About
Regina Scully started art classes at the YMCA when she was 6 in Norfolk, Virgina, where she grew up. Surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia Beach, water and boats were often subject matter and still appear in her paintings. If boats are the vehicle to go deep into the vast ocean of human consciousness, Scully likes to steer her ship into many realms and worlds and explore both the large perspective of the landscape as well as the minute details, she finds among the architectural elements, directional lines, and undulations of the terrain in her imaginary microcosmic universal worlds. The unique spaces she creates in her Mindscapes become vistas for poetic vignettes, whimsical characters, abstracted objects, slices of architecture, and an exploration of paint and color.
Regina Scully received her BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA in Painting from University of New Orleans. She has had two solo exhibitions in New York City and numerous solo exhibitions in New Orleans. Prior to her solo show at the New Orleans Museum of Art, she was represented in solos at Volta, NY and the Seattle Art Fair. She showed in 2019 in a two-person exhibition in Chelsea at the Highland Nine Galleries and one of her paintings was acquired in 2021 for the lobby at World Trade Center, Tower 7, NYC where it is permanently installed. She is a recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant and is represented in different collections including the Microsoft Art Collection where she has two paintings, and at the New Orleans Museum of Art, which also has two pieces.
The late, well-known art critic in New Orleans, D. Eric Bookhardt, described Scully’s “flair for fusing arcane metaphysics and modern abstraction in ethereal paintings” and stated “It is unusual to encounter a body of work that touches on the extremes of existence, from the macro to the micro, from the cosmos to the human form, all coexisting together.” Also referred to as Mindscapes, Scully’s paintings are deeply-layered worlds which the viewer can journey through, and therein find personal memories, associations, and experiences
**Scully’s paintings are currently on view September 6th – November 2nd at The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, NYC, 4-person exhibition, Abstraction By Any Other Name, curated by Dan Cameron
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EDUCATION
2011
M.F.A., Painting, University of New Orleans
1997
B.F.A., Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Magical Thinking, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022
Mysteries of Being, Reynolds Ryan Gallery, Isidore Newman School, New Orleans, LA
2020
Lost and Found, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2019
The House I Live In, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
To Go In Search Of, C24 Gallery Project Space, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Mindscapes, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
Regina Scully/Japanese Landscape: Inner Journeys, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
2016
Horizons in Space, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015
Floating Worlds, Seattle Art Fair, single artist project, (Octavia Art Gallery), Seattle, WA
2014
Translations, Octavia Art Gallery, Houston, TX
Terra Incognita, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013
Entrance, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
VOLTA NY, New York, NY
2012
Elemental, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011
Navigate, University of New Orleans Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2009
Excavations, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Abstraction by Any Other Name, curated by Dan Cameron, The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, New York City, NY (September 6 – November 2)
2023
Embodied Terrain, 515 Gallery, Bendix Bldg, Los Angeles, CA
2021
The Emotional Brain, Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Dept., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Octavia Art Gallery, Hamptons, NY
Women Represent, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Sleep of Reason, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2020
Conceptual Creations: Collage and Assemblage, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2019
Fritz Bultman / Regina Scully: New Orleans, New York and Beyond,
Octavia Art Gallery Pop-up exhibition, High Line Nine Gallery 5, New York, NY
Art of the City: Postmodern to Post-Katrina (Presented by the Helis Foundation), Historic New Orleans Collection Museum, New Orleans, LA
2018
Core Sample, curated by David C. Terry, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
10 Years/10 Artists, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Art Miami, C24 Gallery, Miami, FL
Scope Art Fair, Octavia Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Art on Paper, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
2017
At the Threshold, 2-person exhibition, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016
Art Miami, C24 Gallery, Miami, FL
Context, Octavia Art Gallery, Miami, FL
60 Americans, The Makeshift Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary Istanbul, C24 Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Art Southampton, C24 Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2015
Permanent Collection Re-installation of Modern and Contemporary Art Wing, New Orleans Museum of Art (2015-2016), New Orleans, LA
2014
Alluvial Constructs, Octavia Gallery, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Imago Mundi Collection, curated by Diego Cortez, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Trivial Pursuits: Obsession’s Allure, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2013
Entering Abstraction, Opera Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Home, Octavia Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012
NOLA Now Part II, Abstraction in Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2011
Double Crescent, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
Abiding Abstraction, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
Prospect Lafayette, Exhibition in Prospect.2, curated by Dan Cameron, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2010
Everyday Hybrid, Prospect 1.5 New Orleans, curated by Dan Cameron, Isaac Delgado Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Wide Open, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Muses, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008
Elemental 3, Home Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Under Construction, UNO Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2006
Group Exhibition, Jenkins-Connelly Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004
Postcards to the CAC, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2003
No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002
Time Has Changed, AirB, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Artists in Residence, AirB, Brooklyn, NY
1998
External, Eternal, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Dreaming of Being a Painter, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
AWARDS/HONORS
2023
Featured artist, Annual luncheon for City Park, New Orleans Museum of Art Botanical Gardens, New Orleans, LA
2018-20
Awarded Residency, Hermitage Artist Retreat, Englewood, FL
2017
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
2016
Awarded Residency, Hooper Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Awarded Residency, Hermitage Artist Retreat, Englewood, FL, (2016-20)
LECTURES/PANELS
2018
Lecture, “Scully’s Paintings,” Hermitage Artist Retreat Palm House, Manasota Key, FL
2016
Lecture, “Scully’s Paintings,” New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
2013
Artist Panel: “On Abstraction,” VOLTA NY 2013, 82 Mercer Street, New York, NY
2011
Prospect. 2 Lafayette, “artTALK,” Acadiana Center for the Arts, Main Gallery, Lafayette, LA; with Dan Cameron and Bruce Davenport Jr.
COLLECTIONS
Microsoft Art Collection (2010, 2013)
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection (2012)
Capital One Art Collection (2014)
New Orleans Museum of Art (2014, 2016)
7 World Trade Center, NYC (2021)
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection (2024)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
“Selections from the Art Collection.” The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection: ILMA Art Collection, edited by Enterprise & Art, Amsterdam, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, 2024, pp. 89-91
2021
Featured Artist (cover), The Artful Mind, August, 2021, cover, p. 22-29
2017
Waddington, Chris, “Painter Regina Scully Connects with Japanese Art and a NOMA Curator,” NOMA Arts Quarterly, Jan. 3, p. 2, 6-7
2016
Bookhardt, Eric, “Horizons in Space,” Gambit Weekly, May 17, 2016, p. 4
http://www.insidenola.org/2016/05/regina-scully-at-octavia.html
2015
Durón, Maximilíano. (July 30, 2015). PREVIEW SEATTLE ART FAIR 2015. Retrieved from http://www.artnews.com/2015/07/30/preview-seattle-art-fair-2015/
Manitach, Amanda. (July 31, 2015). Seattle Art Fair: First Impressions. Retrieved from http://cityartsonline.com/articles/seattle-art-fair-first-impressions
Price, Aaron. (July 30, 2015). Seattle Art Fair 2015/Our Favourite Works. Retrieved from https://www.ultravie.co.uk/blog/2015/07/30/seattle-art-fair-2015-our-favourite-works/
Thomas, Ann Marshall. (September, 2015). Louisiana’s Top 10 Contemporary Artists & Where to Find Them. Retrieved from http://www.theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/louisiana/articles/louisiana-s-top-10-contemporary-artists-where-to-find-them/
2014
Bookhardt, Eric, “Terra Incognita and Theme and Variations,” Gambit Weekly, February 18, 2014, p. 59
James, Christopher. (May 25, 2014). ART MARKET SAN FRANCISCO 2014 WITH CHRISTOPHER JAMES. Retrieved from http://www.christopherjamesart.com/#!ART-MARKET-SAN-FRANCISCO-2014-WITH-CHRISTOPHER-JAMES/ckja/3341FA12-7680-4A68-90F9-0F2C26E6F905
McLellan, Marian, “Scully and Logan,” The New Orleans Art Review, February/March/April, 2014, p. 17-19
2013
Bookhardt, Eric, “Home and Sputnik 1,” Gambit Weekly, August 13, 2013, p. 43
Menendez, Didi, Publisher, IArtistas #7, June, 2013, p. 13-15
Sherman, Aaron. (November 15, 2013). GALLERY NIGHT [VIDEO]: Chelsea Art Trek, 8 Galleries in 1 Night. Retrieved from http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/986054/gallery-night-video-chelsea-art-trek-8-galleries-in-1-night
2012
Featured Artist, The Southern Review, Louisiana State University Press, Autumn, 2012, cover, viii, p. 622-30
Bookhardt, Eric, “Paintings by Regina Scully,” Gambit Weekly, February 14, 2012, p. 71
Rodriguez, Kathy, “A Land in Tumult,” The New Orleans Art Review, March/April/May 2012, p. 36-37
Smyk, Brianna, “Regina Scully’s Brushstrokes Create Abstract Environments,” Nolavie.com, January 13, 2012
2011
Frank, Peter, “Haiku Reviews: Shakespeare, Abstraction, and Pacific Standard Time,” Huffington Post Arts, October 21, 2011
In New York Magazine, Illustration, September, 2011
Weiss, Marion, “Art Commentary,” Dan’s Papers, May 20, 2011, p. 60
New York Times, Long Island Calendar, Illustration, April 26, 2011
2009
Calas, Terrington, “Notations: Regina Scully and Historical Reflection,” The New Orleans Art Review,Oct/Nov/Dec, 2009, p. 28-30
Popper, Alison, “Review: Regina Scully: Excavations,” Artvoices Magazine, October, 2009
Bookhardt, Eric, “Gridlock,” Gambit Weekly, August 11, 2009
2008
Bookhardt, Eric, “White Space,” Gambit Weekly, July 28, 2008