JOHN JUST ELLIS
- CELEBRATING HALF A CENTURY OF CREATION
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- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
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- While immense in nature, God's creation, I am excited
by a shape, a color, a texture, a line, a movement of sunlight passing
over form..causing lights and darks to undulate. Within the use of energetic
color and form, there is a woven thread of spiritual continuity which does
arouse the soul.
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- I am searching; I am challenged by the truths hidden
in nature that wait to be released. My art creates a nature beyond nature,
an entity in itself, answering my spiritual and aesthetic needs.
- My designs are ideal for use as dynamic central focal
points; the spectacular use of hue and form will provide a platform for
which to create a decorative theme.
- UPCOMING:
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- "Past & Present"
- July 28 - August 23
- Gallery on the Green * RT 44, Canton, CT * 860-693-4102
- Open: Mon. - Sun. 1 - 5pm
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- "Pen & Ink Drawings"
- Sept. 1 - Sept 30
- Farmington Public Library * 6 Monteith Drive, Farmington, CT * 860-673-6719
- Open: M,T,TH. (9am - 9pm) * W (10am - 9pm) F (9am - 5:30pm) * SAT
(9am - 1pm) * SUN (1pm - 5pm)
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- EDUCATION:
- Maryland Institute of Art, 1945
- American University of Berlin (Germany), 1946
- Hartford Art School, B.F.A., 1952
- Southern Connecticut State College, B.S., 1953
- University of Hartford, M.Ed., 1956
- Advanced Graduate Study, University of Hartford
- Two Honorary Degrees - University of Hartford, Painting, Art Ed.
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- TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
- Hartford Public High School; New Britain Public Schools
- Central Connecticut State University, Assistant Professor of Art
- Farmington Continuing Education
- Studio #3, Farmington Valley Art Center; West Hartford Art League
- Newington Children's Hospital
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- AWARDS:
- Best of Show and Purchase Prize, New Britain Art League
- Second Prize, Painting, Mystic Outdoor Show
- Second Prize, Lewis Gallery Exhibition
- Judges' Choice 7 times, Gallery on the Green, Canton
- First Prize, Painting, Alumni Exhibition, Hartford Art School
- Helen Talcott Stanley Prize, Watercolor, Connecticut Watercolor Society
- First Prize, Painting, West Hartford Art League
- Second Prize, Acrylic, Granby Art Festival, 1973
- New Britain Herald Prize, New Britain Museum of American Art
- Purchase Prize, Town of Farmington
- Thirty One-Man Shows
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- EXHIBITIONS:
- Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
- New Britain Museum of American Art
- Norwich Art Exhibition
- Trinity College
- Boston Arts Festival
- Bar Harbor Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME
- Hedgecock Gallery, Boothbey Harbor, ME
- Hartford Insurance Group
- Windsor Library
- West Hartford Library
- Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT
- Connecticut Watercolor Society
- Silvermine Guild of Artists
- Gallery on the Green
- Eastern States Exposition
- New Haven Art Festival
- Queens Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
- Farmington Valley Art Center
- Manchester Community College
- Greater Hartford Community College
- Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT
- Farmington Library
- New Britain Library
- Media & Company, CT
- ARTS4U Galerie, CT
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- OTHER:
- Vice President, Connecticut Watercolor Society 1958-1960
- Secretary-Treasurer, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1966-1970
- President, Connecticut Watercolor Society, 1972
- President, Chairman of Board, Farmington Valley Art Center, 1972
- Docent, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, present
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