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Life's stories plant seeds in my mind, take shape in my soul, and are born through my sculptures.

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About Serena Bates
Awards & Recognition
Earlier Exhibitions (2018 - 2013)

Recent Exhibitions

2022

2022 Annual Thumbox Exhibition
Dec 12, 2022 - Jan 6, 2023
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Jurors: Patricia Watwood

50th Anniversary Mark Twain Library Exhibition
Dec 3, 2022 - Dec 11, 2022
Mark Twain Library
Redding, CT

Deck the Walls/Society of CT Sculptors
Nov 18, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023
Lyme Art Association
Lyme, CT

COSO Holiday Small Works Show
Nov 10, 2022 - Dec 23, 2022
Copley Society of Art
Boston, MA

American Artists Professional League 94th Annual Grand National
Nov 7, 2022 - Nov 18, 2022
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Jurors: Marilyn Symes

Audobon Artists 80th Annual Online Exhibition
Nov 6, 2022
On-Line: www.audubonartists.org

SCAA All Media 2 Exhibition
Oct 20, 2022 - Nov 12, 2022
South County Art Association
North Kingston, RI
Jurors: Del Bourree Bach
Award: 3rd Place – Love Story, Sirena & Octavious

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Members Exhibition
Oct 7, 2022 - Nov 10, 2022
Lyme Art Association
Lyme, CT
Jurors: Jurors: Robert Pillsbury, President Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Award: Honorable Mention – My Precious

Artists for Conservation
Sep 22, 2022 - Sep 25, 2022
Artists for Conservation,
Vancouver, Canada

SCAA Members Invitational
Sep 15, 2022 - Oct 15, 2022
South County Art Association
North Kingston, RI

Allied Artists of America 109th Annual Juried Exhibition
Sep 1, 2022 - Sep 1, 2023
On-Line https://www.alliedartistsofamerica.org
Jurors: Mitzura Salgian, Vincent Nardone, Evelyn Floret

101st Annual Elected Artists Show/Point of View
Aug 12, 2022 - Sep 22, 2022
Lyme Art Association
Lyme, CT
Jurors: Susan Powell, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT

2022 Annual Members Non-Juried Exhibition
Aug 7, 2022 - Sep 7, 2022
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY

ACGOW 30th Anniversary Exhibition
Aug 5, 2022 - Aug 28, 2022
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly
Westerly, RI
Award: Third Place – Love Story, Sirena & Octavious

95th Members Annual Exhibition
Jul 23 - Aug 13, 2022
South County Art Association
Kingston, RI
Jurors: Kevin Gilmore

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
Jul 16 - Aug 20, 2022
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
Lyme, CT
Jurors: Kate Henderson, Instructor, Paier College of Art, & Michael Rose, Gallery Manager, Providence Art Club, Providence RI

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 125th Anniversary Annual Juried Exhibition
Jun 20 - Jun 30, 2022
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Jurors: Jeff Buccacio, Buccacio Sculpture Services, Kimberly Monson, Director of Continuing Ed, Lyme Academy of Fine Art
Award: Joseph Beardsley Sandor Memorial Award – Dolly on the Rocks

Ship to Shore
Jun 10 - Aug 4, 2022
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Anthony Tomaselli

Academic Artists Association 72nd Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism
May 12 - Jun 5, 2022
Arts Center East
Vernon, CT
Juror: David Brega
Award: Award of Merit – Up Dog

ACGOW Regional Art Exhibition
May 6 - May 29, 2022
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly
Westerly, RI
Juror: Michael Rose, Manger Providence Art Club
Award: Katherine Forest Crafts Foundation Mabel Kingsbury Rentress Award – Love Story, Sirena & Octavious

AAPL Spring Members' Online Exhibition
Apr 26 - Jun 9, 2022
American Artists Professional League
Juror: Oceana Rain Stuart

Expanding Visions
Apr 15 - Jun 2, 2022
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Robert Pillsbury, Former President Salmagundi Club

Encounter New England
Apr 7 - Jul 2, 2022
Copley Society of Art
Boston, MA

An Exhibition in Four Acts - Black and White
Mar 6 - Apr 7, 2022
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT

Exhibition in 4 Acts: Black & White
Mar 4 - Apr 7, 2022
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT

Spring Into Art
Mar 4 - Apr 15, 2022
Susan Powell Fine Art
Madison, CT

The Crossings Exhibition
Mar 4 - Apr 8, 2022
Hygienic Art Gallery
New London, CT

Love, Red, Hearts
Feb 10 - Feb 26, 2022
Norwich Arts Center
Norwich, CT

Valentine Gems
Feb 4 - Feb 28, 2022
Susan Powell Gallery
Madison, CT

Copley Holiday Small Works Exhibition - Emergence
Jan 13 - Mar 26, 2022
Copley Society of Boston
Boston, MA

2021

49th Annual Mark Twain Library Juried Art Exhibition
Dec 4 - Dec 12, 2021
Mark Twain Library
Redding, CT
Jurors: Jennifer Gennari, Charles Yoder

113th Annual Thumbbox Exhibition
Nov 23, 2021 - Jan 1, 2022
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY

Deck the Walls
Nov 19 - Jan 2, 2022
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Andre Ravsen, Ravsen Fine Art and Research

Society of CT Sculptors
Nov 19 - Jan 2, 2022
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT

93rd Annual Grand National Exhibition of the American Artist Professional League
Nov 8 - Nov 19, 2021
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur

Copley Holiday Small Works Exhibition
Oct 28 - Dec 24, 2021
Copley Society of Boston
Boston, MA

Audubon Artists 79th Annual Exhibition
Oct 25 - Nov 5, 2021
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: Michael Cagno, Executive director and Curator of Noyes Museum of Art, NJ

Allied Artists of America, 108th Annual Juried Exhibition
Sep 2 - Sep 19, 2021
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY

Century of Inspiration
Jul 30 - Sep 16, 2021
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Amy Kurtz Lansing, Curator, Florence Griswold Museum

National Exhibition: "Connected Land and Sea"
Jun 17 - Jul 18, 2021
Copley Society of Art
Boston, MS
Juror: Don Demers
Award: Second Place – "Leviathan"

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 124th Annual Open Exhibition
May 23 - Jun 4, 2021
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: Barney Hode, Art Students League of NY Instructor

Ship to Shore: A Marine Show
May 21 - Jul 22, 2021
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: J. Russell Jinishian

Seaport, Small Works
May 6 - Aug 29, 2021
Copley Society of Boston
Boston, MA
Award: Excellence – "Sir Penguin"

2021 Annual Members Exhibition
May 3 - May 20, 2021
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY

Spring 2021 Members Online Exhibition
Apr 1 - Aug 30, 2021
American Artists Professional League
New York, NY

Expanding Visions: Traditional and Beyond
Mar 19 - May 13, 2021
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Melanie Carr, Melanie Carr Gallery and Studio

Hands on the Land: Art and the Environment in the Connecticut River Valley
Mar 18 - Oct 17, 2021
Connecticut River Museum
Essex, CT
Juror: Dick Shriver, Publisher Estuary Magazine

2021 CAFA + MEMBERS Exhibition
Feb 6 - Mar 20, 2021
Virtual Exhibition: Ctacademy.org
Award: Third Place "I Am Woman"

2020

48th Annual Mark Twain Library Juried Art Exhibition
Dec 6 - Dec 13, 2020
Mark Twain Library
Redding, CT

Deck the Walls
Nov 27 - Jan 3, 2021
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Matthew Marshall, Director of Visitor Relations, Florence Griswold Museum

American Artists Professional League, 92nd Grand National
Nov 2020
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: PeterTrippi, Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine

"Point of View" Elected Artist Exhibition
August 21 - October 1, 2020
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT

"Salmagundi Summer Show"
August 10 - August 28, 2020
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY

2020 Annual Members Exhibition
Apr 27 - May 21, 2020
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY (Virtual Show)

70th Annual National Exhibition of Traditional Realism
Apr 26 - May 17, 2020
Art Center East
Vernon, CT (Virtual Show)
Juror: Peter Seltzer

Pop Up Portrait Exhibition
Feb 29 - Apr 18, 2020
Copley Society of Art
Boston, MA

Animal Attraction
Feb 3 - Feb 21, 2020
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: Robert Pilsbury

Black & White Show
Feb 3 - Feb 21, 2020
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: Robert Pilsbury

Mystic Museum of Art Members Exhibition
Jan 30 - Feb 29, 2020
Mystic Museum of Art
Mystic CT

Salon Des Independants
Jan 25 - Feb 8, 2020
Hygienic Art Gallery
New London, CT

Color Connections
Jan 9 - Apr 12, 2020
Copley Society of Art
Boston, MA

CLWAC 123 Annual Open Juried Show
Jan 7 - Jan 31, 2020
National Arts Club
New York, NY


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