Resume
| Solo Exhibitions | ||
| 2006 | J.B. Speed Museum; Louisville,Kentucky, “Gaela Erwin: Facing the Subject” | |
| 2003 | Lamar Dodd Art Center; LaGrange, Georgia; “Self-Portraits as Saints” | |
| Gescheidle Gallery; Chicago, Illinois, “Gaela Erwin: Self-Portraits as Saints” | ||
| 2002 | Ogunquit Museum of American Art; Ogunquit, Maine, “Gaela Erwin: Self-Portraits” | |
| Huntsville Museum of Art; Huntsville, Alabama, “Encounters” | ||
| 1999 | Lyons-Wier Gallery; Chicago, Illinois, “Gaela Erwin Self-Portraits” | |
| B. Deemer Gallery; Louisville Kentucky, “Pastel Self-Portraits: Gaela Erwin” | ||
| 1996 | University of Tennessee; Chattanooga, Tennessee; “Gaela Erwin, Paintings” | |
| 1995 | Images Freidman Gallery; Louisville, Kentucky; “Recent Paintings” | |
| 1992 | Spalding University; Louisville Kentucky, “Recent Work” | |
| Images Freidman Gallery; Louisville, Kentucky; “Recent Paintings” | ||
| 1991 | Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus; Schwandorf, Germany; “Malerei, Zeichnung” | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | ||
| Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Narcissus In the Studio | ||
| 21c Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky, “Creating Identity: Portrats Today” | ||
| Gallery Magnificat, Berlin, Germany, “Art in Prisons” | ||
| 2008 | Georgetown College; Georgetown, KY, “Metamorphisis of Identity” | |
| 2006 | Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences; Evansville, IN | |
| Huntsville Museum of Art; Huntsville, AL“Views of the Collection: Southern Women Artists” | ||
| 2005 | Laguna Art Museum; Laguna Beach, CA,; Columbus Centre, Toronto, Canada, Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Beaumont,TX, (two year traveling exhibition), “A Broken Beauty: Figuration, Narrative, and the Transcendent in North American Art” | |
| Ache 700 Art Center; Bergheim, Austria, “Language of Art” | ||
| 2004 | Chicago Art Expo; Navy Pier, Chicago. Illinois | |
| Circle Elephant Art; Los Angeles, CA, “ A New Figuration: Group Painting Show” | ||
| 2000 | Allan Stone Gallery; New York, NY, “TALENT 1999,2000” | |
| Selected Awards and Grants | ||
| Italian Cultural Institute, Travel Grant | ||
| 2009 | National Portrait Gallery, Outwin Boochever National Portrait Competition, Commended Award | |
| Gallery Magnificat, Berlin, Germany, Third Prize | ||
| 2007 | Kentucky Arts Council, Al Smith Fellowship, 2007, 2000, 1991 | |
| 2006 | Evansville Museum, Jo Ritz Memorial Merit Award | |
| 2004 | Kentucky Foundation for Women, Grant, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2004 | |
| 2000 | Camargo Foundation Fellowship, Artist-in-residence, Cassis, France | |
| 1997 | The Tyrone Guthrie Center; Ireland;U.S.-Ireland Exchange Program Fellowship | |
| The MacDowell Colony; Artist residency, 1996, 1997 | ||
| 1996 | Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; Artist residency | |
| 1995 | Vermont Studio Center; Full fellowship, Artist residency | |
| 1995 | Artist’s Fellowship Inc.; New York,NY; Grant | |
| 1993 | Yaddo; Artist’s residency | |
| 1991 | Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus; Kebbel Villa Schwandorf-Fronberg; U.S.- Germany Exchange Program | |
| Public Collections | ||
| 21C Museum Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky Centre College, Danville, Kentucky Eckert, Elkorn, Goering, Madison, Indiana Consolidated Chemical Works, Chicago, Illinois Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio Bravura Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky U.S. Corrections Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky Mosley, Bertrand, Jacobs & Mc Call Attorneys at Law, Jeffersonville, IN Ackerson, Mosley, Yann, P.S.C., Louisville, KY |
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| Education | ||
| 1988 | Studio Art School of the Aegean, Samos, Greece | |
| 1983 | University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, M.A. | |
| 1973 | Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, B.F.A | |
| Teaching | ||
| 2006 | Allen R. Hite Institute; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, visiting artist/guest lecturer | |
| 2004 - Present | St. Francis High School; Artist-in-Residence, Louisville, Kentucky . | |
| 2003 | La Grange College; Cultural Enrichment Events, Artist’s Lecture, Lamar Dodd College, La Grange, Georgia | |
| 1998 | Kentucky Institute for International Studies; Italy Summer Studio Abroad, Painting lnstructor | |
| 1998 | Centre College; Danville, Kentucky; visiting artist/guest lecturer | |
| 1993-97 | Allen R. Hite Institute; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Drawing Instructor | |
| 1994-97 | Studio School; Louisville, Kentucky; Drawing Instructor, Workshop Presenter | |
| 1996 | Allen R. Hite Institute; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; Visiting Artist | |
| 1994 | Bellarmine College; Louisville, Kentucky; Drawing Instructor | |
| 1993 | Louisville Visual Art Association; Louisville, KY; Workshop Presenter, “Open Doors” Community Outreach Program | |
| Reviews, Articles and Catalogues | ||
| 2009 | Art in America, November 2009, No. 10. P. 120, photo | |
| 2008 | Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, Cover and publicity materials. | |
| 2006 | Robson, Julien, Gaela Erwin: Facing the Subject, The Speed Art Museum, catalogue. | |
| 2005 | Mesch, Katherine, Pastel Journal, Gaela Erwin, Issue No. 40, pg. 36-41 | |
| Mesch, Katherine, Pastel Journal, Gaela Erwin, Products Page, Issue " " " 18 | ||
| T. R. Hummer, Editor, The Georgia Review, Volume LIX Number 2, Gaela Erwin, Self-Portraits as Saints, Cover, pgs.352-360 Ward, Christopher, Methods and Materials, Pastel Highlights 2, May |
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| 2003 | Artman, Alan, Review, Chicago Tribune, Feburary 28, | |
| Joiner; Dorothy, Gaela Erwin: Self-Portraits as Saints, SECAC Journal, Spring | ||
| 2002 | Culver, Michael, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Catalogue, Gaela Erwin: Self-Portraits | |
| Joiner, Dorothy, Reviews: Southeast, Art Papers, July/August, vol.26, p. 36 | ||
| 2001 | Baldaia, Peter, Encounters: Gaela Erwin, Huntsville Museum of Art, Catalogue | |
| Open Studios Press, New American Paintings, Vol. 34, p. 62-65; (Reproduction) | ||