Maureen O'Leary
www.maureenoleary.com
info@maureenoleary.com
Lives and works in New York City and on Long Island, New York
Wayfarers collective, Brooklyn, New York
Art Shape Mammoth - Artsy
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
What's Not to Like but Everything, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, New York, September-October, 2017
havens. Hangars, with David Shaughnessy, curated by James Brittingham, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York, 2016
Honey Lane (or number 352), One Arts, Burlington, Vermont, 2015
Belle Mort, with Terri Phillips, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee 2014
Maureen O'Leary Recent Paintings, Center Stage Cuts and Culture, Newark, New Jersey, 2013
Look, Listen, Lucky Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York (with Valerie Kelemen), 2010
Maureen O'Leary, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, Maryland, 1996
Baltimore and Paris, GO!, Arlington, Virginia, 1995
Paintings, Art Attic, Baltimore, 1990
Harriet Hale Woolley Exhibit, Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, 1990
Untitled, D.C. Space, Washington, D.C., 1989
Selected Group Exhibitions
Squaring the Circle, with Sharon Beckman, Edward Bernstein, Ronald Bowen, Tali Gai, Edward Lazansky, Guy Livingston, Kelly Reedy, Jennifer May Reiland, Taylor Smith, Victor Sparrow, Judy Thomas, Elizabeth Ward, and Murray Zimiles. Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, France, 2018
To Leave Earth, with Kate Kosek, Macon Reed and Samantha Robinson, Palazzina Liberty, Giardini Margherita, Bologna, Italy, 2018.
Language of Perception, with Douglas Degges and Rita Bard, Artspace, Loveland, Colorado, 2018
Domesticity, Midwest Center for Photography, 2018
How to Draw a Tyrant with Tahnee Pantig, Hiroki Otsuka, Ivan Rivera, David Colannino, Christy Gast, Cynthia Reynolds, Samantha Robinson, Keil Troisi, David McQueen, Kate Kosek, Elise Wunderlich, Charles O’Leary, Yael Azoulay, Meredith Star, and Abby Goodman, curated by Jasmine Dreame Wagner, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York, 2017-2018.
ATM Cigarrettes Flowers Lottery God Bless Deli 2. Space Heater Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2017
Sketch Open, Rabley Drawing Center, Marlborough, United Kingdom, 2017
Playing Favorites, collaboration with poet A.W. Strouse, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York, 2016
The Reconsidered Landscape, Perry and Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon, Washington, 2016
Fall Show, curated by George Turner, New York Arbor, Rockaways, Queens, New York, 2016
I'll be your mirror, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, with Terri Phillips, Laura Parker and Linda Robinson, 2016
Family Album, curated by Candace Moeller, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York, 2015
Emerge, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, Kansas, 2015
Uncharted, Lewis Art Gallery, Milsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 2015
Profiles, Shoestring Press, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 2015
Bushwick Open Studios, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, 2015
What Does Art Add? Figuring the More-than-Human World, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey 2015
The Body in Eden, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2015
2nd Annual Artists’ Books Exhibition, WOCA Projects, Forth Worth, Texas, 2015
Picture Books, Power Plant Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 2014
M.A.C.H.I.N.E. Consciousness, Gallery West, University of Texas at Arlington, 2014
Viewpoints, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, 2014
The Trip, Loft 594, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, 2014
Art of the Figure, Gallery North, East Setauket, New York, 2013
Material Witness, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, 2013
Winter show, Todd Art Gallery. Murfeesboro, Tennessee, 2013
Valdosta National, Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, Georgia, 2013
Art of the Urban Environment, Cakewalk Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 2013
Summer Show, Staten Island Museum, 2012
Contemporary, Traditional and Emerging Work from All Over Ireland, Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, United Kingdom, 2012
27th International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Texas, 2012
PHOTOMONTH, Gallery 50 and Packard-Reath Gallery, Rehoboth and Lewes, Delaware, 2011
Black and White, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, 2011
Under the Influence, Foto Foto, Huntington, New York, 2011
Early Morning/After Dark, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011
Midwest Center for Photography, Center Gallery, Wichita, Kansas, 2011
Small Works. Border Walls, Boltax.Gallery, Shelter Island, New York, 2008
Resident artists and invited guests, Fondation des États-Unis, Cite Universitaire, Paris, 1989
Books and Print Editions
Leaving Earth/Lasciare la Terra, Samantha Robinson, Maureen O’Leary, Kate Kosek, George Ferrandi and Macon Reed. 2018. Limited edition print portfolio.
Belle Mort, Maureen O’Leary and Terri Phillips. 2013. Paper Chase Press, Los Angeles.
Grants and Awards
Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Arts Fund Grant (with George Ferrandi and Christy Gast), 2017
Harriet Hale Woolley Fellowship (painting), Fondation des États-Unis, Cité Internationale
Universitaire, Paris, 1989-1990
Public Collections
Fondation des États-Unis, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, France
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Belle Mort in Indie Photobook Library), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Reviews/Press/Blogs
Bussard, N. "Feature: To Leave Earth," Blog. 2018.
Albani-Burgio, P. 2018. Three artists consider nature of awareness at Loveland’s Artspace Gallery. Reporter-Herald, 2018.
Axiomakaros, A. 2017. Maureen O'Leary's Suburban Vernacular. Artsy, November, 2017.
Strouse, A. W. 2017. Cool day job, One Rooph. February 6, 2017.
Hunter, S. 2016, Perry and Carlson: a new game in town, Cascadia Arts Weekly. 11 (50), p. 16.
Hannan, P. 2016 Nature and some numbers. The Wave, Rockaway Beach, New York.
Writing
Catalogue essay for Squaring the Circle, Fondation des États-Unis, Cité Universitaire, Paris, 2018.
Review of Props for Pictures by Douglas Degges. Art Shape Mammoth Blog, 2017
Review of Belle Mort performance piece by Terri Phillips, Number: Inc. magazine (online), 2014.
Record and Magazine covers
Look/Listen, Volume 1, Susanna Kohn (editor), Look/Listen Press (cover), 2010
Senator Flux, Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch, Resonance Records, 1988
Artist Lectures/Panels
Artist Lecture, Language of Perception, Loveland ArtSpace, 2018
Curator and Artist Discussion, How to Draw a Tyrant, with Jasmine Dreame Wagner, 2018
Artist Lecture, Earlville Opera House, 2017
Panel Discussion What Does Art Add? Figuring the More-than-Human World, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey 2015
Artist Lecture, One Arts, Burlington, Vermont, 2015
Education
International Center of Photography, 2009-2010
Art Students League 2005-2010
Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., 1996
Yale University, B.S., 1987
www.maureenoleary.com
info@maureenoleary.com
Lives and works in New York City and on Long Island, New York
Wayfarers collective, Brooklyn, New York
Art Shape Mammoth - Artsy
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
What's Not to Like but Everything, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, New York, September-October, 2017
havens. Hangars, with David Shaughnessy, curated by James Brittingham, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York, 2016
Honey Lane (or number 352), One Arts, Burlington, Vermont, 2015
Belle Mort, with Terri Phillips, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee 2014
Maureen O'Leary Recent Paintings, Center Stage Cuts and Culture, Newark, New Jersey, 2013
Look, Listen, Lucky Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York (with Valerie Kelemen), 2010
Maureen O'Leary, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, Maryland, 1996
Baltimore and Paris, GO!, Arlington, Virginia, 1995
Paintings, Art Attic, Baltimore, 1990
Harriet Hale Woolley Exhibit, Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, 1990
Untitled, D.C. Space, Washington, D.C., 1989
Selected Group Exhibitions
Squaring the Circle, with Sharon Beckman, Edward Bernstein, Ronald Bowen, Tali Gai, Edward Lazansky, Guy Livingston, Kelly Reedy, Jennifer May Reiland, Taylor Smith, Victor Sparrow, Judy Thomas, Elizabeth Ward, and Murray Zimiles. Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, France, 2018
To Leave Earth, with Kate Kosek, Macon Reed and Samantha Robinson, Palazzina Liberty, Giardini Margherita, Bologna, Italy, 2018.
Language of Perception, with Douglas Degges and Rita Bard, Artspace, Loveland, Colorado, 2018
Domesticity, Midwest Center for Photography, 2018
How to Draw a Tyrant with Tahnee Pantig, Hiroki Otsuka, Ivan Rivera, David Colannino, Christy Gast, Cynthia Reynolds, Samantha Robinson, Keil Troisi, David McQueen, Kate Kosek, Elise Wunderlich, Charles O’Leary, Yael Azoulay, Meredith Star, and Abby Goodman, curated by Jasmine Dreame Wagner, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York, 2017-2018.
ATM Cigarrettes Flowers Lottery God Bless Deli 2. Space Heater Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2017
Sketch Open, Rabley Drawing Center, Marlborough, United Kingdom, 2017
Playing Favorites, collaboration with poet A.W. Strouse, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York, 2016
The Reconsidered Landscape, Perry and Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon, Washington, 2016
Fall Show, curated by George Turner, New York Arbor, Rockaways, Queens, New York, 2016
I'll be your mirror, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, with Terri Phillips, Laura Parker and Linda Robinson, 2016
Family Album, curated by Candace Moeller, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, New York, 2015
Emerge, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, Kansas, 2015
Uncharted, Lewis Art Gallery, Milsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 2015
Profiles, Shoestring Press, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 2015
Bushwick Open Studios, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, 2015
What Does Art Add? Figuring the More-than-Human World, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey 2015
The Body in Eden, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2015
2nd Annual Artists’ Books Exhibition, WOCA Projects, Forth Worth, Texas, 2015
Picture Books, Power Plant Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 2014
M.A.C.H.I.N.E. Consciousness, Gallery West, University of Texas at Arlington, 2014
Viewpoints, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, 2014
The Trip, Loft 594, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, 2014
Art of the Figure, Gallery North, East Setauket, New York, 2013
Material Witness, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, 2013
Winter show, Todd Art Gallery. Murfeesboro, Tennessee, 2013
Valdosta National, Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, Georgia, 2013
Art of the Urban Environment, Cakewalk Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 2013
Summer Show, Staten Island Museum, 2012
Contemporary, Traditional and Emerging Work from All Over Ireland, Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, United Kingdom, 2012
27th International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Texas, 2012
PHOTOMONTH, Gallery 50 and Packard-Reath Gallery, Rehoboth and Lewes, Delaware, 2011
Black and White, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, 2011
Under the Influence, Foto Foto, Huntington, New York, 2011
Early Morning/After Dark, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011
Midwest Center for Photography, Center Gallery, Wichita, Kansas, 2011
Small Works. Border Walls, Boltax.Gallery, Shelter Island, New York, 2008
Resident artists and invited guests, Fondation des États-Unis, Cite Universitaire, Paris, 1989
Books and Print Editions
Leaving Earth/Lasciare la Terra, Samantha Robinson, Maureen O’Leary, Kate Kosek, George Ferrandi and Macon Reed. 2018. Limited edition print portfolio.
Belle Mort, Maureen O’Leary and Terri Phillips. 2013. Paper Chase Press, Los Angeles.
Grants and Awards
Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Arts Fund Grant (with George Ferrandi and Christy Gast), 2017
Harriet Hale Woolley Fellowship (painting), Fondation des États-Unis, Cité Internationale
Universitaire, Paris, 1989-1990
Public Collections
Fondation des États-Unis, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris, France
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Belle Mort in Indie Photobook Library), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Reviews/Press/Blogs
Bussard, N. "Feature: To Leave Earth," Blog. 2018.
Albani-Burgio, P. 2018. Three artists consider nature of awareness at Loveland’s Artspace Gallery. Reporter-Herald, 2018.
Axiomakaros, A. 2017. Maureen O'Leary's Suburban Vernacular. Artsy, November, 2017.
Strouse, A. W. 2017. Cool day job, One Rooph. February 6, 2017.
Hunter, S. 2016, Perry and Carlson: a new game in town, Cascadia Arts Weekly. 11 (50), p. 16.
Hannan, P. 2016 Nature and some numbers. The Wave, Rockaway Beach, New York.
Writing
Catalogue essay for Squaring the Circle, Fondation des États-Unis, Cité Universitaire, Paris, 2018.
Review of Props for Pictures by Douglas Degges. Art Shape Mammoth Blog, 2017
Review of Belle Mort performance piece by Terri Phillips, Number: Inc. magazine (online), 2014.
Record and Magazine covers
Look/Listen, Volume 1, Susanna Kohn (editor), Look/Listen Press (cover), 2010
Senator Flux, Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch, Resonance Records, 1988
Artist Lectures/Panels
Artist Lecture, Language of Perception, Loveland ArtSpace, 2018
Curator and Artist Discussion, How to Draw a Tyrant, with Jasmine Dreame Wagner, 2018
Artist Lecture, Earlville Opera House, 2017
Panel Discussion What Does Art Add? Figuring the More-than-Human World, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey 2015
Artist Lecture, One Arts, Burlington, Vermont, 2015
Education
International Center of Photography, 2009-2010
Art Students League 2005-2010
Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., 1996
Yale University, B.S., 1987