Shaina Gates

EDUCATION

MFA 2016
University of Pennsylvania

MA 2008
School of Visual Arts, NY

BFA 2005
Rhode Island School of Design

SOLO SHOWS

2024
SPECIMINA *upcoming*
Pati LLimona; Barcelona, Spain

2023
TESTSET
3S Artspace; Portsmouth, NH

FIGURES & ARTIFACTS
Room68; Provincetown, MA

2021
LUCID
Gallery 263; Cambridge, MA

SALT
TOURIST; White River Junction, VT

2019
SURFACELAPSE
Lyceum Gallery; Manchester, NH

2018
THE FLATTENED INSIDES OF SOLID THINGS
Hosted by Kelley Stelling Contemporary; Manchester, NH

2017
EYE LEVEL
Foundation Art Space; Exeter, NH

2014
MY MOTHER MADE MY CLOTHES
Launch Art; Peterborough, NH


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024
AIR INDEX *upcoming*
curator Rachelle Bussieres
Equivalent Behavior; London, UK

SHIFT / PLANE / DENSITY
curator Richard Hogan
Practice Gallery; Philadelphia, PA

2023
CMCA BIENNIAL
Center for Maine Contemporary Art; Rockland, ME

IMPACT - 3 person exhibition
curator Kristina Durocher + NH Charitable Fndtn.
UNH Museum of Art

2022
NEW ENGLAND TRIENNIAL
deCordova Museum + Fruitlands Museum

LUMEN - 3 person exhibition
curator Kathy Greenwood
Albany Int'l Airport Gallery; Albany, NY

IMPACT - 4 person exhibition
UNH Museum of Art + NH Charitable Foundation

2021
NOR'EASTERLY
curators Julee & Eric Katzman
Katzman Contemporary Projects; Dover, NH

GESTALT
curators Julie Gray & Tina Johnson
Engine Gallery; Biddeford, ME

IMPACT - 3 person exhibition
UNH Museum of Art + NH Charitable Foundation

SPECTRUM
curators Kaylan Buteyn & Pam Marlene
Stay Home Gallery; Paris, TN

INSIGHT
curator Grace Hopkins
Cape Cod Museum of Art

2020
BY LAND OR BY SEA
Engine Gallery; Biddeford, ME

PAPERWORKS
curator Christina Z. Anderson
Northwest Art Center; Minot, ND

IMPACT - 3 person exhibition
UNH Museum of Art + NH Charitable Foundation

2019
SHAINA GATES & ANNA VON MERTENS - 2 person show
Sharon Arts Gallery; Peterborough, NH

PERFECTION
curator Hilary Irons
Able Baker Contemporary; Portland, ME

2018
EVERYTHING HAPPENS SO MUCH
curator Kurt Sundstrom
Kelley Stelling Contemporary; Manchester, NH

MINUTE PARTICULARS
curators Karina Kelley & Bill Stelling
Kelley Stelling Contemporary; Manchester, NH

2017
TENxTEN
curator Kate Mothes
Young Space; Kaukauna, WI

2016
HAPPINESS GREENS OUR IRRELEVANCE
curator Hamza Walker
MaMa Gallery; Los Angeles, CA

BREAKING THE MOLD
curator Mim Brooks Fawcett
Cape Cod Museum of Art; Dennis, MA

CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES
curator Sam Trioli
Roger Williams Gallery, NHIA; Manchester, NH

2015
JOINT CUSTODY
curator Heather Rowe
Fox Gallery; Philadelphia, PA

UNCOMMONS
curators Haely Chang, Kirsten Gill, & Hilary Whitham
Little Berlin Gallery; Philadelphia, PA

JUST COME
curator Matt Freedman
Morgan Gallery; Philadelphia, PA

2014
MINUMENTAL
Sharon Arts Gallery; Peterborough, NH

2013
COMING OF AGE
curator Michael Carroll
Sharon Arts Gallery; Peterborough NH

BIENNIAL JURORS’ CHOICE EXHIBIT
curator Kristina Durocher
Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery; Keene, NH

2012
30 UNDER 30
curators Tim Donovan, Craig Stockwell
Sharon Arts Gallery; Peterborough NH


PROJECTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

• ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - 2024
Monson Arts: Monson, ME

• GUEST CURATOR: "Fielding Devices" - 2024
Katzman Contemporary Projects; Dover, NH

• ARTIST ADVANCEMENT GRANT - 2023
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

• ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - 2023
Hewnoaks; Lovell, ME

• ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - 2021
Canterbury Shaker Village; Canterbury, NH