Gaulette Bensignor - Fine Artist
(610) 664-0972 · (610) 664-3101 fax · pbensignor@aol.com
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BIOGRAPHY

Born in Philadelphia, PA was awarded scholarships to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania where she earned a BFA.Since 1973, her work has been on continuous display at a number of well known New York City galleries. Her work can be seen in a number of public and private collections in the United States, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Belgium and Portugal. Ms. Bensignor's work is in such corporate and museum collections as Dupont Corp., Fidelity (PNC Bank), Colonial Penn Insurance Co., the Delaware Trust Co.,Green Tree Insurance, Verizon, Wyeth Pharmaceutical, Hilton Corp., NBC Offices, NYC., McGraw Hill Publishing, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, Delaware Museum of Art and others.

Selective Awards and Education

1964 - Awarded the Allen H. Wetter Award, Outstanding Artist from the City of Philadelphia
1966-70 - Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Certificate of Fine Arts
1967-71 - B.F.A. University of Pennsylvania
1970 - Pacard Price for drawing, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
1971-72 - University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts, Graduate Studies
1971 - Temple University, Phila., PA, Instructor of Education and Sociology
1972-73 - M.Ed., Temple University, Tyler School of Fine Arts
1973 - Graduate Studies in Fine Arts, University of Paris, Paris, France
1975 - Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Fellowship Show, Jury Award
1978 - Barbara Spector Gorson Award presented by the Cheltenham Township Art Center, PA
1982 - Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, First Prize
1985 - Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Edith Emerson Prize
1991 - Harry Rockower Memorial Award, presented by the Cheltenham Township Art Center, PA
1993 - The Graphic Arts Inc. Award for Excellence in Prints, Philadelphia Water Color Club, Philadelphia PA
1994 - Cheltenham Center For The Arts, Instructor of Drawing, Cheltenham, PA
1996 - Award from Deputy Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art for Graphic Art in Printmaking, Philadelphia, PA
1996-2000 - Represented in the Philadelphia area by Sande Webster Gallery , Mary Felton N.Y.C.
2000-2003 - The Muse Gallery, member, Philadelphia, PA
2003- - Represented by The Philadelphia Museum of Art - Sande Maslow, director

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 - Qbix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006- Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA
2005 - Corinthian, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2003 - Muse Gallery and Foundation For the Visual Arts, Prints, Phila., PA
2002 - Muse Gallery and Foundation For the Visual Arts, Prints, Phila., PA
2001 - Muse Gallery and Foundation for the Visual Arts, Phila., PA
1999 - Stapley Hall, Philadelphia, PA
1996 - Audrey Leeds, Piermont, New York - Robert Martins' Blue Hill Plaza Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
1993 - Hanson Galleries, New York, New York
1992 - The Gallery At The Philadelphian, Philadelphia, PA
1990 - Slater-Price Fine Arts, New York, New York - The Gallery At The Philadelphian, Philadelphia, PA
1988 - Gloucester County College, New Jersey - Suzanne Gross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1986 - West Chester University, West Chester, PA
1984 - Suzanne Gross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Gloucester County College, New Jersey
1981 - Suzanne Gross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1979 - St. Josephs University, Philadelphia, PA
1978 - Gloucester County College, New Jersey

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 - Denise Bibro Gallery - Chelsea, NYC
2004 - Sept. 10th thru Nov. 5th - Esther Kline Galley, University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA - "The Color Green"
2004 - Denise Bibro Gallery - Chelsea, NYC
2003 - Reading Public Museum, Reading PA
2003 - Philadelphia Museum of Art
2002 - Widener University, Artist Equity Show, PA
  Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila. "Works on Paper"
  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila. PA, Group Show
  Southern Illinois University, Group Show
1998-Present - Muse Gallery Invitational Shows, Group Shows, Philadelphia
1997 - Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia PA
1995 - Richard Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Group Show, Kyoto, Japan
1994 - The 3rd Artex, Tokyo, Japan - "Women Artists of Today Alive and Well & Making Art," New York, NY - "A Diversity of Views, Artists Look At The Land," The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
1992 - The Philadelphia Print Club, Philadelphia, PA "Invitational Show"
1991 - The Hanson Galleries, New York, NY, 1993 - 94th Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania, Academy of Fine Arts, Deputy Director - Guggenheim Museum, Traveling Exhibition
1990 - Helio Galleries, New York, NY - Noyes Museum, NJ, invitational, "Artists Gardens"
1989 - Slater-Price Fine Arts, New York, NY - Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988 - Artists Equity, Philadelphia, PA, "Regional" Juried Show - Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1985 - The Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, "Women Artists"
1984 - The Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Philadelphia, PA, Juried Group Shows: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2001
1983 - The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
1980-88 - The Suzanne Gross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1979 - The Philadelphia Portrait Show, Philadelphia, PA
1978 - Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA, Juried "Award Exhibits" 1991, 1992
1975 - Up Town Gallery, New York, NY - Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Juried "Fellowship Shows": 1980.1984,1991, 1996
1974 - Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "The Landscape"
1970 - The Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia, PA, yearly juried shows: 1971, 1972, 1983, 1984, 1985,1986, 2001, 2002
1964 - Civic Center Museum, Philadelphia, PA, yearly juried shows: 1964, 1965, 1966

FILMS AND PUBLICATIONS

The Philadelphia Inquirer: July 29, 2001, Sozanski Art Review
Art Matters:: Summer 2001, featured artist
P.B.S. T.V. N.Y.:: August 1996, featured in documentary on Artists at Blue Hill
Cosmopolitan:: The Japan Edition, April 1992
New York Art Review:: 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994
Christan Science Monitor:: September 1993
American Artist An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporaries:: 1990,1991
Who's Who in American Art:: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000-8
Who's Who In American Woman:: 1997,2000,2001-8
Offshoots Publications:: Cover, the painting "Skytide," 1984
Offshoots Publications:: "Essay on Trees," Autumn, 1982
Philadelphia Inquirer:: Reviews, 1978, 1987, 1988, 2001
New York Times:: Review "The Landscape" 1974

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

McGraw Hill Publishing Co., NY
Delaware Museum of Art, DE
First Union Bank
Greentree Insurance, PA
Colonial Penn Insurance Co.
Verizon
McKinsey Co., Chicago, IL
The University of Boston, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phila. PA
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Phila., PA
DuPont Corporation, DE
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Hilton Hotel Corporation, NY, S. Korea
Wyeth Corporation, PA

Represented in a number of public and private collections in:
United States, France, England, Germany, Italy, Seoul, S. Korea, Japan, Belgium and Portugal

Paulette Bensignor - Fine Artist
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Galleries: "Seascapes" · "Spring 2010" · Oil Paintings - Pg. 1 · Oil Paintings - Pg. 2
Oil Paintings - Pg. 3 · Drawings · Sculptures · Garden Series Prints · Forest Series Prints
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