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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 (2013-2017)

Recent Exhibitions

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

110th Annual Thumbox Exhibition
Dec 3, 2018 - Jan 1, 2019
Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003
Award: Philip Isenberg Memorial Award "Putin on the Ritz"

Maritime Miniatures by Marine Masters
Nov 17, 2018 - Jan 21, 2019
Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT 06355

"Deck the Walls"
Nov 16, 2018 - Jan 4, 2019
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Nancy Gladwell, Professor, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts

Society of CT Sculptors
Nov 16, 2018 - Jan 4, 2019
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT

90th Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League
Nov 11 - Nov 19, 2018
Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003
Juror: Stephanie L Heidrich PhD, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Assistant Curator of American Painting & Sculpture, The American Wing

In the Elements
Oct 5 - Nov 25, 2018
Chester Gallery
76 Main Street, Chester, CT

New England Landscape
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Sep 28 - Nov 9, 2018
Juror: Mark Boedges

39th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition
Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT 06355
Sep 28 - Nov 16, 2018
Jurors: Greg Dietrick & Lincoln Paine

COSO SMALL WORKS IN FULL COLOR
COPLEY SOCIETY OF ART, Newbury St. Boston MA
Sep 15 - Nov 8, 2018

ARTISTS FOR CONSERVATION 2018 ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Vancouver CANADA
Aug 22 - 25, 2018

LAA SUMMER PAINT & SCULPTURE SHOW
LYME ART ASSOC., Old Lyme, CT
Aug 10 - Sep 21, 2018
Juror: David Rau, Director of Education & Outreach, Florence Griswold Museum

"WE ARE ONE" A TWO WOMAN SHOW OF THE WORK OF SERENA BATES & SARAH SEABURY WARD
GALLERY AT SOMES SOUND, Mount Desert, ME
Aug 10 - Oct 1, 2018

COSO ANCHORS AWEIGH
COPLEY SOCIETY OF ART, Newbury St. Boston MA
Jun 28 - Aug 19, 2018
Juror: Carey Vose, Vose Gallery, Director

CLWAC 2016 ANNUAL MEMBERS' SHOW
CATHERINE LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB
SALMAGUNDI CLUB, 47 FIFTH AVE, NY, NY
Jun 4 -15, 2018

COSO PORTS OF CALL THEME SHOW
COPLEY SOCIETY OF ART, Newbury St. Boston MA
Jun 01 - Aug 19, 2018

68th NATIONAL EXHIBIT OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART
VERNON COMMUNITY ART CENTER, VERNON, CT
May 9 - 25, 2018
Juror: Steve Wilda, Gerard Doucette

ACADEMIC ARTISTS ASSOC. CT
MAY 1 - 19, 2018
JUROR: ROBERT J OBRIEN AWS, NWS; JOHN C. TRAYNOR
“AMUN RA” HONORABLE MENTION

97th ANNUAL ELECTED ARTISTS EXHIBITION
LYME ART ASSOC., Old Lyme, CT
Apr 27 - Jun 8, 2018
Juror: Susan Powell, Susan Powell Fine Art

CT ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS 107th ANNUAL EXHIBITION
MYSTIC MUSEUM OF ART
Apr 20 - Jun 2, 2018
Juror: Eric Aho, Robert Reynolds

A SHOW IN FOUR ACTS - ACT 2 - THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
LYME ART ASSOC., Old Lyme, CT
March 18 - April 20, 2018
Juror: John Falato, Paier College of Art

A Show in Four Acts - "Animal Kingdom"
LYME ART ASSOCIATION, Lyme, CT
Mar 9 - Apr 20, 2018

DUXBURY ART ASSOCIATION WINTER JURIED SHOW
ART COMPLEX MUSEUM, DUXBURY, MS
Feb 4 - Apr 22, 2018
Jurors: Crystal Duell, Julie Beck, Tim Ian Mitchell, Cindy Vallino, Craig Bloodgood
“Survivor” Second Place for Sculpture

74th CONNECTICUT ARTIST JURIED EXHIBITION
SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM, Norwich, CT
Jan 28 – Mar 16, 2018
Juror: Michelle Hargrave, Deputy Director, New Britain Museum of American Art

COSO NEW MEMBERS SHOW 2018
COPLEY SOCIETY OF ART, Newbury St. Boston MA
Jan 11- Feb 22, 2018

CLWAC 121st ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION
CATHARINE LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB
Jan 9 - 26, 2018
National Arts Club, New York, NY
Jurors: Gwen Pier, Director, National Sculpture Society
Elizabeth Allison, Technical Instructor, Art Students League, NYC
“Amun Ra” Council of American Artist Societies Inc. for traditional sculpture

View Earlier Exhibitions, 2013-2017