Harry Naar

Professor

• Email Address: hnaar@rider.edu
• Phone: (609) 895-5588
• Office: Fine Arts 359
• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Harry I. Naar is Professor of Fine Arts and Director of the Rider University Art Gallery.  He received his BFA from Philadelphia College of Art (University of The Arts) and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Indiana University, Bloomington.  He has also studied in Paris, France, meeting with he renowned French painter Jean Helion. 

	D and R Canal Acrylic on Canvas 36"x48"
	Ocean View Acryllic on Canvas 9"x12"

Professor Naar as exhibited his work in numerous one person and group exhibitions throughout the country in such venues as:

• The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
• The Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
• The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
• The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
• The New Jesey State Museum
• The USSR Artists Union Gallery, Moscow

His work is included in numerous private and public collections including:

• American Council on Education, Washington, DC
• The Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ
• The Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, NJ
• The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
• The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, NJ
• Bristol Myers Squibb Corp., NJ
• Johnson & Johnson Corp., NJ

In 2005, Professor Naar received a grant in printmaking from The Rutgers University Center for Innovative Print and Paper (Brodsky Center).  As Rider University Art Gallery Director, he has curated a wide range of exhibitions and has conducted and written numerous artists' interviews and exhibition catalogues.  He has exhibited over 100 artists in the Rider University Art Gallery.

For more information about Professor Harry I. Naar, please visit his website at www.harrynaar.com