Artist CV

Wilda Gerideau Squires
Phone: 978-761-9222
E-mail: wgsgallery@comcast.net
Website: www.wgsgallery.org

Education:

1996 – 98 Studio Art Classes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1973 – 74 A.A., Business Administration, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

1964 – 65 LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY

 

Selected Awards/Honors:

2020 Centerfold Artist, March/April, ArtScope Magazine

2017 Centerfold Artist, March/April, ArtScope Magazine

2014 Transformations, Third Place, Arts League of Lowell

2012 It’s Magical, Honorable Mention, Women In Photography International

2009 Children, Flowers, Trees, Honorable Mention, Women In Photography International

2008 Distinguished Women Photographers, Honoree, Women In Photography International

2007 In the Flesh, Honorable Mention, Target Gallery 2007 Prix De La Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention, PX3 2007 The Portrait, Honorable Mention, Women In Photography International

2007 Abstractions, Second Place, Artrom Gallery

2007 Photography Masters Cup, Finalist, World Photographic Arts

2006 Abstractions, Martha Mayo Purchase Award, Arts League of Lowell

2004 Celebration of the Seasons, First Place Photography, Andovers Artists Guild

2004 Photo of the Month, Third Place, Photographic Society of America

2003 Colors of New England, First Place/Second Place Photography, Andovers Artists Guild

2002 Members Winter Juried Show, Award for General Excellence, Newburyport Art Association

2001 YWCA Tribute to Women in Business and Industry, Honoree, YWCA

 

Solo Exhibits:

2007 Celebrating the Art of Wilda Gerideau-Squires, Hunneman Hall Gallery, Brookline, MA

2006 Photography as Abstract, Laura Coombs Hills Gallery, Newburyport, MA

2004 Eye of the Beholder, Laura Coombs Hills Gallery, Newburyport, MA 2003 Women of the World: Their Faces and Places, Laura Coombs Hills Gallery, Newburyport, MA

 

Selected Juried Exhibits:

2017 Artificial Intelligence, Artscope Magazine, Boston, MA

Jurors: Jo Broderick, Dean of College Relations/Asst to the President, Montserrat College of Art

Susan Reid Danton, Executive Director, Miller White Fine Arts Gallery

ArtUp, Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA

Jurors: ArtUp Committee

2015 BLUE, Cambridge Art Association, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Juror: Katherine French, Director for Galleries, Catamount Arts Galleries

Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA

Juror: Katherine French, Director for Galleries, Catamount Arts Galleries

Photography Now, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA Juror: Stephen Tourlentes, Professor of Photography, Massachusetts College of Art

2014 Transformations, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA

Juror: Alyce L. O’Connell, Art Department, Middlesex College

Winter Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

Juror: NAWA Staff

2013 Int’l Commitment to Excellence in Art, National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis, IN

Juror: Bruce Helander, Editor-in-Chief of the Art Economist

Abundance and Scarcity, Professional Women Photographers, New York, NY

Jurors: Syndi Schorr and Sheila Smith, Artists

Secrets, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA Juror: Jane Young, Chase Young Gallery

2012 It’s Magical, Women In Photography International, Los Angeles, CA

Juror: Jolene Hanson, Director and Curator, The G2 Gallery

29th Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX

Juror: Wade Wilson, Wade Wilson Art

2011 Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA

Juror: Katherine French, Director, Danforth Art Museum

2010 Body Image, Pen and Brush, New York, NY Juror: Michele Kort, Senior Editor, Ms. Magazine

2010 Member Juried Exhibit, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA

Juror: James Veatch, MFA, Chairman, University of Massachusetts – Lowell, Arts Department

2009 Red: It’s More Than a Color, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

Juror: Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum

White, Black & Shades of Gray, Bancroft Gallery, Cohasset, MA

Juror: Sidney Hurwitz, Professor Emeritus of Art, Boston University

2008 Tallinn Winter Exhibition, Tamm Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

Jurors: Artenade Group

2007 Connecticut Women Artists 78th Annual Juried Exhibition, Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CT

Juror: Donna Bruton, Professor, Rhode Island School of Design

In the Flesh, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA

Juror: Timothy Doud, Professor of Art, American University

Portraits, Women In Photography International, Los Angeles, CA

Jurors: Julian Cox, Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art Carol McCusker, PhD, Curator of Photography, MoPA, San Diego, CA

2006 Abstraction 2006, ARTROM Gallery, Rome, Italy

Juror: Paolo Benassi, Film Editor

12th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

Juror: Bonni Benrubi, Owner, Bonnie Benrubi Gallery

21st Annual Art in the Park, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

Juror: DeCordova Curatorial Staff

2005 8th Annual Juried Photography Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA

Juror: Leslie K. Brown, Curator, Photographic Resource Center, Boston University

2004 Seventh Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA

Juror: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Director of Curatorial Affairs, DeCordova Museum

 

Selected Group Exhibits:

2020 Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

2019 Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

2018 New England, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA

Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

Un-Send International Collaborative, Colegio Mayor de Bolivar, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Elements of Abstraction, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

2017 Mary Schein Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

Un-Send: Wish You Were Here, Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA

2016 Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

Un-Send International Collaborative, VZW MAG, Ghent, Belgium

2015 Un-Send International Collaborative, Mississippi Kunst og Kultur, Hvidbjerg, Denmark

Un-Send International Collaborative, KUKU Gallery, Aguilar de Campoo, Spain

2013 69th Annual Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

A Fly on the Wall, NOoSPHERE Gallery, Professional Women Photographers, New York, NY

2012 Spring, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

2011 The Peoples’ Choice Exhibition, Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, NY

Photo LA XX, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA

2010 66th Annual Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

2009 Altered States, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

2003 12th Int’l Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition, WIPI, Santa Monica, CA

 

Selected Bibliography:

The Prayer, Artscope Magazine (Boston, MA)

July/August 2020, Page 24

Artificial Intelligence, Artscope Magazine (Boston, MA)

March/April 2017, Pages 48 – 49

Wissler, Kristin, Return to Sender, Artscope Magazine (Boston, MA)

January/February, 2017, Pages 62 – 64.

Gefen, Nan. Photography As Abstract. Persimmon Tree Magazine (Berkeley, CA),

Issue 19, Fall, 2011.

Agora Gallery, Wilda Gerideau-Squires, ARTisSpectrum Magazine (New York, NY),

November, 2009, Page 71.

Curran, Michelle Xiarhos. Shadows & Light. Merrimack Valley Magazine (Methuen, MA),

March/April, 2009, Pages 40 – 41.

Dion, Diane Carasik. Wilda Gerideau-Squires: A Passion for Photography. WGBH Public Television Sharing the Vision. Summer 2008, Page 5.

Southwest Abstract I (plus 3 more photographs). Brookline Adult and Community Education Course Catalog (Brookline, MA). Fall & Winter 2007; Spring & Summer 2008, Front Cover Art.

 

Visiting Artist Lectures/Panels:

2017 UN-SEND: Wish You Were Here, Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA

2007 Photography As Abstract, Hunneman Hall Galllery, Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA

 

Gallery Affiliations:

ALL Gallery, Lowell, MA

 

Professional Affiliations:

Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

Women In Photography International, Los Angeles, CA

Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA

 

Collections:

Peter E. Palmquist Collection, Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

The Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA

Private Collections in the United States and Canada