Background
Seley, Jason was born on May 20, 1919 in Newark. Son of Simon M. and Leah (Kridel) Seley.
Seley, Jason was born on May 20, 1919 in Newark. Son of Simon M. and Leah (Kridel) Seley.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1940. Student Art Students League, 1943-1945, Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Paris, 1949-1950.
One man exhibitions include Le Centre Doctorate’Art, Portuguese-Au-Prince, Haiti, 1946, 48, 49, American British Art Center, New York City, 1947, 48, Associate American Artists Gallery, New York City, 1955, Barone Gallery, New York City, 1960, Kornblee Gallery, New York City, 1962, 64, White Museum, Cornell Univercity, 1965. Exhbt. group shows Museum Modern Art, 1961, 62, 63, Guggenheim Museum, 1962, Whitney Museum, 1952, 53, 62, 64. Representative permanent collections Museum Modern Art, Whitney Museum, Chase-Manhattan Bank, National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, others
Associate professor fine arts Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1963-1965.
Associate professor, artists-in-residence School Education, New York University, 1965-1967. Artist-in-residence Dartmouth, 1968.
Professor art department chairman College Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, from 1968. Fulbright scholar, 1949-1950.
Member College Art Association, Sculptors Guild, New Sculpture Group, American Association University Professors, Art Students League.
Married Clara Kalnitsky, February 27, 1942.