Solo Exhibitions
Herter Art Gallery at the University of Massachusettes, Amherst, MA, Disruptions & Continuities: Recent Work by George Wardlaw, September 25 –October 25, 2019
UMass Amherst NYPOP, New York, NY, George Wardlaw: Then and Now, November 10 9–December 17, 2017
South Gallery, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA, George Wardlaw: Recent Paintings, October 9–November 9, 2017
Yvette Torres Fine Art, Rockland, Maine, George Wardlaw: I Painted, I Paint (A selection of works from 1959-60 and 2016-17), August 4-September 16, 2017
Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, Maine, George Wardlaw: 1959 Landscape Paintings, hosted by Tripp Lake Camp to celebrate their 105th Anniversary, July 24–August 7, 2015
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, George Wardlaw: A Life In Art, Works from 1954–2015, May 29–August 30, 2015
Fischer Galleries, Jackson, Mississippi, George Wardlaw: Recent Work, May 29–August 30, 2015
Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, Maine, Genesis: Exodus, September 5–October 31, 2014
Schoodic Institute, Winter Harbor, Maine,Cycles: Time-Light-Life, 2013, catalog.
Morrison Gallery, Kent, Connecticut, Introduction of Geometric Abstractions, 2013
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME, George Wardlaw: Transplants, August 15–September 16, 2012, catalog, excerpt by Suzette McAvoy from George Wardlaw: Crossing Borders.
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME, George Wardlaw: Maine Windows, August 16–September 14, 2009, brochure.
Hampshire College Art Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, George Wardlaw: Windows II, September 1–28, 2008, pamphlet.
Hampden Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, March 2–30, 2008, pamphlet.
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1984, 1989, 1996, 2000.
University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, George Wardlaw: Exodus II, April 5–June 6, 1992, catalog with essay by Marjorie Welish.
Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1970, 1982, 1990, brochure-poster.
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS, George Wardlaw: Transitions II, May 7–June 25,1989, brochure.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (Retrospective), Memphis, TN, George Wardlaw: Transitions, September 18–October 30, 1988, catalog with essays by J. Richard Gruber, John Slorp, and William P. Heidrich.
Memphis College of Art (Retrospective), Memphis, TN, September 18–October 30, 1988.
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, George Wardlaw, January 19–February 16, 1986, brochure.
University of Massachusetts Medical Center Gallery, Worcester, MA, George Wardlaw Sculpture, October 2–31, 1984.
Stux Gallery, Boston, MA, George Wardlaw Recent Work, March 2–27, 1982, catalog with essay by Richard Muhlberger.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, George Wardlaw, December 3, 1978–February 4, 1979, catalog with essay by Hugh Davies.
Lincoln Campus Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, George Wardlaw "Recent Paintings", July 26–August 27, 1971, poster.
Long Island University, Southampton, NY, George Wardlaw Recent Paintings, 1969.
Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, George M. Wardlaw, April 13–May 22, 1966, brochure.
Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968.
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1965
Betty Parsons Gallery, Section 11, NY, NY, George Wardlaw, November 29–December 17, 1959, pamphlet.
State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, 1959.
Campus Center, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1951.
Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, TN, 1949.
Group Exhibitions
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine, 2016 Biennial, November 4, 2016–January 24, 2017
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi, Reflections: Works By Modern Masters from The Collection, April 9–October 30, 2016
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME, Art Palm Beach International Art Fair, West Palm Beach, FLA, January 20–23, 2012.
Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME, Biennial Portland Show, 2010, 2011
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME, Abstract Expressionsim: Three Maine Artists; Harold Garde, Stephen Pace, George Wardlaw, August 29–September 25, 2010, catalog, essay by Martica Sawin.
Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1958–2008: Nowhere Else But Here, Studio Arts At The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, September 17–October 31, 2008, catalog.
Yeshiva University Museum, NY, NY, Jewish Artists: On The Edge, Fall 2001–April 7, 2002, catalog.
Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, Like a Prayer: A Jewish and Christian Presence in Contemporary Art, January 31–June 1, 2001, catalog.
The College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, Jewish Artists: On The Edge, June 4–30, 2000, catalog.
Art Chicago-Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, 1996.
University of Massachusetts Art Gallery, Amherst, MA, 1996.
Memphis Brooks Art Museum, Memphis, TN, 1986.
Artextreme, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1986, catalog.
Stux Gallery, New York, NY, NY , Inaugural: Major Works, March 8–April 2, 1986.
Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst, MA, Works On Paper, February 18–March 14, 1985, poster.
Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat School of Visual Art, Beverly, MA, Art Off the Wall, October 23–November 15, 1985, brochure.
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, George Wardlaw: Sculpture, October 19–November 24, 1984.
Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, IL, May 10–May 15, 1984, catalog.
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, 1983.
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA, Valley Faculty Art Exhibition, November 13–December 31, 1983, brochure.
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA, Fifteen Massachusetts Artists: An Invitational, August 5–October 4, 1981, catalog.
Stux Gallery, Boston, MA, 1981.
Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, MA, Another Look at the Figure, June, 1980.
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1988.
Galerie Denise Rene, New York, NY, 1977.
Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Drawings, Summer 1971.
Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, four person exhibition, October, 1976.
Galerie Denise Rene, New York, NY, 1974.
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1971.
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, Artist Faculty Exhibition, October 29–Nov 27, 1971, catalog.
Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1971.
Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Visible Teachers, Visible Artists, September 25–October 16, 1970, catalog.
Smith College Museum, Northampton, MA, An Exhibition of Sculpture by Sixteen Artists Teachers in Colleges and Universities in Western New England, May 11–June 7, 1966, catalog.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Recent Still Life, February 23–April 4, 1966, catalog.
Widener Gallery Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, Artist Educator Invitational, November 9–December 4, 1966.
Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Three By Three, January 21–February 11, 1965, brochure.
Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT, New England Arts Faculty Invitation Exhibition, May 1–26, 1965.
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, New England Contemporary Artists, April 25–May 8, 1965, brochure.
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, Four Person Exhibition, Spring 1964.
Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL, New Talent '64, 1963.
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL, 1963.
Allan Stone Gallery, NY, NY, Three Person Exhibition; Something Wild, December 3–31,1963.
Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, Contemporary American Drawings, November 28–December 19, 1962, poster, brochure.
Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, Contemporary Crafts of the United States, April 11–May 1, 1992, brochure.
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY, The 17th Annual Greater Schenectady Exhibition, October 8–31, 1961.
Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY, Area College and University Teacher's Art, November, 1961, brochure.
Betty Parsons Gallery, Drawings, NY,NY, 1960–61.
State House, Augusta, ME, Maine State Art Festival, July 31–ug. 31, 1961.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY, 1963–66.
State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, Art Faculty Exhibition, 1961, catalog. (reproductions).
Judson Smith Gallery, Woodstock, NY, Kaaterskill Group, August 16–September 7, 1959/1960.
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, Kaaterskill Group, November, 1960.
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, Summers 1959, 1960, 1961.
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY, NY, Young Americans, work circulated to art institutions and museums throughout the country from November 1958 through November, 1959.
The Saint Paul Gallery and School of Art, Saint Paul, MN,, Fiber - Clay - Metal, November–December; Saint Paul Gallery, January; Carleton College, February; The University of Wisconsin, March; Beloit College, May; Northland College, 1957–58, brochure.
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, three person exhibition, 1955.
Memphis Brooks Art Museum, Memphis, TN, 1954.
Delgado Museum, New Orleans, LA, 1954.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Contemporary Silverwork, February 1953, brochure.
America House Gallery, NY, NY, From Rock to Beauty, Summer 1952.
Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York, NY, 1953.
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, American Craftsmen, 1952, 1953, 1955. Each year circulated by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, brochures.
Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, IA, Design in Metal, brochure.
The Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS, Decorative Arts and Ceramics Exhibition, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, brochures.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Handcrafts in the United States, October, 1952, Circulated in Europe and Near East by U.S. State Department.
National Gallery, Washington, DC, Handcrafts in the United States, 1952.
Travelling Exhibitions
Work circulated in Europe and the Near East by the United States State Department
Work circulated in the United States by the American Federation of Arts
Work circulated in the United States by the Smithsonian Institute
Public Collections and Commissions
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
DeCordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, MA
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Johnson Wax, Racine, WI
Malone and Hyde, Autozone, Memphis, TN
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Honors and Awards
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2014–2015
Joseph P. Healey Endowment Grant, 1987
Joseph P. Healey Endowment Grant, 1985
University of Massachusetts Faculty Fellowship, 1983
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award, 1983
Teaching
University of Massachusetts, Professor (Chairman, 1971–88), Department of Art, Amherst, MA 1968–90
Associate Professor, Department of Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT 1964–68
Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Associate Professor (Director, 1966–68), Norfolk, CT 1964–68
State University of New York, Assistant Professor, New Paltz, NY 1956–63
Louisiana State University, Instructor, Baton Rouge, LA 1955–56
University of Mississippi, Instructor, Oxford, MS 1952–55
Education
University of Mississippi, M.F.A., painting and sculpture, Oxford, MS 1955
Memphis Academy of Arts, B.F.A., painting, Memphis, TN 1951