Paul Gorka resume

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Work History
1988 - Present Teaching privately, Wayne Art Center, Chester Springs Studio Wayne and Chester Springs, Pennsylvania,USA
1988 - Present Vice-President, Fellowship Alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA
1972 - Present Guest critic and lecturer .
1967 - Present Taught at 10 Community Art Centers .
1962 - Present Judged over 100 exhibits .
1976 - 1979 President, Fellowship/Alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA
1966 - 1973 Philadelphia Museum of Art - Painting Instructor Philadelphia, PA
1966 - 1967 Tyler School of Art, Temple University - Painting Instructor Elkins Park, PA
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Solo Exhibitions
1986 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Retrospective Philadelphia, PA
1976 Rosenfeld Gallery Philadelphia, PA
1966 Woodmere Art Museum, Retrospective Philadelphia, PA
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Collections Represented
San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, California
Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA
Springfield Museum of Art Springfield, Massachusetts
Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, Ohio
Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, Alabama
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA
Woodmere Art Museum Philadelphia, PA
New Jersey State Museum Trenton, New Jersey
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Group Shows
Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
National Academy of Design New York, NY
Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH
Museum of Fine Arts Springfield, MA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, National, 1967 Philadelphia, PA
Michener Art Museum "In Our Circle,"  1991 Doylestown, PA
Approximately 700 other shows .
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Awards
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Cresson & Scheidt Traveling Scolarships, Grant Prize, Tappan Prize Philadelphia, PA
Corcoran Gallery National, 1968 Washington, DC
Chatauqua, New York, 1972, 73, 74 Chatauqua, NY
Allied Artists, NY .
Marietta College Marietta, Ohio
Woodmere Museum of Art - 21 prizes Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Best of Show, 1990 Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, National, 1967, Honorable Mention, Painting Philadelphia, PA
90 some other prizes .
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Education
1959 - 1962 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA
1955 - 1959 Art Students League of New York NY
1955 - 1956 New York University Graduate School NY, NY
1948 - 1955 University of Pennslyvania, BFA Philadelphia, PA
1952 - 1953 University of Munich Munich, Germany
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