Faculty Profile

Gina Werfel
Professor Emerita (Years of Service: 2000-2022)

M.F.A., Columbia University, Painting and DrawingCertificate, New York Studio SchoolB.A., Hamilton College (Kirkland College), Clinton, NY

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Professor emerita in group show at Col Gallery

Gina Werfel

Professor emerita Gina Werfel is featured in the group show Alchemies of Place at the Col Gallery in San Francisco.

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Professor Werfel in “Art for Your Collection”

Gina Werfel

Professor Gina Werfel’s new show “Art for Your Collection” opens at the Catherine Fosnot Gallery in New London, CT in December 2 with a reception from 6-8 pm.

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Professor Werfel in solo show at Prince Street Gallery

Gina Werfel

The Prince Street Gallery is presenting a new solo exhibition of Professor Gina Werfel latest paintings.

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Gina Werfel in Parabole of Unity

Gina Werfel

Professor Gina Werfel is participating in the group show “Parabole of Unity” at LichtundFire in New York.

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Gina Werfel Receives Prize in NY Group Show

Gina Werfel

Professor Gina Werfel was honored with a Mercedes Matter Award for her work “Intersection,” which is currently included in the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture’s Virtual 2020 Alumni Exhibition. Werfel’s award was presented by Christine Berry of Berry Campbell Gallery in New York. The show is available online through August 31.

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Gina Werfel interviewed by New York Studio School

Gina Werfel

The New York Studio School published a studio interview with Professor Gina Werfel, an alumni of the program. Listen to Werfel discuss her process and adapting to social distancing in her practice.

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Gina Werfel and Hearne Pardee on teaching art online

Gina Werfel Hearne Pardee

Professors Gina Werfel and Hearne Pardee are featured in a recent article looking at how art studio faculty and students are coping with online art instruction. In “Remote: Teaching art online” in Two Coats of Paint, author Peter Plagens explores how faculty and students are “venturing into the breach” of this new classroom experience.

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Gina Werfel in Pendulum of Time

Gina Werfel

Professor Gina Werfel is participating in the group show “Pendulum in Time” at LichtundFire in New York. The gallery, which was closed, has re-opened and will be on view until July 11.  Art511 Magazine posted an article on the show. You can read it here.

Lichtundfire
175 Rivington Street
New York, New York USA 10002

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Art Professor and Alumnae Create Public Art in Sacramento

Hearne Pardee Gina Werfel

Art professor Hearne Pardee and art department alumnae Julia Couzens (M.F.A., ’90) have created public artworks recently unveiled and dedicated in Sacramento.

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Gina Werfel at the Prince Street Gallery

Gina Werfel

Professor Gina Werfel’s solo exhibition “Conversation” will open on March 24 at the Prince Street Gallery in New York City. “Conversation” will be on display until April 18, 2020.

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Pardee and Werfel Featured in Coast to Coast

Hearne Pardee Gina Werfel

Works by Professors of Art Hearne Pardee and Gina Werfel will be featured in “Coast to Coast,” an exhibition opening at the Paul Thiebaud Gallery in San Francisco on Sept. 26. The show highlights works by New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, West Coast Alumni Association. 

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Gina Werfel in Clearing

Gina Werfel

“Clearing” is a solo exhibition featuring the work of Gina Werfel that runs from November 6, 2016 to January 30, 2017.

A reception and wine tasting will be held November 6 from 2-4 pm.


Please contact the winery for a viewing of “Clearing” after November 6:
707-968-2200

Robert Mondavi Winery
7801 St. Helena Highway
Oakville, CA 94562

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Gina Werfel at the Winter Art Salon
Saturday, February 13 – Monday, February 15, 2016

Gina Werfel

The Kimball Art Center invites you to be part of this signature art world event showcasing Park City as a cultural, as well as recreational, hot spot in winter during the peak of winter tourism. The Winter Art Salon is a four-day event that will showcase a variety of luxury vendors and highly recognized artists of a wide range of styles and price points, offering an attractive cultural event during the Presidents’ Day holiday weekend.

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Art Studio in Paris and the French Riviera
June 28-July 25, 2015

Gina Werfel Hearne Pardee

Students will explore Paris and the French countryside, architecture and art by drawing and painting on-site, in museums, and from live models. We begin the program in a beautiful chateau situated on a sandy beach overlooking the Mediterranean—a landscape that inspired the Impressionists. There will be field trips to Le Cannet, Nice and Vence—focusing on the works of Matisse, Bonnard and Picasso.

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Study Abroad

Gina Werfel

I teach painting and drawing classes at UC Davis and have always had a strong relationship with artists from France and Italy, Titian, Pontormo, Matisse, Cezanne, etc. I have spent many months abroad, studying great works of art in museums and churches there.

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Art 105A
Advanced Drawing

Gina Werfel

Instructor: Gina Werfel
Mondays and Wednesdays, 9-11:50 AM, ART 231

Exploration of composition and process in drawing. Emphasis on the role of drawing in contemporary art and on drawing as an interdisciplinary practice. GE Credit: Arts & Humanities, Visual Literacy

CRN 63955 

You can find more information on Art Studio Fall Quarter courses, majoring in Art Studio and major requirements here.