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ELIZABETH O'REILLY

EDUCATION
1992  MFA, Brooklyn College, NY
1978  B.Ed., Special Art Diploma, St. Patrick’s College, N.U.I.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 George Billis Gallery (with Lois Dodd), New York, NY
​2015 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2011  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 
2009  “Collages,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2009  Armstrong Hopkins Center for the Arts, Blairstown Academy, Blairstown, NY
2007  “Watercolors,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2007  Oils, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2005  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2003  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2003  Painting the Brooklyn Waterfront, Marymount College Gallery, New York, NY
2003  Paintings, Art Gallery, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
2003  Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
2002  Stover Mill Gallery, Bucks County, PA
2001  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2000  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
1997  Irish Arts Center, New York, NY
1997  Station Master’s House, Kiltimagh, Mayo, Ireland
1996  Elisbeth Woody Gallery, CAC, Portchester, NY
1996  Irish Arts Center, New York, NY
1995  Big Red Barn, UCROSS Foundation, Clearmont, WY
1994  Irish Arts Center, New York, NY
1991  First New York Bank For Business, New York, NY

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2002  List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Philadelpha, PA, with Lois Dodd
2000  Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
1999  The Painting Center, Greene St., New York, NY
1996  Jay County Center for the Arts, IN
1995  West Cork Arts Center, Skibbereen, Ireland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Royal Hibernian Academy, 185ry Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2015 Firehouse Center for The Falcon Foundation: Paint the Farm, Artists Celebrating Farming,
            Damariscotta, ME
2015 7 On-Site Plus 2, Newtownbarry House, Bunclody County Wexford, Ireland
2014 Steinhardt Conservatory, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Visions of Nature, Student/Faculty Show
2014 Arkansas Art Center 46th Collector’s Show: Arkansas Work on Paper, Arkansas

2013  In The City, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013  Royal Hibernian Academy, 188th Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland 
2012  New York Moments: George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2012  31st Annual Holiday Exhibition, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME       
2012  Lois Dodd:My Students, Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta ME
2012  The Work of Women, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2011  The Buildings of New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2011  UCROSS Retrospective Exhibition, UCROSS Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont, WY
2011  UCROSS Foundation, 27 Years of Visual Arts Residencies, Nicolaysen Art Museum,
         Casper, WY
2011  Maine As Muse, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY
2011  Collage Perspectives: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
2010  National Academy Museum 185th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary
          American Art, New York, NY
2010  Royal Hibernian Academy 18th Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2010  New York Moments: George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2010  Haiti Benefit, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY
2010  National Academy Annual Benefit, New York, NY
2010  Maine Farmland Trust Benefit Show, Caldbeck Gallery, ME
2009  Urban Structures, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2009  Night, Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY
2009  In Leslie’s Garden, Caldbeck Gallery, ME
2009  Watercurrents: Water, Painting Center, New York, NY
2008  Royal Hibernian Academy, 178th Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2008  3 Painters, Caldbeck Gallery, Elm St., Rockland, ME
2008  Painting New York City Parks, Lori Bookstein Gallery, New York, NY
2008  Prince St. Invitational, Prince St. Gallery, New York, NY
2008  Fluid Fields, Painting Center, New York, NY
2008  City Lights, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2008  Five Hands On, Collage & Mixed Media, Far Fields, Treadwell, NY
2007  Good Night Sun, Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2007  Fluid Fields, Painting Center, New York, NY
2007  Ragdale 30th Anniversary Show, Chicago, IL
2007  Out Looking In; In Looking Out, Painting Center, NY
2007  American Artists in Rural Ireland: The Ballinglen Experience, Concord, MA
2007  Radgale Benefit, Lake Forest, IL
2007  Royal Hibernian Academy, 177th Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2006  In the City, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2006  Landscaping, Lohin Geduld, New York, NY
2006  Watercurrents, Lori Bookstein, New York, NY
2006  Royal Hibernian Academy, 176th Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2006  Kentler International Drawing Space, Benefit Show, Brooklyn, NY
2006  Undercover, Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester, CT, Curator: Gia Gunthel
2005 New Jersey: A Sense of Place, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2005  fresh stART, Benefit Exhibition for A Window Between Worlds, and My Friend’s Place, 2005  Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2005  Blue Ocean Institute, Benefit Show, Solomon Projects, Atlanta
2005  Watercurrents, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Artists Talk: Five Years, Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy, CT
2004  Where the Island Begins, Artists of Long Island*s Western Shore, Lowenfeld Exhibition
          Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
2004  Royal Hibernian Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2004  Albright Knox Curator*s Choice, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
2004  Peppercanister Gallery, Summer Show, Dublin, Ireland
2004  George Nick Selects, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2004  Wayne Art Center*s 2004, National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne, PA
2004  Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, Summer Show, Kentler International Drawing Space, Benefit
2003  Fordham University, Painting the Brooklyn Waterfront, Tarrytown
2003  New American Painting, Open Studios Press, Massachussetts
2003  R.H.A. Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
2003  Peppercanister Gallery Summer Show, Dublin, Ireland
2003  George Billis Gallery, Inaugural Show, New York, NY
2003  Curator’s Choice, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
2003  Artists in Philadelphia, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003  Kentler International Drawing Space, Benefit Show, Brooklyn, NY
2003  Ballingen: The artist in rural Ireland, from the collection of The Ballingen Arts Foundation,
           Mayo General Hospital, Ireland
2002  Home & Away, Irish Contemporary Art, Irish Arts Center, New York, NY
2002  Home & Away, Irish Contemporary Art, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University,
          Milwaukee, WI
2002  Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2002  Foresight, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2002  Curator’s Choice, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
2002  Chernobyl Benefit, Schull, Ireland
2001  Museum of the City of Trenton, Ellarslie Open XIX
2001  Fellows of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, The Lavit Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2001  Winter Show, Taylor Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2001  Ragdale Benefit Show, Chicago, IL
2001  Offspring, Artists Benefit the Child, Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, Brooklyn, NY
2000  Curator’s Choice, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
2000  Women’s View, Two Generations of Women Artists from NYC, Haverford College, PA,
          Curator: Ying Li
2000  175th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York NY
2000  Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland Annual Exhibition Eigse, Carlow, Ireland
2000  Taylor Gallery Summer Show, Kildare St. Dublin, Ireland
2000  Pale Dog Gallery, Chernobyl Benefit, Main St., Schull, Co. Cork, Ireland
2000  Offspring, Artists Benefit the Child, Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, Brooklyn, NY
2000  Heritage Week by Duchas, Ceide Fields Visitor Center, Mayo, Ireland
2000  NYC Fire Museum, Silent Art Auction, 278 Spring St., New York, NY
1999  U.S. Artists in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1999  Industry’s Architecture, Pfizer, Brooklyn, NY Curator: Meredith McNeal, Assoc. Director,
          The Rotunda
1999  Gallery, 33 Clinton St. Brooklyn, NY
1999  RHA Annual Exhibition, 15 Ely Place, Dublin, Ireland
1999  A-Way to Ireland, New Hampshire Institute of Art, NH
1999  New Jersey Landscapes, Rider Univ. Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ, Curator: Lois Dodd
1999  Iontas Tenth Annual Small Works Show, Sligo, Ireland
1999  Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
1999  Eigse, Carlow, Ireland
1999  Landscape & Inspiration: The Ballinglen Experience, Glucksman Ireland House,
          Washington Mews, New York, NY
1998  Winter Show, The Painting Center, Greene St., New York, NY
1998  Prince St. Artists Invite..., Prince St. Gallery, New York, NY
1998  Winterland, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
1998  Iontas Ninth Annual Small Works Show, Sligo Ireland
1998  Sligo Art Gallery, Dublin, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast Juror: Peter Murray, Crawford
          Museum, Cork
1998  Ballinglen Group Show, Curator: John Smalley, Tasis School, London
1998  Taylor Gallery Summer Show, Dublin, Ireland
1998  Eigse, Carlow, Ireland, Juried Show
1998  Contemporary Paintings of New Jersey, Firehouse Gallery, N.J. Curated by Lois Dodd
1997 Group Show, Taylor Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1997  New Members Show, Trenton City Museum, NJ
1997  TAWA, Members Annual Show, Trenton City Museum, NJ
1997  Iontas National Small Works Show: Jurors: Shiela Hourahane and Ruairi O’Cuiv
1997  RHA Gallery, Dublin, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
1997  West Cork Arts Center, Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland
1996  Mindscapes: 9 Painters, Salena Gallery, L.I.U., NY
1996  10th Annual Small Works Show, New York University Juror: Edward Thorp of Edward
          Thorp Gallery
1996  TAWA at Johnson & Johnson, Corporate Art Gallery One Johnson & Johnson Plaza, NJ
1996  TAWA at Janssen Pharmaceutical, NJ
1996  Holy Ghost School Benefit, NY
1996  Eigse, Juror:Gwen O’Dowd, Carlow, Ireland
1996  1995 60th Annual National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY, Juror: Holland Cotter, Critic,
          N.Y. Times
1995  National Small Works, Schoharie County Arts Council, Juror: Jon Ippolito, Curator:
          Guggenheim
1995  Eigse, Carlow, Ireland. Juror: Trevor Geoghegan
1995  BWAC, Pier Show 111, Brooklyn, NY
1995  Friends of Ragdale, Ragdale Foundation, IL
1994  Small Works Show, BACA Downtown Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1994  Mass Exposure, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY
1994  National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Juror: Charles Movalli
1994  Faculty Show, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
1994  National Juried Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, NY, Juror: Natalie Charkow
1994  MFA Alumni Exhibition, La Guardia Gallery, NY, Curated by Lois Dodd
1993  Wall to Wall, Art Initiatives, Galerie 148, NY
1993  Art at Tara, King’s College Library, Briarcliff, NY
1993  MFA Thesis Show, Westbeth Gallery, NY
1992  Group Show, La Guardia Hall, Brooklyn College, NY
1992  B.W.S.Annual, Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY
1992  B.W.S. Annual Show, Brooklyn Union Gas, Brooklyn, NY
1989-92 B.W.S. Show, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, Pan Am Building, NY
1992  Artists at Waterside, Waterside Plaza, NY
1989 31st Annual Juried Show, Suburban Art League, Oyster Bay, LI, NY

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Just Add Watercolor, Helen Birch, 2015
ArtCritical.com, Peter Malone, Nov 9, 2013,
OnViewAt.com, John Goodrich, Nov 8, 2013
Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Lauren P. Della Monica, 2013
The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Painterly Collages,” Nov 27, 2011, Edith Newhall
City Arts, “Abstracting the Real,” Oct 12, 2011, Maureen Mullarkey
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, “Gowanus Artist Elizabeth O’Reilly Puts Canal on the Map—Artistically”,
        Oct 17, 2011, Carl Blumenthal
City Arts, July 15, 2010, Maureen Mullarkey
The Warren Reporter, Entertainment Section, Mar 27, ’09
An Sionnach, Journal of Literature, Culture & the Arts, Spring ’08. John goodrich
The New York Sun, Arts & Letters, Nov 15, ’07. Maureen Mullarkey
The New York Sun, Arts & Letters, June 28, ’07, John Goodrich
Watercolor, Feature Article, Summer ’07, Lynne Moss Perricelli
The New York Observer, Currently Hanging, Dec 5, ’05, Mario Naves
The New York Sun, Arts & Letters, Nov 17, ’05, Maureen Mullarkey                
New York Times, L.I. Edition, Reviews, Aug 15, ’04, Helen Harrison
The New York Sun, Arts & Letters, July 29, ’04, Maureen Mullarkey
Art News, Feb, ’04, Megan Heuer
The New York Sun, Weekend Edition, Nov 24 – 26, ’03, David Cohen
Brooklyn Free Press, Vol 1 # 47 Nov 14 – 20, 2003, Jennifer Needleman
Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov 17, ’02, Victoria Donohoe
The New York Sun, Weekend Edition, Calendar, Oct 24-26, ’04
New American Painting, #44 Open Studios Press, Boston
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 9, ’02, James Auer, Journal Sentinel Art Critic
Art in America, Oct. ‘02, Gerrit Henry
New Art World Order:Shepherd Express, Ireland Goes Global at the Haggerty,
June 20th, ’02, Nathan Guequierre
Irish Connections, March/April, 2001, Elizabeth Martin, contributing editor
Brooklyn Heights Press, Feb 2001, Carl Blumenthal
Phoenix, Brooklyn Heights Press, Nov. 2000, Abigail H. Regier
American Artist, Sept. 2000, Stephen M. Doherty, editor-in-chief
Irish Connections, July/Aug. 2000, Elizabeth Martin, contributing editor
New York Times, Feb. 25th, 2000, Ken Johnson
Irish Times, April 1995, June 17, 1999
Cork Examiner, April 1995


AWARDS
1997  Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland
1996  Coillte Mach, Visual Artist’s Residence, Ireland
1995  Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
1995  Ragdale Foundation, Visual Artist’s Residence, IL
1994  UCROSS Foundation, Visual Artist’s Residence, WY
1993  Vermont Studio Center, Visual Artist’s Residence, VT
1992  Graduate Fellowship, Brooklyn College
1991  Charles G. Shaw Award for painting, Brooklyn College

COLLECTIONS
Harvard Business School, CT
Sarah Moody Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN
David McKee, David McKee Gallery, New York, NY
State Dept. Washington D.C.
Office of Public Works, Ireland
Apache Oil, Corporate Headquarters, Wyoming, U.S.
U.S.A.A. Insurance Co., San Antonio, Texas
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Pfizer, NYC
Deloitte and Touche, NYC
Deutsche Bank, NYC
Sprint, NYC
Maimonides Cancer Hospital, Brooklyn NY


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015 National Academy School, New York, NY, Watercolor
2013-15  ArtNewEngland, Massachusettes College of Art & Design, Summer Program
2012-15  Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Continuing Ed Program
2012- ’13  PRATT INSTITUTE, Foundation Dept.  Brooklyn NY
2012- ’13  Rock Gardens Inn, Sebasco Estates, Maine
2011 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FINE ART, School of Fine Arts
2010-2011  Parsons School of Design, Foundation
2004-2006  American Academy of Fine Art, School of Fine Arts, NYC
2002  American Academy Of Fine Art, School of Fine Arts, NYC
2001  Alfred University, NY, Burren School of Art, Summer Program
1998-2001  Parsons School Of Design Foundation Dept.: Drawing Fundamentals, NYC
1998  Parsons School Of Design Pre-College Drawing, NYC
2000  Art Workshop International, Assissi, Italy
1995-’98  New School For Social Research, 12th St. New York: Drawing & Painting New York On-Site
1996  New School For Social Research, Creative Painting & Drawing
1995-1996  Studio Manager, New School, Studio Art Program
1995-1996  Brooklyn College: Watercolor Painting
1994  Chautauqua School Of Art: High School Drawing

VISITING ARTIST
2011 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2009 Western Carolina University, Sylva, NC
2007  Colby College, Waterville, Main University of Western Carolina, Sylva, NC
2004  Suffock Community College, Philadelphia, PA
2002  Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
2002  Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, PA
2001  Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
2001  Swarthmore College, Philadelphia, PA
2001  Brooklyn College, Graduate Program, Brooklyn, NY
2000  Old Lyme Academy, Connecticut
1996  Brooklyn College Graduate Program, Brooklyn, NY
1994  Sheridan College, Sheridan College, WY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2004  Kentler International Drawing Space, Van Brunt St. Brooklyn, Board Member
2003  Kentler International Drawing Space, Van Brunt St. Brooklyn, Chair

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