jberger.jpg (39510 bytes) Jason Berger
Born: 1924, Malden, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:

1942-43 The Art School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma.
1943-44 University of Alabama
1946-49 The Art School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma.
1950-52 Atelier of Ossip Zadkine, Paris, France

TEACHING:

1955 Mt. Holyoke College
1956-69 The Art School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma.
1957-59 Wellesley College, Wellesley, Ma.
1969-70 State University of New York at Buffalo (Visiting Associate Professor)
1971-72 Metropolitan College, Boston University, Boston, Ma.
1973-88 Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Ma.
1983 Started Summer School in Normandy, France



COLLECTIONS IN WHICH WORKS ARE INCLUDED :

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York

Brandeis University, Waltham, Ma.

Smith College, Northampton, Ma.

Rockefeller Medical Center, New York, New York

Chase National Bank, New York, New York

Boston Sheraton Hotel, Ma.

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

1950 Institute of Modern Art, Boston, Ma.

1952 Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1954 Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Ma.

1955 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Ma.

1956 Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1956-58 Peridot Gallery, New York, New York

1960 Gallery 10, Boston, Ma.

         Nova Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1961 Pace Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1962 Joan Peterson Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1967 Nashua Art Center, Nashua, New Hampshire

1971 Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury, Ma.

1972 Joan Peterson Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1977 Annual Festival of Arts & Sports, Ferragudo, Algarve, Portugal

1979 MacIvor Reddie Gallery, Boston, Ma. "Jason Berger, 37 Years of Printmaking"

1981 Galeria Jornal de Noticias, Oporto, Portugal, an exhibition of 35 paintings in conjunction with "American Culture Week", under the aegis of the American Consulate, Lisbon, Portugal

1982 Field Branch Library, Cambridge, Ma., "Paintings of Portugal"

1986 Simmons College, Boston, Ma.

1991 Mayans Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1995 Mercury Gallery, Newberry Street, Boston, Ma.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1943 Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, Ma.

         Institute of Modern Art, Boston, Ma.

1947 Downtown Gallery, New York, New York

         Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, Ma.

         Berkshire Museum, Springfield, Ma.

1949-57 Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1950 Galerie Le Grip, Rouen, France

1952 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il.

         Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Musée Rodin, Paris

         Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Ma.

1953 Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Ma. (traveling exhibition)

         Brandeis University, Waltham, Ma.

         Tufts University, Medford, Ma.

         Boston Independant Artists, Boston, Ma.

1954 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il.

         Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Ma.

         Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

         Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (traveling exhibition)

         Carnegie Institute International, Pittsburgh, Pa.

         Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Ma. (traveling exhibition)

1956 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Ma.

         Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York ("Recent Drawings")

1960 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Ma.

1961 Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Ma. (traveling exhibition)

         Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Ma.

1962 Smith College, Northampton, Ma.

         Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, Pa.

         Institute of Contemporary Art (Dana Collection), Boston, Ma.

1967 Joan Peterson Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1969 Providence Arts Festival, Providence, R.I.

         Museo De Artes Populares, Patzcuaro, Mexico

1972 The Direct Vision Exhibition, Boston City Hall Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1973 The Direct Vision Exhibition, MacIvor Reddie Gallery, Boston, Ma.

         The Direct Vision Exhibition, Boston City Hall Gallery, Boston, Ma.

         Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Ma.

1974 The Direct Vision: 100 Paintings, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Ma.

         The Direct Vision Exhibition, Point Gallery, Kittery, Me.

         The Direct Vision Exhibition, New Hampton School, Hampton, N.H.

1975 The Direct Vision: Exhibition and Symposium, St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.

         Paysages Francaises, Bibliotheque Francaise, Boston, Ma.

         The Direct Vision: 14 Days in May, Boston City Hall Gallery, Boston, Ma.

         The Direct Vision Paints Boston, State House, Doric Hall, Boston, Ma.

1976 The Direct Vision, MacIvor Reddie Gallery, Boston, Ma.

         The Direct Vision, Hilles Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma.

         The Direct Vision, The Academy of the Arts, Easton, Maryland

         The Direct Vision, Walters Gallery, Regis College, Weston, Ma.

1977 The Direct Vision, Boston City Hall, Boston, Ma.

         355 Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1978 The Direct Vision, Phoenix Gallery, Concord, N.H.

1983 Visconti Gallery, Boston, Ma.

1985 Boston Arts Festival, Boston, Ma.

         Southern Massachusetts University, South Dartmouth, Ma.

1986 Expressionism in Boston: 1945-1985, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Ma.

1987 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Ma.


AWARDS:

1949 The Boston Museum School Paige Traveling Scholarship for Study Abroad

1955 Grand Prize for Painting, Boston Arts Festival

1957 The Boston Museum School Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship

1961 First Prize for Painting, Boston Arts Festival

1970 State University of New York at Buffalo Faculty Research Fellowship