2006 "Hand/Eye," Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2004 ''Chase," Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 "Flourish," Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
2000 "Geneology of a Champagne Burst," ICA/Boston National Historic Parks Project
USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown, MA
(exhibited with Chris Frost)
2000 Friends of Horticulture," Wellesley College, MA
1998 "Recent Work," Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
1998 "Under the Influence," Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 "Natural Transformations," Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 "The Garden Wall," M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Tufts University, Medford,MA
1995 "The Nature of Tools," North Haven Gallery, North Haven, ME
2007 ICA Foster Prize Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2006 "Arbor," Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2005 "Séance," FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA (Co-curated with Jane Marsching)
2005 "Knock-Off," Gallery at Green Street, Boston, MA (Curated by James Hull)
2004 "Leisure," North Haven Gallery, North Havern, ME
2004 "Winter White/Back in Black," Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 "Neo-Baroque," Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2000 "Polar Bear in a Snowstorm ,"Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2000 ''Sweet," Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA, Site specific painting installation
1999 "Say it with Flowers,"FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 ''Monet Live," Live Flower Installation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1998 Arts Media stereographic artist page
1998 "Milton Collects/Milton Creates, " Milton Academy, Milton, MA
1997 "The Artist's Garden,"The Boston Center For the Arts,Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Art Institute of Boston Exhibition) Boston, MA
1997 "Small Works," Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 ''Annual Exhibition," (Dana Pond Painting Finalist)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 "The Unexpected," Tisch Art Gallery,Tufts University, Medford, MA
McQuaid, Cate, article: "And the Winner Is . . .," Boston Globe, February 9, 2007
Holland, Christian, interview: "A Conversation with Sheila Gallagher and Rachel Perry Welty,"
Big, Red and Shiny, Issue 53. Dec1, 2006
McQuaid, Cate, review: Sheila Gallagher: Hand-Eye, Boston Globe, July 6, 2006
Ledogar, Kate, review: "Screaming from the Gallery," Weekly Dig, July 10, 2005
McQuaid, Cate, review: "Séance," Boston Globe, July 15, 2005
Nash, Matthew, review: ''Knock-Off," Big, Red Shiny, March 2005
McQuaid, Cate, review: "Turning to nature in the pursuit of happiness and comfort," Boston Globe, September 17, 2004
Ledogar, Kate, review: "Chasing the Bunny," Weekly Dig, September 21, 2004
McQuaid, Cate, review: "'Miracle on Display at Nesto Gallery show," Boston Globe, April 12, 2001
Sherman, Mary, review: "Works Reshape ways of Seeing Local Sites, " Boston Herald, June 4, 2000
Consoli, Grace, review: "Now You See it, Now You Don't,"Arts Media, March, 2000
Sherman, Mary, review: "White On," Boston Herald, February 20, 2000
Temin, Christine, article: "Art and 'Art'- Thoughts on White Matter and Its Value,"
Perspectives Boston GlobeMarch 8, 2000
Buskirk, Martha, article: "Report from Boston,"Art in America, June 1999
Giuliano, Charles, review: "Sheila Gallagher: Under the Influence," sidewalk.com, April 1998
McQuaid, Cate, review: "Reworking the Masters,"The Boston Globe, April 23, 1998
Silver, Joanne, review: "The Artist's Garden,"The Boston Herald, June 13, 1997
Temin, Christine, "Young Gifted, and Here,"The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, May 25, 1997
Temin, Christine, review: "The Artist's Garden - Down to Earth," The Boston Globe, May 8, 1997
Mulski, Susan, review: "Natural Transformations,"Art New England, June 1996
McQuaid, Cate, review: "Turning a Worldly Eye on Innocence," The Boston Globe, February 22, 1996
Stapen, Nancy, gallery review: "Refashioning Gaugin,"The Boston Globe, December 22, 1994
Bickehaupt, Susan, "Names and Faces,": The Boston Globe, November 16, 1994
Boston College Teaching And Mentoring Grant, 2006
Boston College Junior Faculty Fellowship Award, 2005
Boston College Publication Grant, 2005
Boston College Taeching and Mentoring Grant, 2004
Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston National Historical Parks Association
Artist-in-Residence, 1999
Kate Healey Outstanding Female Artist Grant,1999
Ucross Foundation Fellowship, 1999
Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship, 1990
Young American Scholar, 1989
Marguerite Hansen Art Grant, 1988
Buttenweizer Scholarship, 1988
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Assistant Professor, Fine Art
Fall 2003-Present
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Visiting Assistant Professor in Fine Arts
1998-2003
Art Institute of Boston,Boston, MA
Assistant Professor in Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Photography and Foundation Depts.
MFA Graduate Instructor
Fall 1996-2003
Vermont College at Norwich University,Norwich, VT
MFA Program Graduate Instructor, Spring, 2001
Harvard University,Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant, Summer 1998
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Bridge Program Coordinator. Responsible for administrating one-year transitional curriculum emphasizing academic support services 1998-2002
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, NYC
Assistant to Chairman of the board and executor of Warhol Estate, Frederick Hughes.
Collections manager, responsible for documenting and cataloging Mr. Hughes' art collection. Acted as liaison between auction houses, galleries and attorneys. Coordinated inventories and appraisals of Warhol archival material for Andy Warhol Museum . 8/90-8/93
Saint Gaudens Historic Site, Cornish, NH
Trustee and Chairperson, Exhibitions Committee, ongoing
"Recent Work," artist talk, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. February 2007
"Unknown Source," guest lecturer, Core Painting Class, School of Museum of Fine Arts, February 2007
"Studio Practice," MIT Advanced Studio Class, February 2007
"Unknown Source," artist talk, ICA , Boston, MA, January 2007
Artst Talk, Art Institurte of Boston, Boston, MA , November 2006
"Psychic Chat Room Studio," artist talk, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA , July 2005
"All that Glitters " gallery talk, Gallery at Green Street, Boston, MA March, 2005
"Recent Work," artist talk, Art Institute of Boston, Graduate Program, Boston, MA September, 2003
"Flourish," artist talk, Milton Academy, Milton, MA, 2001
"Recent Work," artist talk, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Post- Bac Program, 2001
"Genealolgy of a Champagne Burst," artist talk, USS Constitution Museum, Boston, MA, 2000
"Recent Work," artist talk, School of Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA , February 2000
"Process and Creation," C.B.I., Cambridge , MA, July 1999
Commencement Address, Precollege Program, Art Institute of Boston, 1999
"The Work of Jim Hodges", Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, October 1999
"Recent Work", slide lecture, Charlestown Art Association, June1999
"Site Specific Installation", slide lecture,Boston National Historic Parks Association, May 1999
"The Boston School-Then and Now", panel discussion, Boston International Arts Fair, September 1998
"Preservation of Temporary Work", guest speaker, Boston Chapter of Art Librarians and Archivists Annual Meeting, June 1998
"Making Judgments in Art: What is Quality?", panel discussion, Tisch Gallery, Tufts University, January 1995
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
Wellington Management Company, Boston, Massachusetts