Alexandra Sheldon

Alexandra is represented by the Bromfield Gallery in Boston


Teaching Experience

2020-present ‘Collage Exploration’ weekly Zoom classes

2014-present Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

2010-present Maud Morgan Art Center, Cambridge, MA

2010-2012 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

2005-2011 Arsenal Arts Center, Watertown, MA

2004 Buckingham Browne and Nichols Middle School, Cambridge, MA

2002-present Weekly collage classes in Essex Street studio, Cambridge, MA

2001-2009 Newton Community Education [Newton, MA]

2001-present Private Tutor, Cambridge, MA

2001-2003 Brookline Adult Education, Brookline, MA

1998-present Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA

Education

1982-84 Traveling scholar based in Paris

1982 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Fifth Year Program

1981 Tufts University, Medford, MA, BFA

1980 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Diploma

1974-75 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Awards & Events

2014 Channel 22 August 2014 Collage Demonstration on Live TV program "Mass Appeal"

2013 Artist's Resource Trust (A.R.T.) Grant

2008 Studio Visit Magazine

2005 Frances N. Roddy Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

2005 Viridian Artists Juried Exhibit, Curators Choice Award, Chelsea, NY

2001 The Oprah Winfrey Show, Chicago, IL, April 11

2001 The Early Show, CBS: Interview with a Painter, April 2-4

1997-01 Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

1992-96  Artist in Residence, Paint Maine Summer Program, Tenant's Harbor, MA

1993  Artist/Portrait: Alexandra Sheldon Film Documentary: Carpenter Center, Harvard University

1992  Residency, Triangle Artists Workshop, NY

1989  Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, VA

1982  Fifth Year Traveling Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1980  Dana Pond Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1979  Residency, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

1979  Boit Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Bromfield Gallery, Boston,MA, May 1-June 3

2022 Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, June 3

2021 Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, Paintings of France, March 

2019 Weston Public Library Gallery, Weston, MA, January 30-February 28

2018 Rines Gallery, Weston, MA, May 13-July 1

2018 Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA, March 24-May 24

2017 Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA, July 10-August 4

2012 Project Room, Gallerie Cerulean

2012 Gutman Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 20-July 12

2009-2010 The Trident, Boston, MA

2008 Belmont Gallery, Belmont, MA

2005 Blue Room, One Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA

2000-07 Essex Street Open Studios, Cambridge, MA

1999 Sage Gallery, Easthampton, MA

1998 French Library Gallery, Boston, MA

1993 WGBH Gallery, Boston, MA

1989 Laughlin-Winkler Gallery, A Street, Boston, MA

1988 Cornucopia Gallery, Boston, MA

1987 Modestino Gallery, Cambridge, MA

1987 Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY

1986 Laughlin-Winkler Gallery, A Street, Boston, MA

Group Exhibitions

2024 Gallery Galatea, Boston, MA, August 1-September 2

2024 “L’eau”, Strasbourg Librairie Kleber Exhibition, Strasbourg, France, April 20-May 12

2024 “Freedom Project”, Art Book Museu, Łódź, Poland, February 28-March 28

2023 “Visual Diaries”, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, August-October

2023 “New Work”, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, February

2022 Members Gallery two person show, Concord Art, Concord, MA

2021 “Give and Take”, Katherine Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2021 Renew, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, February

2020 “Breathe”, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, October

2020 Fuller Craft Museum, Snow Farm

2016 Ex Libris Exchange, Boston, MA/Strasbourg, France

2012 “Beyond the Book”, Honan Library, Allston, MA

2012 “Par Avion”, Boston, MA (June) & Strasbourg, France (November)

2012 “Isolation”, Caladan Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2011 Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2011 “Beyond the Book”, Honan Library, Allston, MA

2010  Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA

2005-2010 “Icons & Altars”, New Art Center, Newton, MA

2005 Frances N. Roddy Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

2005  Viridian Chelsea, New York NY News Art: Art From Another Reality 13

2005 XVI Annual Juried Exhibition, Viridian Chelsea, New York NY

2004-09 “Small Works”, Sacramento Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2002 “Two Sisters”, Northampton, MA

2002 Fainting Couch Productions, Lexington, MA

2001 “Beyond Our Vision”, Bemidji Art Center, Minnesota

2000 Aids Benefit Show, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1999 Sage Gallery, Easthampton, MA

1999 Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA

1998 Journals Show, New Art Center, Newton, MA

1994-96 Sherry French Gallery, Tenants Harbor, ME

1996 The Design Center, Lowell, MA

1995 Curren Associates Gallery, Lincoln, MA

1986-91 Laughlin-Winkler Gallery, A Street, Boston, MA

1984 Modestino Gallery, Cambridge, MA

1983 Gay Head Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA

1982 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1978-81 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1978 Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA

Private Collections

Frank Williams, Wellesley, MA
Pamela Fox, Weston, MA
Benny Kay, New York, NY
Gillette Corporation, Boston, MA
Fidelity Corporation, Boston, MA
Lisa Houck, Dedham, MA
Judith and Peik Larsen, Cambridge, MA
Charles Coyle, East Hampton, NY
Christine Lane, Cambridge, MA
Peter and Babette Loring, Beverly, MA
Drew Beattie, New York, NY
Jeffrey Reed, Philadelphia, PA
Philippe Zani, Paris, France
Hillary and Pierre Illick, Belmont MA
John Hanes, Berkeley, CA