SIENA GILLANN PORTA
ARTIST RESUME
Grants, Awards and Fellowships (selected)
· Varmahlid Haus, City of Hveragerdi, Iceland; 2010 and 2014 - Artist in Residence
· Brisons Veor Trust; Cape Cornwall, England 2003 - Artist in Residence
· New York Foundation for the Arts, (NYFA) 2002 - Special Opportunity Grant
· United States Information Agency (USIA) St. Lucia, West Indies 1992 - Travel Grant/Workshop
· New York State Council on the Arts, (NYSCA) - Decentralization Sculpture Grantee
· Hershey Medical Center, Anatomical Study/Drawings 1978-79 - Pennsylvania Arts Council Grant (PAC)
· Pennsylvania State University - Full Graduate Fellowship and (TA)
· Women’s Inter-art Center, NY, NY - 1976 International Women’s Year Award
· City University of New York, CUNY, NY, NY - 1975 Grebanier Drama Award (Playwright)
Solo Installations and Exhibitions (selected)
· Noho Gallery, 530 West 25 Street, NY, NY
Paintings; Karateka 2008
Cease to Cherish Opinion 2005
Just Sitting (shikan taza)”2003
· Galleri Ofeigur, Rekjavik, Iceland 2001
· Mid-Hudson Arts & Science Center, Sculpture & Technology Installation, Gallery talk re: spray metal technology, Poughkeepsie, NY 1992
· 14 Sculptors Gallery, 164 Mercer Street, New York, NY
Rabbits Among Us 1990
Nowhere Else 1988
In Situ 1985
Passing Through 1984
Group Exhibitions (selected)
· Inspiration Art Group International at The Hudson Valley Museum, “Address Earth - Art Expo”
· Curator Bibiana Huang Matheis 2022
· Inspiration Art International, “ArtWomen & Work” virtual exhib. 2022
· Carter Burden Gallery, “Lost & (re) Found, 548 W. 28th St. NY, NY Artists Circle, 2022
· Taller Baricua Gallery, “Evolution/Revolution” 1680 Lexington Ave, NY, NYSWA, May-Sept 2022
· NYSWA Virtual exhibitions:
“Women on the Edge of Time”, 2021-2022
“Memory”, 2020-21
· NY Artist’s Circle, virtual exhib. “Lost & Found” 2020-21
· Sculpture for Leonia “Chasing Nature” Station Pkwy + Ft. Lee Road, Leonia, NJ 2021-23
· IONA College,” Female Identity…”. Brother Chapman Gallery, NYSWA 2020
· The Hammond Museum: 14 Sculptors Inc. Outdoor Installations
“Full Bloom 2 ” 2021
“Full Bloom 1” and Artist Talk 2019
“To Sit or not to Sit” 2017
· The Hammond Museum, Virtual exhibitions, Curator B. Mathias, (July to October) 2020
· Azarian Mcullough Gallery ”Shelter”, STAC (St. Thomas Aquinas College) Sparkill, NY
· Blue Mountain Gallery, NYSWA, “Balancing Act”, 530 W. 25th St. NY, NY
· One Art Space, 23 Warren St., NAWA, NY, NY
· The Prince Street Gallery, NYSWA, 530 W. 25th Street, NY, NY 2018
· St Peters Church, “Art as Sanctuary”, NYSWA 619 Lexington Ave. , NY, NY 2017
· The Rockaways, NY, Art in the Parks, (New York City Dept. of Parks and Recreation) “14 Sculptors on the Rock” 2017
· New York University, Zerilli-Marimo Gallery, 2015, 2017 NY, NY
· The Akin Museum, Installation 14 Sculptors, curator Bibiana Mathias Pawling, NY 2016
· The Banana Factory, ISEA, juried exhib with Outside the Line Collective, Bethlehem, PA 2016
· Amherst College, Hampden Gallery, “Head”, Curator D. Lombardi Amherst College, 2015
· Highbridge Park, Manhattan, Art in the Parks, (New York City Dept. of Parks and Recreation) “Sculpture on the Promenade”, 14 Sculptors Inc. 2015
· Manhattanville College, Arthur M. Berger Gallery, “Self & Identity”, Purchase, NY 2013
· Governors Island / 4 Heads, 14 Sculptors Inc. NY, NY 2011
· Ramapo College of NJ, “Continuing Threads …” Kresge Gallery, Curator Sydney Jenkins 2009
· Salem Art Works, Outdoor Sculpture Installation, Salem, NY 2007-12
· Noho Gallery, 530 W. 25th St., NY, NY, group shows 2001,02,03,05,07,08
· NJCU; Outdoor group Installation, Visual Arts Building (14 Sculptors Inc.) 2007-12
· Mclevy Park Installation, City of Bridgeport, CT 2004-5
· Rutgers University, “World Paper Challenge” curator Penelope Dell 2003
· Hafnarborg Cultural Museum, Hrafnarfurdor, Iceland 2002
· Snaefellsness Regional Museum, Olafsvik, Iceland 2001-2
· Jacob Riis National Seashore at Ft. Tilden Park, NY “Millennium” 2000-1
· Adelphi University, Gallery exhibition and Outdoor Installation (catalog) 2000
· New Jersey City College, Gallery and Outdoor Installation, “Urban Air Forms” (catalog)
· Nassau Com. College, Firehouse Gallery, “The Raw & the Cooked” Garden City, NY 1998
· Rockland Center for the Arts, “The Studio & the Set”, West Nyack, NY 1997
· Eighth Floor Gallery, A “Neo Kinetic Postmodern Techne” 473 Broadway, NY, NY 1996
· Blue Hill Cultural Center, Curator / Exhibitor, “New Metaphors” Pearl River, NY (catalog) 1995
· 14 Sculptors Gallery, Material Narrative”, Curator Carlos Gutierrez-Solanas 1993-4
· Lehigh University, Seigel Gallery, “Columns” curated by Susan Tunick, PA (catalog) 1991
· University of Notre Dame, Isis Gallery, “Sculpture” IN 1990
· 14 Sculptors Gallery, “Cultural Anthropology - Altars & Symbols” curator Ricardo Viera 1990
· U.S. Embassy, American Cultural Center, “Group exhibition” Reykjavik, Iceland 1988
· Terraine Gallery, “Small works exhibition” Green St, NY, NY 1984
· BACA Downtown, “Body Memories”, curator Greta Gunderson, Brooklyn, NY 1984
· A.B. Condon Gallery, “New Drawings”, W. Broadway, NY 1980
· Hopper House Gallery, Juried exhibition, curator Gail Levin, Nyack, NY 1980
· The Women’s Interart Center, West 54th Street, NY, NY (catalog) 1975
Public Collections (selected)
Agricultural University of Iceland; City of Hveragerdi, Iceland
Brisons Veor Trust, Cornwall, England
Jacob Riis National Park at Ft. Tilden (on loan 2000-2021)
American Embassy, Reykjavik, Iceland
St. Philip R.C. Church, Norwalk, CT
Fulbright Commission, Reykjavik, Iceland
Reviews, Media and Publications (selected)
· The Wave, The Rockaways, NY, Porta’s Stolen Sculpture exhibited at recent “Read Desert” show, by Kerry Murtha, December 10, 2021
· Shelter,14 Sculptors video presentation YouTube, videographer Micheal Vernazza 2019
· The Wave, The Rockaways, NY, ”Aseity” Siena Gillann Porta, by Anna Spivak May 2017
· Gallery & Studio Magazine Reviews; Ed McCormack 2003, 2005 J. Sanders Eaton 2003, 2005
· Newsday, April/LI Ed. “... Exhibit at Adelphi” by Oscar Corall 2000 Review
· New York Times, “New Metaphors” by Vivian Raynor 1995 Review
· TKR Ch. 30: Aspects of the Arts, “Siena Porta, Sculptor” Producer Richard Connelly 1991
· Spotlight Magazine,” Siena Porta” featured review by Noreen McLaughlin NJ ed. 1986
· Women Artists News; “Sculpture, Siena Porta” John Arthur Schanks Review
· 14 Sculptors Gallery; Catalog, “Then & Now” Lawrence Alloway 1983 Review
Curatorial and Writing (selected)
· Proposals (multiple), 14 Sculptors Gallery 1983-present
· NYSWA, 2019
· Noho Gallery 200-2009
· Azarian McCullough Gallery at STAC, Curator/exhibitor, “Planet in Crisis” 2008
. Adelphi University, Catalog statement, Long Island City, NY 2001
· Blue Hill; Art in Public Spaces, “New Metaphors” Curator/Exhibitor Pearl River, NY 1995
· ISC, “Spray Metal, An Artist’s Perspective”, Author Washington D.C. May-June 1994
Listings / Representation
· Who’s Who in America, Marquis Inc., 2003-present
· 14 Sculptors Gallery, 14 Sculptors Inc, NY, NY 1983-present
· NYSWA, New York Society of Women Artists, 2017-present
· Inspiration Art Group International, 2021-present
· NAWA, National Association of Women Artists 2019-present
· Noho Gallery, 530 W. 25th St, NY, NY 2001-2009
· Galleri Ofeigur, Reykjavik, Iceland 2001-present
· A.B. Condon Gallery, W. Broadway, NY 1980
Education
· M.F.A. Sculpture, The Pennsylvania State University, B.S. (Studio Art) CUNY at Brooklyn College
· Studio & Forum of Stage Design, NY, NY
· The New School, NY, NY
· School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
· The Art Students League, NY, NY
Positions (selected)
· 14 Sculptors Gallery, Co-President 2018-2021, President 2021-present
. Ramapo College of NJ, Adjunct Professor of Contemporary Art 2001-2012
· Saint Thomas Aquinas College; Adjunct Professor of Art 2000-2010
· Bergen Community College, Adjunct Professor Visual Art 1984-85
· Scenic Artist with United Scenic Artists Local 829, NY, NY 1986-2018 The Metropolitan Opera, Broadway theatrical productions, Feature films, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and network Television
Artwork Portfolio Web Links
www.instagram.com/sienagillannporta/
www.newyorksocietyofwomenartists.com
www.nationalassociationofwomenartists.com
inspiration art group international: www.inspirationartgroup.org