SKY PAPE

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022
Increments & Incidents, Garage Art Center, Queens, NY.
2021
Anomalies, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY.
2018
Passing Through, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID
2017
Passing Through, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Sky Pape: Traces of Places, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2013
Time Being, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Selections from the Bellagio Suite, Yellow Box Gallery,
St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
(Exhibition Catalog with essay by Jo Anna Isaak, Ph.D.
2012
Inkternal, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY
2012
Brushless, Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2010
Water Works: Surface Tension, New Drawings, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Ink Scissors Paper, 10-year retrospective, River Stone Arts, Haverstraw, NY
2007
Drawing Breath, Tompkins Gallery, Cedar Crest College,
Allentown, PA
2006
Drawing Breath, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing Breath: New Work on Paper, d.e.n contemporary art, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Behind the Seen: Saturated Ink Drawings, June Kelly
Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Silver Lining: Graphite Drawings, June Kelly Gallery,
New York, NY
1999
Inklings: Drawings, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY,
Essay by Jonathan Goodman
1997
Mortal Touchstones, Shenandoah Valley Fine Art Center (
Affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) Waynesboro, VA
1995
Terra Incognita, Treasure Room Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Peripheral Visions, Prezant Gallery, Bronx, New York, NY
1993
Private Viewing curated by Francis de Montebello, Marc De Montebello Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY
Recent Paintings, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
1992
Recent Paintings, Ward-Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Odd and Normal Scenes, Ward-Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Two Worlds Away, Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP AND TWO-PERSON EXHITIONS
2023
Luminous Elsewheres, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY.
2022
60th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA.
Ink, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY.
Sound and Sight: A Duet, The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights
Gallery, New York, NY
Immigrant Perspectives: Creating Home, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY.
Combining Forces: Birds, multimedia installation, The
Swimming Hole Foundation, Woodstock, NY.
Among Friends, Equity Galley, New York, NY.
Only One Earth: The Flag Project, United Nations Environmen Programme and The Climate Museum, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY.
Cosmic Geometries, EFA Project Space, New York, NY,
Curators: Dannielle Tegeder & Sharmista Ray, Hilma’s Ghost
2021
El Alto/The Heights, Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center,
New York, NY
2019
At Sea, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY
El Alto/The Heights, Word Up Librería Comunitaria, New York, NY
2018
Serenading Summer, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Celebrating 30 Years, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Paper Worlds, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, S
Celebration! Artists Unite–MTA Poster Project, Hudson View Gardens, New York, NY
Drums on Paper III, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2015
Going Big, Central Booking Art Space, New York, NY
Crossing the Line, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Selected NoMAA Grantees 2008-2013, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Drawn to Nature, Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, New York, NY
GRAM Selects, Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI
2012
Transformation, Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
2012
Celebrating 25 Years, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Northern Manhattan as Muse, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Drawing Resurfaced, Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Exhibition of NoMAA 2010/11 grantees, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY, Curator: Rocio-Aranda-Alvarado, Special Projects
Coordinator, El Museo del Barrio, NY
2009
Design Loves Art, d.e.n. contemporary at the Pacific Design Ctr, West Hollywood, CA
NoMAA 2008/09 Visual Arts Grantees, Northern Manhattan Art Alliance, New York, NY, Curator: Rocio Aranda-Alvarado,
Special Projects Coordinator, El Museo del Barrio, NY
2008
Timeless: The Art of Drawing, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2008
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Selected Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
2007/08 Grantees Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Educational Center, New York, NY. Curator:Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Jersey City Museum
2007
Visions: Drawings from the James T. Dyke Collection, Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL
2006
cARTalog The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA
2005
Pulp Friction: New Takes on Paper, Betty Barker Gallery,
New Canaan, CT
Span, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY
Drawing National II, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2004
Sky Pape & Jill Odegaard, Two-person show, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY
2003
Cycles, Patterns, Intervals, Fredericksburg Center for the
Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
2002
Memory and Metaphor, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
2001
Drawing National, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Women and Books: Uncovered, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
2000
The Collectors’ Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1999
From Hairbread to Wishing Machines, Art Gallery of Ontario,Toronto, Canada
1998
Priva B. Gross International, Works on/of Paper, City University of New York, NY Curator: Marilyn Kushner, Curator of Prints & Drawings, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Small Works, New York University, 80 Washington Sq East
Galleries, New York, NY
1997
Cross Currents: Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS
1996
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA. Sponsored by the Carnegie Museum of Art. Curator: Dan Cameron, New Museum, New York, NY
41st Annual Exhibition, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY.
Women/Violence: Testimony & Empathy, State University of NY at New Paltz.
1995
Hiroshima: From Me to You, Fukuya Art Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan Emerging Artists, Harper Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Women’s Studio Workshop, 20 Years: A Retrospective, State
University of NY, New Paltz, NY
1994
Small Works, New York University, 80 Washington Sq East
Galleries, New York, NY
1992
Mein Vaterland Ist International, Organized by the Neue
Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin. Exhibited in Berlin, Turin, Trieste and other major European cities
1990 Kunst und Krieg, 1939-1989, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Germany
1990
Das Andere Amerika, Organized by Reinhard Schultz & Neue
Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin. Shown throughout Europe including Berlin, London, Dublin, Brussels, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Vienna, Zurich, Milan, and Barcelona

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tiffany & Co., works commissioned for Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beverly Hills Le Cirque du Soleil, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Dyke Industries, Little Rock, Arkansas
Four Seasons Koele Resort, Lana’i, Hawaii
Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa

SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS + HONORS
2023 NY Foundation for the Arts’ Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program (IAP). Nominated and selected as a mentor.
2022 The Swimming Hole Foundation, Residency Fellowship in Woodstock, NY.
2021 City Artist Corps, NY Foundation for the Arts & NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs (grant)
Finalist, Alexander Rutsch Award and Exhibition for Painting, New York
2014 The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, New York (grant)
2013 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York (grant)
2012 United States Department of State, Office of Art in Embassies, Montevideo, Uruguay
2011 The Bogliasco Foundation, Residency Fellowship at the Liguria Study Center for the Arts & Humanities, Italy, and the Bogliasco Special Fellowship in the Visual Arts (grant)
2011 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York (grant)
2010 The Rockefeller Foundation, Residency Fellowship at the Bellagio Center, Lake Como, Italy
2009 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York (grant)
2008 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York (grant)
2005 The E.D. Foundation, New Jersey (grant)
2000 Canada Council for the Arts/Le Conseil des Arts du Canada (grant)
1998 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York (grant)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Cosmic Geometries, exhibition catalog. Essay by co-curator Sharmistha Ray, and intro by Dylan Gauthier. Published by EFA Project Space, 78pp (July 2022)
HVY Journalists, “Increments & Incidents: Interview with Artist Sky Pape,” by Meagan J. Meehan, (November 8, 2022)
Art Spiel, “Animal Well Being at the Swimming Hole Foundation Residency: In Conversation with the Artists. (August 13, 2022)
Artnet News, “Inside Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont’s Profit-Sharing Arrangement, a Vibe Check on Upstate Art Weekend and More Art-World Gossip,” by Annie Armstrong, (July 29, 2022)
The New York Times, What to See in NYC Galleries Right Now: Newly Reviewed ‘Cosmic Geometries,’ by Jillian Steinhauer, Feb 2, 2022.
Creating Home: Immigrant Perspectives, exhibition catalog, NoMAA, 2022.
The Flag Project: Only One Earth, exhibition catalog. UN Environment Programme, Climate Museum, and Tishman Speyer (2022)
Art & Antiques, Sky Watching, September 2021 Issue, p. 23.
LiveMag! Journal of Contemporary Art & Poetry, Issue 16, Winter 2019-20, p. 10
SVPN Magazine, Passing Through, by Raine Kidder, pp. 126-129, July 2018.
Underscore Zine, Volume 1. pp. 16-17. Published by Ello, March 2018.
Works on Paper from the Collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art, catalog edited by Brandon K. Ruud & Gregory Nosan, Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London, 2016. Essay by Cynthia Nadelman, pp 96-97.
Daily Record, Hunterdon Museum Hosts Two Solo Shows, by Ralph Bellantoni (August 1, 2014)
ArtFile Magazine, Elegant Exploration: Sky Pape in Conversation with Alicia DeBrincat (May, 2014)
ARTnews, Vol. 113, No. 2, Reviews: New York. Sky Pape at June Kelly, by Doug McClemont. p. 92 (2014)
The New York Times, Using Nature to Depict Itself, by Susan Hodara (Vol. CLXII.No.56,106, page WE11, 4/14/2013)
Inside + Out “Editor’s Picks, Upstate Art & Culture: Upstate Art Weekend | Combining Forces at the Swimming Hole Foundation” (July, 2022)
NY Daily News, New Exhibit at Wave Hill Celebrates Spring with a Group Exhibit Inspired by Nature, by Tanyanika Samuels (March 28, 2013).
Sky Pape: Selections from the Bellagio Suite, exhibition catalog, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada/Gaspereau Press, 2013. Critical essay by Jo Anna Isaak, Ph.D. John L. Marion Chair of Art History, Fordham University, NY.
Telegraph-Journal, Art-making upside-down and over: Canadian-born artist Sky Pape exhibits at the Yellow Box Gallery in Fredericton, by Shannon Webb-Campbell (Jan 12, 2013, p. S6) United States Embassy Montevideo, Art in Embassies exhibition catalog, Published by Art in Embassies, US Department of State, Washington, DC. September, 2012. Foreword by Hillary Clinton.
Manhattan Times, Inspired by Northern Manhattan: The Artists and Their Muse, by Gloria Pazmiño (Vol. 13, No. 01: January 4 – 10, 2012)
Drawing Resurfaced, exhibition catalog, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN, 2011.
The Manhattan Times, Art Seen Uptown - Sky Pape, by Daniel Bader (Vol. 10, No. 26: 6/25– 7/1/2009)
Winston-Salem Journal, Get Close: Art on Paper Show Worth a Long Look, a review of the exhibition at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, by Tom Patterson (Jan 11, 2009)
Timeless: The Art of Drawing, exhibition catalog, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ (2008)
Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, exhibition catalog, Naples Museum of Art, Arkansas Art Center (2007)
NY Arts, Ink Scissors Paper, by Pamela A. Popeson (July 17, 2007)
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol. 19, No. 6, cover image (2007)
Manhattan Times, Sky Pape by Mike Fitelson (April 20, 2006)
NY Arts, Illuminated Brush Strokes, by Pamela A. Popeson (March/April 2004)
NY Arts, Sky Pape at June Kelly Gallery, by Carl E. Hazlewood (November 2001)
Artnet.com Magazine Drawing Notebook, by N.F. Karlins (October, 2001)
Cover, Processing Natural Order, Sky Pape at June Kelly Gallery, by Chloe Veltman (Sept, 1999)
Review Magazine, Sky Pape, Inklings: Drawings at June Kelly Gallery, by Mark Daniel Cohen, pp 8-10 (June, 1999)
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Volume 11, No. 4, cover image (1999)
ARTnews, Vol.97, No. 1 Peer Reviews: The Best of 1997, by Paul Gardner, pp 89-95 (1998)
Keening, Drawings by Sky Pape. Rag & Bone Shop/Midmarch Arts Press, 48pp (1997)
New York Newsday, For Eyeballs Craving Something Different, Review by E.Wix, (1994)
Kunst Und Krieg (Art and War), exhibition catalog, R. Schultz, Editor. NGBK Press (1990)
Tendenzen, No. 158,28. Hip-Hop Agit Prop International: Eine New Yorker Kunstlergruppe, by Matthias Diebold, pp 76-78 (1987)

SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Synergizing Art + Mathematics: Sky Pape, video interview by Gioia de Cari, aTruth Values Organization live community event, April 14, 2022. www.truthvalues.org
Taint Taint Taint Magazine, Issue 2. (November 2021). www.tainttainttaintmagazine.com/sky-pape 5 Things We Learned from Sky Pape, interview on Culture A, (Aug 13, 2021). https://www.culture-a.com/5things/sky-pape
Thursdays with NoMAA: Sky Pape, One hour live internet feature presented by Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (July 8, 2021)
https://www.facebook.com/northernmanhattanartsalliance/videos/165643848890438/ and
on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ifx0M6lqLRg
On Air Artist Spotlight: Sky Pape, Podcast and video presented by Inwood Art Works, New York, NY.
January 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN_RMDoAMVI
Chris Rael ART of the DAY #32: Divine Wonder: Intelligent Design & Coronavirus 6/2/2020,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwMv4u79Z5A
The Career Journey of Growth-Minded Artists, by Alyson Stanfield, published 4/12/18 https://www.artbizblog.com/growth-minded-artists/
Passing Through: Paintings by Sky Pape, featured on Empty Mirror, https://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/visual-art/paintings-sky-pape, published 3/30/18.
Art Uncovered, podcast with Kimberly Ruth, April 18, 2017, BTRtoday http://www.btrtoday.com/listen/artuncovered/week-of-041817-3/
And Freedom For: Inteview with Artist Sky Pape by Delphine Amato http://andfreedomfor.tumblr.com/post/129284409956/interview-with-artist, September, 2015. Also published on The Wallbreakers http://thewallbreakers.com/and-freedom-fors- interview-with-sky-pape/
Tribute to the Disappeared/Tributo a los Desaparecidos, An online and ongoing art project in honor of the disappeared in Mexico -from the 43 students in Ayotzinapa to the women of Juarez- and other victims of violence and injustice the world over. The project was founded in November 2014, curated by Andrea Arroyo https://tributetothedisappeared.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tributetothedisappeared
Elegant Exploration: Sky Pape in Conversation with AM DeBrincat,” ArtFile Magazine, http://www.artfilemagazine.com/article/v02/elegant.php (posted May 11, 2014)
Uptown Arts Stroll Honorees: http://www.artstroll.com/honorees/ (May/June, 2014)
Sandi Klein’s Conversations with Creative Women: Sky Pape (June 3, 2014) http://the51percent.podbean.com/e/sky-pape/ (June 3, 2014)
Video feature on Selections from the Bellagio Suite at Yellow Box Gallery, Fredericton, New
Brunswick, Canada, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86PGV3VeCg Drawn to Nature, Glyndor Gallery at Wave Hill.
http://www.wavehill.org/arts/exhibits/drawn-
nature/and http://www.wavehill.org/arts/artists/sky-pape/
WZZM news feature on the educational program for youth based on Sky Pape’s work at the Grand Rapids Art Museum 9/29/12) (http://www.wzzm13.com/life/contests/ArtPrize/article/227054/226/Aarons-Adventure- New-Branches-School--ArtPrize
Joanne Mattera Art Blog Fifty Shades of Gray, Curated website exhibition of 50 achromatic works, posted 8/20/2012 http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2012/08/fifty-shades-of-gray.html

EDUCATION
1983-85 The Art Students League of New York. Studied with Richard Pousette-Dart, Bruce Dorfman, Knox Martin
1982-83 Parsons School of Design, New York
1981-82 Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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