Born in New Iberia, LA — December 25, 1968

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2012 Fetish — Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Jan- Feb, solo
2012 Shawne Major -Title TBA — Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Apr- Jun, solo
2012 Shawne Major —Hilliard Museum of Art, Lafayette, LA, Sep- Dec, solo
2010 Tickle: New Works by Shawne Major — Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA, May, solo
2009 Shawne Major: Love Calls Us to the Things of This World— Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC, Apr solo
2008 The Sacred Space of Shawne Major — Opelousas Museum of Art, Opelousas, LA, Feb-Apr solo
2007 Recent Fiber Works by Shawne Major & Christine Tedesco — Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Jan-Mar
2006 Apogee — Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, May-Jun solo
2006 Intrinsic Value: Works by Shawne Major— Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, Apr-May solo
2005 Coffee Milk — Fine Arts Gallery, University of New Orleans Lakefront, New Orleans, Jan-Feb solo
2004 Portal to Portal — Architects & Artists Space, Lafayette, LA, Nov solo
2003 Hegemony Pajamas — Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, Apr-May solo
2003 Bricolage/Montage: Shawne Major/Linda Frese — NOCCA Riverfront, New Orleans, Feb-Mar

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 RAW — Homespace Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Jan - Feb
2011 Texas Contemporary Art Fair —Texas Gallery, Houston, TX, Oct
2011 Old Methods, New Visions: Three Louisiana Artists — LA Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA Aug-Oct
2011 Artists Tribute I: Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC, Jun-Jul
2011 Fresh – Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Ju
2011 War Channel — Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, Jan-Jul
2011 Visiting Artist Exhibition — On the Edge Gallery, NOCCA Institute, New Orleans, LA, Jan- Feb
2010 Here, There, and Everywhere — Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Sep-Oct
2010 Tradition/Innovation — Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA . Jul-Sep
2010 40 — Texas Gallery, Houston TX, Jun-Jul
2009 Scope Art Fair— Irvine Contemporary, Miami, FL, Dec
2009 Aspect:Ratio2 — Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC, Jan
2009 Muses – Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Jan
2008 Scope Art Fair— Irvine Contemporary, Miami, FL, Dec
2008 Futurity – Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Nov
2008 Louisiana Women —River Oaks Art Center, Alexandria, LA Oct-Nov
2008 40 days & 40 Nights — Louisiana State Archive, Baton Rouge, LA, Jul-Sep
2008 Prospect 1. New Orleans Biennial — Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Nov-Jan
2008 Innovation/Tradition — NEA/Southern Arts Federation traveling exhibition beginning at Atlanta History Center, 08-12
2007 Moment Factory — Digital Collaboration Project, Perkins Rowe, Baton Rouge, LA, Nov
2007 Southern Open — Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, May-Jul
2007 National Association of Women Artists: New Members Exhibition — NAWA Gallery, NYC, Mar
2007 Selections — Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY Jan-Feb
2006 Grendel Miami (during Miami Basel) — Jack the Pelican Presents, Miami, FL, Dec
2006 Louisiana Gallery Artists Group Exhibition — Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, Dec
2006 Contact/ Gulf Coast Exhibit — Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY, Oct-Nov
2006 Sustained Winds: Before-During-After — Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, Jan-Mar
2006 Exit 101 — Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, LA, Jan-Feb
2005 Legacy: Recent Acquisitions — Paul & Lulu Hilliard Museum, Lafayette, LA, Dec-Apr
2005 Recent Acquisitions: Paintings and Sculpture — Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Aug-Nov
2005 Spirit of Place: Art of Acadiana — Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, May-Sep
2005 Art With a Southern Drawl — University of Mobile, Mobile, AL, Apr
2005 Nouveaux Artistes d’Acadiana — Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, Jan-Mar
2004 The Governor’s Mansion 2005 Art Exhibition — Baton Rouge, LA, Nov 04-Apr 06
2004 Spirit of Place: Art of Acadiana — Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, Oct-Jan
2004 Threaded Notions — Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, Apr-May
2003 Domestic Rituals — Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY, Jul-Sep
2003 FestForAll Visual Arts Invitational — Old State Capital, Baton Rouge, LA, May
2003 Fresh Spaces - Fresh Faces — Architects & Artists Space, Lafayette, LA, Jan-Feb
2002 Many Happy Returns — Artists Alliance, Lafayette, LA, Jul-Aug
2002 Herstory — ManhattanArts.com (online exhibition), May-Jul
2002 Workspace Exhibition — Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC, Jan-Feb
2001 Artists Talk on Art, Curator's Choice — Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC, Sep- Oct
2001 Abstraction 2001 — New Century Artists, NYC, Jun
2001 Über Quilts — Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY, Mar-Apr
2001 Window on Jamaica — Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY, Feb-Apr
2001 3rd Inaugural Exhibit — Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC, Jan-Feb
2000 Cross Currents — Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS, Aug-Sep
2000 In the Hands of an Artist — Wilmer Jennings Gallery, NYC, Jul-Aug
2000 Celebrating Yaddo Artists — Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Jun-Jul
2000 St. Mark’s 2000 — St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, NYC, Mar-Apr

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011 The Advocate, (Oct 2,) “LASM Exhibit Blends Tradition, New Artist Ideas,” Robin Miller
2011 The Daily Reveille, (Sep. 7,) “LA. Artists use Unconventional Materials,” Joey Groner
2011 Times Picayune, (Aug. 8,) “210 New Shelters will Keep Bus and Streetcar Riders Dry,” Hannah Miet, photo
2011 Unlikelystories.org, (Jan, online,) “Mixed media Visual Art by Shawne Major,” Jonathan Penton
2011 Washington City Paper, (Jun. 16,) “Reviewed: “Tribute 1” at Irvine Contemporary,” Louis Jacobson
2010 Artforum.com, (May 15, online,) “Shawne Major at Heriard -Cimino Gallery,” Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart
2010 Art Lies, (July, Issue 66 online,) “40,” Wendy Vogel
2010 Brazzaville Art in Embassies Catalogue, Edited by Renee Drake. Art In Embassies: U.S. Dept. of State
2010 Culturemap Houston, (August 7,) “Woman Power: Texas Gallery’s 40,” Susie Kalil
2010 Dallas Observer, (October 7,) “Here There, & Beyond,” Merritt Martin
2010 dart international, (spring summer) “Picking Cherries in Miami in December,” Douglas Maxwell
2010 Gambit Weekly, (May 17,) “Shawne major’s Tickle and Theresa Honewell’s Fresh Threads,” Eric Bookhardt
2010 Glasstire, Texas Visual Art Online, (July), “Bless Their Hearts”, Kelly Klaasmeyer
2010 Houston Press, (Jun 24,) “40,” Troy Schulze
2010 Inside Art New Orleans, (May 16, online,) “Major at Heriard-Cimino,” Eric Bookhardt
2010 New Orleans Art Review, (Spring,) “Shawne Major: Sweet & Sour,” Kathy Rodriguez
2009 Art Forum, (Jan,) “Being There, Elizabeth Schambelan”
2009 Art in America, (Feb,) “Deliverance: The Biennial,” Lillie Wei
2009 Art News, (Jan,) “Prospect 1 Review,” John R. Kemp
2009 Art Slant, (Jan, online,) “Old Mint, New Art,” Eric Wenzel
2009 Creative Loafing, (Dec 9,) ”Satellites, Sculptures and Sex at Art Basel,” Veronica Pastore
2009 Gambit Weekly, (Jan 19), “Muses: Recent Work by Female Artists,” Eric Bookhardt
2009 Louisiana Life Magazine , (Jul, Aug), A Tapestry of Art,” John Kemp, feature
2009 New Orleans Art Review, (Mar, Apr.), “Muses:Anti-Trend”, Terrington Calas
2009 NYFA Current, (Jan 29, online,) “Reflecting on Prospect 1,” Nicole Caruth
2009 Panorama, (Sept. 13,) “Gallery Exhibition Stresses Relationship of Artist to Society,” Jane G. Collins
2009 Salt lake City Fine Arts Examiner, (June 1), “Interview: Suzanne Fredericq,” Qi Peng
2009 Shawne Major: Works, Catalogue, Edited and published by Martin Irvine and Irvine Contemporary. Washington DC
2009 Times of Acadiana (Jan,) “New Orleans Reinvented”
2009 Washington City Paper, (Apr. 15), “Shawne Major ,” Maura Judkis
2008 American Craft, (Jun/Jul), “Tradition/Innovation,” Sally Hansell, photo
2008 Art Daily.org, (Mar 19, online), “Prospect 1. New Orleans Announces Artists for Biennial”
2008 Art.net.com, (Nov. 7, online), “Bleeding Heart Biennial,” Walter Robinson
2008 Art News, (Oct), “ Encouraging Wards,” Carly Berwick
2008 Art Voices, (Dec), “ Shawne Major,” Eddie Langieri, feature article
2008 Bigredandshiny.com, (July 13, online), “Louisville Kentucky Art Galleries,” Rita Lombardi
2008 Fiber Arts, (Nov/Dec),” Shawne Major: Spiritual Kitsch,” Stephanie Nelson, feature, photo
2008 The Independent, (Mar 13, Lafayette, LA), “Acadiana Artist Chosen for International Biennial,” Mary Tuttweiler, feature
2008 The Independent, (Oct 16, Lafayette, LA), “New Orleans Streetcar Shelters Get Art,” Mary Tuttweiler
2008 New American Paintings, No. 76, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2008 NPR.org, (Nov. 30,) Huge Biennial Puts Art All Over New Orleans, Eve Troeh
2008 New York Magazine, (Nov. 6,) Five Point Weekend Escape Plan,
2008 Prospect 1. New Orleans. Catalogue, Edited and Curated by Dan Cameron. New York: Picturebox
2008 Studio Visit Magazine, No. 1, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2008 Times of Acadiana, (Mar 5, Lafayette, LA), “Sacred Space Brings Tapestries to Opelousas,” Brian Lafaye, feature article
2008 Times Picayune, (Oct 15, New Orleans), “RTA Canal Bus Street Shelters get Art”, Susan Finch
2008 Times Picayune, (Mar 10, New Orleans, LA), “Good Prospects,” Doug MacCash
2007 Gambit Weekly (Feb 20, New Orleans), “Paint Me Something Mister,” Eric Bookhardt
2007 Times of Acadiana (Jul 25, Lafayette, LA), “Lost and Found,” Jan Risher, feature article
2007 Times Picayune (Dec. 9, New Orleans), “Translating the Venice Biennale to New Orleans,” Doug MacCash
2006 ArtInfo.com (Dec 19, online), “Art Basel Miami: Offbeat Highlights from the Fair Trail,” Margery Gordon
2006 Country Roads (Nov, Baton Rouge, LA), “Trailblazers: Artists You Should Know,” J. Richard Gruber
2006 Gambit Weekly (Jun 6, New Orleans), “Tiny Trinkets & Magical Tapestries,” Eric Bookhardt
2006 MiamiHerald.com (Jan 29), “Learn More About Katrina,” Jane Wooldridge
2006 New Orleans Art Review (Apr/May/Jun), “esthetica estheticans, natura naturans,” Karl Volkmar
2006 The Advocate (Nov 12, Baton Rouge, LA), “Governor Honors Several with Arts Awards, Fellowships,” Anne Price
2006 Times Picayune (Jun 16, New Orleans), “Buried Treasure,” Doug MacCash
2005 ArtNews (Feb), “Amazing Cross Fertilization,” John R. Kemp, photo
2005 Art Papers (Nov/Dec), “New Orleans Review,” Eric Bookhardt
2005 Gambit Weekly (Jun 7, New Orleans), “Celebrating the Senses,” Eric Bookhardt
2005 Gambit Weekly (Feb 14, New Orleans, LA), “Cajuns for All Occasions,” Eric Bookhardt
2005 Mobile Register (Feb 3, Mobile, AL), “Something to ‘Drawl’ About,” Thomas B. Harrison
2005 Times-Picayune (Jul 01, New Orleans), “Contemporary Cajun,” Doug MacCash, photo
2005 Times-Picayune (Jan 28, New Orleans), “Small Touches of Acadiana,” Doug MacCash
2004 The Advocate (Dec 28), Baton Rouge, LA), “LA Artists Brighten Governor’s Mansion”
2004 The Daily Advertiser (Oct 17, Lafayette, LA), “Newest Arts Center Draws A Crowd,” Beverly Corbell
2003 Times of Acadiana (May 7, Lafayette, LA) "Major Undertaking," Patricia Gannon, feature article
2000 artnet.com (Sep 19, online), "The East Village Revisited," Calvin Reid
2000 Gallery & Studio (Sep 8), "New York Notebook"

SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS

2009 Art Omi International Artists’ Residency —Omi, New York
2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation Career Opportunity Grant
2008 Canal TransArt — Public Art Bus Shelter Project, New Orleans
2008 Economic Opportunity Fund Grant — Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation
2008 Artist in Residence — Louisiana Art Works, New Orleans, LA
2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant
2008 Career Development Grant — Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2006 Artist Fellowship — Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2003 Mini-Grant – Louisiana State Division of Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
1997 Artist in Residence — Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
1996 Workspace Fellowship — Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC
1995 Artist in Residence — Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
1992 Artist in Residence — Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Francis Greenburger Follection — New York, NY
Hilliard Museum of Art — Lafayette, LA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art — New Orleans, LA
Frederick Weisman Foundation — Los Angeles, CA
US Art in Embassies — Brazzaville, Congo

EDUCATION

MFA — Sculpture, 1995, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
BFA — Painting, 1991, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA