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THE SHIRLEY GORELICK FOUNDATION
Double Libby II, 1971-2, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 84 inches
Exhibitions:
3/Realists, The Women's Interart Center, 549 West 52nd Street, New York, NY, Sept. 13–Oct. 4,1973
Shirley Gorelick / Alexandra Luman-Dian, Central Hall Gallery, 402 Main St., Port Washington, NY June 26–July 14, 1974
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings from 1971–1978, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, Jan. 23–Feb. 21, 1979
What About The Human Figure? Eric Firestone Gallery, 4 Great Jones Street #4, New York, NY Oct. 10–Dec. 14, 2019
Publications:
Preston, Malcolm, "Parallel Expressions," Art, Newsday, July 9,1974
Hottle, Andrew D., Shirley Gorelick (1924–2000): Painter of Humanist Realism (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014), 133-134, 139; fig.3-19 (as Double Libby II, 1971–72).
Johanna Fateman, "What About The Human Figure?" Goings On About Town, New Yorker 95, no.34 (Nov. 4, 2109): 8 (as Double Libby II, 1971–72).
Chess (study), 1972, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 50 inches
Exhibitions:
Women Choose Women, Women in The Arts, The New York Cultural Center, NY, NY,
January 12–February 18, 1973
Publications:
Kanter, Nat, "Recognition by Peers is Artist's Real Honor." Sunday News, December 31, 1972
Chess Game, 1972, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 inches
Exhibitions:
Four, Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY, March 5–28, 1973
Reality: Two Contrasting Views, Central Hall Gallery, Port Washington, NY, June 26–July 14, 1974
Nature: A Sculpture's and Painter's Work, Central Hall Gallery, Port Washington, NY,
Oct 30–November 17, 1974
Sons & Others: Women Artists See Men, The Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Flushing, NY, March 15–April 27, 1975
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings from 1971–1978, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, January 23–Feruary 21, 1979
Publications:
"GN artists at Port Library." 1 March, 1973 (as Chess at the Quarry; illus. only)
Newsday, Malcolm Preston, “Parallel Expressions,” July 9, 1974.
Newsday, Amei Wallach, “An LI Co-Op, Artfully Done,” June 9, 1974.
Great Neck Record, Oct 10, 1974, p.1A
New York Times, David L. Shirey, “Portraits That Tell a Lot,” January 13, 1980.
Community News, August, 1980, p.1
Port Washington News, Christina Cronin Southard, “In Search of Lost Art and Women Artists,” October 27, 1994.
Willy, Billy, Joe and LeRoy, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 inches
Exhibitions:
18, City University Graduate Center, 33 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, April 29–May 31, 1974
One Woman Show, SOHO 20, New York, NY, April 12–May 7, 1975
Exhibition of Invited Paintings, National Academy of Design, New York, NY,
September 21–October 8, 1977
Shirley Gorelick Paintings, 1971–1978," Art Gallery Fine Arts Center, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY,
January 23–February 21, 1979
Publications:
Art Now Gallery Guide, April, 1975, p. 14.
The Soho Weekly News, John Perreault, “Outrageous Black Pop,” May 1, 1975.
Arts Magazine 49, no. 10, Ellen Lubell, “Shirley Gorelick,” Arts Reviews, June, 1975, p.18–19.
Visual Art, 1976, no page.
Womanart 1, no. 1, Ellen Lubell, "SoHo 20,” Summer 1976, p. 19.
New York Times, Helen A. Harrison, “People as Paint in Shirley Gorelick’s Works,” Art, February 11, 1979.
American Women Artists, Charlotte S. Rubenstein, New York: Avon & Boston: G.K. Hall, 1982, p. 403 .
Family I, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 90 x 80 inches
Exhibitions:
Third Annual Contemporary Reflections, 1973–1974, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, CT, Apil 21–August 18, 1974
Point of View: 19 Women Artists, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME,
September 13–November 10, 1974
Exhibition of Invited Paintings, National Academy of Design, New York, NY,
September 21–October 8, 1977
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings from 1971–1978, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, January 23–February 21, 1979
Family II, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 70 inches
Exhibitions:
3/Realists, The Women’s Interart Center, 549 West 52nd Street, New York, NY,
September 13–October 4, 1973
Shirley Gorelick Paintings 1971-1978, Art Gallery Fine Arts Center, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY,
January 23–February 21, 1979
Exhibition of Pictures Eligible for Hassam and Speicher Fund Prize, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, North Gallery, Audubon Terrace, between 155 and 156 Sts., New York, NY,
November 20–Decemer 30, 1978
Publications:
"Family: Painting by Great Neck artist Shirley Gorelick ..." Great Neck Record, September 13, 1973: 2 (as Family; illus.)
"Realist in 1-woman show." Great Neck Record, February 1, 1979: 4-A (as Family; illus.)
Untitled (Rakower sisters), N.D. (c. 1974), oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches
Untitled, (Study for Three Sisters IV), N.D. (c. 1974) oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches
Westchester Gauguin I, 1974, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY, January 8–2 Febrary 2, 1977
Central Hall Artists, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, Oct. 2–27, 1977
Three Sisters II, 1974-76, acrylic on canvas, 90 x 80 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY, January 8–February 2, 1977
Women Artists from New York, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Building, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY; Gallery North, North Country Rd., Setauket, NY, March 25–April 27, 1978
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings from 1971–978, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, January 23–Febuary 21, 1979
Publications:
The Nation 224, no. 5, Lawrence Alloway, “Art,” February 5, 1977, pg. 156.
Feminist Art Journal 6, no. 1, Holly O'Grady, “Shirley Gorelick,” Spring 1977, p. 39–40.
Two Sisters I, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 70 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY, January 8–February 2, 1977
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings from 1971–1978, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, January 23–February 21, 1979
Shirley Gorelick, Central Hall Artists, Port Washington, NY, February, 1977.
All Pores Open, Regina Rex, New York, NY, January 11–Febuary 22, 2015
Frida Kahlo, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 108 x 60 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY, January 8–2 February 2, 1977
The Sister Chapel, P.S.1 (Institute for Art and Urban Resources), 21-01 46th Rd., Long Island City NY,
January 15–February 19, 1978
The Sister Chapel, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Stony Brook, NY 10 November 10–December 15, 1978
The Sister Chapel, Art Gallery, Cayuga Community College, Auburn NY, November 2–30, 1979
Shirley Gorelick -- Frida, Pablo and the Self: The Artist as Model, Rowan University Art Gallery, Rowan University, Westby Hall, 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro, NJ, April 14–May 29, 2008
Sister Chapel; An Essential Feminist Collaboration, Rowan University Art Gallery West, Glassboro, NJ, March 28–June 20, 2016
Publications:
New York Times, November 5, 1976, p. C14.
Long Island Press, Jeanne Paris, “Chinese Masters at Queens Museum,” January 16, 1977.
Womanart 1, no. 4, Barbara Cavaliere, “Shirley Gorelick," Spring–Summer 1977, p. 24–25.
Womanart 1, no. 3, Gloria Feman Orenstein, “The Sister Chapel—A Traveling Homage to Heroines,” Winter/Spring 1977, p. 12–21.
"Sister Chapel, a mammoth traveling art show ..." Great Neck Record, January 12, 1978: 13.
Newsday, Preston, Malcolm, “A Pantheon of Women,” December 6, 1978.Artspeak 3, no. 20,
Artspeak 3, no. 20, Verita Nemec, “A Constantly Changing Reality," April 15, 1982, p. 8.
"The Sister Chapel Returns,"The Great Neck Record, March 24, 2016.
"Major Feminist Art Installation 'The Sister Chapel' Resurrected After 37 Years." ArtNet News,
March 26, 2016.
"God is A Woman in Previously Forgotten Feminist Exhibit 'The Sister Chapel,'" Huffington Post,
March 31, 2016.
Syndney and Lisa I, 1974-5, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70 inches
Exhibitions:
Paintings by Shirley Gorelick, Central Hall Gallery, 52 Main St., Port Washington, NY, May 12–30, 1976
Shirley Gorelick, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY, January 8–Febrary 2, 1977
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings from 1971–1978, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, January 23–February 21, 1979
Showing Off, SOHO20, New York, Ny. September 13–October 7, 1975
Exhibition of Invited Paintings, National Academy of Design, New York, NY,
September 21–October 8, 1977
Shirley Gorelick: Recent Realist Paintings, SOHO 20, New York, NY, January 8–February 2, 1977
The Bensons I, 1977-8, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 inches
Exhibitions:
43rd Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH,
July 1–August 26, 1979
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings from 1971–1978, Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, January 23–February 21, 1979
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings and Drawings, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY,
March 24–Apri 18, 1979
Publications:
Newsday, Malcolm Preston, “Large Scale with Differences,” February 11, 1978.
Arts Magazine 53, no. 9 , Yvette Jayson Sencer, “Shirley Gorelick,” May 1979, p. 24.
Roslyn News, August 31, 1979, no page.
Lee and Taffy, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings and Drawings, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY,
March 24–April 18, 1979
Gunny and Lee II, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 inches
Exhibitions:
Charlotte Brown & Shirley Gorelick, Central Hall Gallery, 402 Main St., Port Washington, NY,
October 30–November 17, 1974
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings and Drawings, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY,
March 24–April 18, 1979
Portraits 1966-79, Great Neck Library, December 14, 1979–January 24, 1980
Contemporary Naturalism: Works of the 1970’s, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor, NY, June 8–August 24, 1980
Views by Women Artists:Realist Paintings, The Women's Caucus for the Arts, Manhattan Marymount, New York, NY, February 1–March 6, 1982
7 Artists, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY, August 14–September 25, 1983
The Associates: The First Annual Exhibition of Associate Members, SOHO 20 Gallery,
New York, NY, December 20, 1994–January 14, 1995
Publications:
"Shirley Gorelick Tapped for Library Exhibition." Great Neck Record, December 13, 1979: 2 (illus. only).
Newsday, December 26, 1979, no page. Titled "Gunny and Lee II."
Newsday, Jeanne Paris, “The Faces of Portraits,” December 28, 1979.
Newsday, June 5, 1980, Part II, p. 4.
New York Times, David L. Shirey, “Portraits That Tell a Lot,” January 13, 1980.
Great Neck Record, no date, no page. North Shore Magazine, February/March, 1980, p. 27. Illustrated as "Gunny and Lee I."
The Bensons II, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick: Paintings and Drawings, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY,
March 24–April 18, 1979
Tess in a Blue Dress (Dr. Tess Forrest), 1980, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick: Portraits, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY,
April 3–28, 1982
Long Island Artists Invitational 1981, C.W. Post Art Gallery, School of the Arts, Hillwood Commons, C.W. Post Center of Long Island University, Greenvale, NY,
June 5–26, 1981
7 Artists, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY, August 14–September 25, 1983
Publications:
Artspeak 3, no. 20, Vernita Nemec, “A Constantly Changing Reality," April 15, 1982, p. 8.
Scene, April, 1982, p. 9.
Great Neck Record, March 25, 1982, p. 11.
The Barnetts I, 1981, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 80 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick: Portraits: 1966–1979, Great Neck Library, Bayview Ave. at Grist Mill Lane, Great Neck, NY, December 14, 1979–24 January, 1980
Shirley Gorelick: Portraits, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY, April 3–28, 1982
Dr. Joseph Barnett II, 1981, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 40 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick: Portraits, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY,
April 3–28, 1982
7 Artists, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY, August 14–September 25, 1983
The Associates: The First Annual Exhibition of Associate Members, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY,
December 20, 1994–January 14, 1995
Publications:
Daily News, October 17, 1982. p. M3.
Tess Three Times, 1981-2, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 80 inches
Exhibitions:
Shirley Gorelick: Portraits, SOHO 20, 99 Spring St., New York, NY,
April 3–28, 1982
Untitled (Lucille and Bob Moss), N.D. (c. 1982-3), charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 inches
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