GILLIAN WAINWRIGHT - CV

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EDUCATION

1998: MFA, Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1990: BFA with Distinction, Painting, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

1988-1989: Non-Degree Program, Painting and Drawing, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Backyard Paintings, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster PA

2021 The Shut Ins, M Galleries PNA, Washington NJ

2021 In My Backyard, M Galleries Fellowship, Basking Ridge NJ

2020 My Bridge, M Galleries, Washington NJ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 – Let Nature In, The Painting Center, New York, NY

Painting Today, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

First Impressions, Art150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

Of Land and Longing, Create! Magazine, Online and Print Exhibition

Places & Spaces, ConversationsWithArtists.com, Online Exhibition

The Gathering, Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg, VA

2024 Prelude, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster PA

Pastorale, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects at Market Street Studios, Ellenville, NY

2023 Summer Juried Show by Pamela Salisbury, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

Spring Show, Geometry Gardens, Brooklyn NY

Prelude, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster PA

2022 Affordable Art Show, Art House Productions, Jersey City NJ

Bowery Gallery 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City NY

Out Of Isolation, Darcy Center for the Arts, Northport L.I.

The Prince Street Gallery National Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City NY

Summer 2020 Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City NY

2018 There Goes The Neighborhood, 107 Bowers Gallery, Jersey City NJ

Small Wonders, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

2016 Landscapes, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY

Stormy Weather, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD

Vanishing Point, Art House, Jersey City, NJ

2014 Seven on Seven, Broadway Suites, New York, NY

2012 Green Acres and Simple Pleasures, Piermont Straus, Piermont, NY

2011 50/50, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

People’s Choice, Pen and Brush, New York City, NY

Intimate: Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

2010 Surface Surroundings, Junto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005 Faculty Exhibition, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY

2004 Faculty Exhibition, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY

2003 Drawings: Gallery Artists, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

2001 Honoring New York, First Street Gallery, New York, NY

American Landscapes, MFA Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Inc., Annapolis, MD

2000 Interior Spaces Still Lives, Illinois Women Artists Invitational, McClean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

1998 Chicago Choice, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

1997 New Faces, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC

1996 Secrets of a Landrum Studio, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

2025 – Of Land and Longing, Create! Magazine, Online and Print Feature

Interview, Visionary Art Collective:

https://www.visionaryartcollective.com/interviews/gillian-wainwright

Review by Tris McCall, NJArts.net:

https://www.njarts.net/pro-arts-welcomes-strikingly-talented-artists-into-the-fold-with-first-impressions-group-show/

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Adjunct Faculty, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY

Adjunct Faculty, Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL

COLLECTIONS

Sanofi Corporate Collection, Morristown, NJ

Private Collections, United States


AWARDS

Lalla Anne Critz Zanzi Scholarship; Nippon USA/SAIC Presidential Awards Competition