biography / bibliography
ARLENE SHECHET
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
B.A. New York University, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Dieu Donne, New York (forthcoming)
2011–2012
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, November 18, 2010–January 28, 2012.
2010
The Sound of It, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, September 10–October 9, 2010.
2009–2010
Here and There, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado, July 16, 2009–January 17, 2010.
Blow by Blow,F. Y. Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, September 26–January 3, 2010. Curated by Ian Berry. (Catalogue)
2008
Now & Away, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2007
New Work, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
2006
Thin Air, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho
Round and Round, Hemphill, Washington, D.C.
2004
Out of the Blue, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Deep Blooze Series, Hemphill, Washington, D.C.
2003–2004
Turning the Wheel, commissioned installation as part of The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York. (Catalogue)
2003
Building, Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle. Curated by Elizabeth Brown. (Brochure)
Arlene Shechet and Stephen Mueller, Van Brunt Gallery, New York
2002
Flowers Found, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York. (Catalogue; text by Anne Ellegood)
2001
Puja, A/D Gallery, New York
2000
Arlene Shechet,Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal
1999
Mirror Mirror, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York. (Catalogue; text by Peter Nagy)
1998
Once Removed, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1997
Sculpture and Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California. (Catalogue; text by Kay Larson)
Sculpture and Drawing,Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1996
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1995
Installation, Boulder Museum of Fine Arts, Boulder, Colorado
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
The Annual: 2012, National Academy Museum, New York, January 25–April 29, 2012.
USA—ABSTR-ACTION, Galeria Contra, Slovenia, February 14–April 1, 2012.
Economy of Means: Towards Humility in Contemporary Sculpture, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, January 21–April 29, 2012.
2011–2012
Textility, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, December 13, 2011–April 1, 2012. Curated by Mary Birmingham.
2011
Free from Order, Contemporary Art Galleries, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, October 5–December 20, 2011. Curated by Barry Rosenberg.
Contemporary Clay, RH Gallery, New York, June 29–August 20, 2011.
Paul Clay, Salon 94 Bowery, New York, June 23–July 30, 2011.
Exhibition of Works by Newly Elected Members of Recipients of Honors and Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, May 19–June 12, 2011.
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Artists, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, March 8–April 2011.
January White Sale, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, January 13–February 12, 2011. Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody. (Catalogue)
2006–2011
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, June–September 2006. Traveled to: Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, October 2006–January 2007; The School of Visual Arts, New York, July–August 2007; Rubin Museum of Art, New York, March–September 2007; Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Atlanta, September 29–October 27, 2007; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, December 1, 2007–March 16, 2008; Tomorrowland, Tokyo, Japan, October 17–November 9, 2008;Fundación Canal, Madrid, January 30–April 12, 2009;The Frost Museum, Florida International University, Miami, October 9, 2009–January 10, 2010; Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, Romania, May 18–July 18, 2010; Nobel Museum, Stockholm, October 9, 2010–January 2, 2011; The San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, March 12–July 31, 2011. Curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg.
2010
XXIst International Ceramic Biennial (BICC), Vallauris, France. (Catalogue)
Material/Immaterial, Shoshana Wayne, Santa Monica, California
2009
The Dark Fair-Aquarium Project, Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
Seriously Funny, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, Curated by Cassandra Coblentz and Claire Carter. (Catalogue)
Feelers, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Dirt On Delight, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Traveled to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter. (Catalogue)
New Works/Old Story, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California. (Catalogue)
New Now, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
2008
Present Tense, Spainerman Modern Gallery, New York. Curated by Mary Heilman and D. Christenson.
Neti Neti (Not this not this), Bose Pacia Gallery, New York. Curated by Peter Nagy.
Building/Beijing, Permanent installation, US Embassy, Beijing
Grey, Dinter Fine Art, New York
True Grit, Frames, Fixations, Flirtations, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina. Curated by M. Leach.
2007
In the Way, Outdoor Installation, Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, New York
Shattering Glass: New Perspectives, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York. Curated by Neil Watson and Ellen Keiter. (Catalogue)
Written on the Wind: The Flag Project, Rubin Museum of Art, New York
2006–2007
THE BONG SHOW or This Is Not a Pipe, Leslie Tonkonow, New York
2005–2006
Faith, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut. (Catalogue)
2005
Riverhouse Editions: Master Prints by 44 Artists, University of Denver, Colorado
Glass, Seriously, Dorsky Curatorial Program, Long Island City, New York. Curated by Lilly Wei.
Somewhere Outside It, Shroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Monochrome Image, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
Seven Artists, American Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam, State Department, Washington, D.C. Curated by Virginia Shore.
2004
Sidewalk Installation, Rubin Museum of Art, New York
Bottle: Contemporary Art and Vernacular Tradition, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut. (Catalogue)
The Buddha Project, Cleveland State University, Ohio
The Big Nothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Bennett Simpson. (Catalogue)
2003
According with Nadelman: Contemporary Affinities Group Show, June Kelly Gallery, New York. Curated by Cynthia Nadelman.
Water Mark / Inside, E.H. Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. Curated by Patricia Phillips.
Water, Water, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Vessels, Greenwich House Pottery, New York. Curated by Lilly Wei.
Mystic, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Curated by Jeffrey Keough, (Catalogue)
2001–2003
Rags to Riches, 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donné Papermill, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Traveled to: Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore; Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas; Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Ft. Wayne, Indiana
2002
Line and Landscape, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York
Paper Remix: Dieu Donne Work Space Program, 1995–2000, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York. Curated by Edwin Ramoran.
Curious Terrain, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
2001
Ganesh, Rene Blouin Gallery, Montreal
A Threshold of Spirit, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York. Curated by Peter Nagy.
Digital Printmaking Now, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
2000
Mysticism and Desire, Los Angeles. Curated by Pat Hamilton.
The Living End, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado. Curated by Ingrid Schaffner.
Religion: Contemporary Interpretations by Women, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Rapture, Bakalar and Huntington Galleries, Mass Art, Boston
1999
Loaf, Baumgartner Galleries Inc., New York. Curated by Steve Dibenedetto.
Crafted Shows, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
Om, Dorsky Gallery, New York. Curated by Joe Fyfe.
Women in Print, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York
1998
In the Details, Barbara Gross Gallery, Munich, Germany. Curated by Kiki Smith.
Art Exchange Show, Rose Burlingham, New York
Recent Aquisitions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1997
On the Rim, TransAmerica Bank, San Francisco
Plastered, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Swimsuit Show, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1996
Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Gramercy Hotel Art Show, New York
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1995
Manhattan Art Project, 60 Broad St., New York
Mixed Media, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1994
Full House, 5 person show, 54 White Street, New York
1993
The Return to the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York
A-Z 0-9, E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York
A Celebration of Life, Delegates Hall, United Nations, New York
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York
1992
Gallery Women Artists, Rule Modern & Contemporary, Denver, CO
Faculty Small Works, Parsons School of Design, New York
10 Artists/10 Statements, Farrell Collection, Philadelphia
Artistic Generations, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia
1991
Payton-Rule Gallery, Denver, CO
Paint Land, curated by Terry R. Myers, Lemon Sky Project, Los Angeles
Live From New York, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Painting Function: Making It Real, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Soft corner hard edge, Blackwood Gallery, The University of Toronto, Mississauga, traveling to: Galerie Christiane Chassay, Montreal
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2011
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Arts and Letters Award
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Purchase Prize
2010
Joan Mitchell Foundation, Painters & Sculptors Grant
Anonymous Was A Woman Foundation (AWAW), Artist Award
USA Artists: Special Projects
2006
US State Department American Artists Abroad, Vietnam
2004
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Visual Artist Fellowship
1999
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
1996/7
Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY, Artist Work Grant
1993
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
1986/7
N.E.A. Visual Artist, Artist Fellowship Grant
1986
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
RESIDENCIES
2012
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine
2009
Solomon Residency, Skidmore College/ F.Y.W. Tang Museum
2006
American Artists Abroad, Vietnam, U.S. State Department Visiting Artist
2002–2007
Acadia Summer Art Program, “Camp Kippy”, Mount Desert Island, ME
2005
Riverhouse Editions, Printmaking Residency, Steamboat Springs, CO
2003
Pilchuck Glass School, Artist in Resident, Seattle, WA
1992
Watershed Center for the Arts, Edgecomb, ME
LECTURES/PANELS
2011
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
2009
“Artists on Art”, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2008
Panel-Glass, New Perspectives, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2007
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY “Artists on Art”
University of California, San Jose, CA Visiting Artist
2005
Dorsky Gallery, Glass, Seriously
2004
Panel Discussion, Rubin Museum of Art, NYC “Art and Impermanence”
2003
Microsoft, Redmond, WA, Artist Lecture Series
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2003
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA Residency/Visiting Artist
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Residency/Visiting Artist
1998
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI , Visiting Artist, Glass Department
1996
Massachusetts College of Art, Visiting /Working Artist Grant
1993
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Guest Lecturer
1992
SUNY, New Paltz, NY Visiting Artist
1989
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Boulder, Visiting Artist
1987
Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, N.Y.F.A. Guest Artist
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Al Shands Collection, Louisville, KY
Allen Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada
Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Candace K. Weir Foundation, NY
The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Candace K. Weir Foundation, NY
The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Deloitte & Touche, San Francisco, CA
Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY
Edward Albee Foundation, New York, NY
Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY
Edward Albee Foundation, New York, NY
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Goldman Sachs (worldwide)
J.V. Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
J.V. Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Johnsons and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Martin Margulies Collection, Coconut Grove, FL
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
New York City Public Library, Drawing & Prints Collection, NY
North Shore Hospital, Long Island, NY
North Shore Hospital, Long Island, NY
Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OH
US Embassy, Beijing, China
US Embassy, Nepal
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts