Willie Marlowe

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

microART Showcase, Installation of miniature paintings at
   Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2017
Triangles / Tondos / Triptychs, Atelier Cres Gallery,
   Rijeka, Croatia, 2015
Paintings , Empire State Plaza Theatre, for The Ellen
   Sinopoli Dance Company, Synesthesia, Albany, NY, 2014 
Venice paintings, Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2014
Triangles / Tondos / Triptychs, Red Dot Gallery,
   Sacramento, California, 2013
Meditative Radiance, Feneex Gallery,
   Saratoga Springs, NY, 2012
Paintings of Singular Delights, curated by E.
   Tornai Thyssen, HallSpace, Boston, Ma., 2011
A Survey 1977 - 2010, Opalka Gallery,
   Sage College of Albany
   Selections from the exhibition traveled to
   The Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY,
   Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY,
   Riverfront Studios, Schuylerville, NY
   Gallery C, Raleigh, NC, 2011
Paintings on Paper, National Association of Women
   Artists, Inc., NYC, 2008
Postcards from New York to Venice, Ai Genovesi, Venice,
   Italy, 2008
Martinez Gallery, Off Site Exhibition, The Spectrum,
   Albany, NY, 2007
Color and Space, Traveling Exhibition,
   Columbus County, Council for the Arts, Whiteville, NC,
   Gallery C, Raleigh, NC, The Rocky Mount Arts Center,
   Rocky  Mount, NC, 2006
Gallery C, Raleigh, NC, 2003
Fondo del Sol Gallery, Washington, DC, 2002
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 2002
Rathbone Gallery, The Sage Colleges, Albany, N.Y., 2001
Perrella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY, 2000
Retrospective Show 1988-1998, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 1998
The University Center Gallery, L.S.U., Shreveport, LA, 1997
Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 1997, 1992
The Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC 1997, 1982
Department of Art, McHenry County College, Chrystal Lake, IL, 1995
The Forum Gallery, Gütersloh, Germany 1992
The Barrett Art Gallery, Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY 1986
Adirondack Community College, Glens Falls, NY 1985
Stockton State College, Pomono, NJ 1976
The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY 1973
The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC 1971
    

SELECTED INVITATIONAL SHOWS

Entanglements, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY 2022
Air, Fire, Water, The Smithy Gallery, Cooperstown, NY 2021
Portrait of the Artist, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY 2021
Searching for the Gold, 20th Anniversary exhibition,
   Martinez Gallery, Troy NY 2021
Ensemble: Together Again, THE PAINTING CENTER,
   NYC, 2020
Beyond the Classroom, Curated by John Paradiso,
   Portico Gallery, Brentwood, MD, 2020
Abstract: Change of Perception, Sparrow Gallery,
   Sacramento, CA 2020
Bewitched by Art, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY 2019
Half Moon to Halve Maen installation of B&W paintings,
   mail art, sent from Obras Holland Residency to
   Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY 2017
Big Idea, The Painting Center, Chelsea, New NY, 2017
Leporelli Veneziani, Archivo Emily Harvey,
   Venice, Italy, 2016
Art: Dada Centennial Art Exhibition, Nisa Touchon Fine Art,
   1925 Rosina St., Santa Fe, NM, 2016
30th Anniversary Invitational, Saratoga Art Center
   Saratoga Springs, NY, 2016
Friends of Ceres, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, 2016
Southern Discomfort, Gallery C,
   540 N. Blount St., Raleigh, NC 2016
Flash Art, David M. Hunt Library, Falls Village, CT., 2016
Abstract: A Change in Perception, Curated by Robert Jean
   Ray, Red Dot Gallery Sacramento, California, 2015
Variations on Abstraction: 2010-2015, Transmission Gallery,
   Curated by Robert Jean Ray, Oakland, Ca., 2015
Collage: Sessions & Studio Selections, Curated by Robert
   Jean Ray Red Dot Gallery Sacramento, California, 2015
“With A Little Help from my Friends”, Ceres Gallery,
   Chelsea/NYC, 2015
“The Art of the Wild West”, Gallery C, Curated by
   Charlene Newsom, Raleigh, NC, 2015
“Candy Colored Dreams”, Curated by Jon Gernon,
   Clement Art Gallery, Troy, NY, 2015
“Lightning Rods” and "Framed and Unframed”,
   Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, 2015
Collaboration with the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company,
   exhibition at THE EGG, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY, 2014
23rd Annual Friends of Ceres Gallery, Ceres Gallery,
   Chelsea, New York, NY, 2014
Micro Vision, Curated by Robert Jean Ray, Red Dot Gallery,
   Sacramento, California, 2014
15.ART20, Invitational Show and Auction, Finland,
   European Artists Association, European venues, 2014
Human Voice: Artist's Social Comment, Curated by
   Robert Jean Ray, THE TEMP, Sacramento
   Temporary Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA., 2014
Works on Paper, Galerie Doxa, Cesky Krumlov,
   Czech Republic
Personae, Archivo Emily Harvey, Venice, Italy, 2014
The Black & White Show, Albany Center Gallery, NY 2014
Small + Seductive, Albany Institute of History and Art,
   NY, 2014
The Legacy of Emily Harvey: A work in Progress,
   Archivo Emily Harvey, Venice, Italy, 2013
An Armory Show, Opalka Gallery,
   Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY 2013
The Legacy of Emily Harvey, A Work in Progress,
   Archivo Emily Harvey, exhibition by artists in the
   collection of the Foundation, Venice, Italy, 2013
Papyri, an invitational exhibition by former residents of the The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery,
   Venice, Italy, 2012
Fountain Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, 2011
Archetypology, International Invitational Exhibition of nine artists, The Prima Center, Berlin, Germany,
   Mobius, Boston, MA, Joliette, Quebec, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hertzegovina, Cres and Zagreb, Croatia
Galerie d'art Trudel au Belgo, Cruated by Christian Trudel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2011
Abstract 2000 - 2010, Curated by Robert Ray, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary, Ca., 2011
Improvisations, Curated by Anne Diggory, Spring Street gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2011
5, Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, MD 2010
VirGO Girl! Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, 2009
Christmas Miscellany, Art Upstairs, Wexford, Ireland, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Sojourns in Ireland and Italy: Marlowe, Martin, Morrell, Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, MY, 2009
Assiduity, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY, 2009
Closer, Gallery Neptune, Bethesda, Md. 2008
Dahlgren, Hope, Marlowe, Morrell, Opalka Gallery, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY, 2007
First Fifty, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 2007
Painting and Sculpture, Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, New York, 2006
Small Treasures I, II, III, IV, Deborah Davis Fine Art, Hudson, New York, 2003-2006
Two Artists, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 2002
Reprise, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 2002
Haven, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, N.Y., 2002
Gallery Artists, Get Real Art, New York, N.Y., 2001
Post Millenium Mussings, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL., 2000
Small Works, Stephen Gang Gallery, NY, NY, 1997
Foreman Gallery, Mezzanine, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, 1996
Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Three Person Show, Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, 1995
Art in Boxes, England & Co., London, England, 1993, Castle Museum, Nottingham, England, 1994
The Definitive Contemporary American Quilt, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY 1990
   (Traveling Exhibition 1990-1993)
Friedmann Gallery, Gütersloh, Germany, 1992
1st International Biennial of Graphic, Gyor, Hungary 1992
The Regional Retrospective, The Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY 1990
Art of Today # 3, 1990 & # 2 1987, International Invitational Exhibition, The Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Artists' Books, Library and Research Center, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC 1987
Contemporary Arts: Ancient Inspirations, Stux Gallery, Boston, MA 1987
Faces of the City: Albany Portraits For Three Centuries, The University Art Gallery, S.U.N.Y.A., Albany, NY 1986
    

SELECTED JURIED SHOWS

Winter Small Works Show, NAWA Gallery, New York, New York 2020
Neoteric Abstract VIII, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY 2020
Flat File, Collar Works, Troy NY 2020
The Bin, NAWA Gallery, NYC, 2020
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, 2019 , The Hyde Collection,
  Glens Falls, NY and in 11 other annual exhibitions including the AIHA
  and the University Art Museum, SUNYA
Summer Small Works Show, NAWA Gallery, New York, New York 2019
Shelter, Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St. Nicholas Avenue,
   New York, NY December 1, 2016 – January 3, 2017
Celebration, New York Public Library Mulbury Street Branch,
   Community Gallery, NoLita, New York NY 2016
Summer Small Works Show, National Association of Women
   Artists Gallery, New York NY, 2016
“Women Gazing Inward”, Ceres Gallery, WCA New York Chapter,
   New York, NY, 2016
Emrupt, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Leigh Wen Fine Art,
   Chelsea, New York, NY, 2014
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region 2014,
   Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, 2014
Biannual Exhibition, Arkell Museum, juried by Joel Chapin,
   Canajoharie, NY, 2014
1st Annual Watercolor Show, Clement Art Gallery, Troy, NY, 2014
Herstory, Liz Long Gallery, Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center,
   Chicago, Illinois, 2014
Vernissage des Femmes Artistes, NOWA, Florida Chapter,
   The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl., 2011
Insights into Suburbia, Opalka Gallery, Sage College of Albany,
   Robert L Ringle Gallery, Purdue University,
   West Lafayette, IN, 2007, Dana Gallery, Rutgers University
   Newark Campus, Newark, NJ 2008
Works on Paper Annual Exhibition, Perrella Gallery, Fulton Montgomery
   Community College, Johnstown, New York, 2005, 2006, 2007
Generations III, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, 2002 [Traveling Exhibition]
Artists of the Mohawk/Hudson Region, 2014, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997,
   1996, 1995, 1982, 1980, 1979, 1977
Paper, Scissors, Stone, III Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA 2001
Annual National, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY 1999, 1998
Small Works, Nexus gallery, New York, NY, 1998
The Motion of the Ocean, The Ridge Street Gallery, NY, NY, 1997
Transforming Tradition, Woman Caucus for Art Annual National Conference Exhibitions,
   Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, 1996
Sum of Its Parts, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI, 1996
Copy Art, Organization for Independent Artists, O.I.A. Gallery, New York, NY, 1995
Her Hands, Albin O. Kuhn Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1994.
Magnum Opus 93, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA, 1993
Revising Boundaries: Southern Women Artists, W.C.A., Seattle, WA, 1993.
Introductions, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1992
Chroma-Zone, Mesa Cultural Program, Mesa, AZ 1988 (selected for travelling exhibition, 1988-1992)
Women and Watercolor, Transco Energy Co., Houston, TX 1988
Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Dell Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 1986, 1987
10th Annual Small Works Show, Washington Square East Galleries, NYC Juried by Holly Solomon, 1986
Letters, The Clocktower Gallery, NYC 1986
Mirrored Images, Merrill Hall, New York University, NYC 1986
Paper/Fiber IX, The Arts Center. Iowa City, IA AWARDED 2ND IN WATERCOLOR., 1986
Fifth Annual Competition, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-On-Hudson,
   NY AWARD WINNER, juried by Pam Adler, 1986
National Miniature Painting Competition, Prescott-Groos Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
   COMPETITION WINNER-GROUP SHOW 1985
    

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction, Santa Fe, NM
Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center, Asheville, NC
The Davis Lisboa Mini-Museum of Contemporary Art,
   Barcelona, Spain
The Emily Harvey Foundation Collection, Venice, Italy
The Cill Rialaig Project Collection, Ballinskelligs, Ireland
Obras Holland, Renkum, Netherlands
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY
The Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland
Schenectady Museum, NY
Quad Graphics, Boston, MA
The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Artpool Archive, Budapest, Hungary
The Phoenix Group, East Greenbush, NY
First Albany Corporation, Albany, NY
The Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
The Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
The University Art Museum, SUNYA, Albany, NY
Legislative Offices, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY
The Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY
Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Fraida Varah, Inc., Albany, NY
Bullard, McLeod Inc., Albany, NY
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum (National Association of Women Artists Collection), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
(In over 200 private collections in the US, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan)
    

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AND VISITING ARTIST

Obras Holland, Renkum, Netherlands, 2017
Atelier Cres Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia, 2015
Milkwood International Residencies, Cesky Krumlov, South Bohemia, Czech Republic, 2014
Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice, Italy, 2019, 2010, 2008, 2006
Visiting Artist, Albany-Tula Alliance Delegate in Visual Arts,
   Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University,
   Tula, Russia, 2006
The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Ireland, 2005
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, 1999
Visting Artist, Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, Ireland, 1998
Visiting Artist, University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program,
   Cortona, Italy, 1989
Partners of the Americas, Lectures at the U.S. Embassy and at
   Colleges in Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados,
   West Indies, 1986
    

GRANTS

S.O.S.(Strategic Opportunity Stipend),Rensselaer County
   Council on the Arts and N.Y. Foundation for the Arts,
   2011,2008, 2006, 2003, 2002, 1999, 1998, 1996, 1993,
   1992, 1991
Faculty Development Grants, Sage College of Albany,
   2005, 1995, 1991, 1984, 1981, 1978
Artist Space, NYC (for solo show at Lake George
   Arts Projects) 1988
N.Y.S.C.A. (for Solo show at the Barrett Art Gallery,
   Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY) 1986
    

AWARDS/HONORS

Included in Lives that Influenced, Centennial Celebration,
   The Sage Colleges, Sage Crossroads, Troy, NY, 2016
Honorary Lifetime Membership in National Association of Women in the Arts,
   New York, NY 2015
Les Urbach Lifetime Achievement Award, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 2014
Women's Roundtable, Outstanding Woman in Visual Arts,
   East Carolina University, NC, 2013
    

EDUCATION

M.F.A. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1969
B.S. School of Art, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1965
The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Summer 1964
    

TEACHING

Professor Emerita, The Sage Colleges, Professor, Painting and Drawing,
   Department of Visual Arts, Sage College of Albany, 1977 - 2008,
   Sabbatical 2004 & 1986, chair of the department, 1979 - 1982
"Celtic Connections", Sage International Program, Strathclyde University,
   Glasgow, Scotland and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Summer 2001
"Sage College at Oxford", Somerville College, Oxford University,
   Oxford, England, Summer 1992
Distinguished Faculty Service Award, 1996, Sage College of Albany
Adjunct Faculty, Skidmore College and University Without Walls,
   Saratoga Springs, NY, 1970-74
Independent Study, Painting, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, 1982
Mentor, Advisor, Empire State College, Albany, NY, 1975,1983
Adjunct Faculty, Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY, 1975-1977