Exhibition Archive

Hoesy Corona: Climate Immigrants

January 3 – March 2, 2024

Hoesy Corona's work explores topics such as climate crisis, queerness, immigration, and race... 

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Radiant Beasts

September 5 – November 18, 2023

Claire Ashley’s large-scale inflatables explode the possibilities of painting...

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Fresh Produce

May 5 - June 4, 2023

 

The annual advanced student art show...

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Still No More

January 24 – April 15, 2023

Artist in Still No More present a synthesis of tradition and contemporary culture as they examine how still life continues to be relevant in artistic practice while propelling the style forward...

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Tradition Interrupted

October 18 – December 10, 2022

Tradition Interrupted explores how artists weave contemporary ideas with traditional art and craft to create thought-provoking hybrid images and objects...

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Managing Miscellanea

July 5- Sept 24, 2022

A wooden antelope, French WWI posters, nineteenth century Japanese woodblock prints, an etching of a surly one-legged hawk …. for many reasons, known and unknown, these curious pieces are part of the Lamont Gallery collection...

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Collective Ground 22

Advanced Student Art Show
May 6-June 4, 2022

The students in ART 500 Portfolio and ART 690 Capstone Studio, engage in an in-depth exploration of art materials and themes while developing their own body of work...

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Informing Memory: Process, Place, and Notion

January 27 – April 16, 2022

Thirteen alumnae collectively explore themes of memory, self, place and share their artmaking process…

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Forces in Motion: Gordon D. Chase ’66

October 22 – December 18, 2021
Artist and educator Gordon D. Chase ’66, asks big questions in dynamic ways...

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Invented Futures: Chesley Bonestell and Beyond

July 6 – October 2, 2021

Work by iconic space artist Chesley Bonestell meets contemporary artists in an exploration of all things cosmic...

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A Collective Curiosity

Her Voice in the Arts 
January 19 - June 6, 2021 

Compelling works by alumnae whose works have leaned into curiosity and collaboration…

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Feminist Bookmaking & Curatorial Activism

May 4 – June 1, 2021

UNCHARTED TERRITORY
May 25 – June 1, 2021

Artist books from students in the Feminist Bookmaking class and works by Exeter students in the ART 500 and 690 advanced studio courses…

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CRITICAL JOY

September 15 - November 21, 2020

For these Exeter students and alumni, the arts offer tools for critical and joyful engagement with the world...

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PRESENT3

June 2020

Investigation, research, risk-taking and drive: PRESENT 3 showcases the creative outcomes from a period of highly focused artmaking by Exeter students in advanced studio courses.

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Being & Feeling (Alone, Together)

March 26 – July 31, 2020

Artists explore embodiment, emotion, and being: how we make our way through the world, full of feeling, as solitary individuals and together with others...

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Cut Up/Cut Out

January 21-March 4, 2020 

From an excavated comic book to a hand-cut decorative rubber tire, the works in Cut Up/Cut Out use historic techniques of paper cutting to reflect contemporary concerns in transformative ways...

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Hidden Treasures 5

November 5-December 14, 2019

 

Hidden Treasures 5 celebrates the creative work of our Phillips Exeter Academy colleagues, friends, and peers, across media and across departments. 

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American Mortal

September 3 – October 19, 2019

Provocative works by Becky Alley and Melissa Vandenberg, whose works use common domestic items to explore themes of patriotism, war, and commemoration...

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Way of the World

June 25-August 2, 2019

In Way of the World, artist B. Lynch transformed the gallery into a miniaturized world of a polarized society... 

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ARTiculate

The Advanced Student Art Exhibition

May 25 – June 2, 2019

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[E]MISSION[S]: CRITICAL

March 29 - May 18, 2019

Through experiences reflected in these works, the artists offer compelling personal insights into the drastically transforming environment that we all share...

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William Kentridge: Universal Archive

January 11-March 9, 2019

Meticulously based on ink sketches, over 75 linocut prints shift from identifiable subject matter to deconstructed images of abstract marks...

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Southern Rites

October 25 – December 15, 2018

Gillian Laub engages her skills as a photographer, storyteller, and visual activist to examine the realities of racism and raise questions that are simultaneously painful and essential...

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Welcome to Bird Land: Michele L'Heureux

With artist/collaborator Helen Popinchalk
June 26 - October 13, 2018

We have a lot to learn from birds... 

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BIG TIME: ART 500+

Annual Student Art Exhibition
May 11-June 3, 2018

Exeter students in ART 500 and ART 999 courses engage in an in-depth exploration of art materials and themes while developing their own body of work...

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Representing Feminism(s)

February 23-April 21, 2018

Over 30 contemporary artists explore feminism’s impact and potential, and create an opportunity to represent more diverse and inclusive feminisms...

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Possible Subject Positions

November 17, 2017-February 3, 2018

Artists in this exhibition explore who, and when, is a subject, and how subjects are articulated in gesture, shape, texture, and language. 

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Queer Kids By M. Sharkey

September 12 – October 21, 2017

Queer Kids by M. Sharkey was a solo exhibition of works produced over the past decade documenting gay youth in the United States and abroad... 

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Neighboring

June 20-July 14, 2017

Through drawing, painting, fiber arts, photography, and mixed media, Neighboring explores themes of locality, proximity, distance, self/other, the built environment, and the natural world.

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INDY 500… and beyond!

Phillips Exeter Academy Student Art Show

May 5 – June 4, 2017

Investigation, research, and drive: INDY 500 is the result of a period of highly focused artmaking where PEA students in ART 500 and ART 999 take on an in-depth exploration of art materials and themes...

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Clew: A Rich and Rewarding Disorientation

January 20 – April 15, 2017

Using overlays of music, poetry and visual arts, four artists give viewers and listeners new ways to see, hear and navigate...

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2016, A State of Mind Boston Printmakers Members Show

November 1-December 10, 2016

Over 140 artist, working in a variety of techniques and styles, tackle current  social issues…

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: 50 Years of Exeter Fine Crafts

September 7-October 15, 2016

Celebrate the work of the hand and the heart; and the 50-year anniversary of Exeter Fine Crafts

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Public/Private: The Arc of Longing

June 29-July 29, 2016

What type of face do we show in public? What posture do we adopt when we know we are safe and out of sight...

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Super Studio: The Power of Process

May 16-June 5, 2016

Explore, Experiment, Refine, Repeat. This student exhibition explores the risk-taking inherent in creative discovery...

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Change Agents: Personal Art as Political Tactic

March 25 - April 30, 2016

Artists in Change Agents address pressing social and political issues through the lens of their own experiences...

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Graphic Advocacy

January 15 - February 27, 2016

International Posters For the Digital Age 2001-2012. Critical social, political, economic and environmental issues are facing us. How do we respond?

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Hidden Treasures 4

November 2 - December 12, 2015

An exhibition that celebrate creative works from Phillips Exeter Academy employees...

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The Narrative Impulse: Portraits and Their Stories

September 8 - October 17, 2015

Artist in The Narrative Impulse explore the potential of portraits to tell stories - or to inspire us to create our own...

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A Pattern Language

July 7 - August 7, 2015

Sean Riley, Tracy Spadafora and Steven Zoldak explore the transformative potential of material through line, pattern and rhythm...

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Super Studio: The Annual Senior Show

May 14 - June 7, 2015

Activity in the PEA art studios exploded with making, experimenting, and collaborating. Nothing is off-limits...

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Lush Life

March 28 - May 2, 2015

Artists in Lush Life consider nature as subject and as poetic springboard...

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Open House: A Portrait of Collecting

January 19 - February 28, 2015

The collecting impulse and why we gather, save, organize and display objects...

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Strange Days: The Uncanny, the Curious & Quite Possibly Magical

November 5 - December 13, 2014

Phenomena of an otherworldly nature and the strangeness of the everyday...

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Self Made

September 8 - October 18, 2014

Four artists explore issues of identity and representation...

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Justice: Faces of the Human Rights Revolution

June 25 - July 31, 2014

A portrait of the human spirit captured in the work of Mariana Cook...

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Studio + Thinking

May 15 - June 7, 2014

Making is a form of thinking. Artworks created by PEA's senior class...

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A Whole New Game: Sports & Games in Art

March 24 - May 3, 2014

How are sports and games interpreted by contemporary artists...

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Open Hearts Open Doors

Reflections on China's Past & Future

January 17 - March 1, 2014

Elizabeth Gill Lui (P'65) invites you into a photographic journey...

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Catalyst: Work from Community-Based Arts Centers

November 4 - December 13, 2013

Art for change. Art for social justice. Art for empowerment...

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On & Off The Page

September 9 - October 19, 2013

Artwork at the intersection of visual art and language...

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Dust & Discovery

Works from the Lamont Gallery Collection

June 25 - July 31, 2013

You enter the storage room and find shelves full of paintings, and assorted objects...

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Super/Visual: Annual Senior Art Show

May 16 - June 8, 2013

Selected artworks by students in the class of 2013...

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Luminous Terrain: The Art of the White Mountains

March 25 - May 4, 2013

Featuring more than 40 paintings of New Hampshire and the White Mountains ...

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Pop Paradise

January 16 - March 2, 2013

Three California artists who explore themes of nostalgia, optimism, and the sweet selectivity of memory...

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Hidden Treasures 3

November 5 - December 15, 2012

A variety of artistic works by Phillips Exeter Academy's Faculty and Staff members...

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Double Exposed: Photographs by Courtney Bent

Sept. 10 - Oct. 20, 2012

In her Polaroid project, Double Exposed, Bent explores the notion of give and take...

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Arnold Newman

Luminaries of the Twentieth Century in Art, Politics and Culture

June 26 - August 1, 2012

Newman's photographic work revolutionized portraiture...

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Annual Senior Art Show

May 25 - June, 9 2012

A diverse exhibit featuring the work of Academy's senior class...

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Joyce Tenneson Selected Works: 2002-20

March 26 - May 4, 2012

One of America's most interesting portrayers of the human character...

Into the Woods: Antonio Frasconi's Art for Children

January 11 - February 22, 2012

Children's book illustrator best-known for his intricate woodcuts and powerful social commentary...

Version 7: Works by Phillips Exeter Academy Art Department

October 28 - December 14, 2011

Featuring the work of seven faculty members showcasing a variety of creative vision...

William Daley Selected Works: 1967-2010

September 14 - October 22, 2011

Daley describes his vessels as "fixed form that can take all of the your spirit and imaginations..."

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World of Wonders

July 5 - July 29, 2011

Photographs by Jimmy and Dena Katz of the only remaining authentic traveling sideshow in America...

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The Functional and the Aesthetic

March 23 - May 7, 2011

An exhibition of ceramics, mixed-media and installation art by Joesph Pintz and Alison Williams...

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Contrary Elements

February 2 - March 3, 2011

Oil paintings and ceramics by artists Meredith Knapp Brickell and Stuart Ober.

Heroes: Works by Steve Schapiro

December 6 - January 22, 2011

A collection of Schapiro's iconic images of artists, writers, actors, athletes, and politicians...

Beyond Contents

New Works by Jessie Pollock and Jane El Simpson

September 15 - October 30, 2010

Landscape-textured paintings, varied media installations and shallow-sculptured works...

Apartheid, Angola and Beyond

March 29 - May 1, 2010

Photographs of South African towns and landscapes taken by Jo Ractliffe from 1986-2010...

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Writers

Photographs by Nancy Crampton

April 2 - May 9, 2009

A nationally touring photographic exhibition featuring portraits of American novelists, poets...

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Hidden Treasures 2

Works by Phillips Exeter Academy's Faculty and Staff

February 18 - March 7, 2009

Photographs, paintings, ceramics, drawings, quilting, woodworking, and more by 27 Academy employees...

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Fittings

Works by Cat Chow, Milisa Galazzi and Ruth Borgenicht

January 7 - January 30, 2009

Three artists inspired by the use of traditional materials, create works that are decidedly non-traditional...

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Generations: Works by Jun Kaneko & Toshiko Takaezu

October 25 - December 6, 2008

Featuring works by two ceramics icons...

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