EARL GRENVILLE KILLEEN
Selected Awards
2021   ▪ New Haven Paint & Clay Club.  120th Annual Juried Art Exhibition.  Elizabeth L.
              Greeley Prize for a Watercolor.
           ▪ The Contemporary Art Room Gallery.  "Open" exhibition.  Merit Award for two
              pieces.
            ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT).  “First Impressions” exhibit.  First Place
              Award.

2020   ▪ Norwich Art Center (Norwich, CT). “Into the Darkness: Mysterious Images for Fall.”
               Third Place.
              ▪ Connecticut Office of the Arts $3,000 Artist Fellowship Award.
              ▪ Lyme Art Association “First Impressions” exhibit. Award of Merit.

2019   ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society Autumn Exhibition. CWS Third Place Award.
            ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society 78th Annual Exhibition. Jerry’s Artarama Gift
               Certificate.

1995-96   ▪ Individual Artist Grant to continue L4-5 series in acrylics, awarded by the
                     Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (New York, NY).

1995     ▪ The Artist’s Magazine Annual National Art Competition. Finalist in Experimental
                 category.

1993-94   ▪ Individual Artist Grant to continue Totemics series in acrylics, awarded by the
                     Connecticut Commission on the Arts (Hartford, CT).

1994     ▪ Arts-Connecticut 47th Annual Juried Exhibition (Guilford, CT). First Prize.

1993      ▪ Arts-Connecticut 46th Annual Juried Exhibition (Guilford, CT). First Prize.
                ▪ Connecticut Palette ’93 (Guilford, CT). Guilford Art League Award.

1992      ▪ The Artist’s Magazine Annual National Art Competition. First Place in Still Life
                 Category.
                ▪  New Britain Museum of American Art Members Show (New Britain, CT).
                   Educational Prize.
                ▪ New Haven Paint and Clay Club 91st Annual Exhibition (New Haven, CT). Minna
                  Walker Smith Watercolor Prize.

1991      ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society 51st Annual Exhibition (New Haven, CT). Paier
                 College of Art Award.

1984     ▪ Beth-El Temple Exhibition (West Hartford, CT). Award for a Connecticut Artist
                 Under 35.

1983      ▪ Choices ’83 Statewide Juried Show (Guilford, CT). Second Prize.

Selected Exhibitions
2021        ▪  Pennsylvania Watercolor Society.  Work included in 42nd Annual Int'l. exhibit. 
                 ▪  Art Fluent.  Work included in "Lumiere" exhibit.
                 ▪  Verum Ultimum Art Gallery (Portland, OR).   Work included in "Liminal" and                                 and"Abstract Catalyst" exhibits.
                 ▪  Kehler Liddell Gallery (New Haven, CT).  Work included in "Our DNA" exhibit.
                 ▪  Arts Benecia (CA).  Two works included in "That Which Surrounds You" exhibit.
                 ▪  Cabrillo Gallery (CA). Work included in "2020 Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through
                    Challenging Times" exhibit.
                 ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Three works included in “First
                   Impressions” exhibit; three works included in "Expanding Visions" exhibit.
                 ▪ Marin Society of Artists (San Rafael, CA). Work included in "Artist's Vision" and
                   "Expressions" exhibits.
                 ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society.  Work included in "Painting Through the
                   Pandemic" and "Near and Far" exhibits and the National Watermedia show.
                 ▪ Norwich Art Center (Norwich, CT).  Three works included in "RED" exhibit.
                 ▪ Colors of Humanity Art Gallery.  Four works included in "Red" 2021 exhibit; four
                    works included in "Skies" exhibit.

2020     ▪ Verum Ultimum Art Gallery (Portland, OR). Work included in "A Generous
                 Kingdom" exhibit.
                ▪ Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA). Work included in “2020 Political Discord”
                   exhibit.
                ▪ Marin Society of Artists (San Rafael, CA). Work included in “Celebration of Art –
                  All Media 2020 Exhibition.”
                ▪ Rhode Island Watercolor Society. Two works included in “It’s All About Color”
                  exhibit.
                ▪ Mystic Museum of Art (Mystic, CT). Work included in “Americana” show.
                ▪ Hudson Valley Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Work included in 87th Annual
                   Juried Exhibition.
                ▪ Rene Soto Gallery (Norwich, CT). Three works included in “Small is the New Big”
                   exhibit.
                ▪ Slater Memorial Museum (Norwich, CT). Work included in Annual CT Artists
                   Juried Exhibition.
                ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Three works included in “First Impressions”
                   exhibit; four works in “Yin & Yang” exhibit; one piece in “Birds and Bees” exhibit.

2019     ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Work included in “Four Acts” and “First
                 Impressions” exhibits.

2018     ▪ Lyme Art Association (Old Lyme, CT). Work included in “Four Acts”,
                “Contemporary Look”, “Summer Painting and Sculpture”, and “Deck the Walls”
                 exhibits.

2017     ▪ The Cooley Gallery (Old Lyme, CT). Four works included in seasonal show.
               ▪ Spectrum Art Gallery (Centerbrook, CT). Three works included in seasonal show.

1995     ▪ The Aldrich Museum (Ridgefield, CT). Seven works included in the exhibit
                “Investing in Dreams”, Connecticut Commission on the Arts Statewide Museum
                 Collaboration.
               ▪ Gannett Galleries (Scituate, MA). “Novus ‘95” (invitational exhibition).
               ▪ ARTSPACE (New Haven, CT). “Gifts of the 21st Century” (invitational exhibition).
               ▪ WPKN Radio (New Haven, CT). “Art for Bread” (invitational exhibition).

1994     ▪ Connecticut Commission on the Arts (Hartford, CT). Two-artist show.
               ▪ Mill Gallery (Guilford, CT). Solo show.

1993      ▪ Signature Gallery (West Hartford, CT).

1990-91   ▪ Goldsmith Gallery (Madison, CT)
                     ▪ Wexford Gallery (Guilford, CT)

1989     ▪ Cooley Gallery (Old Lyme, CT). Featured in “Four Contemporary Artists” exhibit.

1984     ▪ Wakefield Gallery (Pound Ridge, NY)

1983-84  ▪ Art and the Law/West ’83 (nationally-touring invitational exhibit).

Publications
by, about, or including works of the artist
1996      ▪ Metzger, Phil. The North Light Artist’s Guide to Materials and Techniques (North
                  Light Publishing, Cincinnati).

1995        ▪ Killeen, Earl Grenville with Leah Raechel Killeen. The North Light Book of Acrylic
                    Painting Techniques (North Light Publishing, Cincinnati).

1994       ▪ Harrison, Hazel. The Encyclopedia of Acrylic Techniques (Quarto Publishing).
                ▪ Wolf, Rachel Rubin, editor. Splash 3 (North Light Publishing). Showcases “105 of
                   America’s Best Contemporary Watercolorists.”
                  ▪ Killeen, Earl Grenville. “Unlock the Secrets to Acrylics,” The Artist’s Magazine
                    April, pages 34-43 (special section.)

1992        ▪ Elliott, Sheila. “Power Up Your Watercolors,” The Artist’s Magazine, July. The
                   article deals with “the incredible effects Earl Grenville Killeen creates by taking a                       power sander to watercolor.”
                ▪ Davidson, Martin. How to Draw and Paint Texture (Harper Collins Publishers,
                   London) features “Pendent” (watercolor) on the cover, and three watercolors 
                   included in the text.
                  ▪ The Artist’s Magazine Annual Competition Issue, December, pages 42-43,
                    features “Pelican” (watercolor) as First Place winner in Still Life.

1986        ▪Tennessee Bar Journal, January. Cover features “Order Endures” (watercolor).

1984        ▪ Killeen, Earl. “Pushing Watercolor to its Thickest,” The Artist’s Magazine, July-
                    Aug, pages 53-57 and “P.S.” page 104.

Arts Organizations and Activities
2020       ▪ Conceived, proposed, and donated a painting to support Future Voices, the
                    Shoreline Arts Alliance's new online exhibit of visual art, writing, and
                    performing arts in all genres, welcoming the work of artists of all ages, styles,
                    and levels of ability, and especially encouraging submissions on topical themes    
                    including social activism and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019         ▪ Connecticut Watercolor Society membership.

2017         ▪ Established the annual Earl Grenville Killeen Founder’s Award for Future
                     Choices, to be shared between the teacher of the student who receives the Best
                     in Show Award and another art student of that teacher’s choosing.

1996-97  ▪ Wrote “In the Spotlight”, Shoreline Times (Madison, CT). Weekly arts review
                     column.

1994          ▪ Mentor for the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Inner City Cultural
                      Development Program.

1982-93   ▪ Donated art work for fundraising to benefit: SARAH, The Shoreline Alliance for
                     the Arts, Gateway Communities, ARTSPACE, New Haven Arts Council, among
                     others.

1982-94   ▪ Founded Future Choices Annual Juried Show (for regional high school students),
                      and sponsored the Best in Show Award for twelve years.

1982-83   ▪ Instructor at the Guilford Arts Center (then Guilford Handcraft Center).