STEPHEN WESTFALL

B. 1953, SCHNECHTADY, NY

Stephen Westfall's abstractions find a balance between perceived reality and idealized form. His images reveal an understanding of pictorial space that moves beyond geometry and into symbology. Selected solo shows: George Lawson Gallery, Los Angeles; Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York;  Paal Kunst & Konzept, Munich, Germany;  Galerie Zurcher, Paris.  Grants and awards: Guggenheim Fellowship; the Rome Prize Fellowship; the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts.  Public collections include the Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria; the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Munson Proctor-Williams Institute, Utica; and the University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara.