ABBY SHAHN EDUCATION 1961-1963 Art Students League, New York, NY 1960-1962 Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY 1959, 1961 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME 1960 California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 1958-1960 Reed College, Portland, OR SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2005 Oil Paintings, RR Square Cinema Waterville, ME 2004 Found Photographs, RR Square Cinema Waterville, ME 2003 Paintings, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 2002 New Work: Oil Paintings, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME 2002 Abby Shahn, Chase Freedman Gallery, West Hartford, CT 2002 "Two Friends," Unity College, Unity, ME 2000 "Current Events," Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME 2000 Recent work, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1997 Recent work, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1996 "12 Corners," June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME 1994-1995 Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1991 Hobe Sound Galleries North, Portland, ME 1987/88/91 Midtown Galleries, New York, NY 1978-1999 Railroad Square Cinema (seven shows), Waterville, ME 1982 Barridoff Gallery, Portland, ME 1982 Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN 1980 University of Maine, Farmington, ME 1979 Alasdair Gallery, Kennebunkport, ME 1969, 1971 Shepard Gallery, New York, NY 1965, 1967 Hinkley and Brohel, Washington, DC 1963-1967 Hinkley and Brohel (four shows), New York, NY 1962 The Drawing Shop, New York, NY 1960 City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2004 "The One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Annual Invitational," National Academy, NYC, NY 2004 Three monkeys Art Collective, Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, MA 2003 Three Monkeys art Collective, "Domestic Insecurity," Waterville, ME 2003 Farm Show, Bates Museum, Hinkley, ME 2002 "Bound," Artist's Books, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2001 "The Culture of Nature," Chocolate Church, Bath, ME 2000 "Two artists," Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME 2000 "Artists in Maine," Hay Gallery, Portland, ME 1999 "Double Exposure," Downtown Gallery, Washington, ME 1999 "Drawing without Models," College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA 1999 "The Invention of the Artist," Art Showcase, Bond Market Association, NYC, NY 1998 Maine Biennial, Portland Museum, Portland, ME 1998 Faculty Show, ICA, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME 1997 "The Eccentric Image," Icon Gallery, Brunswick, ME 1996 "Skowhegan at 50: A Maine Legacy," Maine Coast Artists, Rockport Maine, ME; Portland School of Art, Portland, ME 1995 "A Family of Artists: 3 Generations," Anne Reid Art Gallery, Princeton, NJ 1992-1993 "Forty Years on the Edge," Portland Museum, Portland, ME; Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME 1994 "American Abstraction: A New Decade," Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA 1993 "Multiple Dialogues," The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA 1993 "The Art of Protest," Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY 1992-1993 "Columbus and the New World Order," Traveling Show 1977-1993 Union of Maine Visual Artists (ten shows), statewide 1990 "Skowhegan Area Artists," University of Maine, Farmington, ME 1989 "Seven Maine Artists," St. Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH 1988 "Perspectives," Portland Museum, Portland, ME 1988 "Three Artists," Midtown Galleries, New York, NY 1987-1988 "Art and the Law," Traveling Exhibition: Plaza Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA; Albrecht Art Museum, St. Joseph, MO; Muscarelle Art Museum, Williamsburg, VA; Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN 1985 All Maine Biennial, Portland Museum, Portland, ME 1985 "Abstraction," Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME 1985 "Here and Now in Maine," Westbrook, ME 1985/80/78 Maine Festival, Brunswick, ME 1983 "Ghost Dance," University of Maine, Farmington, ME 1982 "The Ping-Pong Show" (artist dialogues), University of Maine, Orono, ME 1981/79/77 Juried exhibitions, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME 1980 Stone Circle (installation), University of Maine, Augusta, ME 1980 Altar Heap (installation), Head Tide Church, Alna, ME 1978 All Maine Biennial, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 1978 "Five Women," Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME GALLERY REPRESENTATION June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME Davistown Museum, Liberty, ME COLLECTIONS Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME Walker Art Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Union Carbide Corporation The Southland Corporation New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC COMMISSIONS 2004 Fresco panels for Bingham Health Center, Bingham, ME 1988 "The Damnation of the Bureaucrats," University of Southern Maine 1986 Three Paintings, Private Collection, Portland, ME 1985 Four Paintings, Department of Disability, Old Max Building, Augusta, ME 1983 Three Paintings, Percent for Art Program, Solon Elementary School, Solon, ME 1981 Silkscreen Poster, Second Maine Biennial TEACHING POSITIONS/RESIDENCIES 1998-2002 Nonresident Faculty Adviser, Maine College of Art Masters' Program, Portland, ME 1997 Maine College of Art, Portland, ME 2001/1997/96/92 Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1994 Resident Artist, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, ME 1988 College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 1987-1989 Thomaston State Prison, Thomaston, ME 1986 Mural Project, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 1986-1987 Gifted and Talented Program, Madison High School, Madison, ME 1986 Kingfield High School, Kingfield, ME 1985 Mural Project, Special Education Class, Skowhegan High School, Skowhegan, ME 1984-1987 Murals Project, Industrial Arts, Madison High School, Madison, ME 1983 Quilt Project, Solon Elementary School, Solon, ME SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1999 Shirley Jacks, Art New England, Summer 1997 Lynn Ascrizzi, Artist's Profile, Central Maine Morning Sentinel 1997/96 Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram 1997/95 Donna Gold, Maine Times 1995 Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram 1994 Phil Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram 1991 Carl Little, Art in America 1990 Ken Greenleaf, "One of the Best Artists Working in Maine," Maine Times 1987 Ronny Cohen, "Abby Shahn," Artforum 1986 Edgar Allen Beam, "Two Stars of the Third Magnitude," Maine Times 1985 "1985 Maine Biennial Is the Best Yet," Maine Times OTHER 1993-1994 member of three monkeys art collective 1988-2003 Disc Jockey, "Sounds All Round the World," WMHB, 90.5 FM, Waterville, ME (on the net at www.colby.edu/wmhb, tuesdays 12pm-4pm) 1989 Co-founder, K-Art Gallery, Skowhegan, ME 1989-2002 member and player of In Spite of Life Players (annual July 4th play) back to exhibit info contact home