Ethan Newman

Hi my name is Ethan Newman (b.1990) and I'm a visual artist and musician from Connecticut. I received my BFA from Hartford Art School in 2018 where I studied painting and art history. While at Hartford I received multiple scholarships for my work, and was the recipient of the 2018 Rudolph F. Zallinger Excellence in Painting Award. My work is highly expressive, and at times oscillates between figuration and abstraction. The mediums I predominantly work with are with are oil paint, acrylic, and collage. What draws me to making art again and again is the freedom involved in creating, and the process of discovery. There's an element of surprise to painting that I find endlessly fascinating, and it brings me great joy to witness the unexpected emerge before me.

Education:

BFA Hartford Art School 2018

Awards & Distinctions:

Rudolph F. Zallinger Excellence in Painting Award 2018
Grand Prize Winner of the Five Points Gallery Juried Biennial 2017

Exhibitions:

'Undercurrents' Five Points Gallery (solo) 2018. 
'Paper Matter' Northwestern Connecticut Community College Gallery (solo) 2018
'Out of View' Serendipity Gallery (solo) 2017
'New Paintings' Mad River Lofts Gallery (solo) 2016
'New Members Show' Silvermine Gallery (group) 2018
'Do Not Pass Go' Washington Art Association Gallery (group) 2017
'Five Points Gallery Juried Biennial' Five Points Gallery (group show winner) 2017
'Goldfarb Juried Exhibition' Joseloff Gallery (group) 2016
'8th Annual Berkshire Salon' Eclipse Mill Gallery (Group) 2015
'Community' Slipe Gallery University of Hartford (group) 2010
 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Instructor of composition and color at the Five Points Center for the Visual Arts (ongoing)

Artistic Influences:

The New York School

Tags:

abstract, expressionist, contemporary art, fine art, expressionism, original art