Exhibitors
Education:
2002 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995 BFA, Illustration (with Distinction) Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1989 BA, Studio Art (cum Laude) Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
SOLO exhibitions (selection):
2005 Landscaping Guild & Greyshkul, NY, NY
2003 12x12 Room, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2002 At the Edge—Innovative Art in Chicago, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
GROUP exhibitions (selection):
2006 Among the Trees New Jersey Center for Visual Arts Summit, NJ
2005 Odd Lots Curated by Cabinet Magazine White Columns, NY
Greater New York, PS1, Long Island City, NY
No Apology for Breathing Jack the Pelican Brooklyn NY
2004 Conceptual Realism, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
9x, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Voice of Site, Tokyo, Japan
Play Pen, The Drawing Center, NY, NY
Smack Mellon Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Stray Show, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Small Victories, Modest Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
AIM 24, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
2003 MakeBELIEVE, MN Gallery, Chicago, IL
You Sure about this Place? Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IO
Really Real, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
2002 Stray Show, MN Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
You Sure about this Place? The Pond, Chicago, IL
Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001 Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Modest Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Subject/Picture, The Optimistic, Chicago, IL
2000 13 Alumni Artists, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT
Valerie Hegarty & Melody Saraniti, Pilsen East Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Awards / Other:
2004 Rema Hort Mann Foundation grant, NY, NY
Public Art Fund: In the Public Realm, NY, NY (project negotiation in progress)
Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program, NY, NY
BCAT, Rotunda Gallery Video Residency, Brooklyn, NY
Smack Mellon Artist’s Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
Artist in the Marketplace: Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
Community Arts Assistance Program grant: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council
2002 Artists Fellowship Award: Illinois Arts Council
Special Assistance Grant: Illinois Arts Council
John Quincy Adams Fellowship: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2000 Trustee Scholarship (full merit scholarship): School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Community Arts Assistance Program grant: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council
Odyssey Travel Grant: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Collections:
Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IO
 Valerie Hegarty, "Among the Sierras with Woodpecker", 2005, Paper Paint, Foam 6.5 x 10.5 Feet |