John Ebersberger: Biography

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Education

Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude
Egeli Studio, Annapolis MD - study under Cedric Egeli, 1978- 2001
Cape School of Art, Provincetown, MA - study under Henry Hensche, 1982-1991

Artist in Residence

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau Wisconsin “American Impressionism: Tracing the Lineage” - Resident lecturer in conjunction with “River and Light: Masterworks of Pennsylvania Impressionism.. March 7-14, 2004
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD Artist in Residence: 1983-2004
L’Mahelbriere Studio, Normandy, France 5 week residency, produced landscape paintings and taught Impressionist workshop - 1995

National Juried Exhibitions

The American Impressionist Society, William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station California - 2001
The American Impressionist Society, Naples, Fl - 1999 winner, Award of Merit

Regional Juried Exhibitions

The Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Image and Imagination - 2008
The Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s College, Anne Arundel County juried exhibition - 2006

Invitational Group Shows

9th Annual Realism Invitational, VandeGriff/Marr Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico - 2002
Shades of Winter, Paintings from MPT’s Outdoors Maryland, AIR Gallery, MD Hall for the Creative Arts
Faculty Group Show, The Cardinal Gallery, MD Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD - 2002
Henry Hensche and the Legacy, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA - 1998
Annapolis Impressionists, The Influence of Henry Hensche at Maryland Hall, The Cardinal Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD - 1997
Three Emerging Realists, Shirlington Artist’s Guild, Shirlington, VA - 1996
The Contemporary Portrait, Life of Maryland Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1996
Art 92, The Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore, MD - 1992
Views and Vistas, British Petroleum Washington Corporate Headquarters, Washington, D.C. - 1992
The Art of the Dance, Life of Maryland Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1991
American Society of Impressionist Painters, The Galleries at Quiet Waters Annapolis, MD - 1991
The Cultural Arts Foundation of Anne Arundel County sponsored exhibit for National Arts Week, The Arundel Center, 1990
American Society of Impressionist Painters, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD - 1990
Annual Anniversary Show, The Troika Gallery, Easton, MD - 1997-2002
The Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, Annual Group Show - 1990 - 2000

Regional Juried Exhibition

Portraits of Children, The Cardinal Gallery, MHCA, Annaplis, MD - 1998

One Man Shows

Edgartown Art Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard - August, 2005
McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD 1983, ‘84, ‘85, ‘87, ‘89, ‘91, ‘93, ‘95, ‘97, ‘99,‘02
Bendann Art Galleries, Baltimore, MD 1990, 1996

Collections

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD - Portraits of Vice Admiral & Mrs. Bryant, Alumni Hall
V.I.P. RoomFederal Reserve Bank, Baltimore MD - “Annapolis Sunrise”
Lockheed Martin, Rockville, MD - “Autumn Shadows”
First Bank of Birmingham, Birmingham AL - “Fog on Spa Creek”
Armando Papi Collection, New Orleans, LA

Awards

            Jack Richeson Silver Brush Award, for best Figure Painting, awarded by Editor in Chief of             American Artist Magazine at Paint Annapolis 2004, Annapolis, MD
            The inaugural Annie Award for Visual Arts, 2000 from the Cultural Arts Foundation of
            Anne Arundel County
            American Impressionist Society, Award of Merit, 1999 first annual Juried Members’
            Exhibition, Naples, FL

Publications

Workshops Magazine, Special edition of American Artist Magazine, Painting and Mixing Color , 2006, written by Stephen Doherty
American Artist Magazine, “Painting Impressionist Portraits” by Stephen Doherty, February, 2005
Hensche Remembrance, written essay from the catalogue to the exhibit, Henry Hensche and the Legacy, published by the Provincetown Art Association and Museum 1998, Provincetown, MA
The Artist’s Magazine, November 1997. Wrote and illustrated the article, Paint mpressionist Portraits
Capturing Radiant Color in Oils, by Susan Sarback, 1994, North Light Books. 10 paintings reproduced in color to illustrate the text
Mastering Light and Color by Susan Sarback, The Artists’ Magazine,1992.
Featured artist, including full page color portrait
The Artist on Beauty, Annapolis Voice, 1992. Essay
Artists of the Mid-Atlantic, Mountain Publicatioins, 1991. Biography and 5 paintings

Television and Radio

Maryland Public Television, Shades of Winter, segment on Outdoors Maryland, 2002
Features John and 4 students painting snow-scapes at Deep Creek Lake, MD
Maryland Public Television, Artworks This Week, 2002. Interview segment with Rhea Fichin
Capital Conversations, syndicated AM radio show. Interview with John Tegler

Professional Organizations

Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association, Founder, 2002
American Impressionist Society, 1998-2005

Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, 1987- 2006

Teaching History

Ebersberger Impressionist Workshops, Annapolis, MD, The Figure and Portrait in outdoor light, 2004-2008
Echo Hill Outdoor School, Kent County, MD, Series of outdoor landscape painting workshops, 2004
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD, Instructor: Impressionism, 1984-current; Portrait Drawing, 1986-current; Figure Drawing, 1995-current; Drawing Fundamentals, 1984-1986
Figure in Landscape Summer Workshop, 1990-current
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Impressionist workshops, 1985-2002
Working Artists Forum, The Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD, Impressionist demonstration painting and lecture, 2002
Calvert Artists Guild, Lusby, MD, Impressionism Workshop, 2001
North Carolina Art Center, Calabash, N.C., Impressionism Workshop, 1997
La Mahelbiere, Normandy, France, Impressionism Workshop, 5 week residency, 1996
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, “Forms in Space”, Lecture on cartoon art, 1988

Juror, Lecturer

Millennial Trail Legacy Project, Anne Arundel County, MD, Juror for selection of sculpture on the B&A Trail, 2001
MFA, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis and Baltimore, MD, Juror, lecturer: MFA Small Works Exhibition, 2000
Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Gallery at St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD, Lecturer: Sunlight and Shadow: American Impressionism, 1885-1945
Baltimore Watercolor Society
Juror: Annual exhibit at The Gallery at Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, MD, 1999
Mill River Gallery I, Historic Oelia Mill, Ellicott City, MD, Juror: First Annual Mill River Gallery Regional Juried Exhibition, The American Landscape, 1998
Howard County Cultural Arts Commission, Silver Spring, MD, Landscape painting workshop and demonstration, 1996
Monte Pilier Art Center, Bowie, MD - Lecture and painting demonstration, 1996
Calvert Artists Guild, Calvert County, MD - Juror and lecturer, 1995
Goddard Space Center Art Association, Greenbelt, MD - Lecturer 1993
Edgewater Senior Center, Edgewater, MD - Juror and lecturer, 1994
Annapolis Art Walk, Annapolis, MD - Portrait Demonstration and lecture
Stephensville Art Association, Stephensville, MD Juror, 1991

Gallery affiliations

Egeli Gallery. Provincetown, MA 2007-present
The Edgartown Art Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA 2004-present
McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD 1983-2002
Bendann Galleries, Redwood St., Baltimore MD 1985-2001
The Troika Gallery, Easton, MD 1998-2002
Del Mar Gallery, Del Mar, CA; La Jolla, CA 1997
Wohlfarth Galleries, Washington, D.C. & Provincetown, MA 1991-1999
Old Towne Gallery, Alexandria, VA 1994-1995
Bryant Galleries, Jackson, MS; New Orleans, LS; Houston, TX 1992-1995
Shirlington Artist’s Guild, Shirlington, VA 1994-1997
Venable Neslage Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1986-1988