Sheila Isham

Sheila Isham				Gallery II			Mar 3 - Mar 28, 2007

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	Sheila Isham ONE-PERSON MAJOR MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS 2005 Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York 2005 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC 2004 Russian State Museum, St. Michaels Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia 1998 Russian Museum, Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia 1997 Museum of Modern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana 1995 Fernbank - Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, Georgia 1993 Philamonic Center of the Arts, Naples, Florida 1993 Georgia Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia 1981 National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution 1981 Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York 1977 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miami, Florida 1974 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1961 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC ONE-PERSON GALLERY EXHIBITIONS 2003 Island Arts Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island; (also 2001) 2002 Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi, India 2001 Onisaburo Gallery, Interfaith Center of New York, New York 2000 Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr college, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 2000 Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1999 Gregory Gallery, New York, New York 1998 Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1998 Gallery Mx, Riga, Lativa 1998 Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York; (also 1969, 1971) 1995 Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Rumania 1995 American Center, Sofia, Bulgaria 1995 Cultural Center of Zalaegerszeg, Hungary 1994 Eri Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 1992 Central Europe Gallery, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1992 Benton Gallery, Southhampton, New York; (also 1986, 1987, 1990) 1990 Amerika Haus, Cologne, Germany 1986 Vered gallery, East Hampton, New York; (also 1985) 1982 Phoenix II Gallery, Washington, DC 1982 Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC 1974 Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, DC; (also 1968, 1969, 1970) 1973 Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York 1973 American Cultural Center, Paris, France 1970 French & Company, New York, New York 1966 Byron Gallery, New York, New York 1964 Nihonbashi gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1964 Chatam galleries, Hong Kong 1962 Bader Gallery, Washington, DC, (also 1960) 1954 Galerie Springer, Berlin, Germany SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Prints 1971 "Graphics Multiples," Guild Hall, Easthampton, New York 1963 Library of Congress, Washington, DC 1962 Library of Congress, Washington, DC 1962 "15th Area Exhibition,"Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1960 Brooklyn Museum Annual Print Show, Brooklyn, New York 1960 Boston Museum Print Show, Boston, Massachusetts 1960 Library of Congress, Washington, DC 1959 Print Council of America 1950 Library of Congress, Washington, DC 1950"14th Area Exhibition," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Paintings 2004 Arlene Bujese Gallery, Easthampton, New York 1984 "Poets and Painters," Guild Hall, Easthampton, New York 1975 "Works on Paper," Elkon Gallery, New York, New York 1974 "Contemporary religious Imagery in American Art," Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida 1973 "Flowing Forms,"The Museum of Fine arts, St. Petersburg, Florida; The Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida; The Le Moyne Art foundation, Tallahassee, Florida 1972 "Three American Painters," Darthea Speyer Gallery, Paris, France 1971 "New Washington Painting," Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of 1971 Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1970 "Washington, 20 Years," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland 1967 "18th Area Exhibition," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC SELECTED BIOGRAPHY Leading Articles- Newspapers 2002 Hindustan Times, New Delhi, India, 2002 2000 Philadelphia Inquirer 2000 The East Hampton Star (also 1999, 1998, 1996, 1991, 1990) 1999 The Southampton Independent, 1999 1998 Smena, St.Petersburg, Russia 1998 The Baltic Times 1998 New York Times (also in 1988) 1992 The Prague Post 1990 Newsday 1989 The Statesman, New Delhi 1989 Essay by Sumitra Kumar Spinivasan, Mid-Day, Bombay India 1989 The Times of India 1989 Berliner Illustrierte 1986 Aiken Standard 1981 The Washington Star (also 1974) 1974 The Washington Post (also 1972, 1960) 1974 Buffalo Evening News 1961 New York Herald Tribune 1961 Leading Articles - Magazines & Books 2001 Essay by Donald Kuspit, "Vicissitudes of Spirit" 2000 Hamptons Magazine 2000 Art News, New York 1998 Leading Essay for Catalogue written by Sasha Borovsky, Russian Museum, 1998 Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia 1997 American Artist 1995 Leading essays for Catalogues written by Donald Kuspit: Traveling 1995 Exhibition, Central Europe (1995-1990) 1990 Leading essays for Catalogues written by Donald Kuspit: Amerika Haus, Cologne 1990 Quest Magazine 1988 Leading essays for Catalogues written by Donald Kuspit: Springer Gallery, Amerika Haus, Berlin 1985 Profiles of Women Artists (book), Alexander Russo 1982 The Washington Post Magazine 1981 The Buffalo News Magazine 1981 News. Smithsonian Institution 1981 Leading essay for Catalogues written by Edward Fry: Albright Knox 1980 East and West: Painting/Poems, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution DC 1980 Comment- C.C. Wong 1980 Introduction- Joshua C. Taylor, Director, National Museum of American Art 1980 Interview- Barbara Shissler Nosanov, Curator, National Museum 1979 New York Post Magazine 1977 Leading Essay for Traveling Show Exhibition written by Gene Baro 1974 Essay by Robert Farris Thompson 1974 Leading Essay for Catalogues written by Edward Fry: Corcoran 1972 Leading Essay for Catalogues written by Edward Fry: Brockton 1970 Arts Reference Works Who's Who in America Who's Who in American Women Films 1996 "Wild Animals," Ovid 1987 "An Artist's Odyssey," Odyssey Associates, Inc. 1987 "Transformation," Work in progress 1985 "The Voyager," On Track Video 1981 "Painting Poems: East and West," Smithsonian Institution Video PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Brockton Art Center, Brockton, Massachusetts Castellani Museum of Art, Niagra, New York Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC Library of Congress, Washington, DC Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Miami, Florida Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota Museum of Modern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC National Museum for Women in the Arts Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philamonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California The United Nations United Stated Embassy Residences, in conjunction with The Arts in Embassies Program, United States Department of State (over sixty embassies throughout the world) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Bendix, Washington, DC; Colombia, Maryland Beth Abraham Hospital Burton Boards, Burlington, Vermont Cannon Corporation, washington, DC; Buffalo, New York Peat Marwick Mitchell and Company, Washington, DC Rich Products, Buffalo, New York SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Mr. Jake Carpenter Mrs. Anne Curtin Ms. Sandra Ericson Mr. and Mrs. Robinson Grover Mr. Graham Gund Mr. and Mrs. William Hurt Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Isham Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Isham Mr. Donald Kendall Mr. Seymour H. Knox III Mr. Paul Legvold Mr. and Mrs. Harold Newman Ms. Sue Rimbaud Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. Steven Scheuer Ms. Patwant Singh Mr. Brian Zucker EDUCATION Studied Classical Chinese Calligraphy, Hong Kong; 1962-65 Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany; 1950-54 Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA; BA 1950 University of Geneva, Switzerland; 1948-49