I am one of 48 artists, writers, and composers selected for a one month artist residency at the Millay Colony in Austerlitz, New York, for the 2010 season. Their mission statement reads, "Promoting the vitality of the arts and the development of writers, visual artists, and composers by providing a retreat for creative work."

My residency is scheduled for the month of September. I can't wait!

Here is the website to learn more about it: Millay Colony

I will be exhibiting my work along with Jodie Garrison Raborn, who teaches painting at Willamette University, at the gallery at Chemeketa Community College in January 2010. Chemeketa Exhibition Schedule

Early One Morning: Jodie Garrison Raborn and Gabriella Soraci
Chemeketa Community College Art Gallery
Building 3, Room 122
400 Lancaster Dr. NE
Salem, Oregon 97309

January 11 - February 5, 2010

Opening Reception: January 13, from noon to 2pm

I will have a solo exhibition in December at the Red Mountain Gallery at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada. Visit the gallery website for more information: TMCC Red Mountain Gallery

That Thinking Feeling: Paintings by Gabriella Soraci
Red Mountain Gallery
Truckee Meadows Community College
7000 Dandini Boulevard, RDMT 321
Reno, Nevada

December 1 - January 29th 2009

Opening Reception: Tuesday December 8th 6:00 - 9:00 pm

One of my paintings (Four Books) has been chosen for the upcoming exhibition, "Pause: Contemporary Still Life," at Manifest Creative Research Gallery in Cincinnati Ohio. It is a juried show, with 19 artists selected from the 208 that applied. Here is the website link: Manifest Gallery

Pause: Contemporary Still Life
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
2727 Woodburn Avenue
East Walnut Hills
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206

Dates: November 6th through December 4th, 2009
Opening Reception,Friday Nov. 6th, 6-9 p.m.

I will have four paintings in an upcoming exhibition at Central Wyoming College:

In the Tradition: Still Life - Justin Hayward, Aumi Kauffman, Karen Parker, and Gabriella Soraci
November 2nd - December 15th, 2009
Robert A. Peck Gallery
Central Wyoming College
2660 Peck Avenue
Riverton, WY

I will be teaching beginning drawing and beginning painting this year, Fall 2009 through Spring 2010, for the University of Oregon art department as an adjunct instructor. It is a one year contract. Here is the department's website: AAA Art Website

In addition to teaching at the University of Oregon this year, I will also be teaching drawing and basic design classes at Lane Community College in Eugene, OR, as an adjunct instructor. Here is the department website: Lane Community College

The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico has granted me a three month artist residency in 2010. The residency includes free housing and studio space in one of 11 private, fully equipped casitas on 18 acres in the heart of Taos. Founded by Helene Wurlitzer in 1954, it is one of the oldest artist residencies in the country and accepts a limited number of visual artists, writers, playwrights, composers and film makers each year. Visit my links page to learn more about the foundation.

My paintings will be featured in the upcoming edition of Studio Visit Magazine (Issue #7), a new series of juried artist books, published by the Open Press Studio. The issue was juried by Ian Barry, curator at Skidmore College's Tang Teaching Museum and faculty at Skidmore. The publication is sent out to over 1500 museums, galleries, and curators, and over 500 collectors.

I'm happy to announce the launch of my two Etsy Shops:

GabriellaSoraci.etsy.com - Here is where you will find my studio work available for sale and special commission.

PaintTheory.etsy.com - My second shop, Paint Theory, is a line of work I am making just for Etsy. It consists of small scale, colorful, geometric abstractions, created to be affordable to all who would like handmade art in their homes.

I have been awarded a three week residency (March 2 - 20th 2009) at The Ucross Foundation in the mountains of Wyoming.Here is a little bit about the foundation from the Ucross website:

"The Foundation supports Residents whose work reflects a depth of individual creative exploration and the potential for significant future accomplishments. Situated on a 20,000-acre working cattle ranch, the Ucross Foundation's unique geographic location introduces individuals to the land, people and ethos of the northern High Plains and Rocky Mountain region. Through its Residency Program, Art Gallery, conferences and special projects, Ucross actively seeks to support an appreciation for vibrant human creativity and aims to cast a reflection into the future from the cultural mirror of our lives and times."

Visit my links page for more information about the residency program.

Lisa Barden, the Gallery Director at North Florida Community College has curated an exhibition to include myself, Dawn Roe, and Geoff Delanoy (photographers). The exhibit runs March 16th through April 13th 2009.

Particular Ambiguity (Gabriella Soraci, Dawn Roe, and Geoff Delanoy)
NFCC Art Gallery
325 NW Turner Davis Dr
Madison, FL 32340

Opening Reception: Wednesday March 18th 5-7 pm 2009

Two of my paintings, "Folded Map II" and "Map in a Circle," have been chosen by juror Adelina Vlas of the Philadelphia Museum of Art for inclusion in the 23rd International Juried Show at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.

Show dates: February 13th - March 27th, 2009

Opening Reception: Friday February 13th, 6-8pm

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
68 Elm Street
Summit, NJ 07901

As of September 2008 I am now a member of a new online painting collective called Paint Snob! If you like painting, you will enjoy viewing each artists profile. To connect to the site go to my links page.

My new website is up and running! Browse through it and send me your comments. I will be keeping you up to date with new work and exhibition/ residency/ awards information. Feel free to link my site to your own and let me know if you would like the favor returned!


Below I have listed some of my professional highlights so far from 2008.

My painting "Checkered Cloth on Pedestal" will be included in "The 2008 Tallahassee International," at FSU Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University.

Dates of show: August 25 - October 5 2008

Opening reception: August 29, 6-8 pm

FSU Museum of Fine Arts
250 Fine Arts Building
530 West Call Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306

My Painting "Box with Open Lid" was selected by juror Gregory Amenoff for inclusion in First Street Gallery's "National Juried Competition." I will be at the opening reception and in New York for a few days before hand. I hope many of you can join me!

Dates of Show: June 26 - July 19th 2008

Opening reception: June 28, 3-5 pm

First Street Gallery
526 West 26th Street, Suite 915
New York, NY 10001

I will be a resident at the Hambidge Center for Arts and Ecology, in Hambidge Georgia in the fall of 2008. The residency is for four weeks, and includes a private cabin and studio in a nature preserve in the Appalachian mountains.

My painting "Checkered Cloth on Pedestal" was selected by juror Darby Bannard for inclusion in Gallery RFD's exhibition "Classicism, Modernism and Beyond: Lasting Traditions and Current Trends in Painting."

Dates of show: April 12 - May 3 2008

Opening reception: April 12, 5-8 pm

Gallery RFD
106 North Green Street
Swainsboro, GA 30401

My painting "Patterned Cloth on Pedestal" was selected by juror Nic Nicosia for inclusion in "VAST 40th Annual Arts Exhibition."

Dates: April 10 - May 29 2008

Opening reception: April 10, 6-8 pm

Visual Arts Society of Texas
Meadows Gallery
Center for the Visual Arts
400 East Hickory
Denton, TX 76202

During the month of March 2008 I was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT. I highly recommend this residency program. I made many paintings and many new friends.

Award: Artists Grant (partial fellowship)

My paintings "Book Box" and "Two Concrete Blocks" were selected by juror Jeffery Grove for inclusion in the LaGrange Art Museum's Biennial competition.

Dates of show: March 1- April 24 2008

Opening reception: March 1, 7-9 pm

LaGrange Art Museum
112 Lafayette Parkway
LaGrange, Georgia 30240

My painting "Fluted Glass" was chosen by juror Irving Sandler for inclusion in Prince Street Gallery's "Second National Juried Exhibition."

Dates of show: January 2-26 2008

Opening reception Saturday January 5, 3-6pm

Prince Street Gallery
530 West 25th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001