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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

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

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

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
Jul 2 - 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

2019

Deck the Walls
Nov 22, 2019 - Jan 3, 2020
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT

Holiday Small Works Show
Nov 14 - Dec 23, 2019
Copley Society of Art
Boston, MA

91st Grand National, American Artists Professional League
Nov 11 - 22, 2019
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: Adam Eaker The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mystic International
Sep 28 - Dec 2019
Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport
Mystic, CT

New England Landscape
Sep 27 - Nov 15, 2019
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Neal Hughes

EMBARK - Small Works Show
Sep 6 - Nov 7, 2019
Copley Society of Art
Boston, MA

SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT SCULPTORS SCULPTURE EXHIBIT
Aug 9 - Sep 20, 2019
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT

Fresh Expressions: Late Summer Painting & Sculpture
Aug 9 - Sep 20, 2019
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Opening Reception: Friday, August 16, 2019, 5-7pm

Water Works, Marine Art Exhibition
Jun 14 - Aug 2, 2019
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Karen Blackwood

Hudson Valley Art Association 86th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Jun 14 - Aug 2, 2019
Lyme Art Association
Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Don and Sharon Gale, Daniel Green, Janet Cook

The Birds and the Bees
Jun 5 - 30, 2019
Avondale Arts
Avondale, RI

69th Annual National Exhibition of Traditional Realism
Jun 2 - 3, 2019
Academic Artists Association
Arts Center East, Vernon, CT
Jurors: Sandra and Susan Wakeen

CHANGING LANDSCAPE, SCULPTURE AT THE EUSTIS ESTATE
Jun - Nov, 2019
New England Sculptors Association
Historic New England, Eustis Mansion Estate
Milton, MA

CLWAC 2019 Annual Members' Online Show
Jun 1 - Aug 31, 2019
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club

2019 Regional Exhibition
May 2 - Jun 2, 2019
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly
Westerly, RI
Juror: Anthony Tomaselli

EVOLVING - Small Works Show
May - Jun, 2019
Copley Society of Art
Boston, MA

2019 ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION
Apr 28 - May 8, 2019
Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
Reception May 8, 6-9 pm.
"Enlightened", Award of Honor

"Point of View"
Apr 26 - Jun 7, 2019
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Douglas Hyland, Former Director New Britain Museum of American Art

98th Annual Elected Artists Show
Apr 26 - Jun 7, 2019
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Rebekah Beaulieu, PHD, Director Florence Griswold Museum

CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
Apr 19 - Jun 1, 2019
Mystic Museum of Art
Mystic, CT

My Best Friend Forever
Apr 7 - May 9, 2019
Charles Fine Arts
Gloucester, MA

CROSSINGS - CROSSING THE BRIDGE
Mar 23 - Apr 20, 2019
Hygienic Gallery
New London, CT
Jurors: Aly Maderson Quinlog, Kamar Thomas

EXHIBITION IN FOUR ACTS - Animal Kingdom
Mar 8 - Apr 19, 2019
LYME ART ASSOCIATION
90 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT
Jurors: Brian Keith Stephens, Wildlife Painter

Black & White Exhibition
Jan 25 - Feb 14, 2019
Salmagundi Club
47 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003

75th ANNUAL CT ARTISTS JURIED EXHIBITION
Jan 13 - Mar 15, 2019
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Juror: Juror is Douglas Hyland, retired director of the New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA)

Fruition
Jan 10 - Apr 28, 2019
Copley Society, Newbury St, Boston

122nd ANNUAL CLWAC OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION
Jan 8, 2019 - Jan 25, 2019
National Arts Club, Gramercy, NY
Jurors: Thayer Tolles - Marica F. Vilcek Curator, American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art & Donald Gale, Professor Emeritus and a founding Professor of the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Fellow NSS


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