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RAY MELCURTIS HERSHBERGER

Studio 141, d’ART Center
Selden Arcade
208 Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
 
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Born: February 24, 1948
Sacramento, California
 
EDUCATION:  
Continuing: Workshops: Janet Fish, Wolf Kahn, Philip Pearlstein, Charles Sovek, Ron Johnson, Phillip Geiger
1981 - 1982: Special Studies: Old Dominion University
1973 – 1975: BFA, Old Dominion University  
1966 1968: School of Architecture, Clemson University
1966 -- Gordon H. Garrett High School, Charleston, SC  

ART INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE:  

2007-Present: Blackwater Workshops, Chesapeake, VA

2004 – 2005: Governor’s School for the Arts, Norfolk, VA

            (Instructor: Contemporary Art History, Watercolor Painting)

1998 – Present: Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

            (Instructor: Watercolors)

1998 -- Present: Hermitage Museum Foundation, Norfolk, VA

            (Instructor: Oil an Acrylic Painting and Drawing)

1992 – Present: d’ART Center, Norfolk, VA

            (Instructor: Oil and Acrylic Painting, Watercolor Painting, Drawing, and Children’s Programs)

1989 – 1996: Jewish Community Center, Norfolk, VA

            (Instructor: Oil and Acrylic Painting, Children’s Programs)

1989 – 1996: Gifted and Talented Program, Norfolk City Schools, Norfolk, VA

            (Instructor: Two-dimensional, Painting and Drawing)

1987 – 2000: Adult Learning Center, Virginia Beach, VA

            (Instructor: Painting and Drawing)

 

Continuing: Visiting Artist in Regional Public and Private Schools

Continuing: Workshop for Regional Art Groups, Organizations and Institutions

Continuing:  Judge or juror for several Local and Regional Organizations

 

CURATORIAL, CONSULTANT AND INSTALLATION EXPERIENCE:

2003-2005: Temporary Exhibits Design & Installation, Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk, VA

1998-2000: Curator and Art Consultant, Crestar (Suntrust) Bank Gallery, Norfolk, VA

1997 – 1998: Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

1987 – 1989: Installation Manager, TAG Gallery, Norfolk, VA

 

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:  

 

2014: Painting selected for Artfields, Lake City, SC

2013: Swamps and Other Wetlands, One-man Exhibit, Arts of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC

Selected Swamp Paintings, One-man Exhibit, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA

Black and White Exhibit, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

2012:  Beaufort County Arts Festival, Washington, NC  

                 Honorable Mention:  Oil Painting

                 Honorable Mention:  Watercolor

          Linda Matney Gallery, Group Exhibit - Storytellers, Williamsburg, VA

         Selected Swamps and Other Wetlands, Chesapeake Public Library, Chesapeake, VA

         Swamps and Other Wetlands, One-Man Exhibit, This Century Art Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

         Swamps and Other Wetlands: One-Man Exhibit, Arts Center @ 319, Smithfield, VA

         100 Paintings, by 100 Hampton Roads  Artists, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

          Painted Garden, Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

2011: Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

2010: Swamps and Other Wetlands,  One-Man Exhibit, Portlock Gallery, Chesapeake, VA

         Self-Portrait Show, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

         Biennial Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA

                  Juror: Richard Hunt

         In Miniature, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

         Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

         Norfolk Yacht Club Paint Out, Norfolk, VA

2009: Out and About, Norfolk, VA:  Judge's Choice

         Small Works show, Charles Taylor AC, Hampton, VA

         Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

2008: Small Works Show, Charles Taylor A.C., Hampton, VA

         New Art, New Wine, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

         Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

          Grand Opening, Mendola Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

          Virginia Women, Fast Frame, Chesapeake, VA        

2007: Hampton Roads V.A. Idol, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA         

         New Art, New Wine, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

         Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

         Norfolk, Plein Aire, Monticello Gallery, Norfolk, VA

2006: Friday's Nude,, Monticello Gallery, Norfolk, VA

         New Art, New Wine, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

         Summer Exhibition, d'ART Center, Norfolk, VA

         Small Works, Charles Taylor, Hampton, VA

         Dwelling Place Invitational, Norfolk Yacht Club, Norfolk, VA 

2005: New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

          Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA  

         Dwelling Place Invitational, Harbor Club, Norfolk, VA

2004: Beaufort County Arts Festival, Washington, NC

                        1st Place: Oil Painting

                        Honorable Mention: Oil Painting

            Remembering 9/11, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA

            Violence Theme, Signal 66 Gallery, Washington, DC

            Armada Hoffler, Towne Center, Virginia Beach, VA

            Summer Exhibition,  d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

2003:  Virginia Wine Exhibition, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            Small Painting Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA

2002:  Figure Exhibition, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

            9/11 Memorial Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            Go Figure, Virginia Wesleyan College, Virginia Beach, VA

2001: Winter Exhibition, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia  Beach, VA

            Now and Then, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            Go figure, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            Miniature Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA

2000: Red, White and Blue, Longwood College, Farmville, VA

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

1999: Go Figure, Martinsville Arts center, Martinsville, VA

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            Elizabeth River Exhibition, Hermitage Foundation, Norfolk, VA

1998: Go Figure, Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

            Small Painting Exhibition, Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

1997: Go Figure, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            TAA Portfolio Exhibition, University Gallery, Norfolk, VA

            Hampton Bay Days, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA

1996: Art Auction, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

                        Best in Oils and Acrylics

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            TAA Miniature Exhibit, Hermitage, Norfolk, VA

                        Purchase Award

1995: TAA Miniature Exhibit, Hermitage, Norfolk, VA

Juror’s Choice

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            New art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            TAA Portfolio Exhibition, Charles Taylor, Hampton, VA

            TAA Member’s Exhibition, Crestar Gallery, Norfolk, VA

1994: Mid-Atlantic Regional, d/Art Center, Norfolk, VA

                        Juror’s Choice

            TAA Miniature Exhibit, Hermitage, Norfolk, VA

                        Award of Merit

            Summer Exhibition, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            New Art, New Wine, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

            Animal Exhibition: Crestar Gallery, Norfolk, VA

1993: Mid-Atlantic Regional, d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA

                        Juror’s Choice

            TAA miniature, Hermitage, Norfolk, VA

                        Honorable Mention

1992: Annual Exhibition: Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA

                        Painting Award

                        Juror: Neal Benezra, Chief Curator

                         Hirshorn Museum

            Seawall Festival, Portsmouth, VA

                        Second Place

            Stockley Gardens Spring Festival, Norfolk, VA

                        Third Place

                         Hirshorn Museum         

1991: Annual Exhibition: Peninsula Fine Arts, Newport News, VA

                        Juror: Tom Armstrong, Whitney Museum

            Pasquotank Landmark Annual: Elizabeth City, NC

                        Merit Award

            Beaufort County Art Festival, Washington, NC

                        Merit Award

            Boardwalk Art Show, Virginia Beach, VA

                        Merit Award

            Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA

                        Merit Award

                        Purchase Award

            Southside Artists, Chesapeake, VA

                        M. Johnson Award for Realism

            Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists Annual, Virginia Beach, VA

                        First Place

1990: Works on Paper ’90, Virginia Beach, VA

                        First Place

            Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA

                        Merit Award

            TAA House and Garden, Virginia Beach, VA

                        Merit award

1989: Stockley Gardens Fall Art Festival, Norfolk, VA

                        Best in Show

Day in the Park, Chesapeake, VA

                        Best in Show

            Pasquotank Spring show, Elizabeth City, NC

                        Second Place

            Beaufort Country Art Festival, Washington, NC

                        Second Place

            Stockley Gardens Spring Festival, Norfolk, VA

                        Second Place

            Chesapeake Art Guild, Annual Exhibit, Chesapeake, VA

                        Merit Award

1988: Haygood Shopping Center, Virginia Beach, VA

                        Merit Award

            Stockley Gardens Fall Festival, Norfolk, VA

                        Merit Award

                        Purchase Award

            Day in the Park, Chesapeake, VA

                        Best in Show

            Seawall Festival, Portsmouth, VA

                        Judge’s Choice

            Chesapeake Art Guild Annual, Chesapeake, VA

                        Best in Show

            TAA Annual, VBAC, Virginia Beach, VA

                        Second Place

                        Juror: Jane Kessler, Mint Museum

1987:      Annual Exhibition: PFA, Newport News, VA

                        Marine Award

                        Juror: Ned Rifkin, Hirshorn Museum

Beaufort County Art Festival, Washington, NC

                        Best in Show, Honorable Mention

                        Juror: Barclay  Sheaks, Virginia Wesleyan

            Autumn Art Affair, Chesapeake, VA

                        Merit Award

            Day in the Park, Chesapeake, VA

                        Honorable Mention

 

1987:Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA

                        Award of excellence

            Ghent Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA

                        AB Jackson Award

            Chesapeake Art Guild, Chesapeake, VA

                        Grumbacher Award

1986: Day in the Park, Chesapeake, VA

                        Honorable Mention

            Seawall Arts Festival, Portsmouth, VA

                        Best in Show

            Chesapeake art Guild, Chesapeake, VA

Grumbacher Award

1985: Autumn Art Affair, Chesapeake, VA

                        First Place

1983: Ghent Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA

                        First Place, Painting

                       One Person Exhibitions

 

1993      Cape Henry Collegiate College, Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA

1992      Artist At Work Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

               Sacred Heart Church, Norfolk, VA

               Bienville Grille, Norfolk, VA

               Circuit Gallery, Norfolk, VA

1991      Image, Virginia Beach, VA

1990      Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

               Quarberg Gallery, Norfolk, VA

               Pasquotank Arts Council, Elizabeth City, NC

               La Galleria, Norfolk, VA

1989               Meherrin Regional Library, Lawrenceville, VA

               Chesapeake Headquarters Library, Chesapeake, VA

               Bank of Tidewater, Chesapeake, VA

               Russell Memorial Library, Chesapeake, VA

               Courtney's, Norfolk, VA

1988               Freemason YWCA, Norfolk, VA

               Chesapeake Headquarters Library, Chesapeake, VA

1987      George Washington University, Hampton, VA

               Walter C. Rawls Library and Museum, Courtland, VA

1986      Russell Memorial Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA

               Chesapeake Headquarters Library, Chesapeake, VA

1985      Ghent Arts and Crafts Gallery, Norfolk, VA

               Russell Memorial Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA

1983      Judge Hilliard Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA

               Russell Memorial Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA

               Judge Hilliard Branch Library, Chesapeake, VA

 


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