Artist Statement

Myron Polenberg is a studio artist, creating a wide range of abstract paintings and sculpture. His paintings are relevant to the abstract expressionists and his sculptures are assemblages that illustrate formalist issues explored by Picasso and the Constructivists. 

His paintings are rarely painted using traditional artists' tools such as brushes or palette knives, but rather are created using compound taping knives, masons' & plasterers' trowels, brooms and 2"x4"s. The artist uses these to push the paint across the canvas and apply layer upon layer to the surface.

His sculptures are assemblages fabricated from found, worn and used craftsmen's tools. Hide scrapers, hammerheads, tree bark scrapers, cattle prods and remnants from construction sites are placed singularly or grouped and welded to form abstract sculptures.

Myron Polenberg has spent a lifetime pursuing art and in 1998 began devoting all his time to abstract painting and sculpture. In March 2001 his work was exhibited in a one-man-show at the Rennie Johnson Art Gallery, Chelsea, NY. In November 2001 his work was exhibited in a group show at RamScale Art, New York, NY. In September and October 2003 his paintings and sculpture were shown at Brandow's Hudson, New York. In June 2004, December 2004 and February 2005 his work was chosen for the juried exhibitions entitled Naked, Twelve and Abstract Art at the Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson, NY. In April 2005 his paintings were shown in a group exhibition entitled Texture at Art Gotham Gallery, Chelsea, New York. In July 2005 his Number paintings were shown in a solo exhibition at the Hudson Opera House, Center Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY. In November 2005 his Tree paintings were shown in a solo exhibition at Yellowbird Gallery, Newburgh, NY. In September 2007 his Stone paintings were exhibited in a solo exhibition at the H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT. Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT will feature a solo exhibition of Polenberg’s new work Nudes & Stones during it’s 2008 season. 

In addition to exhibiting work throughout the tri-state area, Polenberg’s paintings are in a number of prestigious private collections in East Hampton, NY, Princeton, NJ, Old Westbury, NY, New York City, Dallas TX & Hollywood, CA. 

Polenberg began his working career as a commercial artist specializing in graphic communication. As Creative Director at some of the world's largest advertising agencies he created some of the most visually memorable advertisements. Some of his accounts included Gillette, J.C.Penney, Proctor & Gamble, Smirnoff Vodka and Orlane Cosmetics. As Senior Creative Director at Columbia Records (CBS) he created promotional material for such great artists as Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, and Chicago. One of his major achievements at Columbia Records (CBS) was the creation of The Platinum Awards. This changed the music industry forever by creating the new pinnacle of achievement The Platinum Record.  As President of his own design firm he designed the entire Swiss Army Watch line along with all the packaging, sell sheets, logos, catalogs and the entire national advertising campaign. Myron Polenberg has won awards from The Art Directors Club, New York, The Kelly Awards, Van Alen Institute and The Ad Council for a Public Service Campaign. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of Directors of the World Studio Foundation, which gives financial and mentoring aid to young emerging artists in need.

Bio

Solo Exhibitions

2007 - H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT - September 9-October 15, 2007
2005 - Yellowbird Gallery, Newburgh, NY - November 19-January 8, 2006
2005 - Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY - July 22-August 20, 2005
2003 - Brandow’s, Hudson, NY - September-October
2001 - Rennie Johnson Art/Urban Architecture Inc, New York, NY - March-April

Group Exhibitions

2005 - Art Gotham, New York, NY

Texture

April-May - 2005 - Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson, NY

Juried Art Exhibition Twelve

March-April - 2005 - Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson, NY

Juried Abstract Art Exhibition

January-March - 2004 - Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson, NY

Juried Exhibition Naked

June-July - 2001 - RamScale Art, New York, NY - November-December

Bibliography

Chassman, Neil, Review “The Number Series-Mournful Numbers”, Pulse, August 2005, Page 6
Carlson, Constance, “Mod Job”, Upstate House, August 2005, Pages 22-24
Kostroff, Ellen, “Polenberg Exhibits ‘Number Series’ in Hudson”, The Jewish World, July 2005 Page 9
Gibbons, Ann, “Artcetera Paint by Number”, Taconic Weekend, July 2005, Page 6
Hyland, Theresa, “HOH to Exhibit Works by Polenberg”, Register Star, June 2005, Page 10
Nasatir, Judith, “Lofty Goals”, New York Spaces, Vol. 1, #1, 2005, Pages 55-61
Nelson, John, “About the Artist, Myron Polenberg” Pulse, January 2005, Pages 5-6
Cinquemani, Anna, “Naked now showing at CCCA” Arts Alive, August 2004, Page 6
Candee, Harryet, “ Myron Polenberg”, The Artful Mind, October 2003, Page 54
Ringen, Jonathan, “The Kids are Alright”, Metropolis, New York, February 2002  
Lewis, Francis, “Art & Antiques”, Where, New York, March 2001, Page 20
Crager, Jack, “TheRight Item at the Right Time”, Graphis, February 1999, Pages 2-9

Contact

polenberg@verizon.net
518-828-0112

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