La Wilson
La Wilson, born 1924, Corning, New York
EDUCATION
1942-43 Smith College
1950’s Studied with Leroy Flint for two years
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 “La Wilson: Objects Transformed” The Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
2013 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York
2011 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York
2008 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York
2006 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York
2004 Constructions, John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
2004 La Wilson Altered Objects, Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College,
Retrospective exhibition with catalogue (essay by Edward M. Gomez), curated by John Davis, Collegeville, PA
2002 New Work, TSL Gallery, Hudson, NY
2000 Davis & Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY
1999 New Works, Gallery 138, Kent State University, Kent, OH
1999 Davis & Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY
1992 Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1989 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
1988 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Moos Gallery, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH
1986 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
1986 La Wilson/Metaphorical Objects, Akron Art Museum, 20 year retrospective, curated
by Kathleen Monaghan (catalogue), Akron, OH
1985 John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
1983 John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
1978 The Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
1967 Ross Widen Gallery, Cleveland, OH
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 Moments of Improbable Coincidence, Harris • Stanton Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2012 The Traveler and the Magician, La Wilson and Mark Soppeland, Harris∙Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
2009 The Object of Memory, La Wilson & Mark Soppeland, Harris-Stanton Gallery, Akron
2006 Miraculous Transformation, La Wilson and Mark Soppeland, Harris-Stanton Gallery
2000 Connections, La Wilson & Craig Lucas, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
1997 La Wilson/Mark Soppeland, Evelyne Shaffer Gallery, Akron, OH
1990 La Wilson & Dennis Kowalski/Recent Sculpture, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH
1988 Hidden Treasure, Enclosed and Exposed, La Wilson and Mary Fox, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1984 La Wilson & Jenny Wilson, The Arts for Living Center, Burlington, IA
1983 La Wilson & Betty Cully, Artreach, Columbus, OH
1983 La Wilson & Jenny Wilson, Eels Gallery, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
1975 La Wilson & Avis Andres, In Town Club, Cleveland, OH
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 Inaugural Exhibition, John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Beyond Reality, Ohio Artists After Surrealism, curated by Elizabeth McClelland,
Cleveland Artist Foundation at the Beck Center for the Arts, Cleveland, OH
1998 Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art, curated by Tom E. Hinson, curator Contemporary Art Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue, Cleveland OH
1996 Steel Cities, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PS
1994 Anniversary Exhibition, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
1993 The May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1991 The Invitational, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1990 Separate But Equal, Ohio Women Artists, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
1988 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Art on Paper, Witherspoon Art Gallery, U. of North Carolina (catalogue)
1985 Have a Heart, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
1982 Three Artist/Three Media: Betty Culley, Helen Matteson & La Wilson, Canton Art Institute
AWARDS
1993 Cleveland Arts Prize for Visual Arts - $1,000, Women's City Club, Cleveland, OH
1993 The May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, $1,000 sculpture prize
1967 44th Annual Juried Exhibition, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, 3 Honor Awards
1965 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, Honor Award
1963 40th Annual Spring Show, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, Honor Award
1959 36th Annual May Show, Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, Honor Award (catalogue)
Ms. Wilson's work is held in private and public collections, including the Akron Art Museum, The Allen Art Museum in Oberlin, OH; the Berman Museum of Art in Collegeville, PA
The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, U. of N.C. at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ