Shelley Reed

Artist Works

Ribboned Flowers (after Mignon) - 2010
50 x 41 inches Oil on canvas

Artist Bio

Click HERE to read about Shelley Reed's exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts and receiving the Maud Morgan Prize

Click HERE to read about Shelley Reed at The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Click HERE to read an interview with Sheeley Reed for artsake of the MCC

Click HERE ro read about Meighan O'Toole's visit to Shelley Reed's studio for the Art Blog of New American Paintngs

Click HERE to see Shelley Reed's paintngs on Boom.com

Shelley Reed creates haunting black-and-white paintings inspired by the canon of seventeenth-century still-life and genre paintings. Reed paints complex narratives rich in form, symbolism, and emotion.  Referencing seventeenth century Dutch, French, and English paintings, Reed paints mammals and birds harmoniously caught in fleeting moments of hostility, jealousy, and anxiety. She selects dramatic images that are compelling and speak to issues that are politically and socially relevant to our contemporary culture.

Ms. Reed has been the recipient of several important fellowships supporting artists in mid-career including: a grant from the Pollack Krasner Foundation; the Maud Morgan Prize from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and a grant from the Berkshire Taconic Artist Resource Trust. Her work is represented in numerous public and private collections, most notably: The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, The Rose Art Museum, and The Danforth Museum.

Solo Exhibitions

2010

Sears Peyton, New York, NY

2009                                                                                                                                                                                                       Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA                                                                                                                                                        2007
Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
1993
Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1992
Zoe Gallery, Boston, MA
1991
Bannister Gallery Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
1990
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Zoe Gallery, Boston, MA
Chapel Gallery, Newton, MA


Selected Group Exhibitions

2010

Danese Gallery New York NY Other as Animal

2009
Clark Gallery Lincoln MA Flower Power                                                                                                    
2008

Clark Gallery Lincoln MA Free Reign

Sears-Peyton Gallery NY I Wonder if You Know What it Means?
Jane Deering Gallery Montecito CA Other Visions and Other Strategies
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Lincoln MA Approaches to Narrative
Sears-Peyton Gallery NY Ferragosto
2006
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Lincoln MA
Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art
Loyolla University Museum of Art Chicago IL
Arts Botanica
Jane Deering Gallery Gloucester MA
Trustman Gallery Boston MA
Artist’s Resource Trust Grant Winners
2005
Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery Chicago IL
Danforth Museum of Art Framingham MA
New Faces, New Visions
1998
Starr Gallery Newton MA
Women Whose Lives Span the Century
1994
Fitchburg Art Museum Fitchburg MA
New England New Talent
1993
Boston Center for the Arts Boston MA
South End Connects
Drawing Center New York NY
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis
1992
Thomas Segal Gallery Boston MA
Boston Master Drawings
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Lincoln MA
Post-Modern Baroque: Contemporary Painting and Photography
Miller/Block Fine Art Boston MA
Gifts of Compassion
1991
Zoe Gallery Boston MA 1
Gallery Artists
Bess Cutler Gallery New York NY
Gallery Artists
1990
Harrison Gallery Boca Raton FL
Flowers
Bess Cutler Gallery New York NY
Critical Revisions Curator: Lois Nesbitt
Fuller Museum of Art Brockton MA
Boston 1990: The Sixth Triennial Exhibition
Chapel Gallery Newton MA
Invitational
The Arno Maris Gallery Westfield State College Westfield MA
Fears and Scruples
1989
Rose Art Museum Brandeis University Waltham MA
Selections from the Permanent Collection
Scollay Square Gallery Boston MA
Circa 1900
Zoe Gallery Boston MA
Summer Review
1988
Stamford Art Association Stamford CT
The Faber Birren Color Award Show Juror: Lisa Dennison
University of Massachusetts Medical Center Gallery Amherst MA
Future Earth
Helio Galleries New York NY
20/20
Viridian Gallery New York NY
National Juried Exhibition Juror: Lisa Phillips
1987
Berkshire Museum Pittsfield MA
The Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
1986
Riverside Studios London England
Riverside Studios Exhibition
Chelsea Manor Street Gallery London England
Annual Exhibition
1983
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Boston MA
Painters’ Progress

Selected Bibliography

New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, MA 2006
Tab, Ed Symkus, “Paint it Black (and White),” December 1, 2005
Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, “Painter Forsakes Color to Contrast Beauty, Emotion,” November 30, 2005
Boston Globe, Catherine Foster, “Painter takes Morgan Prize,” November 16, 2005
Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, “Double Vision,” August 12, 2005
Art New England, Shirley Jacks, “Women Whose Loves Span the Century,”
August/September 1998
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, MA, 1996
Art in America, Miles Unger, “New England: New Talent,” August/September 1994
Boston Phoenix, Cate McQuaid, “Shows and Tell,” June 3, 1994
Worcester Phoenix, Leon Nigrosh, “Come Out, Come Out,” April 22, 1994
Art New England, Nico McIan, “Shelley Reed: White Paintings,” August/September 1993
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, MA, 1993
Boston Globe, Nancy Stapen, “Nature’s Role in a Man-Made World; Women in Black, White and Gray,” May 20, 1993
Lincoln Journal, Marty Carlock, “DeCordova Hosts Baroque and Nudes,” May 7, 1992
Boston Globe, Nancy Stapen, “New Artists Go for Baroque,” April 30, 1992
Boston Herald, Joanne Silver, “Artists Find Positive Outlet,” April 24, 1992
Boston Globe, Nancy Stapen, “Art that Lays Bare the Pain of Loss,” April 10, 1992
Art New England, Miles Unger, “Boston 1990: The Sixth Triennial,” February, 1991
The Wayland-Weston Town Crier, Marty Carlock, “Exhibit Features Lush Black Oils,” January 19, 1989
Boston Globe, Christine Temin, “Reed and Gibson Paint the Familiar, Darkly,” January 19, 1989
Boston Herald, Joanne Silver, “Artists Develop Old Forms into New and Vibrant Pieces,” January 13, 1989
Boston Herald, Joanne Silver, “Reed Takes New Look at Old Art,” November 17, 1989


Awards

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient 2006
Maud Morgan Award Boston Museum of Fine Arts 2005
Berkshire Taconic Artists’ Resource Trust Grant 2005
The Winsor and Newton Young Painter Award London England 1985
Boit Competition School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA 1983


Public and Corporate Collections

Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA
Hallmark Collection Kansas City MO
Fidelity Investment Corporation Boston MA
Wellington Management Company Boston MA
Danforth Museum of Art Framingham MA
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Lincoln MA
Bank of Boston Boston MA
Lila Acheson Wallace Collection Reader’s Digest Pleasantville NY
Rose Art Museum Brandeis University Waltham MA


Education

School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA 1984
Diploma
Brandeis University Waltham MA 1980
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, cum laude