George Dombek

(http://www.georgedombek.com/pages/biography.html 10-7-09)George Dombek received a Bachelor's degree in Architecture and a Master's of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of Arkansas, his birth state, and went on to teach architecture at universities, in Arkansas, Ohio, Florida, Saudi Arabia and Italy.He never lost his passion for watercolor, however, generating an impressive catalog of work which has been exhibited in over 600 private, corporate and museum collections and more than 100 exhibitions including the Arkansas Arts Center, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Birmingham Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Butler Institute of American Art and the San Francisco Museum of Art.Among his more than 80 awards are recognition from the Southern Arts Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, the Florida Arts Fellowship, and most recently, a prestigious New York Studio Residency from the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation.He now divides his time between his Brooklyn studio and his self-designed home and studio in the Arkansas Ozarks.Permanent CollectionsAcxiom Corporation, Conway, ArkansasAerojet General, La Jolla, CaliforniaAlltel Corporation, Little Rock, ArkansasArab Heritage Gallery, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaArkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ArkansasArkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, ArkansasArkansas Sheriff’s Youth RanchThe Artery Association, Bethesda, MarylandArts and Science Center, Pine Bluff, ArkansasBank of Commerce, Tulsa, OklahomaBarnett Bank, Jacksonville and Tampa, FloridaBeaumont Art League, Beaumont, TexasBirmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama W. C. Bradley Company, Columbus, GeorgiaButler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OhioCarnegie Institute Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaChase Manhattan Bank, New York, New YorkCity Hall, Tallahassee, FloridaCrocker Bank, Los Angeles, CaliforniaDebevoise and Plimpton, Washington, D. C.Eichenbaum Liles & Heister, Little Rock, ArkansasEquity Life Assurance, New York, New YorkFlorida National Bank, Jacksonville, FloridaFort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, ArkansasGolden Artist Colors, New Berlin, New YorkHallmark Card Corporation, Kansas City, MissouriHenderson State University, Arkadelphia, ArkansasHistoric Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IllinoisIBM Corporation, Charlotte, North CarolinaKaplan, McLaughlin, Diaz, San Francisco, CaliforniaKimberly Clark Corporation, Little Rock, ArkansasLouisiana College, Alexandria, LouisianaMcDonalds Corporation, Chicago, IllinoisMeadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LouisianaMetro-Dade Center, Miami, FloridaMobile Oil, Houston, TexasMorton, Stanly, Dean Whitter, Little Rock, ArkansasMurphy Oil Corporation, Eldorado, ArkansasNantucket Industries, New York, New YorkNorthwest Mutual Life, Milwaukee, WisconsinNuVell GMAC, Little Rock, ArkansasParthenon Galleries, Nashville, TennesseeRoyal Commission, Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSchool of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MissouriSouthern Bell Corporation, Miami, FloridaSpringfield Art Museum, Springfield, MissouriStephens, Incorporated, Fayetteville, ArkansasStephens, Incorporated, Little Rock, ArkansasSun Bank, Jacksonville, FloridaTyson Foods Corporation, Springdale, ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville, ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas System, Little Rock ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock ArkansasUniversity of Central Arkansas, Conway, ArkansasWestern Electric, New York, New York3M, St. Paul, MinnesotaAwards2006 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant2005 Arkansas Arts Council Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement2005 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program1984 Third Place Cash Award, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri Cash Award, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania Selected for Tour, Auburn University, Auburn Alabama Purchase Award, Best in Show, Ouachita Mabee Fine Arts Center, Arkadelphia, Arkansas Cash Award, Parthenon Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee Honorable Mention, Brown and Scurlock Galleries, Beaumont, Texas Cash Award, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri 1983 Purchase Award, Parthenon Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee1982 Purchase Award, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri Purchase Award, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, Texas Cash Award, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas Watercolor Award, Chautauqua Art Galleries, Chautauqua, New York Cash Award, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri Best in Show Award, Purchase Award, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas Cash Award, School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri1979 Purchase Award, The Museum of Texas Technological University, Lubbock, Texas 1978 Third Place Award, All Media Competition ’78, Houston, Texas Cash Award, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas Honorable Mention, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama Purchase Award, The Museum of Texas Technological University, Lubbock, Texas Honorable Mention, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas1977 Roblee-McCarthy Award for Watercolor, Chautauqua Art Galleries, Chautauqua, NY Patricia Harris Award, 55th Shreveport National, Shreveport, Louisiana Cash Award, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri Award of Merit, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama Second Place Award, Brown and Scurlock Galleries, Beaumont, Texas Commerce Union Bank Award, Parthenon Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee Cash Award, Greater Birmingham Arts Alliance Annual Exhibition, Birmingham, Alabama First Place Award, School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri Second Place Award, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri Cash Award, Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee Honorable Mention, Gates Gallery, Port Arthur, Texas Cash Award, Parthenon Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee1976 Stanley J. Sadler Merit Award, 54th Juried Exhibition, Shreveport, Louisiana John Elliott Prize, 65th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Newport, RI Third Place Award, Exhibition South ’76, Binghamton, New York Henry R. Mallory Memorial Prize, 41st National Art Exhibition, Cooperstown, New York Roblee-McCarthy Award for Watercolor, Chautauqua Art Galleries, Chautauqua., NY Best in Show, Quinland Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Gainesville, Georgia Honorable Mention, 2nd Annual Exhibition, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK Third Annual Arena 1976, Binghamton, New York Honorable Mention, 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, Alabama Honorable Mention, 2nd Annual National Exhibition, Amarillo, Texas Third Place Award, Tri-State Art Exhibition, Beaumont, Texas Honorable Mention, Texas Fine Arts Association, 65th Annual Exhibition, Austin, Texas First Place Award, 15th Annual Artist Salon, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Purchase Award, 17th Dixie Annual, Montgomery, Alabama Honorable Mention, 26th Annual Exhibition, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri Merit Award, Juried Exhibition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Third Place Award, 26th Annual Competition, Houston, Texas Merit Award, New Mexico Art League, Small Painting Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM1975 Honorable Mention, 6th International Exhibition, Metairie, Louisiana Purchase Award, West Texas Watercolor Association Annual, Lubbuck, Texas Purchase Award, Fort Smith Bicentennial Art Competition, Fort Smith, Arkansas------------------------------------------------------------------------"Through all the years and so many different subjects, there has been a recurring theme: the deliberate order of architecture and the random order found in nature. There has always been a single goal in my work, to capture that silent order and, in it, provide a quiet place for meditation." George received a M.F.A. in painting from the University of Arkansas in 1977 and a B.A. in Architectural Design from the University of Arkansas in 1974. His work was shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, he received many awards and his work is featured in numerous corporate collections.