MAURA SHEEHAN
800 6th Ave. 11c
New York, N.Y. 10001
917 318-7144
www.maurasheehan.net
mrmaura@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
2018 “In the Name of the Place” Mel Chin & the GALA committee, Red Bull Studio, NYC
"Migration," Five Myles, Brooklyn
2016 “Trade Winds (Sugar, Sugar)” in “The Value of FOOD,” curated by Kirby Gookin and Robin Kahn, St John the Divine, NYC
2015 “Glass Books,” Brooklyn Public Library Grand Rotunda, Brooklyn
2015 “Glass Garden,” LIU Gallery, Brooklyn
“Architecture Under the Influence,” Station Museum, Houston, Texas
“ARTiFairiti,” collective exhibition in Western Sahara, North Africa & Seville, Spain
2014 “Bird Call,” Judson Church, NYC
2012 “Bird Call,” Vision Festival, Roulette, Brooklyn
2012 “Opposites Attract,” Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas
2011 "From the Ashes,” Arts for Arts, Teatro Clemente Soto Velez, New York
“Twin Twin Towers,” Curator Matt Freedman, Pierogi Gallery Postcards 9-11, Brooklyn
2010 “Camera Obscura,” ARTIFARITI, West Sahara, Africa
“NY / Berlin” Galerie Berlin Am Meer, Berlin, Germany
2009 “TRANSARTLANTIK Wuppertal – New York” Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal und dem Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
2007 “Rev. Installation ” Vision Festival, XII, Orensanz Foundation, NYC
2006 “Through Our Eyes” Green Dog Arts, Belfast, No. Ireland
“COPILANDIA” Centro De Arte De Sevilla, Spain
“Bird House” Row House, Houston, Texas
2005 “Night Flight ”, Five Myles, Brooklyn,
“Carcel de Amor”, Curated By Berta Sichel, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid Spain (catalogue)
The Vision Festival, Angel Orensanz Center, NYC
2004 “Trunk Show”, Kings House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
traveled to: London Metropolitan University Gallery, Whitechapel
“Holiday Shop” Wall Space, NYC
2003 "Scar Tissue”, M.Y. Fine Arts, NYC
“Sisters of the Presentation”, San Francisco, Ca.
“Holiday Shop”, Curated by: Robin Kahn, Wall Space, NYC
2002 “Trunk Show” , Penn State Gallery, University of Art and Architecture
2001 “Departure” Sirius Art Center, Cobh, Ireland
“Indoor/Outdoor” Goliath, Brooklyn
“Room Renewal”, Cuando, NYC
2000 “Architectural Acupuncture” Urban Glass, Brooklyn
“Veladura” Centro Anduluz De Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain
1999 “Glass Book” Limerick Gallery of Art, Ireland
1998 “Glass House” Nueberger Museum Purchase, NY
1997 “Aerial Idea,” Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1996 “Ocean Floor,” Cristinerose Gallery, NYC
“Open Mike” SUNY Gallery, Plattsburgh, NY
“Arial Idea” Rundetarn, Copenhagen
1995 “The Kitchen,” Lausanne Biennial, Lausanne, Switzerland
“The Half-Pipe,” Art at the Anchorage, New York
1994 “Pinkitude,” The Helen M.Z. Cevern Gallery, New York
“Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Staller Art Center, SUNY Stonybrook, NY
1993 Helen M.Z. Cevern Gallery, NYC
1991 "Geography Lesson,” Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University
1990 “Drinking, Homicide and Rebellion,” Simon Watson, NYC
“Insulation,” Bruno Facchetti Gallery, NYC
1989 “Hurricane,” Beaver College Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Surface Tension: Oaxaca Calling,” Bruno Facchetti Gallery, NYC
1987 “Gorgons,” Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
“Elapsed Time,” Grey Gallery, New York University
“Mayarama I,” Bruno Facchetti Gallery, New York University
“Mayarama II,” Art Galaxy, New York
1986 “The Bearded Lady,” Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
“Floor Show,” Bruno Facchetti Gallery, New York
Artemisia gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 “The Bearded Lady,” Art Galaxy, New York
1984 “Blind Cupid,” Quint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1982 “Morrigu,” Project Center, Dublin, Ireland
1981 Washington Project for the Arts
1980 P.S.I., Long Island City
GRANTS
2000 N.Y.F.A. Art in ArchitectureCOMMISSIONS
1997 Greenwald Foundation (The Bank Show)
1995 N.Y.S.A (The Office Exhibition)
1993 Pollock- Krasner Foundation
1991 New York Foundation for the Arts
1989 N.E.A. Individual Artists Grant: Sculpture
1985 N.E.A. Individual Artists Grant: Painting
1983 Creative Artists Program Services C.A.P.S.
COMMISSIONS
1993-1995 Percent for the Arts, Ceramic-Tile Frieze, West Queens High School
1990 Art in Public Places, Hamden Plaza Conn., parking lot projects I
1991 Art in Public Places, Cermak Plaza, Chicago, parking lot projects II
TEMPORARY PROJECTS
1994 L.M.C.C. (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council) “The Office”
1995 Art at The Anchorage Half-Pipe Skating Ramp
1997 L.M.C.C. (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council:) “The Bank”
2000 Glass mural Collection of Henry Feiwel