Tony Canger Biosketch

Tony Canger
P.O. Box 474,Kauneonga Lake, New York 12749
(845) 583-5970
acanger@yahoo.com

BACKGROUND:
Born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1940. Traveled 1968-1969 to study mural painting in Italy. Moved to Soho 1974-1990. Now residing in Swan Lake, New York two hours outside of NYC and several miles from the Bethel Woods concert site and art center.

EDUCATION
Seton Hall University, B.A., and Cooper Union Art School

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching: Seton Hall University, Painting and Art History, 1964-1975
Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts, Drawing and Drafting,
1965-1968.
Morris County College, Painting and Graphic Design, 1975-1976.

Applied Arts: Architectural Drafting, 3 years exp., Martin & Gebhart, New Jersey
Advertising and Design, 5 years exp., Conti Advertising, New Jersey
Fleishman Advertising, 3 years experience, New York.

Writing: New Jersey Art Forum Magazine, New Jersey, 1979-1981.

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS (1983-2000, all NYC unless specified)

Park Bernet Gallery, Imperial Gallery, Nardin Gallery, Terrain Gallery, Gallery 700, Leslie Lohman Gallery, Rabinowitz Gallery, James Yu Gallery, Forum Gallery, The Humanist Gallery, D.F.N. Gallery, Cooper Union, Long Beach Island Foundation, Delaware Artist Leauge (Calicoon, New York), Atlantic City Art Center (Atlantic City, New Jersey).

MUSEUMS COLLECTIONS:
Brooklyn Museum, New York; Bergen County Museum, New Jersey; Trenton State Museum, New Jersey; Montclair Museum, New Jersey; New Jersey State Museum.

UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS:
Rutgers University, New Jersey; Seton Hall University; William Paterson College; Ball State College, North Dakota.

GRANTS
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Adolf Gotleib Foundation, New York City

PUBLICATIONS
The New Humanism, Praeger Publishing

COLLECTIONS
Exxon Corp., American Cyanamid, A&S New York, Johnson and Johnson, Federal Aviation, Marriot Hotel Corp.