Jeff Fichera
"My paintings are all done on-site, from direct, protracted observation of the subject. I don’t paint from photographs or from memory; the truths I want to record can only be found in the actual experience of light existing in space and reflecting off forms. And by “truth”, I don’t mean any sort of objective truth about the way things are, because such a thing is impossible. All observations are subjective. When confronted by a human consciousness, reality is utterly transformed into personal terms- objects become metaphors, colors suggest moods, spaces contain memories, textures imply movement. And so the painting is not the record of the place, but the record of the artist seeing."

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EDUCATION
2007 MFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2000 BFA, Graduation with Distinction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Cathedral, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY
2011 Landscapes, Schaefer Landing, Brooklyn NY
2004 Jeffrey Fichera, Landscapes and Interiors, The Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit ME
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 City Limits, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2021 Studio Jams III, Ridgewood Studios, Ridgewood NY
On the Ridge, Garageland Gallery, Ridgewood NY
2018 Art to Go, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2017 The Still Life Show, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn NY
The Work on Paper Show, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Struck Off Center, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York NY
2016 Studio Jams II, Bushwick Studios, Brooklyn NY
Lost Cause, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Contemporary Trompe L'oeil & Still Life, John F. Peto Museum, Island Heights NJ
Drawn, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH (catalogue)
Baseline, Trestle Projects, Brooklyn NY, in conjunction with galleryELL.com
2015 SELECT NY, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, New York NY
Studio Jams, Gowanus Studios, Brooklyn NY
cake, dolls, gift bags, and other things, Radiator Gallery, Queens NY
2014 The Flat Files: Year Two, TSA, Brooklyn NY
Abstraction and Its Discontents, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn NY
15th Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord MA
(Juror: Meg White, Director, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA)
Sight Specific: A selection of American Perceptual paintings, Concord Art Assocation, Concord MA (curated by George Nick)
The 5th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Ashville NC (catalogue)
2013 WAH Bridges Bushwick, WAH Center, Brooklyn NY
Juried Show, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster NJ (curated by John Yao)
Real Op, Parallel Art Space, Ridgewood NY
2012 Galvanized Truth: A Tribute to George Nick The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA
2011 A Social Experiment, Old Stone Boys Club, Watermill NY (curated by Charlotte Kidd and
James Salomon)
Matter, Medium and Meaning: A Contemporary Still Life Show, The Copley Society, Boston MA
Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper, Bakalar & Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston MA (catalogue)
48th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe LA
2010 Tri-State Show, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2009 Three Rooms, Ramis Barquette Gallery, New York NY
2008 183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, The National Academy Museum, New
York NY (catalogue)
New Paintings by Christopher Chippendale and Jeff Fichera, Soprafina Gallery, Boston MA
GRANTS / AWARDS
2014 First Prize, The Frances N. Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association
2007 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2007 Hugh and Marian Scott Prize, Woodmere Art Museum 67th Annual Juried Exhibition
2003 The Blanche E. Colman Award
2002 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant