SOLO/ TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2005 October
Solo, Dedication of Commissioned Sanctuary Painting,  Northeast Community Church,
Norwalk, CT

2004-1998
Revolving Solo Exhibition of Oversized Commissioned Alter Paintings, Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich, CT

2003 September
Solo Exhibition, 25-Year Retrospective, Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT

1989 January
Solo Exhibition, Round Hill Community Church, Greenwich, CT

1987 September
Two-Person Exhibition, Mari Galleries of Westchester, NY

1984 January
Solo Exhibition, Yvonne Seguy Gallery, New York, NY

1982 January
Two-Person Exhibition, Mari Galleries of Westchester, NY

1975 November
Solo Exhibition, Pittsburgh Artists Inc. Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 May- 2010 September
Juried Online Group Exhibition (Celebrate the Healing Power of Art 2010
Manhattan Arts International, manhattanarts.com)
One of the "Best in Painting" Winning Artists

2009 June- 2009 September
Juried Online Group Exhibition (Celebrate HerStory 2009
Manhattan Arts International, manhattanarts.com)
One of the "Best in Painting" Winning Artists

2008 Dec.- 2009 March
Juried Online Group Exhibition (Celebrate the Healing Power of Art 2008
Manhattan Arts International, manhattanarts.com)
Award of Excellence Winner

2008 May
Small Works Invitational Exhibition, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

2007 May
Juried Spring Show,”Merriment, Magic & Music”, Greenwich Art Society, Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT

2004 May
Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Hospital, Invitational Exhibition on Healing Art, Westport, CT

2004-2003
Exhibition of Reproductions of Original Art, Patrick Baker & Sons (Religious Goods Supplier and Showroom), Southington, CT

2003 Spring
Group Invitational Exhibition, Images Gallery, Old Greenwich, CT

2003 & 2002
Juried Group Exhibitions, GYVTA (Gaining Your Voice Through the Arts)*Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Arts Center, Greenwich, CT

2000-1997
Juried Group Exhibitions, GYVTA, Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT

1997 May
Three-Woman Exhibition, Our World Gallery at the Stone Studio, Stamford, CT

1994 & 1993
National Juried Shows, Mari Galleries of Westchester, NY

1992 Fall
75th Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenwich Art Society, (Juror: John Hull, Dir. Undergraduate Studies, Yale U.), Greenwich, CT

1992 Spring
Invitational Group Art Exhibition, Dwight Englewood School, Englewood, NJ

1991 April
“Spectrum 1991” Juried Art Exhibition, New Canaan Society for the Arts, (Juror: Roni Feinstein, Ph. D.: Dir. Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, CT and Curator, Whitney Museum, NY) Waveny Park, New Canaan, CT

1989-1985 Spring
Contemporary Women’s Art Exhibitions, Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT

1986 Summer
“Real Surreal,” Group Exhibition, Olympia & York Design Communications,
Park Avenue Atrium, New York, NY

1986-1980 Summers
Group Exhibitions, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC

1986-1985
Group Exhibitions, Greenwich Art Gallery, Greenwich, CT

1982 November
National Juried Art Show, Terrance Gallery, Columbia Greene Community College, Hudson, NY

1978 & 1977
Annual Exhibitions, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, New York, NY

1978 July and April
Group Exhibitions, Bell Gallery, Greenwich, CT

1978 June, 29th
New England Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, Silvermine Guild for Artists, New Canaan, CT

*”GYVTA” is an acronym for “Gaining Your Voice Through the Arts,” a Greenwich, CT – based nonprofit organization that provided venues for education in recognizing, understanding and transcending suffering in the human condition through creativity in the arts. It was terminated in 2003.

SELECTED ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

(* indicates art illustration included)

2008 – 2002
Oral History Project, Illustrated contribution and interview in arts and literature,
Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT*

2003, Sept. 21
“A Quarter Century of Art...Helen Shipman’s Work,” Greenwich Time*

2002, Mar. 24
“Garden Center Backdrop for New Show,” Greenwich Time

2002, Jan. 2
“Giving Art a Voice That’s Seen,” Greenwich Time*

2000, Oct. 1
Thomas Mellana, “Gaining Your Voice through the Arts: Turning Pain  into Passion,” The Advocate/Greenwich Time*

1997,Oct. 20
“Exhibition at YWCA Promoting Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence,” Greenwich Time

1995, April 27
“Arts Alive at Eastern Middle School,” Greenwich Time*

1990
Stuart Kaplan, The Encyclopedia of the Tarot, Vol. III, U.S. Games Systems, Inc. (illus. contribution)

1988, June 20
Andre Thibault, “The ‘Art’ of Appreciation,” Greenwich Time*

1987, Sept. 11
“Paintings by Shipman are Symbolic,” Greenwich Time*

1986, Sept. 1
Bruno Palmer-Poroner, “Artists in Mid-Season Form,” Artspeak*

1985, Mar. 4
“Women Artists Showing Multi-Media Works at YWCA,” Greenwich Time

1984, Jan. 26
“Paintings of Local Artist in New York Gallery Show,” Greenwich News*   

1984, Jan. 16
Bruno Palmer-Poroner, “Art as the Spokes of a Wheel,” Artspeak*

1983, Nov. 5
Donald Miller, “Art Review”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette*

1982, Jan.
Spotlight Magazine, full-page captioned reproduction for Mari Galleries of Westchester
January Exhibition*

1982,Feb.12
Kathie Beals, “Commercial Galleries Nurture Current Artists,” Gannett Westchester Newspapers*

1982, Jan. 16
“Helen Shipman Includes Verse with Her Paintings, Drawings,” Greenwich Time*

1978, April 9
“5 Artists Who Work on Paper Present Varied Themes, Media,” The Sunday Post 

1975, Nov. 12
Mrea Csorba, “Artist Shipman Loses Visual Sexual Struggle,” The Pitt News*

COMMISSIONS

2006
Portrait: Pam and Lee McDade, Mr. & Mrs. Mark McDade, Westport, CT,

2005
“Seek Ye the Kingdom of God” (Sanctuary painting), Northeast Community Church,
Norwalk, CT.

2003
Images Gallery (Painting of Storefront), Mr. Marcos Torno (Owner), Old Greenwich, CT.

2001
Portrait: “Jun and Ken in an American Garden,” Mr. & Mrs. Hiroshi Uraguchi, Tokyo, Japan

2000-1998
4 oversized alter paintings, Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich, CT.
            “The Death of Death” (The Easter Banner)
            “Come Ye Thankful People” (The Thanksgiving Banner)
            “Holy Smoke” (The Pentecost Banner)
            “The Light of the World” (The Epiphany Banner)

1995
“A Celebration of the Dawn: The Cucuel Family Portrait,” Mr. & Mrs. Gary Cucuel,
State College, PA.

1992
Airbrushed costumes/gowns, Allegra Dance Studio, Mrs. Claudia Fletcher (Owner),
Greenwich, CT.

1987
Portrait: “Linda,” Mr. Thomas Orrico, Cos Cob, CT.

1987
Drawings of dancers for programs/advertisement, Allegra Dance Studio  Mrs. Claudia Fletcher (Owner), Greenwich, CT.

SELECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Mr. Stephen Almasi, Mr. Thomas L. Thomas, Mr. & Mrs. Philip Didrikson, Ms. Tacy Pack,
Mrs. Winkey Kelsey, Dr. Peritz Levinson, Dr. & Mrs. Scott Nininger, Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich, Images Gallery of Old Greenwich, CT, Northeast Community Church of Norwalk, CT, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Starvel, Mr. & Mrs. Hiroshi Uraguchi, Mr. Thomas Orrico, Mr. & Mrs. Mark McDade and others.

RADIO AND TV APPEARANCES

2002
Radio Station 1490 WGCH interview with Jim Thompson, Greenwich, CT (as “Featured Artist” in Gaining Your Voice Through the Arts Invitational Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Arts Center)

2002
Commentator and Artist Narrator, 30 minute program for Thurber Roff Production for Cable TV, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Arts Center, Greenwich, CT

1988
Cable TV interview “Changes: Art Fantasies” with Caprice Adler, 30 minute program, Channel 34, UA Columbia, White Plains, NY

CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCE

2006-1989
Art classes taught in home studio (intermittent), Old Greenwich, CT

2002
Judged “Visual Poetry” Spring Exhibition, Art Society of Old Greenwich,Greenwich Garden Education Center, Greenwich, CT

2002
Featured Artist & Docent Tour Leader, Invitational Exhibition, GYVTA, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Arts Center, Greenwich, CT

2000
Vice-Chair & Co-curator, “Art for Life” Invitational Exhibition, GYVTA, Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT

1999
Silent Auction Chair, Invitational Exhibition, GYVTA, Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT

1996
Illustrated Lecture, Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich, CT

1995- 1991
Illustrated Lectures/Demonstrations/Workshops, “Arts Alive,” Eastern  Middle School, Riverside, CT

1994
Illustrated Lectures/Demonstrations/Workshops, Western Middle School,Greenwich, CT

1992
Illustrated Lectures, “Myth in Art,” Eastern Middle School, Riverside, CT

1990
Visual Artist-in-Residence Program (lectures/demonstrations, workshops),Old Greenwich School, Old Greenwich, CT

1988-1987
Visual Artist-in-Residence Program (lectures/demonstrations/workshops), North Mianus School, Riverside, CT

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2008-1985
The Greenwich Art Society (intermittent)

2008-1991
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

2003-1998
Gaining Your Voice Through the Arts (GYVTA)

EDUCATION

1978
Coursework in MFA degree program, on extended leave of absence, Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, NY

1975-76
Post-Baccalaureate work in printmaking, University of Pittsburgh,  Pittsburgh, PA

1973-75
BA degree, Studio Arts, Dean’s Honor List, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

1969-73
BA degree, French, Cum Laude, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA