Wally Kaplan
Artist Bio
Wally’s painting is her passion. She works in pastel, watercolor, and charcoal. Influenced by the impressionists both in color and light, she is able to sustain vitality in the two-dimensional world. Her artwork is much more about the essence of her subjects-be it place or person-rather than the outside veneer. Her portraits capture an attitude that goes beyond the surface and her landscapes evoke both place and atmosphere.
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS / COMPETITIONS
The Cleveland Plain Dealer "City Artists at Work" Exhibit, May 29 - June 30, 2008
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve Members' Show, May 9 - June 13, 2008
City Artists at Work "Open Studios", May 2008
52 Weeks 52 Works - 2008 Academy Graphic Communications Calendar
Published in the 2008 Academy Graphic Communications Calendar. " Soul Reflections"
2007 ArtCraft Holiday Open Studio & Sale, December 1 & 2, 2007 Artists Of Cleveland
Selected for the Cover of the 2007-2008 Cleveland Gallery Guide, "Heavenly Sunset".
Red Dot Project, Juried Artist Member, 2007.
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve Members' Show, June 2007, "Memories of the Sea I and II".
The Cleveland Plain Dealer Exhibit "Year of the Pig", June 2007.
2007 All-Ohio Juried Exhibition, Pearl Conrad Gallery, OSU-Mansfield
Academy Graphic Communications, Inc. Competition: "A Foggy Day," pastel; Published in 52 Week 52 Works
Academy Graphic Communications 2007 Calendar
Pop-Shop Gallery, "52 Weeks 52 Works" Exhibit, Jan. 6- Feb. 3, 2007
ArtCraft Holiday Open Studio & Sale, Dec. 2006
City Artists at Work "Open Studios", Oct. 2006
City Music Solo Exhibition, October 2006
AH SEAN (Supporting Educators and Artists Network) Annual Juried Show,
August 2006.
Orange Community Art Center “Year in Review 2006”, 3rd Place
Watercolor: “The Fiddler.”
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve Members’ Show 2006
Plain Dealer Exhibit “Year of the Dog,” May 2006
Plain Dealer Exhibit “Cleveland in Focus”, February-March 2006
Academy Graphic Communications, Inc. Competition: “Sunset”, pastel: Published in 52 Works 52 Weeks 2006 Calendar
The Cleveland Jewish News, The Source 2006: Contest Winner: “Festival of Lights”, watercolor
City Artists at Work Artwalk 2005
Sparx in the City Gallery Hop, 2005
Notre Dame College, S. Euclid, Ohio, “Northcoast Landscapes”, Plein Air Painters, July – August, 2005
Solo Exhibition, “Attitude and Atmosphere”, Bank One, Cleveland Hts, Ohio, sponsored by Grinning Byrd Gallery, April, 2005
Fairmount Art Center Exhibition , Russell, Ohio 2004
Orange Community Art Center, Orange, Ohio, “Year in Review 2002”, Honorable Mention for “…And 8 Lines Make a Woman”
Orange Community Art Center Shows, Orange, Ohio – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Education
Bachelor of Arts: University of Florida and Ohio State University, English Literature.
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