Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2016 | Gaela Erwin: Reframing the Past, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky. | |
| Gaela Erwin: Mother, Cressman Center for the Visual Arts, Louisville, Kentucky. | ||
| 2014 | Gaela Erwin: New Works, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
| 2013 | Gaela Erwin: Mothers and Daughters, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas. | |
| My Mother, Myself, and I, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky. | ||
| 2006 | Gaela Erwin: Facing the Subject, J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky. | |
| 2003 | Self-Portraits as Saints, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia. | |
| Gaela Erwin: Self-Portraits as Saints, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. | ||
| 2002 | Gaela Erwin: Self-Portraits, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine. | |
| Encounters, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama. | ||
| 1999 | Gaela Erwin Self-Portraits, Lyons-Wier Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. | |
| Pastel Self-Portraits: Gaela Erwin, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky. | ||
| 1996 | Gaela Erwin, Paintings, University of Tennessee; Chattanooga, Tennessee. | |
| 1995 | Recent Paintings, Images Freidman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky. | |
| 1992 | Recent Work, Spalding University Louisville, Kentucky. | |
| Recent Paintings, Images Freidman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky. | ||
| 1991 | Malerei, Zeichnung, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany. | |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2021 | Cladogram: 2nd International Juried Biennial, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York. | |
| 2020 | Narcissus in the Studio, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| 2019 | Biophilia; or My Best Friend Has A Tail, Carnegie Center for Arts and History, New Albany, Indiana. | |
| 2018-19 | BP Portrait Award 2018, National Portrait Gallery, London, England; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, England; Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; Cartwright Hall, Bradford, England. | |
| National Art Encounters, Naples Art Association, Naples, Florida. | ||
| 2018 | Women Painting Women, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, Tennessee. | |
| Louisville Artists: Carry On, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, Kentucky; Louisville Visual Art Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky. | ||
| 2017-18 | The Future is Female, 21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
| 2016 | Face to Face, Baker Museum of Art, Naples, Florida. | |
| 2015 | Art and Prison, Landesmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. | |
| Face to Face, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. | ||
| 2014 | Family Portraits, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
| Art and Prison, Justizpalst, Munich, Germany. | ||
| Art and Prison, American Center for the Arts Dorotheys Gallery, Paris, France. | ||
| 2013 | Art and Prison, Ministry of Justice, Berlin, Germany. | |
| Women Painting Women, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, Indiana. | ||
| High, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | ||
| 2010 | Narcissus in the Studio, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| Creating Identity: Portraits Today, 21c Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky. | ||
| Art and Prison, Gallery Magnificat, Berlin, Germany. | ||
| 2009 | The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. | |
| 2008 | Metamorphosis of Identity, Georgetown College; Georgetown, Kentucky. | |
| 2006 | Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, Indiana. | |
| Views of the Collection: Southern Women Artists, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama. | ||
| 2005 | A Broken Beauty: Figuration, Narrative, and the Transcendent in North American Art, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Columbus Centre, Toronto, Canada; Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont,TX (two year traveling exhibition). | |
| Language of Art, Ache 700 Art Center; Bergheim, Austria. | ||
| 2004 | Chicago Art Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois. | |
| A New Figuration: Group Painting Show, Circle Elephant Art, Los Angeles, California. | ||
| 2000 | TALENT 1999, 2000, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, New York. | |
Selected Awards and Grants |
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| 2021 | Artist-in-Residence, Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France; funded through Travel Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY | |
| 2018 | Exhibitor, BP Portrait Award 2018, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (link) | |
| Visitor’s Choice 2nd Place, BP Portrait Award 2018, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (link) | ||
| 2017 | Travel Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY | |
| 2014 | Third Prize, International Drawing Annual 8, Manifest | |
| 2013 | Painters & Sculptors Grant Program, The Joan Mitchell Foundation | |
| 2010 | Travel Grant, Italian Cultural Institute | |
| 2009 | Commended Award, Outwin Boochever National Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery | |
| Third Prize, Gallery Magnificat, Berlin, Germany | ||
| 2007 | Al Smith Fellowship, 2007, 2000, 1991, Kentucky Arts Council | |
| 2006 | Jo Ritz Memorial Merit Award, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences | |
| 2004 | Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2004 | |
| 2000 | Artist-in-Residence, Camargo Foundation Fellowship, Cassis, France | |
| 1997 | U.S.-Ireland Exchange Program Fellowship, The Tyrone Guthrie Center, Ireland | |
| Artist Residency, The MacDowell Colony, 1996, 1997 | ||
| 1996 | Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts | |
| 1995 | Full Fellowship, Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center | |
| 1995 | Artist’s Fellowship Inc., New York, NY | |
| 1993 | Artist’s Residency, Grant Yaddo | |
| 1991 | U.S.-Germany Exchange Program, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Kebbel Villa Schwandorf-Fronberg | |
Presentations |
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| 2020 | Artist Studio Visit with Gaela Erwin, Huntsville Museum of Art, zoom. Peter Baldaia, director, November 23. | |
| Call Out or Cancel: Picasso in the Age of Summer Wheat, KMAC, panel discussion. Louisville, KY, February 22. | ||
| 2019 | Home, Northwest Arkansas Community College’s 2019 Spring Arts & Culture Festival, 21C Museum Hotel, artist talk. Bentonville, AK, March 4. | |
| 2016 | Gallery demonstration, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 19. | |
| Gallery talk, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, August 25. | ||
Public Collections |
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The Bennett Collection of Women Realists, Chicago and San Antonio Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky 21C Museum Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky Centre College, Danville, Kentucky Eckert, Elkorn, Goering, Madison, Indiana Consolidated Chemical Works, Chicago, Illinois Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio Bravura Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky U.S. Corrections Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky Mosley, Bertrand, Jacobs & McCall Attorneys at Law, Jeffersonville, Indiana Ackerson, Mosley, Yann, P.S.C., Louisville, Kentucky |
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Education |
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| 1988 | Studio Art School of the Aegean, Samos, Greece | |
| 1983 | University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, M.A. | |
| 1973 | Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, B.F.A. | |
Teaching |
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| 2004 - 2014 | St. Francis High School; Artist-in-Residence, Louisville, Kentucky. | |
| 2006 | Allen R. Hite Institute; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, visiting artist/guest lecturer | |
| 2003 | La Grange College; Cultural Enrichment Events, Artist’s Lecture, Lamar Dodd College, La Grange, Georgia | |
| 1998 | Kentucky Institute for International Studies; Italy Summer Studio Abroad, Painting Instructor | |
| 1998 | Centre College; Danville, Kentucky; visiting artist/guest lecturer | |
| 1993-97 | Allen R. Hite Institute; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Drawing Instructor | |
| 1994-97 | Studio School; Louisville, Kentucky; Drawing Instructor, Workshop Presenter | |
| 1996 | Allen R. Hite Institute; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Visiting Artist | |
| 1994 | Bellarmine College; Louisville, Kentucky; Drawing Instructor | |
| 1993 | Louisville Visual Art Association; Louisville, KY; Workshop Presenter, “Open Doors” Community Outreach Program | |
Reviews, Articles, and Catalogues |
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| 2022 | Peter Morrin, Studio Visit: Gaela Erwin. UnderMain, website. Published March 2022. Accessed April 2022. | |
| 2021 | Catamaran 32, periodical. Spring 2021, Volume 9, Issue 1, reproductions, p. 108, 113. | |
| 2020 | Gaela Erwin, Painting and Experience: An Interview with Sheldon Tapley and Emil Robinson. Zeuxis Conversations, website. Published September 2020. Accessed April 2021. | |
| 2018 | Women Artists Return to Clarksville. Fine Art Connoisseur, magazine, December 2018, Volume 15, Issue 6, reproduction: p. 89. | |
| BP Portrait Award 2018. National Portrait Gallery, catalog, reproduction: p. 44. | ||
| Kramer, Elizabeth, $354,668 is Funding Artists’ Travels. Louisville Magazine, September 2018, pp. 100-101. | ||
| 2016 | 11th International Drawing Annual. Manifest Gallery, book. | |
| Peter Morrin, A Review: Gaela Erwin: Reframing the Past. UnderMain, website. Published September 2016. Accessed April 2021. | ||
| Eileen Yanoviak, Gaela Erwin: Reframing the Past. Speed Art Museum, book. | ||
| 2015 | Tamara Lenz Muente, Family Ties. Pastel Journal, Issue No. 99, pg.34-41. | |
| 2014 | International Drawing Annual 8. Manifest Gallery, book, p. 44 - 45. | |
| 2013 | Sheldon Tapley, Gaela Erwin: My Mother, My Sister, Myself. AEQAI, website. Published February 2013. Accessed April 2021. | |
| Dorothy Joiner, Gaela Erwin. Artillery, website. Published March 2013. Accessed April 2021. | ||
| Brad Cushman, editor, Face to Face. Arkansas Art Center, catalogue, reproductions: p.85, p.87. | ||
| Kane Webb, editor, Artist Class. Louisville Magazine, October 2013, p.47. | ||
| 2012 | Jon Gosslee, editor, Fjords, Volume 1, Issue 4, reproduction: p37. | |
| 2010 | Robert Cozzolino, editor, Narcissus in the Studio. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, catalogue, reproduction: p.95. | |
| 2009 | Art in America, November 2009, No. 10. P. 120, photograph. | |
| 2008 | Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Catalog cover and publicity materials. | |
| 2006 | Julien Robson, Gaela Erwin: Facing the Subject. The Speed Art Museum, catalogue. | |
| 2005 | Katherine Mesch, Gaela Erwin. Pastel Journal, Issue No. 40, pg. 36-41. | |
| Katherine Mesch, Gaela Erwin. Pastel Journal, Products Page, Issue No. 40, p.18. | ||
| T. R. Hummer, editor, The Georgia Review, Volume LIX Number 2, Gaela Erwin, Self-Portraits as Saints, Cover, pgs.352-360. | ||
| Christopher Ward, Pastel Highlights 2. Methods and Materials, May 2005. | ||
| 2003 | Alan Artman, Review, Chicago Tribune, February 28, 2003. | |
| Dorothy Joiner, Gaela Erwin: Self-Portraits as SaintsSECAC Journal, Spring 2003. | ||
| 2002 | Michael Culver, Gaela Erwin: Self-Portraits. Ogunquit Museum of American Art, catalogue. | |
| Dorothy Joiner, Reviews: Southeast. Art Papers, July/August, vol.26, p. 36. | ||
| 2001 | Peter Baldaia, Encounters: Gaela Erwin. Huntsville Museum of Art, Catalogue. | |
| New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Vol. 34, reproductions: p.62-65. | ||