Education
2010
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2009
Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University
2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Cooper Union School of Art
2003
Summer Study Abroad, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Residencies & Fellowships
2019-21
Swale House, Governors Island, New York, NY
2019
International Studio and Curatorial Program Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Gallery Aferro Residency, Newark, NJ
2015
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2013
Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Franconia Sculpture Park Jerome Fellowship, Franconia, MN
2011
AIRSpace Residency at Abrons Art Center Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
2011
Seven Below Arts Initiative Artist in Residence, Burlington, VT
2009-11
Museum of Fine Arts Houston Core Residency Fellowship, Houston, TX
2009
MacDowell Colony Residency Fellowship & Leon Levy Foundation Grant, Peterborough, NH
Honors & Awards
2023
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
William Paterson University Faculty Research and Grant Incentive Program Stipend Award
2022
William Paterson University Research Center for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Summer Stipend
2021
William Paterson University Faculty of the Month
William Paterson University Center for Creative Research Grant, awarded 4 individual times in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
2017
National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives (NAKFI) Grant subawardee, Principle Investigator for William Paterson University
2014
Rhode Island School of Design Professional Development Grant
2013
Jerome Fellowship Grant
2010
Eliza Prize Grants, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2009
Eliza Prize Grants, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2009
Leon Levy Foundation Grant
2008
College Art Association Professional Development Fellowship in Visual Arts Honorable Mention
2007-09
Graduate School of the Arts Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University
Graduate School of the Arts Student Travel Grants, Virginia Commonwealth University
2004
The Elliot Nash Memorial Prize for Excellence in Sculpture
Ruth Varner Otto Grant
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Critters, Weeds ‘n Teeth, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY
2019
At Daybreak, McLanahan Gallery, Misciagna Center for Performing Arts, Penn State University, Altoona, PA
2013
Still Life with Soda, Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Geometries of Progress, Virginia Commonwealth University MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA
2004
Wanderlust, Cooper Union School of the Arts BFA Thesis Exhibition, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Invisible Prairie, Tinworks Art, Bozeman MT
From Alchemy to Numinosity, Kresge and Pascal Galleries, Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
Space, Coral Door Gallery, New York City, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2022
Urban Soils Institute Conference, LMCC Art Center, Governors Island, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2021
If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now, Wassaic Project, Maxon Mills, Wassaic, NY
Collective Health, Collar Works, Troy, NY
Art in Isolation, Virtual Exhibition for “Art School Pedagogy 2.0 Symposium,” Columbia University Teachers College, NY and Maryland Institute College of Art, MD
Emergence, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY
Hope, The A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC
36th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
New Beginnings, San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center, San Fernando, CA
2020
Inside Art, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
Endless State, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
Flora: The Other Endangered Species, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2019
Fresh Blood, Proto Gomez Gallery, New York, NY
Let’s Try Listening Again, Biennial, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Between Wisdom and Madness: Works in Sculpture, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
NYG Wallspace 14, New York Ice Cream Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Memento Mori, Target Gallery, Torpedo Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2018
Omnibus Filing 2.0: Empathy Project, School 33 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Faculty Exhibition, Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Rise, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
Navigating Elements, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
2017
Truth, BRIC Contemporary Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Interlude, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Everything You’ve Ever Wanted, AGENCY Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pointing Fingers, Activate Market Street, Gallery Aferro, Newark NJ
Objects in Motion, ArtScape Gallery, West Concord, MA
Micro//Macro, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
Open Door 13, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Faculty Exhibition, Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Scattering Reflections, Activate Market Street, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Personals, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
2016
Excavations, Field Projects Gallery, New York, NY
Generations, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Franconia Sculpture Park Alumni Exhibition, Casket Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
RISD Faculty Summer Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2015
The Gold Standard, Depot Gallery, Richmond, VA
Enter Aquarium, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, Skylight at Moynihan Station, New York, NY
RISD Faculty Summer Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
RISD Faculty Biennial, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
2014
SkowheganPERFORMS, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
The Shelf II, Daylight Savings at Sadie Halie Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Memento Mori, Field Projects, New York, NY
The Shelf, Daylight Savings Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Show for BOS, Bridging Bushwick Sculpture Garden, Brooklyn NY
Advancing the Dream: Social Justice in the 21st Century, LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY
2013
Epicenter, Servulo Gutierrez Cultural Center, Jesus Maria Lima, Peru
Workweek, Casket Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
The New Show, Parsons The New School, New York, NY
do it (outside), Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Eureka!!!, Loft 594, Brooklyn, NY
Maquette & Small Sculpture Exhibition, Casket Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
The Fall, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN
December’s Letters, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
Let’s Talk About Love, Baby, Chido Johnson’s Love Library, Printed Matter, New York, NY
2012
SkowheganPERFORMS, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
AIRSpace Exhibition, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2011
Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, TX
Material Traces, McKinney Avenue Contemporary Gallery, Dallas TX
2011
Core Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts Benefit Auction Exhibition, Houston TX
2010
Quantum Dada, Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX
SK10NY, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY
SK10, Skowhegan, ME
Core Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2009
...for Lovers, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
Almost Famous, Bev Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Flora, United States Botanical Garden, Washington DC
2008
The Same Thing is Happening Twice, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2009 MFA Candidates, Central National Bank Building, Richmond, VA
Gray Area Stake Out, Crane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Exchange Show, Pratt University, Brooklyn, NY
Lectures & Talks
2023
Gallery Talk at “Invisible Prairie” exhibition, Tinworks Art Center, Bozeman, MT
Gallery Talk at “From Alchemy to Numinosity” exhibition, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
Panel Discussion, Faculty Exhibition, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2022
Visiting Artist Talk, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
2021
Visiting Artist Talk, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
Explorations, William Paterson University
Artist Talk, Art in Isolation, Virtual Exhibition for “Art School Pedagogy 2.0 Symposium,” Columbia
University Teachers College, NY and Maryland Institute College of Art, MD
2020
“Practical Magic: Memory Palaces, Oral History, Mnemonic Devices and Artifacts” Visiting Artist
Lecture, George Washington University, Washington, DC
“Hey Neighbor Artist Talk Series,” organized by 4-heads, Beam Center, Harvestworks, and
NARS Foundation, Governors Island, NY
“Eco-Arts Picnic,” Co-hosted with Mary Mattingly and Amanda McDonald Crowley, Swale House, 15 Nolan Park, Governors Island NY
2019
“Porch Chat” Series, Swale House, Governors Island, NY
Artist Talk, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
Artist Talk, Explorations, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2018
Artist Talk, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
Artist Talk, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2017
Visiting Critic, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Panel Discussion, Court Gallery, William Paterson University, NJ
Artist Lecture, Hartford Art School, Hartford College, Hartford, CT
Artist Lecture, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2015
Gallery Talk, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
2013
Panel Discussion Moderator on Artist Initiated Projects, Interpretations of Success Conference, Loft 594, Brooklyn NY
2013
Artist Lecture, 3D Symposium: Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
2013
Visiting Artist Lecture, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2011
Artist Lecture, University of Houston, TX
2010
Artist’s Eye Lecture Series at The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Artist Lecture Series at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
Publications & Writings
2023
Rachel Hergett, ‘Invisible Prairie’ invites viewers on multi-sensory exploration, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, July 21, 2023
“From Alchemy to Numinosity” Art Exhibit on view at Ramapo College to Have Artists’ Talk on April 3rd”, New Jersey Stage, March 28, 2023
2022
Natalie Tsur, “Visiting sculptor documents history through immersive installations,” The Ramapo News, April 20, 2022
2021
William Jaeger, “‘Collective Health’ a smart, layered exhibit at Collar Works,” Times Union, April 17, 2021
Indiana Nash, “On Exhibit: Artwork reflects on health care, stigmas and the current crisis,” The Daily Gazette, Friday May 5, 2021
2020
Laurel Graeber, “Grown-Up Art at a Children’s Museum, but It’s Still Playtime,” The New York Times, February 12, 2020
Nicole Daniels, “How Would You Design Your Ideal Museum?” The New York Times, February 21, 2020
Laurel Graeber, “Grown-Up Art at a Children’s Museum, but It’s Still Playtime,” Art Daily
“Touch and Go,” New York Post Out and About, January 18, 2020
“Children’s Museum of Art Goes Inside Art,” Antiques and the Arts Weekly, January 21, 2020
2018 “Let’s Try Listening Again” Biennial Publication, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“”Slumber Underground:” Using Art to Create Empathy with Nature.” The Star Report, William Paterson University Press
“Navigating Elements,” New Jersey State Council on the Arts 2018 Annual Exhibition, Rowan University, Exhibition Catalog
2016
“EXCAVATIONS: A Conversation on Fragments” Part One (April 28, 2016)
“EXCAVATIONS: A Conversation on Fragments” Part Two (April 30, 2016)
Atif A.K., “Excavations - Imagination Worth Digging.” Arte Fuse (March 28, 2016)
Political Concepts, A Critical Lexicon, Issue 3.5 (Fall 2016)
2014
Feminist Protest Disrupts the Whitney Biennial, by Jillian Steinhauer, Hyperallergic,(May 17, 2014)
2013
Valerian Ocampo, ed., Art Crush, Issue 4, (October 2013)
Danielle Kalamaras, “Bushwick Goes Old School Snail Mailing in Orgy Park’s Recent Show,”
Bushwick Daily, (December 27, 2013
2012
AIRSpace Exhibition Catalog, Abrons Art Center: New York, NY
Political Concepts, A Critical Lexicon, Issue 2 (Winter 2012)
Julie Ann Nagle, “Stirs of a Sumptuous Saucepot,” Artists book
2011
Core Artist-In-Residence Exhibition Catalog: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Katia Zavistovski “2011 Core Exhibition,” Art Lies Issue 67 (Spring 2011):
Steven Thomson, “Getting to the Core of young artists at the Glassell School.” Culture Map Houston (March 2011):
Robert Boyd, “The 2011 Core Exhibition.” The Great God Pan is Dead (March 5, 2011):
2010
Core Artist-In-Residence Exhibition Catalog: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
David Serlin ed., Imagining Illness: Public Health and Visual Culture. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press.
2009
Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Catalog, Summer 2009, Richmond: VCU Print Projects
2008
Julie Ann Nagle, “Locomotives and Last Flights” Curious Spring 2008, Richmond: VCU Print Projects
Daniel Neman, “VUC Art Students Get Gallery Shows” Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA March 2009