Frances Venardos Gialamas

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Archival photography is the starting point and reference for my work in which I comment on themes such as identity, sense of place, time, and primarily the American worker. The American worker is a metaphor for change and self-definition in contemporary life. Women steel workers often star in the worker series questioning traditional gender roles. The photos are enlarged to the scale of a substantial painting which often alters the balance of its contents. I incorporate text, appropriated and found images, drawing, hand coloring, shards of color and gold---a variety of media which transform and recycle the original photo to a personal aesthetic. My grounding in painting and printmaking disciplines give way to the use of photography, xerography, drawing and assembling disparate images.
They are my tools for communication and commemoration of the past and present.

Frances V. Gialamas

FRANCES VENARDOS GIALAMAS

SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011	Steel Life, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York City
2007	After Work, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York City
2004	She Worked in a Mill, Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, Bost Building, Homestead, PA
2003	She Worked in a Mill, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York City
2000	Chronicles of American Workers II, Ceres Gallery, SOHO, New York City
1997	Chronicles of American Workers, Ceres Gallery, SOHO, New York City
1995	Chronicles, Ceres Gallery, Soho, New York City
1991	Jewish Community Center, Perlow and Weis Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
1985	West Liberty State College, WV
	Blue Sky Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1982	Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTION
	Bread and Roses Cultural Project, Inc. NYC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh The Grable Foundation Algemene Bank Nederland, N. V. Dravo Corporation ALCOA Corporation Westinghouse Corporation Deloitte, Haskins, Sells C. S. McKee Oxford Development Pittsburgh National Bank	David L. Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh Board of Education Marsh McClennan, Inc. Smith Kline, Beecham Nemacolin Woodlands Blount, Inc., Montgomery, AL Three Rivers Aluminum Company Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania AMSCO Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Numerous Private Collections

PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS
	2010 Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Kurt Shaw 2010 Edward Munch, Art Blog 2010 Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Mary Thomas 2010 Fanfare Magazine, Harry Schwalb 2010 Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Harry Schwalb 2006-2003 Pittsburgh Magazine, Mike May 2004 Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Leslie Hoffman 2004-2003 Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Kurt Shaw 2003 Valley Mirror, Jack Ruskin 20007-1997 Gallery Guide, New York City 2000 Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Graham Shearing 2010-1998 Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Mary Thomas 1998-1997 The Woman’s Voice, Pittsburgh, PA, Wrote Seven articles on Women in Art under the pseudonym: Frannie Bernarde 1997 The Villager, Robert Hicks, New York City 1997 “Chromocome,” Catalog Essay, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 1993-1980 Pittsburgh Magazine, Harry Schwalb 1991 Color in Contemporary Art, Charles LeClair, Illustration of Work Included 1987 WQED FM Arts Radio 1986 Greensburg Tribune, James Winocour 1986 Youngstown Vindicator, Clyde Singer 1985-1974 Pittsburgh Post‑Gazette, Donald Miller 1985 Pittsburgh Press, Patricia Lowry 1985 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Publications 1985 WQED‑FM Fine Arts Radio 1983 WQED‑Television, Lyceum 1982 WDUQ‑FM Radio, Duquesne University

SELECTED AWARDS
	2010 Honorable Mention, “Small Works,” Joy Borelli Edwards Gallery 2006-2007 Juror Award, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier, PA, 11th Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2006, 2001 Women in Art, Seton Hill University 1998 Friends of Art for the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Purchase Award, The Carnegie Museum of Art 1998 Designated as MASTER ARTIST, Pittsburgh, PA 1997 Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Juried Art Exhibition Award of Excellence, Greensburg, PA 1995 Commission, Children’s Hospital, nine works for permanent installation 1994 Work Selected for Albright‑Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1994 Juror Award, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Museum of Art 1994 Friends of Art for the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Purchase Award, The Carnegie Museum of Art 1993 Two Juror Awards, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts 1991 Juror Award, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Museum of Art 1988 Juror Award, Sam Gilliam, Butler Institute of American Art 1987 Vita Award, WQED‑FM Radio, Fine Arts Radio 1985 Pittsburgh Print Group Award, Wintergarden, PPG Building 1985 Pittsburgh Print Group Award, Campbell Gallery, Sewickley Academy, PA 1983 Project Director, Co‑Writer, The Fine Art Print, An Introduction, published 1980 Pittsburgh Print Group Award, Allegheny County Courthouse Exhibit
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
	2010 “100 for 100,” President’s Choice, 907 Penn Gallery 2010 “18 Past Presidents,” Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Gallery SIM 2010 “Past/Present,” Seton Hill university, Greensburg, PA, Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA 2009 International Images, Sewickley PA 2010-2006 Fein Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2006 Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York 2006 Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA 2003 “Teaching Artists,” Shady Side Academy 2000 Masters Exhibitions IV, Westmoreland Museum of American Art 1999-1998 “Pittsburgh at Work, 20th Century images of labor and industry,” Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1998 Kunstler Forum Gallery, Bonn, Germany 1996 Restructuring Nature–Women Artists interpret the Environment, Chatham University 1996 The Mariage Project–A regional View, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 1995 Image concept and design for billboard: "Iron and Steel," Aliquippa Embraces Art, Aliquippa, PA Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL Wenniger Graphics Gallery, Boston, MA West Liberty State College, WV, One‑Person Exhibit Dunfermline, Scotland, The Pittsburgh Connection Les Idees Gallery, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA Congressional Office, Print Invitational, Washington, DC Pittsburgh Convention Center Greek Island Limited, New York, NY LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, PA Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA Blue Sky Gallery, Print Invitational Allen Rubiner Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
	2007-1958 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibitions, The Carnegie Museum of Art 2007 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier, PA 2006, 2001 Women in Art, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 2004 Westmorland Museum of American Art, Juried Biennial, Greensburg, PA 2002 Westmorland Arts Nationals, Greensburg, PA 1998 Masters Exhibition IV, Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA 1998 “Art of the State: Pennsylvania 98,” The State museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA 1997 Southwestern Pennsylvania Juried Exhibition, Greensburg, PA 1997 “Chromosome,” Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1995 “Morality”, national juried exhibition, E.I.O. Gallery, Art at the Powerhouse, Cleveland, Ohio National Mid‑year Exhibitions, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibitions, The Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Three Rivers Art Festivals Silver Eye Center for Photography "Point to Port," Artists' Equity, Frick Fine Arts Pittsburgh Print Group Annual Exhibitions Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
	2004-2006 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Board of Directors 1997-Present National Society of Arts and Letters 1996-2002 The Society of Contemporary Crafts, Board of Directors 1995-1998 Three Rivers Community Fund, Board of Director 1994-1995 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, President, 1994‑1995 1992 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Interim Executive Administrator, 1992 1991-1994 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Board of Directors 1985-1995 Citizen for the Arts in Pennsylvania, Board of Directors 1984-1985 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, President 1982-1984 Artists’ Equity, Pittsburgh Chapter, Founding President Pittsburgh Print Group
EDUCATION
	BA Degree, Chatham College
TEACHING POSITIONS
	1991 International School, Le Pouldu, Brittany, France, Summer 1987-1982 Jewish Community Center, Faculty, Drawing 1974-1992 Studio G, Adult Education, Painting and Drawing 1978-1992 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Faculty, Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking
REPRESENTED BY
	Carol Siegel Art Services, Pittsburgh, PA Ceres Gallery, New York

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