Resume

Born
1968 New Iberia, LA

Education

1995 Master of Fine Arts
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

Solo Exhibitions

2010
Tickle: New Works by Shawne Major, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Shawne Major, Moreau Gallery, St. Mary’s College, South Bend, IN

2009
Love Calls Us to the Things of This World, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.

2008
The Sacred Space of Shawne Major, Opelousas Museum of Art, Opelousas, LA

2007
Recent Fiber Works by Shawne Major & Christine Tedesco, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

2006
Apogee, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Intrinsic Value: Works by Shawne Major, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
2005
Coffee Milk, Fine Arts Gallery, University of New Orleans Lakefront, New Orleans, LA

2004
Portal to Portal, Architects & Artists Space, Lafayette, LA

2003
Hegemony Pajamas, Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Bricolage/Montage: Shawne Major/Linda Frese, NOCCA Riverfront, New Orleans, LA

1995
Of Sow’s Ears and Silk Purses, Walters Hall Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ

Group Exhibitions

2009
Scope Art Fair, Irvine Contemporary, Miami, FL
Aspect:Ratio2, Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC
Muses, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2008
Scope Art Fair, Irvine Contemporary, Miami, FL
Futurity, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Women, River Oaks Art Center, Alexandria, LA
40 Days & 40 Nights, Louisiana State Archive, Baton Rouge, LA
Prospect I - New Orleans Biennial, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Innovation/Tradition, NEA/Southern Arts Federation: Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA; Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

2007
Moment Factory, Digital Collaboration Project, Perkins Rowe, Baton Rouge, LA
Southern Open, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
National Association of Women Artists: New Members Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Fiber Works by Shawne Major and Christine Tedesco, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Selections, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY

2006
Grendel Miami (During Art Basel Week), Jack the Pelican Presents, Miami, FL
December Exhibition Featuring Louisiana Artists, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Contact/Gulf Coast, The Survival of Art and Its Artists, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
Sustained Winds: Before-During-After, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
Exit 101, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, LA

2005
Legacy: Recent Acquisitions, Paul & Lulu Hilliard Museum, Lafayette, LA
Recent Acquisitions: Paintings and Sculpture, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
18th Annual September Competition Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Northern National Art Competition Exhibition, LRC Gallery, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
40th Annual Juried Artists Exhibition, St. Tammany Art Association,Covington, LA
Selections from the LA Governor’s Mansion Annual of Art, Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Spirit of Place: Art of Acadiana, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Art With a Southern Drawl, University of Mobile, Mobile, AL
Nouveaux Artistes d’Acadiana, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004
Small Works <10 x 10, Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
The Governor’s Mansion 2005 Art Exhibition, Baton Rouge, LA,
Spirit of Place: Art of Acadiana, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
Threaded Notions, Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

2003
Crucifix, Weathersby Fine Arts Building, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
Domestic Rituals, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
FestForAll Visual Arts Invitational, Old State Capital, Baton Rouge, LA
Linda Frese/Montage - Shawne Major/Bricolage, NOCCA Riverfront, New Orleans, LA
Fresh Spaces - Fresh Faces, Architects & Artists Space, Lafayette, LA

2002
Many Happy Returns, Artists Alliance, Lafayette, LA
Herstory, ManhattanArts.com (online exhibition)
Workspace Exhibition, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY

2001
Plus Exhibition, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Artists Talk on Art, Curator's Choice, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Abstraction 2001, New Century Artists, New York, NY
Über Quilts, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY
Window on Jamaica, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY
3rd Inaugural Exhibit, Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC

2000
Cross Currents, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS
In the Hands of an Artist, Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, NY
National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
4th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY
Celebrating Yaddo Artists, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Cow Parade New York 2000, Cow Parade Holdings Corp, New York, NY
St. Mark’s 2000, St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, New York, NY

1999
National Juried Exhibition, Impact Artists Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1998
Pulp '98 National Juried Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, East Oregon University, La Grande, OR
Sculpture Space Artists-in-Residence Studio Exhibition, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Imaginary Friends, Extension Gallery, Mercerville, NJ

1996
Great Garbage Binge Art Show - National Juried Exhibition, Pend Orielle Arts Council, Sandpoint, ID; Boise State University & Inkvision Gallery, Boise, ID; Emerson Cultural Center, Bozeman, MT
Un-Portrait, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
2nd Biennial National Juried Show of Women Artists, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Art Under the Influence of Women, Vincent’s Gallery, Mansfield, MA
1995
TEXTile, Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Private as Public, 2945 Island Drive, Boulder, CO
Art From Detritus II, Massman Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Independence Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
10th Annual Artists-in-Residence Studio Exhibition, Studios Midwest, Galesburg, IL
Contemporary Textiles II, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
MFA Exhibition, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Art Lunch, Ramscale Gallery, New York, NY

Awards and Recognition

2009
Art Omi International Artists’ Residency, Omi, New York

2008
Joan Mitchell Foundation Career Opportunity Grant
Canal TransArt, Public Art Bus Shelter Project, New Orleans
Economic Opportunity Fund Grant, Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation
Artist in Residence, Louisiana Art Works, New Orleans, LA
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant
Career Development Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

2007
Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artist Fellowship Recipient

2006
Artist Fellowship, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

2005
Best in Show “Art with a Southern Drawl,” University of Mobile, AL
Merit Award “Art with a Southern Drawl,” University of Mobile, AL
Best in Show “40th Annual Juried Artists Exhibition,” St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
2nd in Show “18th Annual September Competition Exhibition,” Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA

2003
Mini-Grant, Louisiana State Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

2000
Merit Award, “Cross Currents,” Walter Anderson Museum, Ocean Springs, MS
Best Use of Materials Award, "In the Hands of an Artist," Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, NY
Juror's Award of Merit, "National Juried Competition," Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
Juror's Choice Award, "St. Mark’s 2000," St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, New York, NY

1998
Juror's Choice Award, “Pulp 98,” Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR

1997
Artist in Residence, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
1996
Workspace Fellowship, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
Juror’s Award of Merit, Vincent’s Gallery, Mansfield, MA

1995
Artist in Residence, Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Artist in Residence, Studios Midwest, Galesburg, IL

1992
Artist in Residence, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME E


Presentations, Publications, and Reviews

2010
Brazzaville Art in Embassies Catalogue, Edited by Renee Drake. Art In Embassies: U.S. Dept. of State
d’Art International, (Spring/Summer Edition) “Picking Cherries in Miami in December,” Douglas Maxwell

2009
Art Forum, (Jan,) “Being There, Elizabeth Schambelan”
Art in America, (Feb,) “Deliverance: The Biennial,” Lillie Wei
Art News, (Jan,) “Prospect 1 Review,” John R. Kemp Art Slant, (Jan, online,) “Old Mint, New Art,” Eric Wenzel
Creative Loafing, (Dec 9,) ”Satellites, Sculptures and Sex at Art Basel,” Veronica Pastore
Gambit Weekly, (Jan 19), “Muses: Recent Work by Female Artists,” Eric Bookhardt
Louisiana Life Magazine, (Jul, Aug), A Tapestry of Art,” John Kemp, feature
New Orleans Art Review, (Mar, Apr.), “Muses:Anti-Trend”, Terrington Calas
NYFA Current, (Jan 29, online), “Reflecting on Prospect 1,” Nicole Caruth
Panorama, (Sept. 13,) “Gallery Exhibition Stresses Relationship of Artist to Society,” Jane G. Collins
Salt lake City Fine Arts Examiner, (June 1), “Interview: Suzanne Fredericq,” Qi Peng
Shawne Major: Works, Catalogue, Edited and published by Martin Irvine and Irvine Contemporary. Washington DC
Times of Acadiana (Jan,) “New Orleans Reinvented”
Washington City Paper, (Apr. 15), “Shawne Major,” Maura Judkis

2008
American Craft, (Jun/Jul), “Tradition/Innovation,” Sally Hansell, photo
Art Daily.org, (Mar 19, online), “Prospect 1. New Orleans Announces Artists for Biennial”
Art.net.com, (Nov. 7, online), “Bleeding Heart Biennial,” Walter Robinson
Art News, (Oct), “ Encouraging Wards,” Carly Berwick
Art Voices, (Dec), “ Shawne Major,” Eddie Langieri, feature article
Bigredandshiny.com, (July 13, online), “Louisville Kentucky Art Galleries,” Rita Lombardi
Fiber Arts, (Nov/Dec),” Shawne Major: Spiritual Kitsch,” Stephanie Nelson, feature, photo
The Independent, (Mar 13, Lafayette, LA), “Acadiana Artist Chosen for International Biennial,” Mary Tuttweiler, feature
The Independent, (Oct 16, Lafayette, LA), “New Orleans Streetcar Shelters Get Art,” Mary Tuttweiler
New American Paintings, No. 76, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
NPR.org, (Nov. 30,) Huge Biennial Puts Art All Over New Orleans, Eve Troeh
New York Magazine, (Nov. 6,) Five Point Weekend Escape Plan,
Prospect 1. New Orleans. Catalogue, Edited and Curated by Dan Cameron. New York: Picturebox
Studio Visit Magazine, No. 1, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Times of Acadiana, (Mar 5, Lafayette, LA), “Sacred Space Brings Tapestries to Opelousas,” Brian Lafaye, feature article
Times Picayune, (Oct 15, New Orleans), “RTA Canal Bus Street Shelters get Art”, Susan Finch
Times Picayune, (Mar 10, New Orleans, LA), “Good Prospects,” Doug MacCash

2007
Gambit Weekly (Feb 20, New Orleans), “Paint Me Something Mister,” Eric Bookhardt
Times of Acadiana (Jul 25, Lafayette, LA), “Lost and Found,” Jan Risher, feature article
Times Picayune (Dec. 9, New Orleans), “Translating the Venice Biennale to New Orleans,” Doug MacCash

2006
ArtInfo.com (Dec. 19th, online), “Art Basel Miami: Offbeat Highlights From the Fair Trail,” Mary Gordon
Country Roads, (Nov., Baton Rouge, LA), “Trailblazers: Artists You Should Know,” J. Richard Gruber
Gambit Weekly (Jun 6, New Orleans), “Tiny Trinkets & Magical Tapestries,” Eric Bookhardt
Miami Herald.com (Jan. 29), “Learn More About Katrina,” Jane Wooldridge
The Advocate (Nov. 12, Baton Rouge, LA), “Governor Honors Several with Arts Awards, Fellowships,” Anne Price
The Times Picayune (June 16, New Orleans, LA) “Buried Treasure,” Doug MacCash
Gambit Weekly (June 6, New Orleans, LA) “Tiny Trinkets and Magical Tapestries,” D. Eric Bookhardt
The New Orleans Art Review (April/May/June, New Orleans, LA) “esthetica esteticans, natura naturans,” Karl Volkmar

2005
ArtNews (Feb), “Amazing Cross Fertilization,” John R. Kemp, photo
Art Papers (Nov/Dec), “New Orleans Review,” Eric Bookhardt
Gambit Weekly (Jun 7, New Orleans), “Celebrating the Senses,” Eric Bookhardt
Gambit Weekly (Feb 14, New Orleans, LA), “Cajuns for All Occasions,” Eric Bookhardt
Mobile Register (Feb 3, Mobile, AL), “Something to ‘Drawl’ About,” Thomas B. Harrison
Times-Picayune (Jul 01, New Orleans), “Contemporary Cajun,” Doug MacCash, photo
Times-Picayune (Jan 28, New Orleans), “Small Touches of Acadiana,” Doug MacCash

2004
The Advocate (Dec 28, Baton Rouge, LA), “LA Artists Brighten Governor’s Mansion”
Contemporary Arts Center (Dec 4, New Orleans, LA) — "ArtSpeak," artist-led panel discussion
The Daily Advertiser (Oct 20, Lafayette, LA), “Patrons Say New Downtown Arts Center Fills Void,” Claire Taylor
The Daily Advertiser (Oct 17, Lafayette, LA), “Newest Arts Center Draws A Crowd,” Beverly Corbell
The Daily Iberian (Dec 19, New Iberia, LA), “Artsy Showing; Local Artists’ Works Hang in Mansion”

‌2003
The Times of Acadiana (May 7, Lafayette, LA) "Major Undertaking," Patricia Gannon, feature article

2001
The Washington Post (Mar 1), "Millennium's 'Inaugural': Taking Up Space," Jessica Dawson

2000
artnet.com (Sep 19, online), "The East Village Revisited," Calvin Reid
Gallery & Studio (Sep 8), "New York Notebook"

1998
The Observer (Mar, La Grande, OR), "Review: Pulp 98 Makes the Cut,” photo
The Observer (Feb, La Grande, OR), "Pulp 98”

1995
The Home News (Feb, New Brunswick, NJ), “Master of Fine Arts Exhibition Review”
The Register (Jul, Galesburg, IL), "A Summer to Create,” feature article
WGIL-FM radio (Jul, Galesburg, IL), interview

Public Collections
Dieu Donne Papermill — New York, NY
Paul & Lulu Hilliard Museum of Art — Lafayette, LA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art — New Orleans, LA
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection — Los Angeles, CA
Hilliard Museum of Art — Lafayette, LA
US Art in Embassies — Brazzaville, Congo