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Education
1988 BFA (Summa Cum Laude) SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York
1982-85 Advanced Seminars Yale University, New Haven, CT
One Person Shows
*denotes availability of catalog
2022
Reflecting Time*, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Curator: Barbara O’Brien
Digital Catalog
83 year old artist has show at Housatonic Museum
Art Daily article Sept 12, 2022
New Housatonic Art Museum director hopes to open doors for HCC students
Connecticut Post Hearst Newspaper, Bridgeport, CT September 13, 2022 front page
2019
How Many Tears Are Enough?* University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT
Catalog
2018
The Wishbone Project, Kips Bay Show House New York, NY
2014
What’s Left Hayes Gallery, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
2012
Solos 2012 Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Curator: Ian Berry, Tang Museum, Skidmore College
“Hiding in Plain Site,” Solo Show Museum of Outdoor Sculpture, Denver, CO
2011
Acquisitions in Context: June Ahrens Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Chief Curator: Barbara O’Brien
2009
Today’s Tomorrow* Trustman Gallery, Simons College, Boston, MA
Curator: Barbara O’Brien
2008
Hiding in Plain Site, Silvermine Guild of Artist, New Canaan, CT
2007
Revealed/Concealed, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
2005
The Loudness of Silence, Branchville Gallery, Branchville, CT.
2004
The Healing Heart Project:
Washington Square Park, Supreme Court Building, Ground Zero, Marriott Financial Center, New York, NY, and S. Labriola’s Frame Shop, Stamford, CT
2002
The Healing Heart Project:
Washington Square Park, Supreme Court Building, Wagner Park at BPC, New York, NY, and Cove Island Park, Stamford Government Center, Stamford, CT
2000
Personal Affects: Wishes and Dreams, Marist College of Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
1999
Personal Affects: Wishes and Dreams*, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
1997
Sculpture 2x2x, Art Space, New Haven, CT
Who Will Remember… Eastern State University, Willimantic, CT
Bedtime Stories, Collaboration, SOHO 20, New York, NY
1994
Watch your Step, Green Street Windows, New York, NY
1993
Silent Voices, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Unclaimed Memories, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Bedtime Stories, Collaboration, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Public Art
2013
Our Shrinking World, Silvermine Sculpture Walk, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT (on long term loan).
Our Shrinking World, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, 2009-2011
Selected Group Exhibitions
*denotes availability of catalog
2024
Crown Gallery at Metro Studios, Bridgeport, CT
Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2023
Curator: Rita Baunok
Norwalk Art Space, Norwalk, CT
Curator: Isabella Montenegro
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Curator: Julia Wintner
Drawing the Line, Phelman Art Center
Curator: Nancy Egol Nikkal
Curator: Nancy Moore
2022
Coming of Age, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Curator: Nancy Moore
2021-22
Still Standing, Contemporary Art and the Missouri Bicentennial, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Revealed, Chroma Fine Art Gallery, Katonah, NY
Rita Baunok
2021
The Day the Sky Fell, Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Juror: Richard Klein
Juried Exhibition Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
No Vacancy Sculptors Guild, New York, NY
Silvermine Summer Salon New Canaan, CT
2020
Art of the Northeast Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Juror: Barbara O’Brien
Received the Award for Excellence
USA Art Project 35 x 35 The Coupelouzous Museum, Athens, Greece
Catalog/book
2019
Crashing the Party Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Curator: Barbara O’Brien, Sculptors Guild, LICA
ReFRAMING Aging* Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2018
Perfect Partners: Art in Design Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2017
Art of the Northeast Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Juror: David Kiehl Curator, Whitney Museum
Together in Time Sculptureart Gallery, Matera, Italy, Margherita Serra
(Cleansed included in the permanent collection)
Seek Sculpture Guild Governors Island, New York, NY
Letting Loose Stamford Museum, Bendel Gallery, Re-cycled-ReCreations, Kristen Reinhardt, Stamford, CT
Currently 80* Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
Curator: John Yau
American Twist* Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016
Dreamscapes Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Curator: Alexander Monroe, Guggenheim Museum, NY
More Than Words/#iammore Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Flow Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
American Twist Sculptors Guild, Governors Island, NY*
2015
Line Describing a Cone, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY
Curator: Eva Respini, Chief Curator at the ICA, Boston, MA
2014
20th Anniversary Show,* Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Sustainable Art Show, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Curator: Anne von Stuelpnagel
2013
Strong Women Artists,* Matera, Italy
2012
Sculpture of the 21st Century, Bridgeport, CT
Curator: Nick Capasso, Senior Curator, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2011
Simmons Collects: Celebrating Women Artists, Trustman Gallery, Boston, MA
Contemporary Souvenirs, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Curator: Laura Einstein
2010
Fracking: Art and Activism, Exit Art, New York, NY
Fresh Pictures, Ridgefield Arts Guild, Ridgefield, CT
Curator: Camilla Cook
2009
Space is the Place, Chesterwood Sculpture Park, Stockbridge, MA
Curator: Denise Markonish
H20 Film on Water, New Port Mills Gallery, New Port, New Hampshire
Curator: Cynthia Reeves
Big Pictures issues sent slow-mail/scrolls from around the world, The ARTS, St. Marks Garage, Honolulu, Hawaii
Formative Lines: Working in Drawing and Sculpture, Governors Island, New York NY
Bridge Art Fair, New York NY
2008
In-Site, Sculpture Guild, Governors Island, New York, NY
In the Windows, Saks 5th Avenue, New York, NY
Ides of March, ABC NO Rio 5th Biannual, New York, NY
Self-Contained, Supermarket Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2007
The Elements of Air, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2006
Original Repetition, Silvermine Galleries of Art, New Canaan, CT
Current Abstraction, Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport, CT
Some Assembly Required; Cumulative Visions*, Mead Museum of Art, Amherst, MA
Director’s Choice; June Ahrens, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2005
The Loudness of Silence, Branchville Gallery, Branchville, CT. Two person show
Original Repetition, G.E. World Wide Headquarters, Fairfield CT
2004
Object Endowment, New Space, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
Uncommon Portrait, Uncommon View, Contemporary Gallery of Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2003
Call and Response*, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA, Curator, Barbara O’Brien
Word and Image, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT
2001
Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY, Williams Gallery, Pasadena, CA, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Site Specific 01*, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship Gallery, Hartford, CT
Revealed… Artist, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
2000
A Retrospective and Beyond: Women in The Visual Arts
1998
Regeneration: Reconstruction in a Torn Society, United Nations, New York, NY
All the Symptoms of an Artist, Whitney Museum of Art
Curator: Cynthia Roznoy
National Museum of Health and Medicine Gallery, Washington, DC (part of the Smithsonian)
Museum of Science, Philadelphia, PA
Four Winners Show, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
1996
25 Years of Visual Arts at Purchase, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York
1994
All of a Piece, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1993
Something Lost, Something Gained, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Women in the Visual Arts, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
1990
Connecticut Sculptors, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1987
State of the Artists, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1987-99
New Haven, CT Cultural (Ex)Change
Curator: Cynthia Roznoy, Whitney Museum of Art
Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Community Outreach and Collaborative Projects
The Healing Heart Project 9/11, 9/11 Memorial & Museum, New York, NY
2011
A Community of Memories, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2007
The Cradle Project, Albuquerque, NM
2000-present
Horizons Inner City Program, New Canaan, CT
2000
I Have a Dream Foundation, Stamford, CT
Horizons Inner City Program, New Canaan, CT
1997
Celebrating the Arts in Stamford, Urban League Project
Sponsor: Whitney Museum Stamford, CT
1995-96
The Healing Wall, Liberation Program
Sponsor: Whitney Museum, Stamford, CT
1992
Eliminate Hunger, Not Humans, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Visiting Artist and Lecturer
2003
The Wishbone Project, The College of The Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2002
Panelist WTC 9/11, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT
The Healing Heart Project, CT Art Teachers State Conference, Madison, CT
2001
Retrospective 1990-2001, Manhattanville College, New York, NY
2000
The Wishbone Project: Wishes and Dreams, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
1997
Transitions, SUNY Purchase Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Purchase, NY
Who Will Remember, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Exploration, Institute for Visual Artists, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
1995
Bedtime Stories, SUNY Westbury, Westbury, NY
Selected Grants and Awards
2017
Mollie and Albert Jacobson Sculpture Award Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2012
Nominated for the 2012 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award
2000
Connecticut Commission on the Arts Individual Artists, Hartford, CT
1999
Connecticut Commission on the Arts Distinguished Advocates for the Arts, Hartford, CT
1998
Sculpture Award, Four Winners, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
1993-96
Duracell International Grant, Bedtime Stories, CT/NY
1993
Polaroid Foundation Grant, Bedtime Stories, CT/NY
1991
National Endowment of the Arts, Real Art Ways, Media Residency, Hartford, CT
Selected Bibliography
2019
How Many Tears Are Enough? An Installation by June Ahrens
Artes Magazine Review by Dominick Lombardi, November 22, 2019
2014
“Beauty and Ruin: Broken Landscapes, Lost Symbols at the Silvermine Arts Center”
New Canaan Advertiser, Section 2c, December 4, 2014
“Carriage Barn Arts Center Announces Spectrum/Sustainable Art Show,” www.carriagebarn.org, March 2014
Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2012
Karen Kovacs Dydzuhn, “Solos 2012 Opens Tonight At Westport Arts Center,” Westport Patch, March 30th
Courtney Kuhlen, “The Sky’s the Limit,” Colorado News, March 10
2011
Alice Thorson, “Sculptors work, on display at the Kemper, invites reflection on 9-11,”
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, October 9
2011
Alice Thorson, “Unveiling Grand,” Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, August 28
2011
Joseph Cole, “Sacred Heart Invites Artists to Embrace Adage,” Fairfield Daily Voice
2010
Christine Temin, “7 Sculptors to Watch,” Art New England, Brighton, MA, June/July
2009
Cate McQuaid, “A Hint of Danger,” The Boston Globe, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, MA.
Christine Temin, “Space is the Place,” Sculpture Magazine, Chesterwood, Stockbridge MA.
Cate McQuaid, “Shimmering Downriver,” The Boston Globe, H20 Film On Water, Newport Mill, Newport NH.
Marcia Morse, “It’s the news, see?,” Honolulu Weekly, ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu, Hawaii
Gayle Hedrington, “H20 Film on Water,” Sunacom Croydon Column, Newport Mill, Newport NH.
2007
Sarah Urwin Jones, “Material Gains,” Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh , Scotland
2006
Arlene Distler, “Some Assembly Required,” Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Art New England, August/September
2005
L.P. Streitfield, “Spotlight Reviews, CT,” June Ahrens and Chris Joy, Art New England, December/January
L.P. Streitfeld, “Americans and Security: wanting our cake and eating it.” The Advocate, Stamford, Sept. 18, ART
Fran Sikorski, “June Ahrens at the Branchville Gallery: The Loudness of Silence,” The New Canaan Advertiser, Sept. 22
2004
Talisman Brolin, “Giving out hearts in Washington Sq. Park,” The Villager, New York, Vol. 74, No 20 Sept.15-21
”Uncommon Portraits, Uncommon Views,” Art New England, Brighton, MA, May/June
“Local Artists Featured at Sacred Heart,” The New Canaan Advertiser, January 15
2003
L.P. Streitfield, “Creating New Cosmologies At Westport Art Center,” The Advocate, Dec. 14
Benjamin Genocchio, “To Understand These Pictures…,” The New York Times, December 21
2002
Downtown Express, “They Beat as One,” New York, NY, Sept.10
Laurel Graeber, “Family Fare, Creative Central, Non Stop Art,” The New York Times, May 31
“The Healing Heart Project,” The Battery Park City Broadsheet, Sept. 5
Brooke Arthur, “Seeking healing through the arts…,” The New Canaan Advertiser, Sept. 12
Ray Hogan, “9-11-01 Remembered,” The Stamford Advocate, Sept. 8
Harold F, Cobin, “Names and hearts help…,” The Hour, Norwalk, CT
2002
Judith Wilson, “Healing Hearts Made Valentine’s Day Special,” The Ark, Tiburon, CA, Feb. 20
Jonathan Wills, “From the Heart,” The Advocate, Stamford, CT March 4
Jan Holst, “Students Join National Healing Hearts Project,” Kentwood Advance,Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 12
Sharon M. Pennell, “Hearts Project Lets Students Reach…,” The Community News, Grand Rapids, MI Feb. 28
L.P. Stretfield, “Love Stories at Silvermine,” The Advocate, Stamford, CT
Thomas Meliana, “New Canaan artist gets to the heart of the WTC matter,” The Advocate, Stamford, CT
2001
Helen A. Harrison, “Emerging Artist, Emerging Visions…,” Islip Museum, The New York Times, July 15
2000
Fergus McCaffery, “June Ahrens Housatonic Museum of Art,” Sculpture Magazine, April
Michael Rush, “June Ahrens – Personal Affects: The Wishbone Project and the Pillow Project,” Art New England, Feb.
1999
Ray Hogan, “Tapping the healing powers of wishbones, and pillows,” The Advocate, Stamford, CT Nov 21
Linda O’Connell, “Connecticut Commission on the Arts Distinguished Arts Award,” The Stamford Advocate, Stamford, CT
Mark Daniel Cohen, “Four Winners,” Art New England, Brighton, MA, Feb/March
1998
Carolee Ross, “Concepts come clear in New Art Annual,” The Advocate, Stamford, CT Nov. 8
Jennifer Darr, “All the Symptoms of an Artist,” Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia, PA June 11-18
1997
Steve Starger, “Most Memorable Art Exhibits of the Past Year,” Journal Inquirer, Hamden, CT, Dec. 26
1996
William Zimmer, “3 Shows Focus on College’s Past,” The New York Times, Oct. 13
1995
Vivien Raynor, “A Satirical Portrayal…,” The New York Times, June 18
Jude Schweindenwien, “Bedtime Stories,” Art New England, Brighton, MA, Vol. 16 Feb/March
1994
Jude Schwendenwien, “June Ahrens Silent Voices… Homelessness,” Art New England, Brighton, MA, March/Apr
Jude Schwendenwien, Reviews, Sculpture Magazine, New York, NY, March April
1991
Bill Van Siclen, “Hera faces grief head on…,” The Providence Journal bulletin, Providence, RI, Nov. 22
Permanent Collections
The Coupelouzou Museum, Athens, Greece
Together in Time Sculptureart Gallery, Matera, Italy, Margherita Serra
Cleansed
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas, City, MO
Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston MA
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Akus Gallery, Eastern State Connecticut University, Willimantic, CT
Contemporary Gallery of Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Masterson Rothberg Advertising, New York, NY
Southern New England Bell, CT
First National Bank, CT