EDUCATION
1988 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, MFA—Sculpture
1982 Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, BFA—Sculpture
1980 Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, BFA—Art Education cum laude
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
11/25 SHAKE (site specific installation), Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
04/24 DRIFT (site specific installation), Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME
8/22 PASSAGES, Featured Artist, Windy Way Barn, Vinalhaven, ME
11/19 TRACING TRACKS Nesto Gallery, Milton, MA
08/18 TRANSFER STATION Installation, New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
04/16 GOGOL STORIES Installation Galerie Berlin-Baku, Berlin, Germany
08/14 MIGRATION Installation The Barn, New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
07/13 LIONFISH Installation Lyman Allen Art Museum, New London, CT
08/11 BARN SHARKS Installation, The Barn, New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
08/09 DOG MACHINE, site-specific installation. 57 Main Street, Vinalhaven, ME
04/08 AFTER DARK Fuller Craft Museum Courtyard Gallery, Brockton, MA
06/08 BIRD DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
04/07 BORDER Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
03/06 DOG FACTORY The Art Institute of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA
09/04 BROKEN SLEEP Boston Sculptors gallery, Boston, MA
04/03 NEW WORK: BARE BONES Harbor Art Gallery, UMass Boston
9/99 QUARRY Installation Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, West Newton, MA
7/98 AQUATIC Installation Currier Gallery of Art , Manchester, NH
9/97 RETROSPECTIVE 1987-1997 Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
2/97 SHARKS: BENEATH the SURFACE Installation Boston Sculptors Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
6/22 BEYOND THE BREAKWATER: 5 MAINE WOMEN ARTISTS, The Ice House, North Haven, Maine Curated by Emily Trenholm
08/20 KITTY WALES and PARRISH DOBSON, New Era gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
04/20 ABANDONED NECESSITIES:WHAT OUR OBJECTS SAY ABOUT US, University of Waterloo, UK Online exhibit and Catalog
09/18 A FEW CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN WOMEN, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
06/18 MYTHS UPCYCLED Kunststation Kleinsassen, Kleinsassen, Germany, Installation : “Three Dogs of Durer; A Recycled Story”
06/18 TAKING NOTICE: SCULPTORS EXAMINE NATURE, South Shore Art Center, Cohassett, MA Catolog Co -Curated with Sachiko Akiyama
07/16 ANATOMY of FAIRY TALES Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
08/15 FLOAT Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Bicknell Building, Rockland, ME
06/15 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND’S ANNUAL SCULPTURE GARDEN INVITATIONAL, UNE Gallery, Portland, ME
05/14 FROM WASTE TO ART III International Pavillian, Baku, Azerbaijan
9/12 BIENNIAL (Invited Artist) Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
6/12 ON THE WING Boothbay Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
ON THE WING Maine Audubon, Falmouth, ME
5/12 SHARK Fort Lauderdale Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FLA
9/11 FACULTY EXHIBIT, 808 Gallery, Boston University, MA
7/11 CHAIN LETTER Samson Gallery, Boston, MA
4/11 BENIGN to MAJESTIC Narrows Museum, Fall River , MA
8/11 THREE PERSON SHOW, New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
8/10 LATE SUMMER SHOW, New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
7/09 LATE SUMMER New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
6/09 TRASH MENAGERIE Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2/09 CONTINUUM, University of ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ
8/07 New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME
9/06 GOING APE: CONFRONTING ANIMALS IN CONTEMPORARY ART, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
4/05 UNNATURAL NATURE, Meditech Gallery, Canton, MA
10/04 IN NATURE'S COMPANY Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, MA
9/03 COLLECTION CONNECTION Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
11/02 VISUAL PERSPECTIVES: 14 YEARS of the VIRGINIA GROOT AWARDS Navy Pier, West Superior Groot Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
4/02 PHOTOFEST, Mother Dog, Museum of Modern Art, Houston, TX
3/02 Kent Gallery, Key West, FLA
3/02 New England Bio Lab Gallery, Two-person exhibit. Beverly, MA
5/00 OUT BEYOND URBAN AIR SPACE: THREE SCULPTORS: Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX
2/98 BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE de TAPISSERIES CONTEMPORAINES et de SCULPTURES Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES and GRANTS
2024 ARTIST RESIDENCY, Speedwell Projects, Portland. ME
2019 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, Boston University (Mexico City Research Museo de Anthropologia)
2018 ARTIST RESIDENCY, Kunststation Kleinsassen, Kleinsassen, Germany (Three Dogs of Durer; A Recycled Story, installation)
2016 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, Boston University (Berlin, Germany Exhibit “GOGAL STORIES” Galerie Berlin Baku)
2016 ARTIST RESIDENCY, Galerie Berlin-Baku, Berlin, Germany
2007 FIRST PLACE AWARD RECIPIENT, Virginia A. Groot Foundation, Chicago, IL
2005 RECOGNITION GRANT, The Virginia A. Groot Foundation, Chicago, IL
1999 ARTIST RESOURCE GRANT (Installation -Quarry )Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
1995 RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANT (Caribbean Reef Shark, Long Island Bahamas) Worcester Art Museum Patron, Worcester, Massachusetts
1993 PROJECT AND FIELD RESEARCH GRANT(Lammergeier Study,SpanishPyrenees) The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York
1991 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
1991 COLMAN AWARD, Blanche E. Colman Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
1991 RECOGNITION GRANT, Virginia Groot Foundation, Evanston, Illinois (Wild Goat Study, Isle of Rhum, Scotland)
1987 CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN ART, Honors Convocation, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
PRESS, REVIEWS, RADIO, TELEVISION, ONLINE CATOLOG
PODCAST WICN Artist Interview Inquiry wth Mark Lynch
UNIVERSITY of WATERLOO, UK Online exhibit and Catalog
WCVB-TV CHRONICLE Sangita L. Chandra (4/7/16) “Artists Using Recycled Materials”
DOWN EAST MAGAZINE, Ed Beam (April 2015) “4 Women Artists of Vinalhaven”
LYMAN ALLYN MUSEUM, Carrie Ermler (June 2013)
LYMAN ALLYN MUSEUM, Jane Legrow (July 2013)
NEW ENGLAND TODAY LIVING, Edgar Allen Beem (October 2012)
THE BOSTON GLOBE, Cate McQuaid (July 2009)
ART IN AMERICA Virginia A. Groot Award (Sept 2007)
SCULPTURE MAGAZINE Virginia A. Groot Award (Nov 2007)
AMERICAN CRAFT Virginia A.Groot Award (Oct/Nov 2007)
WICN FM Worcester Public Radio Inquiry with Mark Lynch Artist Interview (Nov 06)
THE BOSTON GLOBE Sculptors Open with Surreal Angles C. Temin (Sept 04)
SOUTH END NEWS Boston Sculptors arrive with a Startling Show, T. Garvey( 09/04)
THE BOSTON GLOBE Illuminating Shadows of Quarry Christine Temin (Sept 99)
THE CURRIER GAZETTE, Rockland, Maine. Artist Profile (Oct 99)
WALE AM Radio The Creative Life Interview by Kathleen Sidwell (June 98)
WOMEN'S CAUCAS for ART Boston Chapter Interview by Karen Klien (May 97)
WICN FM Worcester public radio Inquiry Artist Interview 30 Minutes (Sept 97)
WCVB-TV(channel 5) Boston, Chronicle Pop-Chron- Artist Profile (Mar 97)
THE SUN CHRONICLE Wales Shark Hunts for Art by Janet Schoeler (Feb 1997)
THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE Kitty Wales's Flying Sharks by Christine Temin (Feb 1997)
WICN FM Worcester Public Radio Inquiry Artist Interview 30 Minutes ( May 96)
THE BOSTON GLOBE Art With An Attitude at The Danforth Museum by Christine Temin '94)
THE BOSTON GLOBE, Her Raptors Rise from Society's Debris by Marty Carlock (Feb 1994)
WICN FM Worcester Public Radio Inquiry Artist Interview 30 Minutes (April 1993)
WCVB-TV (Ch. 5) Boston, Chronicle—Artist Profile (Oct. 1992)
ART NEWS, Kitty Wales—Chapel Gallery by Nancy Stapen (Oct. 1991)
COMMISSIONS: PUBLIC SCULPTURE
2001 AUBURN PARK, Public Sculpture Park, Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, Marsh Passage bronze, concrete
1999 THE DECORDOVA MUSEUM + SCULPTURE PARK, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Feral Goose , Bronze
1989 TUCSON PIMA ARTS COUNCIL, Convention Center, Tucson Arizona , Feral Swine steel, farm implements
1988 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Administration Building Garden, Wild Dog steel (12 feet tall)
1986 4‑D PROPERTIES, Mr. David DeConcini, Wilmot Vista Apartments, Tucson, Arizona, Public sculpture, Desert Flight. cast concrete
EMPLOYMENT
2015-20 SENIOR LECTURER, Boston University, Sculpture Department
2017-20 CO-CHAIR Undergraduate Sculpture Department, Boston University
2012-15 LECTURER Boston University, Boston MA Sculpture Department
2010-22 ARTIST ADVISOR Peobody Essex Museum, Art and Nature Center, Salem, MA
2007 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Sculpture Professor Brandeis University
2006 FACULTY, Artist in Residence, AIB at Lesley University, Boston MA
2005-06 FACULTY, Welding. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2005 FACULTY- Ceramics and Sculpture, The Commonwealth School, Boston.
2003-06 VISITING ARTIST Drawing, 3D Workshop, University of Massachusetts, Boston
2003 ARTIST RESIDENCY Arts on the Point, Harbor Art gallery, UMass Boston
1997-02 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, Grad Sculpture, Welding, 3D Design, Figure Modeling, Public Art Class
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Windsor School, Boston, MA
Gala Museum, Gala,Azerbaijan
DeCordova Museum + Sculpture Park , Lincoln Massachusetts
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Massachusetts
Auburn Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
New England Bio Lab, Beverly, Massachusetts
South Shore Conservatory, Hingham, MA
Meditech Corporation, Canton, Massachusetts
Meditech Corporation, Fall River, Massachusetts
The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Fidelity Corporation, Providence, RI
PUBLIC TALKS, LECTURES and VISITING ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
Colleges, Universities:
UMass Dartmouth, Alloy Symposium (featured speaker, panelist, and welding demonstrator)
Massachusetts College of Art
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
University of Arizona Humanities Department
University of Arizona Sculpture Department
Clark University
Boston University
UMass Boston
Wellesley College
Pima College, Tucson , AZ
College of Marin, Marin CA
Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University
Events, Arts Organizations, Museums:
Kunstsataton Kleinsassen, Kleinsassen, Germany
Galerie Berlin Baku, Berlin, Germany
Gala Pavillion, Azerbaijan, Waste to Art III
2005 National Art Educators Association Convention, Boston MA- Key Note Speaker
Howard County Art Teacher Association, Baltimore, MD- Keynote Speaker
Washington Ceasefire, Seattle, WA
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
WICN Radio, Inquiry, featured artist interview with host Mark Lynch
The Elizabeth Foundation of the Arts, NYC
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
Elementary and High Schools
The Windsor School, Boston, MA
The Williams School, New London, CT
Milton Academy, Milton, MA
The Commonwealth School, Boston, MA
The Gordon School, Providence, RI
Waltham High School, Waltham, MA
Westboro High School, Westboro, MA
Burncoat High School, Worcester, MA
Franklin High School
The Potter School. Westboro, MA
The Lincoln School, Brookline, MA
Providence Country Day School, Providence RI
Roderick Elementary School. Wrentham, MA
The Boyden School, Walpole , MA
Walpole High School, Walpole, MA
Somerset High School, Somerset, MA
PechaCucha, Arts Night, Vinalhaven, ME
Partners in Island Education, Arts Panel, The Vinalhaven School, Vinalhaven, ME