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Current Gallery Representation
Brandt-Roberts Galleries, Columbus, OH
Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden, SC
B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY
530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions (click on title for exhibit catalog):
2019. To Define a Feeling, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2017. Piercing the Veil, The Works Museum, Newark, Ohio
2016. Vermont Meditations, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2014. Hidden Presence, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2012. Vermont Stories, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2010. Visual Synergy, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2009. Upstream, Goldberg Gallery, Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center, Columbus, Ohio
2008. Chasing Fireflies, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2007. Bexley Public Library, Bexley, Ohio
2004. Beyond Words, Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2002. 853 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1999. Morning Calm Gallery, New York, New York
Grants/Awards:
2017. Recognition Award, Emerald Spring Exhibition 2017 National Juried Show, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Oregon
Award of Merit, 2017 Heartland Artist Exhibition, Irene B. French Community Center Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2016. Supply Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
Artist’s in the Community, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Residency at Vermont Studio Center
Honorable Mention, Focus on Color National Exhibit, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia
2013. Donni Dingman Memorial Award, Shades of Pastel National Exhibit, Delapaine Visual Arts and Education Center, Frederick, Maryland
Second Place, Butler Institute of American Art’s 77th Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2012. Second Place, 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Artists in the Community Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
2006. Finalist, Miami University Young Painters Competition for William & Dorothy Yeck Award, Oxford, Ohio
2003. Award of Merit, The View 2003, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
2002. Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2000. Nominee for Artist’s Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, New York
Recent Selected Group Shows:
2021. National Juried Arts Show, Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County, Douglasville, Georgia
Authenticity and Identity, Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C.
All Abstract, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
Bryn Du Art Show, Bryn Du Mansion, Granville, Ohio
February Group Art Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
58th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
Magnum Opus, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael California
Shear Madness: Juried Collage Exhibition, Northville Art House, Northville, Michigan
January Group Art Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2020. December Group Art Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
SALI National Abstract Art Exhibit XVI, Garfield Park Arts Center, Greenwood, Indiana
Abstract Only! 10th Anniversary Hawaii Art Alliance Exhibition, Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawaii
Abstract 2020 an open juried online exhibition, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, Massachusetts
65th International Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, California
National Juried Arts Show, Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County, Douglasville, Georgia
2020 Small Works Big Talent, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Abstract National Exhibition 2020, KT Wiedemann Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
WAOW 50th Anniversary All Member Exhibition, Headwaters Art & Conference Center, Dubois, Wyoming
Viewpoints 2020, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey
January Group Art Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Pinnacle 2020, Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida
2019. The Power of Pink, The New Studio for Visual Arts, Jupiter, Florida
NNAC 2019, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WisconsinGadsden Art Association 61st Annual Juried Show, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, Alabama
WAOW Mountain Aire 49th National Exhibition, Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, Colorado
2019 Heartland Artist Exhibition, Irene B. French Community Center Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
Growth and Change-an Artistic Interpretation, Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, New Jersey
2018. Gadsden Art Association 60th Annual Juried Show, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, Alabama
Butler Institute of American Art 82nd National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild 2018 Connections Exhibition, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, California
15th Annual VMRC Juried Art Exhibition, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, Virginia
2018 Heartland Artist Exhibition, Irene B. French Community Center Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
2017. 62nd International Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, California
Connecticut Women’s Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Art Center East, Vernon, Connecticut
2017 National Juried Painting Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
NOVAS 2017, Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville, Douglasville, Georgia
ViewPoints 2017, Aljira a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
Textures and Patterns, Fredericksburg Center for the Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Emerald Art Center Spring Exhibition: National Juried Show, Springfield, Oregon
30th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, 45th International Art Show, Brownsville, Texas
For and About Women, Fredericksburg Center for the Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia
2017 Heartland Artist Exhibition, Irene B. French Community Center Art Gallery, Merriam, Kansas
Bibliography
Stacy Leeman, “I Still May Push a Little,” Faithfully Feminist: Jewish, Christian & Muslim Feminists on Why We Stay, Edited by Gina Messina-Dysert, Jennifer Zobard and Amy Levin, August, 2015.
Susan Breen, “Stacy Leeman: Vessels,” Mother-Musing, June 18, 2013
Kaizaad Kotwal, “Pairing Produces Plenty of Energy,” The Columbus Dispatch, January 18, 2007 D4.
Elizabeth Ann James, “Art Sizzles at Sharon Weiss Gallery,” The Short North Gazette, October 2006 15-16.
Chris Bournea, “’Landscape’ Exhibit Offers Different Perspective on Nature,” This Week in Upper Arlington, January 24, 2006.
Billy Mayr, “Sculptor, Painter Celebrate Energy Found in Life,” The Columbus Dispatch October 14, 2004 Weekender 3.
Nancy Smeltzer, “Canvases of Faith: A Map of the Artist’s Quest,” The New Standard September 23, 2004 17.
Bill Mayr, “Covering New Ground,” The Columbus Dispatch September 25, 2003 Weekender 18
Ina Horwitz-Whitmore, “Schumacher’s ‘The Painted Surface’ Runs Through Dec. 6” This Week in Bexley A5.
Lectures:
2012. “Marketing and Branding in the 17th Century: How Artemesia Gentileschi, Judith Leyster and Velasquez Present Themselves” Columbus State Community Colllege, Columbus, OH
2007. Visiting Artist Lecture, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
2006. Visiting Artist Lecture, Otterbein College, Westerville,
Gallery talk, Concourse Gallery of the Upper Arlington Municipal Center, Upper Arlington, OH
2005. Visiting Artist Lecture, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
2003. “What’s In a Name?” Faculty lecture Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH
Gallery talk, Concourse Gallery of the Upper Arlington Municipal Center, Upper Arlington, OH
Education:
M.F.A. Visual Arts, Rutgers University, 2001
B.A. Studio Art, Oberlin College, 1994
Parsons School of Design, Paris, France, Fall of 1992.
Professional Experience
2008-present Adjunct Professor in art and interdisciplinary arts Ohio University, Lancaster, Ohio
2007-2009 Adjunct Professor in art department Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
2002-present Adjunct Professor in art and interdisciplinary arts at Ohio University, Pickerington, Ohio
2001-present Adjunct Professor in art department Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio
2000-2001 Instructor of record in foundation course at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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