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City without Expressways
1. Installation view
2. City without Expressways: Part 1: Schuylkill, 2008,
     5' x 15'
3. City without Expressways: Part 1: Schuylkill, detail,
      2008, 5' x 15'
4. City without Expressways: Part 2: Vine St., detail, 2008,
     5' x 15'
5. City without Expressways: Part 4: Delaware, 2008,
     5' x 15'

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Means of Transport Series
1. Means of Transport #3: Black Wagon, 2006, ink wash     10" x 8"
2. Means of Transport #7: Shaft, 2006, ink wash/computer,      8" x 10"
3. Means of Transport #11: Purple Wagon, 2006, ink wash,      10" x 8"
4. Means of Transport # 12: Red Transport, 2006, ink wash,      10" x 8"
5. Means of Transport #15: Blue Boat, 2006, ink wash,
     10" x 8"

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Insult to Injury Series
6. Insult to Injury: Cay, 2005, ink wash/film overlay,
    16" x 16" 
7. Insult to Injury: Erin, 2005, ink wash/film overlay,
     16" x 16"  
8. Insult to Injury: Lee, 2005, ink wash/film overlay,
     16" x 16"
9. Insult to Injury: Marybeth, 2005, ink wash/film overlay,      16" x 16" 
10. Insult to Injury: Pam, 2005, ink wash/film overlay,
       16" x 16"

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Delaware Vistas Series
11. Delaware Vistas, Condensed I, 2004, ink wash,
       30” x 22”
12. Delaware Vistas, Condensed II, 2004, ink wash,
       30” x 22”
13. Delaware Vistas, Condensed III, 2004, ink wash,
       22” x 30”
14. Delaware Vistas, Condensed IV, 2004, ink wash,
       30” x 22”
15. Delaware Vistas, Condensed V, 2004, ink wash,
       22” x 30”

Contact Information
921 S. 46th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143
e-mail: epstein.edward@verizon.net
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
My work is rooted in drawing from observation, but has come to encompass photography, computer manipulation, and mixed media installation. What unites my recent projects is a desire to capture a likeness of the outside world, but also include my feelings and thoughts about it. For this reason, I have been interested in transparency, which allows me to layer the various modes (perception, conception) of seeing. The computer has offered a way to enhance my work--creating complex overlays and enabling me to expand the range of color. As I work, I try to strike a balance between immediate response and the re-configuration of things according to my ideas.

Artist Biography
I received my training at Yale (BA) and Indiana University (MFA). Among my recent exhibitions were City without Expressways at the Crane Arts Building in Philadelphia. This large-scale mixed media installation combined painting and transparent overlays to contrast the ideal cities of European painting with present day reality. A previous exhibition, Means of Transport, at the University of Pennsylvania’s Burrison Gallery, combined drawing and text to document my family’s travels in Europe and the former Soviet Union during World War II. Before that I created a set of portrait drawings entitled, Insult to Injury, each of which incorporated insulting words that had been spoken to each sitter at some point in his or her life. This series was exhibited at the University City Arts League in Philadelphia. I have exhibited in various other cities throughout the country, including Chicago, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Washington, and San Antonio. I have also held teaching positions at The University of Pennsylvania, Spelman College, Georgia Tech, and San Antonio College. I contribute regularly to Art Papers magazine, and have authored numerous articles (with education scholar Marybeth Gasman) pertaining to the intersection of visual art and African American higher education.

I am currently executive director of the University City Arts League in West Philadelphia. The Arts League offers a wide range of classes in visual and performing arts; its gallery presents an array of exhibitions in various styles and media.

Education
1991
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
MFA

1988
Yale University, New Haven, CT
BA

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2008
City without Expressways, The Hall, Inliquid at the Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Means of Transport, Burrison Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Insult to Injury, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA

Delaware Vistas, Condensed, aSFe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Non-colored People, Eyedrum Music & Art Space, Atlanta, GA

2002
Monuments, Callanwolde Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2001
People: Regular & Doctored-up, Student-University Center Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

2000
Inner Workings, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1998
Odyssey, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX

A Tale from Kafka, Visual Arts & Technology Center, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX

1997
Daisybrain Gallery, Bloomington, IN

1996
12 Labors of Hercules, Indiana Memorial Union Art Gallery,
Bloomington, IN

Group

2007
Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Community Exhibitions Program, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Community Exhibitions Program, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Platte Clove Group Exhibition, Catskill Center for Conservation and Development/ERPF Gallery, Arkville, NY

Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Community Exhibitions Program, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Faculty Exhibition, University City Art League, Philadelphia, PA

Benefit Show, Lancaster Avenue Alternative Space (LAVA), Philadelphia, PA

40th Street Artist-in-Residence Fall 2004 Group Show, Philadelphia, PA

ISQ104, ImagineStation, Lehigh Valley, PA

2003
Etchings and Drawings, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD

Dimensions 2003, Art Association of Winston-Salem, NC

2001
Juried Exhibition 2001, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA

2000
Small Works, Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Art2Kpasa: A Millennial Survey, Airport Art Space, San Antonio, TX

1999
All Media Exhibit, Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC

1998
National Juried Art Exhibition, Highland Cultural Center, Highland, NY

1997
Thunder & Lightning, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD

1996
Explorations: A Small World, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT

1993
Around The Coyote, Chicago, IL

1991
Regional '91, Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, IN