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Bio
Preston Trombly received his visual arts education at New York’s Art Students League. He received his Master of Musical Arts degree from Yale University’s School of Music, was a Fellow in Composition and Conducting at the Tanglewood-Berkshire Music Center, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree with Honors from the University of Connecticut.
His original music has been played throughout America, and his visual art has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the greater New York Metropolitan and Tri-State areas. His recent talks and lectures include those at The National Arts Club, NYC; Penn State University; Southern Utah University; Westfield (Mass.) State University; The Jasper Rand Art Museum and the New York Public Library.
Classical music devotees will recognize Preston as the host of Sirius/XM Satellite Radio’s nationally broadcast Symphony Hall channel. He was previously on the air in New York over classical music stations WQXR FM and the former WNCN.
Statement
“For me, the need to make art has been a driving force in my life. Whether it’s working with and organizing sounds over time, or more recently colors, materials and shapes in space; my work is about turning initially vague, fleeting and amorphous ideas into solid, concrete and comprehensible works of art. My experiences composing and creating musical structures inform my current work in the visual arts. Whether painting and drawing or working with found objects – pieces of metal, wood, fabric – sometimes combined with more traditional art materials, each piece begins when a particular juxtaposition of elements intrigues me enough to start working.”
CV
2014
Solo Exhibition “Music For Your Eyes: Sonatas and Nocturnes” year-long show of over 35 assemblages and drawings Faust Harrison Pianos Showroom and Gallery 207 W. 58th St. NY, NY 10th Annual Juried Exhibition Gallery 440 440 6th Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Small Works III Five works selected for juried group show Jeffrey Leder Gallery 21-37 45th Road, Long Island City, NY 11101,
23rd Annual Roundtable Exhibition The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South NY, NY “Imaginary Landscape: Springtime” on the set of each episode of new TV mini-series “Flesh and Bone”
Group Exhibition Apollonia NYC Gallery 48-14 Skillman Ave. Long Island City, NY
Wish – group exhibition Space Gallery 29-09 39 Ave. Queens, NY
Exhibiting Artist Member Exhibition The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South NY, NY
2013
Solo Exhibition – “Imaginary Landscapes” Edward Williams Gallery of Petrocelli College Fairleigh Dickinson University Hackensack, New Jersey
“Drink To Me: Forty Years After Picasso” Porter Contemporary Gallery 548 W. 28th St. NY, NY
Invitational Winter Exhibition Diego Salazar Gallery 21-24 44th Ave., LIC, NY
“Putting It Together: Making Music and Art” Guest Lecturer Jasper Rand Art Museum Westfield, Mass.
2013 Exhibiting Artist Member Exhibition The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South NY, NY
Group Exhibition Ground Floor Gallery 343 5th St. Brooklyn, NY
L.I. C. Open Arts 2013 Diego Salazar Art Gallery LIC, N.Y.
2012
Solo Exhibition“Into/Out of” – drawings and assemblages Jasper Rand Museum, Westfield, Mass. Award Recipient: Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club Award For Mixed Media from The National Arts Club, NY, NY.
“Choclea” – mixed media assemblage on the cover of March/April ” Southwoods” magazine.
Solo exhibition “Music For Your Ears” – 35 assemblages Sonatas and Nocturnes Westfield (Mass.) State University Westfield State University; Guest Lecturer
The Dutch Treat Club, NY, NY (distinguished members in the arts and literature) Guest Lecturer
Solo Exhibition, U.C.C. of Rock Tavern, New York
The National Arts Club, NY, NY; Exhibiting Artist Members Show March-April. 2011 Penn State University, Guest Lecturer and judge of the Graduate School Arts Weekend
University of Southern Utah: Guest Lecturer
The National Arts Club, NY, NY; Exhibiting Artist Members Show March-April. The National Arts Club; Roundtable Exhibition
The New York Public Library; Guest Lecturer
The Dutch Treat Club, NY, NY (distinguished members in the arts and literature) Guest Lecturer
2010
Krasdale Foods Corporate Galleries, Bronx and White Plains, NY major exhibition of larger works, February through April, curated by Sigmund Balka
The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey workshops in collage/assemblage; March and April.
Illustrated talk – “Confluence of Creativity: the creative process in music composition and the visual arts”; April 21st at The Wednesday Music Club (founded 1882),Brooklyn, NY
SONATA NO. 2 on the cover of The New Music Connoisseur, Spring, 2010 premier edition
The National Arts Club, NY, NY; Exhibiting Artist Members Show, March-April.
SONATA NO. 5 recipient of The National Arts Club award for best work in Mixed Media
2009
“The Pier Show”, November, NY, NY
“The Modern Show”, October – NY, NY
William Paterson University, Paterson, NJ – Ben Shahn Galleries – Exhibition with symposium on William Carlos Williams’ epic poem “Paterson”; Dr. Nancy Einreinhofer, Curator
24TH Chelsea International Art Competition Exhibition; juror, Ira Goldberg, Director Art Students League of NY
“MIX MASTERS” – exhibition – work of seven artists in combined media; National Arts Club, NY, NY
“JAZZ AND ART” Hudson Guild Gallery, W. 26 St., NYC – Juried Show
18th Annual Roundtable Exhibition, National Arts Club, NY, NY
2008
The National Arts Club, NY, NY – Members Online Show
The Flat Iron Gallery, Peekskill, NY
Hygienic Gallery, New London, Conn. Juried Exhibition Juror; Jeffrey Anderson, Director, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
Group Exhibition – The Hat Factory, Peekskill, NY
Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, NJ Juried Exhibition Juror; Beth Venn (curator Whitney Museum, Newark Museum)
New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Prince Street Gallery, NY, NY Juried Exhibition Juror; art historian Irving Sandler
2007
New Century Artists Gallery, 230 W. 25th St, Chelsea, NY
2006
New Century Artists Gallery
Kiana Malekzadah Gallery, 526 W. 26th St., Chelsea, NY
‘red dot’ recipient – best in show – Concours Exhibit, Art Students League, NYC
2005
National Arts Club, NYC; Board Members Invitational Exhibit
Kiana Malekzadah Gallery, Chelsea, NY, NY
Affordable Art Fair, NY, NY
The Hygienic Gallery, New London, Conn.
C r i t i c a l N o t i c e s
Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi, Kings Road Magazine, “Exclusive Interview with Preston Trombly”; December 8, 2014
Allison Plitt, Times-Ledger, “The Art of Putting It Together”; Queens, NY; May 31, 2013
Ted Taylor, The Gazette, Croton, NY; July 24-30, 2008
Tony Seideman, North County News, Yorktown, NY; July 23, 2008
Visual Arts Education
The Art Students League, New York, NY
Other Education
Yale University School of Music, New Haven Conn. – Master of Musical Arts
Tanglewood-Berkshire Music Center – Fellow in Composition and Conducting
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. – Bachelor of Music with Honors