ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“We all have a shared humanity. Should any of my pictures survive for the next three hundred years,
I would hope that people in that distant future see, in my art, how we felt about each other in the twenty-first
century, and how we felt about being alive. I would also hope that those future viewers recognize
something of themselves in my work.”
BRIEF BIO
William Oberst holds an MFA in painting from Stony Brook University and a Ph.D. in philosophy from
Claremont Graduate University. He taught painting and drawing at Stony Brook for more than a decade
and is the recipient of many awards, including the university’s Distinguished Faculty Service Award in
2002. He maintains a studio-residence in downtown North Adams, Massachusetts.
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Atlantic Gallery
135 West 29th Street, Suite 601
New York, NY 10001
212-219-3183
www.atlanticgallery.org
The Wit Gallery
27 Church Street
Lenox, MA 01240
413-637-8808
www.thewitgallery.com
info@thewitgallery.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
"Watercolor--Layered Light," Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2011)
“Responsive Readings,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2011)
"Presences From The 21st Century: Paintings By William Oberst," Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2010)
“Water,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2010)
“Finding Work: Representing Labor in Contemporary Art,” The Gallatin Galleries, New York, NY (2009)
Two-person show with Wendy James, Works And Days Gallery, North Adams, MA (2009)
“Sic Transit Gloria: The End of the Road,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2009)
“All Cape Cod” open juried exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA (2009)
Invitational exhibition, Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2008)
Faculty Exhibition 2008, University Art Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University (2008)
Solo show, James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME (2008)
Two-person show with Mary Webb, Wish Rock Studio, Shelter Island Heights, NY (2008)
Solo show, Becket Arts Center, Becket, MA (2008)
“Ceiling for the Landscape: Trees,” Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2008)
Invitational exhibition, Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2007)
Solo show, “William Oberst: Watercolors,” Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY (2007)
“Links: A Multi-Media Collaboration Featuring One Poet, Eight Visual Artists, and Thirteen Musicians,”
Roanoke Vineyards, Riverhead, NY (2007)
Three-person exhibition with Sue Contessa and Carole Jay, Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2007)
Invited artist, group show, The Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY (2005)
“This Dream, America,” Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY (2005)
“Marriage,” SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University (2004)
“Face to Face: Two Hundred Years of Figurative Art on Long Island,” The Long Island Museum,
Stony Brook, NY (2003)
Solo exhibition, Office of the Provost, Stony Brook University (2001)
COMMISSIONS
Scott Leemon, triple portrait (2007)
Anthony Comi, “Dancing Couple II” (1997)
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Robert M. MacNamara Foundation Summer 2007 Residency, Westport Island, Maine (July 20-
August 30, 2007)
The Artists’ Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT (May 30-June 29, 2005)
The Artists’ Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT (August 7-21, 2006)
“We all have a shared humanity. Should any of my pictures survive for the next three hundred years,
I would hope that people in that distant future see, in my art, how we felt about each other in the twenty-first
century, and how we felt about being alive. I would also hope that those future viewers recognize
something of themselves in my work.”
BRIEF BIO
William Oberst holds an MFA in painting from Stony Brook University and a Ph.D. in philosophy from
Claremont Graduate University. He taught painting and drawing at Stony Brook for more than a decade
and is the recipient of many awards, including the university’s Distinguished Faculty Service Award in
2002. He maintains a studio-residence in downtown North Adams, Massachusetts.
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Atlantic Gallery
135 West 29th Street, Suite 601
New York, NY 10001
212-219-3183
www.atlanticgallery.org
The Wit Gallery
27 Church Street
Lenox, MA 01240
413-637-8808
www.thewitgallery.com
info@thewitgallery.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
"Watercolor--Layered Light," Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2011)
“Responsive Readings,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2011)
"Presences From The 21st Century: Paintings By William Oberst," Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2010)
“Water,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2010)
“Finding Work: Representing Labor in Contemporary Art,” The Gallatin Galleries, New York, NY (2009)
Two-person show with Wendy James, Works And Days Gallery, North Adams, MA (2009)
“Sic Transit Gloria: The End of the Road,” Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY (2009)
“All Cape Cod” open juried exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA (2009)
Invitational exhibition, Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2008)
Faculty Exhibition 2008, University Art Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University (2008)
Solo show, James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME (2008)
Two-person show with Mary Webb, Wish Rock Studio, Shelter Island Heights, NY (2008)
Solo show, Becket Arts Center, Becket, MA (2008)
“Ceiling for the Landscape: Trees,” Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2008)
Invitational exhibition, Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2007)
Solo show, “William Oberst: Watercolors,” Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY (2007)
“Links: A Multi-Media Collaboration Featuring One Poet, Eight Visual Artists, and Thirteen Musicians,”
Roanoke Vineyards, Riverhead, NY (2007)
Three-person exhibition with Sue Contessa and Carole Jay, Gallery North, Setauket, NY (2007)
Invited artist, group show, The Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY (2005)
“This Dream, America,” Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY (2005)
“Marriage,” SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University (2004)
“Face to Face: Two Hundred Years of Figurative Art on Long Island,” The Long Island Museum,
Stony Brook, NY (2003)
Solo exhibition, Office of the Provost, Stony Brook University (2001)
COMMISSIONS
Scott Leemon, triple portrait (2007)
Anthony Comi, “Dancing Couple II” (1997)
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Robert M. MacNamara Foundation Summer 2007 Residency, Westport Island, Maine (July 20-
August 30, 2007)
The Artists’ Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT (May 30-June 29, 2005)
The Artists’ Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT (August 7-21, 2006)
