Jan ter Weele, artist
1935 Groningen, The Netherlands

Selected Exhibitions

2007 - Cerulean Fine Art Gallery, Hallowell, Maine (Group show)
  - Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland, Maine (Solo show)
  - John Edwards Market, Ellsworth, Maine (Two-person show)
  - North Meets South, Bangor Savings Bank Corporate Headquarters, Portland, Maine
2006 - Deertrees Theatre & Cultural Center, Harrison, Maine (Two-person show)
- Galeyrie, Falmouth, Maine
- Gallery at The Clown, Portland and Stonington, Maine
2005 - Gallery 415, Chicago, Illinois (6 Paintings)
- Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine (Annual juried show)
- Gallery at The Clown, Portland, Maine
- Stable Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine
2004 - Essex Art Center, Lawrence, Massachusetts (Annual juried show)
- Gallery at The Clown, Portland, Maine (Solo show)
- Gallery at The Clown, Portland, Maine (Invitational)
2003 - Stable Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine
- Gallery on Chase Hill, Kennebunkport, Maine
- Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine
2002 - O'Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, Maine (Invitational, 9 paintings)
- Maine Art Gallery Vestibule, Wiscasset, Maine (Solo show)
- Lewiston-Auburn College, Auburn, Maine (Invitational)
- Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, Maine (Solo show)
- Aucocisco Gallery at The Eastland, Portland, Maine (Featured show)
2001 - Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, Maine (Invitational)
- Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, Maine
- Essex Art Center, Lawrence, Massachusetts (8th annual juried show)
2000 - O'Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, Maine (Invitational show, "Maine Mountain")
- Art Gallery at University of New England, Portland, Maine (Juried)
- Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine (Juried)
1999 - O'Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, Maine (Invitational)
- Hay Gallery, Portland, Maine
1998 - Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, Maine (Three-person show, juried)
- Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine (Solo show)
- Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Maine (Group show, "Nudes")
- Clark House Gallery (Invitational show, "Contemporary Landscapes")
- Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor ("Sex & Gender", juried)
1997 - Essex Art Center, Lawrence, Massachusetts (4th annual juried show)
- Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
- Library Arts Center, Newport, New Hampshire (Juried New England-wide show)
1996 - University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine ("Emerging Artists", juried state-wide show)
1995 - Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine (Jurors' pick in painting)

Commissions

2003 - Jacket cover of "A Balance of Light", a compact disc jazz recording by
the Mark Kleinhaut Trio with Bobby Watson. Invisible Music, Topsham, Maine.

Bibliography

- Union of Maine Visual Artists Newsletter, March 2006, Pg 5, "Figure Show" Gallery at The Clown, Portland, ME.
- Art New England, April/May 2005
- Port City Life, Portland, Maine, March/April 2005 Issue
- Photo documentary (at work in the studio) by Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, 2004
- Video-taped interview by George Hughes and Ed Zelinsky, Garrand & Co., 2003
- University of Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College, "Healing Arts", 2002
- The Portland Phoenix, Portland, Maine. Galleries, Feb. 1, 2002
- Aucocisco Gallery web-site, 2002
- Danforth Gallery "Greater Portland Regional", website 2001
- The Portland Phoenix, review by Jenna Russell, Aug. 4, 2000. See also the brochure for
"UP Stairs DOWN Stairs," Maine Artists Space, Portland, Maine, 2000
- Ellsworth American, Ellsworth, Maine, review by Anne Porter Jan. 15, 1998 on the
show "Sex and Gender". Reprinted in Union of Maine Visual Artists Newsletter, Mar. 1998.
- Chocolate Church Arts Center, website 1998.
- "Small Works", Maine Sunday Telegram, Aug. 6, 1995, p. 9G.

Engagements

- Judge, Portland Art Festival, Portland, Maine, 2004 and 2005.
- Panelist, Southern Maine Chapter, Union of Maine Visual Artists, Mar. 2004.
- Lecture and slide presentation, Southern Maine Chapter, Union of Maine Visual Artists, Jan. 2004.
- Juror, Western Maine Art Group, Norway, Maine, 2000 and 2001.

Collections

Private collections throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Publications

"Artist Alexander Crane (1904 - 1953): Early American Modernist," ed. Jan ter Weele 2006. Limited edition available through the editor in selected public libraries, and at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.

Education

Maine College of Art; Massachusetts College of Art; Honolulu Academy of the Arts;
Art Students League of New York with John Hultberg, Peter Golfinopoulos, and Cornelia Foss.
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ed.D. 1967 and M. A. T. 1963
Princeton University, B. A. 1957
Pomfret School, cum laude, 1953

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