GILLIAN WAINWRIGHT - CV
Instagram: gillian_wainwright
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:
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