His work has been on display at countless group exhibitions and one-man shows.
PIERMONT, NY, April 19, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Martin Berkon with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Mr. Berkon celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Berkon is a prominent and talented artist and painter who has been refining his work for decades. Accomplished by developing a personal concept of abstraction in oil, acrylic and watercolor, he first planned on pursuing a career as a magazine illustrator but quickly changed his major to fine arts. Attending Pratt Institute in 1952, he later studied with Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt and Jimmy Ernst while pursuing his bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College, which he completed in 1954. He then went on to earn a master's degree at New York University five years later in 1959. Once he established himself as an artist, Mr. Berkon began sharing his talents in the classroom, teaching and lecturing at numerous colleges in and around New York.
Acquiring his first teaching position at Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1966, Mr. Berkon later taught and served as a guest lecturer at Nassau Community College, taught at the City University of New York, and lectured at both Middlebury College and St. Thomas Aquinas College. His work has been on display at countless group exhibitions and one-man shows at such locations as the Schering Plough Corporation Gallery in Madison, NJ, the Blue Hill Cultural Center in Pearl River, NY, and the Genesis Galleries in New York City, among several others. Mr. Berkon's works were also acquired by The Aldrich Museum and the Vero Beach Museum and are in the corporate collections of Texaco, Pepsico and Pfizer. Commissioned to create paintings for NASA in both 1984 and 1987, his paintings were on display in the NASA Gallery of Art at the Kennedy Space Center and were exhibited in many museums throughout the country. His exposure dates back as far as the late 1950s when he was first featured in a group exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, Mr. Berkon served in the U.S. Army and married his wife Eileen Phyllis Eichel in 1960. He has been featured in every edition of Who's Who in America since 1995.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Martin Berkon has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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