Exhibitions & Awards
1947Solo show - Silbersher's Art Gallery, Milburn, NJ
Solo show - Paper Mill Playhouse Art Gallery, Milburn, NJ
19482nd Award - "Stone Quarry" - National Arts Club, New York, NY
1950Elisha Boudinot Keith Memorial Award - "Attic Room" - National Arts Club
B. Agnes Noyes Award for Best Oil Painting - 20th Annual NJ Exhibit
- Montclair Art Museum
1952Joint show with Bessie Slade DeFeo
1954Honorable Mention - Annual Exhibition of American Oil Painting - National Arts Club
1955Fifty American Artists Show - Arthur Newton Galleries, E. 57th St., New York, NY
1956Fifty American Artists Show - Arthur Newton Galleries, E. 57th St., New York, NY
19571st Honorable Mention - Thumb Box Exhibition - Salmagundi Club
1958Antoinette Scudder Memorial Award - Annual NJ State Art Show
- Art Center of the Oranges
Solo show - Lambertville House - Lambertville, NJ
Solo show - Art Club of St. Petersburg, FL
2nd Award - Annual NJ State Exhibit - Hunterdon County Art Center
1959Solo show - Farleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
1960Del Vecchio Prize for Best Small Oil - "Abandoned Shed" - Phillips Mill - New Hope, PA
2nd Award - Hunterdon County Art Center
135th Annual Exhibition - National Academy of Design
1961Solo show - Swain's Art Store and Gallery - New Hope, PA
2nd Award - Annual NJ State Show - Art Center of the Oranges
2nd Award - Festival of Fine Arts - Monmouth College
1964New Hope Historical Society Exhibition of Professional Painters & Schulptors
- New Hope, PA
2nd Patron's Prize - "Barn Siding" - Phillips Mill
1965Mr. & Mrs. John Richardson Prize - "Sentinel Beyond the Wall" - Phillips Mill
"Canal Gear" - purchase by Newark Museum for permanent collection
"Sentinals Beyond the Wall"
- Newark Museum "Selected Work of Contemporary NJ Artists"
2nd Prize - "Seed Loft"
- 7th Annual Exhibit of the American Assoc. of University Women
Solo show - Spook Farm Gallery - Far Hills, NJ
"Painters of the NJ Scene 1865-1965" show - Argus Gallery - Madison, NJ
Eastern States Art Exhibition - Springfield, MA
Joint exhibit with Barbara Kes Farnham - Lambertville House
1967Contemorary Americans - Seton Hall University - South Orange, NJ
1968Purchase Award - Newark Museum
Solo show - Little York Mill Gallery - Little York, NJ
1972Top Award - American Artist Professional League, Annual State Exhibit, NJ
Group show - "Contemporary NJ Masters" - Heritage Arts Gallery
1975Solo show "Architectual Patterns" - Gallery 9 - Chatham, NJ
1977Solo show - Benedict Gallery - Madison, NJ
1979-1980Awarded Fellowship by NJ State Counsel on the Arts
19811st Place - Summit Art Center
1988Silver Anniversary Award - Clinton Historical Museum
Franklin T McClintock Memorial Award - Phillips Mill
1993Arthur J. Ricker Award - Phillips Mill
2005"Honorable Artist" - 76th Annual Fall Exhibit - Phillips Mill
2007-2008Solo show - "Alexander Farnham, Brought to Light" - Jim's of Lambertville
Other awards include:
Top Award - Artist Looks at Hunterdon County Exhibit
1st Prize - 3rd Annual Plainfield Outdoor Arts Festival
Silver Medal - "Hayloft" - NJ Tercentenary Art Exhibition
Other exhibitions include:
Solo show - Summerset Art Assosiation
New Jersey State Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Art Museum, London, Ontario
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario