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Born in 1943 in Brooklyn, NY, United States


1970, M.A., Hunter College, New York, NY

1965, B.A., Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY


"My experiences and observations have resulted in an art that expresses a variety of aspects of human nature.

The oil pastel drawings, prints, and collages are statements about both animals and humans shown in their relationships to themselves and their surroundings.

The animal and human images are combined with landscape and houses to express 'place,' an internal 'place' of vulnerability, peacefulness, playfulness, and calm.

The work also explores 'time' as well as 'place': time remembered, fleeting moments, or the slow passage of time."

Rochelle Shicoff, July 2000

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 1999: Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery, Windsor, CT, Behind the Dreams

    • 1991:
        A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, A Most Delightful Thing

        Image Gallery, Stockbridge, MA, A Torn Place in the Sky

        Canal Gallery, Holyoke, MA, The Land Was Kindly

    • 1988: Hanes Art Center, Chapel Hill, NC, Outside Time

    • 1987: Baca Downtown, Brooklyn, NY, Above the Falls

    • 1986: A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, Where the Gods Dwell

    • 1983: Image Gallery, Stockbridge, MA, The Jouney Now Begun

    • 1982: Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

    • 1980:
        Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, Contact Point

        Image Gallery, Stockbridge, MA, Life of a Pure Spirit


  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 1997: Harper Collins, New York, NY, Color(ing) Books

    • 1994: 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH, The Best of the Best

    • 1992: Henry St. Settlement, New York, NY, Art Beyond Words

    • 1991: The New Gallery, New York, NY

    • 1988: Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

    • 1987: Stux Gallery, Boston, MA, Contemporary Art: Ancient Inspirations

    • 1986: The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, The Animal Within

    • 1985: Baca Downtown, Brooklyn, NY, Small Works

    • 1984:
        Everson Museum Biennial, Syracuse, NY

        Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn 1984


    • 1983:
        Alternative Museum, New York, NY, Overload

        Artists Space, New York, NY


  • Public Collections
    • St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY

    • United Community Centers, Brooklyn, NY

    • United Parents Health Center, Brooklyn, NY

    • New Vision Garden, Brooklyn, NY

    • Family Resource Center, Savannah, GA

    • Borough Hall Planned Parenthood, Brooklyn, NY

    • Ladies' Center, Pensacola, FL

    • Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY

    • Auburn Homeless Shelter, Brooklyn, NY

    • West Bronx Youth Center, Bronx, NY

    • The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT

  • Selected Mural Commisions
    • New Settlement Apartments, Brooklyn, NY

    • New York City Public Schools, Brooklyn, NY

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    Selection of works from Rochelle Shicoff

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    • 1997-2000, Arts-in-Education Award, New York State Council on the Arts

    • 1993:
        Art in Action Grant, Action Art Alliance, Brooklyn, NY

        The Women Waging Peace Award, Mayor's Commission of the Status of Women, New York, NY

        Developmental Opportunity Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts/A.I.R.

    • 1991, 1988, 1987: Artist Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY

    • 1988: John A. Spooner Award, Department of Radio, Motion Pictures & Television, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    • 1982: Fellowship, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

    • 1980: Rome Prize Fellowship in Painting, American Academy in Rome, Italy

    • The New Renaissance (Windsor, CT). vol. 13, 1981.

    • 13th Moon. (New York, NY). Vol. IV, No. 2, 1980.