Sheila Gallagher
Education:
1996 School of the Museum of Fine
Arts/Tufts University, M.F.A.
1990 - 1992 The
Cooper Union, NYC, Continuing Education
1989 Connecticut
College, New London, CT, BA, cum laude with honors in history and studio art
The
School of Visual Arts, NYC
Commissioned
Work:
1999 - 2000 Institute
of Contemporary Art/Boston National Historical Parks
Site specific work
1998 "Monet
in the Twentieth Century", Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1998 Arts
Media Magazine, Stereographic
artist's page
Exhibitions: One and Two Person Shows:
2004 Chase,
Clifford-Smith
Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Flourish, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
2000 Genealogy
of a Champagne Burst,
USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown, MA
2000 Friends
of Horticulture, Wellesley College
1998 Sheila
Gallagher - Recent Work, Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
1998 Under
the Influence,
Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Natural
Transformations,
Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 The
Garden Wall, M.F.A.
Thesis Exhibition, Kopelman Art Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1995 The
Nature of Tools,
North Haven Gallery, North Haven, Maine
1994 Salon
de Bain, A Chimpanzee
Chicks Installation, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Shows and Juried Exhibitions:
2004 Winter
White/Back in Black,
Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Neo
Baroque, Judy Anne
Goldman Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 Polar
Bear in a Snowstorm,
Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2000 Sweet, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA,
Site specific painting installation
1999 Say
it with Flowers,
Fort Point Artist Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 The
Artists' Spirit,
The Great Hall, Codman Center, Dorchester, MA
1998 Milton
Collects/Milton Creates, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
1998 The
Art Room, Brooklyn.
NY
1997 The
Artist's Garden,
The Boston Center For the Arts, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 The
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Art Institute of Boston Exhibition
1997 Small
Works, Creiger-Dane
Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Faculty
Show, Art Institute
of Boston, Boston, MA
1996 Annual
Exhibition, 1996
Dana Pond Painting Finalist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 The
Unexpected, Tisch
Art Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Reviews and
Articles:
McQuaid, Kate, review: "'Miracle on Display at
Nesto Gallery show," Boston Globe, April 12, 2001
Sherman, Mary, review: "Works Reshape ways of Seeing
Local Sites," Boston Herald, June 4, 2000
Consoli, Grace, review: "Now You See it, Now You
Don't," Arts Media, March 15, 2000
Sherman, Mary, review: "White On," Boston
Herald, February
20, 2000
Temin, Christine, article: "Art and 'Art'- Thoughts on
White Matter and Its Value," Perspectives, Boston Globe, March 8, 2000
Buskirk, Martha, article: "Report from Boston," Art
in America, June
1999
Giuliano, Charles, review: "Sheila Gallagher: Under the
Influence," sidewalk.com, April 1998
McQuaid, Kate, review: "Reworking the Masters," The
Boston Globe, April
23, 1998
Silver, Joanne, review: "The Artist's Garden," The
Boston Herald, June
13, 1997
Temin, Christine, "Young Gifted, and Here," The
Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, May 25, 1997
Temin, Christine, review: "The Artist's Garden - Down
to Earth," The Boston Globe, May 8, 1997
Mulski, Susan, review: "Natural Transformations," Art
New England, June
1996
McQuaid, Kate, review: "Turning a Worldly Eye on
Innocence," The Boston Globe, February 22, 1996
Stapen, Nancy, gallery review: "Refashioning
Gaugin," The Boston Globe, December 22, 1994
Bickehaupt, Susan, "Names and Faces," The
Boston Globe, November
16, 1994
Fellowships and Awards:
Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston National Historical
Parks Association Artist-in-Residence, 1999
Kate Healey Outstanding Female Artist Grant, 1999
Ucross Foundation Fellowship, 1999
Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship, 1990
Young American Scholar, 1989
Marguerite Hansen Art Grant, 1988
Buttenweizer Scholarship, 1988.
Teaching Experience:
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, Assistant Professor, Fine
Arts
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Visiting Assistant
Professor in Fine Arts, 1998-2003 One class per semester:
Advanced Drawing, Intro Drawing, Painting, Senior Thesis Advisor
Vermont College at Norwich University, Norwich, VT, MFA
Program Graduate Instructor, Spring, 2001
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, Assistant Professor in
Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Photography and Foundation Depts.
Two to five classes per semester: Figure Painting, Advanced Painting, Painting
I, Visual Issues I and II, Critical Theory, Professional Development, Mixed
Media, and New Genres, Fall 1996-2003
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Teaching Assistant for
Joel Janowitz, Introduction to Painting, Summer 1996
School of The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Teaching
Assistant for Visiting Artist Series, Suzanne McClelland and Robert
Zakanitch, Spring 1996; Teaching Assistant for Life Drawing, Fall
1995; Graduate Instructor, New
Student Seminars, Fall 1994
Related Work Experience:
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, Bridge Program Coordinator. Responsible
for administrating one-year transitional curriculum emphasizing academic
support services. 1/98- present
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, NYC, Assistant
to Chairman of the board and executor of Warhol Estate, Frederick Hughes.
Collections manager, responsible for documenting and cataloging Mr. Hughes' art
collection. Acted as liaison between auction houses, galleries and attorneys.
Coordinated inventories and appraisals of Warhol archival material for Andy
Warhol Museum. 8/90-8/93
Invited
Presentations:
"Recent Work," artist talk, Art Institute of
Boston, September 2003
"Genealolgy of a Champagne Burst,"
artist talk, USS Constitution Museum, Boston, MA, May 2000
"Recent Work," artist talk, School of Museum of
Fine Art, Boston, MA , February 2000
"Process and Creation," C.B.I., Cambridge , MA,
July 1999, Commencement Address, Precollege Program,
Art Institute of Boston, 1999
"The Work of Jim Hodges", artist talk, Institute
of Contemporary Art Boston, MA, October 1999
"Recent Work", slide lecture, Charlestown Art
Association, June1999, "Site Boston National Historic Parks Association,
May 1999
"The Boston School-Then and Now", panel
discussion, Boston International Arts Fair, Sept 1998
"Preservation of Temporary Work", guest speaker,
Boston Chapter of Art Librarians and Archivists Annual Meeting, June 1998
"Making Judgments in Art: What is Quality?", panel
discussion, Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, January 1995