Sean Cavanaugh

EDUCATION

 B.A. Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1991        

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Sean Cavanaugh: Recent Works     
Salathe Gallery, Pitzer College, Claremont, California
April 29–May 4, 1991

Sean A. Cavanaugh: Home & Abroad                                                                                                               
Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, NY
October 15–November 15, 1997

Visions from Near and Far                                                                                                    
Long Fine Art, New York, NY 
1999

Sean Avery Cavanaugh: Over Head & Under Foot                                                                                                      
Long Fine Art, New York, NY
May 3–June 3, 2001

Sean Cavanaugh: Emblems of Nature                                                                                    
Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
in association with Waqas Wajahat, New York, NY
Catalogue with essay by Bruce Brown
May 3–June 4, 2005                                                                                                                                   

Natural Perspectives: Works by Sean Cavanaugh ’91                                                  
Nichols Gallery at Pitzer College, Claremont, California
May 13–August 15, 2006

Sean Cavanaugh: Botanicals                                                                                                                                               
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
2010

Sean Cavanaugh: Natural Lines
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 17–July 11, 2011                                                                                                          

Sean Cavanaugh—An American Summer: Recent Paintings                                         
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
January 11–February 1, 2012

Sean Cavanaugh: Natural Observer
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York. NY
February 2–27, 2013                                                                              

Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders' Gaze
Matus Gallery, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Catalogue with essay by Jill Deupi
October 27, 2016–June 25, 2017

Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders’ Gaze
Yares Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
August 2–September 28, 2019

Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders’ Gaze
Shari Brownfield Fine Arts, Jackson, Wyoming
March 5–April 30, 2020

Cavanaugh & Prosek
Waqas Wajahat, Inc., New York, NY
Catalogue with text by Waqas Wajahat
May 17–July 31, 2022

Eyes on Nature, the Art of Sean Cavanaugh
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Michelle Graves, curator
February 23–May 26, 2024

On Nature By Nature: Sean Cavanaugh/James Prosek
Jo Borg Gallery, Sliema, Malta
Joyce Camilleri, curator
April 10–May 31, 2024

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Art at Friends                                                                                                                         
S. Bitter-Larkin Gallery, New York, NY
1992

Annual Small Works Invitational
Atlantic Gallery New York, NY
December 8–30, 1998

Pieces II–VII, Second–Sixth Annual Summer Shows
Gallery Onetwentyeight, New York, NY
Sylvia Netzer, curator
1998–2002

Waddington & Tribby Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida
2002–03

Tokyo Global Art in Japan / Korea 2004                                                                                  
Tokyo, Japan / Seoul, Korea
2004

Flight Plan                                                                                                                                   
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
June 29–July 28, 2006

Curator’s Choice: Painting Structure                                                                              
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
Bruce Brown, Curator
August 12–September 20, 2006

All Sentient Beings                                                                                                                           
D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
May 20–July 9, 2006

Just the Figure
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
January 2–31, 2007

Confluence of Cultures: Collection of Small Works, East & West
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
September 1–October 3, 2007

Landscape:  Form & Thought                                                                                           
Wajahat & Ingrao, New York, NY
2007

Art in Embassies, Vienna, Austria                                                                                               
2010–13

Galerie Paris                                                                                                                                   
Yokohama, Japan
2010–16

50 + 50: 50 Years – 50 Artists, A Tribute to Riva Yares Gallery                                              
Yares Art Projects, Santa Fe, Scottsdale, Palm Springs
Catalogue with essay by Edward Lucie-Smith
June 27–November 3, 2014  

Summer Salon
Woodstock Framing Gallery, Woodstock, NY
July 25–September 13, 2015

Yares Art Projects: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary                                                             
Yares Art Projects, Santa Fe, NM
July 29–September 17, 2016

Stories of the land and its people
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
May 21–September 10, 2017

250th Summer Exhibition: Art Made Now
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
June 12–August 19, 2018

An Artistic Legacy: 1+1+1
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, New York
August 10–December 29, 2019

Touch the Sky—An Online Exhibition
Shari Brownfield Fine Art, Jackson, Wyoming
April 7–May 31, 2020

Pieces 7, Gallery Onerwentyeight, New York, NY
Sylvia Netzer, curator
May 18–June 9, 2024

A Particular Kind of Heaven, Karma, Thomaston, Maine
July 21–September 1, 2024

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Michael Abatemarco, “Life and Limb: Sean Cavanaugh’s Arboreal Art,” Pasatiempo (August 23, 2019).

Joyce Camilleri, “Sliema Joint Exhibition Celebrates the Wonders of the Natural World,” Times Malta (May 12, 2024).

Jill Deupi, “Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders’ Gaze” in Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders’ Gaze (Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 2016).

Thomas J. Loughman. “Sean Cavanaugh, Eyes on Nature” (WW Books, New York, 2024).

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Embassy of the United States, Islamabad, Pakistan

Farnsworth Art Museum & Wyeth Center, Rockland, Maine

Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania

Pitzer College, Claremont, California