Education
Swarthmore College, B.A. 1960
Yale School of Art and Architecture, B.F.A., 1962

Solo Exhibitions

2006

Persephone, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY

2005

Cythera, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY

2004
Paintings 1993-2004, Clarion University Art Gallery, Clarion, PA

2003
My Mother Is An Artist, Educational Alliance, NY
Still Life As Landscape, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Members Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY, NY

2002
New Paintings, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, N.Y.

2001
New Paintings and Monotypes, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York

2000
Paintings, Purchase College, S.U.N.Y. Purchase, New York

1999
Monotypes, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York

1995
Paintings and Watercolors, The Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas

1993
The Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO

1989
Tatistcheff and Co. New York, NY

1984
Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY


Group Exhibitions
2005

Deseigno, National Academy of Design, NY

Art in the Garden, at General Electric HQ for the NY Botanical Society

2004

Master Artists' Exhibition, Armory Arts Center, West Palm Beach, FL

2003

Members Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New Yorkn NY

My Mother's an Artist, the Educational Alliance, New York, NY

2002

Between Still LIfe and Landscape, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2000
Still Life–The Human Presence Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT

1999
The Magic of Venice, Qualita Fine Arts Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
Awards Exhibition, The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NYC

1998
The Academy and American Art: History and Highlights National Academy, Museum and School of Fine Arts, NYC

1997
Four Artists, Four Objects, Ten Years, Bristol Meyers Squibb Gallery, Princeton, N.J.

Ornament and Landscape, Apex Gallery, N.Y.C.

1986
Flowers on a Grand Scale: Contemporary Interpretations of Nature Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, PA

1985
American 20th Century Watercolors and Drawings San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA


Collections

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UH
Rahr West Museum, Manitowac, WI
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Citicorp, N.A., New York, NY
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, NY
Lehman Brothers, New York, NY
Amoco Productions Company, Denver, CO
Estee Lauder Corporation, New York, NY


Catalogues and Books
1983
Still Life Today. Janice Oresman. GRANS.

1986
American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors from the Glenn C. Janss Collection. Alvin Martin. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Harry Abrams, Inc. NYC. (Illus.)

1991
The Artist's Eye: A Perceptual Way of Painting. Harriet Shorr. Watson–Guptill. (Illus.)

1995
Harriet Shorr: Staging the Real. John Ash.

1999
Further Reflections on Real Paintings. Barry Schwabsky


Awards

2000
The Pollock-Krasner Award

1999
Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters

1994
American Artist Achievement Award

1980
National Endowment of the Arts

Articles

1972 

Campbell, Lawrence. Review Artnews October 1972. Perrault, John. Review. Village Voice 2 November 1972.

1976

Lubell, Ellen. Review. Arts January 1976. (Illus..)

1977

Raynor, Vivien. Representation is Alive in Soho. New York Times 30 December 1977.

1979

Yourgrau, Barry. Review. Arts December 1979. (Illus..)

1980

Bass, Ruth. Review. Artnews March 1980. (Illus..) Friedman, Jon R. Review. Arts April 1980. (Illus..)

1981 

Berlind, Robert . Review. Art in America May 1981. (Illus..) Larson, Kay. Old and New Image Makers. New York Magazine 19 January 1981.

Perrault, John. Homespun .SoHo News 15 December 1981.

Yourgrau, Barry. Review. Arts January 1981. (Illus..)

1982       Fry, Don. Review. Indianapolis Star 20 June 1982. (Illus..) Oresman, Janice. Still Life Today. Arts December 1982. (Illus..)

1986

Kahn, Wolf. Autocratic and Democratic Still Lifes.  American Artist February 1986. (Illus..)

1987

Bolt, Tom. Harriet Shorr's Chamber Music. April 1987. (Illus..) Bolt, Tom. Four Objects, Four Interpretations. American Artist July 1987. (Illus..)

1988

Howell, John. A Bloom of One's Own . Elle February 1988.

1989

Cyphers, Peggy. Review. Arts April 1989. (Illus..)

Hurwitz, Laurie S. Harriet Shorr. American Artist October 1989. (Illus..)

Westfall, Stephen. Review. Art in America July 1989. (Illus..)

1991    

Giuliano, Charles. Review. Art New England December 1991. Stapen, Nancy. Review. The Boston Globe 19 September 1991.

1992 

Raynor, Vivien. Review . The New York Times WC 9 August 1992.

1994

Hurwitz, Laurie 1994 American Artist Achievement Award Winners. June 1994. pp. 36-37 (Illus..)

1995

Zimmer, William. Review. N.Y. Times January 1 1995

1997

Schwabsky, Barry. Review. N.Y. Times (N.J. Edition) November 2 1997 (Illus..)

1999

Donahue, Victoria. Review. Philadelphia Inquirer January 21, 1999 (Illus..)

2000

Review. N.Y. Times (Long Island Edition) February 27, 2000.

Harrison, Helen A. Review. N.Y. Times (Long Island Edition) November 5, 2000 (Illus.)

2001

Johnson, Ken. Review. N.Y. Times February 16, 2001

Hirsch, Faye. Review. Art on Paper March-April 2001. pp. 74 (Illus..)

Henry, Gerrit. Review. Art In America December 2001. pp. 120 (Illus..)

2003

Strauss, R.B. Review. Art Matters. January 2003. pp. 10

Shulak, Paula. Review. Brandywine Community News. January 24, 2003. pp. 14

Powhida, William. Review. The Brooklyn Rail. April-May 2003. pp. 15

Review: "My Mother's an Artist", The New Yorker May 26, 2003

Budick, Ariella. Review: "Apprentices, Curators of Their Mothers' Art". Newsday (New York City Edition). Friday, May 9 2003

2005     

Kernan, Nathan. Review. Art in America. June/ July 2005. p. 178 (Illus..)
Vartounian, Hrag. Review. The Brooklyn Rail. May 2005

Lessing, Doris. Illustration: "The Death of a Chair", Harper's Magazine. October 2005