EARL GRENVILLE KILLEEN
Selected Awards
2020        ▪ Connecticut Office of the Arts $3,000 Artist Fellowship Award.
                   ▪ Lyme Art Association First Impressions.  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    
2020       ▪  Marin Society of Artists (San Rafael, CA).  Work included in "Celebration of Art - All Media
                      2020 Exhibition".
                  ▪  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
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).