ArtistSheila Pepe

Born Morristown, NJ, Sheila Pepe lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Since 1994 Pepe has had numerous solo exhibitions at venues throughout the United States including: Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston; Rowland Contemporary, Chicago; The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA; Susan Inglett Gallery, New York; Thread Waxing Space, New York; University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA; Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC; and Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, CT. During that time Pepe has also participated in many group exhibitions, including: Shared Women, (2007) Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting, (2007) Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Decelerate, (2006) at the Kemper Museum, Kansas City; The Photogenic, (2003) ICA, Philadelphia; Greater New York, (2000) P.S.1, New York; ElbowroomGothic, (1997) ICA, Boston. Her work is held in a number of private and public collections including: The Jersey City Museum, The Rose Art Museum, and The Harvard University Art Museums. Pepe will make new work for the Smith College Museum of Art in 2008. Education: B.A., Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT (1981); B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art (1983); M.F.A. (1995) School of the Museum of Fine Arts/ Tufts University, Boston; Haystack School, Deer Isle, ME (1984); Skowhegan School of Art (1994). With residences at the Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College at Harvard University (1998/99); and ART OMI, Ghent, NY (1999). Pepe is currently the Assistant Chairperson of Fine Art at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.