CARLEEN SHEEHAN
Studio: Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bldg. 30, Suite 202
SELECTED CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBITIONS:
2022 Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Carleen Sheehan: Ice Fall, October 29th-January 8th 2023
The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg, New York, 400 Years of Arctic Exploration,
curated by Elizabeth Cronin, Curator of Photography, New York Public Libraries
2021 Harvard University Center for the Environment, Cambridge, MA, Carleen Sheehan: Glacial Cosmologies
2020 The Shaker Museum, New Lebanon, NY, In Union, Remotely
National Geographic Society, The Endurance Project, Change: A Permanent Polar Exhibition, curated by Zaria Forman
2019 Thompson-Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, En Masse: Ice Fall Project
Yardworks Gallery, Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum, Kindred Constraints, curated by Millie Benson & Amy Lemaire
Yardworks Gallery, Brooklyn Navy Yard Museum, Open Field, curated by Nancy Bowen, Colin Thompson & Lindsay Walt
OPEN HOUSE NY, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn NY
Gallery Bergen, Bergen College, NJ, Lines of Fire/Lines of Ice
2018 The Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY, Art for Arctic Sake
The School / Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY, True Blue Benefit
Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, En Masse: Invisible Mountains
Labspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY, True North
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, The Last Iceberg, multimedia installation with Itty Neuhaus
Labspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY, Nature lab, curated by Eric Wolf
2017 September Gallery, Hudson, NY, Planned Parenthood Benefit
Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, Subzero
2016 September Gallery, Hudson, NY, Post-Election Show
Gallery Bergen, Bergen College, NJ, Tipping Points: Artists Address the Climate Crisis, curated by Amy Lipton,
Artists: Resa Blatman, Diane Burko, Nancy Cohen, Matthew Friday, Mary Mattingly, Itty Neuhaus, Laura Petrovich-Cheney,
Joan Perlman, Caroline Rothwell, Carleen Sheehan, Rebecca Smith
Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, En Masse: Fractal Creek
2015 Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY, The Miami Project, Miami, FL, Mica Series
The Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY, Faculty Spotlight: Abby Goldstein, Ross Maclaren, Carleen Sheehan
Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, Mica Series
Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, NY Art on Paper, Pier 36, NYC, Mica Series
2014 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Redacted: Pierogi 25TH Anniversary Exhibition
Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, Fractal Series
Pratt Institute, MFA Alumni Exhibition, curated by Honey Ramka Gallery, Bushwick
Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, Friend of a Friend
2013 Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, Drawn Apart
Jill Newhouse Gallery, NY, at the Salon du Dessin, Palais Brongniart, Paris, Mica Series
2012 GO Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum Open Studios, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, Friend of a Friend
Fordham University, The Center Gallery, Faculty Spotlight: Goldstein, Ruble, Sheehan
BCB Gallery, Hudson, NY, NADA Art Fair and Gallery Walk
Thompson/Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY, Restructuring Signs and Symbols
The Cornell Cooperative Agro-forestry Extension and Greene County Cultural Council, NY,
Whale Oil to Whole Foods: Artists exploring the economic and ecological history of the Hudson Valley
curated by Christy Rupp and Fawn Potash, Catskill, NY
2011 Pierogi Gallery Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, Carleen Sheehan: Convertibles Series*
BRIK Gallery, Catskill, NY, …Artists of the Hudson Valley
2010 Kathleen Cullen Gallery, New York, NY, Carleen Sheehan: Scrambles Series
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, The Schafler Gallery at 25: The Exceptions and the Exceptionals,
curated by Eleanor Moretta
2009 Deutsche Bank, New York, NY, Interchange, curated by Liz Christensen
Fredric Petzel Gallery, New York, NY, Artseen: NY Foundation for the Arts Benefit
2007 The Center Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, Visual Arts Faculty
Kent State University, Kent, OH, Drawing on Edge
Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY, Contemporary Drawing
National Arts Club, New York, NY, Belfast-NewYork
2006 Komaneka Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Continuous Painting for the Village of Ubud
Bali Purnati Center for the Arts, Batuan, Ubud, Bali, Tangled Centers
2005 Maynard ArtSpace, Boston, MA, Painting Now
2004 Illinois State University, University Galleries, Normal, IL, 200 Drawings,
curated by Annie Herron and Barry Blinderman(excat)
University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, NY, Pierogi: The Flatfiles
The Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, Pierogi Gallery Artists
2003 Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont, Carleen Sheehan: Sampler Series*
Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, NM, New Work, New York, New Mexico,
curated by Annie Herron(excat)
Metaphor Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY, Paper 2003
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, Pierogi Flatfiles
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, Art at Steepletop
2002 Fishtank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Nathaniel Lieb, Carleen Sheehan, Mary Temple,
curated by Susan Hamburger
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, New York, New Work, Now
2001 Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO,Pierogi Gallery Artists
Millay Colony for the Arts, Steepletop, NY, Art at Steepletop
2000 Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY, Carleen Sheehan: New Drawings*
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY, Six Abstract Painters
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY, at Art Expo Chicago, Calypso Series
Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Superduper New York
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Multiple Sensations
POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Haulin’ Ass
1999 Karen McCready Fine Art and Jan Abrams Fine Art, NewYork, NY,
Carleen Sheehan, JanTyniec & Christina Craigo
Kyoto-Seika University, International House, Kyoto, Japan, Ukiyo-e Works
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, Colleagues: Studio Art Faculty
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Pierogi Flatfiles
Smith College, Northampton, MA, Five-College Drawing Faculty
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, Art-for-Park Benefit
1998 Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY, Carleen Sheehan: Calypso Series*
Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria, New York Art on Paper
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY, at the New York Print Fair, New York, NY
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY, at Chicago Art Expo Chicago
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Works on paper
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY, Tight:SphinctericArhatship
450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, LINK, curated by Susan Hamburger
Bard College, Rheinbeck, NY, & Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, Pierogi Goes to College
1997 The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, Current Undercurrent
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY at the Art Chicago Exposition, Chicago, IL
Karen McCready Fine Art & the NY Downtown Arts Festival, First Look Project(excat)
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY, New York Print Fair, New York, NY
The Art Exchange Show, Annie Herron Productions, 60 Broad St., New York, NY
Visual Arts Museum, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Possessions II, curated by Milton Glaser
The Gasworks, London, England & The Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, England, New York Drawers
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Art on Paper
1996 Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Works on Paper by Ten NY Artists
Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY, Carleen Sheehan, Survey: 1992-96*
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY at the Art Chicago Exposition, Chicago, IL
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY at the New York Print Fair, New York, NY
Holy Ghost Church, Brooklyn, NY Holy Ghost Salon, curated by Annie Herron
1995 Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY, Carleen Sheehan: Cobá Series
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Collector's Circle Viewing
Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY, Quelques Fleurs, curated by Annie Herron
Ronald Feldman Fine Art, New York, NY, Other Rooms
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY at the Art Chicago Exposition, Chicago, IL
Karen McCready Fine Art, NY at the New York Print Fair, New York, NY
1994 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, Recent Acquistions
92nd Street Y, New York, NY, School of the Arts Faculty Exhibition
1993 Jill Newhouse Drawings, New York, NY, Judith Cotton, Sue Johnson, Carleen Sheehan
The Asia Society, New York, NY, A Life in Six Episodes
Hunter College, Leubsdorf Gallery, NY, Faculty Selections '93, with Valerie Jaudon
1992 Herron Test Site Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Salon of the Mating Spiders, curated by Annie Herron
Tie Factory, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New Icons: David Kramer, Dexter Buell, Carleen Sheehan, curated by Will Eno
Artist's Space, New York, NY, Neurotic Art Show, curated by Four Walls, Brooklyn
1990 New Waterfront Museum, Fulton Landing, Brooklyn, NY, Archetype
Gowanus Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, Carleen Sheehan: Baubles Series*
1989 Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY & Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, The Exceptions & the Exceptionals, curated by Corinne Roberts
1985 Universidad de Santander, Santander, Spain, “Pinturas de la Cuevas de El Castillo”
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2018 Public Commission, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2018 ASAP 10, Panelist Travel Fund, Assoc. of Arts of the Present/Conference, New Orleans, LA
2016 The Artic Circle 2017 Summer Solstice Expedition, Artist’s Residency and Expedition to the High Arctic
2012 Mellon Challenge Grant for exhibition and collaborative projects for Rockslide Sky,
The Center Gallery and The Lipani Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY
2009 Mellon Challenge Grant for exhibition, Radiant, The Center Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center
2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
2006 Bali Purnati Center for the Arts, Bali, Indonesia, Residency Fellowship
2004 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist’s Fellowship in Painting
2002 Mount Holyoke College Faculty Travel Grant, Bhuddist Murals in Bhutan
2001 Mount Holyoke College Faculty Travel Grant, Mural Painting in Northern Italy
2000 Mount Holyoke College Faculty Travel Grant, Mosaic Patterning: Morocco/Spain
1999 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, Visual Artist’s Grant in Painting
1999 Mount Holyoke College Faculty Travel Grant to Kyoto-Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
1996 The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, Residency Fellowship
1995 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, Residency Fellowship
1995 Virginia Center for the Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, Residency Fellowship
1994 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, Residency Fellowship
1994 The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, Residency Fellowship
1988 Pratt Institute, Graduate Painting Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
CURATORIAL/PROJECTS
2018 Art for Arctic Sake, The Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY, co-curated with
Joanna Isaak. Artists: Janet Biggs, Jessica Segall, Rúri, Subhankar Banerjee, Carleen Sheehan,
Elaine Byrne, Adam D.J. Laity, James Balog, Brian Adams, Bill Hess, and Peggy Weil, who created a special web
version of her project, Cores -1 to -2137, for the exhibition website, www.contemporaryart.ace.fordham.edu
2018 Smeerenberg Glacier, Calving: A short film by Adam Laity, The IldikoButler Gallery,
Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY. This project also featured a poem by writer and playwrite, Nick Drake:
The Ice Core Sample, from his collection, The Farewell Glacier; and a collaborative video project, Old Ice, with images
by Carleen Sheehan and video editing by Audrey Fenter ’19.
2018 Mirage, Collaborative multi-media event, with Fordham University Alvin Ailey Dance Program, and exhibition, The Last Iceberg,
Itty Neuhaus, at Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2017 Prismatic Shifts: Lee Boroson and Diana Cooper, The Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY
2012 Rockslide Sky, The Center Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY. Artists: Marsha Cottrell, Steve DiBennedetoo,
Tom McGrath, Ann Pibal, Joel Longenecker, Franklin Evans, Jackie Saccoccio, Laura Newman, Jared Handelsman, Michelle Kloehn,
Morgan O’Hara, Janet Gillespie, Marcy Rosenblat,
2011 Soundview Murals, Soundview Magnet School for the Arts, Bronx, NY
2009 Radiant, The Center Gallery, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NY. Artists: Julia Kunin, Shari Mendelson, Susan Rabinowitz
2006 Continuous Painting for the Village of Ubud, Collaborative Project with artists Mark Giglio,
Wayan Suja and Putu Sudiana, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2003 Karl Jensen; Pulpit, installation, Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, S. Hadley, MA
RECENT PANELS/TALKS
2022
Harvard University Center for the Environment
Artists talk in conjunction with exhibition, Carleen Sheehan, Glacial Cosmologies, Aug. 2021-Aug. 2022
2018
ASAP 10 Conference (Association for the Arts of the Present)
Artist talk: Glacial Cosmologies,
for open panel on Fluidity, organized by Rebecca Snedecker, Director, Center for the Gulf South,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2018
Gallery talk , Artists Engage Climate Change, during the exhibition,
Art for Arctic’s Sake, in the Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University.
2018
Gallery talk, Fordham University, Smeerenberg Glacier, Calving, Ildiko Butler Gallery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/WRITING
2017 Inside Fordham, Art Professor Sees Red in the Arctic
2014 Metroland, Friend of a Friend at Thompson Giroux Gallery(illus.)
2013 excat, The Center Gallery, Fordham University, NY, Rockslide Sky
2012 Albany Times-Union, Critic’s Choice: Thompson Giroux Gallery,Restructuring Signs and Symbols(illus.)
The Huffington Post, Arts and Culture Section, It’s about Time…..,8/31
2009 Deutsche Bank Collection/DB Artmag, , Interchange: Making it in New York, Vol. 55
2009 excat, Deutsche Bank, NY, Making It in New York,curated by Liz Christensen
2006 Bali TV at Komaneka Gallery, interview, Continuous Painting Collaborative Project
2006 Planet Blogger, Denpasar, Bali, Continuous Painting in Ubud
2006 Korantempo, Jakarta, Visual Dialogue: New York-Bali
2006 Bali Post, Denpasar, Bali, Collaboration: New York-Bali
2005 excat, Illinois University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, 200 Drawings, curated by Annie Herron
2004 excat,Carlsbad Museum & Art Center, Carlsbad, NM, New Work, New York, New Mexico,
curated by Annie Herron
2003 Roger Boyce, Art in America, Carleen Sheehan at Marlboro College
2003 Roger Boyce, Art New England, Carleen Sheehan: Sampler Series,, Aug/Sept
2003 College Street Journal, Abbey Chapel to Host "Heavy-Metal Rococo" Karl Jensen Sculpture,
interview with the curator,September 26, 2003
2000 Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Six Abstract Painters at Karen McCready, July 29
1999 Gloria Russel , Art New England, Mount Holyoke College Faculty Artists, , February
1998 Jennifer Dalton, Review Magazine , Link at 450 Broadway, March
1997 Susan Hamburger, Waterfront Week, Current Undercurrent at the Brooklyn Museum
1996 excat,essay by Claire Daigle, Karen McCready Fine Art, Carleen Sheehan 1992-96,
1992 excat, essay by Will Eno, New Icons for the 21st Century: David Kramer, Dan McCarthy, Carleen Sheehan
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007–current FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, Dept. of Theatre and Visual Arts, New York, NY
2011-12 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, Bronx, NY, Program Director, Visual Arts at Rose Hill
1998-06 MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, South Hadley, MA, Visiting Artist/Assistant Professor
1993-98 THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY, Adjunct Professor
1994-98 92ndST Y SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, New York, NY, Adjunct Instructor
1997-98 PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY, Adjunct Professor
1997-98 STUDIO IN A SCHOOL, New York, NY, Artist Educator
EDUCATION
1989. M.F.A. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1984. B.F.A. Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA