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| PO Box 79 - 5 Rocky Lane Garrison, NY 10524 Tel/Fax (845) 424-3287 SheilahRechtschaffer.com |
 photo by Debbie Hennes |
| Born: New York City | |
| Education |
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Boston University - BS 1959 SUNY at Purchase - BFA 1981 Post Graduate Studies: School of Visual Arts, NYC School of Sacred Arts, NYC Vermont Studio Colony, Johnson, VT Center for Restoration & Preservation, Venice, Italy |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2006 | "Sheilah Rechtschaffer, Pastels" Carl Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY |
| "Seasons II" Pastels and Oil Paintings, Croton Free Library, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, January 13 to February 28 | |
| 2005 |
"Seasons" Pastels and Oil Paintings, Chappaqua Library Gallery, Chappaqua, NY |
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"The Eighties" Dixie Foam Beds, 113 West 25th Street, NYC (On-Going)
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| 2003 |
"Landscape Transformed: Sheilah Rechtschaffer & John Haines"
Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, NY |
| 1995 |
"Italian Frescoes" Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy |
| 1988 |
"Pastel Drawings" Maryanne McCarthy Fine Art, NYC |
| 1985 |
"Paintings & Works on Paper," Nederlandsche Middenstandsbank, NYC
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| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2006 | "Mechanics of Politics" Collaborative Concepts@Bulldog Studios, Beacon, NY |
| "Artists on Location" (Spring & Fall, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| "Celebrating Art for 40 Years" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| "Opening Exhibition", Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY | |
| 2005 | "Dog & Pony Show" Beacon Artists Union (BAU), Beacon, NY |
| "Artists on Location" (Spring & Fall), Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| "The Landscape Show" Carl Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon NY | |
| 2004 | "New Hudson" Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY |
| "Artists on Location" (Spring & Fall), Garrison, NY | |
| "Belle Levine Gallery" (Cathleen Cooley, Jurist)), Mahopac, NY | |
| "Benefit Exhibition" Collaborative Concepts, Beacon NY | |
| 2003 | "Artists of Northern Westchester", Croton-on-Hudson, NY |
| "Artists on Location" (Spring & Fall) Garrison, NY | |
| 2002 | "No More War" One Station Plaza, Peekskill, NY |
| "Artists on Location" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| "Germaine Keller Gallery Garrison, NY | |
| "Reflections (9/11)" Exit Art, NYC | |
| "Invitational Exhibition" A.I.R. Gallery, NYC | |
| "Members Exhibition" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| 2001 | "Faculty Exhibition" NY Academy of Art, NYC |
| "Summer Exhibition" Anversa degli Abruzzi, Italy | |
| "Artists on Location" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| "Members Exhibition" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| 2000 | "Tradition Innovation" Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY |
| "Members Exhibition" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| "Estate 2000" Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy | |
| 1999 | "Sacred Spaces" Ossining Art Center, Ossining, NY |
| "Artists on Location" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| "Members Exhibition" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| 1998 | "The Power of Pastel" Paramont Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY |
| "Grassroots" The Gallery of the Hudson, Irvington, NY | |
| "Small Works" Faculty & Staff, Parsons School of Design, NYC | |
| "New Frescoes & Pastels" Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy | |
| "Members Exhibition" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| "True Fresco" The Painting Center, NYC | |
| "Artists in Chelsea" The Chelsea Market Gallery", NYC | |
| "Members and Friends - Soho 20 Invitational" Soho 20, NYC | |
| 1997 | "Colleagues in Landscape" Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY |
| "Members Exhibition" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY | |
| 1996 | "New Frescoes" Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy |
| "Small is Big" Faculty & Staff, Parsons School of Design, NYC | |
| 1995 | "Five Friends/Five Artists" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY |
| "Ossining Painters & Sculptors" Ossining Art Center, Ossining, NY | |
| 1994 | "Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective" Boston College Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA |
| "Pastels of the Garden in Ceri" Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy | |
| "Small is Big" Faculty & Staff, Parsons School of Design, NYC | |
| 1993 | "Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective" Newhouse Center for Contempory Art Snug Harbor, Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY and Parsons School of Design Gallery, NYC/td> |
| "Fresco - 1993," Palazzo Torlonia, Ceri, Italy | |
| "Small is Big," Faculty & Staff, Parsons School of Design, NYC | |
| 1992 | "River Voices" Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY |
| 1991 | "Four Friends" Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY |
| 1990 | "Artists on Art" Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Goldens Bridge, NY |
| "Ossining Artists" Rye Art Center, Rye, NY | |
| 1989 | "Small is Big" Faculty & Staff, Parsons School of Design, NYC |
| "Gallery Artists" Maryanne McCarthy Fine Art, NYC and Southampton,NY | |
| 1988 | "December Invitational at SOHO 20 Gallery" NYC |
| "Desert Pastels" Rancho Linda Vista, Oracle, AZ | |
| 1987 | "Ten Artists" Maryanne McCarthy Fine Art, NYC |
| 1986 | "December Invitational" Maryanne McCarthy Fine Art & L'Ambiete, NYC |
| "October Exhibition" Sound Shore Gallery, Port Chester, NY | |
| "The All Natural Disaster Show" Longwood Arts Project, PS 39, Bronx,NY | |
| 1985 | "Holiday Invitational" A.I.R. Gallery, NYC |
| "Works on Paper" SUNY at Purchase Alumni Exhibition, Purchase, NY | |
| "Small Works" (Alan Stone, Jurist) NY University, NYC | |
| 1984 | "Small Works" (C. Janis, Jurist) NY University, NYC |
| "Grassroots, Winter Exhibition" Hastings-on-Hudson Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY | |
| 1983 | "Art of the Northeast USA" (Suzanne Delehanty, Jurist) Silvermine Guild for the Arts, New Canaan, CT (first prize in painting) |
| "Desert Drawings," Cobble Hill Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 1982 | "Rocks, Birds, Shells, Trees & Skulls" Sommerstown Gallery, Somers, NY |
| "Tenth Annual Alumni Exhibition" SUNY at Purchase Gallery, Purchase,NY | |
| 1981 | "Discovery 1 - Annual Juried Print Exhibition" Bridge Gallery, White Plains, NY |
| Awards | |
| 1983 | Silvermine Guild Award for Painting ($1,000) Silvermine Guild for the Arts, New Canaan, CT |
| 1994 | Grant towards the publication of the catalog of the Exhibition Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective from the New School of Social Reseach & Parsons School of Design, NYC |
| 1999 | TIF grant from the New School of Social Research to create a website for fresco painting at Parsons School of Design, NYC |
| Curatorial |
| Curator, "Mechanics of Politics" Collaborative Concepts@Bulldog Studios, Beacon, NY |
| Co-curator with Lesley Anne Doyel and Robert Bunkin of the first contemporary survey of fresco painting held at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Parsons School of Design in NYC and with Stoney Conley at Boston College Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA. |
| Director |
| President, co-director, founder and instructor (with Livia Monaco) of Accademia Caerite, Inc. in Ceri, Italy. Accademia Caerite, Inc. is a "not-for-profit" workshop dedicated to continuing the traditional techniques of fresco painting and scagliola. 1992 - 2000 |
| Current Board Member of Collaborative Concepts Gallery, Beacon, NY |
| Teacher and Lecturer | |
 Selected Past Teaching |
Instructor Creating a Visual Journal, Parsons School of Design, NYC Instructor in fresco painting at Abruzzi Workshop, Anversa degli Abruzzi, Italy Instructor in fresco painting at New York Academy of Art, NYC Instructor in fresco painting at Parsons School of Design, NYC Instructor in fresco painting at Accademia Caerite, Inc., Ceri, Italy Lecturer at Artists Talk on Art, NYC Artist in Residence, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY Volunteer art instruction (Rotary Public School), Santarem, Brazil Lecturer at Bellevue Hospital Alumni Association at Yale Club, NYC Lecturer at Croton Free Library, Croton-on-Hudson, NY |
