S H A W N P O W E L L
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
MFA Painting, Hunter College-City University of New York, New York, NY
BFA Painting and Art History, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Triangle, Circle, Square, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH (solo)
Flags-nido, Marrow Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
PARK, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH (solo)
Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Caitlin McBride and Shawn Powell, NADA Miami, Abattoir Gallery (Cleveland, OH), Miami, FL (two-person)
Shawn Powell and Lauren Yeager, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH (two-person)
Too Many Mornings, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
The Shore, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Blue Tomorrows, Chapter NY, New York, NY (solo)
Cabin Fever, Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY (solo)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Practically Monochrome: Michelle Grabner, Paul O'Keeffe, Ruth Pastine, Shawn Powell, Maximilian Schubert, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Lake Effect: Artists from Cleveland Now, Cleveland Museum of Art-Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH (juried by Nadia Rivera Fellah, Cleveland Museum of Art Associate Curator of Contemporary Art)
[hush hush] voices carry: echoes and songs, International Center for the Arts, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
One Year Installation, Cleveland City Hall (Mayor’s Office), organized by Rhonda K. Brown, Senior Strategist for Arts, Culture, and the Economy, January 2026-2027, Cleveland, OH.
Murmurations, Devos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Recent Acquisition Exhibition, Bridgehampton Museum, Bridgehampton, NY
All Small, Abattoir at the Quarter, Cleveland, OH
San Francisco Art Fair (Marrow Gallery), San Francisco, CA
Moreover: 50 Paintings, curated by Michelle Grabner, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Free Hermit Crab Tomorrow, curated by Patrick Berran, Swells’a Brewing, Outer Banks, North Carolina
Living in the Play: Nido II, Parrocchia Ss. Filippo e Giacomo, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
Alfred/Düsseldorf Open Studio Exhibition, Alfred University, Düsseldorf , Germany
Presence as Object, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
nido, Parrocchia Ss. Filippo e Giacomo, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
Abattoir at Foreland, Foreland, Catskill, NY.
Tondo (3-person show), Marrow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nada + Friends (Peter Demos, Caitlin MacBride, Thomas Spoerndle, Shawn Powell), Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH
White Columns’ Curated Artist Registry, 2018-2021, New York, NY (online)
FAR & WIDE, Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, curated by Nicelle Beauchene and Franklin Parrasch, Woodstock, NY
Flat File Project, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY (online)
Small Works Show, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH
NADA New York, 106 Green Gallery (Amanda Baldwin, Shawn Powell, Alan Prazniak), New York, NY
Satellite Art Show (four-person), Duet Gallery, (St. Louis), Satellite Art Fair, Miami, FL
Inaugural Exhibition, Benaco Artist Residency, Sirmione, Italy
Cities, Like Dreams, Swamps Where Cedars Grow, The Provincial, Kaleva, MI
In the Works, Unisex Salon, Brooklyn, NY
Select Art Fair, Rhombus Space, New York, NY
Salon I, Harbor, New York, NY
Do It Yourself, 195 Morgan-3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
Future Folk, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
Surface Intentions, Harbor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Ears, Nose, Throat, Wildlife, Brooklyn, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY
The Brucennial, 159 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
Liquid Matter, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Arrival/Departure, Urban Culture Project/La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
Alternative Abstraction, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
CURATORIAL
NEAR ZERO: Peter Demos and Russell Maltz, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Gianna Commito and Elise Ferguson, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
Jolynn Krystosek and Halsey Hathaway, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
THE DEAD DON’T DIE: Alvaro Barrington, Theresa Daddezio, Vaughn Davis Jr., Olivia Drusin, Alteronce Gumby, Ravi Jackson, Lumin Wakoa, Willa Wasserman Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Essye Klempner, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
Caitlin MacBride, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
Thomas Spoerndle, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
Peter Christian Johnson, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
Stephanie McMahon, Gazebo Gallery, Kent OH
Time Out, Jonah Criswell, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
My Unrythmic Sibling, Vaughn Davis Jr., Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
Untitled, Peter Demos, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
Dancing with the Distance, Janice Lessman-Moss, Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH
AWARDS, LECTURES, and RESIDENCIES
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Grant, OH (2025, 2023, 2021)
SIE Juror and Visiting Speaker, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Big Crit Visiting Critic, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Innovate Artist Grant Honorable Mention
Living in the Play: Nido II, Artist Residency, International Center for the Arts, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
Alfred/Düsseldorf Artist Residency, Düsseldorf , Germany
AXA Art Prize for Figurative Panting Regional Juror, 2019-2026
North of 45 Juror and Visiting Artist, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Grant, OH
nido Residency, International Center for the Arts, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Panel Discussion & Studio Visits, Kansas City Art Institute,Kansas City, MO
Tony Smith Award Grant, Hunter College, New York, NY
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
The Bridgehampton Museum Permanent Collection, Bridgehampton, NY
Putnam Art Collection, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
The Fidelity Art Collection, Boston, MA
The Cleveland Clinic Art Collection, London, UK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Powell is the Associate Director of the School of Art, and an Associate Professor and co-head of Painting at Kent State University.