ARLENE SHECHET Born New York, Lives New York EDUCATION M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI B.A. New York University, New York, NY SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2009 F. Y. Tang Museum at Skidmore College, curated by Ian Berry (catalogue) Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC 2008 Now & Away, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2007 New Work, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY, (essay, Peter Nagy) 2006 Thin Air, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID Round and Round, Hemphill, Washington, D.C. 2004 Out of the Blue, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Brochure) Works of Paper, Hemphill, Washington, D.C. Two person show, Arlene Shechet and Stephen Mueller, Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY (essay Fyfe, Joe) 2003/4Turning the Wheel, commissioned installation as part of the "The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art", Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, (exhibition catalogue) 2003 Building, curated by Elizabeth Brown, Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, (brochure/ essay) 2002 Flowers Found, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY (exhibition catalogue, essay, Anne Ellegood) 2001 Puja, A/D Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal 1999 Mirror Mirror, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY (exhibition catalogue, essay, Peter Nagy) 1998 Once Removed, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1997 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (exhibition catalogue, essay, Kay Larson) Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA 1996 Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1995 Installation, Boulder Museum of Fine Arts, Boulder, CO 2 GRANTS 2004 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Visual Artist Fellowship 1999 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant 1996/7 Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY, Artist Work Grant 1993 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant 1986/7 N.E.A. Visual Artist, Artist Fellowship Grant 1986 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 Dirt On Delight, ICA, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter (catalogue) 2008 Present Tense, Spainerman Modern Gallery, NYC, curated by Mary Heilman & D. Christenson Neti Neti (not this not this) Bose Pacia Gallery, NYC, curated by Peter Nagy Building/Beijing, Permanent installation, US Embassy, Beijing, China (exhibition catalogue) Grey, Dinter Fine Art, NYC True Grit, Frames, Fixations, Flirtations, curated by M. Leach, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte N.C. 2007 In the Way, Outdoor Installation, Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, NY Shattering Glass: New Perspectives, curated by Neil Watson and Ellen Kieter, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (exhibition catalogue) 2006/7 THE BONG SHOW or This Is Not a Pipe, Leslie Tonkonow, New York, NY 2006 The Missing Peace, Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA, traveling, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, ILRubin Museum of Art, New York, NY, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, (exhibition catalogue) 2005/6 Faith, curated by James Hyde, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (exhibition catalogue) 2005 Riverhouse Editions: Master Prints by 44 Artists, University of Denver, Denver, CO Glass, Seriously, curated by Lilly Wei, Dorsky Curatorial Program, Long Island City, NY (essay) SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE IT, curated by Janet Phelps, Shroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Monochrome Image, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY Seven Artists, American Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam, curated by Virginia Shore, State Department, Washington, D.C. 2004 Sidewalk Installation, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY Bottle: Contemporary Art and Vernacular Tradition, curated by Richard Klein, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (exhibition catalogue) 3 The Buddha Project, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued… 2004 The Big Nothing, curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Bennett Simpson, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (exhibition catalogue) 2003 According with Nadelman : Contemporary Affinities Group Show, curated by Cynthia Nadelman June Kelly Gallery, NY Water Mark / Inside, curated by Patricia Phillips, E.H. Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME Water, Water, curated by Lily Wei, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Vessels, curated by Joe Fyfe, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY Mystic, curated by Jeffrey Keough, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA(exhibition catalogue) 2002 Line and Landscape, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, NY Paper Remix: Dieu Donne Work Space Program, 1995-2000, curated by Edwin Ramoran, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY Curious Terrain, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Ganesh, Rene Blouin Gallery, Montreal, QC Rags to Riches, 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donné Papermill, curated by Donna Stein, a traveling exhibition: Kresge Art Museum East Lansing, MI, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, Ft. Wayne, IN, through 2003 A Threshold of Spirit, curated by Peter Nagy, “Crossing Paths: an Installation in the Baptistry”, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY Digital Printmaking Now, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY 2000 Mysticism and Desire, curated by Pat Hamilton, Los Angeles, CA The Living End, curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder,CO Religion: Contemporary Interpretations by Women, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Rapture, Bakalar and Huntington Galleries, Mass Art, Boston, MA 1999 Loaf, curated by Steve Dibenedetto, Baumgartner Galleries Inc. New York, NY Crafted Shows, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY Om, curated by Joe Fyfe, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY Women in Print, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY 1998 In the Details, curated by Kiki Smith, Barbara Gross Gallery, Munich, Germany 4 Art Exchange Show, Rose Burlingham, New York, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued… 1998 Recent Aquisitions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 On the Rim, TransAmerica Bank, San Francisco, CA Plastered, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Swimsuit Show, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA 1996 Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York, NY Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA Gramercy Hotel Art Show, New York, NY Joanne Rapp Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 1995 Manhattan Art Project, 60 Broad St., New York, NY Mixed Media, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 1994 Full House, 5 person show, 54 White Street, New York, NY 1993 The Return to the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY A-Z 0-9, E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York, NY A Celebration of Life, Delegates Hall, United Nations, New York, NY Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY 1992 Gallery Women Artists, Rule Modern & Contemporary, Denver, CO Faculty Small Works, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 10 Artists/10 Statements, Farrell Collection, Philadelphia, PA Artistic Generations, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1991 Payton-Rule Gallery, Denver, CO Paint Land, curated by Terry R. Myers, Lemon Sky Project, Los Angeles, CA Live From New York, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA Painting Function: Making It Real, SPACES, Cleveland, OH Soft corner hard edge, Blackwood Gallery, The University of Toronto, at Mississauga, traveling to Galerie Christiane Chassay, Montreal, Quebec 5 BIBLIOGRAPHY 2008 Pollack, Barbara, “Neti-Neti”, Time Out New York, July 31-August 6, p.53 Saltz, Jerry, “Gray”, Critics’ Pick, New York Magazine Online, July 23 De Vegh, Suzanne, “Arlene Shechet, New York”, Art Papers, July/August, p. 66 Goodman, Jonathan, “New York Reviews”, Sculpture Magazine, July/August, pp 77-8. Hirsch, Faye,”Arlene Shechet at Elizabeth Harris”, Art in America, February. 2007 Smith, Roberta, "Art in Review", New York Times, Sept. 14, pE41 Nagy, Peter,”Perfumed Manifestation, the work of A. Shechet” catalogue essay Robinson, Walter, “Weekend Update”, Reviews, Artnet, Sept. 19 2006 Mahoney, J. 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