Kegler and Ritter Co., Columbus, OH
Fidelity Investments, Blue Ash, OH
The Free Library of Philadelphia
General American Life, St. Louis, MO
The Gund Foundation, Cleveland, OH
The Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH
Kaiser Permanente, Cleveland, OH
McDonalds Corporation, Chicago, IL
Ohio Bar Association, Columbus, OH
Mr. William E. O'Reilly, Salander & O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
Thomson Electronics, Circleville, OH
The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
PUBLICATIONS
1999 - Design Basics, Fifth Edition, co-author with David Lauer
Published by Harcourt Brace.
1998 - Interview with Edgar Heap of Birds, published in: Beauty is Nowhere,
C & B Arts, Amsterdam (ed. Richard and Susan Roth)
1994 - Design Basics, Fourth Edition, co-author with David Lauer
Published by Harcourt Brace.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2002 Catalogue: San Francisco In ternational Art Expo (color reproduction)
Catalogue: Chicago Navy Pier Art Expo (color reproduction)
2001 “Painter Pentak…”, Jean McKig, Palm Desert –Desert Dispatch, (color illus.) March 4,
2000 “Pentak goes with flow…”, Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch, (color illus.) Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000
2000 Unknown Landscapes, Ronnen Meir, Jerusalem Post, March 10, 2000
1999 Shared Horizons and Broadwaters, Rivers, Melissa Starker, Columbus Alive. August 13, 1999, Illus. Also color illus. on www.
1999 Pentak’s Remarkable Landscapes Fran Watson, Citybeat (Cincinnati, OH) Illus. November 11, 1999- Common Ground, David Johnson and Nella Cassouto, The Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
1998 New American Painting, (Color Illus.) July/August
“Views of Ohio...”, Jacquelyn Hall, Columbus Dispatch, August 23, 1998,
(Color Illus.)
“New Pentak Landscapes...”,Steve Litt, Cleveland Plain Dealer,
January 30, 1998 (Illus.)
1997 “dormant Trees...”, Mike Holdren, Lexington Herald Leader,
September 1997 (Illus.)
“Landscapes of Vision”, Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 12, 1997
1996 “Dynamism Pervade Visions of Nature”, Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch March 31, 1996 (Color Illus.)
1995 “Stephen Pentak at Spangler Cummings”, Sally Vallongo, Artnews,
March, 1995 (Illus.)
New American Painting, Quarterly Autumn 1995 (Color Illus.)
1994 Review (Exhibition at Spangler Cummings), Tracy Hummer, Columbus Dispatch September 25, 1994 (Illus.)
The River-Spawned Art of Stephen Pentak - Columbus Monthly, Kaira Sturdivant-rounda, September, 1994 (Color Illus.)
1992 Review, David Minton Lexington Herald - Leader, Lexington, KY
Review of Wexner Exhibit, Columbus Art, Lorraine Padden
Review of Wexner Exhibition, Leslie Constable, Columbus Dispatch,
January 26, 2002
1990 Ohio Selections IX, Review by Helen Cullinan, Cleveland Plain Dealer,
July 19, 1990
1989 Ideas of Landscape, Review, Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch,
Sunday October 29
Group Show at Roberta Kuhn, Review, Leslie Constable, Columbus Dispatch, Sunday, July 9
1988 Review (Exhibition at Roberta Kuhn), Leslie Constable, Columbus Dispatch, February 14, 1988 (painting reproduced)
1987 Accent on Landscapes, Catalogue, Columbus Museum of Art (painting eproduced)
Review (Accents on Landscape), Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch, December 27, 1987, (painting reproduced)
Review (Taber Group Show curated by Alan Crockett), Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch, December 6, 1987
Artist Statement, (in conjunction with Akron One Man Show), Dialogue, April 1 (painting reproduced)
1986 Governors Residence Collection, Catalogue, organized by OAC, (painting reproduced)
1985 Dialogue (Sept.-Oct.) Catalogue Page, Show at Cleveland State, and accompanying photograph
Columbus Monthly (July), Review, Sid Chafetz of Columbus Art League Exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art
1984 Professional Listings: (1984 - present) Who's Who in American Art,
Art in America. Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums & Artists
1983 Review, Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 1983
"Stephen Pentak: Review, Garrett Holg, The New Art Examiner, March, 1983
1982 New Drawing in America, Martha Beck and Marie Keller, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, illustrated catalogue; separate catalogue for Venice, Italy
"Paint on Paper", Timothy Porges, The New Art Examiner, March, 1982
"Creativity Unfolds at Paper Art Show", Harold Haydon, Chicago-Sun Times, February,
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2002 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
2001 O.S.U. College of the Arts
2000 O.S.U. College of The Arts Travel Grant to Israel
1997 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1996 O.S.U. College of The Arts Level One Research Grant
1994 O.S.U. College of The Arts Research Grant
1993 O.S.U. College of The Arts Research Grant
1991 O.S.U. Faculty Research Grant
1989 O.S.U. Faculty Research Grant
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1988 GCAC Commission: Purchase of a painting for Business-Arts Partnership Award
1986 GCAC Commission: Purchase of two paintings for Business-Arts Partnership Award
O.S.U. Seed Grant, Research and Graduate Studies
1985 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1985 O.S.U. Research Grant, Research and Graduate Studies
1984 O.S.U. College of the Arts Faculty Research and Development Grant
Columbus Museum of Art Award for Painting, and Simson Purchase Award
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