E D U C A T I O N
MFA Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
: : Graduate Fellowships in Art History, and Fine Arts
BA Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Academia Artium, Madrid, Spain
S E L E C T E X H I B I T I O N S
2024
Radical Reimagining : : Newark Museum of Art : : co- curated by Atteqa Ali, Associate Curator, Arts of Global Asia at Newark Museum of Art, + Adrienne Wheeler
The Archeology of Memory : Watchung Art Center : : Watchung, NJ : : curated by Tris McCall + PE Pinkman
The Big Small Show : : Drawing Rooms : : Jersey City, NJ : : curated by Anne Trauben
Arthouse Annual Affordable Art Show : : Art House Gallery : : Jersey City, NJ : : curated by Andrea McKenna
Curator’s Choice : : Art150 Gallery: : Jersey City, NJ : : co-curated by Arthur Bruso + Raymond E. Mingst, co-directors Curious Matter, Jersey City
WAE OPEN : : Heidi Gallery @ JSDD : : West Orange, NJ : : curated by Nigel Freeman, director of African American Art at Swann Auction Galleries, + Tricia Laughlin Bloom, Senior Curator of American Art at Newark Museum of Art
JCAST Tangled Up in Blue : : Newport Centre, Jersey City : : Artfair 14C curatorial team
All Things Great + Small : : Art150 Gallery: : Jersey City, NJ : : curated by PE Pinkman
The Art Project with Drawing Rooms, Jersey City : : solo lobby installation at The Oakman, curated by James Pustorino
We Curate : : Art150 Gallery : : Jersey City, NJ : : curated by the artists of ProArts JC
House of the Sun, Solo Show : : Watchung Art Center : : Watchung, NJ :: curated by PE Pinkman
Stepping Up, ProArts Jersey City : : Art150 Gallery : : Jersey City, NJ : : curated by Brad Terhune
2023
Faces + Places: : Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY : : online gallery exhibition
The Big Small Show : : Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ : : curated by Anne Trauben
Hunterdon Art Museum : : Members Showcase : : Clinton, NJ : : curated by Juno Zago
S L O W S E L F I E : : Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ : : curated by Anne Novado
Something Blue : : Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY : : curated by Robert P. Langdon
To Darken Lightly : :The Factory, Long Island City Artists, NY, curated by Audra Lambert
Underground : : Hamilton Street Gallery : : curated by Brian McCormack + Joan Sonnenfeld
Refrigerator Poetry Archive : : online + catalogue : : curated by Perri Neri
State of the Art : : Leach Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Works on Paper : : LBI Foundation, juried by Marilyn Symmes, Independent Curator, NYC
Then + Now : : Watchung Arts Center, curated by PE Pinkman
Traces : : The Gallery Space / Rahway, curated by Lawrence Cappiello
JCAST, Jersey City, solo lobby installation at Dvora Art House, curated by James Pustorino
2022
JCAST, Jersey City, solo lobby installation at Dvora Art House, curated by James Pustorino
Right Now Pop Up: : Art150 Gallery, Jersey City
Equinox : : Art150 Gallery, Jersey City, curated by Dorie Dahlberg
Unmasked : : LBI Foundation, juried by Dr. Jessica T. Smith,
Curator of American Art + Manager of Center for American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Tell Me More About Yourself : : Gallery Aferro, Newark, curated by Juno Zago
State of the Art : : Leach Gallery, Montclair NJ, curated by Studio Montclair
Black + White to Glorious Color : : Watchung Ars Center, curated by Alpana Mital
The Maximum Minimum : : The Gallery Space / Rahway, curated by Lawrence Cappiello
Rewriting Herstory: Volume Two : : Online exhibition with Drawing Rooms, + in printed publication
2021
Master Copies / Interpretations : : LBI Foundation, juried by Jennifer Thompson,
Curator of European Painting + Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Orange Reclaimed : : i19 Gallery, virtual creative gallery
curated by Grace Modla
Off the Wall with Walk Bye : : JCAST Pro Arts outdoor banner exhibition,
150 Bay St, Jersey City, NJ
2020
Prayers for the Pandemic, Prayers for Progress : : Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ,
juried by Anne Trauben
Works on Paper 2020 : : LBI Foundation, juried by Sarah Suzuki,
Curator Drawings & Print, Museum of Modern Art
The Blues : : The Painting Center, New York, NY
curated by Lisa Pressman + Kathy Cantwell
Glimpse : : Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, curated by Evonne M. Davis + Jo-El Lopez
JCAST at the Oakman, Jersey City, NJ, yearlong solo curated by James Pustorino
2019
The Big Small Show: All Animals Welcome: : Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Works on Paper 2019 : : LBI Foundation, juried by Louis Marchesano,
Senior Curator of Prints & Drawings, Philadelphia Museum of Art
JCAST at the Oakman, Jersey City, NJ, yearlong solo
curated by James Pustorino
2018
Pleasure & Terror en Plein Air : : Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
The Big Small Show : : Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2017
The Big Small Show : : Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Mothers : : Rectangle Gallery, Orange, NJ
Step Into Liquid : : Ovo Gallery, South Orange, NJ
2016
Night Under the Stars Invitational : : Visual Arts Center NJ, Summit NJ
2015
NEXUS : : Arts Guild NJ, jurors Emma Wilcox and Evonne Davis
Invitational : : Visual Arts Center NJ, Summit NJ
2014
International Juried Exhibition : : Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
juried by Evonne Davis
2013
No One Could Tell You : : for The Sketchbook Project
Traveling exhibition, archived at The Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn NY
Invitational : : Visual Arts Center, NJ, Summit NJ
2011
NEXUS : : Arts Guild NJ, juror Rocio ArandoAlvarado
Invitational : : Visual Arts Center NJ, Summit NJ
2009
28th Annual Metro Show : : City Without Walls, Newark NJ
Wall to Wall : : City Without Walls, Newark NJ
Night of 1000 Drawings: : Artists Space, New York NY
2007
Wish You Were Here 6 : : A.I.R. New York NY
The Landscape : : Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
2006
Blank Canvas : : Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit NJ
VIN digital exhibition VIN, Baltimore MD
Wish You Were Here 5. : : A.I.R. New York NY
Generations 5 Invitational : : A.I.R. New York NY
LandScope: Recent Landscape Imagery : : Arts Guild Rahway NJ
2005
Wish You Were Here 4 : : A.I.R. New York NY
19th Annual International Juried Show : : NJ Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ
juried by Christa Clark, Curator of Art, Newark Museum
2004
23rd Annual Metro Show : : City Without Walls, Newark NJ
juried by Rocio Aranda, Rhea Anastas
Synopsis @10 : : Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange NJ
2003
Recent Work, w/ith Jonathan Soard : : 7 Ops, New York, NY
The Innocence of Ornaments : : Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison NY
2002
Essex Exposed 3 : : Gallery of South Orange, South Orange NJ
juried by Marilyn Kushner - Head, Prints & Drawings, Brooklyn Museum of Art
21st Annual Metro Show : : City Without Walls, Newark NJ
juried by Joyce Korotkin, Lauren Wittels, Patterson Sims
2001
OPA National Juried Show : : Hopper Art Center, Nyack NY, Exceptional merit,
juried by Brooke Kamin Rapaport , Associate Curator Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art
2000
Recent Paintings with Richard Bosman : : RC Fine Arts, Maplewood NJ
Summer Salon : : Object/Image Gallery, Brooklyn NY
19th Annual Metro Show : : City Without Walls, Newark NJ Award for Exceptional Merit*
Essex Exposed 2 : : Gallery of South Orange, South Orange NJ
14th Annual International Juried Show : : NJ Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ
juror Dan Cameron
Drawing from Perception : : Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton OH
Fast Forward : : Gallery OneTwentyEightt, New York NY
1999
Rewind : : Gallery OneTwentyEight, New York NY
200 x 200 : : Sharon Gill, Montclair NJ
Laura Lou Levy solo exhibition : : Gallery of South Orange, South Orange NJ
18th Annual Metro Show : : City Without Walls, Newark NJ
Heart : : Peder Bonnier, New York NY
Depictions : : RC Fine Arts, Maplewood NJ
1998
Hallelujah Invitational : : Ceres Gallery, New York NY
100 x 100 : : Sharon Gill, Montclair NJ
17th Annual Metro Show : : City Without Walls, Newark NJ
Small Work : : Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton NJ
Aljira National 4 : : Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark NJ
Summer Place : : Sharon Gill, Montclair NJ
Liquidation: The Factory Sale : : Gallery OneTwentyEight, New York NY
19th New Jersey Annual : : Ocean County Artists' Guild, Island Heights NJ
Heartworks : : R Gallery, New York NY
1997
Water : : Sharon Gill, Montclair NJ
1996
The Innocence of Ornaments : : St. Marks Position, New York NY
A Century of Art : : Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Gallery
IU, Bloomington IN
1976-1994 Group Exhibitions: : Westbeth Gallery NYC, First Women’s Bank NYC,
Pandion Gallery, Fishers Island, Montclair State University, Art Center of Northern NJ,
Pittsfield Arts Center
1976-1994 Solo Exhibitions: :Kraine Club Gallery NYC, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY,
Margaret I. King Galleries of the University of Kentucky, Academia Architekt, Madrid, Spain
C O L L E C T I O N S
Seagrams
Dow Jones & Co., Inc.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
Private collections in the US, Spain, England, France, and Israel
A W A R D S
Award for Exceptional Merit, Hopper Art Center, Nyack, NY
Award for Exceptional Merit, 19th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark NJ
P R E S S
Tris McCall, "Exhibition at Watchung Arts Center Evokes the Beauty, and Terror, of Nature", NJarts.net, 3/2/24
Tris McCall, "In Slow Selfie at Novado Gallery, Artists Turn to Face Themselves", Jersey City Times, 9/22/23
Tris McCall, "Mysterious Images Abound in 'Traces' show at The Gallery Space", NJArts.net, 5/11/23
Dan Bischoff, “Images of Nature”, The Star-Ledger, 2/11/06 p17
Dan Bischoff, “Thinking Big in Small Spaces”, The Star-Ledger, 11/19/04 p18
Dan Bischoff, “Exhibit Reflects Trend Towards Realism”, The Star-Ledger, 12/03/00 p1
Dan Bischoff, “Exhibitors Veer Towards Realism”, The Star-Ledger, 11/24/00, p44
Dan Bischoff, “Small Wonders: Metro Show Features Trends in Motion”, The Star-Ledger, 11/21/99 p1
William Zimmer, “The Lives & Work of Women, and Where They Intersect”,
The New York Times, 7/11/99, p11 illus
Dan Bischoff, “Gallery Promotes Home Grown Talent”, The Star-Ledger, 6/18/99, p26