The Haen Gallery

Education
1978 M.F.A. (Painting), Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Painting Department Fellowship
1973 B.A. (Arts) with honors, Union College, Schenectady, NY

Grants and Awards
2002 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
2001 O.S.U. College of the Arts
2000 O.S.U. College of The Arts Travel Grant to Israel
1997 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1996 O.S.U. College of The Arts Level One Research Grant
1994 O.S.U. College of The Arts Research Grant
1993 O.S.U. College of The Arts Research Grant
1991 O.S.U. Faculty Research Grant
1989 O.S.U. Faculty Research Grant
1989 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1988 GCAC Commission: Purchase of a painting for Business-Arts Partnership Award
1986 GCAC Commission: Purchase of two paintings for Business-Arts Partnership Award
1986 O.S.U. Seed Grant, Research and Graduate Studies
1985 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1985 O.S.U. Research Grant, Research and Graduate Studies
1984 O.S.U. College of the Arts Faculty Research and Development Grant
1984 Columbus Museum of Art Award for Painting, and Simson Purchase Award

Solo, Two Person and Three Person Exhibtions
2010 “Kinderhook Creek”, Keny Galleries, Columbus, OH, November
2010 Stephen Pentak and Clayton Merrell, Concept Art, Pittsburgh, PA, April
2010 Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta GA
2009 "New Work From Kinderhook Creek", The Haen Gallery, Asheville, NC, April
2008 Keny Galleries, Columbus, OH, April
2008 Gibsone Jessop, Toronto, March
2007 "Trasimeno", Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, November
2007 "Trasimeno", Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY, October
2007 Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN, February
2006 Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Toronto September
2006 Union College, Schenectady NY September
2005 Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA October
2005 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY September 8
2005 Gallery V, Columbus, OH March 4- April 15
2005 Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN February
2004 Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Sept. 18 – 24
2004 “Unending River” Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA April 15 – June 24
2003 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY, Oct. 9-Nov. 8, 2203
2003 Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA, March, 2003
2003 Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH – Sept.-Oct. Gallery V, Columbus, OH
2003 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY, Oct. 9-Nov. 8, 2003
2002 Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH – Sep. 13-Oct. 18
2002 Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN October
2002 Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA –March
2002 Susan Street Fine Art,San Diego, CA- May 9 – June 30
2001 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY – November 15 – December 22
2001 Jan Cicero Galllery, Chicago, IL - March 25 - April 29
2001 Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA - March
2001 Juniata College Museum of Art, Juniata, PA – February 2, March 3
2000 Gallery V, Columbus, OH – November 30 – January 13
2000 Bonfoey Co., Cleveland, OH – October 26 – November 25
2000 Concept Art, Pittsburgh, PA - April 13 - June 14
1999 Rivers Revisited, Linda Schwartz, Cincinnati, OH
1999 Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1998 Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1998 Marie Park, Dallas, TX
1998 Gallery V, Columbus, OH
1997 Linda Schwartz, Lexington, KY
1996 Spangler Cummings, Columbus, OH
1994 Spangler Cummings, Columbus, OH
1994 Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1993 Elemental Structures, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1992 J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1992 Paintings From The Broadwaters, The Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
1988 Hopkins Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1987 Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
1986 Belmont Gallery, Columbus, OH
1986 Abstraction, (Three Person Show), Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1985 People, Places, Pictures, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
1985 John Pearson and Stephen Pentak, O.S.U., Newark, OH
1983 Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO
1979 Swarthmore College, Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore, PA

Selected Group Exhibtions
2007 Chautauqua Summer Festival. Chautauqua NY
2003 “Landscapes: Real and Imagined” Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA 2003 “Untrodden Paths” Massilon Museum, Massilon, OH May 24-August 3
2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY Sep.-Oct.
2002 Navy Pier Art Expo, Chicago, IL May
2002 San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA January
2000 “Common Ground” The Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel (currated by Nella Cassouto and David Johnson. Catalogue: color illustration)
1999 “Fall”, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 “Common Ground” Riffe Gallery Columbus, OH, Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1998 “Back to Reality, More and Less”, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
1998 “Earthly Visions”, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “Four Landscape Painters”, Concept Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1995 Delfina Studios, London, England
1995 Linda Schwartz, Cincinnati, OH
1995 Hammond Galleries, Lancaster, OH
1995 “Off The Wall”, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1995 Toni Birckhead, Cincinnati, OH
1994 Stephen Boody Fine Art, St. Louis, MO
1993 Galbreath Gallery, Lexington, KY
1992 Toni Birckhead, Cincinnati, OH

1992 Kathryn Fleck Gallery, Aspen, CO.
1992 Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.
1992 Gallery Group Show, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL.
1992 Ohio State University / Ohio University Exchange, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
1991 J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1991 Ohio State University Painting Faculty, Indiana University at Bloomington, IN
1991 Roberta Kuhn, Columbus, OH
1990 Artists Who Teach, Emery Center of the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
1990 Ohio Selections IX, Cleveland Contemporary Art Center, Cleveland, OH
1989 Landscape, Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
1988 Landscape Anthology, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Columbus Collects, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1987 Accent on Landscapes: Paintings by Ohio Artists From the Permanent Collection, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1986 O.S.U. Painting Faculty, Denison University, Granville, OH
1986 Governor's Residence Collection, Columbus, OH
1986 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH
1985 Belmont Gallery, Columbus, OH
1984 Columbus Art League, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1984 Summer Group Show, Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984 Gallery Group Show, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 Chicago Navy Pier International Art Expo
1982 Chicago Navy Pier International Art Expo
1982 New Drawing in America, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
Traveling Exhibitions: Sutton Place Museum, London, 1982; and Gallerie d'Arte Moderna di
Ca'Pesaro, Venice, Italy, 1983
1982 Paint on Paper, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 Statements on the Picture Plane, Butcher and More Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1981 Untitled: 1981, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
1980 Third Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Symposium
1979 New Shipment, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1979 Faculty Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1978 Neill Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Collections
Clark State Performing Arts Ctr., Springfield, OH
The Columbus Library, Columbus, OH
The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
The Free Library of Philadelphia
The Gund Foundation, Cleveland, OH
The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
The Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
Mr. Bruce Berry, Chicago, IL
Borden International, Columbus, OH
Central Trust Bank Corporation, Cincinnati, OH
The Chubb Group, Cleveland, OH
Cincinnati Gas and Electric, Cincinnati, OH
Conair, Pittsburgh, PA
The Continental Corporation, Chicago, IL
Coopers, Lybrand, Columbus, OH
Frank Elmer and Ruth Gless, Columbus, OH
Emmends, Hurd, Kegler and Ritter Co., Columbus, OH
Fidelity Investments, Blue Ash, OH
Fishel Co., Columbus, OH
General American Life, St. Louis, MO
Mr. William Ginn, Cleveland, OH
Mrs. Joanne Hickey, Baltimore, OH
Huntington Mortgage, Columbus, OH
The Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH
Kaiser Permanente, Cleveland, OH
Mr. And Mrs. Rich Langdal, New Albany, OH
Robert Liebert, Delaware, OH.
William H. Mercer Inc., Columbus, OH
NCR, Boston, MA
Ohio Bar Association, Columbus, OH
Mr. William E. O'Reilly, Salander & O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
Hahn Loeser Parks, Cleveland and Columbus, OH
Louisville Water, Louisville, KY
Ponoma Valley Medical Ctr., Santa Monica, CA
Ron Pizutti, Columbus, OH
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ritter, Columbus, OH
Susan and Rocky Saxbe, Columbus, OH
Thomson Electronics, Circleville, OH
Scripps Howard, Cincinnati, OH
Spruce, Chicago, IL
State Automobile Insurance, Columbus, OH
U.S. Shoe, Cincinnati, OH
Visiting Nurses Association, Cleveland, OH
Wendt, Bristol, Columbus, OH
Wiley Publishing, Hoboken, NJ
Wood Development, Columbus, OH
Yellow Freight, Kansas City, MO

Author
2008 Design Basics, 7th Edition, co author with David Lauer, Cengage/Wadsworth
2004 Design Basics, 6th Edition, co author with David Lauer, Thomson/Wadsworth
2003 Color Basics, co author with Richard Roth Thomson/Wadsworth
1999 Design Basics, 5th Edition, co author with David Lauer, Published by Harcourt Brace
1998 Interview with Edgar Heap of Birds, published in : Beauty is Nowhere, C & B Arts, Amsterdam (ed. Richard and Susan Roth)
1994 - Design Basics, 4th Edition, co author with David Lauer, Published by Harcourt Brace

Bibliography
2007 “Shore Things”, Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch, April 20 (color illus.)
2007 “River’s Edge” The American Art Collector, June (color illus.)
2005 “Surrounded by Nature” Décor and Style, Kathleen McMillen, November (color illus.)
2003 “Untrodden Paths: Contemporary Landscapes”, Massilon Museum, May 24-August 3
2003 The New York Sun, October, 28 2003, page 18. (color illus.)
2002 Catalogue: San Francisco In ternational Art Expo (color illus)
2002 Catalogue: Chicago Navy Pier Art Expo (color illus.)
2002 “Unending River” Jane Durrell, Dialogue, Nov.-Dec. (color illus.)
2001 “Painter Pentak...”, Jean McKig, Palm Desert –Desert Dispatch, (color illus.) Mar. 4
2000 “Pentak goes with flow...”, Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch, (color illus.)12/24/00
2000 Unknown Landscapes, Ronnen Meir, Jerusalem Post, March 10, 2000
1999 Shared Horizons and Broadwaters, Rivers, Melissa Starker, Columbus Alive. 8/13/99
1999 Pentak’s Remarkable Landscapes Fran Watson, Citybeat (Cincinnati, OH) Illus.11/11/99
1999 Common Ground, David Johnson and Nella Cassouto, The Ohio Arts Council,Colum.,OH
1998 New American Painting, (Color Illus.) July/August
1998 “Views of Ohio...”, Jacquelyn Hall, Columbus Dispatch, August 23, 1998 (Color Illus.)
1998 “New Pentak Landscapes...”,Steve Litt, Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 30, 1998 (Illus.)
1997 “dormant Trees...”, Mike Holdren, Lexington Herald Leader, September 1997 (Illus.)
1997 “Landscapes of Vision”, Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 12, 1997
1996 “Dynamism Pervade Visions of Nature”, Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch 3/31/96
1995 “Stephen Pentak at Spangler Cummings”, Sally Vallongo, Artnews March, 1995 (Illus.)
1995 New American Painting, Quarterly Autumn 1995 (Color Illus.)
1994 Review (Exhibition at Spangler Cummings),Tracy Hummer, Columbus Dispatch 9/24/94
1994 The River-Spawned Art of Stephen Pentak - Columbus Monthly, Kaira Sturdivant-rounda,
September, 1994 (Color Illus.)
1992 Review, David Minton Lexington Herald - Leader, Lexington, KY
1992 Review of Wexner Exhibit, Columbus Art, Lorraine Padden
1992 Review of Wexner Exhibition, Leslie Constable, Columbus Dispatch, January 26, 1992
1990 Ohio Selections IX, Review by Helen Cullinan, Cleveland Plain Dealer July 19, 1990
1989 Ideas of Landscape, Review, Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch, Sunday October 29
1989 Group Show at Roberta Kuhn, Review, Leslie Constable, Columbus Dispatch, 7/9/89
1988 Review (Exhibition at Roberta Kuhn), Leslie Constable, Columbus Dispatch, 2/14/88
(painting reproduced)
1987 Accent on Landscapes, Catalogue, Columbus Museum of Art (painting reproduced)
1987 Review (Accents on Landscape), Jacqueline Hall, Columbus Dispatch, 12/27/87
(painting reproduced)
1987 Review (Taber Group Show curated by Alan Crockett), Jacqueline Hall, Columbus
Dispatch,December 6, 1987
1987 Artist Statement,(in conjunction with Akron One Man Show), Dialogue, Apr. 1
(painting reproduced)
1986 Governors Residence Collection, Catalogue, organized by OAC, (painting reproduced)
1985 Dialogue (Sept.-Oct.) Catalogue Page, Show at Cleveland State, and accompanying photograph
1985 Columbus Monthly (July), Review, Sid Chafetz of Columbus Art League, Exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art
1984 Professional Listings: (1984 - present) Who's Who in American Art, Art in America. Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums & Artists
1983 Review, Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 1983
1983 "Stephen Pentak: Review, Garrett Holg, The New Art Examiner, March, 1983
1982 New Drawing in America, Martha Beck and Marie Keller, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, illustrated catalogue; separate catalogue for Venice, Italy
1982 "Paint on Paper", Timothy Porges, The New Art Examiner, March, 1982
1982 "Creativity Unfolds at Paper Art Show", Harold Haydon, Chicago-Sun Times, February

Professional Experience and Activities
Present Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University
2007 Visiting Professor, University of Georgia Program in Cortona Italy
2003 - 2006 Associate Dean, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University
1996 – 2003 Professor, Department of Art, The Ohio State University
-Teaching responsibilities in Undergraduate Foundation, Painting and Drawing Program, and the Graduate Program
1997-1998 CIC Academic Leadership Fellowship
1989-1996 Foundation Program Director, Associate Professor Dept. of Art, The Ohio State University
1983-1988 Assistant Professor, Department of Art, The Ohio State University
1985-1987 Painting and Drawing Area Coordinator,
1982 Visiting Instructor, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1981-1982 Visiting Assistant Professor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1979-1980 Visiting Instructor, Tyler School of Art, Painting and Drawing, Philadelphia, PA
1979 Visiting Lecturer, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1979-1981 Adjunct Instructor, Trenton College, Trenton, NJ
1977-1978 Teaching Assistantship in Drawing, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Visitin Artist, Lectures, and Residencies
1998 Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1995 Delfina Studios, London, England
1994 Visiting Artist, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Scotland
1990 Quilt Symposium, Columbus OH
1988 Design Collective, Columbus, OH, color workshop,
1988 Columbus Museum of Art, Artist Lecture
1987 Columbus Museum of Art, Lecturer on color theory
1987 University of Akron, Akron, OH, Visiting Artist lecture
1986 Columbus Museum of Art, Lecture on color theory
1986 Cardinal Industries, Columbus, OH, color workshop
1985 Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist lecture
1984 Union College, Schenectady, NY, Visiting Artist lecture
1980 Symposium (in conjunction with exhibition), The Drawing Center, New York, NY