Grace DeGennaro
Creation Triptych, Grace DeGennaro
Grace DeGennaro was born in Rockville Centre, NY. Her work has been internationally exhibited at galleries and institutions, including Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME; The Painting Center, New York, NY; Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY; Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY; Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY; United States Embassy, Doha, Qatar; United States Embassy, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa; Ellsworth Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties NY; Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT; Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA; Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME; Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME and New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA. Her work is included in various permanent institutional and private collections, including Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY; Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY; Gund Collection, Boston, MA; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Ballinglen Arts Foundation Archive, County Mayo, Ireland and Wellington Management, Boston. She is the recipient of grants from the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Rockland, ME, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland, Maine Arts Commission and New England Foundation for the Arts. DeGennaro has completed two residencies at The Catwalk Institute, Catskills, NY and was a visiting artist at numerous colleges on the east coast, including Bowdoin College, Skidmore College and Colby College. She received an MFA from Columbia University and a BS from Skidmore College. DeGennaro lives and works in Yarmouth, Maine.
Education
Sir John Cass School of Art, London Polytechnic, London, England
BS Fine Arts, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
Residencies & Awards
2020 - Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Studio Resident Program, Rockland, ME
2017 - Catwalk Institute, Artist Residency, Catskill, NY
2015 - Catwalk Institute, Artist Residency, Catskill, NY
2012 -Ballinglen Arts Fellowship, County Mayo, Ireland
2004 - Good Idea Grant (GIG), Maine Arts Commission
1998 - Individual Artist Grant, Work on Paper, New England Foundation for the Arts
1989 - Contemporary Artist Award, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Collections
Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Gund Collection, Boston, MA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
University of New England, Portland, ME
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Archive, County Mayo, Ireland
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 - Continuum, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2014 - Art in the Capitol, Maine Arts Commission, State House, Augusta, ME
2012 - New Work, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2010 - Indigo, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 - Seeing The Unseeable, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2019 - Temporality: The Process of Time, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
Portrait: The Kentler Flatfiles in 58 Works, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brookly, NY
10,000+ Hours, Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME
Green: The Impossible Color, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Perfection, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME2018 - Heaven and Earth, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
Drawing II: The Other Day, Engine, Biddeford, ME
Ordinary Time, Grace DeGennaro and Anne Lilly, Helen Day Art Center
New Geometry II, Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
Reverence to the Thread, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
