Résumé

Setha Low at Ashawagh Hall
Setha Low at Ashawagh Hall

Setha Low Spring 2025

Born: Los Angeles, California

Education

  • B.A. Pitzer College, Claremont, California (Art and Anthropology).
  • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Cultural Anthropology).
  • Art training: Dennis Leri, Linda Capello, Diane Mayo, Diane Giardi, Mary Jaffe, Courtney Leonard, Barbara Groot, Janet Jennings, Elizabeth Karsch, Samuel Havens, and Dan Weldon.

Invited Art Presentations

  • 2025 A Little Bit of Everything, curated by Chris Lucore. The Lucore Art in Montauk.
  • 2025 East End Collected 8 Panel, Southampton Art Center, Southampton.
  • 2023 Community in Dialogue: Setha Low, Guild Hall, East Hampton.
  • 2022 Insights into the Artistic Process, Parrish Museum, Watermill.
  • 2018 Politics and Process. Creative Networking Night. East Hampton Arts Council.
  • 2015 Embracing the Other. The James Gallery, New York.

Juried Exhibitions

  • 2022 All the Places We Go, White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton.
  • 2018 Flow, White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton.
  • 2017 Love and Passion, White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton.
  • 2016 Long Island Biennial, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington.
    • Summer of Sculpture Indoor Sculpture Show, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton.
    • Figuratively Speaking, The Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills.
    • Water, Fine Arts selection, Hampton Art Hub.
    • Peace, Love, and Understanding, White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton.
  • 2015 Material Matters, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton.
    • East to West Show, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton.
  • 2014 Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton.
  • 2013 117th Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, Manhattan, New York.
    • Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton.
  • 2006 Art in Odd Places, West Village, New York City.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2018 The Wardrobe, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton.
  • 2011 New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, New York City.
  • 2010 Crazy Monkey Galley, Guest Artist, Amagansett.
  • 2009 Crazy Monkey Galley, Guest Artist, Amagansett.
  • 2008 Walk Tall Gallery, East Hampton .

Invitational Exhibitions

  • 2025 East End Collected 8, Christina Strassfield and Paton Miller curators, SAC, Southampton.
    • The Annual Women’s Show, Karyn Mannix, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • Art Groove, Geralyne Lewandowski, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • 24th Annual Box Art Auction, curated by Arlene Bujese, Benefit for East End Hospice.
    • Politics and Art, curated by Lance Corey, Ashawagh Hall.
    • The Springs Artists’ Exhibition, 58th Annual Invitational, Donna Corvi, curator.
    • New Works, curated by Haim Mizrahi, LTV Studios, Wainscott.
    • The Print Show, curated by Donna Corvi, The Depot Gallery, Montauk.
  • 2024 The Annual Women’s Show, Karyn Mannix, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • Art Groove, Geralyne Lewandowski, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • 23rdAnnual Box Art Auction, curated by Arlene Bujese, Benefit for East End Hospice.
    • Back at Ashawagh. The Victor D’ Amico Institute of Art Exhibition. Ashawagh Hall.
    • Exquisite Corpse Exhibition. Art Center at Duck Creek.
  • 2023 The Springs Artists’ Exhibition, 56th Annual Invitational, Karyn Mannix, curator.
    • 22rdAnnual Box Art Auction, curated by Arlene Bujese, Benefit for East End Hospice.
    • 16 Women, Karyn Mannix, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • Let There be Light, curated by Springs Improvement Society (SIS), Ashawagh Hall.
    • Drawathon Exhibition. Art Center at Duck Creek.
    • Round About, curated by Haim Mizrahi, LTV Studios, Wainscott.
  • 2022 17 Women, Karyn Mannix, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • 21rdAnnual Box Art Auction, curated by Arlene Bujese, Benefit for East End Hospice.
  • 2021 The Neo-Tile Club, Scott Bluedorn, curator, Guild Hall.
    • Edge of Summer, Coco Myers, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • 20th Annual Box Art Auction, curated by Arlene Bujese, Benefit for East End Hospice.
  • 2020 Atmosphere of Abstraction, Arlene Bujese, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • Vito Sisti Reunion, Karyn Mannix, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • Wonderlust, Karyn Mannix, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
  • 2019 19th Annual Box Art Auction, curated by Arlene Bujese, Benefit for East End Hospice.
  • 2018 18th Annual Box Art Auction, curated by Arlene Bujese, Benefit for East End Hospice.
  • 2017 The Springs Artists’ Exhibition, 50th Annual Invitational, Teri Kennedy, curator.
    • 17th Annual Box Art Auction, curated by Arlene Bujese, Benefit for East End Hospice.
  • 2016 Winter Lights, Arlene Bujese, curator. Southampton Cultural Center.
    • Dealer’s Choice, Arlene Bujese, Kathryn Markel Gallery, Bridgehampton.
  • 2015 The Springs Artists’ Exhibition. 48th Annual Invitational, Andrea McCafferty, curator.
    • Resolve, Ellen Dooley, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
  • 2014 Figures, Bodies and Nudes, Susan Nash, curator. Gallery of Graphic Arts, Manhattan.
    • Body of Work, Michael Cardacino, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • Curious, Ellen Dooley, curator, Ashawagh Hall.
    • 10th Annual Birdhouse Auction, Karyn Mannix, curator. Bridgehampton.
  • 2013 9th Annual Bird House Auction, Karyn Mannix, curator. Bridgehampton.
    • Body of Work, Margaret Weissbach, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
    • In Memory of Vito Sisti, Ashawagh Hall.
  • 2012 8th Annual Bird House Auction, Karyn Mannix, curator. Bridgehampton.
    • Painting and Sculpture, Mary Laspia, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
  • 2011 44th Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational Exhibition, Esperanza Leon, curator.
    • 7th Annual Bird House Auction, Karyn Mannix, curator. 4 North Main, Southampton.
    • 21 Women: Painting and Sculpture, Vito Sisti, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
    • Broke*n, Ellen Dooley, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
    • Love and Passion, Karyn Mannix, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
  • 2010 43rd Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational Exhibition, Bob Bachelard, curator.
    • Inner Perspectives, New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
    • Exploring Mediums: Part 1 and 2, Lenard Barton, curator. 4 Main Street, Southampton.
    • Red, and 12×12, Karyn Mannix, curator. Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton.
    • East Meets West, Marilyn Stevenson, curator. New Century Artists Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
    • 21 Women: Painting and Sculpture, Vito Sisti, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
  • 2009 42nd Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational Exhibition, Arlene Bujese, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
    • 5th Annual Bird House Auction, Karyn Mannix, curator. Southampton.
    • 20 Women: Paintings and Sculpture, Ashawagh Hall.
    • Process: The Workshop Show, Dennis Leri, curator. Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton.
    • Purgatory, Ellen Dooley, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
  • 2008 Art as Gift, Jana Hayden, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
    • War and Peace, Karyn Mannix, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
    • 4th Annual Bird House Auction, Karyn Mannix, curator. Southampton.
    • 21 Women: Paintings and Sculpture, Vito Sisti, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
    • Eight Plus One, Jana Hayden, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
  • 2007 Second Annual Applied Arts Show, Amagansett, New York.
    • Madelle Hegeler Semerjian Gallery, Nancy Robbins, curator. Rogers Memorial Library.
    • 19 Women: Paintings and Sculpture, Vito Sisti, curator. Ashawagh Hall.
    • Recent work, Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, New York.

    Awards

    • Water, Fine Arts selection, Hampton Art Hub. 2016.
    • Honorable Mention, Southampton Cultural Center, 2013.
    • “Most thought provoking” and “Most original”, Crazy Monkey Gallery, February 2007.

    Fellowships and Residencies

    • Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Future of Places Fellowship
    • Guggenheim Fellowship for the Origins of the Latin American and European Plaza.
    • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for John Carter Brown Library.
    • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Cultural Aspects of Design.
    • Getty Center Fellowship for Intangible Art and Heritage Preservation.

    In the collections of:

      • Dr. and Mrs. Mark Curchack
      • Dr. Ben Orlove
      • Dr. Mario Davila
      • Susan Rockford
      • Ellen Nathanson
      • Mr and Mrs. Leonard D’Angelica
      • Victoria Matheson
      • Mr. and Mrs. Mort Seidelman
      • Mr. and Mrs. Ed Grant
      • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothstein
      • Iris Weinstein
      • Rob Cardonsky
      • Bonnie Cooperman
      • Connie Anderson
      • Jayne Sherman
      • Larry Wolfson
      • Marilyn Stevenson
      • Joseph W. Newirth
      • Sawaka Nage
      • Drs. Yochanan Cohen and Yocheved Cohen-Charash
      • Drs. Michael Lamb and Julie Pranikoff
      • Richard Verchick
      • Eileen Lipson
      • Ann Brandeis
      • Carlo Grossman
      • Terry Ross
      • Dr. Steven Rosen
      • Arlene Bujese
      • Susan Steiger
      • Linda Kline
      • Nancy Posternak
      • Barbara Feldman
      • Mehdi and Guity Adib
      • Scott Benaglio
      • Joan Spivak
      • Arlynn and Van Brody