Hall Groat II is a Professor at Broome Community College in New York, where he teaches foundation courses in painting, drawing, color theory, and computer imagery.
Groat has had one-person exhibitions at Everson Museum of Art, Roberson Museum of Art, Finger Lakes Community College, Cazenovia College, Jasper Rand Art Museum, Lemoyne College, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, and Washington and Jefferson College.
In 2004 he was included in an exhibition at the Roberson Museum Center, entitled Cosmos and Chaos: A Cultural Paradox, with artists Lucian Freud, Eric Fischl, Jerome Witkin and several other contemporary artists. Groat's work was featured in a full-page advertisement in the January 2004 edition of ARTnews.
Groat is included in private and public collections internationally, including Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones, Clear Channel Communications, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cellular One, House and Garden, LTD., Sheraton Hotel Corporation, Binghamton University, Everson Museum of Art, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute of Art, The State University of New York system, Roberson Museum and Science Center and Washington Jefferson College.
In 2006 Groat became involved the Internet phenomenon called "A Painting A Day" which originated in the United States and emerged on a global scale in 2004 through the confluence of various cutting-edge cyber elements, including free public auction sites, blogs, video sharing sites, pod casting, and message boards. The initial model has evolved into a global view of fine art painting, nurtured by the Internet's public domain status and free from the influence of traditional institutions.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EXHIBITION ESSAYS & REVIEWS
2010
"When Life is Still" A Survey of Contemporary Still life Paintings in the Northeast,
Brian Keeler, Curator, Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA
Exhibition Catalogue Essay
2009
Sweets and Greed Send Message at Art Exhibit,
Press & Sun-Bulletin, March 2009
2008
Illumination - Fire, Light and Heat In Contemporary Art of the Northeast 2008,
Brian Keeler, Curator, Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA
Exhibition Catalogue Essay
Global Gallery - Painters worldwide promote sustainability through online art, Kaitlyn Kurosky, Press & Sun Bulletin Newspaper
2006
It's About Time, Gerard Haggerty, Writer & Critic for Artnews, NY, NY,
Exhibition Catalogue Essay (ISBN: 0-937318-30-2)
Contiguous Forms, Dr. Ib Benoh, Independent Curator, Washington, D.C.,
Exhibition Catalogue Essay (ISBN: 0-937318-30-2)
Everyday Life—Genre Art Northeast, Brian Keeler, Director, Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Joe Hildreth, Curator of the SUNY Art Exhibition Series,
Exhibition Catalogue Essay
Diverse Trio of Artists Offers Arresting Images at Roberson,
Review, Sarah D'Esti Miller Press & Sun-Bulletin, April 7, 2006
2004
Americas 2000: All Media Competition, Minot State University, Catherine Walker,
Director, Exhibition Catalogue Essay
Cosmos & Chaos' Packs an Artist Wallop, Press & Sun-Bulletin, Sarah D'esti Miller,
Roberson Museum Art Exhibit, WBNG Channel 12
The Duality of Chaos, Roberson Museum and Science Center,
Nancy E. Green, Senior Curator of Prints,Drawings, and Photographs,
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (ISBN: 0-937318-26-4)
Which Came First: The Cosmos or The Chaos,
Albert Boime, Art Historian, University of California at Los Angeles
(ISBN: 0-937318-26-4)
2003
BCC Faculty Offers Diverse Collection, Review, Sarah D'Esti Miller
Press & Sun-Bulletin, February 13, 2003
Art With An Impact, Review, Carla Kucinski, Press & Sun-Bulletin, April 13, 2003
2002
Avenue Art Gallery Show Focuses on Themes of Spirituality, Review,
Sarah D'Esti Miller Press & Sun-Bulletin, July 11, 2002
2000
Still Lives, Keeping It Real: Old Techniques Get A Modern Revival, Review,
Washington Post, December
1999
Art Supplies: The Central New York Art Guide, Syracuse New Times, July
Central New York Art Guide, Cable Access, Magazine 13, Interviewer, Ron Curtis
1998
Common Media, Polar Approach, STARS, Syracuse Herald American,
August 1998, Sherry Chayat, art critic
Slices of Still-Life, Syracuse New Times, August 1998, Carl Mellor, reviewer
1995
Two For One, A Father and Son and Their Rugged Landscapes,
Buffalo News, April 26
International Biographies, Cambridge, England
1994
Summer of 1993, 72"x48", Everson Museum of Art, Program cover painting,
The Hill Becomes The Valley: A Survey Of Central New York Landscape Painters
1993
Blizzard of 1993, STARS, Herald-American, Sherry Chayat, art critic
Who's Who in American Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(partial list)
2009
Chenango River Theatre Gallery, Greene, NY, DESSERT!
Atomic Tom's Gallery, Binghamton, NY, INSATIABLE
2008
New York Art Collection, Endwell, NY, Sustainability
2006
Roberson Museum and Science Center, Contiguous Forms
12 page full-color catalog available
2005
Boulevard Gallery, Newport, RI, Recent Work
Vanderbilt Gallery, Naples, FL, Recent Work
2003
Austin Harvard Gallery, Pittsford, NY
Finger Lakes Community College, Redefining Painting: Tradition & New Technology
1997
Adirondack Lakes Center For The Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Cazenovia College, Chapman Art Center
1996
Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
1994
Jasper Rand Art Museum, Westfield, MA
Lemoyne College, Wilson Art Gallery, Dewitt, NY
Cazenovia College, Chapman Art Center, Blizzard of 1993
1993
Simon's Rock College of Bard, Doreen Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
1993
Washington and Jefferson College, Olin Fine Arts Center, Washington, PA,
Two Generations of Painting
1992
Westbeth Art Center, NY, NY, Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Tyringham Art Gallery, Tyringham, MA
1980
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
(partial list)
2010
75th Annual Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
Juried by Carrie Haddad and Melissa Stafford
Tallahassee International
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts,
Tallahassee, Florida
Curated by Carrie Ann Baade, Instructor of Drawing & Painting,
Meg Mitchell, Instructor of 2D/3D Design and Fabrication, Digital Foundations,
Video, and Performance Art, and
Owen Mundy, Instructor of Design,
Video and Digital Media
full-color catalog available
Gateway to Imagination
Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
Curated by Caroline Brooks
Made In New York 2010
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY,
Joan Lyons and John von Bergen
2009-2010
When Life Is Still: A Survey of Contemporary Still life Painting in the Northeast,
Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, NY,
Curated by Brian Keeler
full-color catalog available
In the light of Italy: Our Greco-Roman Heritage, Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA
full-color catalog available
PAUSE
Contemporary Still-Life
,
Curated by Jason Franz
Manifest Creative Research Gallery
and Drawing Center
Cincinnatti, Ohio
full-color catalog available
2009
Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville 23rd Annual National Juried Exhibition,
juried by Annette Cone-Skelton, President/CEO for
The Museum of
Contemporary Art of Georgia
LAYERS, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
Curated by Anne Cook, Art Program Manager, Capital One
In the light of Italy: Our Greco-Roman Heritage, Blue Heron Gallery,
Wyalusing, NY,
Curated by Brian Keeler
full-color catalog available
74th Annual Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
4th Annual Majestic Juried Competition 2009, Nelsonville, OH
Curated by Catherine Evans, Chief Curator of Columbus Museum of Art
Regional Exhibition, Roberson Museum and Science Center
2009 Southern Tier Biennial: A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art,
Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
Curated by Holly E. Hughes, Associate Curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery and
Leonard Urso Mowris Mulligan, Endowed Chair, School for American Crafts,
Rochester Institute of Technology
24 page full-color catalog available
2008
Tribute to Earth- www.dailypainters.com, curator, Micah Condon
140 artists from 10 countires -- Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom and United States
Illumination - Fire, Light and Heat In Contemporary Art of the Northeast Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, PA
2008 Regional Exhibition Roberson Museum and Science Center
2006
Introductions, Corning Community College, Atrium Gallery, David Higgins, Curator
Everyday Life Genre Art Northeast, Blue Heron Gallery, Wyalusing, NY
full-color catalog available
Everyday Life—Genre Art Northeast, Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA
full-color catalog available
Faculty Exhibition, Plaza Gallery at State University of New York, Albany, NY
full-color catalog available
Faculty Exhibition, Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY, curated by Dr. Marcia Blackburn
2005
Images of Winter—Our Landscapes, Our Towns
Nine Painters from Northeastern Pennsylvania and Southern Central New York,
curated by Brian Keeler.
full-color catalog available
Art Educators Reshaping the Thinking of Our Community
Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY, curated by Chip Kinney and Keith Rosco
2004
Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY, Cosmos & Chaos: A Cultural Paradox
36 page full-color catalog available
Arnot Museum: 70th Regional Exhibition
Jurors: Rachael Sadinsky, Former Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Director of Curatorial Affairs,
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
John D. O'Hern, Executive Director and Curator,
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Americas 2000: All Media Competition, Minot State University
Foxhall Gallery, Still Life Exhibition, Washington, DC
George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Random Selections III
2003
Avenue Art Gallery, Broome Community College Faculty Exhibition
Avenue Art Gallery, Issues of Our Time
Binghamton University Gallery, Binghamton, NY
George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Random Selections II
2002
George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Red, White, Black & Blue
Foxhall Gallery, Small Works Exhibition, Washington, DC.
Avenue Art Gallery, American Painters: Abstract Expressionism To Realism,
Westend Gallery, Corning, NY
2001
Foxhall Gallery, Anniversary Showcase, Washington, DC
2000
Foxhall Gallery, The Contemporary Still life, Washington, DC
Renee Fotouhi Gallery, NY, NY
2000
Austin Harvard Gallery, Pittsford, NY
1998
Artifice Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
1997
Austin Harvard Gallery, Pittsord, NY
1996
Austin Harvard Gallery, Pittsford, NY
Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
1994
Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, NY
1994
Everson Museum Of Art, The Hill Becomes The Valley: A Survey Of Central New York Landscape Painters
Arnot Art Museum, 61st Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Elmira, NY
Upton Gallery, Buffalo State College
Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Art Dialogue, Annual Regional Exhibition, Buffalo, NY
Greater Buffalo Partnership, Buffalo, NY
1993
John H. Mulroy Civic Center, Syracuse, NY, Visual Arts Showcase, #5,
People's Verdict
Bowery National, NY, NY
25th Washington and Jefferson National Painting Show, Olin Fine Arts Center
Aesthetics National Exhibition, Friendship Hall Gallery, McPherson College,
McPherson, KN
State of the Art 1993, New England Fine Arts Institute National Invitational
Exhibition of Art
Mentalpause #1, Invitational National Exhibition, ARTEL, Antiquart Gallery, Omaha, NE
Mentalpause #2, Invitational National Exhibition, North Platte Cooperative Gall., North Platte, NE
1990
Tioga County Council On The Arts, Art Space Gallery, Owego, NY
1989
Cazenovia College, Chapman Art Center, Historic Images
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS
2010
Honorable Mention Gateway to Imagination
Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
Curated by Caroline Brooks
2009
Margaret Bevier Wright Memorial Award for Oil Painting
Cooperstown 74th Annual National Jurried Art Exhibition
SUNY Chancellor's Award, Teaching Excellence
State University of New York
Merit Award Roberson Museum 2009 Regional Exhibition
2008
Third Prize, Money Award Roberson Museum 2008 Regional Exhibition
1999
First Prize, Central New York Annual Art Competition
1997
First Prize, Central New York Annual Art Competition
1994
Third Prize, Annual Art Exhibition, Art Dialogue, Buffalo, NY
1993
National Endowment For The Arts, Lecture and Exhibition Grant, Washington and Jefferson College,
Washington, PA
1992
Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award, Brooklyn College
Desse P. Tichenor Scholarship, Chautauqua School of Art
1991
Critic's Grant, Vermont Studio Center
1990
Malcolm Curtis Propes Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
(partial list)
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Syracuse, NY
Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY
Buffalo State College, NY
Cellular One, NY
Clear Channel Communications, Seattle, Washington
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Grauer Preparatory School, CA
Michael Douglas and wife, Catherine Zeta Jones
Michael Ronis, owner of Carmine's and Virgil's Restaurant, NYC
Miller Brewing Company, Fulton, NY
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Norstar Bank, Syracuse, NY
Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY
Sheraton Hotel Corporation, Corporate Headquarters
Security Mutual Life Insurance Company, Binghamton, NY
Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
New York Art Collection
Dailypainters.com
ArtQuiver.com
JUROR
2009 Art in the Orchard: A Juried Regional Exhibition by Art Educators,
Binghamton, NY
2008 Broome County Scholastic Art Competition,
Cooperative Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY
2002 National Small Works Painting Exhibition, Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY
1997 Waterfront Art Festival, Pittsford, NY
1996 Carnegie Art Center National Art Competition, Tonawanda, NY
LECTURES
2009Atomic Tom's Gallery, Binghamton, NY, INSATIABLE
2006 Roberson Museum, Contiguous Forms
2004 Roberson Museum, Finding Meaning In Art
2003 Elmira College, Visiting Artist Series, Critiqued work of 20 painting students
Finger Lakes Community College, Gallery Talk in conjunction with solo exhibition
Avenue Art Gallery, Broome Community College Faculty Art Exhibition
2002 Avenue Art Gallery, American Painters: Abstract Expressionism To Realism
Avenue Art Gallery, Art of Our New Millennium
Avenue Art Gallery, Redefining Art
2001 Broome Community College, The Art of Taking Slides
EDUCATION
Master Of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
City University of New York at Brooklyn, 1992
Bachelor of Arts, Art History; Minor Studio Art
Binghamton University, 1989
Buffalo State College, 1996, Certification Program: Art Education
Syracuse University, Graduate Studies, Art Education
Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY, Summer Session
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Summer Session
Savannah College of Art and Design, Graduate Studies, Fine Arts
PUBLISHING
New York Art Guide, Publisher and Author, 1998-2001
Millennium Edition Reviews: Monet at Giverny: Masterpieces from the Musee
Marmottan, Albright-Knox- Art Gallery; Degas And New Orleans: French Impressionist in America, New Orleans Museum of Art
Rembrandt By Himself, National Gallery, London
Interviews included: Syracuse University Professors- Jerome Witkin, Gary Trento, and
Margie Hughto; Museum Curators - Tom Piche', Everson Museum;
over seventy overseas gallery directors - Europe, Asia,
Australia, Canada, New Zeland, Soviet Union
CURATING / DIRECTING
2006 Roberson Museum and Science Center, Breaking Boundaries: Ib Benoh, Binghamton, NY,
Ibrahim Benoh
2003 Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY,
Cosmos & Chaos: A Cultural Paradox
Issues of Our Time, Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY
Broome Community College Faculty Art Exh. Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott,NY
2001 National Small Works Painting Exhibition (15 states within USA represented),
Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY
American Painters: Abstract Expressionism To Realism,
Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY (Ib Benoh, Anne Boyer-Cotten,
Anthony Brunelli, Wayne Claypatch, Armondo Dellasanta,
Don DeMauro, Tom Gardner, Hall Groat II,
Brian Keeler, Daniel Mosner,
Nancy Ryan, Orazio Salati, David Shapiro)
Art of Our New Millennium: Drawing, Painting, Installation, and Sculpture,
Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY
(Matthew Cotten, Marc Dennis, Ronald Gonzalez, Hall Groat Sr.,
Robert Hoover, Ariele Moulton-Barrett, Minna Resnick, Jerome Witkin)
Central New York Visual Arts Celebration, Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY
Redefining Art, Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY (Doug Anderson, Richard Harrington,
Doug Holtgrewe,
Chris Johnson, Jim Meehan,Nancy Preston, John Ross, Zach Seeger, Lynne Taetzsch)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008-present Professor, Fine and Media Arts Department,
Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY
2004-08 Associate Professor, Fine and Media Arts Department,
Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY
2001-04 Assistant Professor, Fine and Media Arts Department,
Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY
2004-05 Adjunct Instructor of Graduate and Undergraduate Painting
Elmira College, Elmira, NY
2000-01 Art Teacher, Windsor High School, Windsor, NY
1997- Art Teacher,, Henninger High School City of Syracuse School District, Syracuse, NY
2000
1995- Art Teacher, Grant Middle School and Clary Middle School , City of Syracuse School District, Syracuse, NY
1997