SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004     All that Remains; Abington Art Center; Jenkintown. PA

2003     Janet Towbin; Tadu Contemporary Art; Santa Fe, NM

2000     Janet Towbin: Obsession and Reinvention; The Butler Institute of American Art; ............
............Salem, OH

1998   . The Seduction of Black; The Westmoreland Museum of American Art;
............Greensburg, PA

1996     Alchemical Blue; The Hewlett Gallery; Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA

1995     Meditations on a Black Stone; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Pittsburgh, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006     Works on Paper-2006; Arcadia University Art Gallery; Glenside, PA

2005     Group Exhibition; Liz Spungen Fine Art; Exhibit 231; Philadelphia, PA

2004    .C.R. Ettinger Studio Recent Editions; The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

            Moore College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibit; Philadelphia, PA

            Several Steps Removed; Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial;Philadelphia, PA

            Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2004; The State Museum of Pennsylvania; ............
........... Harrisburg, PA

........... National Juried Print Exhibition-2004; Sumei Arts Center;
........... Newark, NJ

............National Spring Open Juried Exhibition; Wayne Art Center; Wayne, PA

............Works on Paper-2004; Arcadia University Art Gallery; Glenside, PA

2003     Labor; Abington Art Center; Jenkintown, PA

........... Works on Paper; Perkins Center for the Arts; Moorestown, NJ

........... On the Walls; Main Line Art Center; Haverford, PA.

2001     Group Show: Julia Bornefeld, Robert Petersen and Janet Towbin;
............Works on Paper; Philadelphia, PA 

2000     The 64th Annual Midyear Exhibition; Butler Institute of American Art; ............
............Youngstown OH

            Crosscurrents; The University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA

1999     89th Annual Associated Artists of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Museum of Art; ............
............Pittsburgh, PA

............63rd Annual Midyear Exhibition; The Butler Institute of American Art;
............Youngstown, OH

            8-Hour Drawings; Allegheny College; Meadville, PA

1998     Annual Associated Artists of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, PA

............The 62nd Annual Midyear Exhibition; Butler Institute of American Art; ............
........... Youngstown, OH                                             

............The 75th Annual Spring Show; Erie Art Museum; Erie, PA

............The Artist as Curator; Concept Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, PA

1997    .87th Annual Associated Artists of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Museum of Art; ............
........... Pittsburgh, PA

            61st Annual Midyear Exhibition; Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, OH

........... Group A Invitational: Towbin, Ludwig, Commanderos and Amidi; McDonough ............
........... Museum of Art; Youngstown State University; Youngstown, OH

           .26th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition; Bradley University;
.......... .Peoria, IL

           .On Paper; Carnegie Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, PA

1996    .Group A: Boxes; The Hewlett Gallery; Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, PA

............Drawing and Beyond: an Exploration of the Process of Making Marks; Gallery ............
........... in the Square; Pittsburgh, PA

SELECTED AWARDS

2004    Arcadia University Purchase Award; Works on Paper-2004; Arcadia University.

1997    The Leon Arkus Award; 87th Annual Associated Artists Exhibition; The Carnegie       ............
...........Museum.

1995    Art for AIDS; First Prize.

1994    The Carnegie Museum of Art Purchase Award; 84th Annual Associated Artists Exhibition;
...........The Carnegie Museum.

RESIDENCIES AND INTERNSHIPS

Cooper Union: 2004 Summer Residency Program in Printmaking

The Fabric Workshop and Museum

............2002-03 Internship: The Leonardo Drew Project

............2003 Spring Apprenticeship Program

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2003-2006  Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

............Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art; Textile Design

1998-1999  Carnegie Mellon University School of Art

............Pittsburgh, PA; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art: Lithography

GRANTS AND FUNDING

The Pittsburgh Foundation; Alchemy 1994

Harish Saluja; Alchemy 1994

Vira I. Heinz Arts on Tour; 1995-1997; Alchemy

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Carnegie Museum of Art

The Butler Institute of American Art

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art

Heinz Endowments Collection

Arcadia University

Cincinnati Bell Collection

Cooper Union Print Department

GALLERIES

Gallery Joe; Philadelphia, PA

Seven O Seven; Santa Fe, NM

Works on Paper; Philadelphia, PA

Dolan Maxwell; Philadelphia, PA