POBox 572 Woodstock NY 12498
845 679 6672
grace.wapner@gmail.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022Lockwood Gallery Kingston NY. (2 person show)

2019Carter Burden Gallery New York NY.

2018Angela-Huson Gallery (curated by Michael Solway) Cincinnati, Ohio.

2016Carter Burden Gallery New York NY.

2014Ulster County Community College Visiting Artist Stone Ridge, NY.

2009John Davis Gallery. Hudson, NY.

2009Retrospective Kleinert James Gallery. Woodstock, NY. Catalogue.

2008Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY. Catalogue, DVD.

2002Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL. Video.

2000Ulster County Community College Visiting Artists Stone Ridge NY. Video.

1998Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, NY. Catalogue, Video.

1995Kleinert/ James Art Center, Woodstock, NY.

1994Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, NY. Catalogue, Video.

1992Washington Square, Washington, DC.

1992Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY.

1991Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY.

1989Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY.

1987Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY.

1984Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY.

198455 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.

1984Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ. Catalogue.

198255 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.

197855 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.

197755 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.

1977Rexmere Hotel, Stamford, NY.

1977Gallery of July and August, Woodstock, NY. Catalogue.

197555 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.

197455 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.

197355 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY.

2023Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY.

2022-2023The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT.

2021Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY.

2021New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.

2021Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

2020Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY.

2019Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI.

2017-2018Cross Contemporary Gallery Saugerties, NY.

2017Temple Israel, Omaha, NE.

2017Vital Curiosity Usdan Gallery Bennington College, Bennington VT.

2017The Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Beach, FL.

2017Selected Ceramic Works, Woodstock, NY.

2016Bennington College Invitational, Bennington, VT.

2015Hebrew College Museum, New York, NY.

2014Artists of the Mohawk Region Hudson Region, Juried Exhibition, University Art Gallery State University of

New York. Albany, NY. Catalogue.

2013The American Academy of Arts and Letters invitational Purchase Prize, New York, NY.

2012The American Academy of Arts and Letters. New York, NY.

2011Crossing Lines, World Financial Center. New York, NY.

2009Loveed Fine Arts. New York, NY.

2008Katarina Perlow Gallery. New York, NY.

2008Loveed Fine Arts. New York, NY.

2007Paths Real and Imagined: Klienert/James.

2006Klienert/James Art Gallery, Woodstock, NY.

2005Indoor/ Outdoor Sculpture Elena Zang Gallery. Shady, NY.

2005Seven Choose Fourteen Kleinert Gallery Pahk. New York, NY.

2005Elena Zang Gallery. Shady, NY.

2005Loveed Fine Arts. New York, NY.

2005The Tradition Continues Kleinert /James Art Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

2004Invitational Exhibit, Let There Be Light, JJCC. Baltimore, MD.

2004Ulster County Community College, Outdoor Works. Stoneridge, NY.

2004Loveed Fine Art. New York, NY.

2003Invitational Exhibit, Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum. Scottsdale, AZ.

2003The Tradition Continues, Kleinert /James Art Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

2003Off the Beaten Track: Contemporary Mindscapes Amherst College, Amherst, MA. Catalogue and lecture.

2003Invitational Exhibit, Hebrew University College. New York, NY.

2003Loveed Fine Arts. New York, NY.

2003Elena Zang Gallery. Woodstock, N.Y.

2003The Rites of Spring, Kleinert/ James Art Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

2002From the Ground Up, Kleinert/James Art Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

2002Loveed Fine Arts. New York, NY. Catalogue.

2001Sculpture, Objects and Fine Art ( SOFA,) New York, NY.

2001Loveed Fine Arts. New York, NY.

2001Materia Prima Kleinert/ James. Woodstock, NY.

2000Loved Fine Arts, New York, NY.

2000As If Alive, Animate Sculpture, NJ Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ. Catalogue.

1999Outdoor Sculpture, Elena Zang Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1998Nude In Clay II, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL. Catalogue.

1998Nude in Clay Wustum Museum. Racine, WI. Catalogue.

1998Group Show, Steinbaum Krauss. New York, NY.

1998 Sculpture, Elena Zang Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1998Lecturers and Faculty Exhibit, The Woodstock School of Art. Woodstock, NY.

1997 Miniatures, Elena Zang Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1997Hung Out to Dry, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery. New York, NY.

1997Outdoor Sculpture Show, Elena Zang Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1997Miriam's Cup Invitational, Hebrew Union College, New York, NY. Catalogue.

1996The Gibbes Museum. Charleston, SC.

1996Sculpture, Elena Zang Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

199596 Bodies/Transformations: Small Bronzes, T'ZART & CO. New York, NY.

1995"Summer Group Exhibition", Steinbaum Krauss Gallery. New York, NY.

199393 Holiday Wishes & Greetings for 94, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery. New York, NY.

1993Outdoor Works, Elena Zang Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1993Gallery Artists II, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery. New York, NY.

1992Totems, Elana Zang Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1991Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, Juried Exhibition, University Art Gallery; State University of New York.

Albany, NY. Catalogue.

1991 Invitational Group Show, Woodstock Artist Association. Woodstock, NY.

1990Group Show, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. New York, NY.

1989Group Show, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. New York, NY.

1989 Invitational Show, Woodstock School of Art. Woodstock, NY.

1989Group Show Part I, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. New York, NY.

1989Working in Woodstock, Berkshire Artisans Association. Pittsfield, MA.

1987Group Show Part II, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. New York, NY.

1987The Figure and the Flower, Clark Whitney Gallery. Lenox, MA.

1985Chain Reaction, 55 Mercer Gallery. New York, NY.

1985Kleinert Invitational, Kleinert Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1985Graves Donation, Korn Gallery, Drew Univ. Madison, NJ. Catalogue.

1984 Lecturer's Exhibit, Woodstock School of Art. Woodstock, NY.

1983Outdoor Sculpture, Woodstock Artist's Assn. Woodstock, NY.

1983The Hess Trust. New York, NY. Traveling exhibition.

1983Anniversary Show, 55 Mercer Gallery. New York, NY. Catalogue.

1982The Hess Trust. New York, NY.

1981Ten Sculptors, SUNY Stonybrook. Stonybrook, NY.

1981Faculty Show, Woodstock School of Art. Woodstock, NY.

1981Jurors Select 3 Artists. Woodstock, NY.

1979Gates and Fences, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery. Stone Ridge, NY.

1978Women Portray, Ulster County Comm. College. Stone Ridge, NY.

1978Art Women, College Art Gallery, SUNY. New Paltz, NY.

1978Small Works, 55 Mercer Gallery. New York, NY.

1977Women in American Architecture: An Historic and Contemporary Perspective. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Catalogue, book.

1976Art on an Intimate Scale, Gallery of July and August. Woodstock, NY.

1974Sculpture and Painting Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art. Indianapolis, IN. Catalogue.

1974Painting and Sculpture Today, The Contemporary Art Center. Cincinnati, OH.

1974 Traveling Show, 55 Members Gallery. New York, NY.

1974Six Women, Gallery of July and August. New York, NY.

1973 Invitational Show, Woodstock Artist's Assn. Woodstock, NY.

1973Five Artists, Polari Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1971Art Students League. Woodstock, NY.

197126 Contemporary Women Artists, Aldrich Museum. Ridgefield, CT. Catalogue.

1969Polari Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

19688x8, Riverside Museum, New York, NY. Catalogue.

1968Polari Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1967Invitational Show, Woodstock Artist's Assn. Woodstock, NY.

1966Invitational Show, Woodstock Artist's Assn. Woodstock, NY.

1966Maverick Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1965Maverick Gallery. Woodstock, NY.

1964Greer Gallery. New York, NY.

AWARDS

Brydcliffe Award for Excellence in Art 2015

American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award 2013.

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture 1978-1979

PUBLICATIONS & ONE PERSON EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Jewish Currents Magazine Spring 2012.

Jewish Currents Magazine Autumn (cover) 2010.

Colour by David Hornung, Lawrence King Publishing, England.

500 Clay Figures, Lark Books 2004.

Ceramic Figures, A Directory of Artists by Michael Flynn, Rutgers University Press, March 2003.

From a Narrow Ledge 1998, catalogue.

Bennington Alumni Magazine, 1998.

96 Inc., A Profile, Boston, MA, 1995.

Quadrille, Bennington College: A Profile, 1995.

Dyads, exhibition catalogue, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York City, Library of Congress No. 94-65-734, 1994. Catalogue

Art Business News, September 1992.

Cedco Publishing Co., Modern Sculpture, 1990 Calendar.

Grace Bakst Wapner: Gates, Screens and Walls, exhibition catalogue, Drew University, Madison, NJ, 1984.

Quadrille, Bennington College, Vol. 15, No. 3, February, 1983.

Overlay: Ancient Images in Contemporary Art, Lucy Lippard, Pantheon Books, 1983

Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, Watson and Guprill, NY,Susana Torre, editor, 1977.

REVIEWS, ARTICLES

Woodstock Times April 28, 2016

Woodstock Times July 2009.

Hyperion ; on the future of aesthetics Volume 111, issue 4 The Online Art Journal December 2008.

Miami Art Exchange Exhibition review by Michael Betancourt, April, 2002.

Review, Exhibition review by Mark Daniel Cohen, Grace Bakst Wapner: From a Narrow Ledge, April 15, 1998, Vol 3,

No 14, p 13-14.

Daily Freeman, review by Joan D'Arcy, "Artist departs from `isms', shows freedom of expression", Friday, April 10, 1998.

NY Arts, review by Ara Hagop Merjian., Issue #20, p4 April, 1998.

New York Times, Friday, April 10, 1998, Art Guide review (Johnson).

The New Yorker, April, 1998.

Art Now, Gallery Guide, New York, April 1998.

New York Times, Westchester, Sunday, July 28, 1996.

New York Times, Westchester, Vivien Raynor, Old and New from Woodstock Colony, June, 1996.

Poughkeepsie Journal, October 1995.

Woodstock Journal, September, 1995.

Woodstock Times, July 27, 1995.

American Ceramics, Vol.11-3, Fall, 1994.

Ceramics Monthly, May 1993.

Woodstock Times, June 4, 1992.

Art Now, Gallery Guide, Down Town, New York, May 1992.

Ceramics Monthly, December, 1989.

Ceramics Monthly, September, 1987.

Arts, June, 1987, Pg. 97.

American Craft, April, 1987.

Woodstock Times, April 2, 1987.

Woodstock Times, August, 1985.

Woodstock Times, August 23, 1984, August 12, 1984.

Lifestyle, The Arts, August 5, 1984.

New York Times, Sunday, August 3, 1983, pp. 29-30.

Woodstock Times, May 6, 1982.

Ceramics Monthly, November, 1982.

Village Voice, October 30, 1978.

Art News, May, 1977.

Woodstock Times, July 3, 1975.

Arts, June, 1974.

Art Forum, June, 1974.

Woodstock Times, October 10, 1974.

Woodstock Times, June 14, 1973..

COMMISSIONS

Prestige Art, Scholars’ Garden, Marraroneck, NY 2004.

Fireplace Wall, Madison, NJ. 5'x8' wall 2003.

Port Ewen Wall, Port Ewen, NY. l3'x 13' Fireplace Wall with 2 side panels 2003.

Prestige Art, Inc., Mamaroneck, NY, 82 foot long stainless steel fence, 1996.

National Organization of Women, sculpture for "Woman of Vision Award", 1997, 1998, 1999.

A 40' billboard of Velvet Brick Curtain was mounted in Ulster County in 1975.

COLLECTIONS

Bennington College, Bennington, NY.

Drew University, Madison NJ.

St. Paul Insurance Company, St. Paul, MN.

Prestige Art, Inc. Marraroneck, NY.

Sol LeWitt, Chester, CT.

Racine Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI.

Hebrew Union College Brookdale Center 1 West 4th St. New York, NY.

College of Charleston, Charleston SC.

Intermedia Foundation, Gardner, NY.

Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge, NY.

Dorsky Museum of Art. New Paltz, NY.

Christopher Street Financial

Blanton Museum. Austin, TX.

Numerous private collections

LECTURES

2014Recent Work, Ulster County Community College, 2 lectures. Stone Ridge, NY. Video.

2006Poetry/Science Talks NYC Video presentation and talk (Video by Gerd Stern).

2004Form in Nature Ulster Community College. Stone Ridge, NY.

2003Recent Work, Amherst College. Amherst, MA.

2000Properties Unique to Sculpture, Ulster County Community College, two lectures. Stone Ridge, NY. Video.

1998The Caves of Lascaux, Woodstock School of Art. Woodstock, NY. Video.

1987Woodstock Artists Assoc., Bicentennial speaker. Woodstock, NY.

1984Woodstock School of Art. Woodstock, NY.

1982Woodstock School of Art. Woodstock, NY.

1977Art Student League. Woodstock, NY.

1976Art Student League. Woodstock, NY.

JUROR

1995Woodstock Artists Assoc. Woodstock, NY.

1983Woodstock Artists Assoc. Woodstock, NY.

1982Twilight Park Art Show. Haines Falls, NY.

1981Woodstock Artists Assoc. Woodstock, NY.

1977Woodstock Artists Assoc. Woodstock, NY.

FACULTY

1981Woodstock School of Art. Woodstock, NY.