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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 Anomalies, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Passing Through, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
2017 Passing Through, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Traces of Places, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2013 Time Being, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Selections from the Bellagio Suite, Yellow Box Gallery, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, Canada
2012 Inkternal, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
2012 Brushless, Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2010 Water Works: Surface Tension, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Ink Scissors Paper, River Stone Arts, Haverstraw, NY
2007 Drawing Breath, Tompkins Gallery, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
2006 Drawing Breath, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Drawing Breath: New Work on Paper, d.e.n contemporary art, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Sky Pape and Jill Odegaard, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY
2003 Behind the Seen: Saturated Ink Drawings, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Silver Lining: Graphite Drawings, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Inklings: Drawings, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY, Essay by Jonathan Goodman.
1997 Mortal Touchstones, Shenandoah Valley Fine Art Center (Affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) Waynesboro, Virginia. Funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the County of Augusta, and the City of Waynesboro
1995 Terra Incognita, Treasure Room Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Peripheral Visions, Prezant Gallery, Bronx, New York, NY
1993 Private Viewing curated by Francis de Montebello, Marc De Montebello Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY
1993 Recent Paintings, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
1992 Recent Paintings, Ward-Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Odd and Normal Scenes, Ward-Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Two Worlds Away, Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions (not virtual)
2022 Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY. Organized by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Beth Dary, and Patricia Fabricant.
2022 The Flag Project: Only One Earth, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY. Organized by United Nations Environment Programme and The Climate Museum.
2022 Cosmic Geometries, EFA Project Space, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY. Organized by Hilma’s Ghost (Sharmistha Ray and Dannielle Tegeder)
2021 El Alto/The Heights Printmaking Project, Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, New York, NY
2019 At Sea, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY
2019 El Alto/The Heights Printmaking Project, Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria, New York, NY
2018 Serenading Summer, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Celebrating 30 Years, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Paper Worlds, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2017 Celebration! Artists Unite-MTA Poster Project Exhibition, Hudson View Gardens Lounge, New York, NY
2017 Drums on Paper III, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Going Big, Central Booking, New York, NY.
2015 Crossing the Line, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY.
2014 Uptown Arts Review: NoMAA Grantees 2008-2013, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Women in the Heights: Reflections on Creating, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Drawn to Nature, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, New York, NY
2012 GRAM Selects, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids MI
2012 Transformation, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids MI
2012 Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
2012 Celebrating 25 Years, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Northern Manhattan as Muse, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Andrea Arroyo
2011 Drawing Resurfaced, Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN
2011 NoMAA Grantees Exhibition, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Associate Curator, Special Projects, El Museo del Barrio
2009 Design Loves Art, d.e.n. contemporary at the Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
2009 Creative Venues: Projection Project, curated by Peter Ferko and Anthony Archibald J., produced by Artists Unite. Outdoor projection, New York, NY
2009 NoMAA 2008/09 Visual Arts Grantees, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York, NY
2008 Timeless: The Art of Drawing, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2008 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2008 Selected Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance 2007/08 Grantees, Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Educational Ctr, New York, NY. Curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Curator, Jersey City Museum.
2007 Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL, until 3/25/08, and then exhibited at the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR (2008). Curated by Townsend Wolfe, with catalog and curator’s lecture series.
2006 cARTalog, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA
2005 Holiday Group Show, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Pulp Friction: New Takes on Paper, Betty Barker Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2005 Span, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY
2005 Drawing National, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2005 Now:Here:This, Studio Gallery 88, New York, NY
2003 Cycles, Patterns, Intervals, Fredericksburg Ctr for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
2002 Memory and Metaphor, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
2001 Drawing National, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2001 Women and Books: Uncovered, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
2000 The Collectors’ Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
1999 From Hairbread to Wishing Machines, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1998 Priva B. Gross International, Works on/of Paper, City University of NY, Queensborough College, Queens, NY. Curated by Marilyn Kushner, Curator of Prints & Drawings, Brooklyn Museum of Art
1998 Small Works, New York University, 80 Washington Sq. East Galleries, NY, NY
1997 Cross Currents: Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
1996 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA. Sponsored by the Carnegie Museum of Art. Curated by Dan Cameron, Curator, New Museum, New York NY
1996 Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington NY.
1996 Women/Violence: Testimony & Empathy, State University of NY at New Paltz. Sponsored by Women’s Studio Workshop
1995 Hiroshima: From Me to You, Fukuya Art Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan
1995 Emerging Artists, Harper Gallery, New York, NY
1995 The Upstairs Gallery, Essex, NY
1995 Polo Gallery, Edgewater, NJ
1992 Mein Vaterland Ist International, Organized by the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin. Exhibited in Berlin, Turin, Trieste and other major European cities
1990 Kunst und Krieg, 1939-1989, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt Berlin, Germany
1990 Das Andere Amerika, Organized by Reinhard Schultz and the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin. Shown throughout Europe including Berlin, London, Dublin, Brussels, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Vienna, Zurich, Milan, and Barcelona
1986 The Africa Peace Tour, Travelled to 20 U.S. cities, including New York, NY & Washington, DC
1985 Art Against Apartheid, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.
Selected Collections
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock AR
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York NY
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids MI
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON Canada
Le Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, QC Canada
Tiffany & Co., Beverly Hills, CA; Tokyo, Japan; Hong Kong, China
Dyke Industries, Little Rock AR
Four Seasons Koele Resort, Lana’i, Hawaii
Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin Germany
Selected Grants, Awards, & Honors
2021 City Artist Corps Grant, from NY Foundation for the Arts & NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs (grant)
2021 Finalist, Alexander Rutsch Award in Painting, New York
2014 The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, New York (grant)
2013 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York (grant)
2012 U.S. Department of State, Office of Art in Embassies, Montevideo, Uruguay
2011 Residency Fellowship, Bogliasco Foundation Liguria Study Center for the Arts & Humanities, Italy
2011 The Bogliasco Foundation (Special Fellowship in the Visual Arts – grant)
2011 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (grant)
2010 Residency Fellowship at The Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, Italy
2010 Metropolitan Transit Authority & Artists Unite Poster Project
2009 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (grant)
2008 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (grant)
2005 The E.D. Foundation (grant)
2001 Canada Council for the Arts/Le Conseil des Arts du Canada (grant)
1998 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York (grant)
1985 Kenneth Hayes Miller Memorial Scholarship, The Art Students League of New York (full tuition)
Selected Articles, Reviews, Catalogs (in print)
The New York Times, “What to See in N.Y.C Galleries Right Now: Newly Reviewed ‘Cosmic Geometries,‘” by Jillian Steinhauer, (Feb 2, 2022)
Art & Antiques, “Sky Watching,” September 2021, p. 23.
LiveMag! Journal of Contemporary Art And Poetry (Winter 2019-20, p.10 in print, and unique version with different image online)
SVPN Magazine, “Passing Through,” by Raine Kidder (July 2018, pp.126-129)
Underscore Zine, Volume 1. pp. 16-17. Published by Ello, March 2018.
Works on Paper from the Collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art, catalog edited by Brandon K. Ruud and Gregory Nosan, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2016. Essay by Cynthia Nadelman, pp 96-97.
ArtFile Magazine, “Elegant Exploration: Sky Pape in Conversation with AM DeBrincat” (May, 2014)
ARTnews,”Reviews: New York. Sky Pape at June Kelly” by Doug McClemont. (Volume 113/No. 2, Feb 2014, p. 92)
The New York Times, “Using Nature to Depict Itself,” by Susan Hodara. (April 14, 2013)
New York Daily News, “New Exhibit at Wave Hill Celebrates Spring with a Group Exhibit Inspired by Nature,” by Tanyanika Samuels. (March 28, 2013)
Sky Pape: Selections from the Bellagio Suite, exhibition catalog, with critical essay by Jo Anna Isaak, Ph.D., John L. Marion Chair of Art History, Fordham University, New York, NY, and interview with Sky Pape by William Forrestall. Catalog accompanied solo exhibition at the Yellow Box Gallery, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (2013).
United States Embassy Montevideo, Art in Embassies Exhibition Catalog. Published by ART in Embassies, US Department of State, Washington, DC. September 2012. Foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
elegraph-Journal, “Art-making upside-down and over: Canadian-born artist Sky Pape exhibits her work at the Yellow Box Gallery in Fredericton,” by Shannon Webb-Campbell (January 12, 2013, p. S6)
The Aquinian, “Sky Pape Brings Her Artwork to the Yellow Box,” by Meghan O’Neil (Vol. 7, No 13, p. 9, January 15, 2013.)
Manhattan Times, “Inspired by Northern Manhattan: The Artists and Their Muse,” by Gloria Pazmiño (Vol. 13, No. 01: January 4 – 10, 2011)
Drawing Resurfaced, exhibition catalog, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
The Manhattan Times, “Art Seen Uptown: Sky Pape,” by Daniel Bader (Vol. 10, No. 26: June 25 – July 1, 2009)
Winston-Salem Journal, “Get Close: Art on Paper Show Worth A Long Look,” review of exhibition at The Weatherspoon Art Museum, by Tom Patterson (Jan 11, 2009)
Art on Paper 2008, exhibition catalog, Weatherspoon Art Museum, 2008.
Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, exhibition catalog, Naples Museum of Art, Arkansas Art Center (2007)
NYArts, “Ink Scissors Paper,” by Pamela A. Popeson (July 17, 2007)
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Volume 19, No. 6, cover image (June, 2007)
Iowa City Press-Citizen “Old Card Catalog Gets Art Makeover” by Rob Daniel (April 2, 2006)
Virtual Comunidad 2005/Now:Here:This, exhibition catalog published by Artists Unite (December 2005)
Manhattan Times, “The Photography of Fleeting Moments,” by Mike Fitelson (February 2005)
BLIR, Issue #05 (September 2005)
J.T. Kirkland’s Thinking About Art, “Artists Interview Artists”, interview by Douglas Witmer (August 17, 2005)
NY Arts, “Illuminated Brush Strokes,” by Pamela A. Popeson (March/April 2004)
NY Arts, “Sky Pape at June Kelly Gallery,” by Carl E. Hazlewood (November 2001)
Artnet.com Magazine, Drawing Notebook, by N.F. Karlins (October, 2001)
Cover, “Processing Natural Order, Sky Pape at June Kelly Gallery,” by Chloe Veltman (September, 1999)
Review Magazine, “Sky Pape, Inklings: Drawings at June Kelly Gallery,” by Mark Daniel Cohen, pp 8-10 (June, 1999)
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Volume 11, No. 4, cover image (1999)
ARTnews Vol.97, No. 1 “Peer Reviews: The Best of 1997” by Paul Gardner, pp 89-95 (1998)
The Café Review, Spring issue. A. Fisher & W. Atherton, Eds. Poetry/arts quarterly (1998)
Keening, Drawings by Sky Pape. Rag & Bone Shop/Midmarch Arts Press, 48pp (1997)
New York Newsday, “For Eyeballs Craving Something Different”, Review by E.Wix, (1994)
Kunst Und Krieg (Art and War), R. Schultz, Editor. NGBK Press (1990)
Tendenzen, No. 158,28. “Hip-Hop Agit Prop International: Eine New Yorker Kunstlergruppe” by Matthias Diebold, pp 76-78 (1987)
The Portable Lower East Side Vol 4 , No. 1. Kurt Hollander, Editor. pp10-11 (1987)
Mein Vaterland Ist International, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Asso Verlag (1986)
Das Andere Amerika (The Other Amerika) R. Schultz, Editor. Journeyman Press (1986)
Selected Internet Exhibitions and Features
Synergizing Art & Mathematics – Sky Pape, Video interview by Gioia De Cari, a Truth Values Community Event, April 14, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHhkLrE-cv0
Five Things We Learned – Sky Pape, Interview for Culture A, August 2021.
Taint Taint Taint Magazine, a new “literary and cultural arts magazine dedicated to decolonizing the art world.” (Issue No. 2, November 2021.
In/Out – Light/Dark: Women in the Heights and Art in Our Time, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance online exhibition, March-April 2021. Curated by Andrea Arroyo.
On Air Artist Spotlight: Sky Pape, Podcast and video presented by Inwood Art Works, New York, NY. January 2021.
Chris Rael ART of the DAY #37: A Deeper Dive, with Dr. Oren Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxUP1s1asA
Congruence, I Like Your Work Podcast online exhibition juried by gallerist Bridgette Mayer of Bridgette Mayer Gallery. 6/12/2020. https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/2020congruence
Chris Rael ART of the DAY #32: Divine Wonder: Intelligent Design & Coronavirus 6/2/2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwMv4u79Z5A
June Kelly Gallery, New York Shows, “Serenading Summer.” Blouin Art Info, published 7/25/18. http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3176865/june-kelly-gallery-new-york-shows-serenading-summer .
The Career Journey of Growth-Minded Artists, by Alyson Stanfield, published 4/12/18 https://www.artbizblog.com/growth-minded-artists/
Passing Through: Paintings by Sky Pape, featured on Empty Mirror, https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/visual-art/paintings-sky-pape, published 3/30/18.
Art Uncovered, podcast with Kimberly Ruth, April 18, 2017, BTRtoday http://www.btrtoday.com/listen/artuncovered/week-of-041817-3/
Field Projects Gallery http://field-projects-gallery.tumblr.com/post/147124172740/sky-pape-untitled-time-being-2448-water-sumi (July 9, 2016)
And Freedom For: Inteview with Artist Sky Pape by Delphine Amato http://andfreedomfor.tumblr.com/post/129284409956/interview-with-artist, September, 2015. Also published on The Wallbreakers http://thewallbreakers.com/and-freedom-fors-interview-with-sky-pape/
Going Big: A Survey and Opening Night, by Helen Crawford, August 11, 2015.http://helenfergusoncrawford.blogspot.com/2015/08/going-big-survey-and-opening-night.html?m=1
Going Big on the Lower East Side, Joanne Mattera Art Blog. August 4, 2015. http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2015/08/going-big-on-lower-east-side.html
Tribute to the Disappeared/Tributo a los Desaparecidos, An online and ongoing art project in honor of the disappeared in Mexico -from the 43 students in Ayotzinapa to the women of Juarez- and other victims of violence and injustice the world over. The project was founded in November 2014, curated by Andrea Arroyo https://tributetothedisappeared.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tributetothedisappeared
Sandi Klein, A Voice for Women, BC the Mag, August 4, 2014. http://www.bcthemag.com/archive/sandi-klein-a-voice-for-women/
Elegant Exploration: Sky Pape in Conversation with AM DeBrincat,” ArtFile Magazine, http://www.artfilemagazine.com/article/v02/elegant.php (posted May 11, 2014)
Uptown Arts Stroll Honorees: http://www.artstroll.com/honorees/ (May/June, 2014)
Sandi Klein’s Conversations with Creative Women: Sky Pape (June 3, 2014) http://the51percent.podbean.com/e/sky-pape/ (June 3, 2014)
Video feature on Selections from the Bellagio Suite at Yellow Box Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86PGV3VeCg
Drawn to Nature, Glyndor Gallery at Wave Hill. http://www.wavehill.org/arts/exhibits/drawn-nature/and http://www.wavehill.org/arts/artists/sky-pape/
Gone Baby Gone – Or Maybe Not Entirely, by Janet Steen for “The Weeklings,” http://www.theweeklings.com/jsteen/2012/11/09/gone-baby-gone-or-maybe-not-entirely/ (11/9/12) also published by Salon.com (11/12/12) http://www.salon.com/2012/11/12/things_we_lost_in_a_hurricane/
WZZM news feature on the educational program for youth based on Sky Pape’s work at the Grand Rapids Art Museum 9/29/12)(http://www.wzzm13.com/life/contests/ArtPrize/article/227054/226/Aarons-Adventure-New-Branches-School–ArtPrize
Joanne Mattera Art Blog Fifty Shades of Gray, Curated website exhibition of 50 achromatic works, posted 8/20/2012 http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2012/08/fifty-shades-of-gray.html
www.snailcrow.com “Art of the Day Double: Two by Sky Pape” (May 22, 2011) Link to blog
I Dreamed I Saw (June 25, 2010), art and design blog
MyInwood.net Uptown Arts Stroll: Featured Artist Sky Pape (June, 2009)
BLIR, Issue #05, on-line magazine (September 2005)
Artists Interview Artists on J.T. Kirkland’s blog “Thinking About Art” (August 17, 2005)
Featured artist, www.femalepersuasion.net, for site relaunch (July 2005)
Selected Talks, Presentations, Panel Discussions (in person)
Creative Concurrence: Artists in Dialogue on Continuity and Uncertainty. Panel discussion at June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY, with artists Ana Paula Cordero, Rejin Leys, Sky Pape, and Werner Sun. Moderated by Andrea Arroyo (2021)
Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute Department of Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY, Nanette Carter’s BFA Drawing Class (2019)
Know Thyself: The Art of Self Promotion, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Technical Assistance Institute. Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion, 1150 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY (2015)
The Business of Art and the Art of Business, Creative Art Works, New York, NY. Hosted at Sky Pape Studio (www.creativeartworks.org 520 Eighth Ave, Suite 201A, NYC, NY 10018 (2014)
Women in the Heights: Reflections on Creating, artists’ talk, NoMAA Gallery (2014)
The Business of Art and the Art of Business, Arts Workshop, Creative Art Works, New York, NY. Hosted at Sky Pape Studio (CAW is located 520 Eighth Ave, Suite 201, NYC, NY, 2013)
Drawn to Nature, Glyndor Gallery at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY. Artist’s talk (2013)
The Language of Drawing, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. (2013)
Northern Manhattan as Muse, artists’ panel discussion, moderated by curator of the exhibition, Andrea Arroyo. NoMAA Gallery, 178 Bennett Avenue, New York, NY. (2012)
The Bellagio Experience, Rockefeller Foundation Webinar, Speaker (2011)
The Relevance of Artists Residencies, Silvermine Tavern Studios Initiative, Norwalk, CT. (2011)
The Bellagio Experience, Rockefeller Foundation Webinar, Speaker (2010)
Individual Fellowship presentation, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Italy. (2010)
Surviving and Thriving in the Arts, Panel discussion presented by Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Technical Assistance Institute. Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (2010)
Presentation & roundtable discussion with 5 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance 2007/08 grantees, Malcom X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Educational Center, New York, NY. (2008)
Guest lecture & slide presentation at Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA. (2007)
Panel discussion on Memory and Metaphor exhibition at Seton Hall University, NJ. (2002)
Gallery talk at June Kelly Gallery, NYC, on Silver Lining solo exhibition for Rhode Island School of Design M.F.A. class (2001)
Gallery talk on Mortal Touchstones solo exhibition at Shenandoah Valley Fine Art Center (Affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) Waynesboro, VA. (1997)
Education
The Art Students League of New York. (Studied with Richard Pousette-Dart, Bruce Dorfman, Knox Martin.)
Parsons School of Design, New York
Queen’s University, Canada