February 18 – March 15, 2025
Entry Deadline: February 6 · Entry Information
Davenport Gallery
Exhibition Reception: February 23, 2025 4-6pm
Wayne Art Center is pleased to present Expressions of Radnor 2025, an annual exhibition of artwork created by Radnor Township residents 17+ across a wide range of artistic mediums and perspectives.
Reception & Awards: Sunday, February 23 4-6pm
Free to attend and open to the public
Joe Sweeney serves as Juror of Awards for Expressions of Radnor 2025.
Born in Philadelphia, Joseph Sweeney graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from Philadelphia College of Art (more recently known as the University of the Arts) in 1976. He studied with and was influenced by Isa Barnett, Sandy Ceaser, David Kettner, Boris Putterman, Gerry Herdman, Jack Andrews, Ray Spiller, Morris Schulman, Warren Rorher, David Fertig, Jane Piper, Sidney Goodman, and Lily Yeh. Sweeney earned a Master’s Degree in Printmaking from the Art and Architecture department of Penn State University in 1980 where he studied with Bruce Shobaken, Diane Pepe and Peter Jogo.
In addition to Wayne Art Center where he currently teaches, Sweeney has taught at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Woodmere Art Museum, and Chester Springs Studio. Primarily a landscape painter, his work has been recognized with numerous Best of Show and other awards and the artist has been granted a number of artist-in-residencies including a 2017 residency at the Studios of Key West in Florida and a 2018 residency at the Rose Cottage in Vinalhaven, Maine. Sweeney is currently represented by Gallery 222 in Malvern and Cerulean Arts in Philadelphia. His work is held in public and private institutions, private collections, and museums.
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