A r t I n M i n d
Shari Weschler - Sumo Bunni
Shari Weschler - CV
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art, BFA 1992
Major: Painting, Minor: Art History
Salve Regina University – Creative & Expressive Arts Facilitation - 2010
RIAR - Real Estate School - 2017
Solo Exhibitions
2024 - Three week residency exhibition, guest artist Elizabeth Lind with Shari Weschler
Myths and Realities - AiR Studio and Gallery, Westerly, RI
Metro Gallery - Providence Train Station, Providence, RI
Flipp Salon, 13 Year Anniversary Exhibition 2024 - Providence, RI
2023 Bank RI, Pitman and Turks Head - Providence RI
2022 Taking Flight, in collaboration with Deena Smith, CCG - Newport, RI
2020 BUNNI 2020, Coastal Contemporary Gallery - Newport RI
2017 Piecing It Together - Van Vessem Gallery - Tiverton, RI
The Alter Ego - Woodman Shimko Gallery - Provincetown, MA
2016 New Works - Woodman Shimko Gallery - Provincetown, MA
As One And Many - Candita Clayton Gallery - Pawtucket, RI
2016 Woodman Shimko Gallery New Works - Palm Springs, CA
2015 Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery - Groton, CT
Cassandra Complex - MA
Carver Hill Gallery - Maine
2014 Cassandra Complex Gallery - Provincetown MA
Chez Pascal Restaurant - Providence RI
2013 AS220 - Providence RI (2 person)
Coastal Living Gallery - Wickford, RI
Hallway Gallery – Boston, MA
ColoColo Gallery, NewBedford, MA
2012 Gallery K - Nantucket, MA
Gallery Z, RI (with sculptor Christian Rubeck)
Bank Of RI – Pitman and Turks Head locations, Providence, RI
Flipp Salon – Providence, RI
2011 Colo Colo Gallery – New Bedford, MA
Vee Vee – Boston, MA
RI Home Show – Providence, RI (3 – 10x10’ booth spaces)
2010 West Bay Open Studio – Personal Studio Tour/Group/Solo – NK, RI
Colo Colo Gallery - New Bedford, MA
Via Matta – Boston, MA
2009 D Scale – Boston, MA
2008 17 Peck – Providence, RI
17 Peck – Providence, RI
2007 The Gallery at 17 Peck - Providence, RI
2001 Gomez Gallery - Paintings & Drawings - Hampden, MD
1999 4th Annual Opera & Wine Dinner. West Friendship, MD
1998 Sisson’s Restaurant -"Retrospective Monotypes" - Baltimore, MD
1997 Sotheby’s Realty - Larchmont, NY
The Ellicott Theatre - Ellicott City, MD.
1996 The Ellicott Theatre - Ellicott City, MD
Space Telescope Science Institute - Baltimore, MD
1994 Off The Point Gallery - Baltimore, MD
Group Exhibitions
2023 Summer Crush, Salon Exhibition, AIR Studio and Gallery, Westerly, RI
2023 Spring Back, (solo) one of 3 artists, AIR Studio and Gallery, Westerly, RI
2021 LandX, curated by D Dominick Lombardi, Red Fox Gallery, Pound Ridge, NY
2020 Internal Spaces - Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
DIVINE 2020 - Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
Group Salon - Stonington Gallery, Stonington, CT
Taking Inventory, Summer Salon - Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport, RI
2019 Overlap: Life Tapestries Curated by Vida Sabbaghi - Pen+Brush Gallery NYC, NY
Shaping Tales, Painting, Glass, Video - Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport, RI
Summer Salon Season, 3 exhibitions - Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport, RI
Holiday Happening - Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
RELENTLESS - Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
I Can't See My Face - Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
Cadence - Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
Isolation - Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
DIVINE 2019 - Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
KOLLISION - Minika Ko with COPE NYC, Invitational Curated by Vida Sabbaghi, COPE Brooklyn NY
2018 Overlap: Life Tapestries - Curated by Vida Sabbaghi - HUB -Robeson Gallery Penn State, PA
Collective Extravaganza: A Grand Event - CCG, Newport, RI
On Board: Joining Forces - CCG, Newport RI
2018 DUETS - Art Prov Gallery - Providence, RI C&S
2017 Its The Little Things - Art Prov Gallery - Providence, RI
Pop Up in Pawtucket 3D, invited as painter - Pawtucket Arts Collaborative - Pawtucket RI
Affordable Art Fair - NYC NY- Retrospect Galleries, AU
Affordable Art Fair - Battersea UK - Retrospect Galleries, AU
Affordable Art Fair - Brussels- Retrospect Galleries, AU
Ongoing - Retrospect Galleries Collection - Byron Bay AU
2016 Overlap: Life Tapestries - Invitational with Curator Vida Sabbaghi AIR Gallery - Brooklyn NY
Affordable Art Fair - Stockholm - Retrospect Galleries, AU
Affordable Art Fair Singapore - Retrospect Galleries, AU
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair - Woodman Shimko Gallery - Palm Springs CA
2015 - Six Years Later Magazine - Publication Launch Party, November 2015
Love Art Fair - Toronto, Canada with Carver Hill Gallery, Maine
CooHaus/Art Mora - Open Call - NY NY
2014 Skylight Gallery - Chelsea NYC Curated by Vida Sabbaghi - Queens Museum
US & THEM - Carver Hill Gallery - Rockland Maine
Deck The Walls - Laura's Center For The Arts - SNAC - Curated by Scott Francoeur - Hanover MA
Affordable Art Fair - Artzandra Gallery, Stockholm
Nave Gallery - Magic Without Tricks - MA (Curated by Arlinda Shtuni)
Dacia Gallery - Works On Paper - NYC, NY
Call For Bushwick -Understanding Media: The Extensions of the Human Being Brooklyn NY (Jurors: Michela Bondardo,Holly Crawford, Jill Conner, Vida Sabbaghi, Alison Pierz)
Woodman Shimko Gallery, Palm Springs CA
Australia via Six Years Later Magazine Launch
Cate Charles - Eclecticism - Providence, RI
Cate Charles - Grand Opening Exhbition - Providence RI
GRIN Gallery - SWELL/Flat File Exhibition - Providence, RI
Coastal Living Gallery - The Rubeck Four - North Kingstown RI
2013 Dacia Gallery - Black & White Show - NYC
Bunnycutlet Gallery - I Love New Dork - Brooklyn, NY
Naughty or Nice - Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford MA
Small Works - Gallery Z, Providence RI
Mametamed Gallery & Salon - Brooklyn, NY
Gallery Q - Providence RI
Square Show - Gallery Z - Providence, RI
2012 Broadway with Dacia Gallery - NYC - 2012
Small Works Show - Gallery Z - Providence, RI
Gallery Z Small Works Show - Gallery Z - Providence RI
Riverdale Festival of The Arts - Elisa Contemporary Gallery – Riverdale, NY
Wickford Art Association (4 person show) ‘ ImaginationX4 ‘
Wickford Art Festival - Wickford, RI.
Newport Art Museum – Newport RI
Art & Soul - Stable of Artists – Gallery Z
NK Gallery – National Juried Exhibit – Boston, MA
TempleCon Gaming –
75 Wall Street – OneWay Gallery NYC, NY
RI Watercolor Society – 2012 Invitational – Slater Park , MA
DeBlois Gallery – Newport, RI
Krause Gallery at Moses Brown
2011 One Way Gallery – Narragansett & Providence, RI
Espresso Arts – Colo Colo – New Bedford, MA
Small Works – Gallery Z – Providence, RI
2010 Gallery Z – “Dalla Collezione” – Providence, RI
B&H Framing – East Greenwich , RI
Peacock’d Gallery – Attelboro, MA
2009 Ceres Gallery – “Exposure” - Chelsea, NY
Thomas Moser Gallery (2person) – Boston MA
Art Market – Boston, MA
17 Peck – Providence, RI
2008 17 Peck - Poetry Night – Providence, RI
17 Peck – Holiday Exhibition
2007 The Gallery at 17 Peck
2006 The Gallery at 17 Peck – Stable Artists
The Gallery at 17 Peck – “A Couple” of Artists
2001 Fleckenstein Gallery – Towson, MD
2000 Brooke Logan - Chestertown, MD
G-Spot - Baltimore, MD
The Resurgam Gallery - "Three Chicks" - 3person - Baltimore, MD
Invitational Exhibition - "The Artist and The Process" - HOWCO Arts Center - Ellicott City, MD
1601 Guilford - "Fall Into Blue Dreams" - Baltimore, MD
1999 G-Spot -"Paradigm Convergence" - Baltimore, MD
FONDA Gallery - The Baltimore Theatre Project - 2 person – Baltimore, MD
Resurgam Gallery - "Lefty" - 3 person - Baltimore, MD
1998 Resurgam Gallery -"Circus Works" - 2 person - Baltimore, MD
1997 Howard County Arts Center - "ArtHoco" - MD (Juror: Barbara Gillette Price)
Howard County Arts Center - Ellicott City, MD
DCAC – Washington, DC
1996 Margret’s Cafe Open - Fells Point, MD
May Arts Festival - Ellicott City, MD (Curator & artist participant)
Halcyon Gallery - Fells Point, MD
1995 "The Big Show" - Fells Point, MD (Curator, installation & artist participant)
Newman Art Gallery - Capitol Hill, DC
Agora Gallery - Soho, NYC
May Arts Festival - Ellicott City, MD
1994 Oella Arts Festival - Oella, MD
One World Cafe - Two Person Exhibition - Baltimore, MD
New Rochelle Art Association - 80th Juried Exhibition - New Rochelle, NY
1993 Halcyon Gallery - Fells Point, MD
New Rochelle, NY - 79th Juried Exhibition - (Jurors:Daniel E. Greene & Lynne S. Mayacole)
Lions Club Invitational - Second Annual International Art Show - Mamaroneck, NY
Anna Politan’s Gallery - Annapolis, MD
1992 New Rochelle Juried Auction - New Rochelle Library- New Rochelle, NY
First Annual International Art Show - Mamaroneck, NY
Maryland Institute College of Art - Two Person Exhibition - Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art - Juried Undergraduate Show - Balt, MD
1991 New Rochelle Art Association - 77th Juried Exhibition - New Rochelle, NY
(Jurors: W. Lee Savage, Philip Listengart & Maishe Dickman, Awards: 1st & 3rd cash prize)
The Rye Arts Center - Juried Exhibit of Works on Paper - Rye, NY
The World Trade Center - Baltimore, MD
Professional Affiliations, Past and Present
AIR Studio and Gallery, Westerly, RI
Skye Gallery, Providence, RI
Red Fox Gallery, Pound Ridge, NY
Coastal Contemporary Gallery - Newport, RI
Woodman Shimko Gallery - Provincetown, MA
Woodman Shimko Gallery - Palm Springs, CA
Carver Hill Gallery - Rockport, Maine
An Inclusive World - NY
Artzandra - Gotenburg, Sweden
PCPA - Founding Member - 2017
Retrospect Galleries - Byron Bay, Australia
Candita Clayton Gallery - Providence, RI
LEFT COAST EDITIONS - Sacramento, CA
Gallery Z – Providence, RI
Colo Colo Gallery – New Bedford, MA
Dacia Gallery - NYC, NY
Elisa Contemporary Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
Lanoue Film Arts – Boston, MA
Cate Charles Gallery - Providence RI
Wickford Art Association – North Kingstown, RI
Newport Art Museum - Newport,RI
BlueCanvas.com
Artzczar.com
One Way Gallery – Narragansett RI & Providence RI
West Bay Open Studios – RI 2010
Peacock’d Gallery – Attelboro, MA
Canvas Fine Arts – Boston, MA
The Gallery at 17 Peck – Providence, RI
Fleckenstein Gallery - Towson, MD
GomezGallery - Hampden, MD
My Daddys Gallery - Baltimore, MD
Paper Rock Scissors - Hampden, MD
Mixed Media Gallery - Block Island, RI
East-West Design, Interior Design Firm - Ellicott City, MD
Riverview Gallery - Oella, MD .
Agora Gallery - 560 Broadway, Soho, NYC
Anna Politan’s Gallerie & Salon - Annapolis, MD
Publications.Awards.Features
Canvas Rebel Meaning & Purpose: the projects that mattered January 2024
Quickest Flip Magazine - Featured Artist December 2023
Artist Talk, featuring Sumo Bunni, Elizabeth Lind with facilitator Meredith LeBlanc, AiR Studio and Gallery, Westerly, RI February 2024
Artist Talk, Sumo Bunni Project 360 Journal and Paintings, AIR Studio and Gallery, Westerly, RI May 2023
Artist To Know: Shari Weschler - Inside Art with Michael Rose, Go Local Prov, July 12, 2023
SuboArt Magazine - Featured April 2023
Birdcoat Quarterly Lit Journal - IG, 2023
Best Contemporary Gallery, Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport RI, Rhode Island Monthy, August 2021
Fine Art Insights, Podcast Interview with Michael Rose
Lock Her Up by Tina Parker - Cover Art
Featured Artwork 'NeverMore' - If We Were Birds, Award winning theater production, UCONN, CT
Artsy - Air Gallery Feature 2016
Celebrating Women With Overlap - Life Tapestries at AIR Gallery, NY - November 2016
Emboss Magazine - Avante Garde Issue
Create! Magazine - Blog Feature October 3, 2016
The Independent Paper - Featured Artist Interview - March 2016
The Art Of the Registry - Image 'EyeSee' with Candita Clayton Gallery
Fresh Paint Magazine - 10th Edition December 2015
Fourth Edition 6YL Magazine - POWER December 2015
Art Book Guy - Interview With An Artist, April 2015
Artefuse.com - The Artist That Mistook His Wife For A Hat - Sept 2014
US & THEM - Maine Art Scene - Oct 2014
Magic Comes to the Nave Annex - Somerville Times , Aug 2014
The Overlooked Supprt, Works On Paper, Dacia Gallery Fine Art Counnoisseur , July/Aug 2014
Bluestockings Magazine - Brown University 2014
Orgy of Chiaroscuro, What's Black, White & Photographed All Over? Artoholics.com, Dec 2013
Call For Bushwick - Call For Bushwick, Brooklyn NY 2014
The Extensions of Human Being - Art Fuse, May June 2014
#22 Look/See The Art of Sumo Bunn & Family Cleaning Up The Studio" Karen Rand Anderson Blog - 2014
Masks Play A Major Role In Artist's Work - South Coast Today Don Wilkenson July 4, 2013
"Being Human" Artscope Zine, Lindsey Davis
5Pieces Art Gallery - November's Twitter Art Wall Winner - Featured Art: ALTEREGO#4 2013
RI NEWS - TV Interview - 3 Artists:Weschler Rubeck, Alling, Dinge 2013
Instinct - 6YL Magazine Issue#3 2014
Artistic Moods - Featured Artist August 2013
artodyssey1.blogspot.com - Dec 2013 Feature
The Independent Paper RI – August 2012
Artscope – Self, Swell &Scenes - July 2012
Mercury Paper – DeBlois Show – April 2012
Pinterest -2012
Blue Hermitage Award of Excellence – Blue Canvas 2012
Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Third Place in show - 2012
Artrogueisland.com (online Blog from Writer: Renee Doucette) 2011, 2012
Visual Overture Magazine– Featured Emerging Artist – Fall 2011
Arts New Bedford – AHA Night – Live Interview, New Bedford, MA Aug 2010
RyanClintonBlogspot - 2010
BNN Live Interview, Via Matta – Boston, MA 2010
BNN Televised Interview Boston MA May 2009
The Scientist, March 2002
Baltimore Chronicle Wit & Meditation at the Gomez Louise Sheldon Feb 2001
Baltimore Chronicle Art Review Baltimore MD June 1999
Catonsville Times Interview Baltimore, MD 1996
ArtSpeak Summer Review NY, NY Summer 1995
New Rochelle Art Association Awards: 1st & 3rd cash prize Jurors: W. Lee Savage, Philip Listengart & Maishe Dickman
Professional Experience
Artist . Curator
Executive Assistant, CEO LSI, Rhode Island - National / International
Owner/Director - Coastal Contemporary Gallery - Newport, RI (Founded May 2018)
REALTOR
Portfolio Reviewer, Cambridge Art Association - Cambridge, MA April 2021
Guest Juror, Spring Bull Gallery - Newport, RI
Guest Judge, CIAA - Member's Exhibition - Jamestown, RI
Guest Juror, PAC - Member's Exhibition - Pawtucket, RI
Guest Judge, Wickford Art Association - Member's Exhibition - Wickford RI
Co-Curator, Providence Center for Photographic Arts - 'Behind The Lens, Women In Photography' - Providence, RI
Juror, Warwick Museum of Art - 'Mind Body Soul' June-July 2016
WebDesign & Execution - 1998 - Present
Curator/Administrator/Marketing - Coastal Living Galleries & Coastal Properties Group - Wickford.Warren.Newport, RI - 2013 - Present
Administrative Manager /Marketing- William Raveis Realty - EG, RI - 2013 - 2014
Exhibitions Include: 2d3d, Alling, The Rubeck Four, Perceptions, WAF 2013/2014, Oxygen Keepers, Shattered Visions, Lorena Pugh, Affordable Art I & II, Kim Ellery, Reaching For Beauty/Karen Anderson, Waves, Water & Pears/Lorena Pugh, MadDogMarch/9 Artists from Mad Dog Group
Retail - Smyle Store- East Greenwich, RI 2012-2013
Art Instructor, Private & Group Studio Classes, North Kingstown Rhode Island 1994-2013
Art Instructor, Artrageous Adventures After School Art Enrichment, FC, SL & Hamilton Elementary - NK, RI 2007-2013
Artist In Residence, St Vincent’s Center for Abused Children, Towson, MD
Art Instructor, Private Elementary - Woodlawn, MD
Curator – Ellicott Theater, Ellicott City, MD
Children’s Workshops, Columbia, MD
Administrative Assistant, Tag Engineering - Baltimore, MD
Studio Assistant – Baltimore, MD
