William Forrest Reed

Phone: 501-230-1966  E-Mail: will.reed1748@gmail.com  Website: www.williamforrestreed.com

Education
2007-2009 M.F.A. The New York Studio School Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
2006 Advanced Graduate studies in Art Education Teachers College Columbia University
2005-06 Post Baccalaureate Certificate The Maryland Institute College of Art, Drawing/Painting
1999-2003 Double B.A. Lyon College Studio Arts and Psychology

Professional Experience
 Owner-Operator of Alma de Lobo Build-Design-Restore 2016- Currently

 Lead Carpenter Nordhaus Design and Build Twin Cities, MN 2020-2021

 Carpenter, Fabricator, Installer at Post Up Construction and Cabinets 2016-2017

Portland, OR
 Carpenter at Up-Rite Construction New York, NY 2015-2016

• Independent Gallery Preparator: clients include White Box Gallery, 2009-2016

NYSS Gallery, and BMCC Gallery. Recent shows: Hans Hoffman
works on paper, NYSS Benefit show, White Box benefit show all in
New York, NY.
• Art Handler, Preparator, and crating specialist at BoxArt Fine art 2016
logistics, crating, and transport. Clients include The MoMA, The
Guggenheim Museum, The Gagosian Gallery, and The Morgan
Library.
• Art Handler and assistant Registrar Broadway 1601 New York, NY
• Independent General and Fine Carpenter
• Archivist and Studio Assistant for Graham Nickson. 2009- 2013
• Retail and Shipping Specialist TALAS Archival and Conservation 2009
Supply Brooklyn, NY.
• Head Gallery Preparator for The Gallery at the New York Studio 2007-2013
School. Director at the time: David Cohen.

Solo Exhibitions

• The Art Gallery at The University of Maryland. College Park, MD. October 2013
“5 Years of Big Drawings.”
• Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY. May-August 2010
“Recent Drawings from Sculpture.”
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• Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR. “Dark Matter.” October 2010
• New York Studio School, New York, NY. “Of Shape and Time.” May 2009
MFA Thesis Exhibition.
• New York Studio School, New York, NY. “Recent Works.” November 2008
• Arkansas Art Gallery, North Little Rock, AR. “Recent Paintings.” July 2005
• The William J. Clinton Presidential Pavilion at the River Market, November 2004
Little Rock, AR. “Recent Works.”

Group Exhibitions
 Minneapolis Institute of Art “Foot in the door” Minneapolis, MN 2020-21

 Minnetonka Art Center “The Figure Exhibition” Minnetonka, MN 2020

 Wagner College Gallery “Amor Fati” New York, NY November 2019-January 2020

 Arts Council of Southeast Missouri November 2016- January 2017

 The Circle Gallery “Strokes of Genius” Annapolis, MD November 2016

 Verum Ultimum Gallery “Chasing Ghosts” Portland, OR October 2016

 Faburry Gallery “Group show” August 2016

 Shirley Fitterman Art Center New York, NY “BMCC Faculty Exhibition” February 2016

 Blue Mountain Gallery New York, NY “The Annual Juried Exhibition” January 2015
Juror: John Dubrow

 “Paintings on Postcards: The Art Education fundraiser” Tel Aviv Museum of Art September 2014
Tel Aviv, Israel

 The Port Gallery, Yafo, Israel “Art at the Port” November 2013

 St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO “It’s not the heat it’s the Humidity” May 2013

 Miami University Young Painters Competition, Miami University, January 2013

Miami, OH Juror/Curator: Lance Esplund.
 Wright State University, Dayton, OH. “Drawing Perception VII.” December 2012
Juror: Stanley Lewis. Awarded first prize by the Juror
 Pastel Society of the Southwest 31st Annual Juried Exhibition. The December 2012
Charles W. Eisemann Center Richardson, TX.
 Windsor Whip Works Gallery, Windsor, NY. “Small Works.” December 2012
Juror: Brody P. Burroughs.
 The Hot Springs Fine Art Center, Hot Springs, AR. “Self Portraits.” November 2012
 The Maryland Federation for the Arts, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, November 2012
MD. “Strokes of Genius.” Juror: Mark Karnes.
 The Gallery at the University of Maryland College Park, MD. “XL- July 2012
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XS.” Juror: Barry Nemmett.
 The Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO. The Third Dimension.” June 2012
 Spattered Columns Gallery, New York, NY. MICA Alumni January 2012
Exhibition.
 The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, AR. “Winter November2011
Tide.”
 The Bowery Gallery, New York, NY. “The Juried Invitational.” August 2011
Juror: Stanley Lewis.
 The University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. “3rd Annual April 2011
MFA Invitational exhibition”
 West Palm Beach State College, West Palm Beach, Fl. “7 th Annual April 2011
Juried Works on Paper Show.”
 Gallery 620, Whiting, IN. “The 7 Deadly Sins.” March 2011
 Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY. February 2011
“Faculty Exhibition.”
 Attesboro Art Museum, Attesboro, MA. “Seeing Double.”
July 2010
 Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH. “Ode to
Degas.”
June 2010
 The Painting Center, New York, NY. “25 Under 35.”
June 2009
 University of New Hampshire Gallery, Durham, NH. “MFA
April 2009
Invitational.”

Distinctions
 Artist Lecture, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX November 2020

Artist Lecture, Ulpan Gordon, Tel Aviv, Israel (in Hebrew) March 2014

 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Artist Lecture 2011

 The Painting Center, New York, NY. Guest Panelist. July 2009
 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Guest Lecturer April 2009
and Critic.
 New York Studio School, New York, NY. Painting Merit 2007 – 2009
Scholarship.
 New York Studio School, New York, NY. Travel Scholarship for 2007
study in Orvieto, Italy.
 Maryland Institute College of Art. Post-Baccalaureate Scholarship. 2005-2006

 Lyon College, Batesville, AR. Fine Arts Merit Scholarship.

2000-2003
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Private Collections
Numerous collections throughout the United States, Israel, and Colombia

Public Collections
The City University of New York (CUNY)
The University of Maryland

Languages and Travel

 Traveled in Colombia
2004 and 2007
 Traveled to Europe: Italy, Spain, and France 08
2003 and 2007
 Traveled to Israel 2012
2012
 Lived in Israel 2013-2014
 Can speak Spanish and Hebrew

References
Meg Colbert: Director of Handling, Packing, and Interior crating at BoxArt Fine Art Logistics
meg@boxart.com 718-782-6100

Allison Shlegel: Manager of “in house” packing and handling at BoxArt Fine Art Logistics
allison@boxart.com 917-547-1911

Caroline Reid: Head Registrar for Gallery Broadway 1602 caroline@broadway1602.com 347-828-3254

Professor Graham Nickson: Dean New York Studio School, Professor of Painting and Drawing email:
psalisbury@nyss.orgmailing: 8 West 8th St. New York, NY 10011 phone: 212-673-6988

Professor Simon Carr: Chair of the Painting/Drawing division of Fine Arts, Borough of Manhattan
Community Collegeemail: scarr@bmcc.edumailing: 55 Bethune St. New York, NY 10011 phone:
917-561-9287
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