Gail Foster Resume
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Theatrical Outfit Gallery, “Cosmic Symphony” Atlanta, GA
2014 Alexander Fine Art, “New Meanings, New Stories” Atlanta, GA
2012 The Environment Atlanta, GA
2009 The Carter Center Atlanta, GA
2008 Lyon & Lyon Fine Art, “Faces of Vagina Warriors” New Orleans, LA
2006 Lyon & Lyon Fine Art New Orleans, LA
2005 Lowe Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2003 Horizon Gallery, “Body Current” Santa Fe, NM
2002 Horizon Gallery, “Old Passions” Santa Fe, NM
2001 Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
2000 Fay Gold Gallery, “Works on Paper” Atlanta, GA
1999 Columbus Museum of Art; Funded: Hardaway Endowment Columbus, GA
Fay Gold Gallery, “Appassionata” Atlanta, GA
Blue Heron Lexington, VA
Barkin-Leeds Ltd., Buckhead Plaza Towers Atlanta, GA
Todd Crockett Fine Art Little Rock, AK
1998 Neiman Marcus, “Illumination: The Fall Harvest” Atlanta, GA
1997 The Lowe Gallery Atlanta, GA
The Gomez Gallery Baltimore, MD
1996 The Lowe Gallery Atlanta, GA
Todd Crockett Gallery Little Rock, AK
1995 The Lowe Gallery, “Genesis” Atlanta, GA
1993 Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, GA
Harbs Gallery Lexington, VA
1992 APC Gallery, “Insights” Atlanta, GA
1991 Harbs Gallery, “Window to the Soul” Lexington, VA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Dewberry Gallery | The Viewing Room, “Transformations” Atlanta, GA
2017 Dewberry Gallery | The Viewing Room, “Past & Present” Atlanta, GA
2017 Dewberry Gallery | The Viewing Room, “Fresh” Atlanta, GA
2015 MOCA GA “Gathered: Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists” Atlanta, GA
2014 Atlanta Celebrates Photography Atlanta, GA
2011 Abernathy Arts Center – “Georgia Artists; A Juried Exhibit” Atlanta, GA
Fellowship Gallery Fairhope, AL
2009 George Segal Gallery, “Art Connections 5” Montclair, NJ
2007 StudioSwan, “Gail Foster and Thomas Swanston: New Works” Atlanta, GA
Soho Myriad, “Pink” Atlanta, GA
2006 A1LabArts, “Body Sacred” Knoxville, TN
707 Gallery Santa Fe, NM
StudioSwan Gallery, “A Select Group” Atlanta, GA
StudioSwan Gallery, “Gail Foster and Thomas Swanston: New Works” Atlanta, GA
2005 Lowe Gallery, “16th Anniversary” Atlanta, GA
707 Gallery, “White” Santa Fe, NM
Soho Myriad, “A Common Thread” Atlanta, GA
2004 Lowe Gallery Atlanta, GA
2003 Lyon & Lyon Fine Art New Orleans, LA
Studio Eleven Lexington, VA
Swan Coach House Gallery Atlanta, GA
Columbus Museum of Art, “A Celebration of Creativity: Three Centuries of
American Masterworks on Paper” Columbus, GA
2002 Horizon Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Fay Gold Gallery, “Works on Paper” Atlanta, GA
2001 Huntsville Museum of Art Huntsville, AL
2000 Gallery Nordstrand Oslo, Norway
Swan Coach House Gallery Atlanta, GA
Harper College; 23rd National Exhibition: Small Works” Palatine, IL
Joseph House Gallery Columbus, GA
University of Mobile, “Art with a Southern Drawl” Mobile, AL
Columbia College, “21st Annual Paper in Particular” Columbia, MO
1999 Fay Gold Gallery, “XX/MM; 20th Anniversary Exhibition” Atlanta, GA
Joseph House Gallery, “Regional Talent” Columbus, GA
Fay Gold Gallery, “Group Show” Atlanta, GA
City Gallery East, “Fire” Atlanta, GA
1998 Frances King Shaw Gallery, King Plow Arts Center Atlanta, GA
Holter Museum of Art, “ANA 27” Helena, MT
Alexandria Museum of Art, “16th Annual September Exhibition” Alexandria, LA
Charles Janssen Gallery, Art Institute of Atlanta Atlanta, GA
Haggin Museum, “Stockton National Exhibition” Stockton, CA
Peasant Building Atlanta, GA
Columbia College, “Paper in Particular” Columbia, MO
The Bank, “Castleberry Hill Loft Show” Atlanta, GA
1997 Lowe Gallery Atlanta, GA
1996 City Gallery East, “IVAC” Atlanta, GA
Lowe Gallery, “An American Renaissance” Atlanta, GA
Todd Crockett Gallery, “Two person Exhibit” Little Rock, AK
Mobile Museum of Art Mobile, AL
Lowe Gallery, “Works on Paper” Atlanta, GA
1995 Gibbes Museum, “Yankee Seeds in Southern Soil” Charleston, SC
City Gallery East, “Revival of the Figure” Atlanta, GA
Stanback Museum Columbia, SC
State of the Art Gallery Ithaca, NY
1994 Fay Gold Gallery, “Works by Southern Women II” Atlanta, GA
Spazi Contemporary Art Gallery, “Small Works at Spazi” Housatonic, MA
Maryland Institute College of Art, “15 x 15 Exhibition” Baltimore, MD
New Visions Gallery, “100 x 100” Atlanta, GA
1993 Limner Gallery, “Small/Large Works” New York, NY
New Visions Gallery, “100 x 100” Atlanta, GA
Greater Augusta Arts Council, “Augusta 13th Annual” Augusta, GA
New Visions Gallery, 100 x 100 Atlanta, GA
Fay Gold Gallery, “Group Show” Atlanta, GA
Beaverton Arts Commission, “Showcase 93” Beaverton, OR
1992 Exhibit -A Gallery, “Bitches: An All Woman’s Show” Atlanta, GA
Fay Gold Gallery, “Group Show” Atlanta, GA
1991 The Lowe Gallery, “Southern Visions” Atlanta, GA
King Plow Art Center, “The Mattress Factory Show” Atlanta, GA
Exhibit -A Gallery, “2nd Annual Small Works Show” Atlanta, GA
1990 Parsons School of Design, “Ten Years Later” New York, NY
Maryland Institute College of Art, “Alumni Exhibition” Baltimore, MD
1989 The Lowe Gallery, “Inner Views of Time and Space” Atlanta, GA
1988 Mattress Factory Exhibition, “A Political Show” Atlanta, GA
1987 Swanston Fine Arts, “The Land” Atlanta, GA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alembik, Fine and Callner, Atlanta, GA
Alston and Bird, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, GA
Atlantic American Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
Disney Beach and Yacht Club, Orlando, FL
Embassy Suites Chicago, Chicago, IL
Emory University; Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
Ethan Allen International Headquarters, Danbury, CT
Euro Disney, Paris, France
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Grady Hospital Aids Wing, Atlanta, GA
Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC
Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ
Inn at University Village, Chicago, IL
Intercontinental Chicago, Chicago, IL
Intercontinental Toronto, Toronto, Canada
King and Spaulding, Atlanta, GA
King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, GA
O’Neill & Associates, Atlanta, GA
RDR & Associates, Atlanta, GA
Saks Fifth Avenue, Nationwide
Scentura Creations, Atlanta, GA
Sprint, Atlanta, GA
St. Regis Hotel, New York, NY
Ritz-Carlton, Chevy Chase, MD
Westin Rio Mar, Puerto Rico
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Halle Berry, Los Angeles, CA
Lew Coleman, Los Angeles, CA
Ginair and George McKerrow, Atlanta, GA
Laura and Rutherford Seydel, Atlanta, GA
Dale & Beverly Seefeldt, Atlanta, GA
Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith, Los Angeles, CA
Ted Turner, Atlanta, GA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008 Lori Johnston, “Designs for Life and Work that Intertwine,” Atlanta Journal - Constitution, March 20
LaTria Garnigan, “Painting the Town,” South Fulton Neighbor, March 19
“Deconstructing the Green Living Room,” Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, February
2007 Reh, Elizabeth. “Down to Earth,” Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, March
“Factory Girl,” Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine, July
Rada, Joe. “Green. Clean and Serene,” Southern Living Magazine (Georgia edition), June
2006 Golden, Nichole. “StudioSwan Features ‘new works’”, The Newnan Times-Herald, November 17
Lerner, Jonathan. “Rustic Revolution in the Hill Country,” Peach Magazine Atlanta, Winter
Campanella, Thomas J. “A Workable Utopia: Just south of Atlanta, a sustainable village is emerging,” Metropolis, June
2005 Harral, Alyse. “all dressed up”, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, October
Frank, Peter. “Go: Gail Foster, Thomas Swanston, Tremain Smith,” The LA Weekly, October 21-27
2004 Gleim, Sarah. “Double Take for Arts Sake”, Atlanta Magazine’s Home, Fall
Travis, Ward. “No Boundaries”, Atlanta Magazine’s Home, Fall
Sawyer, Shelley. “Rise & Shine”, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, October
Harral, Alyse. “Layer by Layer”, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, November
Laughinghouse, Amy. “Subtle Style”, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, January
Cullum, Jerry. “A Blending of Styles”, Atlanta Journal – Constitution, September
2001 Grisso, Kevin. “Flaunt, Atlanta’s Inside Art Scene”, Jezebel, Fall
1999 Butler, Tom. “Recent Paintings and Drawings by Gail Foster”, Columbus Museum, Fall
Blaise, Oma. “two of a kind,” Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, September
Cullum, Jerry. “Words help forge a fiery intensity,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 18th
Wall, Michael. “Harmonizing Art & Psychology,” Atlanta Business Chronicle, March- April
Cullum, Jerry. “Words help forge a fiery intensity,” The Atlanta Journal - Constitution, June
Byrd, Cathy. “a kind of cadence,” ArtNet Magazine, January
Locke, Donald. “Curious Kinship,” Creative Loafing, January
1998 Frank, Peter. “Ana 27, A National Juried Exhibition,” Holter Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue, August
Kittredge, Kevin. “An Artist’s Haven”, Roanoke Times, January
1997 Frank, Peter. “A Choreography of Immanence”, Lowe Gallery Exhibition Catalogue Essay, March
Kuspit, Donald. “Gail Foster’s Sense of Womanly Identity”, Lowe Gallery Exhibition Catalogue Essay, March
Tapp, Barbara. “Perfect Symmetry”, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, January
Dorsey, John. “Paintings Suggest Grasping At Fog,” The Baltimore Sun, March
Guiliano, Mike. “In the Abstract”, City Paper, March
Kachmann, Heidi. “Thoughtful Transformation”, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, October
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Burns, Maggie. “Green Acres,” Country Inns, August
Wilson, Suzannah. “Serendipity at Serenbe”, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, August
1996 Knaub, Donald. “Southern Juried Exhibition- Mobile Museum of Art”, Exhibition Catalogue.
Melfi, Anne. “European Sense, Southern Sensibility,” The Atlanta Business Chronicle, January
Brooks, Brad. “Southern Sense and Sensibility,” Southern Voice, March
Bernstein, Sarah. “Play and Obsession, “ Jewish Times, April
Borras, Dr. Marie Louisa. “American Renaissance”, Catalogue essay, June
Gaston, Jane. “An Artistic Uprising”, Peachtree Magazine, July
Simmermon, Bob. “Monument St.”, Georgia Psychologist, Summer
Vozza, Susan. “Dramatic Turnabout”, Boulevard, September
Fox, Catherine. “Critic’s Notebook-IVAC at City Gallery East”, Creative Loafing, November
Locke, Donald. “Group Effort-IVAC at City Gallery East”, Creative Loafing, November
1995 Cullum, Jerry. “There Are a Thousand Different Spirits In This World,” Lowe Gallery
Exhibition Catalogue, April
Locke, Donald. “Lowe and Behold”, Creative Loafing, May
Greenberg, Suzie. “The Yankees are Coming!” The Herald, June-July
Day, Jeffrey. “Artists Reveal Transformation after Transplantation: The State, July
Carey, Erika. “A Sense of Place”, The Gibbes Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogue, September
Bumgardner, George. “A Fine Show”, The Ithaca Journal, September
Schwartz, Carolan. “Revival of the Figure”, City Gallery East Exhibition Catalogue, September
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1993 Connors, Kathleen. “Learning to Forget”, Visual Art Review, Art Papers, May/June
Jinkner-Lloyd, Amy. “Art Highlights”, Creative Loafing, September
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1991 Carbrey, Agnes. “Foster Exhibition to Open at Harbs This Sunday”, The Lexington
News-Gazette, September
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1987 Perry, Pam. “Urban and Endangered Landscape Engineering”, Creative Loafing, December
FILM & VIDEO
2013 A Friggin’ Xmas Miracle; Robin Williams, Candace Bergen
2013 – 2015 Being Mary Jane
2009 - 2011 Drop Dead Diva
2008 Fled; Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Salma Hayek
GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / PRESENTATIONS
2018 Creative Access Award and Residency at PLAYA Summerlake, Oregon
2015 Creative Access Award and Residency at Ragdale Arts Lake Forest, IL
2007 Fellowship – Hambidge Center for Arts & Sciences Dillard, GA
2005 Fellowship – Hambidge Center for Arts & Sciences Dillard, GA
1998 Purchase Award - Haggin Museum Stockton, CA
Fellowship - Virginia Center for Creative Arts Sweet Briar, VA
1997 Fellowship - Virginia Center for Creative Arts Sweet Briar, VA
“Finding the Divine Without & Within,”
Conference with Normandi Ellis Atlanta, GA
1996 “Art of the Figure,” Women Business Owners of Atlanta Atlanta, GA
1995 “American Renaissance In Film,” Copeland Hirthler Design Atlanta, GA
“Atlanta Artist, Gail Foster,” WQXI AM 790 Atlanta Lifestyles interview Atlanta, GA
1994 “Classical Casts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art,”
Kennesaw State College Atlanta, GA
1993 “The Shame Experience in Art and Literature,”
Georgia Psychological Association Annual Conference Atlanta, GA
1991 “Learning to Forget,” Atlanta Psychiatric Clinic and Institute
for Experimental Growth Atlanta, GA
1980 Helena Rubinstein Fellowship New York, NY
1978 Ford Foundation Grant Baltimore, MD
1971 Rhode Island School for the Gifted Providence, RI
STUDIES
1980 Parson’s School of Design, Master of Fine Art New York, NY
Parsons Scholarship
Artists for the Environment, Delaware Water Gap Six Month Studies Blairstown, NJ
1978 Maryland Institute College of Art, Bachelor of Fine Art
Summa Cum Laude Baltimore, MD
Mayoral Scholarship, Councilmatic Scholarship
Maryland Institute College of Art Scholarship,
Maryland State Scholarship
Art Institute of Boston Boston, MA