E D U C A T I O N
1979 B.F.A. Honors, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia Pa.
1972 B.A. Fine Arts, Wilson College, Chambersburg Pa.
G R A N T S • & • R E S I D E N C I E S
2002 Percent for Art, Riverview Psychiatric Center, Augusta, ME
1996 Acadia National Park Residency
1988 YADDO Fellowship
SOLO EXHIBITS
2010 Greenhut Galleries, Uncharted Shores, Portland, ME
2008 Greenhut Galleries, Updraft, Portland, ME
2004 Gleason Fine Art, Quiet Moments, Boothbay Harbor
2001 Gleason Fine Art, Kathleen Galligan: New Work, Camden, Me
1998 Port Washington Public Library, Kathleen Galligan: Pastel Paintings, Long Island, NY
Greenhut Galleries, Recent Work: Pastel Paintings, Portland, Me
1996 Gleason Fine Art, The Grand Canyon Series & Other New Pastels, Boothbay Harbor, Me
1994 Greenhut Gallery, Pastels by Kathleen Galligan, Portland, Me
1993 Gleason Fine Arts, Kathleen Galligan: New Work, Boothbay Harbor, Me
1992 The Maine Art Gallery, Kathleen Galligan: Pastel Paintings, Wiscasset, Me
1988 The Giannetta Gallery, Kathleen Galligan: Paintings & Drawings, Philadelphia, Pa
1986 The Giannetta Gallery, Pastels: Kathleen Galligan, Philadelphia,Pa
S E L E C T E D • G R O U P • E X H I B I T S
2011
Portland Museum of Art, Biennial; Portland ME.
2007
Greenhut Galleries, 30th Anniversary Invitational, Portland ME.
Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston/Auburn, Bird Sightings, Lewiston, ME.
2006
Greenhut Galleries, The Portland Show—An Invitational, Portland ME.
Greenhut Galleries, Not So Still Life, Portland ME.
2005
The Firehouse Gallery, Kathleen Galligan: Pastels, Damariscotta.
The Irvine Gallery, The Wonderful World of Art: Landscapes & Seascapes, Kennebunk, ME.
2004 The Irvine Gallery, From Kittery to Lubec: The Coast of Maine, River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME.
2002
Greenhut Galleries, The Portland Show — An Invitational, Portland ME.
Greenhut Galleries, Pastels—Kathleen Galligan & Nicora Gangi, Portland ME.
2001 Colby College Museum of Art, 16th Annual Maine Women’s Studies Conference: Women in the Arts; Waterville ME.
Portland Museum of Art, Portland Museum of Art Biennial; Portland ME.
The Cooley Gallery, Revealing the Artist’s Hand: American Pastels–Then & Now; Old Lyme CT
1999
Bates College Museum of Art, Carried Away: The Joy of Collecting Art in Maine.
Selections from the Joanna D. and Henry L. McCorkle Collection. Lewiston, ME
Round Top Center for the Arts, Curator’s Choice: An Invitational of Ten Artists, Damariscotta, ME.
The Cooley Gallery, American Works on Paper 1850-1999, Old Lyme CT.
1998
Bates College Museum of Art, Notations of Color: Oil Sketching in Maine, Lewiston, ME.
Round Top Center for the Arts, Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Damariscotta, ME
1997 Old York Historical Society, In the Land We Trust, York Me.
1996
Round Top Center for the Arts, Five Artists: Five Points of View,—Cicely Aikman, Kathleen Galligan, Lois Dodd, Elizabeth Knox, Nancy Wissemann-Widrig. Damariscotta, ME.
Blaine House, Maine Artists Care; Governor’s House, Augusta, ME.
1995
Maine Coast Artists, Annual Juried Exhibition, Rockport, ME.
N.W. Barrett Gallery, Essays & Estuaries, Portsmouth, NH
1992 Greenhut Galleries, Maine Women of the ‘90’s; Portland, ME
1991 Maine Art Gallery, Annual Juried Show; Awarded Solo Exhibit; Wiscasset ME
1989
Giannetta Gallery, Philadelphia Women Artists; Philadelphia PA
Abington Arts Center, Works on Paper, Jenkintown PA
Steven Scott Gallery, Land/Sea/Air: Recent Atmospheric Vistas; Baltimore, Md.
Delaware Art Museum, Spring Talent Show, Wilmington, DE
1988
Bucknell University, Lewisburg. Pennsylvania Painting Competition, Fourth Prize
Steven Scott Gallery, Summer Preview, Baltimore, MD
Allentown Art Museum, 21st Juried Exhibition; Allentown, PA
1984 The More Gallery, Gallery Artists’ Show; Philadelphia, PA
1981-83 The Pastel Society of America, Annual Juried Exhibit; Awarded Membership; New York, NY.
P U B L I C A T I O N S • R E V I E W S
2008 Liss, Kay. "Galligan's Bird's Eye View", The Lincoln County News, Damariscotta, ME, 12 June.
2008 Proskow, Christine. "Looking Inward, Outdoors," The Pastel Journal, February #54.
2002 Beem, Edgar A. The Portland Show (catalogue essay), Greenhut Gallery, Portland, ME. Sept.
2002 Beem, Edgar A. Port City Life, September/October. pp.43, 60.
2000 Bendici, Ray. “July in Connecticut”; Connecticut Magazine, July 2000.
2002 Little, Carl. The Art of Maine in Winter, Downeast Books.
2001 Portland Museum of Art Biennial 2001 (exhibition catalogue).
1999 Carried Away: The Joy of Collecting Art in Maine (exhibition catalogue)
Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, 11 June – 8 Aug.
1998 Greenleaf, Ken. “Closer look at familiar penchant for painting outdoors.” (review)
Maine Sunday Telegram. Portland, ME. 4 Oct.
1996 Ensign, Betty. “New pastels by Galligan stunning, lyrical” (review).
The Lincoln County News, Damariscotta, ME.
1994 Isaacson Philip. “On Der Ground aims too low; pastels approach elegance.” (review)
Maine Sunday Telegram. Portland, ME 19 June.
1988 (Review) The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. 21 January.
M U S E U M & C O R P O R A T E C O L L E C T I O N S
The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME • Riverview Psychiatric Treatment Center, Augusta, ME • Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME • Southern Maine Technical College, Portland, ME • Kieve’s Kennedy Learning Center, Nobleboro, ME • Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta, ME • People’s Heritage Bank, Portland, ME • McCandless Epstein & O’Donovan L.L.P., Portland, ME • Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Philadelphia, PA • Smith, Kline and Beecham, Philadelphia, PA • United Technologies. Hartford, CT
P R I V A T E C O L L E C T I O N S
Paintings exist in numerous national and international private collections.