Shawn Watrous
Shawn Watrous
Born 1977, San Francisco, CA
Education
2013 MFA Kent State University, Kent, OH
2002 BFA San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1995-98 Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Standards, ZYNKA Gallery, Sharpsburg, PA
2019 Palms, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Childhood Feedback, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 California Dreaming, Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA
POP UP, Building a Better Block, New Kensington, PA
2014 The Golden State, Penn State New Kensington Gallery, Penn State University, New Kensington, PA
2013 Agglomerate/Adapt, Black Balloon Editions, Cleveland, OH
Undersound, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Kent State University Sculpture Gallery, Kent, OH
2008 Myth and Revelation, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Distance/Memory, Epoch Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001 Uncovering the Mountain, Xerox Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 One In A Year, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2020 Kaleidoscope, Gallery Clarendon, Arlington, VA
2017 The Interaction of Color, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
The Contemporaries, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Turning Red, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Compulsion, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
2016 Monumental, Unsmoke Systems, Braddock, PA
2015 Emergent 2015, Heights Arts, Cleveland, OH
The Writing On The Wall, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2015, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Associated Artist of Butler County Invitational Art Exhibit 2015, Cranberry Township, PA
Unspoken, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Unspoken, Penn State New Kensington Art Gallery, Penn State University, New Kensington PA
2014 Medial Temporal Castaway, Cuyahoga Community College/West Campus, Parma, OH
Working Artists, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
What Happens is Another, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
Biennial Faculty Show, Kent State University School of Art Gallery, Kent, OH
2013 1st Annual ASM & Kent State University Art Show, ASM International World HQ, Materials Park, OH
Student Annual Juried Exhibition, Kent State University School of Art Gallery, Kent, OH
4U: Printmaking Students and Faculty Work, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
MFA Show, Kent State University School of Art Gallery, Kent, OH
2012 KSU School of Art Graduate Exhibition, Margaret Clark Foundation, Hudson, OH
Celebrate the Season, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Blossom, KSU School of Art Gallery, Kent, OH
2011 11th Anniversary Show, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Release, The Gallery 4, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 10th Anniversary Show, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 The Scenics, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Small is the New Big, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Recto Verso, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
2008 Hoyt Mid Atlantic Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA
The Brij: The Origin of Language, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Annual Art Auction, Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh 250, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Figure Pittsburgh, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
The Brij: The Expanse we Pass Over, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
Spring Solon, Modern Formations, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Gestures, Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Something Else, Who New, Pittsburgh, PA
Instructor Show, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
2004 Upaya Center for Wellbeing, Oakland, CA
2003 Holiday, Staccato Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
33 Give or Take, The Citadel, San Jose, CA
Flavor, Liminal, Oakland, CA
East Bay Open Studios Exhibition, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
45th Street Artist Cooperative Open Studio, Emeryville, CA
2002 The Gallery, San Jose, CA
Santa Clara County Open Studios, Accent Arts, Palo Alto, CA
2001 Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Viewing Program
The Painting Center, Artist Registry, New York, NY
Pittsburgh Artist Registry, Pittsburgh, PA
Collections
Cleveland Clinic Collection
Sweetwater Center for the Arts
Private Collections, Pittsburgh. PA
Bibliography & Films
2015 Pamela Murphy, “Penn State Instructor Follows Family Tradition”, Valley News Dispatch, Tribune Review, January 2015
2014 “Fault in our Stars”, directed by Josh Boone, paintings & prints uncredited
2014 “Those Who Kill”, (TV Series), paintings uncredited
2012 “Perks of Being a Wallflower”, directed by Stephen Chobosky, paintings uncredited
2009 “Coatlicue 2”, ed Jerome Crooks, Encyclopedia Destructica
2008 “In The Making: 250 Artists, 250 Years”, ed Jill Larson, Fe Gallery
Teaching Experience
2014-16 Adjunct Instructor, Penn State University, New Kensington, PA
2013-14 Adjunct Instructor, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2011-13 Teaching Assistant, Drawing I (Instructor of Record), Kent State University, Kent, OH
2005-06 Painting Instructor, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Residencies
2013-2014 Black Balloon Editions, Cleveland, OH
Related Work Experience
2016-present Associate Preparator, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Installation Technician, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH
2013-2014 Installation Technician, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
2013-2014 Studio Assistant, Scott Olsen Studio, Kent, OH
2011 Scenic Painter, “Perks of Being a Wallflower”, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Scenic Painter, “Abduction”, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Scenic Painter, “I Am Number 4”, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Scenic Foreman, “Riddle”, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Scenic Painter, “Love and Other Drugs”, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Scenic Painter, “Warrior”, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Scenic Painter, “Three Rivers”, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Scenic Painter, “Sorority Row”, Pittsburgh, PA