White Columns Curated Artist Registry

November brought a welcome surprise...Just received notification that my work was curated into the White Columns Artist Registry - see it here....

Boston Art Review - PERSONA at VERY Gallery, Aug/Sept. 2023

Thank you to Boston Art Review and Poppy Livingstone for this review of PERSONA at VERY Gallery, Boston, Aug/Sept. 2023 - read here. 

Boston Art Review
Now in Boston Art Review’s print publication Issue 08: Face to Face! The editors asked myself and fellow painter Michael Zachary to engage in an artist’s conversation about our work. The 8 page essay is accompanied by color reproductions of our art, and curator Leah Triplett Harrington wrote the introduction. Read essay here...  
Cove Street Arts - Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
I have two shows running concurrently at Cove Street Arts, Portland, Maine, opening Thurs., 3/24, 5-7 PM. 1) Solo exhibition - This Is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be and 2) Two-person exhibition, This Must Be the Place, with Margaret Nomentana. Both shows run through May 7, with an artist talk April 13. 



Ely Center of Contemporary Art

"Izzy", 48" x 36", in UNDERCURRENTS curated by Kristina Newman-Scott at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, through April 24. 

Portraiture 1: Others, Mostly Painting - Suffolk University Gallery
I'm currently exhibiting seven paintings in Portraiture 1: Others, Mostly Painting at the Suffolk University Gallery, Boston, MA, curated by Deborah Davidson, Sept. 23 - Oct. 31, 2021 - here Jordan (L) w/ group of three (Eva, Izzy, Alex). Happy to have my paintings in conversation with work by Susan White Brown, Laura Chasman, Daphne Confar, Catherine Kehoe and Keith Morris Washington.


Brattleboro Museum Exhibition

Sixteen drawings from my Gone to Feed the Roses portfolio are included in The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's (VT) All Flowers Keep the Light  with Amy Jenkins, Claire Elliott, Anna Schuleit Haber, John Willis/Robin Behn/Matan Rubinstein, Cathy Osman, and Miles Chapin. The show runs through June 13, 2021. I'm grateful to curator Mara Williams for exhibiting the drawings in a cycle as I conceived them, and Sarah Freeman and her crew for the expert installation. In-person celebration: Sat., May 15th, 5:30-7:30PM, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, 10 Vernon St. Brattleboro, VT.

Boston Globe Review

Happy to share news that The Boston Globe just published Cate McQuaid's review of my solo exhibition at the Steven Zevitas Gallery, "This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco". Read in full here -
"Painter Colleen Kiely brings the face beyond portraiture - works at Steven Zevitas Gallery question the viewer's reflexive search for identity..."
 

Solo Exhibition at Steven Zevitas Gallery

Hello! Happy to announce my solo exhibition This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco opens Feb. 5 at Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA,  and runs through March 25, 2021. Artist reception: March 5, 5:30 – 8 pm - limited visitor capacity, social distancing measures in place, masks required. The show features recent fictional portraits. Image: Hana, 48" x 36", Oil and acrylic on wood panel, 2020.


 

Ensemble: Together Again @ The Painting Center on Artsy

Helen (#4) and Victoria in the Backyard are featured in the virtual exhibition Ensemble: Together Again @ The Painting Center on Artsy, August 5th - September 10th, 2020.

Catalog - The Odyssey Project @ Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire

Our catalog for The Odyssey Project: An Old Story for Modern Times @ The Museum of Art at University of New Hampshire! “Fifteen women artists, all members of a long-running book group, were inspired to create art in response to Emily Wilson’s remarkable new translation of The Odyssey; the first English translation by a woman. The artists explore in different styles and media the characters and topics covered in Homer’s ancient poem: the meaning of home; the near impossibility of returning home; loyalty; families; migrants; war; poverty; identity; transformation. Participating artists include: Nancy Berlin, Ruth Fields, Carol Greenwood, Jane Kamine, Colleen Kiely, Marilyn Levin, Jennifer Moses, Karen Moss, Sterling Mulbry, Carla Munsat, Ellen Rich, Judy Riola, Civia Rosenberg, Sandra Stark and Brenda Star.

The Painting Center, NY, NY

Happy to have my work curated into The Painting Center's online Art File Gallery - see it here.

 

Exhibition @ the Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire

I'm excited to show with my fabulous artist book group in The Odyssey Project: An Old Story for Modern Times, opening 10/30, 4:40-6:30 pm, at The Museum of Art at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, Oct. 24- Dec. 14, 2019. Image: Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals series, each 14”x11”. 
 
“Fifteen women artists, all members of a long-running book group, created artwork in response to Emily Wilson’s remarkable new translation of The Odyssey, the first English translation by a woman. The artists explore in different styles and media the characters and topics covered in Homer’s ancient poem: the meaning of home; the near impossibility of returning home; loyalty; families; migrants; war; poverty; identity; transformation. Participating artists include: Nancy Berlin, Ruth Fields, Carol Greenwood, Jane Kamine, Colleen Kiely, Marilyn Levin, Jennifer Moses, Karen Moss, Sterling Mulbry, Carla Munsat, Ellen Rich, Judy Riola, Civia Rosenberg, Sandra Stark and Brenda Star."

Boston Globe Critic's Pick

The Ticket: What’s happening in the local arts world.....Happy to see Cate McQuaid select "Women on the Verge", my upcoming 9/6 show at the Cost Annex, as a Critic's Pick in "The Ticket" in the Boston Globe, 09/01/2019!