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Exhibitions • Awards • Education
Exhibitions
Exhibitions • Awards • Education
Exhibitions
2021
September 2-September 26 - “LICA Members Showcase” juried exhibition
CultureLab/LIC, 5-25 46 Ave, LIC, NY
July and ongoing, “Drawings in a Time of Renewal” juried online exhibition, Jorge Posada, Juror.
June 2nd and ongoing “Online Members Showcase” - www.licartists.org
May 11 - May 29 - “New York/New Space” Initial exhibit in new Prince Street Gallery location, 547 W. 27th St, Suite 504, NY, NY
April 1 - April 31 - “Post Invisible” - group online exhibition at www.princestreetgallery.com
March 1 - March 31st - “Shades of Black and White” - online members show, Prince Street Gallery, Chelsea, NY, NY - www.princestreetgallery.com
March 5 through Spring, 2021 - “Heritage” Queens Council on the Arts and LICArtists, curated by Carol Crawford. View online at www.licartists.org
February 1 - February 28th - “Parallel Dimensions” Juried online exhibition
The Collage Artists of America
February 1 - February 26 - “Process and Reality” Juried exhibition - The Art Closet Gallery, Chappaqua, NY
January 21 - February 20th - “The Era of Change” - Juried exhibition - The Visionary Projects - www.thevisionaryprojects.com
2020
January 1 - 22nd - “50th Anniversary Exhibition” - Prince Street Gallery, W. 25th St., NY., NY.
February 18 - March 7 - “LICArtists @ Atlantic Gallery” - juried show - W. 28th St., NY, NY
March 1 - March 15th - “Creative Mosaic” - juried show - Flushing Town Hall Gallery, Queens NY.
July 1 - July 31 - “Drawing in a Time of Social Distancing” - Juried online exhibition, Long Island City Artists - www.licartists.org
July 13 - August 9 - “Works on Paper” Texas Visual Arts Association online juried exhibition, Mary Tomas. www.tvaa.org
September 1 - 30th - “From Realism to Abstraction” online exhibit Prince Street Gallery, Chelsea, NY, NY
October 1 - November 10th - “The Era of Seclusion” online juried show - The Visionary Projects - www.thevisionaryprojects.com
September 2-September 26 - “LICA Members Showcase” juried exhibition
CultureLab/LIC, 5-25 46 Ave, LIC, NY
July and ongoing, “Drawings in a Time of Renewal” juried online exhibition, Jorge Posada, Juror.
June 2nd and ongoing “Online Members Showcase” - www.licartists.org
May 11 - May 29 - “New York/New Space” Initial exhibit in new Prince Street Gallery location, 547 W. 27th St, Suite 504, NY, NY
April 1 - April 31 - “Post Invisible” - group online exhibition at www.princestreetgallery.com
March 1 - March 31st - “Shades of Black and White” - online members show, Prince Street Gallery, Chelsea, NY, NY - www.princestreetgallery.com
March 5 through Spring, 2021 - “Heritage” Queens Council on the Arts and LICArtists, curated by Carol Crawford. View online at www.licartists.org
February 1 - February 28th - “Parallel Dimensions” Juried online exhibition
The Collage Artists of America
February 1 - February 26 - “Process and Reality” Juried exhibition - The Art Closet Gallery, Chappaqua, NY
January 21 - February 20th - “The Era of Change” - Juried exhibition - The Visionary Projects - www.thevisionaryprojects.com
2020
January 1 - 22nd - “50th Anniversary Exhibition” - Prince Street Gallery, W. 25th St., NY., NY.
February 18 - March 7 - “LICArtists @ Atlantic Gallery” - juried show - W. 28th St., NY, NY
March 1 - March 15th - “Creative Mosaic” - juried show - Flushing Town Hall Gallery, Queens NY.
July 1 - July 31 - “Drawing in a Time of Social Distancing” - Juried online exhibition, Long Island City Artists - www.licartists.org
July 13 - August 9 - “Works on Paper” Texas Visual Arts Association online juried exhibition, Mary Tomas. www.tvaa.org
September 1 - 30th - “From Realism to Abstraction” online exhibit Prince Street Gallery, Chelsea, NY, NY
October 1 - November 10th - “The Era of Seclusion” online juried show - The Visionary Projects - www.thevisionaryprojects.com
2019
September 6 - October 4 -"Made In The USA"- Avelan' Arts Gallery, Lavelanet, France
September 2 - October 11, 2019 - Creative Mosaic - Artists Working in Queens
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave,. LIC, NY
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave,. LIC, NY
July 30 - Sept. 1, 2019 - "Burn This" Group Show,
LICArtsOPEN Gallery at The Factory, 30-30 47th Ave., LIC, NY
LICArtsOPEN Gallery at The Factory, 30-30 47th Ave., LIC, NY
August 1 - October 1, 2019 - "Summer Group Exhibition" SetraArtes Gallery, Stonington, Conn.
June 18 - July 26, 2019 - LICArtsOPEN "Summer Exhibition"
The Factory Gallery, 30-30 47th Ave, LIC, Queens
The Factory Gallery, 30-30 47th Ave, LIC, Queens
June 18, 2019 - SEC/Rough Riders "Silent Auction" participant, W. 56 St., NY, NY
May 21 - June 21, 2019 - LICArtsOPEN "Spring Festival"
The Factory Gallery, 30-30 47th Ave., LIC, NY
The Factory Gallery, 30-30 47th Ave., LIC, NY
2018
December, 2018 - "Benefit Exhibition" - Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
all of 2018 - "Gallery/Lobby Exhibition" - GalerieLIC Building, LIC, NY
Solo Exhibition - October 4 - October 27, 2018 "Cauldron of Forgotten Memories"
Prince Street Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NY, NY
Prince Street Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NY, NY
July 18, 2018 - "Silent Auction" participant - GalerieLIC, Building Lobby, LIC, NY
June 4 - June 29, 2018 - "Rock, Paper, Scissors" - collage and assemblage exhibition
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave., LIC, NY
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave., LIC, NY
March 27 - April 21, 2018 - "Carefully Out Of Nowhere" - group exhibition
Prince Street Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NYC
Prince Street Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NYC
March, 2018 -"Artist of the Month"
Gallery903, Portland, Oregon
Gallery903, Portland, Oregon
January 30 - February 17 - "LIC Artists In New York"
The Atlantic Gallery, 548W. 28 St., NY, NY
The Atlantic Gallery, 548W. 28 St., NY, NY
2017
November 2 - December 4, 2017 - "Art From The City's Heart" - group exhibition
Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave. LIC, NY
Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave. LIC, NY
October 12 - October 31, 2017 - "Fear" - group exhibition
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., LIC, NY
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., LIC, NY
September 19 - October 20, 2017 - "Live, Work, Play NYC" group exhibition
The Factory Gallery, 30-30 47th Ave., LIC, NY
The Factory Gallery, 30-30 47th Ave., LIC, NY
September 4 - September 29, 2017 - "Making Connections" group exhibition
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., LIC, NY
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., LIC, NY
August, 2017 - Permanent Lobby Installation of 2 paintings
The Victoria, 7 E. 14th Street, NY, NY
The Victoria, 7 E. 14th Street, NY, NY
July 22 - August 31, 2017 - "Garden of Earthly Delights" group exhibition
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave., LIC, NY
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave., LIC, NY
July, 2017 - "DIVORCE" - TV series with Sarah Jessica Parker
Nine works on the set in the season finale.
Nine works on the set in the season finale.
April 13 - May 11, 2017 - "Long Island City Artists' Spring Exhibition"
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., LIC, NY
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., LIC, NY
March 29 - April 16, 2017 - "Early Autumn" - group exhibition
West Side Arts Coalition, B'way Mall Community Center, NYC
West Side Arts Coalition, B'way Mall Community Center, NYC
January 31 - February 24, 2017 - "New Members Exhibition"
The Prince Street Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NY, NY
The Prince Street Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NY, NY
January 10 - January 27, 2017 - "January Blitz" - group exhibition
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave., LIC, NY
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave., LIC, NY
2016
November 22 - December 22, 2016 - "LICArtists' Fall Show"
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave., LIC, NY
The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46th Ave., LIC, NY
February 2 - February 26, 2016 - "National Juried Exhibition"
Prince Street Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NY, NY
Prince Street Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NY, NY
2015
July 10 - August 14, 2015 - 80th Annual National Juried Exhibition
"Not Just Black and White, No. 2" - 2015, 18" x 12"- mixed media on archival paper
Winner of the ArtNews Award
"Not Just Black and White, No. 2" - 2015, 18" x 12"- mixed media on archival paper
Winner of the ArtNews Award
May 12, 2015 - People's Choice Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, 390 McGuiness Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11222
May 18 - May 30, 2015 - The 24th Annual Roundtable Exhibition, The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY
March 13, 2015 through April 3, 2015 - Working Artists, Academic Gallery, 47-39 35th Street, 2nd FL, Long Island City, NY 11101
December 12, 2014 through January, 2015 - Winter Wonder Landscapes, Gallery 77, 35-57 77th St, Jackson Heights, NY
December 11th through January 11, 2015 - 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery 440, 440 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
2014
October 1, 2014 through End of the Year - LIC Duplex/Townhouse Art Showcase, 2-40 51st Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101
September 14, 2014 through October 12, 2014 - Small Works III - juried exhibition.
Jeffrey Leder Gallery, 21-37 45th Road, Long Island City, NY 11101
Jeffrey Leder Gallery, 21-37 45th Road, Long Island City, NY 11101
On the set of new 2015 television mini-series "Flesh and Bone" - "Imaginary Landscape: Springtime" - 2013
37" x 54" - acrylics on stretched canvas
August, through October, 2014 - Group Exhibition - Apollonia NYC Gallery, 48-14 Skillman Ave., Long Island City, NY
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April 23 through May 9, 2014 - 23rd Annual Roundtable Exhibition, The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park S., NY, NY
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Month of March, 2014 - Exhibiting Artist Members Exhibition, The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, NY, NY
Month of January, 2014 - Group Exhibition, Space Gallery, 29-09 39th Avenue, Queens, NY
Solo Exhibition - October 20, 2013 through Fall, 2014 - "Music For Your Eyes" series of assemblages and drawings
Faust Harrison Piano Showroom, 207 W. 58 St., NY, NY
2013
Faust Harrison Piano Showroom, 207 W. 58 St., NY, NY
2013
Solo Exhibition - September 30th - October 26, 2013 - "Imaginary Landscapes" - Edward Williams Gallery of Petrocelli College - Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, New Jersey
May 15 through July 15, 2013 - Group Exhibition L.I. C. Open Arts 2013, Diego Salazar Art Gallery, 21-25 44th Ave., LIC, N.Y.
April through May 8, 2013 - "Imaginary Landscape” Ground Floor Gallery, 343 5th St.
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, May 1, 2013: Illustrated Lecture
"Putting It Together: How We Make Music and Art"
Jasper Rand Art Museum, Westfield, Mass.
April 4 through May 18, 2013 - "Drink to Me: Forty Years After Picasso"
Porter Contemporary Gallery, 548 W. 28th St., NY, NY - 3rd fl.
March, 2013 - Exhibiting Artist Member Exhibition The National Arts Club, NY, NY
Dec. 6, 2012- January 28, 2013, Invitational Winter Exhibition - Diego Salazar Art Gallery, 21-25 44th Ave., LIC, NY
2012
May 12 - 20th: Group Exhibition, Long Island City - Art Week, 2012 Diego Salazar Art Studios, 21-25 44th Ave., LIC, NY
Solo Exhibition May, 2012: "Out Of/Into" exhibition of drawings and mixed media assemblages, Jasper Rand Museum, Westfield, Mass.
March 20, 2012: Lecture - "The Confluence of Creativity"
The Similarities Between Composing Music and Making Visual Art.
The Dutch Treat Club at The National Arts Club, NY, NY.
March 9, 2012: Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club Award
For mixed media work "Galvanized Waltz" from the The National Arts Club, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition - February 7 - April 7, 2012: “Music for Your Eyes” - Arno Maris Gallery at Westfield (Mass.) State University- 35 mixed media works plus drawings
Education
Visual Arts
The Art Students League of New York
Life Drawing with Marshall Glasier;
Composition and painting with Robert Cenedella;
Composition, painting and mixed media with Bruce Dorfman
Musical Arts
University of Connecticut, Bachelor of Music with honors, 1968
Yale University School of Music, Master of Musical Arts, 1972
Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass, 1970 Fellow in Conducting and Composition
Awards
Visual Arts
The ArtNews Award - 80th National Exhibition, Cooperstown (NY) Art Assn. - 2015;
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Award For Mixed Media, The National Arts Club, NY, NY 2012;
Best Mixed Media Work, 2010, The National Arts Club - 2010;
24th Annual Chelsea International Art Competition - 2009;
"Red Dot" award - best in show - 2006 Student Concours Exhibition, Art Students League, NY,NY
Musical Arts
Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition, 1975-76
Edward MacDowell Colony - Five Resident Fellowships in Composition, 1979 - 1985
National Endowment for The Arts Commission Grants - 1979, 1980
N.Y. State Council on the Arts Commission Grants 1977, 1978
Fromm Foundation Commission, 1976
Critical Notices:
Edward Clark, Boston Voyager Magazine, “Check Out Preston Trombly’s Artwork”, Sept. 17, 2018; Internet link: http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/check-preston-tromblys-artwork/
Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi, Kings Road Magazine, "Exclusive Interview with Preston Trombly"; December 8, 2014 - internet link: http://www.kingsroad.it/?p=12520
Allison Plitt, Times-Ledger, "The Art of Putting It Together"; Queens, NY; May 31, 2013
Internet link: http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2013/22/prestonart_2013_05_31_q.html
Ted Taylor, The Gazette, Croton, NY; July 24-30, 2008
Tony Seideman, North County News, Yorktown, NY; July 23, 2008
May 15 through July 15, 2013 - Group Exhibition L.I. C. Open Arts 2013, Diego Salazar Art Gallery, 21-25 44th Ave., LIC, N.Y.
April through May 8, 2013 - "Imaginary Landscape” Ground Floor Gallery, 343 5th St.
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, May 1, 2013: Illustrated Lecture
"Putting It Together: How We Make Music and Art"
Jasper Rand Art Museum, Westfield, Mass.
April 4 through May 18, 2013 - "Drink to Me: Forty Years After Picasso"
Porter Contemporary Gallery, 548 W. 28th St., NY, NY - 3rd fl.
March, 2013 - Exhibiting Artist Member Exhibition The National Arts Club, NY, NY
Dec. 6, 2012- January 28, 2013, Invitational Winter Exhibition - Diego Salazar Art Gallery, 21-25 44th Ave., LIC, NY
2012
May 12 - 20th: Group Exhibition, Long Island City - Art Week, 2012 Diego Salazar Art Studios, 21-25 44th Ave., LIC, NY
Solo Exhibition May, 2012: "Out Of/Into" exhibition of drawings and mixed media assemblages, Jasper Rand Museum, Westfield, Mass.
March 20, 2012: Lecture - "The Confluence of Creativity"
The Similarities Between Composing Music and Making Visual Art.
The Dutch Treat Club at The National Arts Club, NY, NY.
March 9, 2012: Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club Award
For mixed media work "Galvanized Waltz" from the The National Arts Club, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition - February 7 - April 7, 2012: “Music for Your Eyes” - Arno Maris Gallery at Westfield (Mass.) State University- 35 mixed media works plus drawings
Education
Visual Arts
The Art Students League of New York
Life Drawing with Marshall Glasier;
Composition and painting with Robert Cenedella;
Composition, painting and mixed media with Bruce Dorfman
Musical Arts
University of Connecticut, Bachelor of Music with honors, 1968
Yale University School of Music, Master of Musical Arts, 1972
Tanglewood, Lenox, Mass, 1970 Fellow in Conducting and Composition
Awards
Visual Arts
The ArtNews Award - 80th National Exhibition, Cooperstown (NY) Art Assn. - 2015;
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Award For Mixed Media, The National Arts Club, NY, NY 2012;
Best Mixed Media Work, 2010, The National Arts Club - 2010;
24th Annual Chelsea International Art Competition - 2009;
"Red Dot" award - best in show - 2006 Student Concours Exhibition, Art Students League, NY,NY
Musical Arts
Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition, 1975-76
Edward MacDowell Colony - Five Resident Fellowships in Composition, 1979 - 1985
National Endowment for The Arts Commission Grants - 1979, 1980
N.Y. State Council on the Arts Commission Grants 1977, 1978
Fromm Foundation Commission, 1976
Critical Notices:
Edward Clark, Boston Voyager Magazine, “Check Out Preston Trombly’s Artwork”, Sept. 17, 2018; Internet link: http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/check-preston-tromblys-artwork/
Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi, Kings Road Magazine, "Exclusive Interview with Preston Trombly"; December 8, 2014 - internet link: http://www.kingsroad.it/?p=12520
Allison Plitt, Times-Ledger, "The Art of Putting It Together"; Queens, NY; May 31, 2013
Internet link: http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2013/22/prestonart_2013_05_31_q.html
Ted Taylor, The Gazette, Croton, NY; July 24-30, 2008
Tony Seideman, North County News, Yorktown, NY; July 23, 2008
