Grace Knowlton
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2010 Marina Gallery, Cold Springs, NY
2009 Lesley Heller Gallery, In the Garden, New York, NY
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY
2008 Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Garrison Arts Center, Garrison, NY
2007 Pearl Gallery, Stoneridge, NY
Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
Carl Van Brunt, Beacon, NY
2006 Carl Van Brunt, Beacon, NY
Whirlwind Gallery, New York, NY
Pearl Art Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY
2005 Imaging Art, Tappan, NY
2004 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY
Blue Hill Art Center, Pearl River, NY
2002 Bates College Museum, Lewiston, ME
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Rosenberg & Kaufman, New York, NY
2001 Davis & Hall, Hudson, NY
1999 The Century Association, New York, NY
1997 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY
1995 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY
1994 M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
1992 M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
1991 Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
Witkin Gallery, New York, NY
Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon, AZ
1989 Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
Witkin Gallery, New York, NY
Hopper House, Nyack, NY
1987 Hillwood Gallery, Long Island University,
C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY
1986 Twining Gallery, New York, NY
Witkin Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Twining Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery 291, Atlanta, GA
Susan Harder Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Susan Harder Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Books & Company, New York, NY
Aaron Berman Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY
1977 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Rockefeller Arts Center, State University, NY
1974 Razor Gallery, New York, NY
Todorof Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1973 Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1971 Spectrum Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Neuberger Museum Auction, Neuberger, NY
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Garrison Sculpture Tour, Garrison, NY
Garnerville Art Center, Garnerville, NY
2006 10 x 10 x 10, Ellenville, NY
Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY
Century Association, New York, NY
Art Students League, New York, NY
2005 Tuscon Museum of Art, Paint on Metal, Tuscon, AZ
Heidi Cho, New York, NY
Century Association, New York, NY
Art Students League, New York, NY
2004 Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Ramapo College, NJ
2002 Sugar Hill Art Center, New York, NY
Rosenberg & Kaufman, New York, NY
Century Association, New York, NY
2001 Elena Zang Gallery, Works on Paper, Woodstock (Shady), NY
Lannan Foundation, East Hampton, NY
Nassau Museum, Manhasset, NY
Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
Hopper House, Nyack, NY
2000 Elena Zang Gallery, Outdoor Sculpture, Woodstock (Shady), NY
Soho Photo Gallery
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Davis & Hall, Hudson, NY
Kate Ganz Gallery, New York, NY
Art Students League, New York, NY
Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
1999 Elena Zang Gallery, Outdoor Sculpture, Woodstock (Shady), NY
The Century Association, New York, NY
1998 Elena Zang Gallery, Outdoor Sculpture, Woodstock (Shady), NY
Sculptors Draw, Rosenberg and Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
Masterworks by Instructors, The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Hands, Workspace, New York, NY
Masterworks by Instructors, The Art Students League of New York
1997 M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1996 Square Bubbles, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY.
1995 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
The Century Association, New York, NY
1994 Boston College Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, MA
Washington Art Association, Washington, CT
Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor, NY
1993-06 Longhouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY
1993 Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Parsons School of Art, New York, NY
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
1992 YMCA, New York, NY
1991 M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Baruch College, New York, NY
Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Independent Curators Incorporated, New York, NY
Sculpture Outdoors, Philadelphia, PA
The Century Club, New York, NY
The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY
1989 Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
Blue Hill Art Center, Pearl River, NY
14 Sculptors, New York, NY
Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY
Hillwood Gallery, Long Island University, C.W. Post
Campus, Brookville, NY
1988 Twining Gallery, New York, NY
Fergus-Jean & Associates, Columbus, OH
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 International Center for Photography, New York, NY
1986 Aldrich Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1983 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
Dallas Museum of Modern Art, TX
1982 Roberson Center for the Arts, Binghamton, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York, NY
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Harvard University School of Design, Cambridge, MA
1980 O.I.A., Wards Island, NY
1978 Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Webb & Parsons Gallery, Bedford, NY
1977 Bonino Gallery, New York, NY
1872 Spectrum Gallery, New York,, NY
1969 Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C.
GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / TEACHING / TALKS / JURIES
2007 San Francisco Garden Conservancy Talk, San Francisco, CA
Scholastic National Awards Jury
Garrison Art Center Talk, Garrison, NY
2006 Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2003 Instructor, William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ
2003 The Nadine Carter Russell Endowed Chair,
College of Art and Design, LSU, Furthermore Grant
2002,04 Instructor, Provincetown Work Center, Provincetown, MA,
2002-01 Instructor, National Academy of Design, New York, NY,
2001 Instructor, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
1998 Riverhouse Editions, Steamboat Springs, CO
Instructor, Provincetown Work Center, Provincetown, MA
1998-06 Instructor, The Art Students League, New York, NY
1997-05 Residency and Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1996 Riverhouse Editions, Steamboat Springs, CO
Northern Engraving Corp., Lacrosse, WI
1989 EHCCA, Outdoors Installation Project Grant
1987 Public Arts Fund, Inc.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Omi, Field Sculpture Park, Chatham, NY
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Bergen, NJ
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Kingsborough College, Queens, NY
Lannan Foundation, Florida
Longhouse Foundation, East Hampton, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Mobil Corporation, Washington, DC
Museum of Outdoor Art, Denver, CO
Mt. Holyoke College Museum, South Hadley, MA
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Northern Engraving Corp., Lacrosse, WI
Prudential Insurance Company of America, NY
Roberson Center for the Arts, Binghamton, NY
Smith College Museum, Northampton, MA
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
Sugar Hill Arts Center, NYC
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Yale University Museum of Art, New Haven, CT
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2002-06 Nassau Museum, Manhasset, NY
2001-06 Wheatley Plaza, Glen Cove, NY
2001 Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
1999-06 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1998-06 Blue Hill Industrial Park, Rockland County, NY
Franconia Sculpture Park, Minneapolis, MN
1993-06 Longhouse, East Hampton, NY
1989 East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY
1887-88 C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
1987 City Hall Park, New York, NY
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
1986 Stamford Art Museum, Stamford, CT
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EDUCATION
1982 Master of Arts in Art and Education, Columbia University Teachers College, New York
1954 Bachelor of Art in Art, Smith College, Northampton, MA