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 find resonance with contemporary life. 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
Solo Exhibitions:
October 2026: The Gallery, Readfield, ME, “Portmanteau”
May 2023: The Gallery, Readfield, ME: “Book of Hours”
March 2021: The Gallery: “Body Electric II”
June/July 2017: Engine, Biddeford, ME: “Body Electric”
Curatorial:
2018: Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Tactile" (organizer and juror)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025: Danforth Gallery, University of Maine at Augusta: “60th Anniversary Exhibition”
2024:
October - December: Portland Public Library: “O Lar”
August: 3S Art Space, Portsmouth, NH: Print Exhibition, “In This Moment”
June: Institute for Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art & Design, “Collect 2024”
April: The Gallery in Readfield: “Spoken Image”
2023:
Lights Out Gallery, Norway, ME: “Little Sparks”
82 Parris, Portland, ME: “House Warming”;
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 Art"
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Fine Print"
2015:
Karl Drerup Gallery, Plymouth State University, NH: "Force of Nature: Exploring the Power of the Feminine"
2014:
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Hands & Knees"
2013:
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: "Paste and Pages"
Harlow Gallery: “Play”
2012:
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: “Art 2012”
COLLECTIONs:
University of Maine at Augusta
grants & RESIDENCIES:
2026: Lights Out Gallery Studio Incubator Residency
2026: Maine Arts Commission, Artist Project Grant
2024: Maine Arts Commission, Artist Springboard Grant
relevant experience:
2026: Maine Arts Commission, Grant Reviewer
2023: University of Maine at Augusta Arts & Acquisitions Committee
2022-23: University of Maine at Augusta: gallery assistant, Danforth Gallery; research assistant, art history
2014-2017: Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME: Member, Board of Directors
Education:
University of Maine at Augusta, B.A., Studio Art & Art History
Maine College of Art & Design Continuing Studies
Haystack School of Arts & Crafts
Northeastern University Law School, J.D.
University of Michigan, B.A. Anthropology
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.