About
Audrey Code was born in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Italian and Irish second generation parents. Audrey was copying comics at age 6 and went to art school at age 10, taking Saturday classes at the Carnegie Museum. Memories of the blast furnaces’ flaming reflections in the river at night made a huge impression on her.
Later in her formative years, Code studied with Balcomb Greene and Samuel Rosenburg at Carnegie Mellon University while gaining her BFA in Painting. She went on to study painting with Leo Manso and Victor Candel at a Provincetown workshop in 1961. There she met many artists including Alan Kleiman, who later became her husband in 1963. The following year, Code moved to New York City to be with Kleiman and further her artistic career.
During the 70’s and 80’s, much of her work was influenced by natural phenomena (Carl Sagan’s Nova Programs on PBS specifically) as well as paintings from the Renaissance era.
Some notable accomplishments include the following…. In 1981 Audrey was awarded the CAPS award by the New York Council of the Arts. In the 1990’s, Code appeared on PBS with Neil Grayson discussing her work featured at the Dactyl Foundation in Soho, NYC.
Recent exhibits of Code’s include Women: Diverse Interludes at Andre Zarre Gallery in Chelsea in August 2009 and Grand Gestures at the Broome Street Gallery in October 2009.
Education & Professional Experience
Education
Carnegie-Mellon University, BFA in Painting | University of Pittsburgh, MFA
Solo Exhibitions
2014 West Beth Gallery
2011 The Painting Center, Chelsea, NYC
1997 Dactyl Foundation, Soho, NYC
1990 La Nicola Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Celebrity Center, NYC
1988 East End Gallery, Portland, ME
1987 Esta Robinson Gallery, NYC
1986 PS 1, Long Island City, NY
1982 Scherer Gallery, Princeton, NJ
1979 Frank Marino Galley, Soho, NYC
1975 Hansen Gallery, Soho, NYC\
1972 Three Rivers Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1964 Area Gallery, 10th Street, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 West Beth Gallery
2009 Andre Zarre Gallery, Women: Diverse Interludes
2009 Broome Street Gallery, Soho, NYC: Grand Gestures
2008-2009 Broome Street, Invitational, Soho, NYC
2006 Miller Gallery, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2000-2005 Atlantic Gallery, Soho, NYC
1998 Howe Fine Arts, Keane, NJ
1998 Robert Steele Gallery, Soho, NYC
1996 Puffin Room Gallery, Soho, NYC
1993-1995 Blondie Gallery, Soho, NYC
1991-1993 Andre Zarre Gallery, Soho, NYC
1989 Rabbitt Gallery, News Brunswick, NJ
1986 22 Woosters Street Gallery, Soho, NYC
1985 Kenkeleba Gallery, “Gathering of the Avant Garde” NYC
1983 Hankook Gallery, 57th Street, NYC
1982 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, NY
1982 Birchfield Center, Buffalo, NY
1979 PS 1, Long Island City, NY
1978 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
1977 Landmark Gallery, Soho, NYC
1977 Prince Street Gallery, Soho, NYC
1963-1966 Area Gallery, 10th Street, NYC
*Won 1981 Caps Award New York Council of the Arts*