Gwen Sylvester


EDUCATION

1988 BA  in Studio Art, University of California, Davis

Additional art curriculum at University of N. Texas, Texas Women's University, Magnet School
 
AWARDS  

Juror's Choice Award 2017, Wet Paint on the Weskeag plein air event, S. Thomaston Maine
 
Honorable Mention 2015, Kelpie Gallery Award, Wet Paint on the Weskeag, plein air event, S. Thomaston, Maine

Best in Show Art2011 Hallowell, ME, Harlow Gallery, Jurors: Véronique Plesch and Margaret Libby,  of Colby College

Vesta Chaistan Memorial Award  Artcetera 43, Auburn, CA, Juror: Phillip Linhares, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum, CA



Award of Merit, California Works, Jurors: Pegan Brooke, Jeffrey Herr, Phil Linhares

Award of Merit, 41st Artcetera Competition: Juror: John Fitzgibbon, Art Critic

Purchase Award, Sierra Visuals '92,  
Juror: Sylvia Tessore, Director, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA



Honorable Mention, 40th Artcetera
Juror: Janet Dreisbach, Chief Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Second Place,  Northern California Arts. Inc.  50th Anniversary Exhibition, Sacramento, CA

Nominee,  Dewar's Young Artist Award, Los Angeles, CA

Second Place, Auburn Arts Competition
Juror,  Janet Dreisbach, Chief Curator, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA



Best in Show, Sierra Visuals '89 , Nevada City, CA

Best in Show, Annual Tarrant County, student scholarship competition, Ft. Worth, TX

Juried, Group, One Person and Invitational Shows

2021 Waterworks, 2 person show, Cushing ME
2021  Midcoast Plein Air Painters, Salt Pond Studio, Friendship, ME
2020 Camden Public Library KCAS online exhibition
2019 Kelpie Gallery Women in the Arts, S. Thomaston.ME
2016-spring 2017 Gallery Exhibit at Maine Coastal Islands Gallery in Rockland ME
2016-2017 Exhibit at 250 Main, Rockland ME Boutique Hotel
2016 Honorary Artist, Wet Paint on the Weskeag Event , Kelpie Gallery
2016 University Maine, Presque Isle, Reed Gallery, Plein Air Painters of Maine
2015 Art in ME, Juried Show, Boothbay Art Foundation
2015 All About Friendship, Maine Coast Artist Gallery
2015 Birds and Botanicals,  Maine Coast Artist Gallery
2014 Art in ME, Juried Show, Boothbay Art Foundation
2014 The Natural World, River Arts Gallery
2014-2015 A Day on the Weskeag, Kelpie Gallery, Thomaston, ME
2014 Coyote Connections, University of New England
2014 Poetry of Line, Maine Coast Artists Gallery
2014 The Maritime Show, Maine Coast Artist Gallery, Friendship, ME
2014 Creatures and Critters, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island, ME
2014 River Arts Gallery: "Black White Gray", "Innerscapes"
2013 River Arts Gallery:
"Abstract", "Celebrating Color", "Autumn", "Maine Icons and Special Places",
"Dreams, Reverie, Reflections" ,"Still Life and Beyond","Figures and Faces, Animals Included"
2013  Plein Air Painters of Maine, Boothbay Regional Art Foundation
2013 "Serenity" Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island (Portland) Maine
2013  Plein Air Show, Coco Vivo Fine Art, Boothbay Maine
2013 "Maine Scenes" Richard Boyd Gallery
2013 "Coyote, America's Song Dog" Ivan O. Davis Public Library, Liberty, Maine w/ conservation Biologist, Geri Vistein
2013 "Labor: The Art of Work" Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island, Maine
2013 "Creatures and Critters III, Equine and Avian" Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island, Maine
2013 "Play" Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
2012 "Coyote Lives in Maine", Belfast Public Library, Maine
2012 River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine: "Something New", "Playing Around"
2011 Holiday Show, High St. Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2011 "Archetype" Lincoln Street Center for the Arts, Rockland, Maine, group show
2009 "Up against the Wall" Harlow Art Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
2007 "Pussyfooting Around" Knox Humane Society, Thomaston Maine, 2 public art fiberglass sculptures
2000- present commissioned portraits of people and animals
2001-2002 Artenergies Gallery, Ft. Worth, Tx.
2000 "The Home Show", Carol Henderson Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX.
1996-1998  Gallery Artist Group Shows, Gallery 329, Nevada City, CA

1997 "A Relative Show", Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas
1996 Upstairs Gallery, Nevada City, CA, invitational show
1995 "Death and Rebirth" Phantom Gallery. Sacramento, CA.
1995 Templeton Art Center Annual Group Show, Ft. Worth, TX.
1994 Vitae Gallery, Nevada City, CA , one person show, "Exploring Heart's Desire"
1993 "Reflecting Diversity" invitational, Upstairs Gallery, Nevada City, CA

1993 Auburn Arts Center, Auburn, CA, two person show, "Tweaked People, Twisted Places"
1992 California Small Works, Santa Rosa Art Museum, Santa Rosa, CA
1991 Women Artists '91, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1991 "Haute Trash", Performance, Fashions Designs using discarded materials, Nevada Theater, Nevada City, CA
1990 Vitae Gallery, Nevada City, CA. two person show
1989 Third Floor Gallery, Group Exhibition, Grass Valley, CA
1990 St. Joseph's Cultural Center, Grass Valley, CA., one person show

1989  Microgallery, Nevada City, CA, two person show, "Two Women"

1989 Women Artists '89, Satellite exhibit, B. McDonald Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1989, 1990 "The River Show" : Tofanelli's , GrassValley, CA

Publications

Bon Heur de Lire, France  Felines de Gwen Sylvester

  Me Gusta La Lluvia, Portugal

High School- Magnet School ( scholarship) and Museum School Fine Art Program, Ft. Worth, TX 

ART RELATED JOBS  1970's- 90's

Art in Public Places Director, Nevada County Arts Council
Artlease Director, Nevada County Arts Council
Art Instructor: Public Schools Stars Program
Art Instructor: Neighborhood Center of the Arts - day program for for adults with psychiatric and developmental disabilities
Graphic Design,  Argonaut Graphics, CA
Gallery and Public Art Installations Assistant
Volunteer/Assistant Clothing Design, Deborah Wiley, California, San Diego
Gallery Assistant, Mule Alley Art Center, Ft. Worth, Tx.