Paul Resika

Biography:

Paul Resika is an American painter, was born and raised in New York City. Resika began exhibiting his paintings in New York City in the 1940s. He has had several dozen one-man exhibitions in important galleries and museums, and his works have been included in hundreds of group exhibitions since the late 1940s until the present.
He is a well-known New York artist who chaired the Parsons School of Design MFA program from 1978-1990. He is a member of the National Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a former student of Hans Hofmann. Resika's work is in the permanent collections of dozens of museums and corporations throughout the United States and the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Academy, the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC., the Palace of Culture, Warsaw, Poland, the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, and the Whitney Museum of American Art among numerous others.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NYArkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR Charles B. Goddard Center, Ardmore, OKColby College Museum of Art, Waterville, MEHeckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NYHood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NHIndianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, INMemorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NYMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYMills College Art Museum, Oakland, CAMunicipal Gallery, Bordighera, ItalyMunson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY Museum of Modern Art, New York, NYNational Academy Museum, New York, NYNational Museum of American Art, Washington, DCNeuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase, NYOwensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KYPalace of Culture, Warsaw, PolandParrish Art Museum, Southampton, NYProvincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MASheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NESmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DCThe Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NYUniversity of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZUniversity of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WYWeatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NCWhitney Museum of American Art, New York, NYWright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, OH
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, PAExxon Corporation, New York, NYIBM Corporation, New York, NYMetLife Collection, New York, NYMitsubishi Collection, New York, NYTime Warner Inc., New York, NY
2013Paul Resika: 1947-48, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York.Paul Resika: 8 + 8, Lori Bookstein Fine Art and Steve Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York
2012Houses In Provence: Paintings, La Maison Francaise, New York University, New YorkHouses in Provence: Works on Paper, La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York
2011Paul Resika: Flowers, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New YorkPaul Resika: Paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MACape Flora and Fauna, Berta Walker Gallery (with Blanche Lazzell and Romolo Del Deo)
2010Paul Resika: Recent Paintings, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New YorkBerta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA (with Edward Hopper and Varujan Boghosian)
2009Paul Resika: Selected Paintings, 2000 – 2008, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MABerta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA (with Charles Hawthorne and Varujan Boghosian)
2008Paintings, James Graham and Sons, New YorkBerta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA (with Penelope Jencks and Varujan Boghosian)
2007Paintings, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New YorkFigures and Flowers, Meredith Long & Company, Houston, TX
2006 Works on Paper, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York (with Varujan Boghosian)Paul Resika: An Introduction, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NCRecent Paintings, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005Galleria Benucci, Rome, ItalyBerta Walker Gallery, Provincetown. MA (with Gilbert Franklin)Meredith Long & Company, Houston, TX
2004 Paintings, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York
2001 Paul Resika: Etchings and Monotypes, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York (with Katherine Porter)
2002 Alpha Gallery, Boston, MAFigures by the Pond, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MAPaul Resika: Recent Paintings, Hackett-Freedman, San Francisco, CA
2000 Recent Paintings, Craven Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MABerta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA (with Varujan Boghosian)Galería Metta, Madrid, SpainWalker Kornbluth Art Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ (with Paul Georges)Recent Paintings, Hackett- Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New YorkSmall Paintings, Hackett-Freedman, San Francisco, CA
1998 Paintings, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MAForm and Atmosphere: The Graphic Work of Paul Resika, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New YorkLizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY (with Esteban Vicente)
1997 Paper, Walker Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, NJMeredith Long Gallery, Houston, TXProvincetown Paintings, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

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