Curriculum Vita for Kathleen Best Gillmann
Recent Awards from Jurors
2018
Best in Show for “March Thaw,” oil, 2017.
January 2018 Open Exhibit, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Juried by Ephraim Rubenstein.
2017
Best in Show for “River View (Historic Occoquan, 6)” acrylic, 2013.
March 2017. Best of the Region exhibition, Manassas, VA. Juried by Sarah Weaver.
2015
Honorable Mention for “New Growth, (Journey Home, 11)” oil, 2014.
”Scapes" Exhibit, August 2015, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juried by Elizabeth Peak.
Second Place for “Solitude, (Coastal Maine, 7)” acrylic, 2013.
Truro Festival Arts Show, April-May 2015, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juried by Edward C. Knippers.
2014
Vision at Water’s Edge, Exhibit Proposal accepted October 2014 by jurors: Rosemary Covey, Joel D’Orazio, and Chawky Frenn
for solo show at the Art League Gallery (July 2016.).
Honorable Mention for “Midday Awakening” acrylic, 2014.
20th Annual Juried Show, June 6-July 13, 2014, Mattawoman Creek Art Center, Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD. Juried by Ted Reed.
2013
Chameli & Amiya Bose Gallery Award (for best oil or acrylic painting on canvas)
for “Inundated (Intertidal, 8), acrylic, 2013.
‘Scapes International Landscape Exhibit, August 2013. Juried by Elizabeth Klimek.
Honorable Mention for “Hiker's Delight II” charcoal, 2009.
Truro Festival Arts Show, April 20-May 18, 2013, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juried by Walter Kravitz.
2012
Second Place for “Out of These Stones, (North Shore, 8)” acrylic, 2011.
Truro Festival Arts Show, April-June 2012, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juried by Edward C. Knippers.
Honorable Mention for “Silent No Longer, (Journey Home, 9)” acrylic, 2010.
"Earth" Show, April 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juried by Helen Fredrick.
Additionally, Fourteen People’s Choice Awards also received over these six years.
Select Solo, Invitational & National Exhibitions
Unspoken Riches: Nature at its Splendid Best
November 2, 2017 – January 3, 2018,
Arlington Central Library, Quincy Street, Arlington, VA. Seventeen landscape/waterscape paintings in oil, acrylic and pastel.
62nd Annual River Club Art Show, August 12-13, 2017, (Invitational)
Kennebunk River Club, Kennebunkport, ME. “Beach Houses at Lord’s Point,” acrylic, 2010.
Kennebunk to Ketchum: Journeys East to West, July 2017,
Arches Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Latest work in acrylic, oil and pastel with scenes from Idaho to Maine.
Vision at Water’s Edge, July 2016,
Art League Solo Gallery, TFAC, Alexandria, VA. A collection of about a dozen works in oil and acrylic.
Atmosphere, March 2016,
Arches Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Nine new landscapes in acrylic.
Heaven and Nature Sing, Dec. 2015 – Jan 2016,
Truro Gallery, Truro Anglican Church, Fairfax, VA.
Twenty-one works in oil, acrylic, and pastel including some early works that prefigured current trends in my work to my most recent paintings.
Land That I Love, August 2014,
Gallery 901, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Nine all new paintings in oil and acrylic “from the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans” dedicated to the memory of my father, Richard James Best, 1926-2014.
At Water’s Edge, March-May 2014. (Invitational)
NIH Galleries, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Curated by Fitzgerald Fine Arts. One dozen large acrylic paintings displayed in the East Gallery, Building 10.
Occoquan and Beyond, November 2013, Loft Gallery, Occoquan, VA. Featuring local scenes in the historic town, nearby in northern Virginia and beyond - mostly Maine landscapes.
Intertidal : New Coastal Paintings, July 2013, Vulcan Gallery (Associates Solo Gallery), Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. All new work focusing on the intertidal region of Parsons Beach in Maine.
From Oquossoc to Occoquan: an Artist's Journey, March 2012, Loft Gallery, Occoquan, VA.
Twenty recent landscapes Maine to Virginia including 2 first place winners (Beach Houses & Nov. Sky over the Estuary).
Creation Waits: Drawings and Paintings of Nature, January-February 2012,
Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Solo show includes 21 paintings and drawings highlighting 3 series.
New Horizons: Coastal Paintings, December 2011.
Vulcan Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Eight new large acrylic waterscapes.
Arlington County Art Instructor's Show, Arlington County Central Library, June 2011.
Three seascapes and two pastels shown.
14th National Show, Feb. 9-March 6, 2011
Gallery West, Alexandria, VA, . Juried by Lenny Campello.
Waterscapes, March 2010,
Vulcan Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Show included four large acrylic paintings inspired by Maine's coast.
Maryland Pastel Society's national Shades of Pastel 2009, Sept-Oct 2009,
Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, MD. Juried by Richard McKinley. Two pastels accepted.
Recent Juried Group Exhibitions
2017
Open Exhibit, Dec 2017, Art League. Juror: Margaret Adams Parker.
“Way Back to Ketchum” acrylic, 2017.
Open Exhibit, July 2017, Art League. Juror: Lucila Biscoine.
“Odette/Odile (from Swan Lake)” drawing (charcoal & pastel), 2017.
Perspectives, June 2017, Art League. Juror: David Carter.
“At the First Light,” oil, 2016.
Open Exhibit, May 2017, Art League. Juror: Dana Shearin.
“Abandoned Beach (Coastal Maine, 12)” oil, 2016.
Best of the Region, Manassas City Hall, Manassas, VA, March 2017. Juror: Sarah Weaver.
Best in Show for “River View (Historic Occoquan, 6), 2013.
Also accepted “Robust Pines,” acrylic, 2016. “Big House,”acrylic, 2016.
2016
Open Exhibit, September 2016, Art League. Juror: Amy Klainer.
“The Big House,” acrylic, 2016.
Splash! August-September 2016, Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA (804-752-3540) Juror: Alexis Shockley.
“River View,” acrylic, 2013; “Fecund,” oil, 2016; “Connecticut Shore Salt Marsh #1” acrylic, 2013; “On the Lee Side,” acrylic, 2016.
Landschap (Landscape) Exhibit, August 2016, Art League. Juror: Nora Sturges, Professor of Art at Towson University.
“Secrets Revealed (Journey Home, 11),” acrylic, 2016.
2015
‘Scapes Exhibit, August 2015, Art League. Juror: Elizabeth Peak.
“New Growth (Journey Home, 11),” oil, 2014. Honorable Mention.
All Media Member Show, January 2015, Art League. Juror: Paul Reuther.
“Richardson Lake Inlet,” pastel, 2012.
Truro Festival Arts Show, April-May 2015, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juror: Edward C. Knippers.
“Solitude, (Coastal Maine, 7)” acrylic, 2013. Second Place.
2014
3rd Annual Miniature Show, Dec. 2014, Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA. . Juror: Alexis Shockley.
“Camellia among Roses,” “Dark Coleus,” “Informal bouquet,” acrylic, 2014.
Large Works, November 2014, Art League. Juror: James Farrah.
“Mount Elbert from Twin Lakes,” oil, 2014.
Big Skies, August-September 2014, Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA. Juror: Alexis Shockley.
“Inundated (Intertidal, 8), acrylic, 2013.
“November Sky over the Estuary, (Coastal Maine, 1),” acrylic, 2011.
‘Scapes International Landscape Exhibit, August 2014, Art League. Juror: Olivia Kohler-Maga.
“Solitude (Intertidal, 8), acrylic, 2013.
All Media Member Show, July 2014, Art League. Juror: Ginger Hammer.
“Merriland River Salt Marsh,” acrylic, 2013.
20th Annual Juried Show, June 6-July 13, 2014, Mattawoman Creek Art Center, Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD. Juror: Ted Reed.
“Midday Awakening,” acrylic, 2014. Honorable Mention.
“Bluster & Calm,” acrylic, 2013. “Connecticut Shore Salt Marsh, #1,” acrylic, 2013.
2013
Large Works Show, November 2013, Art League. Juror: Gretchen Schermerhorn.
“Morning’s Low Tide at Lord’s Point, (Coastal Maine, 2)”, acrylic, 2012.
All Media Member Show, September 2013, Art League. Juror: JoAnn Moser.
“Potato Antlers,” colored pencil, 2013.
The Land, September 2013, Capitol Arts Network, Rockville, MD. Juror: Catronia Fraser.
“Lower Meadow at River Farm,” acrylic, 2012.
‘Scapes International Landscape Exhibit, August 2013, Art League. Juror: Elizabeth Klimek.
“Inundated (Intertidal, 8), acrylic, 2013. Bose Gallery Award
Hill Center Regional Juried Show, June 25-Sept 2, 2013. Juror: Jack Rassmussen.
“Beach House at Lord's Point, (JH, 3)” acrylic, 2010.
Flora & Fauna, April 2013, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Yuriko Yamaguchi.
“Renewing Old Friendships,” acrylic, 2009.
2012
Large Works Show, November 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: John Figura.
“November Sky over the Estuary, (Coastal Maine, 1),” acrylic, 2011.
Fall Show & Sale 2012, Springfield Art Guild, Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Lisa Semerad.
“Baby Blue, Petunia Pink!” pastel, 2012. “Free Fall on Terra Firma,” pastel, 2011.
All Media Show, July 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Kate Dell Kaufmann.
“Rock Garden Fern,” charcoal, 2009.
Earth Show, April 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Helen Fredrick.
“Silent No Longer, (Journey Home, 9)” acrylic, 2010. Honorable Mention
All Media Show, April 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Joseph Di Bella.
“Ramsey's Draft, ” pastel, 2012. purchased from the show (a First!).
Truro Festival Arts Show, Apr-June 2012, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juror: Edward C. Knippers.
“Out of These Stones, (North Shore, 8)” acrylic, 2011. Second Place.
“Grand Marais, (North Shore, 4)” pastel, 2006. “Crashing Surf #2" acrylic, 2009.
Between 2006 and 2011 Ms. Gillmann's work juried into an additional 28 art exhibitions.
Collectors
Kathleen’s work is held privately locally and from Maine to Colorado.
Corporate collectors include the Art Bank at the U.S. Dept. of State and the National Institutes of Health.
2018
Best in Show for “March Thaw,” oil, 2017.
January 2018 Open Exhibit, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Juried by Ephraim Rubenstein.
2017
Best in Show for “River View (Historic Occoquan, 6)” acrylic, 2013.
March 2017. Best of the Region exhibition, Manassas, VA. Juried by Sarah Weaver.
2015
Honorable Mention for “New Growth, (Journey Home, 11)” oil, 2014.
”Scapes" Exhibit, August 2015, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juried by Elizabeth Peak.
Second Place for “Solitude, (Coastal Maine, 7)” acrylic, 2013.
Truro Festival Arts Show, April-May 2015, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juried by Edward C. Knippers.
2014
Vision at Water’s Edge, Exhibit Proposal accepted October 2014 by jurors: Rosemary Covey, Joel D’Orazio, and Chawky Frenn
for solo show at the Art League Gallery (July 2016.).
Honorable Mention for “Midday Awakening” acrylic, 2014.
20th Annual Juried Show, June 6-July 13, 2014, Mattawoman Creek Art Center, Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD. Juried by Ted Reed.
2013
Chameli & Amiya Bose Gallery Award (for best oil or acrylic painting on canvas)
for “Inundated (Intertidal, 8), acrylic, 2013.
‘Scapes International Landscape Exhibit, August 2013. Juried by Elizabeth Klimek.
Honorable Mention for “Hiker's Delight II” charcoal, 2009.
Truro Festival Arts Show, April 20-May 18, 2013, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juried by Walter Kravitz.
2012
Second Place for “Out of These Stones, (North Shore, 8)” acrylic, 2011.
Truro Festival Arts Show, April-June 2012, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juried by Edward C. Knippers.
Honorable Mention for “Silent No Longer, (Journey Home, 9)” acrylic, 2010.
"Earth" Show, April 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juried by Helen Fredrick.
Additionally, Fourteen People’s Choice Awards also received over these six years.
Select Solo, Invitational & National Exhibitions
Unspoken Riches: Nature at its Splendid Best
November 2, 2017 – January 3, 2018,
Arlington Central Library, Quincy Street, Arlington, VA. Seventeen landscape/waterscape paintings in oil, acrylic and pastel.
62nd Annual River Club Art Show, August 12-13, 2017, (Invitational)
Kennebunk River Club, Kennebunkport, ME. “Beach Houses at Lord’s Point,” acrylic, 2010.
Kennebunk to Ketchum: Journeys East to West, July 2017,
Arches Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Latest work in acrylic, oil and pastel with scenes from Idaho to Maine.
Vision at Water’s Edge, July 2016,
Art League Solo Gallery, TFAC, Alexandria, VA. A collection of about a dozen works in oil and acrylic.
Atmosphere, March 2016,
Arches Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Nine new landscapes in acrylic.
Heaven and Nature Sing, Dec. 2015 – Jan 2016,
Truro Gallery, Truro Anglican Church, Fairfax, VA.
Twenty-one works in oil, acrylic, and pastel including some early works that prefigured current trends in my work to my most recent paintings.
Land That I Love, August 2014,
Gallery 901, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Nine all new paintings in oil and acrylic “from the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans” dedicated to the memory of my father, Richard James Best, 1926-2014.
At Water’s Edge, March-May 2014. (Invitational)
NIH Galleries, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Curated by Fitzgerald Fine Arts. One dozen large acrylic paintings displayed in the East Gallery, Building 10.
Occoquan and Beyond, November 2013, Loft Gallery, Occoquan, VA. Featuring local scenes in the historic town, nearby in northern Virginia and beyond - mostly Maine landscapes.
Intertidal : New Coastal Paintings, July 2013, Vulcan Gallery (Associates Solo Gallery), Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. All new work focusing on the intertidal region of Parsons Beach in Maine.
From Oquossoc to Occoquan: an Artist's Journey, March 2012, Loft Gallery, Occoquan, VA.
Twenty recent landscapes Maine to Virginia including 2 first place winners (Beach Houses & Nov. Sky over the Estuary).
Creation Waits: Drawings and Paintings of Nature, January-February 2012,
Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Solo show includes 21 paintings and drawings highlighting 3 series.
New Horizons: Coastal Paintings, December 2011.
Vulcan Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Eight new large acrylic waterscapes.
Arlington County Art Instructor's Show, Arlington County Central Library, June 2011.
Three seascapes and two pastels shown.
14th National Show, Feb. 9-March 6, 2011
Gallery West, Alexandria, VA, . Juried by Lenny Campello.
Waterscapes, March 2010,
Vulcan Gallery, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA. Show included four large acrylic paintings inspired by Maine's coast.
Maryland Pastel Society's national Shades of Pastel 2009, Sept-Oct 2009,
Strathmore Hall, North Bethesda, MD. Juried by Richard McKinley. Two pastels accepted.
Recent Juried Group Exhibitions
2017
Open Exhibit, Dec 2017, Art League. Juror: Margaret Adams Parker.
“Way Back to Ketchum” acrylic, 2017.
Open Exhibit, July 2017, Art League. Juror: Lucila Biscoine.
“Odette/Odile (from Swan Lake)” drawing (charcoal & pastel), 2017.
Perspectives, June 2017, Art League. Juror: David Carter.
“At the First Light,” oil, 2016.
Open Exhibit, May 2017, Art League. Juror: Dana Shearin.
“Abandoned Beach (Coastal Maine, 12)” oil, 2016.
Best of the Region, Manassas City Hall, Manassas, VA, March 2017. Juror: Sarah Weaver.
Best in Show for “River View (Historic Occoquan, 6), 2013.
Also accepted “Robust Pines,” acrylic, 2016. “Big House,”acrylic, 2016.
2016
Open Exhibit, September 2016, Art League. Juror: Amy Klainer.
“The Big House,” acrylic, 2016.
Splash! August-September 2016, Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA (804-752-3540) Juror: Alexis Shockley.
“River View,” acrylic, 2013; “Fecund,” oil, 2016; “Connecticut Shore Salt Marsh #1” acrylic, 2013; “On the Lee Side,” acrylic, 2016.
Landschap (Landscape) Exhibit, August 2016, Art League. Juror: Nora Sturges, Professor of Art at Towson University.
“Secrets Revealed (Journey Home, 11),” acrylic, 2016.
2015
‘Scapes Exhibit, August 2015, Art League. Juror: Elizabeth Peak.
“New Growth (Journey Home, 11),” oil, 2014. Honorable Mention.
All Media Member Show, January 2015, Art League. Juror: Paul Reuther.
“Richardson Lake Inlet,” pastel, 2012.
Truro Festival Arts Show, April-May 2015, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juror: Edward C. Knippers.
“Solitude, (Coastal Maine, 7)” acrylic, 2013. Second Place.
2014
3rd Annual Miniature Show, Dec. 2014, Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA. . Juror: Alexis Shockley.
“Camellia among Roses,” “Dark Coleus,” “Informal bouquet,” acrylic, 2014.
Large Works, November 2014, Art League. Juror: James Farrah.
“Mount Elbert from Twin Lakes,” oil, 2014.
Big Skies, August-September 2014, Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA. Juror: Alexis Shockley.
“Inundated (Intertidal, 8), acrylic, 2013.
“November Sky over the Estuary, (Coastal Maine, 1),” acrylic, 2011.
‘Scapes International Landscape Exhibit, August 2014, Art League. Juror: Olivia Kohler-Maga.
“Solitude (Intertidal, 8), acrylic, 2013.
All Media Member Show, July 2014, Art League. Juror: Ginger Hammer.
“Merriland River Salt Marsh,” acrylic, 2013.
20th Annual Juried Show, June 6-July 13, 2014, Mattawoman Creek Art Center, Smallwood State Park, Marbury, MD. Juror: Ted Reed.
“Midday Awakening,” acrylic, 2014. Honorable Mention.
“Bluster & Calm,” acrylic, 2013. “Connecticut Shore Salt Marsh, #1,” acrylic, 2013.
2013
Large Works Show, November 2013, Art League. Juror: Gretchen Schermerhorn.
“Morning’s Low Tide at Lord’s Point, (Coastal Maine, 2)”, acrylic, 2012.
All Media Member Show, September 2013, Art League. Juror: JoAnn Moser.
“Potato Antlers,” colored pencil, 2013.
The Land, September 2013, Capitol Arts Network, Rockville, MD. Juror: Catronia Fraser.
“Lower Meadow at River Farm,” acrylic, 2012.
‘Scapes International Landscape Exhibit, August 2013, Art League. Juror: Elizabeth Klimek.
“Inundated (Intertidal, 8), acrylic, 2013. Bose Gallery Award
Hill Center Regional Juried Show, June 25-Sept 2, 2013. Juror: Jack Rassmussen.
“Beach House at Lord's Point, (JH, 3)” acrylic, 2010.
Flora & Fauna, April 2013, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Yuriko Yamaguchi.
“Renewing Old Friendships,” acrylic, 2009.
2012
Large Works Show, November 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: John Figura.
“November Sky over the Estuary, (Coastal Maine, 1),” acrylic, 2011.
Fall Show & Sale 2012, Springfield Art Guild, Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Lisa Semerad.
“Baby Blue, Petunia Pink!” pastel, 2012. “Free Fall on Terra Firma,” pastel, 2011.
All Media Show, July 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Kate Dell Kaufmann.
“Rock Garden Fern,” charcoal, 2009.
Earth Show, April 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Helen Fredrick.
“Silent No Longer, (Journey Home, 9)” acrylic, 2010. Honorable Mention
All Media Show, April 2012, Art League, Alexandria, VA. Juror: Joseph Di Bella.
“Ramsey's Draft, ” pastel, 2012. purchased from the show (a First!).
Truro Festival Arts Show, Apr-June 2012, Truro Art Gallery, Fairfax, VA. Juror: Edward C. Knippers.
“Out of These Stones, (North Shore, 8)” acrylic, 2011. Second Place.
“Grand Marais, (North Shore, 4)” pastel, 2006. “Crashing Surf #2" acrylic, 2009.
Between 2006 and 2011 Ms. Gillmann's work juried into an additional 28 art exhibitions.
Collectors
Kathleen’s work is held privately locally and from Maine to Colorado.
Corporate collectors include the Art Bank at the U.S. Dept. of State and the National Institutes of Health.