exhibition resume

Andrea Sparks

505.339.5303

sparks.andrea@gmail.com

Education

1997  M.F.A., University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning

1990  B.A., Colby College (Waterville, ME), Art History, concentration in Studio Art 

1988  Cortona Program, University of Georgia’s Art Program in Cortona, Italy

Exhibitions

The

2025 Dream Horizons (Featured Artist), The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

Quarterly Artists Shows, The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

Artists’ Challenge Show (ROY G. BIV), Group Show, Gallery ART123, Gallup, New Mexico

2024 Quarterly Artists Shows, The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

El Morro Area Artists Show, Group Show, Gallery ART123, Gallup, New Mexico

Artists’ Challenge Show, Group Show, Gallery ART123, Gallup, New Mexico

2023 Quarterly Artists Shows, The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

August Show, Group Show, Gallery ART123, Gallup, New Mexico

Under the Summer Sun, Group Show, Gallery ART123, Gallup, New Mexico

2022 Quarterly Artists Shows, The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

2021 Quarterly Artists Shows, The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

2020 Here and There: Landscapes (Featured Artist), The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

       Quarterly Artists Shows, The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

2019 Ongoing display, The Ancient Way Cafe, El Morro, New Mexico

        Ongoing display, Galleria Carnival, El Morro, New Mexico

       Quarterly Artists Shows, The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

2018 Ongoing display, The Ancient Way Cafe, El Morro, New Mexico

        Ongoing display, Galleria Carnival, El Morro, New Mexico

       Quarterly Artists Shows, (four separate shows)The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

2017 Ongoing display, The Ancient Way Cafe, El Morro, New Mexico

        Ongoing display, Galleria Carnival, El Morro, New Mexico

        Quarterly Artists Shows, (two separate shows)The Old School Gallery, El Morro, New Mexico

2016 Springtime Open Studio, Child Street Studio, Boston, Massachusetts

       Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Child Street Studio, Boston, Massachusetts

2015 Winter Works Show, The Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

         Brookline Marketplace, Juried Craft Fair at the Park School, Brookline, Massachusetts

        Jamaica Plain Open Studios, The Brewery Complex, Boston, Massachusetts

2014 Jamaica Plain Open Studios, The Brewery Complex, Boston, Massachusetts

         Small Works Show, The Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2013 Boston Artist for CoolGlobes Boston/Biodiversity Globe (www.coolglobes.org), Boston, Massachusetts

          (CoolGlobe project sponsored by Westfield Capital for The Park School, Brookline, Massachusetts)

2012 Bricks and Mortar, Arca Archa Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2009 Red, Cambridge Art Association, juried show (Carl Belz, juror), Cambridge, Massachusetts

2008 Visionaries and Voices, fundraising show, Northside, Ohio

2007 Somerville Open Studios, Joy Street Studio Complex, Somerville, Massachusetts

2006 Paintings and Practice Work by Andrea Sparks, The Park School, Brookline, Massachusetts

         Views of the Cape, The Wicked Oyster Restaurant, Welfleet, Massachusetts

2005 12x12 (Holiday Small Works Show), The Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2004 Three Squared: Paintings by Andrea Sparks, The Park School, Brookline, Massachusetts

2003 The Massive Project: Presence, The Mockbee Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

         The Massive Project: Luminosity, The Mockbee Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

         Evidence: A Show about Process, Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

2002 Four, Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

2001 Surface-Active, Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio

         Art for Artists, Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, Ohio

         Conjunction, Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

2000 Stacked, Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio

          Art of the Northeast-- Annual Juried Show, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, Connecticut

1999 Pocket Art, Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

        Works on Paper, Stuart Fink Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

        Remnants, University of Cincinnati Medical Library Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

        Faculty Exhibition, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

       Time Store, DiLeia Contemporary, Cincinnati, Ohio

       Winter Whites, Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

1998 Pink Reprise, The Comet, Cincinnati, Ohio

        My Kid Could Do That, DiLeia Contemporary, Cincinnati, Ohio

       Out.fit, New Sense Enterprises, Cleveland, Ohio

   Post-Postcard III, Four Walls, San Francisco, California

       Carousel Traces, 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

       Summer Show, Hubba-Hubba, Cincinnati, Ohio

1997 Before Inventory, KZF Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Pink Ladies, YWCA Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

       Chaperone, DiLeia Contemporary (David Brown, juror), Cincinnati, Ohio

       The Baggage Show, 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Phrasing Space, Thesis Exhibition, Tangeman Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

1996 Recent Paintings, 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

        Art to Spare, Machine Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

1993 Small Works Show, Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, Vermont

Solo Exhibition, Common Ground Restaurant, Brattleboro, Vermont

         Landscapes, Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, Vermont

         New Members Show, Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, Vermont

1992 Small Works Show, Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, Vermont

1990 Senior Art Exhibition, Colby College, Waterville, Maine

Awards

2014 Park School Sabbatical, awarded after ten years of teaching at the Park School, Brookline, MA

2005 Horizon Fund Grant, award from Park School to attend Summer Studio at The Oxbow School, Napa, CA

2001 Bridge Fund Grant, St. Augustine School Mural Project, Bridgeport, CT 

1997 Individual Artist Grant, Cincinnati Arts Allocation Council

        Dean’s Award, University of Cincinnati, College of DAAP

1996-97 Teaching Assistantship, Instructor of Record, University of Cincinnati

1995-97 Full Graduate Fellowship, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Cincinnati

Collections and Commissions

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio

Connecticut Maritime Association, Stamford, Connecticut

Pirate Adventures, Hyannis, Massachusetts

Maria Alvarez, Tuscon, Arizona

Juliet Baker and Paul Mazur, Northport, Maine

Sally Baker, Boston, Massachusetts

Michael Brechner, Louisville, Kentucky

Bob Dyehouse, Cincinnati, Ohio

Linda Einfalt, Cincinnati, Ohio

Marsha Feinberg, Boston, Massachusetts

Phil Gambone, Boston, Massachusetts

Doran Hamm, Putney, Vermont

Steve Hanson, San Francisco, California

Hope H. Hasbrouck, Austin, Texas

Toni La Boiteaux, Cincinnati, Ohio

Lisa Lardner, New York, New York

David Lawton, New York, New York

Kaki Martin, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Heather Mather, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Ann Kopp Mitchell, Gainesville, Florida

Kevin Miyazaki, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Nancy Morrione, Oakland, Maine

Roger Oberle, Cincinnati, Ohio

Martie Petrous, Cincinnati, Ohio

Christian Porter, Boston, Massachusetts

Alan Rivera, Royal Oak, MI

Annie Quest, Putney, Vermont

Penny Spiegel, Kettering, Ohio

Annie Steinberg, Somerville, Massachusetts

David Tennant, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Suzanna Terrill, Cincinnati, Ohio

Emily Tucker, Cambridge, Massachusetts