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Janet Van Fleet
201 North Main Street, Barre, Vermont 05401
Tel: 802-563-2486 Cell: 802-272-5956 janetvanfleet@fairpoint.net
EDUCATION
B.A. Magna Cum Laude, University of Michigan
M.A., Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont
AWARDS
1st Place Juror’s Award in Doors and Windows: Open and Closed, AVA, Lebanon, NH, October, 2017, for Men's Cabinet
3rd Place Juror’s Award, Montpelier, VT, SculptCycle, June, 2008, for Battering Ram
Environmental Exhibit Collaborative, Worcester, MA, selected as central exhibit creator for a collaborative of four regional (Quebec, VT, MA, ME) mid-size museums’ Transformations project, 2008.
Arts Endowment Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation, grant for 2005-2006 creation of new work
Vermont Arts Council grant for 2005-2006 for the creation of two new installations
2nd Place for Outdoor Sculpture, S.E.A.B.A.’s Lucky 13 Art Hop (2005), for Teapot Dialogue.
Judge, 23rd Annual Vermont High School Congressional Art Competition (appointed by Senator James M. Jeffords), May, 2004
Vermont Arts Council grant 1996-1997 for creation of new work, A Guided Tour of Dante's Inferno, a self-enclosed sculptural installation
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (Name of venue in Italics, Work exhibited following in parenthesis)
De Tripas Corazon (Tripas and Homage to Henrietta Lacks), Garbo by Greta, Panama City, Panama, Mar13-17, 2019
TELEPHONE: An International Arts Experiment, online at http://telephone.satellitecollective.org/, 2015
International Sculpture Day Open Studio, International Sculpture Center, April 24 , 2015
Tarpspace Project (Gene Pool), Zia Park, Western Australia, Permanent installation, installed November, 2013
Hello from Vermont, Maison Kasini, Montreal, Canada, February 9 - March 26, 2011
ON THE PLANET, Nagoya Citizens Gallery at Yada, Nagoya, Japan, January 27 - February 7, 2010
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Title of exhibit in Italics)
Quimby Gallery, Lyndon State University, Putting Our Heads Together, Two-person with Larry Bowling, October, 2024
Satellite Gallery, Lyndonville, VT, Story-Board, Two-person with Cheryl Betz, March, 2023
J. Langdon, Montpelier, VT, New Work, June, 2022
J. Langdon, Montpelier, VT, Hang On, Hang In, Hangin’, August, 2020
Northern Vermont University, Johnson, VT, Long Thoughts, September 23 – October 11, 2019
Vermont Supreme Court Gallery, Montpelier, VT, Vanishment, April 2 – June 28, 2019
Alliance for the Visual Arts, Lebanon, NH, Long Haul, September 7 - October 3, 2018
Local 64, Montpelier, VT, Long Haul, October - November, 2017
Jaquith Library, Marshfield, Stairs, May 23 - July 16, 2016
University of Vermont Living/Learning Gallery, Burlington, VT, Parade (with Riki Moss) January 13 - February 7, 2014
Vermont Supreme Court, Montpelier, VT, DISC COURSE, July 3 - August 30, 2013
Flynndog, Burlington, VT, Afterward, (2-person with Emiko Sawaragi Gilbert; Van Fleet: All Aboard) October, 2010
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, Shunpiker (3-person exhibit), August 2 - October 3, 2009
Lazy Pear Gallery, Montpelier, VT, Rolling Boil, September 23 - November 16, 2008
215 College, Burlington, VT Earth Stories (2-person show, Van Fleet: Gene Pool) October 12 - November 4, 2007
Lazy Pear Gallery, Montpelier, VT, Curious Lifeforms, March 15 - May 14, 2007
Cooler Gallery, White River Junction, VT, Circular Statements, September 1 - 30, 2006
T.W. Wood Gallery and Art Center, Montpelier VT, South Gallery, Museum Cases, June 1 - July 23, 2006
Flynndog, Burlington, VT, Circular Statements, May-June, 2006
Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT, Circular Statements, March 14-April 15, 2006
Enigma Gallery, Essex, VT, Circular Statements and Ice Shelf, Oct 9 - Nov 18, 2005
Stefanie Ludyny Gallery, 312 W. 36th St, New York, NY, Rivers of Blood, Aug 16 - Sep 11, 2004
Amy Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, VT, The Red Dress, Jan 9-Feb 28, 2004
MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA, The Red Dress, Sept 5-28, 2003 (two artists)
Catamount Gallery, St. Johnsbury, VT, Video Installation, Nov. 11-30, 2002
Vermont Supreme Court, Montpelier, VT, The Red Dress, July 22-Aug 23, 2002
Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, FL, Red Dresses, April, 2002
Institute for Social Ecology, Plainfield, VT, The Flood Series, Nov-Dec, 2001
Arthur’s Dress Shop Theater, Ridge St., New York, NY, Brown, October, 2001
Catamount Gallery, St. Johnsbury, VT, Current 2- and 3-D Work, March, 2001
Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, FL, Recent Work, Feb. 25 - March 10, 2000
Firehouse Gallery (Install Space), Burlington, VT: Creatures, Sept 17- Oct 17, 1999
ARA Gallery at City Center, Montpelier, Vermont: Nests and Eggs, Oct 3-Nov 7 , 1999
Horn of the Moon, Montpelier, VT: Messages, August, 1999
AVA (Alliance for the Visual Arts) Gallery, Lebanon, New Hampshire: Jungian Journey, Aug 27-Oct. 2, 1999
Egger Gallery, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT: Nests and Eggs, March 6-May 7, 1999
Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT. Imprimatura Brown, Feb 17-April 8, 1999
Trident Booksellers, Newbury Street, Boston, MA, Recent Work, Feb 6 - March 6, 1999
Windhorse Visual Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, VT, Recent Work, Oct 26 - Nov 20, 1998
ARA Gallery at City Center, Montpelier, VT, Paintings, Nov 2 - Dec 6, 1998
City Hall Showcase, Montpelier, VT, Martin Luther King Jr. on Racial Diversity, July 1-31, 1998
Rose Street Gallery, Burlington, VT, A Guided Tour of Dante’s Inferno and Other Recent Work, June 4 - July 3, 1998
Milne Gallery, Barre, VT, A Guided Tour of Dante’s Inferno, May 2-30, 1998
Vermont State Arts Council Spotlight Gallery, Montpelier, VT, Brown, Brown, Falling Down, March 21 - May 1, 1998
St. Johnsbury Art League Building, St. Johnnsbury, VT, A Guided Tour of Dante’s Inferno, October - December, 1997
JURIED/INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (Title of exhibit in Italics, Work exhibited following in parenthesis)
Ongoing exhibitor (average 3 times per year) in juried exhibits at Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
70+, Gallery 77, Rutland, Vermont, two site-specific installations: Chairs and Counting, April 6 – May 17, 2019
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT, Art of Place, (Black & White, TWO), January 17 - March 8, 2015
Unraveling and Turning: A Climate Change Exhibit, curated by 350.org at the Goddard Gallery in Montpelier, 2013 (Parade Project)
Mutual Gaze (collaborative installation, Blowing in the Wind), Winooski VT Pop-Up Gallery District, June-July, 2012
2nd Tuesday (three-dimensional work), Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College (VT), Jan 23-Feb 17, 2012
30/30 Anniversary Print Project, Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Burlington VT January 6 - February 18, 2012
Art at the Kent: Full Circle, September 28 - October 7, 2012
McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH, Love,Lust & Desire III, (Erogenous Zones), January 25 - February 12, 2011
McCutchan Art Center, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana Jumping Off Of Cliff: A Tribute to
H.C. Westermann (Feeding the World), September 20 - November 1, 2010
Sullivan Museum, Norwich, Vermont, Artists Reflect on the Historical Collection of the Sullivan Museum, May28-Aug 28, 2009 (Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is)
J.E. Smith Gallery, Evansville, Indiana,7 Artists, 7 Sins, (Pride), August, 2009
Johnson Works: Downtown Outdoor Sculpture, Johnson, VT Aug 20 - Oct 25, 2008 (Time of the Signs)
Montpelier SculptCycle, Montpelier, VT, selected exhibitor with honorarium (Battering Ram), 2008
Hardwick Oudoor Biennial, Hardwick, VT, (three polychrome steel fish), Summer, 2006
Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, 14th Annual Exposed! Outdoor Exhibition (Steel Fish), July 14 - Oct 14, 2006
Revolving Museum, Lowell, MA, Pulling Strings: Traditional & Contemporary Puppetry (Skater), March 12-Sept 30, 2006
SPA Gallery, Barre, VT, One Earth (two paintings from Flood series, Lichen series, Ice Storm), March 9-April 10, 2004
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, New England Sculpture Association Exhibition (Oracles installation) Oct. 10, 2002- Jan 10, 2003
SPA Gallery, Barre VT, Clean Your Plate (March of the Teapots, video), Nov. 7-30, 2002
Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, NVAA Exhibit (Priest of Watching and Waiting), Oct 19-Nov 17, 2001
Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vermont, Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting (Nests and Eggs), Sept 22 - Oct 7, 2000
Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, FL, Annual Erotic Show (I/m on Fire, Wood, At Traction), Feb. 11-21, 2000
AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH, Shades of Black and White (Sticks and Stones), Jan14 - Feb 19, 2000
Gallery 510, Decatur, IL: Winter Thaw '99 (painting: Jubilation), March 5-28, 1999
Scollay Square Gallery, Boston, MA: Women Then, Now, and the Future: (3 paintings), March 2-26, 1999
Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, VT: Four Letter Words (Mixed media: Don’t), July,1998
OTHER EXHIBITIONS (Title of Exhibit in Italics, Work exhibited following in parenthesis)
SOWA Art Walk, Boston, MA (mixed media sculptures), May 23, 2004
Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA, Garden Sculpture (Red Dress, painted steel), June 20-Oct 26, 2002
Interior Design Collection, Dallas, TX, Showroom (2 Red Dresses, Eggs), 2002
Church & Maple Gallery, Burlington, VT, Art Tones in E minor (3-person exhibit), June 1-16, 2001
Tamarack Gallery, Craftsbury, VT, Regional Artists, Summer, 2001
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester VT Members Show (painting), July 3-25, 1999
Red Mill Gallery, Vt. Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Vermont Week (Ethnic Encampments), April 28 - May 2, 1999
Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, FL Group Show (painting), January,1997
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
State of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont
Northern New England Museum of Contemporary Art, Vermont
NRG Systems, Hinesburg, Vermont
CURATION
Face It, January 26-March 5, 2022, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Social Justice in Race, Gender, Immigration, and the Environment; and Taking it To the Street, Summer, 2017, Goddard College
Round and Around, January 31 - March 4, 2017, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
BIG ART at the Berlin Mall, Berlin, VT Enlarged artworks by 16 artists on outward-facing windows of the mall. July - Oct, 2016,
Storytime, March 6 ‑ April 7, 2012, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Exhibition Curator, The Art of Action, Vermont Arts Council, statewide tour between September, 2009 and July, 2010
Circus!, June 16 - July 25, 2009, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
The Boat Show, March 4 - April 12, 2008, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
The Gun Show, January 16 - February 24, 2007, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Give Us a Hand, Jan 31 - March 4, 2006, Studio Place Arts, Barre VT
Plugged In, Jan 18 - Feb 16, 2005, Studio Place Arts, Barre VT (Reviewed in Art New England)
Far Out, Jan 27-Feb 28, 2004, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Ironicons (constructions by Danish artist and filmmaker Hans Kragh-Jacobsen), in 4 different venues, 2003-2005
A Matter of Life and Death, November 1-24, 2001, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT