Stephen Westfall

1953
geboren in Schenectady, NJ, USA

 

1978
MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

 

 

Lehraufträge

Assistant Professor of Painting, Rutgers University, NJ, USA
Bard College, Annandale-on-the-Hudson, New York, USA
Distinguished Visiting Artist, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, USA Resident Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA School of Visual Art, New York, USA

 

 

Preise & Auszeichnungen

 

2009-10
Rome Prize Fellowship 2007
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 2006
Nancy Graves Foundation Grant 2005
Class of 1932 Fellow of the Council of Humanities, Princeton University 2002
Academy Award in Painting, American Academy of Arts & Letters 1993
National Endowment for the Arts 1989
National Endowment for the Arts 1988
New York State Council on the Arts 1987
National Endowment for the Arts 1986
New York State Council on the Arts

 

Lebt und arbeitet in New York, USA.

 

 

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)

 

2021
Stephen Westfall: Persephone, Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY, USA

 

2018
The Patchwork Veil, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2017
Stephen Westfall, Robischon Gallery, Denver, USA

 

2016
Crispy Fugue State, Lennon Weinberg Inc., New York, USA

 

2015
Stars and Candy Wrappers, AD&A Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Californien, USA
Jewel Curtain, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

 

2014
Above the Desert of Non-Objectivity Stars Are Diamonds, LA Projects, Landshut Stephen Westfall. Oracle, OMI International Arts Center, Ghent, NJ, USA

 

2013
Jesus and Bossa Nova, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2011
Seraphim: Paintings and Works on Paper, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2010
The Rome Prize: Recent Painting, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, Kalifornien, USA
Pavimentazione sul Muro, American Academy, Rom, Italien

 

2009
Recent Gouaches, Room for Paper, San Francisco, Kalifornien, USA Stephen Westfall: New Y(W)ork, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Schweiz

 

2008
Stephen Westfall: New Works, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2007
Stephen Westfall, Solvent Space, Richmond, Virginia, USA

 

2006
Stephen Westfall: New Paintings, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2005
Stephen Westfall: Recent Paintings, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Schweiz Stephen Westfall: New Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, Kalifornien, USA New Works on Paper, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

2004
Stephen Westfall, Paal Kunst & Konzept, München
Stephen Westfall: Paintings, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, Frankreich

 

2003
Stephen Westfall, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Stephen Westfall: New Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, Kalifornien, USA Stephen Westfall: New Paintings 2002-2003, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2002
Stephen Westfall: New Paintings, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Schweiz

 

2001
Stephen Westfall, Galerie Paal, München
Stephen Westfall: New Paintings, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2000
Five Paintings: Stephen Westfall, Colgate University, Gallery of the Department of Art and Art History, Hamilton, New York, USA

 

1999
Stephen Westfall: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Paal, München
Stephen Westfall: Abstract Journey, A Twenty Year Survey, Belk Gallery at Western Carolina University,Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA (Katalog)
Stephen Westfall: New Paintings, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Schweiz
Stephen Westfall: New Paintings, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

1998
Stephen Westfall, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, Frankreich

 

1997
Stephen Westfall: Neue Bilder, Galerie Paal, München Stephen Westfall, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, Frankreich

 

1996
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Schweiz Stephen Westfall, Galerie Paal, München

 

1995
Stephen Westfall: New Paintings, Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, USA

 

1994
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Schweiz Galerie Paal, München

 

1993
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA Erik Stark Gallery, New York, USA

 

1991
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA Pretto Berland Hall, New York, USA

 

1990
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA
Lawrence Olivier Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

 

1988
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA

 

1987
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA

 

1984
Tracey Garet Gallery, New York, USA

 

1978
University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, USA

 

 

Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)

 

2022
Pattern and Time, The Re Institute, Millerton, NY, USA

 

2021
Unerkannt – Bekannt, Kunstmuseum Appenzell, CHE
Poems and Paintings, Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY, USA

 

2020
ADAPT: Iteration III, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, USA Paintings from Isolation, Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY, USA Visiting Artist’s Studios, Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY, USA

 

2019
PATTERNS, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel, CH
TRIPLE, kuratiert von Jan van der Ploeg, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
2019 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, USA

 

2017
Concurrent Exhibitions in Abstraction: Stephen Westfall, Deborah Zlotsky, Jason Karolak, Kate Petley, Don Voisine, Marcelyn McNeil, Wendi Harford, Lloyd Martin, Robischon Gallery, Denver, USA

 

2016
10 Ways, RCM Galerie, Paris
Bedazzled, Lehmann College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, USA
Painting Color, LSU School of Art Glassel Gallery, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, USA Chromatic Space, kuratiert von Jonathan Lippincott, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC, New York, USA
Welcome Back Show, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Chasing the Rose, A group exhibition curated by Lindsey Brown and Rose Burlingham, Clinton Corners, NY, USA
The Onward of Art – American Abstract Artists 80th Anniversary Exhibition, Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, New York, USA
Visible Histories – American Abstract Artists, curated by Max Weintraub, Morris-Warren Gallery, New York, USA

 

2015
INTRO, Clement & Schneider (jetzt Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn
Oysters with Lemon, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Fiber Optic, Minus Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Karma Funk Farm – Polly Apfelbaum & Stephen Westfall, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI, USA
A Few Days, Lennon, Weinberg Inc, New York, USA
Re-Op: ‘The Responsive Eye’ Fifty Years After, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Salon du Dessin, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2014
Electric Zinnia Field, kunstgaleriebonn (jetzt Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn
Santa Barbara, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Fifty Years of Distinguished Alumni, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
To Leo, A Tribute from the American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Sensory Impact, April 25, Morgan Stanley World Headquarters, Purchase, NY, USA Geometry Poems – curated by Katherine Mojzsis & Ronna Lebo, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

2013
Papier/Paper III, kunstgaleriebonn (jetzt Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn
Julian Pretto Gallery Exhibition, MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Punchline, The Institute Library, New Haven, CT, USA
American Abstract Artists, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA AAA Print Portfolio, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA Welcome Back Show, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Wit, The Painting Center, New York, USA

 

2012
Conceptual Abstraction, Hunter College Art Galleries, New York, USA
Welcome Back Show, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
InsideOutsiders: Mary Heilmann and Friends, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, New York, USA
Mind Head, JiM Contemporani, Barcelona, Spanien
The Family Show, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, New York, USA
The Annual: 2012, National Academy Museum, New York, USA

 

2011
American Abstract Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
ABSTRACTION, The Icebox and Grey Area, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Draw the Line, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, USA
Ghost in the Machine: curated by Stephen Westfall, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, New York, USA
Reverie: curated by Stephen Westfall, Zürcher Studio, New York, New York, USA American Abstract Artists International / 75th Anniversary, Galerie oqbo, Berlin American Abstract Artists / 75th Anniversary, OK Harris, New York, New York, USA
Paper A-Z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, New York, USA
American Abstract Artists, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

 

2010
Welcome Back Show, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Lateralisms, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, New York, USA
American Abstract Artists International, The Otranto Castle Museum, Otranto, Italien Ends and Means, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA
A Continuum of Creativity – Chautauqua Anniversary Show, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, USA

 

2009
Color-Time-Space, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery and Lohin Geduld Gallery, Brooklyn and New York, USA
Personal Abstraction, HKJB, Brooklyn, New York, USA
The Ballad That Becomes An Anthem, ACME, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA

 

2008
Flow Chart, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA
The Idea of Nature, 33 Bond Gallery, New York, USA
Present Tense, Spanierman Modern, New York, USA
One of a Kind; Monoprints, Monotypes, The Gallery, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, New York, USA

 

2007
Taking Shape, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc, New York, USA
Lateral Attitudes, Raritan Valley Community College, Sommerville, New Jersey, USA (Katalog)
Welcome Back Show, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Written on the Wind: The Flag Project, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA (Katalog) The Fall Dutch Barn Show, Rose Burlingham Fine Art at Lindsey Brown Upstate Studio, Clinton Corners, New York, USA
Paper, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

2006
Close Proximity: Works of Intimate Scale, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, Texas, USA Entre Chien et Loup, Blue Acier Inc., Tampa, Florida, USA
ArtHouston: Introductions, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, Texas, USA
White II: An Exhibition of White Paintings, Howard Scott Gallery, New York, USA Sharon Brant, Edward Shalala, Stephen Westfall, Wooster Arts Space, New York, USA Stille Abstraktion: Minimalismus von Internationalem Rang, Galerie im Alten Rathaus, Prien am Chiemsee (Katalog)

 

2005
IDEAL: Selections from the American Abstract Artists, Metaphor Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Group Exhibition: Gallery Artists, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc, New York, USA Watercurrents 2005, Kouros Gallery, New York, New York, USA (Broschüre mit einem Essay von Stephen Westfall)
Optical Simulations, American Abstract Artists, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, New York, USA

 

2004
Negative Space, The Galeria Nacional of the Museo de Los Ninos, San Jose, Costa Rica (Katalog)
Anxiety, The Painting Center, New York, USA (Katalog)
Art for a Landmine Free World, Silent Auction, PaceWildenstein, New York, USA
The Art of the Definite, DC Moore Gallery, New York, USA
Abstraction Pure & Impure, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
Toys in the Attic, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, New York, USA
Slightly Off Center: 14 Artists, The Vermont Studio Center at 55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Exhibition for Jurors, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massechusetts, USA Intersections, Douglas Elliman Gallery, New York, USA
Group Show, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA
Eccentric Spaces: The Fiction of Place, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

2002
Working the Grid, The Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
177th Annual Invitational Exhibition, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, USA
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, USA
New Year New York New Work, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA
The Tipping Point, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

 

2001
Stephen Westfall & Sheila Kramer, Rico, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Beauty Without Regret, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Abstraction and Immanence, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, USA 2000
Painting Abstraction, New York, Studio School, New York, USA

 

1999
Selected Work from the 1998-99 Manhattan Exhibition Season, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
OM, Dorsky Gallery, New York, USA
Compliments, The Educational Alliance, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York, USA

 

1998
München-New York, Kunstbunker Tumulka, München
Real Fiction, Wigmore Fine Art, London, Großbritannien
Utz: A Collected Exhibition, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, USA

 

1997
After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting After 1970, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, USA
Abstraction Index, Condeso Lawler Gallery, New York, USA
Abstraction/abstractions, geometries provisoires, Musee d'art moderne, Saint-Etienne, Frankreich
FIAC, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, Frankreich

 

1996
Bare Bones, TZ ART and Co., New York, USA
Trois Collections d'Artistes, Martin Disler, Gunther Forg, Oliver Mosset, Musee Cantonale, La-Chaux-De-Fonds, Schweiz
Radikale Malerei, Galerie Paal, München
Balancing Act, Room, New York, USA

 

1995
Minimal Optimal, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, USA
The Uninvited - Bill Barrette, Rico Espinet, Brian Wood, Apex Art, New York, USA Critics as Artists, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, USA
Geometric Abstraction, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Contemplative Geometry, Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, USA

 

1994
Geometry en Question, Galerie Zurcher, Paris, Frankreich
The Conservative Vocabulary, An American Vision, Galerie Schlegel, Zürich, Schweiz Whateva, Dru Arstark, New York, USA
1993
Uses of Geometry, Snyder Gallery, New York, USA
New Grid Paintings, Stark Gallery, New York, USA
Basel Art Fair, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA
Paintings, Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, USA
Jours tranquilles a Clichy, Paul Goyannes, Paris, Frankreich, und Tennisport, Long Island City, New York, USA

 

1992
Geometric Strategies, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, USA Behind Bars, Thread Waxing Space, New York, USA
Works on Paper, Diane Brown Gallery, New York, USA

 

1991
Conceptual Abstraction, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
18 Artists From New York, Galerie Lohrl, Mönchengladbach
Figuring Abstraction, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, USA
Just Painting, Trenkman Gallery, New York, USA
Processing Syntax, John Good Gallery, New York, USA
Post War Geometric Concepts, 1945-1990, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, USA 1990
The Ends of Paintings: The Edges of Abstractions, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, Kalifornien, USA
Group Show, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA
Abstract Painting, Lawrence Olivier Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Specific Metaphysics, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, USA

 

1989
Expressive Geometries, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
John McCracken, Olivier Mosset, Stephen Westfall, Terrain, San Francisco, Kalifornien, USA
Abstract Options, University Art Museum at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, USA
Currents 6: Abstraction, Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Small Works, New Abstract Painting, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, USA Newcastle Salutes New York, Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, Großbritannien
Block Art Galleries, Northwestern University, Santa Clara de Saisset Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

1988
Works on Paper, Shea & Becker Gallery, New York, USA
Formal, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA and Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, USA The Four Corners of Abstract Painting, IGT, New York, USA

 

1987
Fiction/Nonfiction Gallery, New York, USA
D'Ornamentation, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA
Zürich Forum, Zürich, Schweiz
Art Across the River, Outer Limit Gallery, New York, USA
The Four Corners of Abstraction, Elisabeth McDonald Gallery, New York, USA Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

 

1986
Paintings and Objects, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA
Abstraction/Abstraction, Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA und Paul Klein Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Red, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, USA
Abstraction Rediscovered, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, USA Movements, Philip Dash Gallery, New York, USA
From the Gallery, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, USA
Spirit Tracks: Large Abstract Drawings, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, USA

 

1985
Final: Love, Cash/Newhouse Gallery, New York, USA
Critics and Dealers, Mo David Gallery, New York, USA
Humanist Abstraction: Geometric Painting of the 50s and 80s, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, USA
Between A & D, Holly Solomon Gallery, 57th St., New York, USA
Precious, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, USA

 

1984
Currents 6: Abstraction, Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Small Works, New Abstract Painting, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, USA Newcastle Salutes New York, Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, Großbritannien

 

1980
Abstraction 1980, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA

 

1978
West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

1974
New Talent, Edward Thorpe Gallery, New York, Edward Thorpe Gallery

 

 

Sammlungen

 

Albertina Museum, Wien, Österreich
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Bon Märze, Paris, Frankreich
Kemper Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Dänemark
Microsoft, Seattle, Washington, USA
Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Rubin Museum, New York, USA
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, USA Whitney Museum, New York, USA

 

 

Bibliografie (Auswahl)

 

2012
Karmel, Pepe. Conceptual Abstraction. Exhibition catalog. Hunter College Art Galleries, New York, NY, 2012

 

2011
Cohen, David. Purism off Kilter: Stephen Westfall as painter and curator. The Abstract Critical, August 2011
Green, Nancy E. Splendor of Dynamic Structure: Celebrating 75 Years of the American Abstract Artists, catalogue. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 

 

2011, p.77
Miller, Leigh Anne. The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won’t Want to Miss, Art in America, May 2011
Mulvihill, Evan. Gallery Hopping in Chelsea, Paper & String, April 29, 2011
Naves, Mario. Reverie, cityArts, June 14, 2011
Panero, James, Gallery chronicle. The New Criterion, Volume 29, June 2011, p. 50-52. Saltz, Jerry. Agenda: Art, New York Magazine, May 16, 2011, p. 84
Smith, Roberta. Stephen Westfall: Seraphim, Lennon Weinberg, Inc, The New York Times. May 6, 2011
Whitman, Arthur. Museum Offers Abstraction, Old and New. Tompkins Weekly 5.21 (Mar 14-20 2011): 8

 

2009
Baker, Kenneth. Galleries – Room for Painting Room for Paper. San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, 2009, p. E-1
Baorutt, Ursula. Stephen Westfall. Kunst Bulletin 5/2009, May 2009, p.56
Panero, James, Gallery chronicle. The New Criterion, Volume 28, October 2009, p. 52
Roth, David M., Stephen Westfall & Marie Thibeault @ Room for Painting, Room for Paper, Square Cylinder.com, June 4, 2009
Schmidt, Kristin. Der Raster der Grossstadt, Tagblatt, Montag, 23. Marz 2009, f3

 

2008
Esplund, Lance. Gallery Gazing in New York. The Wallstreet Journal, November 28, 2008
Ryan, Paul. The Relativity of Boundaries: Art, Technology, And Visual Culture, Art Papers, März/April 2008, p. 69-70
Schjeldahl, Peter. Goings on About Town. The New Yorker, November 24, 2008

 

2007
Holliday, Frank. Abstraction Reconsidered. Gay City News, Juli 26 – August 1, 2007 Naves, Mario. Painters Shape Up for Sommer. The New York Observer, Juli 24, 2007

 

2006
Cohen, David. Hints of Disorder Within Grids and Stripes. The New York Sun, April 6, 2006, p. 19
Goodrich, John. White II: An Exhibition of White Paintings. Artcritical.com, März 2006 Maine, Stephen. Dateline Brooklyn. Artnet.com, Januar 5, 2006
Maine, Stephen. Stephen Westfall at Lennon, Weinberg. Art in America, September 2006
Morgan, Robert C. Stille Abstraktion. Catalogue Essay, Galerie im Alten Rathaus, Prien am Chiemsee, Deutschland, 2006
Walentini, Joe. Stephen Westfall, Lennon, Weinberg. Abstract Art Online, April 2006 Yau, John. Interview with Stephen Westfall. The Brooklyn Rail. April 2006, p. 36-40 2005
Crazy Happy. St. Gallen Daily Newspaper, Culture, April 6, 2005
La Rocco, Ben. Ideal: Selections from the American Abstract Artists, Metaphor Contemporary Art, The Brooklyn Rail, Juli/August 2005

 

2004
Leffingwell, Edward. Stephen Westfall at Lennon, Weinberg, Art in America, Januar 2004
Weidle, Barbara. Something of this World, artnet.com, 2004

 

2003
Cohen, David. Purism off Kilter: Stephen Westfall as painter and curator. The New York Sun, October 2, 2003
Johnson, Ken. Stephen Westfall, The New York Times, October 17, 2003
Naves, Mario. A Happy Bind, The New York Observer, October 15, 2003

 

2002
Goodrich, John. Working the Grid, Exhibition Catalogue essay, The Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, 2002
Sozanski, Edward J. Art that just Grew, Art, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Februar 3, 2002 Wilkin, Karen. At the Galleries, Partisan Review, Sommer, 2002, p. 423-433

 

2001
Amy, Michaël. Stephen Westfall at Lennon, Weinberg. Art in America, November 2001 Carlisle, Susanna. Group Show: Beauty without Regret. THE magazine, August 2001, p. 59
Dailey, Meghan. Stephen Westfall. TimeOut, May 17-24, 2001. Issue 295
Hammond, Anna. Stephen Westfall at Lennon, Weinberg, Art in America, November 2001
Kushner, Robert. Beauty Without Regret, Catalogue. Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2001
Naves, Mario. Stephen Westfall, Still Kicking Ass. The New York Observer, May 21, 2001
Newhall, Edith. All the Right Moves. New York Magazine, May 28, 2001
Smith, Roberta. Stephen Westfall, The New York Times, May 4, 2001

 

2000
Volk, Gregory. Five Paintings: Stephen Westfall. Catalogue, The Gallery of the Department of Art and Art History Colgate University, 2000

 

1999
Chambers, Christopher. Picks. NYarts, März/April 1999, p. 75
Cotter, Holland. Art in Review: Stephen Westfall. The New York Times, März 12, 1999 Johnson, Ken. Om, The New York Times, Art Guide, März 12, 1999
Lee, Catherine. Abstract Journey: Stephen Westfall, Catalogue. Western Carolina University Belk Gallery, Cullowhee, NC, 1999
Levin, Kim. Voice Choices: Stephen Westfall, The Village Voice, März 30, 1999 McDonough, Tom. Stephen Westfall at Lennon, Weinberg, Art in America, June 1999, p. 117
Nahas, Dominique. Stephen Westfall: New Paintings at Lennon, Weinberg, d’ART International, Spring/Sommer 1999, p. 36
Naves, Mario. A Spring Roundup. The New Criterion, May 1999, p.56-58
Newhall, Edith. Talent, New York Magazine, März 15, 1999
Wilkin, Karen. At the Galleries, Partisan Review, No. 3, Sommer, 1999, p. 490

 

1998
Begg, Tori and Sotiris Kyriacou. Real Fiction, catalogue. Wigmore Fine Art, London England, 1998
Grenier, Alexander. Stephen Westfall: Distorted. Pariscope, November 4-10, 1998 Moody, Rick. Art is Dead, Long Live Art. Modern Painters (American Edition), Spring, 1998, p. 80-81
Smith, Roberta. Review: Utz, The New York Times, Februar 20, 1998

 

1997
Dagen, Philippe. Un panorama d l'absrtaction contemporaine au Musee d'art moderne de Sainte-Etienne. Le Monde, März 2, 1997
de Chassey, Eric and Camille Morineau. Abstraction/Abstractions, Geometries Provisoires, catalogue. Musee d'art Moderne, Saint Etienne, France, 1997
Pinte, Jean-Louis. Stephen Westfall: L'espace sonore de la toile. Le Figaroscope, Februar 12, 1997, p. 22
Wei, Lilly. After the Fall: Aspects of American Abstract Painting After 1970, catalogue. Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York. 1997

 

1996
Mack, Gerhard. Leuchtende Bilder der Nacht. Extra Cash n 47, November 22, 1996 Mattes, Von Roland. Wilma Lock: Stephen Westfalls vielschichtige Malerei offnet neue Dimensionen. Ostschweiz, Dezember 13, 1996
Zwischen Rationalitat und Intuition, Vorarlberg Nachrichten, November 23, 1996

 

1995
DeRicco, Hank. Stephen Westfall: Painting. The New York Intelligencer, Fall, 1995 Karmel, Pepe. Stephen Westfall, The New York Times, November 3, 1995 Ostrow, Saul. Stephen Westfall. Cover Magazine, October 1995

 

1994
Edelman, Robert. Stephen Westfall, Art in America, Januar 1994, p. 100

 

1993
Group Shows, The New Yorker, Juli 21, 1993
Saltz, Jerry. Let Us Now Praise Artist's Artists. Art & Auction, April 1993, p. 74-115 Smith, Roberta. Shades of a Rebirth for Painting. The New York Times, June 18, 1993, p. c28

 

1992
Carrier, David. Afterlight. Arts, März 1992, p. 60-61
Handy, Ellen. Stephen Westfall, Arts Magazine, Januar 1992
O'Rourke, Meg. Behind Bars, catalogue. Thread Waxing Space, New York. 1992

 

1991
Pacheco, Patrick. The New Faith in Paintings. Art and Antiques, May 1991, p. 58-97 Zinsser, John. Geometry and its Discontents. Tema Celeste. September 1991, p. 74-74

 

1990
Gardner, Paul. How to Succeed. ARTnews, Februar 1990, p. 134-137
Kalina, Richard. Stephen Westfall at Daniel Newburg and Julian Pretto/Berland Hall. Art in America, October 1990
Myers, Terry. Stephen Westfall, Lapiz, May 1990
Pagel, David. The Ends of Paintings: the Edges of Abstractions Catalogue from
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, 1990

 

1989
Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. The Current State of Nonrepresentation. Visions, Spring, 1989 McCoy, Pat. Stephen Westfall. Arts Magazine, Februar 1989, p. 85
Ostrow, Saul. Stephen Westfall, Flash Art, März-April 1989
Perl, Jed. Art, Vogue, August 1989
Pinte, Jean-Louis. Vogue Magazine, August 1989, p. 216-219
Plous, Phyllis. Abstract Options, catalogue. University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara. 1989, p 21-36
Woodward, Joseph. The New Abstractionists: Santa Barbara. Artweek, Februar 18, 1989, vol. 7

 

1988
Joyner, Phil. Stephen Westfall/Daniel Newburg Gallery. Cover Magazine, Sommer, 1988 Mahonely, J.W. Peter Brown/Stephen Westfall. New Art Examiner, Winston Gallery, The Round Table Project, Bomb Magazine, Part 1, Spring, Part II, Sommer 1988
Masheck, Joseph. Going Formal. Catalogue Essay, Dart Gallery, Chicago, 1988
Perl, Jed. Autumn Alphabet (Stephen Westfall). The New Criterion, März 1988

 

1987
Brenson, Michael. Sunday Guide. The New York Times, Juli 19, 1987
Cotter, Holland. Stephen Westfall, Art in America, October 1987
Saltz, Jerry. Beyond Boundaries, New York's New Art. Essays by Roberta Smith & Peter Halley, 1987
Sofer, Ken. Stephen Westfall, ARTnews, September 1987
Wat, Pierre. Stephen Westfall, Geometriquement Votre. Beaux-Arts, Februar, 1997, p. 34

 

1986
Indiana, Gary. Village Voice, März 1986
King, Elaine. Abstraction/Abstraction, Catalogue. Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1986
Schwabsky, Barry. Abstraction and It's Double: Transformation Within the Constructive Mode. Arts Magazine, September 1986, p. 68-71

 

1985
Siegel, Jeanne. Artists/Critics of the Eighties: Peter Halley and Stephen Westfall. Arts Magazine, September 1985, p. 72
Sokolowski, Thomas. Precious. Catalogue, Grey Gallery, New York University, 1985 Storr, Robert. Stephen Westfall, Art in America, Januar 1985, p. 138-139

 

1984
Bowman, Russell. New Abstraction, catalogue. Milwaukee Art Museum, WI, 1984 Cotter, Holland. Stephen Westfall. Arts Magazine, Dezember 1984
Henry, Gerrit. Review. ARTnews, Dezember 1984, p. 156
Plous, Phyllis. Ed. Neo York, Exhibition Catalogue with essays by Dan Cameron, Michael Kohn, Nicolas Moufarrege, Walter Robinson, U.S.C., Santa Barbara, 1984
Zabel, Barbara and William Zimmer. Small Works, New Abstract Painting. Catalogue, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, 1984