Colleen Blackard (b. 1987)Colleen Blackard (b. 1987) connects external and internal landscapes through monotype printmaking, drawing, and installation. She received her MFA in Studio Art at The University of Texas in Austin in 2024, and her BA from Hampshire College, MA in 2009. She is the recipient of international residencies and fellowships such as Atelierhaus Hilmsen in Germany, Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat in Co. Kerry, Ireland, Jentel in Wyoming, and PLAYA in Oregon. In 2017, she was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. In 2024, she received the Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Travel Fellowship, and she is the 2025 recipient of the Jerry Manson Residency at Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Austin, TX. Her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries such as ACA Galleries and Owen James Gallery in NYC, Mönchskirche Gallery in Germany, ISSO Gallery in Tokyo, Foltz Fine Art in Houston, and SPRING/BREAK Art Show. Her drawings are in Pierogi Gallery’s Flat Files and she was interviewed for their artists’ Q&A. In 2021, her solo exhibition, “The Abandoned Series: Returning,” at Redbud Gallery in Houston was awarded “Top 5 shows in Texas” by Glasstire. Her work has been featured in Drawing Magazine, Artspace, and the Japanese travel show, “Hotel no Madokora.” Artist StatementI am fascinated by the evolving atmosphere that light creates around transient subjects such as storms, nightscapes, and other emotionally-charged spaces. My work explores the phenomenon of being immersed in these realms. Recalling dreams and memories of the natural world, I utilize methods of printmaking, drawing, painting, and scenic art to connect external and internal landscapes. My finished work becomes a traceable imprint of this exploration. During my recent month-long residency at Atelierhaus Hilmsen, I used my time to create work inspired by my adventures in Scandinavian woodlands, fjords, and islands. The resulting monotypes are also influenced by the folklore and myths of the region I have been reading during my travels, from Norse mythology to the Norwegian folktales and legends collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. In 2021, I traveled to the foothills of the Bighorn range in Wyoming and the Great Basin in Oregon to work directly from the landscape. The resulting prints capture my response to my experiences within these spaces, such as watching the shadow of the new moon rise over a distant ridge while coyotes howl. During the first winter of the pandemic, I reflected on my recent time in a historic cottage at Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat in Co. Kerry, Ireland. I created a series of monotypes envisioning a moonlit return to the nearby 8th century monastic ruins of Kildreelig. Researching pigments in circulation in early medieval Europe, I used a reduced palette of colors available to the monastery’s residing hermit monks. This series is a contemplation on those who have come before and the space found in their wake. EDUCATION2024 M.F.A. Studio Art, Printmaking, University of Texas, Austin, TX2020 Painting Marathon with Fran O’Neill, New York Studio School, NYC2009 B.A. Studio Arts, Hampshire College, Amherst, MASELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS/ GRANTS2024 Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Foundation Travel Fellowship, October 20242023 Constance Forsyth Scholarship in Printmaking, University of Texas, Austin, July 20232021 Top 5 Shows in Texas, Glasstire | Texas Visual Art News and Reviews, April 20212017 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Aug 20172011 Top 150 NYC entries, Curate NYC, Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, NY, Dec 2011SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2026 An Unfound Door, Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Austin, TX (Upcoming)2021 The Abandoned Series: Returning, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX2016 The Abandoned Series, ACA Galleries Benefit Event, New York, NY2012 Shifting Perceptions, Orchard Windows Gallery, New York, NY2012 Fading Memories; Emerging Spirit, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2009 For The Universe, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2025Marfa Invitational Open, Marfa, TXRed Dot Art Spree, Women & Their Work, Austin, TXCollective Minds, Flatbed Press, Austin, TXCosmic Tapestry, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TXFeeling Big, Being Small, Contracommon, Bee Cave, TX 2024Conversation in the 1000 Acres, Sage Gallery, Sheridan, WYRed Dot Art Spree, Women & Their Work, Austin, TXFoltz Fine Art, Houston, TXArt Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, ItalyVisions of Nature - Juried by Gabriel de Guzman, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NYFoltz Fine Art in the McNay Print Fair, San Antonio, TXAll Else, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX 2023Texas Emerging Volume 4, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TXSPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY, Red Dot Art Spree, Women & Their Work, Austin, TXMönchskirche Gallery, Salzwedel, GermanyCalico, Brooklyn, NY 2022Calico, Brooklyn, NYCenter for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT Davis Gallery, Austin, TXThe Royal Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2021Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NYCalico, Brooklyn, NYKean University, Union, NJGlade Gallery, The Woodlands, TX2020Calico, Brooklyn, NYAHA Gallery, Queens, NY2019Myeongdong International Art Festival, Seoul, KRMrs. Gallery, Hampshire College Benefit, NYC Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami, NYC 2018Calico, Brooklyn, NYAHA Gallery, New York, NY 2017Abrons Art Center, New York, NYACA Galleries Event, Chelsea, NY 2016Columbia University, NYCSla307 Non-Profit Art Space, New York, NYBFP Creative, Brooklyn, NYOwen James Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2015Pleiades Gallery, New York, NYGalerie Protégé, New York, NYISSO Gallery, Tokyo, JapanPostcards from the Edge, Luhring Augustine Gallery, NYC RESIDENCIES2026 Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland (Upcoming)2025 Cill Rialaig Artist Residency, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland (Upcoming)2025 Lucid Art Foundation, Inverness, CA2025 Jerry Manson Residency, Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Austin, TX2024 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY2024 Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy2023 Atelierhaus Hilmsen, Wallstawe, Germany2021 PLAYA Artist Residency, Summer Lake, OR2021 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY2019 Cill Rialaig Artist Residency, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland2013 Women Printmakers of Austin Keyholder Residency, Austin, TX2010 BetterArt Artist Residency, Better Farm, Redwood, NY LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS2024 Jentel Presents at Sage Gallery Exhibition, Hosted by Sage Gallery, Sheridan, WY2023 Fresh from the Studio, Hosted by Women & Their Work, Austin, TX2021 Jentel Presents, Hosted by Sage Gallery, Sheridan, WY2020 The Artist’s Well, Hosted by Alan Keane, Dublin, Ireland2017 Jersey City Art and Studio Tour, 660 Studios, Jersey City, NJ COLLECTIONSMarina Tsvetaeva Museum, Moscow, RussiaAmherst College, MA REPRESENTATIONFoltz Fine Art, Houston, TXFlat Files, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY2024 Glasstire, Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Foundation Announces Travel Fellowship Awardees, Glasstire.Sheridan Media, Jentel residency artists return to share work, sheridanmedia.com.Canvas Rebel, Meet Colleen Blackard, canvasrebel.com.2021 Artspace Editors, Colleen Blackard, Artspace.Glasstire, Top Five: April 1, 2021, Glasstire.Alan V. Keane, The Source, Ireland, Alan Keane Art. Print.Ashleigh S. Wilkerson, Art on Call with Colleen Blackard, MOST Influential Art Magazine: 30. Print.2018 Claire Selvin, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Names 2017–18 Grantees, ARTnews.2017 Austin R. Williams, New & Notable: Colleen Blackard, Drawing Magazine: 80. Print.Austin R. Williams, Why Colleen Blackard is an Artist to Watch, Artists Network.Julia Moak, Thursday Spotlight: Colleen Blackard, Greenpointers.com.2016 Stephanie Theodore, See My Friends: Owen James Gallery, Two Coats of Paint.2015 Audrey Irving, Colleen Blackard Q&A, Pierogi Gallery.Jamie Martinez, Paper Trails at Van Der Plas Gallery, ArteFuse.2014 Brooklyn, Hotel no Madokora, BS NTV. BS4, Tokyo. Television.2013 Six Summit Small Salon event during Ivoryton Illuminations, Shoreline Times, New Haven, CT.2012 Oscar Laluyan, Colleen Blackard Changes How We Perceive Art, ArteFuse.com.Alison Pierz, Fairly Slow Art on Governors Island, New York, SlowArtDay.com. Artist Interview