JANET WHEELER

 

Education:

 

Antioch College

Stanford University, B.A.

 

Special Awards:

 

1996 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts

 

Feature Exhibitions:

 

2011,
2009,
1997
1994
1994
1988,
1985

2008, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1997 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

2005, 2002, 1998 Mansion Art Gallery of Rockville, MD

Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD

Gettysburg College of Art Gallery, Gettysburg, PA

Art Institute and Gallery of Salisbury, MD

1985, 1982 Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD

The Gallery Tucson, AZ

 

National and Regional Juried Exhibitions:

 

2011
2009
2006
2006
2006
2002
2001

“GAP,” GRACE, Reston, VA, Juror: Vesala Sretenovic, Curator at The Phillips Collection

“Sculpture NOW,” Wash. Square, Washington, DC, Juror: Victoria Reis, Exec. Director of Transformer Gallery

“Dimensions,” Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC

“Sculpture NOW,” Wash. Square, Washington, DC, Juror: Sarah Tanguy, Independent Curator

“Micro-Monumental,” Flashpoint, Washington, DC, Juror: Kristen Hileman, Assist. Curator, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC

“Myths and Legends,” GRACE, Reston, VA, Juror: J.W. Mahoney, 1st Prize

5th Biennial Alumni Hemicycle Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Juror: Andrea Pollan, Exh. Dir., McLean Project for the Arts

 

Invitational Group Exhibitions:

 

2009
2000
2000
1993

“The Object: Found, Multiplied, Manipulated,” Ridderhof Martin Gallery, Univ. of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

“Winners of the 1999 Juried Arts Exhibition,” GRACE, Reston, VA

“Spirit-Infused,” Fulton Hall Gallery, Salisbury State Univ. Salisbury, MD

“2nd Annual Summer Invitational Show,” Perry House Galleries, Alexandria, VA, Awarded Best in Show

 

Gallery Representation:

  Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC

Reviews and Publications:

 

2009

 

1998

1998

The Gazette, Scene (Montgomery Co., MD), “Life experience is three women’s most valuable artistic tool,” Jordan Edwards,

Sept. 16, p. 3
KOAN, Critics Roundtable – Must See, “Janet Wheeler: Ceremonial Pieces,” Rima Schulkind, April, p. 13

The Gazette, (Montgomery Co., MD), “Three methods, three media, three takes on abstraction,” Nancy Unger, April, p. 3