AWARDS/REVIEWS
ALBRIGHT- KNOX ART GALLERY DIRECTOR
SELECTS LESTER BERMAN’S PAINTING
“Congratulations! Your painting CORRUGATED SAINTS has been selected from a field of highly respected international artists by Janne Siren, Director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to be included in the 56th Annual Chautauqua Exhibition of Contemporary Art.”
(June 23 – July 15, 2013)
CURATOR OF MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART AT THE MENIL COLLECTION, HOUSTON
SELECTS LESTER BERMAN’S PAINTING
“Your painting ALL THE JAZZ has been chosen by juror Toby Kamps,
Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection, Houston, to be included in the Cambridge Art Association 12th National Prize Show.” (May 15 – July 11, 2013)
WALKER ART CENTER SENIOR CURATOR OF VISUAL ARTS
SELECTS LESTER BERMAN’S PAINTING
“Juror, Clara Kim, Senior Curator of Visual Arts, Walker Art Center, has selected the painting “METAMORPHOSIS” by artist Lester Berman for the Cambridge Art Association 11th National Prize Show. “ (May 31 - July 5, 2012).
MUY CALIENTE EN SANTA FE
“I’m excited to tell you about a “find”, an unexpected treasure, if you will – at Houshang’s Gallery on Alameda. There, I met Lester Berman, an abstract expressionist whose paintings were some of the most unique I have seen in a long time. To me, you have to be a really, really good artist to accomplish really good abstract art, and Berman does this . . . His colors are exciting, and his compositions draw you into the work and transport you around it . . . If you get a chance, check out his paintings which can also be seen at The Los Angles County Museum of Art.” Shari Morrison, Publisher, ART-TALK (February 2003).
NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
CURATOR SELECTS LESTER BERMAN’S PAINTING
“Los Angeles artist Lester Berman’s work wins place in highly competitive international exhibition. An untitled work in acrylic on paper by Los Angeles artist Lester Berman is on view in “Abstraction for a New Millennium”, an international juried exhibition at The Stage Gallery in Merrick, New York. It is one of only twenty-six pieces selected from 2,009 works of art submitted from all over the world. The exhibition was selected by guest curator, Anne Ellegood, Assistant Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in Soho, NYC.” (December 15, 2000 - January 28, 2001).
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
CURATOR OF MODERN ART SELECTS LESTER BERMAN’S PAINTING
“We are pleased to announce that your painting “PASSAGES”, was selected for inclusion in NEW DIRECTIONS ‘2K, our national juried contemporary fine art exhibition. Your painting was selected by Lisa Messinger, Curator, Department of Modern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. We would like to stress that your inclusion in this exhibition is no small achievement”. Barrett Art Center (November 4, 2000).
NEW YORK TIMES ART CRITIC
SELECTS LESTER BERMAN’S PAINTING
“Congratulations, I am happy to inform you that the Awards Judge, Phyllis Braff, N.Y. Times Art Critic, has selected your work of art, entered in the National Art League 69th Annual Spring Open Exhibition to receive the Leo Brooks award.” Nat Bukar, First Vice President, Chairman, 69th Annual Spring Open Exhibition (May 5, 1999).
CALIFORNIA ARTIST LESTER BERMAN RECEIVES AWARD
“At the gala opening and awards ceremony on Sunday, December 3rd, painter, sculptor and printmaker Peter Alexander presented California artist Lester Berman with the prestigious Eric Schneirsohn Memorial Award for his painting “PASSAGES”, which was chosen from more than 1,000 paintings submitted for inclusion in Brand XXV, Special Twenty-Fifth Exhibition.”
(January 9, 1996).
BROOKLYN MUSEUM CURATOR OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
SELECTS LESTER BERMAN’S PAINTING
“Congratulations! Pleiades Gallery is pleased to inform you that your artwork “UNTITLED II, 1993” has been selected to be included in the 13th Annual Juried Exhibition juried by Charlotta Kotik, Curator, Painting and Sculpture, The Brooklyn Museum.”
(June 24, 1995).
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MoMA)
CURATORIAL ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
SELECTS LESTER BERMAN’S PAINTING
“Ceres Gallery is pleased to exhibit the paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures of 46 artists from 16 states, including Hawaii, in the gallery’s Fourth National Juried Exhibition selected by Juror, Beth Handler, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abstraction, in its various forms seems to be one of the major presences here from the transcendental search for pure beauty . . . to the powerfully rich and thick black and white rectangular smears in acrylic on paper by Lester Berman . . . “ (June 21, 1995).
“THE BEST OF TIMES”
“Lester Berman was honored by the Bank of Los Angeles in Beverly Hills with an impressive exhibit of his paintings. Mr. Berman’s paintings have been exhibited previously in New York - a solo exhibition at the Costantini Gallery - and this year at the Springfield Missouri Art Museum and the San Diego Museum of Art. Mr. Berman’s studio is in Venice, California. The preview and reception for the artist, Lester Berman was hosted by M.J. Burford, Chairman of the Board of Bank of Los Angles on Friday, December 1, 1995 at 7:00 PM.” (December 4, 1995).