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ARTISTS
ISABEL BIGELOW
 
 
Lives and works in New York

AWARDS
2002
2001
2000
1999

1998

1996 - 98
1996
1993 - 94
Yaddo, Residency
MacDowell Colony, Residency
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency
Pollock- Krasner Foundation Award
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Residency
McLean Project for the Arts Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA,
First Prize, Strictly Painting II
Maryland Institute Graduate Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art
Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts
Nessa Cohen Memorial Fund Award, Art Student’s League of New York

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2008
2005
2004

2003
2002

2001
2000



1998
1997


1996
Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Two Views, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Islands and Gardens, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Etsuko Shibata Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM - Gaijin Paintings
Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA - Floating World
Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA - Recent Paintings
Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Etsuko Shibata Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD - Paintings and Works on Paper
Reynolds Gallery,Richmond, VA (two person show)
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ - New Paintings
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
2006
2005

2004
2003


2002



2001
2000

1999


1998




1997



1996


1995


1994
1993
1992


1991
4th Anniversary Exhibition, dm Contemporary, Mill Neck, NY
2nd Anniversary Exhibition, dm Contemporary, Mill Neck,
Three Artists, dm Contemporary, Mill Neck, NY
Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY – Rigorous Fun
Hay Gallery, Portland, ME - Botanical
Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University
Newer Genres: 20 years of the Rutgers Archive for Printmaking Studios
WPA/ Corcoran, Washington, DC - Select
Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY - Easy Breezy
WPA/ Corcoran, Washington, DC - Curator’s Choice
28 Wooster, New York, NY - Con Sen
Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA - Reflections
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY - Good Business is the Best Art
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA - The Virginia Landscape
Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
Of Darkness and Light: Contemporary Landscape Painting
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, 36th Juried Exhibition
WPA/Corcoran Projectspace, Washington, DC - Recent Paintings (exhibition catalogue)
Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA - Strictly Painting II
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD - Artscape Annual
Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Washington, DC - Fresh Talent
Rock Creek Gallery, Washington, DC - Abstraction / Recognition
Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC - Prints Washington 97
Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD - Artscape 97
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD - Incoming
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY - Artist in the Marketplace 1996 (exhibition catalogue)
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY - AIM Benefit Exhibition
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD - Augenmusik
Ocean County College, NJ - Landscapes and Structures (two person show)
Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME - Summer’s End
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA - Boston Printmakers 45th Juried Exhibition
Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA - Lake Paintings (two person show)
Susan Teller Gallery, New York, NY - Watertowers
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC - Prints Washington
The Art Barn Gallery, Washington, DC - Drawing on Excellence
Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA - National Works on Paper
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA - Boston Printmakers 43rd Juried Exhibition

EDUCATION
1998
1989
Maryland Institute College of Art, M.F.A.
Harvard University, B.A. cum laude, Comparative Religion

BIBLIOGRAPHY
  Yablonsky, Linda. Isabel Bigelow, Elle Décor, January 2008
Harrison, Helen. Three Artists, The New York Times, November 27, 2005
Cotter, Holland. "Domestic Images from Young Talent," The New York Times, January 10, 1997.
Crawford, Paula and W.C. Richardson, Recent Paintings, WPA/Corcoran Projectspace,
September 1998. Exhibition catalogue.
Fallon, Roberta. Paintings at Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia Weekly, June 4, 2003.
Fleming, Lee. "Two at One with Nature," The Washington Post, December 3, 1994.
Giuliano, Mike. “More Than Meets the Eye,” City Paper (Baltimore), May 6, 1998.
Hagen, Susan. “Hanging in the Balance,” Philadelphia City Paper, May 30, 2003.
Hanson, Trudy V., The Rutgers Archive for Printmaking Studios, Catalogue of the Aquisitions 1991-1993. Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1994, illustrated.
Hill, Lori. “First Friday Focus - Pentimenti,” Philadelphia City Paper, October 5, 2000.
Mabey, Martha. “Works Deserving of a Closer Look,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 21, 1997.
McCoy, Mary. “Drawing on Excellence” at the Art Barn Gallery, The Washington Post, January 23, 1992.
Protzman, Ferdinand. “Isabel Bigelow at Hemphill Fine Arts,” The Washington Post, August 3, 2000.
Pueschel, Matt. “Show at Gallery 4,” Mt.Vernon Gazette, November 17, 1994.
Ramirez, Jenny O. “Paintings that Hum,” Style Weekly (Richmond), March 28, 2000.
Roberts-Pullen, Paulette “East Meets West,” Style Weekly (Richmond), May 1, 2002.
Roberts-Pullen, Paulette “Grand Illumination,” Style Weekly (Richmond), June 3, 1997.
Ryan, Paul. “Floating World,” Art Papers, January-February 2003.
Strauss, R.B. “Visions of Nature at Pentimenti Gallery,” Daily Local News (Philadelphia), June 5, 2003.
Walmsley, James S. “An Uncommon Wealth of Art,” Southern Accents, September-October 1999.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
  New York Public Library, New York, NY
Wynn Kramarsky, New York, NY
Bank of Ontario, New York, NY
Sundance Channel, New York, NY
Matthew Kenney Group, New York, NY
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Berkshire Partners, Boston, MA
Phillip Morris, USA, Richmond, VA
Governor Mark Warner, Richmond, VA
Crestar Bank, Richmond, VA
First Union Bank, Richmond, VA
Markel Corporation, Richmond, VA
Martin Agency, Richmond, VA
Stuart Circle Hospital, Richmond, VA
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
The Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH