Colleen Blackard
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Austin, TX
HONORS AND AWARDS/ GRANTS
2021 Top 5 Shows in Texas, Glasstire | Texas Visual Art News and Reviews, April 2021
2017 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, August 2017
2011 Top 150 NYC entries, Curate NYC, exhibition at Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, NY, December 2011
2011 1st place, Greenpoint Gallery Annual Drawing Salon Show, December 2011
RESIDENCIES
2020 PLAYA Artist Residency, Summer Lake, OR. Residency date: October 2021
2020 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY. Residency date: September 2021
2019 Cill Rialaig Artist Residency, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland, October 2019
2013 WPA – Women Printmakers of Austin Keyholder Residency, Austin, TX, Summer 2013
2010 BetterArt Artist Residency, Better Farm, Redwood, NY, June 2010
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Abandoned Series: Returning, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
2016
ACA Galleries Benefit Event, Chelsea, NY
2012
Shifting Perceptions, Orchard Windows Gallery, Lower East Side, NY
Fading Memories; Emerging Spirit, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
For the Universe, Hampshire College Main Gallery, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC
Kean University, Union, NJ
Glade Gallery, The Woodlands, TX
2020
Calicornucopia 9, Calico, Brooklyn, NY
AHA Gallery, Queens, NY
2019
Calicornucopia 8, Calico, Brooklyn, NY
Myeongdong International Art Festival, Seoul, KR
Mrs. Gallery, Hampshire College Benefit, NYC
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, Bortolami, NYC
2018
Calicornucopia 7, Calico Brooklyn, Greenpoint, NY
Your Presence is Requested, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art at SFA Projects, Lower East Side, NY
2017
Vitamin C, Abrons Art Center, Lower East Side, NY
Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, Chelsea, NY
ACA Galleries Event, Chelsea, NY
2016
Sla307 Non-Profit Art Space, New York, NY
Columbia University, New York, NY
BFP Creative, Brooklyn, NY
Owen James Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Protégé, New York, NY
ISSO Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY
BFP Creative, Brooklyn, NY
Conception Gallery, New York, NY
Fridge Art Fair, NYC
ISSO Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Six Summit Gallery, CT
Curate NYC at Gallery Brooklyn, NY
HOUSE Gallery, London, UK
Fountain Art Fair, Lexington Ave. Armory, NYC
RH Gallery, NY
2012
Marina Tsvetaeva Museum, Moscow, Russia
GLAAD Art Auction, Chelsea, NY
Slow Art Day Room at 4Heads Governor’s Island Art Fair, NY
Art Takes Times Square, Times Square, NY
It’s a Small, Small World, Family Business, Chelsea, NY
Dino Eli Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC
2011
Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
GLAAD OUTAuction, Metropolitan Pavilion, NY
Greenpoint Gallery Winners Circle Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
The Grady Alexis Gallery, New York, NY
Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
2010
Orchard Windows Gallery, Lower East Side, NY
320 Studios, New York, NY
2009
Valley Hands, Northampton, MA
Northampton Center for the Arts, MA
Hampshire College Main Gallery, MA
2008
Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst, MA
Real Gallery, Austin, TX
2007
Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst, MA
Hampshire College Main Gallery, MA
COLLECTIONS
Pierogi Gallery Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Marina Tsvetaeva Museum, Moscow, Russia
Amherst College, MA
EDUCATION
2020 Painting Marathon with Fran O’Neill, New York Studio School, NYC
2009 BA Studio Arts Concentration, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
PUBLICATIONS
Artspace Editors. “Colleen Blackard – ‘From an early age I found it easier to communicate with gestures and pictures than with words’” Artspace, July 19, 2021. (https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/artist_to_watch/colleen-blackard-from-an-early-age-i-found-it-easier-to-communicate-with-gestures-and-pictures-56818) 19 July 2021.
Keane, Alan. “The Source – The Artist’s Well” Dublin, Ireland, October 2021.
Glasstire. “Top Five: April 1, 2021” Glasstire. April. 1 2021 (https://glasstire.com/2021/04/01/top-five-april-1-2021/) 1 April. 2021.
Selvin, Claire. “Pollock-Krasner Foundation Names 2017–18 Grantees” ARTnews. Oct. 10 2018 (https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pollock-krasner-foundation-names-2017-18-grantees-gives-100000-madison-square-park-conservancy-11133/) 10 Oct. 2018.
Williams, Austin R. “New & Notable: Colleen Blackard” Drawing Magazine May 2017: 80. Print.
Williams, Austin R. “Why Colleen Blackard is an Artist to Watch” Artists Network. May 29, 2017 (http://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-blogs/artists-to-watch-colleen-blackard ) 29 May 2017.
Moak, Julia. “Thursday Spotlight: Colleen Blackard Travels At Lightspeed Into Infinity with Ballpoint Pen” Greenpointers. June 29, 2017 (https://greenpointers.com/2017/06/29/thursday-spotlight-colleen-blackard-travels-lightspeed-infinity-ballpoint-pen/) June 29, 2017
Theodore, Stephanie. “See My Friends: Owen James Gallery” Two Coats of Paint. February 12, 2016 (http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2016/02/see-my-friends-owen-james-gallery.html ) 12 Feb 2016.
Irving, Audrey. “Colleen Blackard Q&A” Pierogi Gallery. July 12, 2015 (http://www.pierogi2000.com/2015/07/colleen-blackard-qa/) 12 July 2015.
“Art Exhibit That Celebrates Female Artists for Women’s History Month Opens in LIC” NY1 News. March 28, (http://www.ny1.com/nyc/queens/news/2015/03/31/art-exhibit-that-celebrates-female-artists-for-women-s-history-month-opens-in-lic.html) 28 March 2015
Pana, Matt. “LIKEWISE: Episode 39 – Colleen Blackard” LIKEWISE. August 7, 2014 (http://www.mattpana.com/post/94033990413/likewise-episode-39-colleen-blackard-austins) 7 Aug 2014.
“Brooklyn.” Hotel no Madokora. BS NTV. BS4, Tokyo. 19 June 2014. Television. (https://vimeo.com/101823318)
Papa, Anthony. “Curate NYC 2013 Celebrates New York City as the Hub of the World Art Market” Huffington Post. 4 December 2013 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anthony-papa/curate-nyc-2013-celebrate_b_4384689.html) 4 December 2013.
“Six Summit Small Salon event during Ivoryton Illuminations” Shoreline Times. 20 November 2013 (http://www.shorelinetimes.com/articles/2013/11/20/life/doc528d3ce7d11d1302412054.txt?viewmode=fullstory) 20 November 2013.
Laluyan, Oscar. “Colleen Blackard Changes How We Perceive Art” ArteFuse. 20 August 2012 (http://artefuse.com/2012/08/colleen-blackard-changes-how-we-perceive-art/) 20 August 2012.