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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
tel: 215-386-5115
e-mail: epstein.edward@verizon.net
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
I have always enjoyed the immediacy of drawing as a form of self-expression. As well as capturing a likeness of the outside world, drawing records the inner life -- the thoughts and feelings of the artist as he or she struggles to understand the subject matter. Because of its fluidity, and because it allows the application of one mark over another in transparent layers, I find wash to be particularly well suited to my art. This transparency can lead to a myriad of color possibilities within the monochrome of the ink. I have also used the computer to enhance my drawings--creating more complex overlays and expanding 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. The drawing begins with direct observation, but gradually shifts toward interpretation; it comes to include a wide range of thoughts, from the geometry of nature to the ordering of the world in a political and social sense.

Artist Biography
I received my training at Yale (BA) and Indiana University (MFA). Among my recent exhibitions were Means of Transport at the University of Pennsylvania’s Burrison Gallery. Works in this show combined drawing and text to document my family’s travels in Europe and the former Soviet Union during World War II. A previous exhibition, Insult to Injury, consisted of a series of portraits, 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. Before that I created a group of drawings entitled Delaware Vistas Condensed that united landscape from vastly different parts of the Delaware Valley. These works reflected on the rapid encroachment of urban sprawl on wild lands. 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 currently direct the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence program, located in West Philadelphia. This program grants free studio space to neighborhood artists on a six-month rotating basis.

Education
1991
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
MFA

1988
Yale University, New Haven, CT
BA

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

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

2005
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

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