SHELDON STROBER: BIO

BACKGROUND
Born near Lambertville, NJ in 1941, Strober has lived in several Delaware river towns from Point Pleasant to Philadelphia. He has studied and traveled extensively throughout these United States and abroad in Europe and Central America. Raised on a farm in a family descended from religious leaders and artisans he side stepped the family businesses to enter the arts and art education.

EDUCATION
Columbia University: M.Ed., Ed.D
Rutgers University: MA.
Kutztown University: BSAEd.

EXPERIENCE SOLO EXHIBITS
Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia; Stover Mill Gallery, Bucks County (2); Ink River Gallery, Flemington, NJ (2); Ziegfield Gallery, Columbia U.; Wachovia Bank—various branches (5); Manhattan Savings Bank (Main branch); The Barger Sculpture Gallery, Carversville, PA.; Hunterdon Art Alliance, Lambertville, NJ.

AWARDS AND HONORS
Plastic Club "Black is the Color", 2nd pl.; Coryell Gallery, 1st pl. (print); Printmaking Council of NJ; Hunterdon Art Center (various shows); Phillips Mill Annual 2nd (prints); Friends of Hunterdon County Library—1st place; Tinicum Art Festivals (pastels and acrylics— several years, 1st & 2nd); Shad Festival Posters, 2nd, Lambertville, NJ; Artist/Educator Grant, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; NJ State Development and Publishing Grant for my Creasthetics art education Programs; State Best Practices Award for "Creasthetics"; Distinguished Student" honors in Columbia Doctoral Program.

Member: Philadelphia Sketch Club Board of Directors; Philadelphia Plastic Club Board of Directors

JURIED EXHIBITS
Small Worlds, Air, and Fire Shows: Plastic Club; 3rd Annual "Art of the Flower Show; Works on Paper Exhibits; 140th and 141st Small Oils Shows; Geraldine R. Dodge Grant Collection; Uris Conference Center; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Hunterdon Art Center: Small Works Media, Members, and National Printmaking Shows, Phillips Mill annual shows (prints and paintings); Coryell Gallery, Lambertville, NJ; Carrier Foundation National Printmaking Shows; Hunterdon Art Alliance, Lambertville; Macy Gallery, Columbia, U.; Printmaking Council of NJ, gallery and traveling shows, North Branch, NJ.

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS
"A Celebration of Philadelphia Artists", Holy Trinity Church, Rittenhouse Sq.; The Friends of Benjamin Franklin House, Phila.; "The Nature of Happiness" NY Law School Art Gallery, Tribeca, NY; "Quattro Amici" exhibits, Philadelphia (4 venues); Trimbur—Henry Gallery, Doylestown, PA.; "La Morte e il Riposo", Wallingford Art Center, PA; "Then and Now" Printmaking, Philadelphia Sketch Club; "Mirror Concept to End Homelessness", Rosenberg Gallery, Phila and National Constitution Center; Columbia U. traveling shows; International Print Society gallery and traveling shows, New Hope and Kyoto Japan.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
JUROR
Regional Printmaking Show: The Philadelphia Sketch Club; Carrier Foundation National Printmaking Show, "Creative Dimensions"; New Jersey State Teen Arts State and County Exhibits, (7 years); Friends of Hunterdon County Library Art Shows; Greek Revival Architectural Tour; Shad Fest Art Exhibit, (fine art entrants) Lambertville, NJ; New Hope Artist Association annual shows

PUBLICATIONS
Sheldon Strober
327 S. Juniper St.Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-875-9702
shelstro@verizon.net
Web: http//www.sheldonstrober.com