Grace Knowlton  

Adobe Series

2005

Silver gelatin print

Image 13 1/4" x 10 1/4"; Overall: 23 1/4" x 19 1/2"

Post 2

2006

Photographic print

Image 9" x 11"; Overall: 15 3/4" x 18 5/8"

2006

Iron Ball

2002

Styrofoam, iron paint

18" Diamete

Broken and Mended

2002

ceramic

8" Diameter

Broken and Mended

2002

Ceramic

8" Diameter

Broken and Mended

2002

Ceramic

8" Diameter

Broken and Mended

2002

Ceramic

8" Diameter

1954 BA Art, Smith College, Northampton MA
1982 Master of Arts in Art and Education, Columbia University Teachers College, NY

2011
Lesly Heller Workspace, NYC

2010
Marina Gallery, Cold Springs, NY

2009
Lesley Heller Gallery, In the Garden, New York, NY
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY

2008
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Garrison Arts Center, Garrison, NY

2007
Pearl Gallery, Stoneridge, NY
Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
Carl Van Brunt, Beacon, NY

2009 The Gallery in the Park,Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, NY

2007 Car Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY

2006 Whirlwind Gallery, NY NY

2005 Imaging Art, Tappan, NY

2004 John Davis Gallery, NY NY

2003 Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY

Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art-Photography and Work on Paper, New York

Digital Photographs January 16, 2001-February 16, 2002.

1999 The Century Association, New York

1997 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York

1995 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York

1994 M-13 Gallery, New York 1993 Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY

1992 M-13 Gallery, New York Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

1991 Bill Bace Gallery, New York Witkin Gallery, New York Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon, AZ

1989 Bill Bace Gallery, New York Witkin Gallery, New York Hopper House, Nyack, NY

1987 Hillwood Gallery, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY

1986 Twining Gallery, New York Witkin Gallery, New York

1984 Twining Gallery, New York Gallery 291, Atlanta, GA Susan Harder Gallery, New York 1983 Susan Harder Gallery, New York

1981 Books and Company, New York Aaron Berman Gallery, New York

1979 Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, New York

1977 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY Rockefeller Arts Center, State University, NY

1974 Razor Gallery, New York Todorof Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1973 Henri Gallery, Washington, DC 1971 Spectrum Gallery, New York


Group Exhibitions

2005
Century Association, NY NY

2004
Heidi Cho Gallery, NY NY

2001
Sugar Hill Art Center, New York, NY

2000
Soho Photo Gallery Neuberger Museum, Purchase, N.Y.
Davis & Hall, Hudson, N.Y.
Kate Ganz Gallery, N.Y.C
Art Students League, N.Y.C.
Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, N.Y.

1999
The Century Association, N.Y.C.

1998
Sculptors Draw,
Rosenberg and Kaufman Fine Art, New York
Hands,
Workspace, New York
Masterworks by Instructors,
The Art Students league of New York
Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ

1997
M-13 Gallery, New York

1996
Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1995
Laurence Miller Gallery, NY
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clifton, NJ
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
The Century Association, NY

1994
Boston College Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA
Washington Art Association, Washington, CT

1993
Snug Harbor Cultural Center. Parsons School of Art, NY
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA

1992
YMCA, NY

1991
M-13 Gallery, NY

1990
Baruch College, NY
The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY
The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
The Century Club,NY
Sculpture Outdoors, Philadelphia, PA
Henri Gallery,Washington, DC
Independent Curators Incorporated, NY

1989
Hirschl and Adler Modern, NY
Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
14 Sculptors, NY Blum Helman Warehouse, NY
Hillwood Gallery, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY

1988
Twining Gallery, NY
Fergus-Jean and Associates, Columbus, OH
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago

1987
International Center for Photography, NY

1986
Aldrich Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

1983
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Dallas Museum of Modern Art

1982
Roberson Center for the Arts, Binghamton, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, NY
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Harvard University School of Design, Cambridge, MA

1980
O.I.A. Wards Island, NY

1978
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Webb and Parsons Gallery, Bedford, NY

1977
Bonino Gallery, NY

1972
Spectrum Gallery, NY

1969
Henri Gallery, Washington, DC


Grants | Awards | Residencies

1996
Riverhouse Editions, Steamboat Springs, CO
Instructor, The Art Students League, NY

1997
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT

1996
Northern Engraving Corp., LaCrosse, WI

1989
EHCCA, Outdoors Installation Project Grant

1987
Public Arts Fund Inc.


Public Installations

2000
Pratt Sculpture Park, Brooklyn NY

1999
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

1996
Blue Hill Industrial Park, Rockland County,NY
Franconia Sculpture Park, Minneapolis, MN

1993-5
Longhouse, Easthampton, NY

1989
East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, NY

1987-8
C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY

1987
City Hall Park, NY Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

1986
Stamford Art Museum, CT


Permanent Collections

Art Omi, Field Sculpture Park, Chatham, NY
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Bergen Museum of Art and Science, NJ
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Jacksonville Art Museum, FL
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mobil Corporation, Washington, DC
Mt. Holyoke College Museum, MA
Newark Museum Northern Engraving Corp., Lacrosse, WI
Roberson Center for the Arts, Binghamton, NY
Smith College Museum, Northampton, MA
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
The Museum of Outdoors Art, Denver, CO
The Prudential Insurance Company of America, New York
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

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