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Kamini Avril
Ashfield, MA | (413) 727-5374 | artoffering@yahoo.com | kaminiavril.com | @kaminiavril
Awards and Education
1989 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Painting
1976 Yale at Norfolk Summer Art Program
1980 Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1978 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA BFA
1973 Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI
Solo and Two Person Shows
2025 “Frescos/Drawings” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2024 “The Hand Sees What the Eyes Feel” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2023 “Branches” Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2023 “Kamini Avril” Gilbert Gallery, Miss Porter’s School Farmington, CT
2022 “Finding the Image” William Tucker/Kamini Avril; Sculptures & Paintings
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College Providence, RI
2019 “Fables” Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2016 “From the Caves” Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2015 “From the Caves” The Oxbow Gallery Northampton, MA
2014 “Small Oils and Frescos” The Oxbow Gallery Northampton,MA
2013 "Observed / Imagined" The Oxbow Gallery Northampton,MA
2012 “Avril / Symington” Marist College Art Gallery Poughkeepsie, NY
1997 “Paintings” Union College Schenectady, NY
1996 "Pamela Avril / Gillian Jagger" Kleinert James Gallery Woodstock, NY
1983 “Paintings” Josef Gallery NY, NY
1980 “MFA Exhibit” Usdan Gallery, Bennington College Bennington, VT
1977 “BFA Exhibit” California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA
Group Shows
2025 “Winter Blue” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2025 Exhibition Commemorating 80th anniversary of bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki,
The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum “Prefectural Citizens Gallery”
Hiroshima University's former Faculty of Science Building No.1,
Higashi-Senda Park in Higashi-Senda-cho, Naka-ku Hiroshima, Japan
2025 “Summer Show” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2025 “In Black and White” Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2024 “Winter Show” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2024 “Group Show” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2023 Mixt” Who Collective at the Cell Theater, Chelsea NY, NY
2023 “Small” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2022 “Black and White” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2022 “Bowery Gallery Group Show” Wright State University Akron, Ohio
2021 “Oxbow Group Show” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2020 “Process of Discovery” Bowery Gallery online NY,NY
2018 “50th Anniversary Group Show” Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2017 “Summer Group Show” Bowery Gallery NY,NY
2017-25 “Anonymous was a Masterpiece” New York Studio School NY, NY
2012-25 “Benefit Auction” New York Studio School NY,NY
2015 “Bowery Group Summer Exhibit” Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2013 “Against the Grain” Oxbow Gallery Northampton, MA
2013 “Flow” Portsmouth Art Association Portsmouth, NH
2013 "The Mythic Figure” Skidmore Gallery, Skidmore College Saratoga, NY
2012 "Winter Light” Oxbow Gallery Northampton, MA
2012 “Plein Air Plus” Oxbow Gallery Northampton, MA
2011 “In the Garden” Marist College Art Gallery, Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY
1996-2020 “Embracing the World” Traveling Exhibits US, EU, India
2006 "Faith in Art" Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA
2005 “Faith in Art” Cambridge Boston, MA
2003 "Amritavarsham 50" Amritapur Kollam, Kerala, India
2000 "Works on the subject of Goya" NewYorkStudioSchool NY, NY
1999 "Works on the subject of the Monumental”New York Studio School NY, NY
1998 "Works on the subject of Landscape" New York Studio School, NY,NY
1996 "Miniatures by Major Artists" E Elena Zang Gallery Woodstock, NY
1996 "River Sounding” Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia, PA
1995 "Three Painters" County Council on the Arts Windham, NY
1995 "The Painterly" Greene County Council on the Arts Windham, NY
1994 "Art Partners" Gallery at Park West Kingston, NY
1994 "Hudson Valley Sampler" Gallery at Park West Kingston, NY
1994 "Drawings" Greene County Council on the Arts Catskill, NY
1990 “Drawings by…" NYSS at Bard College Annandale-on- Hudson, NY
1986 "Drawing Down the Moon" Cultural Center, Local 1199 NY, NY
1982 "Landscapes / Cityscapes" Josef Gallery NY, NY
1982 "Paintings" Edward Thorp Gallery NY, NY
1982 "Annual Invitational" Josef Gallery NY, NY
1981 "Views on Landscape" Emily Davis Art Gallery Akron, Ohio
1980 "Landscapes" Edward Thorp Gallery NY, NY
Representation
Bowery Gallery NY, NY
Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
Lectures
2024 Mt Gretna School of Art Mt Gretna, PA
2023 “Branches” Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2022 “Finding the Image” Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College Providence, RI
2019 “Fables” talk and concert at Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2016 “From the Caves” Bowery Gallery NY, NY
2015 “From the Caves” Oxbow Gallery Easthampton, MA
2013 “The Mythic Figure” Skidmore College Saratoga, NY
2012 Dean’s Circle Lecture Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY
2010 “Paintings” Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, NY
2007 “Paintings” Amrita University Kollam, Kerala, India
1997 “Recent Paintings” Union College Schenectady,NY
1994 “Recent Work” Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson,NY
1990 “Paintings” School of Visual Arts M.F.A. Program NY, NY
1985 “Paintings” S.U.N.Y. Purchase Purchase, NY
Teaching
2024 Mt Gretna School of Art Mt Gretna, PA
2014 Painting for MFA /Certificate students New York Studio Schoo NY,NY
2014 “Opening the Wall 2” Fresco and Sculpture marathon, New York Studio School NY, NY
2013 "Opening the Wall" Fresco and Relief Sculpture marathon, New York Studio School NY, NY
2012 "The figure through Asian,Western and African Eyes”
Drawing and Sculpture marathon, New York Studio School NY, NY
2010 Drawing Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, NY
2010 Drawing and Sculpture Marathon, New York Studio School NY, NY
2000-02 Drawing and Painting Hartsbrook School Hadley, MA
2003-05 Life Drawing, Portraiture, Painting Hartsbrook High School Hadley, MA 1997-98 Painting Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1994-95 Drawing Marathon Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1991 Painting San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA
1978-80 Drawing and Sculpture Bennington College,TA Bennington, VT
Collections
Chase Manhattan Bank
US and International Private Collections Kamini Avril