bio
Sally Wagley is a visual artist based in Brunswick, Maine, working in drawing, collage, assemblage, embroidery and printmaking. Through work both representational and abstract, she mines age-old narratives from mythology, religion and popular culture to interrogate ideas about gender and society and to illuminate the human psyche. Her work also explores language and writing. Since 2012, she has exhibited her work in venues in Maine and New Hampshire, and has had three solo shows. She received her education at the University of Michigan, Northeastern University and the University of Maine at Augusta.
Resume
Education:
2018-2023: University of Maine at Augusta (courses in Studio Art & Art History)
2009-2017: Maine College of Art Continuing Studies
2012: Haystack School of Arts & Crafts
1978: University of Michigan, B.A. Anthropology
1984: Northeastern University Law School, J.D.
Solo Exhibitions:
May 2023: The Gallery, Readfield, ME: “Book of Hours”
March 2021: The Gallery, Readfield, ME: “Body Electric II”
June/July 2017: Engine, Biddeford, ME: “Body Electric”
Curatorial:
2018: Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Tactile" (organizer and juror)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Apr. 2024: The Gallery in Readfield, “Spoken Image”
2023:
Aug./Sept. 2023: Lights Out Gallery, Norway, ME: “Little Sparks”
May 2023: 82 Parris, Portland, ME: “House Warming”
Jan./Feb. 2023:Danforth Gallery, University of Maine at Augusta: “The Art of Assemblage: Myth, Mystery & Sprituality”(four-person show)
2022:
George Marshall Store & Gallery, York, ME: “Compendium”
Danforth Gallery, University of Maine at Augusta: “Start to Finish”
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: “The Red Thread of Fate”
2021:
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell: ME, “Art & Gender”
Danforth Gallery, University of Maine at Augusta: “Outbreak”
2019:
Cynthia Pettengill Fine Art Gallery, Wayne, ME (invitational)
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: “Women, Respond!”
2018:
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Tactile"
Portland Public Library: “Reverence to the Thread”
2016:
Maine Fiberarts, Topsham, ME: "Innovations: Contemporary Arts"
Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME: “Create IV”
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Fine Print"
2015:
Karl Drerup Gallery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH: "Force of Nature: Exploring the Power of the Feminine" (national show juried by Judith Brodsky)
2014:
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Hands & Knees"
Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME: "Create III"
2013:
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Paste and Pages"
Harlow Gallery: “Play”
2012:
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: “Art 2012” (juried by artists Amy Stacy Curtis and Matt Demers)
COLLECTIONs:
University of Maine at Augusta
Other relevant experience:
2023: University of Maine at Augusta: Member of Arts & Acquisitions Committee
2022-23: University of Maine at Augusta: Curatorial assistant/intern, Danforth Gallery; Research assistant/intern, art history
2014-2017: Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: Member, Board of Directors
Press:
“Art of Assemblage” Webinar: Zoom panel discussion moderated by Dr. Aaron Rosen (Feb. 27, 2023
Laura Morrison and Marcia Santore, Force of Nature: Exploring the Power of the Feminine (Women’s Caucus for Art/ New Hampshire Chapter, 2015): exhibition catalogue for 2015 exhibition at Karl Drerup Gallery & Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH.