EDUCATION
Rutgers University, B.A. 1982, High Honors, Studio Art
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
2013
Row Boat Gallery, Pacific City, Oregon
Chapter Two Gallery, Corea, Maine
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine
Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, Wisconsin
AWARDS & VIDEO ART
2011/2012: Artist in Residence: SITKA Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, Oregon: 3 1/2 months, painting, assemblage
2008: Oregon College of Art & Craft, premiere: "Kathy Kelly: Peace Warrior", video portrait
2008: Artist in Residence: Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, Oregon: painting & videography: 2 months
2007: Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA: "Ghost Dance", video premiere, with Meg Wolfe (dance)
2007: Fiber National: Lancaster Museum of Art, PA , cash award
2007: University of Maine, Farmington: video & lecture , Art & Politics
2007: Maine Urban Projection Project (MUPP) artistic director & founder
2007: You tube videos: Impeachment protests, Portland & Bangor, Maine, "No War, No Warming", national protest, Washington, D.C
2007: CODE PINK, Washington, D.C. week-long residency as activist & videographer
2006: Maine Film Festival at the Maine Social forum, presenter
2005: Smithsonian Museum of American Art: video: J. Fred Woell,The Man Who Knew Too Much"
2005: Maine Public Access TV: “ The Iraq War Cloth 2”, documentary of the occupation of Senator Susan Collin’s Bangor office
2005: Maine Public Access TV: “The Iraq War Cloth” documentary of the occupation of Rep. Tom Allen’s Portland office
2005: Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME: video: “Intersection”
2004: Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon: Senior Resident, Painting
2004: Puffin Foundation Grant: Maine Artist’s Peace Project
2004: Robert MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, Maine: Artist in Residence: video, construction & painting
2002: Robert MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, Maine: Artist in Residence, Westport Island, ME: painting
2001: Reach Performing Arts Center, Deer Isle, ME: “ Intersection”, collaboration performance, Patricia Wheeler, Meg Wolfe, L.A. , Thomas Sprenkle, Portland, Oregon
EXHIBITIONS, Painting & Mixed Media
2012:
Rowboat Gallery, Pacific City, Oregon,"Connections" solo exhibition
Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, WI
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
Chaper Two Gallery, Corea, Maine: one person show & class
Isalos gallery, Stonington, ME: "Red"
2011:
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle Maine:"Visual Journals" solo exhibition
Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine: one person show
Rowboat Gallery, Pacific City, OR
2010:
I-95 TRIENNIAL, University of Maine Museum, Bangor, Maine
Woodwalk Gallery, Door County, WI.
Rowboat Gallery, Pacific City, Oregon
Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine, 4 person exhibition
Springbox Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Chapter Two, Corea , Maine
Isalos Gallery, Stonington, Maine, Red
Aarhaus Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2009:
Spring Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, "Netters"
Sitka 16th annual Art Invitational, Portland, Oregon
Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, Maine: Great Spruce Head Island Residency Exhibition
Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine:"Distance Forward, J. Fred Woell & Patricia Wheeler"
2008:
University of Southern Maine, Lewiston/Auburn, Lewiston, Maine:"Patricia Wheeler,The Art of Protest"
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine, "Traces: Artist's Journals"
Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon: "Lunations" solo exhibition
2006, 2007:
Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C. Human Rights Institute: "Security Blanket", solo exhibition
2006:
University of Maine, Orono, Maine: solo exhibition paintings and ritual objects
Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft: "Living It Large"
Hudson Museum, Maine Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, "Embedded Quilts From the Iraq War", solo exhibition
2005:
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME: “War Flowers: From Swords to Plowshares”
Dokuz Eylul University: “Visions in Textiles 2005”: Izmir, Turkey, international textile exhibition
2004:
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME: “Un/Coverings”: Maine Contemporary Fiber Survey
Boothbay Harbor Opera House, ME: “Maine Contemporary Quilts”, 3 person exhibition
TSL GALLERY, Hudson, N.Y.: “Fear/Jealousy/Greed”, group exhibit
University of Maine Presque Isle:“ Embedded Quilts ”: solo exhibit
Fine Focus’04: National traveling quilt exhibition
Colby College: “20/20 EnVision”
2003:
Elan Fine Arts: Rockland, ME, “Across The Line, Paintings From Oaxaca”: solo exhibition
Beginners Mind Gallery: Deer Isle, ME, “Growing Season”: solo exhibition
Women’s Caucus For Art: “Not Just A Pretty Face”, Florida
Cambridge Artists’Cooperative, Boston, MA: Fifth Biannual Book Arts Show
2002:
Library of Congress, Wash. D.C.: Permanent Collection
Exit Art: New York City, “Reactions”: group show
Colby College: “Women in the Arts”, Waterville, ME
2001:
Munson Gallery: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Hungarian Consulate: New York City: traveling exhibition
2000:
Maine Coast Artists: Rockport, ME: Biennial 2000
University of the Arts: Philadelphia, PA , “Deer Isle Six”
1997:
Between the Muse Gallery: Rockland, ME: solo exhibition
Maine Coast Artists: Rockport, ME: “Plainsong, Six Voices”
1996:
Clark Gallery: Lincoln, MA: “Thirteen”
TEACHING
2013 - 2000:
Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR: mixed media painting : Architecture of Memory, Painting from the Intuitive
2011 - 2005: Sitka Center for Art & Ecology: Otis, OR: mixed media painting: Memento Painting, Painting Archeology
2010: Haystack Mountain School, Mixed media workshop, Deer Isle, ME
2010, '07, 06, '02: Haystack Moubtain School, high school mentor program, mixed media
2009: Peninsula Art School, Door County, WI: Painting Workshop
2008: Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, Florida: Architecture of Memory, painting workshop
2007: Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine: Architectural Painting, painting workshop
2006: Hui No’Eau, Makawao, Hawaii: Painting workshop and lecture
2004: Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, Wi., Workshop: Memento Painting
1999: Vermont College: MFA program, Artist/Teacher, Mixed Media
1998: Maine Coast Artists: Rockport, ME: Assemblage with J. Fred Woell
1994: Haystack Mt. School: Deer Isle, ME: Collage/Assemblage
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, Art & Politics
2006:
WBAI, Democracy Now ( Pacifica Radio) live report from Washington D.C. protest and arrest.
Hudson Museum, Maine Center for the Arts, Univ. of Maine, Orono: lecture: Embedded Quilts form the Iraq War
2005:
WABI TV: Interview, Maine activism and the media, Allen Grover
WERU radio: Interview, Dec. 15, 2005 nonviolent direct action, Cathy Melio
WERU, Radio interview, “arrests at the White House”, Cathy Melio
WERU, Radio interview, “ Embedded Quilts ” Meredith DeFrancesco
Alamo Theater & Film Archives, Bucksport, ME: Panel: Crossing The BLVD, with Judith Sloan: grass roots activism
College Of The Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME: War Flowers/ Swords to Plowshares, Artist’s Panel
U Maine Orono, Peace Studies: Lecture
2004:
U Maine Orono, Peace Conference: Artists panelWERU, Radio interview, “Art & Dissent”, Cathy Melio
MAPP, Maine Artist’s Peace Project, Founder and Coordinator
University of Maine, Orono, lecture, Women’s Studies
University of Maine, Orono, lecture, Peace Studies
University of Maine, Presque Isle, Transfer Workshop
Many and One Coalition: Lewiston, ME: workshop, Unity Flags
2003: Democracy Now, WBAI, NYC (Pacifica Radio) live interview,“The arrest of activists protesting the Iraq War at Senator Susan Collin’s office”
1997 thru 2004: Advisory Board: CMCA, Rockport, ME
1998: Curator: Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME: “J. Fred Woell”
1994 through ’ 96: Owner/Director: Wheeler Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1990 through ’93: Owner/Director: Wheeler/Seidel Gallery, SoHo, N.Y.C
COLLECTIONS
2008: Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon, permanent collection
2004: Robert MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, Maine, permanent collection
numerous private collections nationally
UPCOMING 2013
Painting Intensives:
Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland , OR : May/June 2013
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis , OR : June 2013
The Studio School, Roanoke, Virginia: April, 2013
