Exhibitions, Distinctions & Collections

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions

2002
EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gail Edmonds: New Encaustic Works, 100 Pearl Gallery, Hartford, CT
1999
Gail Edmonds: Metamorphosis, Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
1998
Female Forms/Two Intererpretations, Butterworth Gallery, Hartford College for Women, Hartford, CT
1994
Gail Edmonds: Time Passages, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
1989
Founders & Formers, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
Fiberworks, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1987
Ten Women Fiber Artists, The Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
1985
Boston Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Gail Edmonds: Mixed Media Constructions, Chase Gallery, West Hartford, CT
1984
Gail Edmonds: Paper Constructions, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
1983
Boston Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn Heights, NY
1982
Segal Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Works in Paper and Clay, Hartford College for Women, Hartford, CT
1980
Gail Edmonds: Rock Strata Series, Relief Paintings on Paper, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
1976
Gail Edmonds: Paperworks, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Competitive and Invitational Exhibitions

2001
Connecticut Women Artists, Invitational, Jorgenson Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1998
Connecticut Women Artists, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, Juror: Judy Chicago, Best Featured Artist Award, One-person show
Art for the Cure, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, Juror: Ruth Appelhof, Best in Show Award
1996
Artworks Gallery Alumni Exhibition, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT, Juror: Andrea Keller, Wadsworth Atheneum
1992
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT, Juror: William C. Maxwell, CT Academy of Fine Arts Award
1988
Papermakers: Their Work and Its Meaning, Invitational, Holyoke Herritage State Park, Holyoke, MA
1985
Paperworks, Invitational, The Guild, Farmington, CT
1984
Sculpture 84, Invitational, Inner Gallery, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Inaugural Exhibition – 32 Artists, Invitational, The Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
1983
Connecticut Women Artists, Josloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, Juror: Dorothy Mayhall, Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, One-Person Show Award
High Relief, Invitational, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Farmington, CT
1982
Fiberworks, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, Juror: Helena Hernmarck
1981
Paper, Invitational, Lion’s Gallery of the Senses, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Artwork at the Atheneum, Invitational, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
1980
Connecticut Women Artists, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, Juror: Miriam Shapiro
1977
Contemporary Reflections 1976-77, Invitational, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

Personal Honors, Awards and Grants

2017 – 2022
Board of Directors, ARTsmart NM, a visual arts non-profit serving Northern New Mexico youth
2011
Distinguished Service to the Profession Award, CT Art Education Association
2001
Artwork published in Art for the Cure 2001, CT Komen Race for the Cure
1999
Award of Excellence for a Series of recent paintings, National Art Education Association, Washington, D.C.
1999
Outstanding Art Administrator of the Year Award, CT Art Education Association
1998
Best Featured Artist Award, One-person show, Connecticut Women Artists, New Britain Museum of American Art, Juror: Judy Chicago
1998
Best in Show Award, Art for the Cure, New Britain Museum of American, Art, Juror: Ruth Appelhof, Hillstead Museum
C.A.U.S.E. Grant, Community and University Service to Education, Wesleyan University
1995
Painting selected for City of Middletown’s permanent collection
1992
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Award, Slater Memorial Museum, Juror: William C. Maxwell
1990
Celebration of Excellence Award, for creative and innovative curriculum design, CT State Department of Education
1983
Best Featured Artist Award, One-person Show, Connecticut Women Artists, University of Hartford, Juror: Dorothy Mayhall, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
1980
Painting selected for Contemporary Art Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1978
Individual Artist’s Grant, Connecticut Commission on The Arts

Selected Public Collections

  • Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
  • Advent Design, Hartford, CT
  • City of Middletown, Middletown, CT
  • City Place, Hartford, CT
  • Day, Berry & Howard, Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT
  • Hartford Hospital, Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center, Hartford, CT
  • Heublein Inc., Farmington, CT
  • Republic Bank, Dallas, TX
  • Soundview Inc., North Haven, CT
  • Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
  • Work also included in numerous Private Collections