Resumé

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

Kites, Empire State Plaza Theatre, Collaboration with Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, Boundary Behavior, a Dance with Kite paintings projected on the back of the stage, Installation of selection of Kites in Empire State Plaza Theatre, 2024

microART Showcase, Installation of miniature paintings at Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2017

Triangles / Tondos / Triptychs, Atelier Cres Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia, 2015

Paintings, Empire State Plaza Theatre, for The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, Synesthesia, Albany, NY, 2014

Venice paintings, Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2013

Triangles / Tondos / Triptychs, Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2015

Meditative Radiance, Feneex Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2012

Paintings of Singular Delights, curated by E. Tornai Thyssen, HallSpace, Boston, MA, 2011

A Survey 1977 – 2010, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY, 2011
Selections from the exhibition traveled to:
The Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
Riverfront Studios, Schuylerville, NY
Gallery C, Raleigh, NC

Paintings on Paper, National Association of Women Artists, Inc., NYC, 2008

Postcards from New York to Venice, Ai Genovesi, Venice, Italy, 2008

Martinez Gallery, Off Site Exhibition, The Spectrum, Albany, NY, 2007

Color and Space, curated by Gallery C, Raleigh, NC, 2006, traveled to:
Columbus County Council for the Arts, Whiteville, NC
The Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC

Gallery C, Raleigh, NC, 2003

Fondo del Sol Gallery, Washington, DC, 2002

Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2002

Rathbone Gallery, The Sage Colleges, Albany, NY, 2001

Perrella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY, 2000

Retrospective Show 1988-1998, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 1998

The University Center Gallery, L.S.U., Shreveport, LA, 1997

Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 1997, 1992

The Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC 1997, 1982

Department of Art, McHenry County College, Chrystal Lake, IL, 1995

SUNY Adirondack, Visual Arts Gallery, Queensbury, NY 1995

The Forum Gallery, Gütersloh, Germany 1992

The Barrett Art Gallery, Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY 1986

Works on Paper, Brookside Museum, The Saratoga County Historical Society,  Ballston Spa, NY, 1977

Stockton State College, Pomono, NJ 1976

The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY 1973

The Mint Museum of Art, Garden Gallery, Charlotte, NC 1971


SELECTED TWO ARTIST SHOWS

Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY with George Hofmann, 2024

The Neptune Gallery, Bethesda, MD with Elaine Langerman, 2005

The Visual Arts Center, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY with Victoria Palermo, 2006

The Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY with Maria Hall, 2001

Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY with Ed Mayor, 1996

McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina College, Newport, RI, 1990

Dephena Fine Arts, Sacramento, CA, 1990

The Scoharie Council for the Arts, Cobelskill, NY with Gayle Johnson, 1995

Rensselaer Council for the Arts, Troy, NY with Lucy Kettlewell, 1977


SELECTED INVITATIONAL SHOWS

Address: Earth Art Expo, El Barrio’s Artspace, New York, NY 2025

Visual Poetry, Rod Summers Collection, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2025

Best of NC Art 2025, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC

25th Anniversary Show, Perrella Gallery, Fulton Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY 2024

Cigar Box Tradition Redux, Art Wall, David M. Hunt Library, Falls Village, CT, 2024

UN-ARCHIVE, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 2024

Art in Trench, Spazio Thetis Venice, Curated by Ruggero Maggi, Venice, Italy 2024.

Visual Poetry: New Vistas, Art Center of the Capital Region, Co-Curated by Willie Marlowe, Troy, NY 2023

Visual Poetry + Color, An Installation of 44 Artists, Curated by Willie Marlowe, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY 2023, traveled to:
Ferrari Gallery in Dallas, TX
The Ontological Museum Permanent Collection in to Albuquerque, NM

Arc of the Viral Universe, A Notebook Project by 38 artists
Curated by Carla Rae Johnson, Studio Theatre in Exile, Museum of Contemporary Art, Peeksville, NY 2023

To Market, to Market, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC 2023

Tag, You’re It, Opalka Gallery, Pine Hills Library, Albany, NY 2023

Entanglements, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY 2022

Online Benefit Show to Aid Ukraine, Margo Gallery, NYC, 2022

WORK OF ART Auction, Albany Institute of History and Art, 2022

NAWA Annual Members’ Show, One Art Space, NYC, 2021

2021 WORK OF ART Auction, Albany Institute of History and Art, 2021

The Painting Center Benefit, online auction, NYC, 2021

Air, Fire, Water, The Smithy Gallery, Cooperstown, NY 2021

Portrait of the Artist, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY 2021

Searching for the Gold, 20th Anniversary exhibition, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY 2021

Ensemble: Together Again, The Painting Center, NYC, 2020

Beyond the Classroom, Curated by John Paradiso, Portico Gallery, Brentwood, MD, 2020

Abstract: Change of Perception, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2020

Bewitched by Art, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY 2019

Half Moon to Halve Maen installation of B&W paintings and mail art
sent from Obras Holland Residency to Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY 2017

Big Idea, The Painting Center, Chelsea, New NY, 2017

Leporelli Veneziani, Archivo Emily Harvey, Venice, Italy, 2016

Art: Dada Centennial Art Exhibition, Nisa Touchon Fine Art, 1925 Rosina St., Santa Fe, NM, 2016

30th Anniversary Invitational, Saratoga Art Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2016

Friends of Ceres, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, 2016

Southern Discomfort, Gallery C, 540 N. Blount St., Raleigh, NC 2016

Flash Art, David M. Hunt Library, Falls Village, CT., 2016

Abstract: A Change in Perception, Curated by Robert Jean Ray, Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2015

Variations on Abstraction: 2010–2015, Transmission Gallery,
Curated by Robert Jean Ray, Oakland, CA, 2015

Collage: Sessions & Studio Selections, Curated by Robert Jean Ray Red Dot Gallery Sacramento, California, 2015

With A Little Help from my Friends, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, 2015

The Art of the Wild West, Gallery C, Curated by Charlene Newsom, Raleigh, NC, 2015

Candy Colored Dreams, Curated by Jon Gernon, Clement Art Gallery, Troy, NY, 2015

Lightning Rods and Framed and Unframed, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, 2015

23rd Annual Friends of Ceres Gallery, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, 2014

Micro Vision, Curated by Robert Jean Ray, Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2014

15.ART20, Invitational Show and Auction, Finland,
European Artists Association, European venues, 2014

Human Voice: Artist’s Social Comment
Curated by Robert Jean Ray, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, CA., 2014

Works on Paper, Galerie Doxa, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic, 2014

Personae, Archivo Emily Harvey, Venice, Italy, 2014

The Black & White Show, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 2014

Small + Seductive, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, 2014

The Legacy of Emily Harvey: A work in Progress, Archivo Emily Harvey, Venice, Italy, 2013

An Armory Show, Opalka Gallery, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY 2013

The Legacy of Emily Harvey, A Work in Progress,
Archivo Emily Harvey, exhibition by artists in the collection of the Foundation, Venice, Italy, 2013

Papyri, an invitational exhibition by former residents of the The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, Venice, Italy, 2012

Fountain Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, 2011

Archetypology, International Invitational Exhibition of nine artists
The Prima Center, Berlin, Germany
Mobius, Boston, MA,
Joliette, Quebec
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hertzegovina
Cres and Zagreb, Croatia

Galerie d’art Trudel au Belgo, Cruated by Christian Trudel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2011

Abstract 2000—2010, Curated by Robert Ray, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary, CA., 2011

Improvisations, Curated by Anne Diggory, Spring Street gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2011

5, Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD 2010

VirGO Girl! Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, 2009

Christmas Miscellany, Art Upstairs, Wexford, Ireland, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

Sojourns in Ireland and Italy: Marlowe, Martin, Morrell, Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY, 2009

Assiduity, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY, 2009

Closer, Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD. 2008

Dahlgren, Hope, Marlowe, Morrell, Opalka Gallery, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY, 2007

First Fifty, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 2007

Painting and Sculpture, Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY, 2006

Small Treasures I, II, III, IV, Deborah Davis Fine Art, Hudson, NY, 2003—2006

Two Artists, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 2002

Reprise, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 2002

Haven, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, 2002

Gallery Artists, Get Real Art, New York, NY, 2001

Post Millenium Mussings, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2000

Small Works, Stephen Gang Gallery, NY, NY, 1997

Foreman Gallery, Mezzanine, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, 1996

Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Three Person Show, Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, 1995

Art in Boxes, England & Co., London, England, 1993, Castle Museum, Nottingham, England, 1994

The Definitive Contemporary American Quilt, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY 1990. (Traveling Exhibition 1990—1993)

Friedmann Gallery, Gütersloh, Germany, 1992

1st International Biennial of Graphic, Gyor, Hungary 1992

The Regional Retrospective, The Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY 1990

Art of Today #3, 1990 & #2 1987, International Invitational Exhibition, The Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Artists’ Books, Library and Research Center, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC 1987

Contemporary Arts: Ancient Inspirations, Stux Gallery, Boston, MA 1987

Faces of the City: Albany Portraits For Three Centuries, The University Art Gallery, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 1986


SELECTED JURIED SHOWS

Piece by Piece, Juror, Robert Gullie, J Gernon Frame and Art, Troy, NY 2024

Upstate Artists, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY 2022

Built, Historic Albany, Albany, NY 2022

Winter Small Works Show, NAWA Gallery, New York, NY 2020

Neoteric Abstract VIII, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY 2020

Flat File, Collar Works, Troy NY 2020

The Bin, NAWA Gallery, NYC, 2020

Summer Small Works Show, NAWA Gallery, New York, NY 2019

Artists of the Mohawk/Hudson Region, 2019, 2014, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1982, 1980, 1979, 1977

Shelter, Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St. Nicholas Avenue,
New York, NY December 1, 2016 – January 3, 2017

Celebration, New York Public Library Mulbury Street Branch, Community Gallery, NoLita, New York, NY 2016

Summer Small Works Show, National Association of Women
Artists Gallery, New York, NY, 2016

Women Gazing Inward, Ceres Gallery, WCA New York Chapter, New York, NY, 2016

Emrupt, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Leigh Wen Fine Art, Chelsea, New York, NY, 2014

Biannual Exhibition, Arkell Museum, juried by Joel Chapin, Canajoharie, NY, 2014

1st Annual Watercolor Show, Clement Art Gallery, Troy, NY, 2014

Herstory, Liz Long Gallery, Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center, Chicago, IL, 2014

Vernissage des Femmes Artistes, NOWA, Florida Chapter, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, 2011

Insights into Suburbia, Opalka Gallery, Sage College of Albany, 2007
Robert L Ringle Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2007,
Dana Gallery, Rutgers University Newark Campus, Newark, NJ 2008

Works on Paper Annual Exhibition, Perrella Gallery, Fulton Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY, 2005, 2006, 2007

Generations III, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, 2002 (traveling exhibition)

Paper, Scissors, Stone, III Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA 2001

Annual National, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY 1999, 1998

Small Works, Nexus gallery, New York, NY, 1998

The Motion of the Ocean, The Ridge Street Gallery, NY, NY, 1997

Transforming Tradition, Woman Caucus for Art Annual National Conference Exhibitions, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, 1996

Sum of Its Parts, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI, 1996

Copy Art, Organization for Independent Artists, O.I.A. Gallery, New York, NY, 1995

Her Hands, Albin O. Kuhn Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1994.

Magnum Opus 93, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA, 1993

Revising Boundaries: Southern Women Artists, W.C.A., Seattle, WA, 1993.

Introductions, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1992

Chroma-Zone, Mesa Cultural Program, Mesa, AZ 1988 (selected for traveling exhibition, 1988—1992)

Women and Watercolor, Transco Energy Co., Houston, TX 1988

Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Dell Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 1986, 1987

10th Annual Small Works Show, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC, Juried by Holly Solomon, 1986

Letters, The Clocktower Gallery, NYC 1986

Mirrored Images, Merrill Hall, New York University, NYC 1986
Paper/Fiber IX, The Arts Center, Iowa City, IA, 1986. (AWARDED 2ND PLACE IN WATERCOLOR)

Fifth Annual Competition, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY. Juried by Pam Adler, 1986. (AWARD WINNER)

National Miniature Painting Competition, Prescott-Groos Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 1985 (COMPETITION WINNER-GROUP SHOW)


COLLECTIONS

Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction, Santa Fe, NM
Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center, Asheville, NC
The Davis Lisboa Mini-Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain
The Emily Harvey Foundation Collection, Venice, Italy
The Cill Rialaig Project Collection, Ballinskelligs, Ireland
Obras Holland, Renkum, Netherlands
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY
The Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland
Schenectady Museum, NY
Quad Graphics, Boston, MA
The Mint Museum of Art Library, Charlotte, NC
Artpool Archive, Budapest, Hungary
The Phoenix Group, East Greenbush, NY
First Albany Corporation, Albany, NY
The Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
The University Art Museum, SUNYA, Albany, NY
Legislative Offices, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY
The Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY
Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Fraida Varah, Inc., Albany, NY
Bullard, McLeod Inc., Albany, NY
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum (National Assoc. of Women Artists Collection), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Special Collections & Archives, University of Iowa Libraries, Willie Marlowe Archive of Mail Art 1983 – 2024, Iowa City, Iowa
Sackner Archive of Visual Poetry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
(In over 200 private collections in the US, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan)


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

TROUBLE
An international review of art and culture from Paris, published and edited by Matthew Rose.
Winter 2025, two visual poems included.

NEW CROTON REVIEW
New York journal of literature and visual art from Croton, NY.
Fall 2025, four paintings included.
Spring 2023, a painting and construction project included.
Fall 2022, a visual poem included.

SCENE 4
Monthly international magazine featuring reviews, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, photography, paintings, graphics, and poetry from Seattle, WA.
May 2024, a visual poem included.

TUPELO QUARTERLY
A literary review published by the Tupelo Press, North Adams, MA.
December 2022, six tondos included. Mary Kathryn Jablonski selected Lynne Browne, Francelise Dawkins, and Willie Marlowe for an article on Mandalas, Walking the Labyrinth.


CURATING

Guest Curator – Invitational Group Shows (Proposed concept to the Gallery)
Visual Poetry + Color, Installation of 8 x 8 inch panels by 44 International and USA artists, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, 2023
Passports, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 2022
Habits and Shelters, 8 Regional artists, Project Space, Russell Sage College, 1993
also included International Mail Art Installation Project House 1
Two Invitational Group Shows at Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
Five/Color/Express, 1986
Collages and Constructions, 1984

Co-Curator – Invitational Group Shows
Visual Poetry: New Vistas, 8 Regional artists, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY 2023
Posted Projects by Four, with Dr. Sheldon Hurst, Director of Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY/Adirondack, Queensbury, NY, 1995
Four Invitational Group Shows with Harold Lohner, Director of the Russell Sage College Gallery, Troy, NY
Zoologic, 1994
Incantations, Fettishes, Charms, 1990
Angels, 1989
Mirror-Mirror, 1983
In and Out of Bounds, Women Printmakers in Upstate NY, Greenhut Gallery, Albany, NY, 1989
Artists Choose Artists, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY, 1983


RESIDENCIES

Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice, Italy, 2024, 2019, 2014, 2010, 2008, 2006
Obras Holland, Renkum, Netherlands, 2017
Atelier Cres Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia, 2015
Milkwood International Residencies, Cesky Krumlov, South Bohemia, Czech Republic, 2014
The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Ireland, 2005
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, 1999


VISITING ARTIST

Albany-Tula Alliance Delegate in Visual Arts, Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University, Tula, Russia, 2006
Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, (solo show at Wexford Art Centre Gallery, lecture, and workshop), 1998
University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy, 1989
Partners of the Americas, Lectures at the U.S. Embassy and at Colleges in Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies, 1986


GRANTS

S.O.S. (Strategic Opportunity Stipend), Rensselaer County Council on the Arts and N.Y. Foundation for the Arts, 2011,2008, 2006, 2003, 2002, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1993, 1992, 1991
Faculty Development Grants, Sage College of Albany, 2005, 1995, 1991, 1984, 1981, 1978
Artists Space NYC (for solo show at Lake George Arts Projects), 1988
NYSCA (for Solo show at the Barrett Art Gallery, Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY) 1986


AWARDS/HONORS

Included in Lives that Influenced, Centennial Celebration, The Sage Colleges, Sage Crossroads, Troy, NY, 2016
Honorary Lifetime Membership in the National Association of Women in the Arts, New York, NY 2015
Les Urbach Lifetime Achievement Award, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 2014
Women’s Roundtable, Visual Arts, East Carolina University, NC, 2013
Distinguished Faculty Service Award, 1996, Sage College of Albany


AWARDS IN PAINTING SHOWS

Artists of the Hudson Mohawk Regional Annual Exhibition, New York
University Art Museum, SUNYA, Selected for Invitational Show, 2000
University Art Museum, SYNYA, Purchase Award, Schenectady Museum, NY, 1997
Schenectady Museum, Purchase Award, The State University Art Museum, SUNYA, 1977
Schenectady Museum, Lewis A. Swire Award, 1995

Colonie National, Morningside Gallery, F.J. Carlson Memorial Award, Loudonville, NY 1999

Gallery 17, The NY State Museum, Juror’s Award, Albany, NY, 1988

Chroma-Zone, Mesa Cultural Program, Mesa, AZ 1988, (Selected for traveling exhibition, 1988-1992)

Fifth Annual Competition, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Juried by Pam Adler, Awarded Two Person Show, Cornwall on Hudson, NY 1986

Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor, Old Forge, NY, Selected for traveling exhibition, Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY, 1986

Annual National North Carolina Miniature Show, Davidson County Art Guild, Honorable Mention, Lexington, NC, 1986

National Small Works Competition, Prescott-Groos Gallery Gallery, Awarded Group Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico

First National Annual Miniature Painting Exhibition, Riverview Gallery, Awarded Second in Acrylics, Southport, NC, 1985

International Art Competition, Metro Arts, Inc., Medal, Scarsdale, NY, 1986

10th Annual Small Works Show, Washington Square East Galleries, Selected for Juror’s Choice Gallery, NYC Juried by Holly Solomon, 1986

Paper/Fiber IX, The Arts Center. Iowa City, IA AWARDED 2ND IN WATERCOLOR, 1986

Herland II, The Oswego Art Guild, Honorable Mention in Watercolor, Oswego, NY, 1986


EDUCATION

M.F.A. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1969
B.S. School of Art, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1965
The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Summer 1964
Peace University, Raleigh, NC, Merida, Yucatan, course in Mexican Culture and Civilization, Summer Study, 1993


TEACHING

Professor Emerita, The Sage Colleges, Professor, Painting and Drawing, Department of Visual Arts, Sage College of Albany, 1977–2008
Sabbatical 2004 & 1986
Chair of the Department, 1979–1982

Celtic Connections, Sage International Program, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Summer 2001

Sage College at Oxford, Somerville College, Oxford University,
Oxford, England, Summer 1992

Distinguished Faculty Service Award, 1996, Sage College of Albany

Adjunct Faculty, Skidmore College and University Without Walls, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1970–74

Independent Study, Painting, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, 1982

Mentor, Advisor, Empire State College, Albany, NY, 1975, 1983

Adjunct Faculty, Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY, 1975–1977

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