BACKGROUND
STEFFI GREENBAUM
Born in Berlin, Germany
Since 2000, living and working in Falmouth, Maine.
Formerly residing in Plymouth Meeting, PA
Graduate of Tyler College of Fine Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
M.F.A. majoring in sculpture, 1967
B.F.A. and B. Sc. in Education, 1950
Teaching:
Adult Sculpture Workshop, Whitemarsh (PA) Community Art Center 1989 -1999
Adult Sculpture Workshop, Woodmere Art Museum (Philadelphia PA) 1979 - 1988
Adult Sculpture Workshop, Norristown (PA) Art League 1967 - 1979
Children's Art Workshop, Norristown (PA) Art League 1951 - 1970
Recipient of Richard Florsheim Art Fund Grant, 1997
Bronze Acrobats acquired by the State Museum of Pennsylvania for its permanent collection, 1997
MAINE SCULPTORS co-founder with Clara Cohan, 2003 www.mainesculptors.com
Formerly a member of New York Sculptors League
Tri-State Artists Equity
Philadelphia Sculptors
Work invited, or selected by jury, for exhibition at the following public art galleries in PA:
Abington Art Center
Allens Lane Art Center
Allentown Art Museum
Chester County Art Association
Main Line Center of the Arts
Michener Museum
Montgomery County Community College
Norristown Art League
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Philadelphia Civic Center Museum
Tyler College of Fine Art of Temple University
Villanova University
Woodmere Art Museum
Other places:
Atrium Gallery, USM Lewiston/Auburn, ME 2007
Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Galeyrie, Falmouth, ME 2004
Gallery on Chase Hill, Kennebunkport, ME 2003, 2007
Philadelphia Sculptors at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ 1998
Philadelphia Sculptors at Washington Square, Washington, DC 1997
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA 1997, 1998
Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, NY 1997
National Academy of Design, NY 1994 (award winner)
Knickerbocker Artists: NY, 1991; Alexandria, VA, 1993; Sedona, AZ 1995
NY Sculptors League at Lever House, NY 1992, 1993, 1994
Sculpture and paintings in private collections in London, England; Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland; Paris, France; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Singapore; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Baltimore, MD; New York, NY; Chicago, Ill; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Boston, MA; St. Louis, MO.
STEFFI GREENBAUM
Prizes
2003 Gallery on Chase Hill, Kennebunkport ME -------- Best of Show
1999 Tri-State Artists Equity, Philadelphia, PA ------- Second prize
1998 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1998 Phillips Mill Community Association, PA ------- Phillips Mill Art Committee Award Second Prize
1997 Main Line Art Center, Merion, PA ------- Cogan Sklar LLP Award
1997 Michener Museum - Bucks Co., PA ------- Sculpture Show Third Prize
1997 Phillips Mill Community, PA ------- Association Patrons Award for Sculpture
1997 Phillips Mill Community, PA ------- Association Arthur D. Ricker Award for Painting
1997 Main Line Center of the Arts, Merion, PA ------- Newman Gallery Award
1994 National Academy of Design NY ------- Certificate of Merit
1993 Knickerbocker Artists USA, Alexandria, VA ------- Award of Honor
1992 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA ------- Harrisburg Second Prize for Sculpture
1991 Main Line Center of the Arts, Merion, PA ------- Merion Art and Repro Award for Sculpture
1991 Knickerbocker Artists NYC ------- Richard B. Kutner Award for Sculpture
1990 Abington Art Center, Abington, PA ------- Joseph R. Berry Humor Award (sculpture)
1989 Villanova University 'Impressions IX', Villanova, PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1986 Villanova University 'Impressions V', Villanova, PA ------- First Prizes for Painting and Sculpture
1985 Woodmere Art Museum, Spring, Philadelphia, PA ------- Violet Oakley Prize for Sculpture
1985 Woodmere Art Museum, Fall, Philadelphia, PA ------- Mary Townsend Mason Prize for Flower Painting
1985 Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA ------- Sculpture Prize
1984 Villanova University 'Impressions III', Villanova, PA ------- Second Prize for Sculpture
1981 Philadelphia Water Color Club, Philadelphia, PA ------- Thornton Oakley Memorial Prize
1979 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA ------- Edith Ogden Harrison Prize for Figure Painting
1978 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA ------- Edith Ogden Harrison Prize for Figure Painting
1977 Delaware Valley Regional Council of Art Centers, Phila., PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1977 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA ------- First Woodmere Prize
1975 Delaware Valley Regional Council of Art Centers, Phila., PA ------- First Prize for Painting
1974 Delaware Valley Regional Council of Art Centers, Phila., PA ------- First Prize for Painting
1974 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA ------- Van Sciver Mem. Prize for Best Work by Member
1973 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA ------- Van Sciver Memorial Prize for Sculpture
1971 Old York Road Art League, Philadelphia, PA ------- Rosenau Memorial Prize for Painting
1971 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA ------- Van Sciver Memorial Prize for Sculpture
1969 Old York Road Art Guild, Abington, PA ------- Sculpture Prize
1969 Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1969 Norristown Art League, Norristown, PA ------- Second Prize for Sculpture
1968 Philadelphia Art Teachers Association, Phila., PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1968 Norristown Art League, Norristown, PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1968 Norristown Art League, Norristown, PA ------- Strasberger Memorial Prize for Portrait
1967 Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1967 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA ------- Van Sciver Memorial Prize for Sculpture
1968 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA ------- Woodmere Prize for Silver Jewelry
1966 Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1966 Philadelphia Art Teachers Association, Philadelphia, PA ------- First Prize for Sculpture
1966 ADVAC Showcase, Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA ------- Third Prize for Sculpture
1965 Delaware Valley Regional Council of Art Centers, Philadelphia, PA ------- Second Prize for Painting
1964 Philadelphia Art Teachers Association, Philadelphia, PA ------- First Prize for Print
1962 Woodmere Art Museum, Spring, Philadelphia, PA ------- Van Sciver Memorial Prize for Painting
1962 Woodmere Art Museum, Fall, Philadelphia, PA ------- Van Sciver Memorial Prize for Sculpture
1961 Norristown Art League, Norristown, PA ------- Strassburger Memorial Prize for Portrait
1952 Tyler Alumni Show, Elkins Park, PA ------- First Prize for Watercolor
If you see in my sculptures an exuberant joy of life, and they make you smile, I am pleased.
If my anatomical inventions strike you as well-balanced arrangements of forms in space,
I feel I have succeeded.
If you relish the paradox of weighty shapes expressing lightness, I rejoice with you.
I don't presume to speak for my work. It speaks for me.
Steffi Greenbaum