Bazelon graduated from Syracuse University, in 1949, and was awarded the Graduate Fellowship in Painting. In 1953, she moved to New York City, where she met, and subsequently married, the late American composer Irwin Bazelon [1922–1995] in 1960. Her early work focused on landscapes that include architectural elements and interiors. Bazelon often set these scenes against intensely patterned decorative borders—a stylistic device that became an integral part of her work. In 1969, Bazelon received a fellowship at the renowned Yaddo artists’ colony in Saratoga Springs, NY. Several years later, the artist held her first solo exhibition in New York City at the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery in 1971. Over the next few decades, Bazelon would be the subject of numerous one-person shows and group exhibitions held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, New York, among others. Her work resides in numerous collections internationally.
2015 The Prints and Drawings of Cecile Gray Bazelon, Palitz Gallery, Syracuse University, New York, NY
2013 Between the Spaces: Works by Cecile Gray Bazelon, Sue and Leon Genet Gallery at The Warehouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2008 Country and City Sites, Ezair Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Me, Botero and City Sites, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1992 New Paintings: Central Park Series, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Portraits of Contemporary Women, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1988 Cecile Gray Bazelon: Recent Paintings, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Cecile Gray Bazelon, AM Sachs Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Cecile Gray Bazelon, Paintings, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1975 Cecile Gray Bazelon, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY
1973 Cecile Gray Bazelon, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY
1971 Cecile Gray Bazelon, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Arnold Hoffman and the Art of the Print, Museum at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
1994-93 West Collection: Art and the Law, Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY. Traveled to: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA; James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, IL; and the Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
1993 Arnold Hoffman—The Screen Print Workshop, Bill Bace Gallery, Southampton, NY
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1992-91 West Collection: Art and the Law, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. Traveled to: Woodruff Art Center, Atlanta, GA; and the Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
1991 Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Lehman College of Art Gallery, New York, NY
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Architectural Themes in Art, Nabisco Brand Gallery, East Hanover, NJ
1988 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Columbus Museum, Members Gallery, Columbus, OH
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Baltimore Museum of Art, Collectors Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Columbus Museum, Members Gallery, Columbus, OH
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Baltimore Museum of Art, Collectors Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1985 The Museum at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
1981 & 1983 Arbitrage Gallery, Ltd., New York, NY
Out of New York, Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
1979 Butler Museum, Youngstown, OH
1978 Artists’ Postcard Series II, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Design, New York, NY. Traveled to various venues across Europe.
1975 Color, Light, and Image: International Women’s Show, Women’s Interart Center, New York, NY
1974 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1972 Landscapes, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1993 West Publishing Purchase Award
1991 West Publishing Purchase Award
1969 Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
1949 Graduate Fellowship in Painting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
American Income Properties, Los Angeles, CA
Bristol Myers-Squibb, Princeton, NJ
CitiBank, New York, NY
Southampton College, Southampton, NY
West Publishing Company, Eagan, MN
Syracuse University Art Collection, Syracuse, NY
2003 Jones, Kaylie. Speak Now, Akashic Books, New York, NY, 2003. [Book Cover: Orange Sky, 1995].
Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records, Albany, NY. [CD Cover: Night Sky Over Lexington, 1994].
2000 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records, Albany, NY. [CD Cover: Between the Spaces, 1995].
1999 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records, Albany, NY. [CD Cover: Summer Studio, 1997].
1998 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records, Albany, NY. [CD Cover: Split Tree, 1991].
1993 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records, Albany, NY. [CD Cover: Winterset II, 1993].
1992 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records, Albany, NY. [CD Cover: Red Stairs, 1985].
West Publishing Company: 1992 Calendar, Eagan, MN. [Book Cover: Winterset, 1990].
1977 DeLillo, Don. Players, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1977. [Book Cover: Blue Surrounded, 1972].
1976 Wilson Library Bulletin, Bronx, NY, May 1976. [Magazine Cover: Madison Square Park, 1973].
1973 Partch, Harry. The Bewitched, Composers Recordings, Inc., New York, NY. [Album Cover: Stairway Unto Infinity, 1972].
1970 Bazelon, Irwin. Symphony No. 5, Composers Recordings, Inc., New York, NY. [Album Cover: Woodcut of Composer, 1970].
