What I do is a physical and spiritual activity. I have dedicated my whole life with tenacity to this endeavor. It is an act of drawing on a part of my subconscious. At first glance, my work may appear conventional. It is a reaction to ‘art’ that appears to be novel, shallow or clever. I produce works of art, that are in fact hiding forces that plugs us to an inner connection to nature.
My landscape paintings are rooted in abstract forms, secrets, symbols and verve. Symbols mean what we want them to mean. The powers of symbolic forms have transformed cultures and our world countless of times and have helped humans’ rationalize our place in the universe.
It is a way to “cry out” and make a statement about man’s place in our Universe.
For the last couple of years, I've used two panel paintings, perhaps, symbolizing the inside of one’s self. The two sides of the brain, the intellect side and the feeling side, when combined achieve an outside self, a whole vision, or balance.
These painting are intended to fit together. The interacting works are meant to move or be switched about to form more than one composition revealing something new each time. My paintings use many layers of lines. They are ambiguous, and are subject to change in meaning. Go into your head and listen to your heart, feel and interpret what you want. With luck, the art will reveal different feelings and meanings for you each and every time.
Thank you.
P. Bensignor
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Art Expo / New York / 2021
JAC / Philadelphia / 2021
Rodger La Pelle Galleries / Philadelphia / 2017
Seascapes / Somers Point / 2014
One & Two Center Square / Philadelphia / 2009
Qbix Gallery / Philadelphia / 2007
Muse Gallery / Philadelphia / 2001-2003
Stapley Hall / Philadelphia / 1999
Audrey Leeds / New York / 1996
Hanson Galleries / New York / 1993
Slater- Price Fine Arts / New York / 1991
West Chester University / West Chester / 1986
Suzanne Cross Gallery / Philadelphia / 1981-1988
St. Josephs University / Philadelphia / 1979
Gloucester County College / New Jersey / 1978
education
Graduate Studies in Fine Arts / University of Paris / Paris, France / 1973
M.Ed. / Tyler School of Fine Arts / Temple University / 1972
Graduate Studies / University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts / 1971
B.F.A / University of Pennsylvania / 1967-1971
Certificate of Fine Arts / Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts / 1966-1970
selected group EXHIBITIONS
Alumni Museum Galley PAFA / Philadelphia / 2022
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art / PA / 2021
Main Line Center for the Arts / Haverford / 2019
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art / PA / 2018
Rodger Lapelle Galleries / Philadelphia / 2017
The Burrison Gallery / Philadelphia . 2016
Artists in the Garden, PAFA / Morris Arboretum / 2015
Alumni Gallery; PA Academy of Fine Arts / Philadelphia / 2015
Old City Jewish Art Center / Philadelphia / 2009
Tyme Gallery Exhibition / Havertown / 2006-2012
Denise Bibro, “Creatures Show" / New York / 2005-2010
The Esther Klein Gallery; "The Color Green" / Philadelphia / 2004
The Philadelphia Museum of Art / Philadelphia / 2003
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts / Philadelphia / 2002
Winterthur Museum / Winterthur / 2002-2003
Artist Equity Show; Widener University / Philadelphia / 2002
Muse Gallery Invitational Shows / Philadelphia / 1998
Sande Webster Gallery / Philadelphia / 1997
Richard Rosenfeld Gallery / Philadelphia / 1995
The 3rd Artex / Tokyo / 1994
'Women Artists of Today Alive & Well Making Art' / NY / 1994
The Philadelphia Print Club / Philadelphia / 1992
The Hanson Galleries / New York / 1991-1993
Slater- Price Fine Arts / New York / 1989
Gross McCleaf Gallery / Philadelphia / 1988
The Philadelphia Art Museum / Philadelphia / 1985
The Philadelphia Watercolor Society / Juried / 1985, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2001
The Philadelphia Art Alliance / Philadelphia / 1983
The Suzanne Gross Gallery / Philadelphia / 1980-1988
The Philadelphia Portrait Show / Philadelphia / 1979
Up Town Gallery / New York / 1975
Gross McCleaf Gallery / Philadelphia / 1974
Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts / 1975,1980, 84,91,96
The Woodmere Museum / 1970-1972, 1983-1986, 2001, 2002
Civic Center Museum / Philadelphia / 1964-1966
