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Based in Montclair, NJ
(973) 986-8980
E-Mail: jsboltax@verizon.net
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Solo Exhibits and Small Group Shows
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October 2021: Portraits of Resilience, WomensWork.Art,
Poughkeepsie, NY
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March 2020: Vanishing Worlds, Gallery at
14 Maple, Morristown, NJ
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February 2020: Painting Individuality, Culture
and Learning Center, Temple B’nai Shalom, West Orange, NJ
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January 2020: He Said, She Said: Portraits of
Transition and Humanity, Unity Gallery, Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, Montclair, NJ
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March 2019: Aging in America: Portraits and Commentary,
Rotunda Gallery, Metuchen, NJ
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March 2019: A Life in Transition: Portraits and
Commentary, Bjork Library, Stockton University, NJ
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September 2018: A Life in Transition: Portraits
and Commentary, Noyes Museum, Stockton University, NJ
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December 2017: Different Strokes for Different
Folks, Summit Medical Group, Berkeley Heights, NJ
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March 2017: Aging in America: Portraits and Commentary,
Crary Gallery, Warren, PA
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March 2016: Aging in America: Portraits and Commentary,
Michigan University Health Center, Ann Arbor, MI
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December 2015: Aging in America: Portraits and
Commentary, Atrium Gallery, Morristown, NJ
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April 2015: Aging in America: Portraits and Commentary,
Monmouth University, Monmouth, NJ
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March 2014: Narratives, City Without Walls,
Newark, NJ
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March 2014: Stories We Tell, Gallery See,
Montclair, NJ
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May 2011: Exploring the Creative Process: Portraits
and Commentary, The Peck School Gallery, Morristown, NJ
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February 2011: Exploring the Creative Process:
Portraits and Commentary, Brassworks, Montclair, NJ
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November 2010: The Print Matrix: Revealing the
Layers, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
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March 2010: Animals, Studio Montclair Block
Gallery, Montclair, NJ
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September 2009: The Jewish Identity Project:
Portraits and Commentary, Gold Gallery, Hebrew Tabernacle,
New York, NY
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September 2008: The Jewish Identity Project:
Portraits and Commentary, Jewish Community Center or Northern
Virginia, Fairfax, VA
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May 2008: ProArts Drawing Exhibition, Jersey
City, NJ
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April 2008: The Interchurch Center, NY, NY
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March 2008: The Jewish identity Project: Portraits
and Commentary, Jewish Community Center, West Orange, NJ
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September 2004: Maurice Pine Free Public Library,
Fairlawn, NJ
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Juried Shows
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June 2018: Signal: Tri-State Juried Exhibition,
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
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May 2018: Open Orange, Valley Arts Community
Gallery, Orange, NJ
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May 2018: Faces, Site: Brooklyn Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
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March 2018: Artivism, Pollak Gallery, Monmouth
University, Monmouth, NJ
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March 2018: 2Up, Palette Gallery, Asbury
Park, NJ
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June 2015: Viewpoints 2015, Aljira Gallery,
Newark, NJ
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June 2015: Face It: The Face in Contemporary
Art, OnSite: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NJ
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June 2010: Studio Montclair Summer Salon,
Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
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June 2010: Who We Are: Contemporary Portraits,
Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown,
NJ
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May 2010: 2010 New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Art,
“Reality & Artifice, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton,
NJ
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September 2009: Hudson County Arts Annual,
The Justice Brennan Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ
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January 2008: Menagerie, Arts Guild of Rahway,
Rahway, NJ
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September 2007: Essex Exposed, Pierro Gallery,
West Orange, NJ
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June 2007: Studio Montclair’s What’s
New?, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
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October 2005: 744 Redux, Newark Arts Council,
juried by Chakaia Booker, Newark, NJ
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March 2004: Let’s Face It: What is a Portrait,
Gaelen Gallery, Whippany, N.J.
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October 2002: Redefining the Figure, Belskie
Museum of Art, Closter, N.J.
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October 2001: Day or Night, Gallery 214,
Montclair, N.J..
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April 2001: Personal Scapes, Watchung Art
Center, Watchung, N.J.
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January 2000: Projected Visions: Montclair 2000,
Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J.
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Awards
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March 2023: Studio Montclair Inc. Montclair, NJ State of the
Art juried show, Second Prize
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August/September 2018: Residency, Brush Creek Foundation
for the Arts, Saratoga, WY
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May 2018: Open Orange, Valley Arts Community Gallery,
Orange, NJ, First Prize
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April 2018: Art Alliance of Monmouth County, NJ,
First Prize
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September 2010: Art at the Oval, Livingston, NJ,
Best In Show
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Summer 2009: Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library,
Fair Lawn Art Association Annual Show, First Prize
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September 2003: Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library,
Fairlawn Art Association Annual Show, First Prize
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Reviews
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March 2020 –Feature article in Artists Magazine
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2011 – “Don’t Look for Landscapes:
Bodies of Work,” Elizabeth Oguss, The Montclair Times,
NJ, February 3
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2008 – “Portrait of the Artist as a
Questioning Jew,” Deborah Shapiro, New Jersey Jewish
News, March 13
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Professional and Academic Affiliations
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2009-Present: Oil Painting Instructor at Montclair
Museum, Montclair, NJ
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2012-2013: Portrait Painting Instructor at The Art
Garage
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2009-2013: Marantz Fellowship Instructor at Jewish
Community Center, West Orange, NJ
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2004-2013: Oil Painting Instructor at Montclair
Adult School, Montclair, NJ
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2011-2012: Art Instructor at Sharron Miller Dance
Studio Summer Camp, Montclair, NJ
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2010: Instructor for Kids’ Summer Art Workshops,
Arts Guild of New Jersey, Rahway, NJ
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Member of Studio Montclair
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Education
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1979-1982: Art Student’s League in New York
on scholarship
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B.F.A 1977, State University of New York at Buffalo
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