ELIZABETH O'REILLY
EDUCATION
1992 MFA, Brooklyn College, NY
1978 B.Ed., Special Art Diploma, St. Patrick’s College, N.U.I.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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
EDUCATION
1992 MFA, Brooklyn College, NY
1978 B.Ed., Special Art Diploma, St. Patrick’s College, N.U.I.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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
