Email: info@shawndulaney.com
Shawn Dulaney's style, a layered construction of abstracted color merging to form spacious landscapes, has been described by William Zimmer of the New York Times as belonging to "a very strong tradition, that of 19th-century Northern European Romanticism in which nature was seen as corresponding to human emotional states." He says of her work, "Ms. Dulaney makes it clear that her inner life is very much a part of each painting, and this alone distinguishes it from most abstraction...Shawn Dulaney is deliberately out for grandeur. but she is also out for intimacy. Her paintings take advantage of their innate ambiguity and declare themselves to be very current in the thinking that lies behind them."
Her pieces are subtle; lush with color and a depth of detail that engages the imagination and conveys a weight of emotional connection to atmospheres and places. Her surfaces, as described by Dominick Lombardi-also of the New York Times, are "exquisitely painted", and "a pleasure to see". She achieves the same understated transcendence in all of her work; the large-scale acrylic landscapes and waterfall paintings, intimate frescoes or in her series of monotype prints.
Shawn Dulaney has worked as a painter for over two decades, exhibiting nationwide. Her paintings can be found in extensive public collections worldwide-the Hunterdon Museum of Art in New Jersey, the Trump International Hotel in New York, The Venetia Resort in Macan, China, as well as in the private collections of author Annie Proulx, actor Steve Buscemi, artist Jo Andres and musician Stuart Copeland. Her landscapes have also appeared in episodes of TV's Sex & the City, and in Interview, a film directed by Steve Buscemi. Her work has appeared in Art in America and H.C. & G. Hampton's Magazine, been featured in New American Paintings, and reviewed in the New York Times.
She currently lives and works in New York City.
Her favorite bands are Dulaney Banks and Jetlag.
She unearthed a hidden reservoir,
A sacred river
Became a waterfall rushed with voice,
And many doors opened
With light.
I am inspired by the simple evocative symbolism in nature, and by the power of light to reflect awe and reverence.
My paintings are windows to inner and outer landscapes. I use light and color as emotional symbols.
The process of making them is a meditation and a journey, creating spaces where the elements hold personal meaning and poetic metaphor.
I experience the paintings as holding their own soul, separate from mine, as in the birth of a child.
They remind me that light is a gift.
In this work I search for the rudimentary interdependency of the concrete and the ethereal.
I draw on the notion of the indomitable spirit.
Represented By
Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Weber Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
One Person Shows
2007
Sears Peyton Gallery, Curtain of Water, New York, NY
Weber Fine Art, Waterfalls, Scarsdale, NY
2006
Weber Fine Art, Boundless, Greenwich, CT
2005
Sears Peyton Gallery, Mirrors and Tides, New York, NY
2004
Weber Fine Art, The Intimate Sky: Paintings of Light, Scardale, NY
Weber Fine Art, New Paintings, Chatham, NY
2003
Weber Fine Art, Holding Light, Scarsdale, NY
2002
Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Weber Fine Art, New Paintings, Scarsdale, NY
2001
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Museum West, San Francisco, CA
Weber Fine Art, Atmospheres of Light, Scarsdale, NY
2000
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Atmospheric Paintings, Santa Fe, NM
Sears-Peyton Gallery, Works on Paper, New York, NY
1999
Margaret Bodell Gallery, Lifted : Atmospheric Paintings, New York, NY
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, The Intimate Surface, Sante Fe, NM
Museum West Fine Art, New Work, San Francisco, CA
Margaret Bodell Gallery, "One of a Kind Works on Paper", NY, NY
Robischon Gallery, "Distant Views", Denver, CO
1996
Robischon Gallery, "Vestige, Symbol, Verse", Denver, CO
1994
Robischon Gallery, "Fresco", Denver, CO
Felissimo, "Recent Frescoes and Monoprints", New York, NY
1992
808 Penn Modern, "Terra Firma", Pittsburgh, PA
1992
Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
1991
Sordoni Art Gallery, "Balance & Assembly", Wilkes-Barre, PA
1990
101 Wooster Street/DNC Exhibition Space, New York, NY
1988
Fox & Fowle Associates, New York, NY
1987
Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Running Ridge Gallery, Ojai, California
1984
The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
Selected Group Shows
2006
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Inner Space, 4 artists referencing nature in landscapes exploring emotional terrain
2005
Weber Fine Art, Inspiration and Influence, Shawn Dulaney/Hans Hoffman, Paintings, Scarsdale, NY
2004
Weber Fine Art, Opening Show, Greenwich, CT
2001
James Kelly Contemporary, Site Unseen II, Santa Fe, NM
Karan Ruhlen, Red, Santa Fe, NM
Joyce Robins Gallery, A Show With Heart, Sante Fe, NM
2000
Mixed Media Gallery, Brooklyn On The Block, Block Island, RI
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Mil Flores, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999
The Parrish Art Museum, 36th Juried Exhibition, South Hampton, NY
Karan Ruhlen, Simply Irresistable, Sante Fe, NM
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, "101 Cups/101 Artists", Santa Fe, NM
Hemphill Fine Arts, Our Good Earth: The Landscape at the End of the Century, Washington, DC
Museum West Fine Art, Two By Six, San Francisco, CA
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Passionate Pairs, Santa Fe, NM
1998
Art In Construction Showroom, "3", New York, NY
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, "Red", Santa Fe, NM
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, "New Year, New Artists", Santa Fe, NM
1997
Karan Ruhlen Gallery, "101 Cups/101 Artists", Santa Fe, NM
Gallery at Hastings-On Hudson, NY "Fresh/Fresco:The New Age of Fresco", Curated by Gail Swithenbank
Art In Construction Showroom, "Three Again", New York, NY
1996
The Arvada Center for the Arts, "Eggs, Milk & Wax: Old techniques in New Pntgs", Arvada, CO
Smack Mellon Studio, "Pattern and Relief" Brooklyn, NY
1995
Robischon Gallery, "Revisiting the Past", Denver CO
Allrich Gallery, "Nature/Culture:Meeting at the Border", San Fransisco, CA
Elan Vital Gallery, "A 90's Look at Fresco", Boston, MA
1994
Boston College Museum of Art, "Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective", Chestnut Hill, MA
Patoka, Ltd., "Quoquo", Central Hong Kong
1992
Rule Modern and Contemporary, "Small Masterpieces", Denver, CO
The Jefferson Cutter House, "Mother/Artist:Motherhood and its Influences", Arlington, MA
1988
The Linda Durham Gallery, "Get It On Paper!", Santa Fe, New Mexico
1987
The Katonah Gallery, "Gallery Artists", Katonah, NY
1984
Fox & Fowle Associates, "Works On Paper", New York, NY
1983
American Watercolor Society National, New York, NY
1982
Allied Artists National, New York, NY
The Katonah Gallery, "Gallery Artists", Katonah, NY
Commissions
1999
Diptych Painting, Schwartz residence, New Rochelle, NY
1998
Fresco Mural, 10.5' by 11', Art-In Construction Showroom, New York, NY
1997
Fresco Panel, Amter/MacDonald residence, Denver, CO
Fresco Panel, Warren residence, Brooklyn, NY
Fresco Triptych; Coop Lobby, Central Park West, New York, NY
1996
Fresco Diptych; Hamilton/Sisk residence, Lamy, NM
Collections
Stuart Copeland Private Collection
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Cinton NJ
Trump International Hotel & Tower, NY
Venetia Resort, Macan, China
Bear Stearns, New York, NY
Babcock & Brown, New York, NY
Neville, Rodie & Shaw, New York, NY
Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL
Babcock & Brown, New York, NY
Neville, Roadie & Shaw, Investment Counselors, New York
Farer Fersko, Environmental Law, Westfield NJ
Department of State, Washington, DC
United Airlines/JFK International Airport, Brooklyn, NY
Steve Buscemi and Jo Andres, Brooklyn, NY
American Airlines, New York, NY
Annie Proulx, Centennial, WY
Ardsley Partners Invesments, New York, NY
Astoria Federal Savings, New York, NY
British Airways, New York, NY
British Airways, Philadelphia, PA
Devon Properties, New York, NY
Financial Security Assurance, New York, NY & London, England
Fox & Fowle Associates, New York, NY
General Electric, New York, NY
Kathy Ruttenberg, NY
Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY
Shearson Lehman, New York, NY
Skandia Inc., New York, NY
Swiss Bank, New York, NY
The Reader's Digest Collection, New York, NY
US Air, New York, NY
Education & Awards
Artist's Space Artist's Grant, 1990 (Funded by The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts & The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs)
The New School of Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stanford University Studies Center in Britain, Maidenhead, England
The Berkshire College of Art, Maidenhead, England
Mills College, Oakland, California
Published
Art in America, 2006, Sears Peyton Gallery
H,C & G Hamptons Magazine, 2007
Pasatiempo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 2006, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, by Craig Smith
Art in America, 2005, Sears Peyton Gallery
The New York Times, Westchester, Sunday, April 2004, by Dominick Lombardi
The New York Times, Westchester, Sunday, April 27, 2003, by Dominick Lombardi
The New York Times, Westchester, Sunday, May 13, 2001, cover of Arts & Entertainment pg. 10 by William Zimmer
Gallery Guide International, October 2000
Pasatiempo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, October 2000
Santa Fean Magazine, September 1999, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Pg. 72
Focus Magazine/Santa Fe, June/July 1999, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Pg. 6, 26-29
San Fransisco Magazine, April 1999, Museum West fine Art, Pg. 20
New American Paintings #20, Open Studios Press, February 1999, pgs. 3, 40 - 43
International & West Coast Art Now Gallery Guide, Spotlight profile February 1999, pg. 49
Art In America, December 1997, Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Pg. 40
The Figure Drawing Workshop, by Carole Katchen, published by Watson/Guptill.
Twelve reproductions, April 1985
Sketching Techniques, Watson/Guptill, October 1985
Partwork Book, series by Eaglemoss Limited, London, UK & Brazil
Email: info@shawndulaney.com
Shawn Dulaney's style, a layered construction of abstracted color merging to form spacious landscapes, has been described by William Zimmer of the New York Times as belonging to "a very strong tradition, that of 19th-century Northern European Romanticism in which nature was seen as corresponding to human emotional states." He says of her work, "Ms. Dulaney makes it clear that her inner life is very much a part of each painting, and this alone distinguishes it from most abstraction...Shawn Dulaney is deliberately out for grandeur. but she is also out for intimacy. Her paintings take advantage of their innate ambiguity and declare themselves to be very current in the thinking that lies behind them."
Her pieces are subtle; lush with color and a depth of detail that engages the imagination and conveys a weight of emotional connection to atmospheres and places. Her surfaces, as described by Dominick Lombardi-also of the New York Times, are "exquisitely painted", and "a pleasure to see". She achieves the same understated transcendence in all of her work; the large-scale acrylic landscapes and waterfall paintings, intimate frescoes or in her series of monotype prints.
Shawn Dulaney has worked as a painter for over two decades, exhibiting nationwide. Her paintings can be found in extensive public collections worldwide-the Hunterdon Museum of Art in New Jersey, the Trump International Hotel in New York, The Venetia Resort in Macan, China, as well as in the private collections of author Annie Proulx, actor Steve Buscemi, artist Jo Andres and musician Stuart Copeland. Her landscapes have also appeared in episodes of TV's Sex & the City, and in Interview, a film directed by Steve Buscemi. Her work has appeared in Art in America and H.C. & G. Hampton's Magazine, been featured in New American Paintings, and reviewed in the New York Times.
She currently lives and works in New York City.
Her favorite bands are Dulaney Banks and Jetlag.