Penny Oliphant | Biography |
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The artist’s iconic images of everyday life in the small towns scattered across the state, offer a fresh look at the unappreciated aspects of Maine’s rural landscape.
“Oliphant manages to employ successfully the very element of nostalgia that sinks so many Maine paintings. Nostalgia is a sweet-sad affair. In Maine genre art, the sweetness tends to prevail. Penny Oliphant has the good taste, and the intelligence to weigh the sad side as well.” —Edgar Allen Beem, Art critic and author
"Penny Parkhurst Oliphant's limited edition archival photograph, "The Artist's House," gives us a chilling feeling of isolation. The artist uses this dark captured moment to reflect on the frightening truth of loneliness in a place that should represent comfort, one's own home." —exerpt from Under The Mask's Press Release by Adriaan van der Plas, Van Der Plas Gallery, NYC
SOLO EXHIBITION
Artifact Gallery, Solo Show, New York, NY, September 2023
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Act 2. Galeria Azur, March 2024, Miami,Florida
Color Photography Now, Black Box Gallery Portland OR December 2021
Ruins Exhibition, Still Point Art Gallery.com December 2021- February 2022
Urban Photo Awards Exhibition, Trieste, Italy October-November 2021
Above and Under the Surface, Instruments of Memory, Online Exhibition, October 2021-January 2022
Framed: Shadow and Light Exhibition, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, September 2021
Summer Salon Exhibition, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY, August 2021
Feature Shoot Exhibition, Foley Gallery, New York, NY, August 2021
The Art of Isolation Exhibition, Still Point Galllery, June - August 2021
Feature Shoot Exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece, June 2021
Feature Shoot Exhibition, Laurent Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, May 2021
Art of Remediation, Yukyung Art Museum, Geoje, South Korea, November 2020
Feature Shoot Show, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece, November 2020
Art in America Magazine Annual Guide 2021, September 2020
Under The Mask, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, New York, August 2020
Feature Shoot Show, Foley Gallery, New York, New York, August 2020
Feature Shoot Show, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany, July 2020
AWARDS
Stillpoint Gallery, "The Art of Isolation," - Best in Show
Selected for Who’s Who Top Professional Artists Series, August 2021
Stillpoint Art Gallery “Dwellings” - Artist of Distinction
Art in Maine Juried Show - Honorable Mention Award
Maine Open Juried Show - First Place Award Harry Faust Memorial Award
Danforth Gallery “Emerging Artists” - Third Place Award
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Yukyung Art Museum Geoje, South, Korea
Pittsfield Public Library, Pittsfield, ME
Maine's Percent for Art Program
Owl's Head Transportation Museum
People's Heritage Bank
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Route 100 Solo Photography Exhibition, Stairwell Gallery, Bangor, Maine, August/September
2017 Road Worn, Solo Photography Exhibition, Out of the Blue Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Penny Oliphant: Road Signs, Photographs and Artwork, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Libray September
2003 Summer in Central Maine: Recent Works by Penny Oliphant, Bangor, November
2002 Spring Training, Recent Paintings & Photographs by Penny Oliphant, Railroad Square Cinema Gallery Waterville, Maine, May
1997 Vintage Theatres by Penny Oliphant, Railroad Square Gallery, Waterville, Maine, January
1995 Automotive Artworks by Penny Oliphant, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Rockland, Maine, September through November
1995 Recent Works by Penny Oliphant, Thomas College Art Gallery, Waterville, Maine, March
1994 Life on the Road by Penny Oliphant, Panoply Gallery, Waterville, Maine, May
1993 Recent Paintings of Penny Oliphant, Show of Hands Gallery, Kennebunkport, Maine, December
1993 Works by Penny Oliphant, Gorges Grant Hotel, Ogunquit, Maine, June
1990 Recent Paintings by Penny Oliphant, Department of Environmental Protection, Augusta, Maine, July
1989 Road Scenes by Penny Oliphant, Railroad Square Gallery, Waterville, Maine, March
1988 Recent Works by Penny Oliphant, The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, August
1985 Recent Works by Penny Oliphant, The Last Unicorn, Waterville, Maine, September
1984 Recent Works by Penny Oliphant, The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, August
Street Life by Penny Oliphant, The Nickelodeon, Portland, Maine, February
1983 Recent Works by Penny Oliphant, The Last Unicorn, Waterville, Maine, July
1981 Night Series by Penny Oliphant, Thomas College Art Gallery, Waterville, Maine, September
Recent Works by Penny Oliphant, The Last Unicorn, Waterville, Maine, April
1980 Night and Day by Penny Oliphant, The University of Maine, Augusta, Maine, August
Coast to Coast by Penny Oliphant, The Open Space Gallery, Bangor, Maine, May
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TWO / THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1997 Vintage Cars: Wendy Lewis and Penny Oliphant. Davidson and Daughters Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine (Oliphant sold out - over 20 paintings), August
1987 Inland - Off Shore with Allen Bray, Eric Hopkins and Penny Oliphant. Juried Exhibition, Art for America Gallery, Newcastle, Maine, June
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Art of Remediation, Yukyung Art Museum, Geoje, South Korea, November
2020 Feature Shoot Show, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece, November
2020 Art in America Magazine Annual Guide 2021, September
2020 Under The Mask, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, New York, August
2020 Feature Shoot Show, Foley Gallery, New York, New York, August
2020 Feature Shoot Show, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany, July
2019 Accepted to Circle Foundation For The Arts
2019 Local Views Art Competition Gallery 25N.com Feburary
2018 Gallery Artists Show Lighthouse Art Gallery Bucksport, ME Winter
2018 Maine Photography Show, Juried by Peter Ralston, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, May
2018 Feature Shoot Magazine, Nostalgic Photographs, June
2017 Gallery Artists Show Lighthouse Art Gallery Bucksport, ME Summer
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2016 Solitude Juried Show Stillpoint Gallery Winter
2015 Gallery Artists Exhibition Boothbay Art Foundation Gallery Boothbay, ME Summer
2014 Gallery Artists Exhibition Boothbay Art Foundation Gallery Boothbay, ME Summer
2013 Gallery Artists Exhibition Boothbay Art Foundation Gallery Boothbay, ME Summer
2012 Gallery Artists Exhibition Boothbay Art Foundation Gallery Boothbay, ME Summer
2011 Summer Exhibition, Boothbay Art Foundation Gallery, June through September
2011 21st Annual Open Juried Art Show, Waterville, Maine, April
2010 Art in Maine Juried Exhibition, Boothbay Art Gallery, October
2010 Figurative Expo. International Show, Infinity Art Gallery, Oct.1 - Nov. 15
2010 Artist Gallery Exhibition of Artists of Distinction, Stillpoint Art Gallery Jan. - Dec.
2010 20th Annual Open Juried Art Show, Blue Marble Gallery, First in Show
2009 Dwellings, Still Point Art Gallery, Artist of Distinction Award, Brunswick, Maine, June 22-August 30
2009 19th Annual Open Juried Art Show, Blue Marble Gallery, Harry Faust Memorial Award Rusted Plymouth, March 31 - April 25
2007 Millions Taken Daily Exhibition,University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine,
July–October
2006 Maine Discovery Museum: Hold Everything Exhibition, Bangor, Maine September
2006 Invitational Exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, July
2004 Maine Discovery Museum: Looking Good Exhibition, Bangor, Maine, Sep - Nov
2004 Summer Juried Exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, June
2004 Gallery Artists Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, June
2003 Capitol to the Mountain Counties, Exhibition, State House Capitol, Augusta, Maine, February -
April
2003 Maine Discovery Museum: Sitting Pretty Exhibition, Bangor, Maine, September - November
2002 Honor Roll of Juried Shows Invitational Exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, October
2002 Gallery Artists, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, July
2002 Summer Juried Exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, June
2001 Maine Women in the Visual Arts, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville Nov-Dec.
2001 New Paintings by Gallery Artists, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, July
2000 New Paintings, Member Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, August
Juried Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, July
1999 Summer in Maine, Juried Exihibition, Working Art Gallery, Belfast, Maine, August
Members Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, August
Juried Exhibition, Chocolate Church Art Gallery, Bath, Maine, August
Revolutionary Art, Juried Exhibition, Artworks Together, Belfast, Maine, July
Juried Exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, July
Blues, Juried Exhibition, Artworks Together, Belfast, Maine, June
Juried Exhibition, Artworks Together, Belfast, Maine, May
1998 Members Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, August
Contemporary Art, Davidson and Daughters, Portland, Maine, July
1997 Members Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine, Sept.
No England, No Amerstam, too, Juried Exhibition, Real Art Ways Gallery, Hartford, CT, June
1996 Juried Exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscassett, Maine, July
1995 Gallery Artists, Lakes Gallery, South Casco, Maine, Summer
1994 Gallery Artists, Lakes Gallery, South Casco, Maine, Summer
1993 Gallery Artists, Lakes Gallery, South Casco, Maine, Summer
1992 Juried Exhibition, The Art Gallery at Six Deering Street, Portland, Maine, September
Members Show, Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine, August
Members Show, The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, July
1991 Thomas Moser Showroom, Portland, Maine, July
University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, February
1990 Maine Artists: The Next Generation Show, Sumner Museum, Washington DC, June
1989 Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine, August
Juried Exhibition, Chocolate Church Art Gallery, Bath, Maine, July
1988 Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield, Maine, August
1986 Members Show, The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, June
Members Show, Juried Exhibition, Art for America Gallery, Newcastle, Maine, June
1983 Members Show, Juried Exhibition, Art for America Gallery, Newcastle, Maine, June
Members Show, The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, June
1982 Spectra II, Juried Exhibition, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, September
Juried Exhibition, Chosen Works Gallery, Bangor, Maine, February
Members Show, Juried Exhibition, Art for America Gallery, Newcastle, Maine, June
Members Show, The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, June
1981 Members Show, The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine, June
Spectra I, Westbrook College: Juried Exhibition, Portland, Maine, May
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