Drew Ellen Shiflett

EDUCATION:

   

1978

The Maryland Institute, College of Art - Hoffberger School of Painting - MFA

1974

Columbia College - BA

1970

Goddard College - Liberal Arts

GRANTS & AWARDS:

   

1993

Mid Atlantic / NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship - Sculpture
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

1992

 

Guggenheim Fellowship Award - Sculpture
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

1990

Artists' Fellowship Award - Sculpture
New York Foundation for the Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

   

2008 - 09

Lesley Heller Gallery, New York City
2006
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York City
2004
Islip Art Museum, Collections Insights: Drew Shiflett, East Islip, New York

1993

The InterArt Center, New York City (catalogue)

1984 - 85

White Columns, New York City

1983

Fashion Moda, Paper Constructions, Bronx, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:    
2008
41st Annual Springs Invitational - curated by Janet Goleas at Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York
2007
Art As Color - curated by Carole Jay at the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery of the Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, New York
Pillow Talk - curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle at Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, California

Collection Insights: Recent Acquisitions - curated by Janet Goleas at the Islip Museum, East Islip, New York

2005 - 06
 

Plane And Form - curated by Jeff Rathermel, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2005
Beautiful Dreamer – curated by David Gibson at Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio (catalogue)
Six Outdoor Projects At LIU – curated by Matthew Freedman at Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York (catalogue)
2004
  Art On Paper 2004 – curated by Ron Platt at The Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
200 Drawings – curated by Annie Herron & Barry Blinderman (from Pierogi Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY) at University Gallery of Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
2003
 

Work In Process – three-person show at Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York City
New Work New York – New Mexico Annie Herron’s Selections from the Pierogi Flatfiles, Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, New Mexico
Worlds Apart Microcosm/Macrocosm - curated by K. G. Rogers at Axel Raben Gallery, New York City
Artenavas 2003 - art festival curated by Blanca Mora Sanchez, Las Navas Del Marques (Avila), Spain (catalogue)
New Projects Show - Dieu Donne Papermill & Gallery, New York City
Custom Fit - Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York

2002
  Art for Now - Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York City
TriBeCa Works on Paper Show - DFN Gallery, New York City
2001
  Liminal - curated by David Gibson at The Space @ Media Triangle, New York City; 2003, traveled to Hampden Gallery at U. of MA Amherst, MA
Nature Revisited - curated by Lesley Heller at Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
Sculpture - curated by Caroline Cox & Tim Spelios at Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Cross-Pollination - curated by Susan Joyce & Mery Lynn McCorkle at Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York and The Arboretum of Los Angeles County, Arcadia, CA
2000 - 01
  Invented Spaces - curated by Lesley Heller at The Work Space at Dolgenos Newman & Cronin LLP, New York City
2000
Checked - Coat Check Room, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1999
  New York Undiscovered - Markham-Murray Gallery, New York City
Making It Up - Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
1998
  Paper - Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd., New York City
Utopia - Momenta Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Domain - curated by Karen Shaw at the Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
Scale, relatively speaking - Art In General, New York City
1997
 

Selected drawings curated by Joe Amrhein, from the Flat File at Pierogi 2000 Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, traveled to the Corner House in Manchester, England, the Gas Works Gallery in London, England, The Brooklyn Museum of Art in Brooklyn, New York -"Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn," The Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City
The Art Exchange Show - Annie Herron Productions, 60 Broad Street, New York City
Spring Benefit - Sculpture Center, New York City
Across Lines - curated by Dan Devine, Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
Fresh - Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd., New York City
White Out - curated by Theresa Hackett at The Work Space at Dolgenos Newman & Cronin, New York City

1996
  The Innocence of Ornaments - curated by Germaine Keller at St. Marks Position, New York City
Drawing From New York - Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
The Art Exchange Show - Annie Herron Productions, 60 Broad Street, New York City
Water Line - curated by Barrie Black at Black & Herron Space, New York City
Black and White: Sculptors' Drawings - curated by Susan Mastrangelo at MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York City (catalogue)
1995 - 96
Recreation - curated by Karen Shaw at the Islip Art Museum, East Islip, N.Y. (catalog)
1995
  Ooze - curated by Annie Herron at Black & Herron Space, New York City
Between This And That - NY Soho '95 Biennial - curated by Carolanna Parlato at 473 Broadway, New York City
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the '90s - Part III - curated by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, co-sponsored by The Women's Caucus for Art/NYC Chapter and Snug Harbor Cultural Center, at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York (catalogue)
Spirit House - sculpture in Willie Birch's installation, El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera at the Martin Luther King Urban Life Center, Buffalo, New York
The Crest Hardware Show - Crest Hardware, Brooklyn, NY
Delving and Tinkering - curated by Tom Butter at E. S. Van Dam Gallery, New York City
Beyond Circumstance - The Gallery at Hunter College, M.F.A. Building, New York City (catalogue)
Critical Mass - curated by Charles Long at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary Museum, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)
1994
  Critical Mass - curated by Charles Long at the Yale University School of Art, A&A Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (catalogue)
Small & Wet - Abstract Painting & Sculpture, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Spirit House - sculpture in Willie Birch's installation, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, New York; show traveled to 5501 Columbia - presented by Contemporary Culture and Documentary Arts, Dallas, Texas
1993
  Idio Cognito - curated by Caroline Cox at The Police Building (Grand Street), New York City, and William Patterson College, Ben Shahn Galleries, Wayne, New Jersey (catalogue)
Spirit House - sculpture in Willie Birch's installation, Sculpture Center, New York City
Cartoonal Knowledge - Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York City
Arachnosphere - curated by Kathleen Cullen, consultant - Robert Mahoney, Ramnarine Gallery, Long Island City, New York
BWAC Spring Festival - Sculpture Survey '93 - co-curated by Mariella Bisson and Vasela Sretenovic at One Main Space, Brooklyn, New York
1992
  Salon - Art In General, New York City
The Salon of the Mating Spiders - Herron Test-Site, Brooklyn, New York
The Neurotic Art Show II: The Return of the Repressed - Artists Space, New York City
The Radio Show - Artists Space, New York City (in cooperation with Four Walls)
The 1.5 Show - curated by Yvonne Muranushi and Russet Lederman at 148 Duane Street Gallery, New York City
The Travel and Leisure Show - Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York
January - Sculpture Center, New York City
1991
Selections from the Slide File I - OIA, New York City
1990
Points of Origin - City Gallery, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, New York City
1988
Soho Center for Visual Artists - New York City
1986
  Liberty Project - La Maison Francais, New York City
New York Academy of Sciences, New York City
New York Academy of Art, New York City
1985
Update 84-85 - White Columns, New York City
1984
Rhythm and Form - 22 Wooster Gallery, New York City
1983
Letter From New York City - Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, NV
1982 - 83
  55 Mercer Annual Invitational - 55 Mercer Street Artists, Inc., New York City - Sacred Artifacts, Objects of Devotion - Alternative Museum, New York City(catalogue)
1981
  Five From New York - Cannon Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1978
  The 1978 Maryland Biennial Exhibition - The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland (catalogue), The Dr. and Mrs. James Sherman Award
1976
  The 1976 Maryland Biennial Exhibition - The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland (catalogue), The Maryland Institute College of Art Award
     
BIBLIOGRAPHY:    
ARTICLES
 

Ariella Budick, “A Whiter Shade of Pale Suggesting Angels, DNA,” Newsday, July 20, 2007
Karen Searle, “Plane & Form at Minnesota Center for Book Arts,” Hand Papermaking, Volume 21, Number 1, Summer 2006
Jill Conner, “CustomFit,” Contemporary, Issue no. 52, 2003
Phoebe Mitchell, "Hampden Gallery Abstracts Invite Viewers Within," Hampshire Gazette, May 1, 2003
Rachel Youens, "In Review - Sculpture at Flipside," Arts,Volume 1, Number 4, wburg.com home, Summer 2001
Holland Cotter, "Sculpture," The New York Times, May 11 & 18, 2001
Ken Johnson, "Invented Spaces," The New York Times, January 19 & 26, 2001
Tom Patterson, "New York Explorers," Winston-Salem Journal, March 21, 1999
Tom Patterson, "All That Jazz," Winston-Salem Journal, March 7, 1999
Chris Lee, "Film & Video," Waterfront Week, Volume 8.10, May 21 - June 3, 1998
Annie Herron, "Fresh Perspectives," Review, Volume 2, Number 12, March 15, 1997
Helen A. Harrison, "Artists Who Make Work Out of Play," The New York Times,  January 7, 1996
Tom Moody, "Critical Mass," Art Papers, July/August issue, 1995
Charles Dee Mitchell,, "'Critical Mass':  More Than Meets The Eye," The Dallas Morning News, February 3, 1995
Shawn Hill, "Nature's Ordeal," Bay Windows, November 17, 1994
William Zimmer,  "Sculpture at Two Displays In Wayne," The New York Times, December 5, 1993
Eileen Watkins, Review, The Star Ledger, December 5, 1993
Holland Cotter, "Willie Birch," The New York Times, September 24, 1993
Grace Glueck, "Update 1984-85," The New York Times, June 21, 1985
Marilu Knode, “Art News – 22 Wooster Gallery Featured a Group  Show Entitled ‘Rhythm and Form’,” Manhattan Arts, Volume 11, Number 2, February 1, 1984, New York, NY

     

ESSAYS

 

“Collection Insights: Recent Acquisitions,” essay by Janet Goleas for Collection, Collection Insights: Recent Acquisitions show at the Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2007
“Collection Insights: Drew Shiflett On Linear Thinking,” essay by Janet Goleas for The Permanent Collection, Collection Insights: Drew Shiflett show at the Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2004
“Work in Process,” essay by Kristen Frederickson PhD, for brochure for Work in Process show at Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, NYC, 2003
"Making It Up," essay by curators David Finn and Victor Faccinto for brochure for Making It Up show at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 1999
"Correct Me If I'm Wrong," essay by Barry Schwabsky for brochure for White Out show at Workspace, NYC, 1997

     

CATALOGUES

 

Beautiful Dreamer, foreward by Susan R. Channing, essay by David Gibson, 2005, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio
Six Outdoor Projects At LIU, essay by Matt Freedman, 2005, Long Island University,
Brooklyn, New York
Art On Paper 2004, introduction by Ron Platt, 2004, The Weatherspoon Art Museum,
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
ArteNavas 2003, Feria De Artes Visuales, July 24 – August 6, 2003, Colegio Publico Vicente Aleixandre, Las Navas Del Marques (Avila)
Momenta Art Exhibitions 1995 Through 1999, introduction by Eric Heist/Laura Parnes, essay by Bill Arning, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York
Domain, essay by Karen Shaw, 1998 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
MMC Gallery Exhibitions 1995-1996, essay by Karen L. Harris, 1996, Marymount Manhattan College, New York City
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the '90s, introduction by Olivia Georgia, essay by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, 1996, Snug Harbor Cultural Center's Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art and the Women's Caucus for Art/NYC Chapter Staten Island, New York
Creation/Recreation, essay by Karen Shaw, 1995, the Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
Beyond Circumstance, introduction by James Acevedo, essay by Margaret McInroe,
1995, Hunter College of The City University of New York, New York City
Critical Mass, essay by Charles Long, 1994, Dallas Artists Research and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas
The InterArt Center 1991-1994, introduction essay by Birgit Spears, 1994, The InterArt Center, New York City
1993 Sculpture & Crafts, Regional Visual Arts Fellowships, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, National Endowment For The Arts, edited by Katie McCoy Chang, 1994, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland
Idio Cognito, essay by Nancy Princenthal, 1993, New York City
Drew Shiflett, essay by Kathleen Cullen, 1993, The InterArt Center, New York City
White Columns Update 1989-1990, introduction by Bill Arning, 1990, White Columns in New York City
White Columns Update 84-85, introduction by Thomas B. Solomon, 1985, White Columns in New York City
Sacred Artifacts, Objects of Devotion, essay by Kenneth S. Friedman, 1982, Alternative Museum, New York City
The 1978 Maryland Biennial Exhibition, introduction by Tom L. Freudenheim, 1978, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
The 1976 Maryland Biennial Exhibition, introduction by Tom L. Freudenheim, 1976, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

     

BOOKS

 

560 Broadway: A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991-2006, a list of more than 1,800 drawings that Sally and Wynn Kraminsky have donated to museums and other institutions, editor - Elizabeth Finch, published by Yale University Press, 2008, New Haven, Connecticut
The Private Arts, edited by D. R. Heiniger and Ken Saunders, published by Private Arts Press, 1994, Chicago, Illinois

Privates, edited by D. R. Heiniger and Ken Saunders, published by Private Lives Press, 1984, Chicago, Illinois

     

COLLECTIONS:

 

2005 Baltimore Art Museum, Baltimore Maryland
2004 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
2001 Werner H. Kramarsky, New York City
2001 Alexander C. Cortesi, New York City
1995 Peco Energy, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
1983 Best Products Co., Inc., Richmond, Virginia

     
TEACHING:
   
1997
Guest Lecturer of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
1995
Guest Lecturer of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1994
Guest Lecturer of Art, School of Visual Arts, New York City
1987
  Lecturer of Art, University of Texas at Austin