Curriculum Vitae
SHEILA GALLAGHER
Assistant Professor, Fine Arts Department Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Devlin Hall 401F Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (617) 552-0482
H: 31 Oakview Terrace Studio: 128 Brookside Ave Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (917) 566-1472 [email protected] www.shegallagher.com
EDUCATION:
Tufts University/ School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, MFA, 1996
The Cooper Union, NYC, Continuing Education , 1990-1991
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, BA,1989 cum laude with honors in history and studio art
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Assistant Professor, Fine Arts, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Fall 2003-Present
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Visiting Assistant Professor in Fine Arts 1998-2003
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University MFA Graduate Faculty 2001-2003
Art Institute of Boston,Boston, MA Assistant Professor in Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Photography and Foundation Depts. 1996-2003
Vermont College at Norwich University,Norwich, VT MFA Program Graduate Instructor, Spring, 2001
Harvard University,Cambridge, MA Teaching Assistant, Summer 1998
TEACHING:
Undergraduate Courses Taught at Boston College Fall 2003-Spring 2009:
2003 – 2004: Fall Course: FS10102, Drawing I: Foundations Course: FS10205, Painting I: Foundations
2003 – 2004: Spring Course: FS10101, Drawing I: Foundation Course: FS10201, Painting I: Foundations Course: FS30201, Drawing V: Figure Course: FS48601, Independent Work IV
2004 – 2005: Fall Course: FS10201, Painting I: Foundations Course: FS10102, DrawingI: Foundations Course: FS30101, Drawing IV: Figure
2004 – 2005: Spring Course: FS30201, Drawing V: Figure Course: FS32501, Studio/Critical Issues Course: FS32502, Studio/Critical Issues Course: FS38611, Independent Work II Course: FS48601, Independent Work I 2005 – 2006: Fall Course: FS10201, Painting I: Foundations Course: FS30101, Drawing IV: Figure Course: FS30301, Drawing & New Media* Course: FS38511, Independent Work I Course: FS59806, Teaching Assistantship
2005 – 2006: Spring Course: FS10102, Drawing I: Foundation Course: FS10203, Painting I: Foundations Course: FS30401, The Figure in Context Course: FS38511, Independent Work I Course: FS38611, Independent Work II Course: FS48601, Independent Work IV Course: FS59803, Teaching Assistantship
2006 – 2007: Fall On leave (junior faculty fellowship)
2006 – 2007: Spring Course: FS30301, Drawing & New Media Course: FS30401, The Figure in Context Course: FS38611, Independent Work II Course: FS48601, Independent Work IV Course: FS59803, Teaching Assistantship
2007 – 2008: Fall Course: FS10107, Drawing I: Foundations Course: FS10201, Painting I: Foundations Course: FS21501, Collage and Mixed Media* Course: FS38511, Independent Work I Course: FS59806, Teaching Assistantship
2007 – 2008: Spring Course: FS10102, Drawing I: Foundation Course: FS30301, Art and Alternative Media* Course: FS30401, The Figure in Context Course: FS38611, Independent Work II
2008 – 2009: Fall Course: FS10201, Painting I: Foundations Course: FS10301, Approaches and Issues Course: FS29901, Art and Alternative Media Course: FS38511, Independent Work I Course: FS59806, Teaching Assistantship
2008 – 2009: Spring Course: FS24001, Civil War Era Drawings * Course: FS30401, The Figure in Context Course: FS32501, Studio/Critical Issues Course: FS38611, Independent Work II Course: FS59803, Teaching Assistantship
* Indicates new course developed
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Visiting Artist- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Four Painters Program, Boston, MA Fall 2007
Visiting Artist- College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Spring 2007
Artist Mentor- MFA Graduate Program Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2006
Co-Director, Becker Collection and Archive, Boston College 2005-present
Archivist, Becker Collection, 1998-2004
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA Bridge Program Coordinator. Responsible for administrating one-year transitional curriculum emphasizing academic support services 1998-2002
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, NYC Assistant to Chairman of the board and executor of Warhol Estate, Frederick Hughes. Collections manager, responsible for documenting and cataloging Mr. Hughes’ art collection. Acted as liaison between auction houses, galleries and attorneys. Coordinated inventories and appraisals of Warhol archival material for Andy Warhol Museum . 1990-1993
EXHIBITIONS:
ONE and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 “ Eye’s Mind“ (Upcoming), Harvard Medical School, Cambridge , MA
2008 “Sappho’s Exile“ (Upcoming) Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 “Hand/Eye,“ Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2004 ''Chase,“ Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 “Flourish,“ Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
2000 “Geneology of a Champagne Burst,“ ICA/Boston National Historic Parks Project USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown, MA
2000 Friends of Horticulture, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
1998 Sheila Gallagher: Recent Work, Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
1998 “Under the Influence,“ Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 “Natural Transformations,” Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 “The Garden Wall,” M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Tufts University, Medford,MA
1995 “The Nature of Tools,” North Haven Gallery, North Haven, ME
1994 “ Salon de Bain,‘‘ Chimpanzee Chick Project, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS/COMMISSIONS
2007 Miami Scope Art Fair, Judy Rotenberg Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 ICA Foster Prize Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2007 Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY
2007 “Superheroes Project“, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2006 “Arbor,“ Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2005 “Séance,“ FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA (Co-curated with Jane Marsching)
2005 “Knock-Off,“ Gallery at Green Street, Boston, MA (Curated by James Hull)
2004 “Leisure,“ North Haven Gallery, North Havern , ME
2004 “Winter White/Back in Black,“ Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 “Neo-Baroque,“ Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2000 “Polar Bear in a Snowstorm , ” (curated by Shelly Bancroft) Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston,MA
2000 ‘‘Sweet,“ Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA, Site specific painting installation
1999 “Say it with Flowers,”FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 “The Artists’Spirit,“ The Great Hall, Dorchester, MA
1998 ‘‘Monet Live,“ Live Flower Installation, (commission) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1998 Arts Media stereographic artist page (commission)
1998 “Milton Collects/Milton Creates, ”( curated by J. Carter Brown,) Milton Academy, Milton, MA
1997 “The Artist’s Garden, ” (curated by CaroleAnn Meehan and Tim Norris), The Boston Center For the Arts,Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Art Institute of Boston Exhibition) Boston, MA
1997 “Small Works,“ Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 ‘‘Annual Exhibition,“ (Dana Pond Painting Finalist) School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 “The Unexpected,” Tisch Art Gallery,Tufts University, Medford, MA
1995 “Works on Paper“, First Expressions Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 “ Little Things“, 148 Tribeca Gallery, New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS CURATED or ORGANIZED
2011 Artists of the Civil War, Picture Gallery, Saint Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, N.H.
2009 Firsthand: Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection, McMullen Museum, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (with Judith Bookbinder, PhD.)
2006 Séance, Fort Point Artists Community Gallery, Boston, MA (with Jane Marsching)
2005 Leisure, North Haven Gallery, North Haven, ME (with Jim Smith and Rob Clifford)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS:
Co-Director, Becker Collection and Archive (0ngoing) For more information see : http://idesweb.bc.edu/becker/
Trustee, Saint-Gaudens Memorial,Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH Responsible for overseeing exhibitions program. For more infrmation see: http://www.nps.gov/saga
Guest artist, Artiac, a start-up company specializing in digitally generated mosaics, 2007-present
The Boston Superheroes Project (Fall 2007) For more information see:
http://www.wbur.org/news/2007/71923_20071101.asp http://www.bostonmagazine.com/files/flash/boston_artists/superheroes_project.html
Model for Mary Ellen Strom’s, "Sheila Gallagher and Marley Tomic-Beard", 2006. Two Channel Video ProjectionJudy Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA, Fall 2007 For more information see: www.judirotenberggallery.com
Designer, (with Chris Grimley) Book cover, Jungle Rules by Gaz Crittenden, Danforth Press, 2006
COLLECTIONS:
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts Wellington Management Company, Boston, Massachusetts Various private collections
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Baker, Matthew Reed, article: “Caped Creators,” Boston Magazine, October 2007
Alterman, Sarah Faith, article: “Heroic Effort,” The Boston Phoenix, August 17, 2007
Channel 5News, Coverage of “The Superhero Project,” August 11, 2007
McQuiad, Cate, article: “Grading Students’ Handiwork at Young Contemporaries Exhibition, A Select Few Emerge as the Best in Show,” The Boston Globe, June 28, 2007
Nash, Matthew, review: “Big Red On-The-Town: Space Other,” bigRed & shiny, Issue 71. October 22, 2007
Marsching, Jane, article: “Big Red On-The-Town: The Superheroes Project,” bigRed & shiny, Issue 67. August 11, 2007
Cook, Greg, “ICA Foster Prize Exhibit,” The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research,” March 11, 2007
Forman, Debbie, article: “A Cultural Centerpiece,” Cape Cod Times, February 17, 2007
BIBLIOGRAPHY (cont.)
Beggy, Carol, article: “Message in a Ballpark,” The Boston Globe, February 13, 2007
McQuaid, Cate, article: “And the Winner is…,” The Boston Globe, February 9, 2007
Ferris, Joshua, review: “The New Institute of Contemporary Art,” art-love-life.blogspot.com, January 30, 2007
Johnson, Ken, article: “From Charred Wood to Tropical Fantasies with Its New Permanent Collection and Exhibits, Can the ICA Build Buzz?” The New York Times, January 14, 2007
Walsh, Tracy, article: “Boston’s Paintbox,” airtranmagazine.com, January 1, 2007
photograph: "Flower Power," Boston College Magazine, 2007
review: “Across a newly frozen tundra of Southie parking lots lies a new museum,” 12frogs.com, December 30, 2006
Graffeo, Christopher, “To Begin Again,” ArtsEditor, December 23, 2006
Pierce, Kathleen, article: “Lowell Curator helps make ICA come to life,” The Sun (Lowell, MA), December 10, 2006
Arnold, G., article: “ICA—Boston’s bold new vision,” winterstreetreview.wordpress.com, December 8, 2006
Cotter, Holland, “Ambitious Theme in New Home for Modern Art,” The New York Times, (December 8, 2006) Weekend Arts.
article: “There’s More to See than Art on the Walls,” The Boston Globe, December 6, 2006 Channel 5, interview about ICA exhibition, December 4, 2006
Beggy, Carol, article: “Gala affair offers first peek at the ICA,” The Boston Globe, December 4, 2006
Holland, Christian, interview: “A Conversation with Sheila Gallagher and Rachel Perry Welty,” bigRed & shiny, Issue 53. December 1, 2006
Holland, Christian, interview: “A Conversation with Jane D. Marsching,” bigRed & shiny, Issue 52. November 19, 2006
Dean, Jason, article: “Mary Ellen Strom Talks at Judi Rotenberg Gallery,” bigRed & shiny, Issue 47. August 30, 2006
McQuaid, Cate, article: “Exploring the View from all Sides,” The Boston Globe, July 13, 2006
BIBLIOGRAPHY (cont.)
Nash, Matt, photograph: “Big Red on-the-town: Judi Rotenberg Gallery,” Issue 45, bigredandshiny.com, July 10, 2006
McQuiad, Cate, review: “At this year’s Tufts show, less is more,” The Boson Globe, July 6, 2006
Parks, Christina, article: "Advanced Drawing Class Takes A Walk On The Wild Side," The Heights (Boston College Independent Student Newspaper), March 26, 2006
McQuaid, Cate, review: “Tuning to nature in the pursuit of happiness and comfort,” The Boston Globe, September 17, 2004
Perez, Celso, article: "Students Catch Life on Camera," The Heights (Boston College Independent Student Newspaper), March 2, 2006
article: “Putting their art into learning,” The Citizen, July 25, 2005
McQuaid, Cate, review: “Séance,” The Boston Globe, July 15, 2005
McQuaid, Cate, review: “Mirror Images,” The Boston Globe, May 13, 2005
"Tech Teaching," The Boston College Chronicle: 13.1827, May 2005
Nash, Matthew, article: “Knock Offs at Green Street,” bigRed & shiny, Issue 21. April 24, 2005
Smith, Sean, article: "At This Show, Every Picture Does Tell a Story," The Boston College Chronicle: 14.1002, February 2005
article: “The Last Mad Dash,” bigRed & shiny, Issue 54. December 18, 2004
Findlay, Mary Beth, article: "Faculty Display Art at Bapst Student Gallery," The Heights (Boston College Independent Student Newspaper), October 4, 2004
Ledogar, Kate, review: “Chasing the Bunny,” The Weekly Dig, September 21, 2004
McQuaid, Cate, article: “Recasting History at Revere House,” The Boston Globe, July 2, 2004
Gallagher Vega, Shawna, article: "Work of Art," The Heights (Boston College Independent Student Newspaper), May 4, 2004
Berkery, Christy, article: "Student Art Gallery Opens in Bapst," The Heights (Boston College Independent Student Newspaper), April 27, 2004
Feinberg, Cara, article: "Space Walk," Boston College Magazine, 2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY (cont.)
McQuaid, Cate, review: “Miracle on Display at Nesto Gallery show,” The Boston Globe, April 21, 2001
Sherman, Mary, review: “Works Reshape ways of Seeing Local Sites,” The Boston Herald, June 4, 2000
Temin, Christine, article: “Art and ‘Art’—Thoughts on White Matter and Its Value,” Perspectives, The Boston Globe, March 8, 2000
Consoli, Grace, review: “Now You See it, Now You Don’t,” Arts Media, March 2000
Sherman, Mary, review: “White On,” The Boston Herald, February 20, 2000
Temin, Christine, article: “Sculpture at Chapel; Whiteout at BCA,” The Boston Globe, February 9, 2000
McQuaid, Cate, “‘Timexposure’ Dazzles as Delicious Eye Candy,” The Boston Globe, January 6, 2000 article: “Teaming Boston’s History with Art,” The Boston Globe, August 3, 1999
Temin, Christine, “A New Push for Public Art,” The Boston Globe, June 23, 1999
Buskirk, Martha, article: “Report from Boston,” Art In America, June 1999
Ricketts, Kathy, article: “Carriage House Art Center lets disabled students create,” The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY), December 17, 1998
McQuaid, Cate, review: “Brushstrokes of Soothing Beauty,” The Boston Globe, April 23, 1998
McQuaid, Cate, review: “Reworking the Masters,” The Boston Globe, April 23, 1998
Giuliano, Charles, review: “Sheila Gallagher: Under the Influence,” sidewalk.com, April 1998
Silver, Joanne, review: “The Artist’s Garden,” The Boston Herald, June 13, 1997
Temin, Christine, article: “Young Gifted, and Here,” The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, May 25, 1997
Temin, Christine, review: “Down to Earth a Gallery Show and a Back-yard Exhibit Link the Worlds of Nature and Art,” The Boston Globe, May 8, 1997
Temin, Christine, review: “The Artist’s Garden—Done to Earth,” The Boston Globe, May 8, 1997
Mulski, Susan, review: “Natural Transformations,” Art New England, June 1996
McQuaid, Cate, review: “Turning a Worldly eye on Innocence,” The Boston Globe, February 22, 1996
Stapen, Nancy, gallery review: “Refashioning Gaugin,” The Boston Globe, December 22, 1994
Bickehaupt, Susan, “Names and Faces,” The Boston Globe, November 16, 1994
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
Boston College, Academic Technology and Innovation Grant, 2007 Boston College Research Expense Grant, 2007 Finalist, Foster Prize, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2007 Finalist, St Botolph Foundation , Distinguished Artist Award, 2007 Boston College Teaching And Mentoring Expense Grant, 2006 Boston College Junior Faculty Fellowship Award, 2005 Boston College Publication Grant, 2005 Boston College Taeching and Mentoring Grant, 2004 Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston National Historical Parks Association Artist-in-Residence, 1999 Kate Healey Outstanding Female Artist Grant,1999 Ucross Foundation Fellowship, 1999 Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship, 1990 Young American Scholar, 1989 Marguerite Hansen Art Grant, 1988 Buttenweizer Scholarship, 1988
INVITED PRESENTATIONS and PUBLIC LECTURES:
“ Recent Work,“ artist talk, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA , October 2007 “Recent Work,“ artist talk, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA , February 2007 “Unknown Source,“ guest lecturer, Core Painting Class, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 2007 “Studio Practice,“ artist talk, MIT Advanced Studio Class, February 2007 “Unknown Source,“ artist talk, Institute of Contemporary Art , Boston, MA, January 2007 “Artst Talk“, Art Institurte of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA , November 2006 “Psychic Chat Room Studio,“ artist talk, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA , July 2005 “All that Glitters “ gallery talk, Gallery at Green Street, Boston, MA March, 2005 “Recent Work,” artist talk, Art Institute of Boston, Graduate Program, Boston, MA September, 2003 “Flourish,” artist talk, Milton Academy, Milton, MA, 2001 “Recent Work,” artist talk, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Post- Bac Program, 2001 “Genealolgy of a Champagne Burst,” artist talk, USS Constitution Museum, Boston, MA, 2000 “Recent Work,” artist talk, School of Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA , February 2000 “Process and Creation,” Creative Business Institute, Cambridge , MA, July 1999 Commencement Address, Precollege Program, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA June 1999 “The Work of Jim Hodges”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, October 1999 “Recent Work”, slide lecture, Charlestown Art Association, June1999 “Site Specific Installation”, slide lecture, Boston National Historic Parks Association, May 1999 “The Boston School-Then and Now”, panel discussion, Boston International Arts Fair, September 1998 “Preservation of Temporary Work”, guest speaker, Boston Chapter of Art Librarians and Archivists Annual Meeting, June 1998 “Making Judgments in Art: What is Quality?”, panel discussion, Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, January 1995
UNIVERSITY and DEPARTMENT SERVICE:
Director of Minors Program, Studio Art, Fine Arts Department, 2008 Reviewer, Advanced Study Grants in the Humanities, 2008 Member, Search Committee for video art instructor position, 2008 Organized Deb Todd Wheeler visiting artist lecture and student critiques, 2007 Faculty Technolgy Consultant, 2007-present Member, Arts Council, 2007-present Organized Exhibition Design and Installation Workshop for Art Club Students, Fall 2007 Coordinator, Boston Cyber Arts Festival Project at Boston College, 2007-present Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee on technology needs for the College of Arts and Sciences, 2007-present Visual Arts Coordinator for the Arts Festival, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Organized Rachel Perry Welty, visiting artist lecture, 2006
Designer, Fine Arts Department Catalog, 2006 Organized Cristi Rinklin , Jane Marsching, Thomas Gustanis, visiting artist presentations/ brown bag lunch series on art and digital technology, 2005 (sponsored by TAM grant) Faculty Supervisor, Digital Imaging Lab, Devlin Hall, 2005-present Organized Eve Sussman visiting artist lecture and video, 2005 Co-Director, Becker Collection and Archive, 2005-present Faculty Advisor for art submissions, Stylus Journal, 2005 Faculty Advisor, Student Art Club, 2004-present Faculty Coordinator Drawing Marathon, 2004-present Faculty Supervisor, Bapst Gallery, 2004-present (instituted annual faculty/staff exhibition) Participant, Jesuit Scholars in Conversations Program. 2004-present Faculty Undergraduate Advisor, College of Arts and Sciences, 2004-present
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
2008 Trustee, Saint-Gaudens Memorial, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Cornish, NH (trustee since 2005) Chairman, Exhibitions Committee Member, Executive Board Member, Fellowship Committee Author, catalog essay, for “ Alyson Shotz“, recipient of 2007 Saint Gaudens Memorial Fellowship Member, Search Committee for Exhibition Coordinator Supervisor for development of Memorial website 2008 ARTcetera 2008, a benefit for the AIDS Action Committee, Artwork donation to auction 2008 “Alyson Shotz,“ introductory remarks, Picture Gallery, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH 2008 “Chehalis Hegner-Photographs,“ introductory remarks, Picture Gallery, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH 2008 Juror, Dana Pond Award, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2008 Member, MFA thesis review committee for Georgie Friedman, SMFA/Tufts University, Medford, MA 2007- Member, School of Museum of Fine Arts Alumni Advisory Committee present School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2007 Reach Beyond Domestic Violence, Artwork donation for auction 2007 Juror, “Young Contemporaries,“ an exhibition of work from MFA programs in the Northeast, Boston University, Boston, MA 2007 Video presentation for 2007 dinner for “Grantmakers in the Arts,“ Boston, MA 2007 Mad Dash, fundraising activity for Green Street Gallery, Artwork donation 2007 “ Mary-Ellen Strom and Ann Carlson,“ introductory remarks, Picture Gallery, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH 2007 “ Gerry Bergstein and Gail Boyajian,“ inrtroductory remarks, Picture Gallery, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornihs, NH 2006 “Fritz Buehner,“ introductory remarks, Picture Gallery, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH 2005 Mad Dash, fundraising activity for Green Street Gallery, Artwork donation