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Stuart Shils Biography
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1954 |
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Born, Philadelphia PA
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1972 - 1974 |
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Drew University, Madison, NJ
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1974 - 1976 |
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Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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1976 - 1977 |
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Philadelphia College of Art, PA
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1977 - 1982 |
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; BFA
Recipient of Cresson European Traveling Scholarship
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2005
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“Between Perception & Invention: Three Generations of Figurative Artists,” The Gallery at Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
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2004
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Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY also 2000, 1999, 1997 (solo)
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2003
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Davis and Langdale Company, New York also 2001 (solo)
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2003
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Philadelphia Art Alliance, PA (solo)
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2003
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“EIRE/LAND,” McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
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2002
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“Imaginative Affinities: Echoes of Dickinson in Contemporary American Art,” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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2002
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“Works on Paper,” David and Langdale Company, New York, NY
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2002
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“Stuart Shils and Nem Hackett,” Etherington Fine Arts, Chillmark, MA
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2002
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“Kindred Spirits: The Landscapes of Eric Aho, Wolf Kahn and Stuart Shils,” Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT
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2001
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“Passages from Ballinglen,” List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
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2001
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“Works on Paper: Carol Anthony, Wolf Kahn and Stuart Shils,” Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT
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2001
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Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland (solo)
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2001
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Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA also 2003 (solo)
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2001
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Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
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1999
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Barton Ryan Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
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1999
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Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA also 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993 (solo)
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1999
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“Irish Landscapes,” Callen McJunkin Gallery, Charleston, WV
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1999
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“New Vision of the Landscape,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
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1999
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“Beyond the Millennium: Artists Choose Artists,” Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
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1999
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“Landscape & Inspiration: The Ballinglen Experience,” Glucksman Ireland House, New York
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1999
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“A-Way to Ireland,” McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH
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1998
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“Intimate Visions,” List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
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1998
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“Through the Heart of the City,” Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
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1998
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Sydne Bernard, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1997
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“An Extended View: Landscapes by Philadelphia Artists,” Levy Gallery at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
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1997
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“Current Perspectives on the Urban and Industrial Landscape,” The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J.
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1997
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“Landscape as Abstraction,” James Graham and Sons, New York, NY
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1995
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Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo)
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1995
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Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (solo)
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1992
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F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
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| Literature |
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2005
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The Jerusalem Post, April 29, “Plein air, plain delights,” Gil Goldfine.
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2005
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The New Yorker, January 3
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2004
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The New York Sun, December 9, “Stuart Shils, Chasing the Sky,” Maureen Mullarkey.
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2004
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The Irish Times, August 25, “Retreating to the edge of the world,” Aidan Dunne, p. 11.
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2002
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Exhibition Catalog, EIRE/Ireland, edited by Vera Kreilkamp, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, pp. 109, 110, 217, 218
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2002
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The Irish Times, November 30, “The Rain Chaser,” Aidan Dunne, p. 55
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2002
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The Sunday Tribune, December 1, Visual Art, Marianne Hartigan, p. 4
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2002
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The Irish Examiner, November 22, “The Weatherman,” Alannah Hopkin
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2002
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Exhibition Catalog, November, Vera Ryan, “The Mayo Paintings,” Fenton Gallery, Cork, Ireland
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2002
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The Irish Times, August 31, Michael Vinney, “Artist Confrontations at the Rim of the World,” Another Life, 7.
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