Allen Sovelove

Artist Statement: I love to paint. In fact, I am a bit obsessive about it. I paint constantly and usually have several paintings in progress at any given time. When I’m not painting, I’m probably doodling, and some doodles end up as full-scale paintings. Each painting is a unique expression of a thought or feeling. While I may work in one style or another, I feel that all the paintings go together like a patchwork quilt. I try to express a spirituality in my paintings while exploring the beauty in everyday scenes or the simple elegance of lines and color. The titles of my works are an important part and give the viewer a way into the piece, a clue, a hint at its meaning, and something to think about while they are viewing it.
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Artist Biography: Allen Sovelove is a painter living in Rockaway, NJ. As a child, he was always painting and drawing. He attended East Carolina University and graduated with a BFA in painting. While at ECU, he also drew cartoons for the school newspaper and deejayed at the school radio station. Allen also studied painting at the Vermont Studio School in Johnson, VT. He has shown his artworks occasionally in underground galleries in New York and Pittsburgh. Outside of art, Allen has worked i...

BFA in Painting from East Carolina University 1989
Attended summer program at Vermont Studio School & Colony 1986

I'm open to exhibiting at the present time if you have an upcoming exhibition that would suit my work.
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• Springs Industries, Lancaster, SC 1986 – 1 watercolor included in the traveling exhibit (juried competition)
• Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC, 1986 – 1 person show of 12 large abstract oil paintings
• East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1987 – 3 person show in Gray Gallery consisting mostly of large abstract oil paintings (also showed miniature paintings)
• Musee de Monoian, New York, NY, 2000 – group show, contributed small painted objects
• Animal Flower Cave, New York, NY, 2002 – “Small Wireless Birds” – 2 person show, exhibited many small oil paintings
• Musee de Monoian, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008 – group show, contributed 2 abstract pencil drawings
• NYA Gallery, New York, NY, 2019 – “Heal” group show, contributed 2 abstract oil paintings