BIO
BIO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (* denotes solo show)
ART FOR NOW, SOHO 20 CHELSEA GALLERY, New York 2011
SANCTUARY, STUDIOS WITHOUT WALLS, Brookline, MA 2011
NEW DIRECTIONS, SOHO 20 CHELSEA GALLERY, New York, NY 2010
TEMPORARY SCULPTURE ALONG THE MUDDY RIVER, STUDIOS WITHOUT WALLS, Brookline, MA 2010
SCULPTFEST ’09, figure/ground, the object in situ, PORTAL in collaboration with Elizabeth Michelman,
The Carving Studio,West Rutland, VT 2009
A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, DANFORTH MUSEUM Framingham, MA 2009
NATURE and ARTIFICE: temporary art along the Muddy River, Riverway Park, Brookline, MA 2009
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AT CHESTERWOOD 2008, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA 2008
MIGRATIONS, a two part show, Boston Nature Center and The Riverway, Boston/Brookline, MA 2007
SECRET MESSAGES, Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA 2006
THREE/THREE HUNDRED, Studio Without Walls, Church Of Our Savior, Brookline, MA 2006
6th ANNUAL INVITATIONAL SCULPTURE EXHIBIT, Derryfield School,
STUDIO WITHOUT WALLS, Brookline, MA 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
CONTEMPORARY PRINTS, CCAE, Cambridge, MA 2005
BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN, Newbury College, Brookline MA 2004
NEW ENGLAND SCULPTURE ASSOCIATION, Attleboro Museum Center For The Arts, Attleboro, MA 2003
SPIRITS IN THE TREES, Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA 2002
THE MARK, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 2002
NEW ENGLAND NEW AMSTERDAM III REAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT 1998
*SMALL BRONZES 1978-1998, Madeleine Clark Wallace Library, Wheaton College, Norton MA 1998
ON THE LAND, CONANT WOODS, Carlisle, MA 1997
ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS, INC. THE FULLER MUSEUM OF ART Brockton, MA 1997
METAPHOR FOR THE 20TH CENTURY: PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES HERA GALLERY, Wakefield, RI 1996
* SKETCHES FOR HEAVEN; AN INSTALLATION, EMERSON UMBRELLA Concord, MA 1996
PULSE POINTS: EASTERN REGIONAL WCA EXHIBITION, TICKNOR GALLERY Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA 1996
HEARTS & OTHER BODY PARTS, ASHWELL GALLERY, Beverly, MA 1996
VENTURING SO CLOSE, SOHO 20, New York, NY 1995
SCULPTURE WALK, Larz Anderson Park, Brookline, MA 1993
* LOUISE FARRELL, AN INSTALLATION, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY DOWNTOWN GALLERY New Orleans, LA 1993.
IN THE REALM OF NATURE, Newton Art Center, Newton, MA 1993
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AT CHESTERWOOD, Stockbridge, MA Trevor Fairbrother, curator 1992.
ART IN THE PARK, Larz Anderson Park, Brookline, MA 1991.
HOPES AND FEARS, Cerise at NAGA GALLERY, Boston, MA 1991
OUR FATHERS, Cerise at MILLS GALLERY, Boston Center For The Arts, Boston, MA 1990.
WAITING FOR CERISE, Outdoor Sculpture Installation, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA 1990
ART IN THE PARKS, Outdoor Sculpture Installation, Bradley Palmer State Park, Topsfield, MA 1989
* AWAGAMAN, Installation sculpture, THOMPSON GALLERY, Massachusetts College of Art Boston, MA 1988.
THE FIGURE, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 1984.
*LOUISE FARRELL, WORKING ARTIST-ART IN PROCESS, Six weeks of working and interacting with the visiting public, BOSTON VISUAL ARTIST UNION GALLERY, Boston, MA 1983
WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVE, WOMEN ON THE SUBJECT OF WOMEN, MILL GALLERY Guilford, Ct 1983
GREATER BOSTON WOMEN ARTISTS, AAAMRP Gallery, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 1983
REFLECTIONS, BVAU Gallery, Boston, MA 1982
FIGURE AS FORM, BVAU GALLERY, Boston, MA 1982.
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, Invitational Exhibit, PRATT GALLERY Amherst, MA 1980.
ART FEMININE, Grace Gleuck, juror, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1979
EDUCATION
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, Boston, MA, - Master of Fine Arts, 3D.
RADCLIFFE SEMINARS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, - Landscape Design.
BARAT COLLEGE, Lake Forest, IL, Bachelor of Arts
STATEMENT
Always drawn to sculpture I’ve found a wealth of problem solving skills outside of academia and in the realm of theatrical sculpture materials.
Growing up in New Orleans, my Carnival background prepared me for the comfort I’ve found with these non-traditional materials. They are more appropriate for much of the large scale work I do.
My recent hand woven wall hangings of cast off newspapers are a natural response to a digital age with which I’ll never catch up. But most importantly, they make me laugh.