Current Exhibitions
DRAWING ROOMS WILL REOPEN WITH A NEW EXHIBIT THURSDAY, MAY 16TH!
Past Exhibitions: FROM A TREE GROWS A FOREST: AN EXHIBITION HONORING PROFESSOR AND ARTIST, EDWARD S. EBERLE
Listen to an Audio about the Exhibits below
Read Exhibition Reviews by Mona Brody and Claire McConaughy on the Blog Here
Read Exhibition Reviews by Mona Brody and Claire McConaughy on the Blog Here
In The Terrarium Gallery at Drawing Rooms
From a Tree Grows a Forest: Honoring Professor and Artist, Edward S. Eberle
featurings former students Graham Marks, Greg Kwiatek, James Pustorino, Denise Suska Green, Scott Vradelis, Ian Thomas and a video by his son, JPC Eberle. Works include functional and sculptural ceramics, drawing, and painting.
See the Exhibit Checklist HERE
Edward S. Eberle (10/03/1944 - 09/26/2023), taught fundamentals of studio art and ceramics at the Philadelphia College of Art from 1972-75, and Carnegie Mellon University from 1975-1985. His inclusive mentorship style gained a large following of students. In 1985, he left teaching to pursue a full time fine art studio practice, and within a few years received acclaim for solo exhibitions across the country. Eberle’s ceramic works are celebrated in numerous private and museum collections internationally, including the: National Gallery of Australia, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Eberle’s distinctive style of drawing on ceramics extended to works on paper – many rarely seen drawings will be included in this exhibit. The show features works by former students, Graham Marks, Greg Kwiatek, James Pustorino, Denise Suska Green, Scott Vradelis, Ian Thomas who were inspired by Eberle and went on to create their own studio practice and art careers. Eberle’s process of “Throwing a Drawing” is captured in the video by his son, JPC Eberle.
From a Tree Grows a Forest: Honoring Professor and Artist, Edward S. Eberle
featurings former students Graham Marks, Greg Kwiatek, James Pustorino, Denise Suska Green, Scott Vradelis, Ian Thomas and a video by his son, JPC Eberle. Works include functional and sculptural ceramics, drawing, and painting.
See the Exhibit Checklist HERE
Edward S. Eberle (10/03/1944 - 09/26/2023), taught fundamentals of studio art and ceramics at the Philadelphia College of Art from 1972-75, and Carnegie Mellon University from 1975-1985. His inclusive mentorship style gained a large following of students. In 1985, he left teaching to pursue a full time fine art studio practice, and within a few years received acclaim for solo exhibitions across the country. Eberle’s ceramic works are celebrated in numerous private and museum collections internationally, including the: National Gallery of Australia, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Eberle’s distinctive style of drawing on ceramics extended to works on paper – many rarely seen drawings will be included in this exhibit. The show features works by former students, Graham Marks, Greg Kwiatek, James Pustorino, Denise Suska Green, Scott Vradelis, Ian Thomas who were inspired by Eberle and went on to create their own studio practice and art careers. Eberle’s process of “Throwing a Drawing” is captured in the video by his son, JPC Eberle.
PE PINKMAN: NEITHER HERE AND THERE
In The Alcove Gallery at Drawing Rooms
PE Pinkman: Neither Here and There
featuring over 130 drawings from his series, "100 Days of a Pandemic" and "Not Who You See(m)"
PE Pinkman’s drawing series, “100 Days of a Pandemic” uses repetitive images of the artist to explore themes of love, loss, politics, and the passage of time.
In works from “Not who you see(m)”, Pinkman depicts himself in different stages of life, from his youth to his old age, utilizing these images to highlight the constantly evolving nature of both internal and external identity. His large-scale paintings layer images and shapes creating suggestive narratives based on interpersonal experiences. Through his work, Pinkman questions the nature of people’s perceptions of themselves. His artistic focus has been shaped and refined by his experience of coming out as a gay man and navigating the politics and personal experiences of the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuries. His work reflects his responses and insights to that struggle. The AIDS epidemic and the COVID pandemic’s isolation taught him to see through tragedy, to seek where the truth may lie.
PE Pinkman: Neither Here and There
featuring over 130 drawings from his series, "100 Days of a Pandemic" and "Not Who You See(m)"
PE Pinkman’s drawing series, “100 Days of a Pandemic” uses repetitive images of the artist to explore themes of love, loss, politics, and the passage of time.
In works from “Not who you see(m)”, Pinkman depicts himself in different stages of life, from his youth to his old age, utilizing these images to highlight the constantly evolving nature of both internal and external identity. His large-scale paintings layer images and shapes creating suggestive narratives based on interpersonal experiences. Through his work, Pinkman questions the nature of people’s perceptions of themselves. His artistic focus has been shaped and refined by his experience of coming out as a gay man and navigating the politics and personal experiences of the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuries. His work reflects his responses and insights to that struggle. The AIDS epidemic and the COVID pandemic’s isolation taught him to see through tragedy, to seek where the truth may lie.
ABOUT US
Drawing Rooms is a nonprofit art space and gallery in the Topps Building on the Mana Campus in the Journal Square neighborhood in Jersey City. We show two and three-dimensional works by emerging and mid-career artists in NJ and the NY metropolitan area. Our innovative and exciting exhibitions, public programs and publications enrich the lives of our community through an appreciation of and involvement with contemporary art.
Drawing Rooms is operated by Victory Hall Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization producing exhibitions, programs and public art projects in the NJ/NY area since 2001.
Drawing Rooms is a nonprofit art space and gallery in the Topps Building on the Mana Campus in the Journal Square neighborhood in Jersey City. We show two and three-dimensional works by emerging and mid-career artists in NJ and the NY metropolitan area. Our innovative and exciting exhibitions, public programs and publications enrich the lives of our community through an appreciation of and involvement with contemporary art.
Drawing Rooms is operated by Victory Hall Inc. a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization producing exhibitions, programs and public art projects in the NJ/NY area since 2001.
Audio Recording about the Exhibitions