Grace Knowlton

Resume

 

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