Curriculum Vitae

Solo Exhibitions

2020      Woolgathering - Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda MD

2015      Cretazoa - Flying Solo, Arts at the Airport - Nashville International Airport

2014      The Wool Sculptures of Shana Kohnstamm - Green Hills Library, Nashville TN

2012      Surface Treat - Nashville’s Smallest Art Gallery, Nashville TN

2011      The Vast Within - Red Line Gallery, Knoxville TN

2009      Growing Season - Twist Art Gallery, Nashville TN

                  Growing Season - Janet Levine March Gallery, Nashville TN

2008      Faces & Figments - Nashville Jazz Workshop, Nashville TN

2007      Shana Kohnstamm - (fov) Studio, Nashville TN

2005      Fleshing it Out - Plowhaus Gallery, Nashville TN

2002      Selections from the Passion Series - Janet Levine March Gallery, Nashville TN

Selected Group Exhibitions     *Moved online due to COVID-19  

2024 Intrinsic Tool - DC Art Center, Washington DC

St. Albans 10 Year Visiting Artist Exhibition - St. Albans, Washington DC

2023 HEATWORK 3.0 - VisArts, Rockville MD

2022 Hand Crafted - Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown MD

2021      Whimsy - with Heather Harvey - Gallery 115, Frederick MD

                  *Garden Party - Latela Curatorial, Washington DC 

2020      States of Being - Sparkplug Collective - DC Arts Center, Washington DC

                  SHE: an expression of womanhood - Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center,  Solomons MD

                  *Instructor’s Exhibit - Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN 

                  Totems - Beacon Gallery, Boston MA

2019    Boundless - Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring MD

                  2nd Tri-annual Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Exhibition - Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD

                  Light Liminal - Sparkplug Collective. DC Arts Center, Washington DC 

                  Creative Crafts Council 32nd Biennial Exhibition - Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda MD 

2018      A Shaman Knew Ms. Storm - with Doris Wasserman - USN Tibbott Center Gallery, Nashville TN

                  Instructor’s Exhibit - Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN

2017      Tennessee Craft Midstate Chapter exhibit - Gordon Jewish Community Center, Nashville TN

2016      Best of Tennessee Craft 2016 - Reese Museum, ETSU, Johnson City TN

                  Instructor's Exhibit - Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN

2015      Size Matters - Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL

                  Touched: a soft sculpture exhibit - Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville TN - Curator

                  Bricolage - Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville TN

                  Number Inc. Presents Art of the South - Hyde Gallery at Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

2014      Fine Contemporary Craft of the Southeastern US - Artspace, Raleigh NC

                  Courage Unmasked - OZ Nashville & Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN

                  Dubious Expedition - Leanna Lin’s Wonderland Gallery, Los Angeles CA

                  Figuratively Speaking - Rymer Gallery, Nashville TN

                  Nexus Sculpture Exhibit - Dogwood Arts Festival, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville TN        

2013      Creative Connectivity - CVTACA, Renaissance Center, Dickson TN

                  YOUnite Tour - Viridian, Nashville TN

                  L’innamorato - Potter’s Wife Gallery, Fort Wayne IN

                  Artist Directory Showcase: Works in 3D - Metro Arts Commission, Nashville TN

                  Nexus Sculpture Exhibit - Dogwood Arts Festival, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville TN 

                  From the Ground Up - Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville TN

2010      Nashville Artist Guild 60th Anniversary Show - Nashville TN

2009      Emergence Studio Series - Nashville Ballet, Nashville TN

2008      Ship of Fools Ship of Hope - Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne Australia

                 Active Ingredient - Untitled Artist Group - Limelight, Nashville TN

                  Connect 12 Artist Collective - Downtown Presbyterian Church, Nashville TN

2007      Connect12 Artist Collective - Dangenart Gallery, Nashville TN

2006      The Model Artist - Studio Sobro, Nashville TN | Curator

                 Bloom - Untitled Artist Group - Crystalwood Gallery, Nashville TN

                 Full Circle Art Group - Streets, Nashville TN

                 11th Annual Glow Show - Untitled Artist Group, Nashville TN

                  Gambit 4 - Twist Art Gallery, Nashville TN

                  Sugar & Spice - Twist Art Gallery, Nashville TN

2005      Newhaus - Plowhaus Artist Coop, Nashville TN

                  Nashville Women Artists - Leu Gallery, Belmont University, Nashville TN

                  Esteemed Colleagues - Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Nashville TN

                  Gambit: second base - Studio Sobro, Nashville TN

2004      Heart 2 Heart - Plowhaus Artist Coop, Nashville TN

                  The Art of Collaboration - Untitled Artist Group, Nashville TN | Curator

                  Naughty or Nice - Plowhaus Artist Coop, Nashville TN

2003      Elements - Untitled Artist Group, Essence Room, Nashville TN

                  Group of 4 - Striped Door Gallery, Nashville TN

                  Blue - Untitled Artist Group, Alan LeQuire Gallery, Nashville TN | Curator

 Art Fairs & Benefits

2024 Little Greek Potter Benefit for World Central Kitchen, Gaithersburg MD

Collectors’ Night - Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC

Hickok Cole Art Night - Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC

2023 Collectors’ Night - Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC

Hickok Cole Art Night - Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC

2022 Collectors’ Night - Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC

Hickok Cole Art Night - Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC

15th Annual Craft Artist Exhibition - James Renwick Alliance, Chevy Chase MD

2020    *Collectors’ Night - Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC 

    *By The People - Monochrome Collective Virtual Art Fair, Washington DC

                  *Latela Curatorial COVID Art Fair - Washington, DC

2019 12th Annual Craft Artist Exhibition - James Renwick Alliance, Chevy Chase MD

2007 GimmeShelter benefit show - national traveling exhibition

2006 Bowling Green International Art Festival - Bowling Green KY

Professional Affiliations

•          VisArts Ceramic Advisory Council

•          Washington Sculptors Group

•          James Renwick Alliance

•          American Craft Council

Honors / Awards / Grants

2024 Maryland State Arts Commission - Grants for Artists Recipient

2020 Arteles Creative Center - SAE Artist Residency, Hameenkyro Finland

2019-2020 Sparkplug Collective - DC Arts Center Residency

2015 Arts & Business Council of Nashville - Periscope Artist Entrepreneur Training Program

2014 Award of Merit – Fine Contemporary Craft of the Southeastern US

2013 Merit Award – Nexus 2013 Sculpture Exhibit

2012 Creative Capital – Professional Development Program

2009 Untitled Artist Group - Special Opportunity Funding Grant

2003 Sensored Magazine - Starving Artist Award -1st place Painting

1988 Tennessee Art League - Scholarship Award

             

Publications

Washington Post: In the Galleries - Mark Jenkins, January 2021

Shana Kohnstamm: Where Craft Meets Fine Arts - Eric Celarier for Washington Sculptors Group, Fall 2020

Washington Post: In the Galleries - Mark Jenkins, March 2019

Worldwide Colours of Felt - Textiel-Art (Germany), 2016

Sharply Soft: "Touched" at Ground Floor Gallery in Nashville - Joe Nolan for Burnaway, November 2015

Fiber Artists Show Their Stuff in Soft Sculpture Exhibition - Erica Ciccarone for Nashville Arts Magazine, October 2015

In Their Own Words – Shana Kohnstamm for Fiber Art Now Magazine, Fall 2015

An Interview with Shana Kohnstamm – Annalisa Chelli for Dyeing House Gallery (Italy), May 2015

Interview: Shana Kohnstamm – Erica Ciccarone for NYCNash.com, April 2015

Shana Kohnstamm and Carrie Alter at Rymer - Joe Nolan for ArtsNash.com, May 2014

Needle Felting: From Factory to Gallery - Kate Barsotti for textileartist.org, December 2013

Felter Skelter: Shana Kohnstamm - Zoe Williams for mxstich.com

Artists From Near and Far Herald a New Season with ‘Nexus 2013'. Metropulse, 2013

April 2013 Growth and Renewal  - Elena Rosenberg for Fiber Art Now magazine, Spring 2013

From the Ground Up - Curator’s Statement - Elizabeth Schlatter for Ground Floor Gallery. January 2013

Change to fibers makes Kohnstamm’s art tangible - MiChele Jones for The Tennessean, September 2012

Artsy Shark - Featured Artist, artsyshark.com, October 2012

 

Selected Teaching Experience

2020 - Sculptural Felting, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (canceled due to COVID-19) 

2019-2020 - St. Albans Upper School, Washington DC

2018 - Unlocking the Wool: Sculptural Felting, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

2017 - Painting with Wool, Art & Soul, Nashville TN

2017 - 3D Needlefelting Basics, Art & Soul, Nashville TN

2016 - Unlocking the Wool: Sculptural Felting, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts