SHEILA LANHAM CV
Sheila Lanham attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, entering as an advanced painting major in 1984. Before that, she attended the School of Visual Arts and The New School for Social Research, studying painting and poetry. She was awarded two independent studio semester programs while at MICA: SACI in Florence, Italy and the AICA Sharpe-Walentas Independent Studio Program in Tribeca. She was a 2020 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant recipient.
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Sheila Lanham and Margot Spindelman, virtual Gibson Contemporary, NYC
2022 Sheila Lanham: World View, solo/virtual Gibson Contemporary, NYC
2019 ROS Inaugural Group Show, Lorimoto Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
Unextinguished: The Episodic Landscape, SRO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Nation IV, Through the Rabbit Hole, 2016, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Last Dance @ The Old Gem, benefit for Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
NYC Salon Showcase: A Weekend at the Old Gem, Arts@Renaissance
Sideshow Nation III, Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Last Brucenial, Bruce High Quality Foundation, 837 Washington Street, NYC
Sideshow Nation II, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century, Center for Book Arts, NY
1994 Collage, GCCA Mountaintop Gallery, Windham, NY
Drop Dead Painting, 103 Reade Street, NYC (curator: John Ford)
1993 Monochromatic Drawings, GCCA Mountaintop Gallery, Windham, NY
Sheila Lanham: Recent Works, Club U.S.A., NYC
Art for Everyone, Club U.S.A., NYC
1992 Salon of the Mating Spiders, Herron-Test Site Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
1.5 Show, Muranushi Lederman Productions NYC, 148 Gallery
Fate of the Earth, Ceres Gallery, NYC
1991 O.I.A. Salon ‘91, Tribeca 148 Gallery, NYC (Organization of Independent Artists)
New Generation ’91, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1982 Aquarium Show, School 33, Baltimore, MD 1982
Sheila Lanham: Shipshapes, Empire Gallery, Baltimore, MD 1982
Grants/Residencies/Awards
2020 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Individual Support Grant
1992 Vermont Studio Center
SACI (Studio Art Centers International), Florence, Italy
AICA Independent Studio Sharpe Walentas Studio, New York, NY
Dean’s List, MICA, 1984-87
Reba Stewart Memorial Merit Scholarship
Baltimore Mayoral Scholarships
Francis Burns Harvey Memorial Merit Scholarship
Poetry
Former Founder and Director of U.S. Poets in Mexico, a literary organization that held poetry conferences in Mexico annually, introduced and promoted American and Mexican poets, and encouraged translation projects from 2009-2019
Publications
Smoke Shadows, Finishing Line Press, 2013
Gathering Voices: An Anthology of Baltimore Poets, Dolphin Moon/7th Son/Tropos Press (Eds. David Beaudouin, James Taylor and Afaa Michael Weaver) 1985
Baltimore Blues & Greens, Self-Service Press, NY Cover art: Larry Rivers 1978
The Merida Review, LiveMag; Exquisite Corpse, New Orleans, LA; The Pearl, Baltimore, MD, co-editor with David Beaudouin - Interviews with Roy Lichtenstein and Grace Hartigan, poems
Readings
LaMama, NYC; CLWNWR Reading Series @ SafeT Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; The Painting Center, NYC; Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Recipient: ARTSCAPE Literary Reading; The Kitchen, NY; Poetry Project (Maryland Writers Council), Baltimore, MD and other venues
Interviews
The Merida Review, literary ezine, Yucatan, MX January, 2013
El Diario de Yucatan, MX January, 2013