Born and raised in Charleston, WV, Galinsky earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA from Columbia University, School of the Arts. He has studied with such notable figures as Philip Guston, Jack Tworkov, Stamos, Henry Pearson, George Tooker and Dorthea Rockburn. He had his first exhibit in New York City in 1977 at the Jock Truman Gallery (formerly The Betty Parsons Gallery) and has been exhibiting in solo and group exhibitions ever since. His art is represented in numerous private and corporate collections, including IBM, Exxon-Mobil, The Four Seasons Hotels, Bank of America, Astra Merck, Novartis, and Pepsico, among others. Recent exhibitions include The Grand Palais, The Salon Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Sterling | Boos Gallery 980 Madison Ave in New York City.
In addition, his painting, Spiral Cluster is featured in the opening pages of 2023 New York Times best-seller, Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.
For over 35 years, Galinsky has been student, practitioner, and teacher of Chinese martial arts, including Qigong and Taiji Quan. He has taught these forms in his studio as well as in area hospitals and healing centers, including New York Presbyterian, Englewood Hospital, Nyack Cancer Center, and St. John’s Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, NY.
Norman Galinsky lives and works in Palisades, NY.
StatementARTIST STATEMENT
My art has been inspired and informed by my background in science and engineering, and my ongoing interest and study of meditative and energy-healing disciplines like Qigong and consciousness explorations. I see my art as an embodiment and transmitter of energy, particularly energy with healing potential.
Using a vocabulary of abstract geometric forms and free-hand applied repetitive marks, patterns are developed that contain the energy and facilitate its flow. The compositions are created through an intuitive, meditative approach, a practice of focused attention and intention. The images suggest emissions of waves and particles, vibratory fields and networks. The work strives to bridge the space between the material world and a hidden quantum universe. Often sacred geometric shapes and proportions and converging circular forms are used to generate a central focus—a still-point—that represents a unity of consciousness, a merging of subject and object. My intention is to encourage contemplation and introspection and promote a sense of equilibrium. My images may be viewed as potential vehicles for connecting the personal space with the universal order, drawing one into a dialog with the present moment.
CvThe Work
Norman Galinsky’s abstract geometric art has been inspired and informed by his
background in science and engineering, and his ongoing interest and study of
meditative and energy healing disciplines and consciousness explorations.
He sees his artwork as an embodiment and transmitter of energy, particularly energy
with healing potential. Using a vocabulary of abstract geometric forms and free-hand
applied repetitive marks, patterns are developed that contain the energy and facilitate
its flow. The compositions are created through an intuitive, meditative approach, a
practice of focused attention and intention. The images suggest emissions of waves
and particles, vibratory fields and networks. The work strives to bridge the space
between the material world and a hidden quantum universe. Often sacred geometric
shapes and proportions and converging circular forms are used to generate a central
focus – a “stillpoint” that represents a unity of consciousness, a merging of subject and
object.
There is an intention that the work will encourage contemplation and introspection and
promote a sense of equilibrium and balance. The images may be viewed as potential
vehicles for connecting the personal space with the universal order and drawing one
into a dialog with the present moment.
His artwork has also been influenced by his more than 30-year study, practice, and
teaching of Chinese martial and healing arts, including Taiji Quan and qigong, which
are exercises based on internal energy development. He has taught these forms in his
studio as well as in area hospitals, including New York Presbyterian (under the direction
of Dr. Mehmet Oz), Englewood Hospital, Nyack Cancer Center, and St. John’s Riverside
Hospital in Yonkers, NY.
Background and Education
Born and raised in Charleston, WV, 1942
BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1964
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MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts (studied with Philip Guston, Jack Tworkov,
Stamos, Bob Blackburn, and Tony Harrison) 1973
Additional studies:
Art Students League (studied with George Tooker and Will Barnet), The New
School (studied with Henry Pearson), New York University, Pratt Graphic Center,
Printmaking Workshop, School for Visual Arts, Women’s Studio Workshop
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Ruminative Marks, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2019 Searching for Stillness, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2016 Seen / Unseen, Union Arts Center, Sparkill, NY
Artist of the Month, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
2014 Stillness in Motion, Union Arts Center, Sparkill, NY
2011 Portals, The Outside-In Piermont Gallery, Piermont, NY
2008 Mandalas of Awareness: Images of Healing and Transformation, The Art
Gallery at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Sleepy Hollow, NY
2006 Invoking Presence: Synthesizing Art, Science and Spirituality, NY Hall of
Science, Queens, NY
2004 Healing Paradigms, Durst Corporate Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Selected Works: 1970-1995, Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
1995 Healing Paradigms, Allen Sheppard Gallery Piermont, NY
1990 Constructions, Wooden Tent Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA
1979 Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
1978 Jock Truman Gallery, New York, NY
Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2018 Hopper House Artist Member Show
Lorin Marsh Showroom, New York, NY
Art Walk, Nyack, NY
2016 Song of Light, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2014 Lorin Marsh Showroom, New York, NY
2014 Rockland Past and Present: A Chronicling of Time, Blue Hill Art and
Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2013-14 Change/Transformation, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2011 Abstractions, Blue Hill Arts Center, Pearl River NY
2010 Tovin Studio Gallery, inaugural exhibition, Nyack, NY
2009 Garner World, GAGA Art Center, Garnerville, NY
2008 Light Entanglements, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2006 Columbia University School of the Arts Alumni exhibition, New York, NY
2004 24 X 24, GAGA (Garnerville Art Center), Garnerville, NY
1998 Artists' Night, Newark Museum sponsored exhibition, Park Ridge, NJ
1992 Joy Roy Fine Art, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
Drawings from Emporia State University Collection, Gallery 303,
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1991 Off the Wall, Rockland Connection '91, Rockland Center for the Arts,
West Nyack, NY.
L’Atelier Gallery, Piermont NY.
1990 Profound, Outer Space Gallery, New York, NY
Sense of Self, Triplex Gallery, Manhattan Community College, New York,
NY Collage, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
1989 L' Atelier Gallery, Piermont, NY
Member Artists '89, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
1987 Contemporary American Drawing, Kansas Art Commission (circulating)
1986 Mount Aramah Exhibition, Clove Furnace, Arden, NY (NY Telephone Award)
Schwitteria, The Art Lobby, New York, NY
1985 The Abstract Vision, Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1984 Panel Gallery Show, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
Eight Bank Street Parents, Bank Street College, New York, NY
Selections from the Caraccio Print Collection, Franklin & Marshall College,
Lancaster, PA
1983 Art for the Collector, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
1982 Synergy/Artists - 1+1=3, Thorpe Intermedia Center Gallery, Sparkill, NY
Mountains and Rivers of Rockland, Rockland Center for the Arts, West
Nyack, NY
Small Works, sixth annual show at New York University, New York, NY
(Juried by Nancy Hoffman)
1981 Fifth Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Emporia State
1980 Paperworks '80, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY (Juried by Grace
Glueck, Ken Tyler, and Philip Pearlstein) Hudson River Contemporary
Artist Prize
1979 Drawing '79, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ (Juried by Bernice
Rose, MoMA)
1978 5 on Paper, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS
1977 Post Cards and Other Mail, Truman Gallery (formerly Betty Parsons
Gallery), New York, NY
Collections
IBM, Astra Merck, Bank of America, Continental Illinois Bank, Southeast Banking Corp.,
AMOCO, Exxon-Mobil Oil Corp., Four Seasons Hotels, Hyatt Regency Hotels, Novartis,
Smith Barney, Lord, Day, and Lord, FMC Corp., Ted Bates Advertising, Pepsico,
Columbia University, Charleston Art Gallery and Museum, Kansas Art Commission,
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum, and numerous private collections
Publications (selected)
Arts Magazine, September, 1978, House and Garden, May 1980; Art in America,
July/August, 1982, 1984; Art Speak, February, 1985; Who's Who in American Art, 1987;
New York Times, January 28, 1990; Vineyard Gazette, July 26, 1990
Board Member
Rockland Center for the Arts, multi-media art center and school, West Nyack, NY
NY
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