Gillian Collins     (301) 252-8100

gdcpaint@gmail.com

gilliancollinsart.com

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2015 – 2019      MFA in Studio Art, Summa Cum Laude, Towson University, Towson, MD

2012 – 2015       BFA in Studio Art, Summa Cum Laude, Towson University, Towson, MD

Teaching Experience

Since 2022 teaching watercolour classes on American Cruise Lines, Cunard Cruise Lines. Teaching watercolour in local community center Damascus Senior Center, Damascus, MD and Nancy H. Dacek North Potomac Community Center, North Potomac, MD

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Participation in Museum and Gallery Affiliations

Copyist program, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, since March 2014

   (Selected participant given permission to copy the masters, on site, at the NGA on a weekly basis)

Master Art Copyist Member, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Associate Member, The Artist Gallery, Frederick, MD

Oil Painters of America, Juried Member

American Women Artist Member

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Publications

2022  XIII Florence Biennale, Concepts of Femininity in Contemporary Art and Design, Florence Biennale,

Art & Design, 2022, Florence Italy

Interview with Gillian Collins, ItsLiquid online, Interviews, January 11, 2022.

https://www.itsliquid.com/interview-gilliancollins.html

2021 Franchise Owner Uses Mechanical Knowledge to Create Art, Authority Brands newsletter,

March 4,2021, Issue 20.

2020 Painters focus on unconventional topics, The Beacon online, November 25, 2020, editorial by

Margaret Foster. https://thebeaconnewspapers.com/painters-focus-on-uncoventional-topics

2019 Grub Street Literary Magazine, Towson University, Towson, MD (contributing artist)

2018  Why Artists are Allowed to Copy Masterpieces from the World's Most Prestigious Museums, 

         Artsy, March 15, 2018. Editorial by Casey Lesser.  https://www.artsy.net/articles 

2016  Grub Street Literary Magazine, Towson University, Towson, MD (contributing artist)

2015  Grub Street Literary Magazine, Towson University, Towson, MD (contributing artist)

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2023 Mechanical Components: The Seen but Unseen, Bethlehem Steel Series,

Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD

2019 Mechanical Components: The Seen but UnSeen, Holtzman Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD

2015   4 Views, Storage Gallery Solo Show, Towson University, Towson, MD

2012    Artist's View Point, Bethesda Library, Bethesda, MD

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Group Exhibitions

2024 Art in Abstraction 2024, Maryland Hall Martino Gallery, Annapolis, MD

Architectural Appeal, Manor Mill Gallery, Monktown, MD

No Theme, Crestwood Gallery, Frederick, MD

The Associates, The Artists Gallery, Frederick, MD

Call for Art, Crestwood Gallery Frederick, MD

2023 Master Art Copyists - Copying the Masters, Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery, Frederick, MD

Together Art Grows, Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD

Reflections, The Artist Gallery, Frederick, MD

Structures, Crestwood Gallery, Frederick, MD

2022 Venice International Art Fair, Misericordia Archives, Venice, Italy

Lowe House Office Building Exhibition 2022, Lowe House Office Building, Annapolis, MD

Serenity, Crestwood Gallery, Frederick, MD

The Associates, The Artists Gallery, Frederick, MD

National Juried Exhibition, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD

2021 Contemporary Venice - 21, Misericordia Archives, Venice, Italy

XIII Florence Biennale 2021, Florence Italy

Lifeline, Gallery of Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy

Timeless Tradition, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA

Fall Exhibit, Crestwood Gallery, Frederick, MD

Corporate Connections 2021, Maryland Federation of Art (MFA), online, Annapolis, MD

2020 Street Scenes, Maryland Federation of Art (MFA), Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

9th Annual “All Women’” 2020 Juried Art Exhibition, Light Space Time Art online

InterSection, The Artist Gallery, Frederick, MD

The Art of Copying, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD

2019 Art on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art (MFA), Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

The Associates, The Artist Gallery, Frederick, MD

2018  Why Copy, The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC

Plein Air Painters of Montgomery County, Martha Spak Gallery at the Wharf, Washington, DC

Annual Associates Show, The Artists Gallery, Frederick, MD

Towson University MFA Group Exhibition, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Water Works, MFA Curve Gallery Online, Annapolis, MD

Art Copies Nature, Historic House at Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA

2017  Just What is it that Makes Today's Art so Appealing?, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DC

Frederick Annual Plein Air of Frederick, NOMA Gallery, Frederick, MD

Tangents, The Artist Gallery, Frederick, MD

2016   National Wet Paint MFA Biennial, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL

MFA Exchange with Towson University, Colorado State University, CO

Barnstormers Tour, Frederick County Art Association, Frederick, MD

2015   Points of Departure, New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

The Copyists of National Gallery of Art, Vienna Arts Society, Vienna, VA

Undergraduate Juried Student Exhibition, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson, MD

2014   A Cause of Optimism, York Arts, York, PA

NOVI XIV, Gallery 788, Towson Graduate Show, Towson, MD

The American Landscape National Juried Art Exhibition, Staunton Augusta Art Center, VA

Undergraduate Juried Student Exhibition, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson, MD

Montgomery County Plein Air Association Exhibit, Hill Center, Washington, DC 

2013   Women's Forum Annual Conference, Towson University, Towson, MD

Barnstormers Tour, Frederick County Art Association, Frederick, MD

Undergraduate Juried Student Exhibition, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson, MD

2012    Shared Places, River Road Unitarian, Bethesda, MD

The 42nd Annual Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD

2011   2nd annual Easton’s Promise Gallery Juried Exhibition, Easton Promise Gallery, Easton, MD

The 41st Annual Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD 

2010   The 40th Annual Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD

2009   The 39th Annual Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD

The 15th Annual Yellow Barn Juried Show, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD

2nd Annual South Street Art Gallery Workshop Shows, Church Alley Gallery, Easton, MD

34th Annual Community Art Show, Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, MD

32nd Annual Chesapeake College Juried Art Show, Wye Mills, MD

23rd Annual Juried Multimedia Exhibit, Kentlands Mansion, Gaithersburg, MD

2008   Outdoor Visions, Montgomery County Plein Air Juried Exhibit, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo,MD

The 14th Annual Yellow Barn Juried Show, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD

2007   Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association Exhibition, Mansion at Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD

Workshop Teachers and Students Exhibition, South Street Art Gallery, Easton, MD

River Farm Annual Art Exhibit, River Farm American Horticultural, Alexandria, VA

The Art League School Juried Student Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA

Sixteenth International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC

2006   Fifteenth International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC

2003   The Tuesday Artists, Harbor Court Hotel, Baltimore, MD

2002   Delaplaine Arts Center Juried Annual Exhibit, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD

2000   Women Speaking the Language of Art, International Women’s Art Juried Exhibit, Washington,DC

Rockville Art League Juried Show, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD 

1999   Rockville Art League Juried Show, The Mansion Art Gallery of Rockville, Rockville, MD 

1998   8th Annual National Juried Arts Exhibition, Havre de Grace Arts Commission, Havre de Grace,MD

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Awards

2020 9th Annual “All Women’” 2020 Juried Art Exhibition, LightSpaceTime.Art, Honorable Mention

2019 Graduate Fellowship, Towson University, Towson, MD

2018    Research Award, Towson University, Towson, MD

2017    Research Award, Towson University, Towson, MD

2016 Research Award, Towson University, Towson, MD

2015   Undergraduate Juried Student Exhibition, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson, MD, Scholarship Award

2009   The 15th Annual Yellow Barn Juried Show, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD, Honorable Mention

2009   34th Annual Community Art Show, Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, MD, Honorable mention

2008   The 14th Annual Yellow Barn Juried Show, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD, Honorable  Mention

2007   The Art League School Juried Student Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA, Honorable mention

2005   Plein Air Easton competition, Easton, MD, Juried Participant

2001   Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, Gaithersburg, MD, First & Fourth Premium Fine Arts

1999   Damascus Community Fair, Damascus, MD, Grand Champion & First Premium Fine Arts

1998   Damascus Community Fair, Damascus, MD, Grand Champion & First Premium Fine Arts

1997   Damascus Community Fair, Damascus, MD, Second Premium Fine Arts

1996   Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, Gaithersburg, MD, Second Premium Fine Arts

1995   Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, Gaithersburg, MD, Jackie Gaither Award & First Premium Fine Arts

1991   Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, Gaithersburg, MD, Third Premium & Honorable Mention Fine Arts

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