Artist CV
Wilda Gerideau Squires
Phone: 978-761-9222
E-mail: wgsgallery@comcast.net
Website: www.wgsgallery.org
Education:
1996 – 98 Studio Art Classes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1973 – 74 A.A., Business Administration, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
1964 – 65 LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY
Selected Awards/Honors:
2020 Centerfold Artist, March/April, ArtScope Magazine
2017 Centerfold Artist, March/April, ArtScope Magazine
2014 Transformations, Third Place, Arts League of Lowell
2012 It’s Magical, Honorable Mention, Women In Photography International
2009 Children, Flowers, Trees, Honorable Mention, Women In Photography International
2008 Distinguished Women Photographers, Honoree, Women In Photography International
2007 In the Flesh, Honorable Mention, Target Gallery 2007 Prix De La Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention, PX3 2007 The Portrait, Honorable Mention, Women In Photography International
2007 Abstractions, Second Place, Artrom Gallery
2007 Photography Masters Cup, Finalist, World Photographic Arts
2006 Abstractions, Martha Mayo Purchase Award, Arts League of Lowell
2004 Celebration of the Seasons, First Place Photography, Andovers Artists Guild
2004 Photo of the Month, Third Place, Photographic Society of America
2003 Colors of New England, First Place/Second Place Photography, Andovers Artists Guild
2002 Members Winter Juried Show, Award for General Excellence, Newburyport Art Association
2001 YWCA Tribute to Women in Business and Industry, Honoree, YWCA
Solo Exhibits:
2007 Celebrating the Art of Wilda Gerideau-Squires, Hunneman Hall Gallery, Brookline, MA
2006 Photography as Abstract, Laura Coombs Hills Gallery, Newburyport, MA
2004 Eye of the Beholder, Laura Coombs Hills Gallery, Newburyport, MA 2003 Women of the World: Their Faces and Places, Laura Coombs Hills Gallery, Newburyport, MA
Selected Juried Exhibits:
2017 Artificial Intelligence, Artscope Magazine, Boston, MA
Jurors: Jo Broderick, Dean of College Relations/Asst to the President, Montserrat College of Art
Susan Reid Danton, Executive Director, Miller White Fine Arts Gallery
ArtUp, Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA
Jurors: ArtUp Committee
2015 BLUE, Cambridge Art Association, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Juror: Katherine French, Director for Galleries, Catamount Arts Galleries
Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
Juror: Katherine French, Director for Galleries, Catamount Arts Galleries
Photography Now, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA Juror: Stephen Tourlentes, Professor of Photography, Massachusetts College of Art
2014 Transformations, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
Juror: Alyce L. O’Connell, Art Department, Middlesex College
Winter Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Juror: NAWA Staff
2013 Int’l Commitment to Excellence in Art, National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis, IN
Juror: Bruce Helander, Editor-in-Chief of the Art Economist
Abundance and Scarcity, Professional Women Photographers, New York, NY
Jurors: Syndi Schorr and Sheila Smith, Artists
Secrets, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA Juror: Jane Young, Chase Young Gallery
2012 It’s Magical, Women In Photography International, Los Angeles, CA
Juror: Jolene Hanson, Director and Curator, The G2 Gallery
29th Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
Juror: Wade Wilson, Wade Wilson Art
2011 Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
Juror: Katherine French, Director, Danforth Art Museum
2010 Body Image, Pen and Brush, New York, NY Juror: Michele Kort, Senior Editor, Ms. Magazine
2010 Member Juried Exhibit, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Juror: James Veatch, MFA, Chairman, University of Massachusetts – Lowell, Arts Department
2009 Red: It’s More Than a Color, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Juror: Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum
White, Black & Shades of Gray, Bancroft Gallery, Cohasset, MA
Juror: Sidney Hurwitz, Professor Emeritus of Art, Boston University
2008 Tallinn Winter Exhibition, Tamm Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Jurors: Artenade Group
2007 Connecticut Women Artists 78th Annual Juried Exhibition, Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CT
Juror: Donna Bruton, Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
In the Flesh, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Juror: Timothy Doud, Professor of Art, American University
Portraits, Women In Photography International, Los Angeles, CA
Jurors: Julian Cox, Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art Carol McCusker, PhD, Curator of Photography, MoPA, San Diego, CA
2006 Abstraction 2006, ARTROM Gallery, Rome, Italy
Juror: Paolo Benassi, Film Editor
12th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Juror: Bonni Benrubi, Owner, Bonnie Benrubi Gallery
21st Annual Art in the Park, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Juror: DeCordova Curatorial Staff
2005 8th Annual Juried Photography Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
Juror: Leslie K. Brown, Curator, Photographic Resource Center, Boston University
2004 Seventh Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
Juror: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Director of Curatorial Affairs, DeCordova Museum
Selected Group Exhibits:
2020 Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2019 Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2018 New England, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Un-Send International Collaborative, Colegio Mayor de Bolivar, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Elements of Abstraction, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2017 Mary Schein Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Un-Send: Wish You Were Here, Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA
2016 Associate Members Exhibit, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Un-Send International Collaborative, VZW MAG, Ghent, Belgium
2015 Un-Send International Collaborative, Mississippi Kunst og Kultur, Hvidbjerg, Denmark
Un-Send International Collaborative, KUKU Gallery, Aguilar de Campoo, Spain
2013 69th Annual Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
A Fly on the Wall, NOoSPHERE Gallery, Professional Women Photographers, New York, NY
2012 Spring, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2011 The Peoples’ Choice Exhibition, Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, NY
Photo LA XX, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
2010 66th Annual Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2009 Altered States, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2003 12th Int’l Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition, WIPI, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Bibliography:
The Prayer, Artscope Magazine (Boston, MA)
July/August 2020, Page 24
Artificial Intelligence, Artscope Magazine (Boston, MA)
March/April 2017, Pages 48 – 49
Wissler, Kristin, Return to Sender, Artscope Magazine (Boston, MA)
January/February, 2017, Pages 62 – 64.
Gefen, Nan. Photography As Abstract. Persimmon Tree Magazine (Berkeley, CA),
Issue 19, Fall, 2011.
Agora Gallery, Wilda Gerideau-Squires, ARTisSpectrum Magazine (New York, NY),
November, 2009, Page 71.
Curran, Michelle Xiarhos. Shadows & Light. Merrimack Valley Magazine (Methuen, MA),
March/April, 2009, Pages 40 – 41.
Dion, Diane Carasik. Wilda Gerideau-Squires: A Passion for Photography. WGBH Public Television Sharing the Vision. Summer 2008, Page 5.
Southwest Abstract I (plus 3 more photographs). Brookline Adult and Community Education Course Catalog (Brookline, MA). Fall & Winter 2007; Spring & Summer 2008, Front Cover Art.
Visiting Artist Lectures/Panels:
2017 UN-SEND: Wish You Were Here, Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA
2007 Photography As Abstract, Hunneman Hall Galllery, Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA
Gallery Affiliations:
ALL Gallery, Lowell, MA
Professional Affiliations:
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Women In Photography International, Los Angeles, CA
Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
Collections:
Peter E. Palmquist Collection, Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
The Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA
Private Collections in the United States and Canada