Serena Bates

Serena Bates

Over 40 years ago, Serena Bates started her journey of exploration and interpretation of the world around her through art. Beginning probably at the age of 8 or 9, she started with pencil and paper and went on to study tradition figure painting and anatomy at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and the Rhode Island School of Design.

Over the years she has explored many mediums including charcoal, pastel, oil, and acrylic paint to name a few, but when she discovered clay, she went over to the "Dark Side" as she likes to say. She had finally found her soul mate and companion saying "When you find a material that you can work with  tirelessly for hours and think minutes have passed, and your excitement still bubbles over when you leave the studio for the day, you have found home." The artist describes herself as a story teller with an  affinity for portraits and animals. "Life's Stories plant seeds in my mind, take shape in my soul, and are born through my sculptures. "

Clay, Bronze and Stone are her mediums of choice. Being non-traditional in her approach, she does not take measurements, but instead relies on her eye and sense of observation to interpret a subject. Trusting intuition and a connection to the subject are more important to her than static measurements. This approach breathes life into her work and produces what she calls a "wabu-sabi" affect, the Japanese term that literally means the beauty found in imperfection or "imperfectly perfect".

Serena has exhibited in nationally known exhibitions and galleries across the United States and Canada. She has won many prestigious awards and honors during her career from the American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, the Salmagundi Club, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, the Academic Artist Association, Mystic Museum of Art to name only a few. The artist is also a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Artists for Conservation, Allied Artists of America, American Artists Professional League and Salmagundi Club.

 

Awards:

113TH ANNUAL THUMB BOX EXHIBITION
Nov 23, 2021 - Jan 1, 2022
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY

Juror:

 

Award: Alphaeus P. Cole Memorial Award, “Star Gazer”

Society of CT Sculptors

Nov 19 - Jan 2, 2022

Lyme Art Association

Old Lyme, CT

Juror: Norman Legasse

Award:  3rd Prize “Gemini”

 

93RD Annual Grand National Exhibition of the American Artists Professional League
Nov 8 - Nov 19, 2021
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur
Award: "Miss Independence", Barbara Newington Award for Traditional Sculpture


 

Audubon Artists 79TH Annual Exhibition
Oct 25 - Nov 5, 2021
Salmagundi Club
New York, NY
Juror: Michael Cagno, Executive director and Curator of Noyes Museum of Art, NJ
Award: "Upward Dog", Marion & Gill Roller Memorial Award

 

Connected Land and Sea

National Exhibition

June 17 – July 18, 2021

Copley Society of Boston

Boston, MS

Juror: Don Demers

Award: Second Place– “Leviathan”

 


 

 

Seaport, Small Works

May 6 – Aug 29, 2021

Copley Society of Boston

Boston, MS

Award: Excellence “Sir Penguin”

 

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts CAFA + Members Exhibition

Feb 6 - March 20, 2021

Web:  www.ctacedemy.org

Award: Third Place Award "I am Woman"

 

2020 Fall Annual Members Exhibition

Oct 20 - Nov 6, 2020

Salmagundi Club

New York, NY 

Award: Philip Isenberg Memorial Award "Paradise Lost"

 

Land and Sea - Annual Elected Artists Exhibition

Oct 9 - Nov 19, 2020

Lyme Art Association

Old Lyme, CT

Juror: Robert Pilsbury

Third Prize:  "Shoo Fly"

 

2020 Annual Members Exhibition

Aug 10 - Aug 28, 2020, 2020

Salmagundi Club

New York, NY 

Juror: Edmond Rochat

Award: Mary Fitch Memorial Award "Padawan"

 

107th Annual Associate Member Juried Exhibition (online)

Allied Artists of America

May 18 - Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

Salmagundi Club

New York, NY 

Award: Excellence in Sculpture -Elected Artist Status Awarded         "Amun Ra"

 

2020 Annual Members Exhibition

May 20, 2020

Salmagundi Club

New York, NY 

Juror: Claudia Seymour

Award: Philip Isenberg Memorial Award "Precipice"

   


 

 

Black & White Exhibition

Feb 3 - Feb 21, 2020

Salmagundi Club

New York, NY 

Juror: Robert Pilsbury

Award: Margery Sorokava Award "Miss Independence"

 

Mystic Museum of Art Members Exhibition

Jan 30 - Feb 29, 2020

Mystic Museum of Art

Mystic, CT

Award: Award of Merit "Up Dog"

 

CLWAC 123rd Annual Open Exhibition

Jan 7 - Jan 31, 2020

National Arts Club

New York, NY

Jurors Norman Legassie & Marc Mellon

Award: Charlotte Dunwoodie Award for Contemporary 

Realism "Miss Independence"

 

Annual Artists for Conservation International Juried Exhibition

September 26-29, 2019

Artists for Conservation, Vancouver, Canada

Award: Environmental Statement Award

"Survivor"


2019 ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION
Apr 28 - May 8, 2019
Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
Reception May 8, 6-9 pm.
"Enlightened", Award of Honor

 

110th Annual Thumbox Exhibition

Dec 3, 2018 - Jan 1, 2018

Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003

Award: Philip Isenberg Memorial Award "Putin on the Ritz"

 

90th Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League

Nov 11 - Nov 19, 2018

Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003

Juror:  Stephanie L Heidrich PhD, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Assistant Curator of American Painting & Sculpture, American Wing

Award: Marilyn Newmark Memorial Award "Precipice"

 

2018 ACGOW REGIONAL EXHIBITION
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, RI
May 4 - May 27, 2018
Jurors: Michael Peery, Rhode Island School of Design Professor

“Leviathan” Katherine Forest Foundation Award

 

100TH DUXBURY ART ASSOCIATION SHOW
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MS
Feb 4 - Apr 22, 2018
Jurors: Crystal Duell, Julie Beck, Tim Ian Mitchell, Cindy Vallino, Craig Bloodgood

“Survivor” Second Place Award for Sculpture

 

CLWAC 121ST ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION

CATHERINE LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB

Jan 9 - 26, 2018 

Jurors: Gwen Pier, Director, National Sculpture Society 

Elizabeth Allison, Technical Instructor, Art Students League, NYC

NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, New York, NY 

“Amun Ra” Council of American Artist Societies Inc." for traditional sculpture 

 

109th ANNUAL SALMAGUNDI THUMB BOX
Dec 8 - Dec 31, 2017 

Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
"Hello Dolly" Alpheous P. Cole Award

 

SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT SCULPTORS’ ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION
Oct 1 - Nov 29, 2017
LYME ART ASSOCIATION, Old Lyme, CT
"Head Over Heels" People's Choice Award

 

AMERICAN ARTISTS PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE 89TH ANNUAL GRAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION       October 20 - December 29, 2017

Online Exhibition NEW YORK, NY  

Jurors David A. Leffel, Sherrie McGraw, Jacqueline Kamin 

“Survivor” Helen G. Oehler Memorial Award  

 

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATIONS ALL MEDIA II EXHIBITION

October 19 - November 11, 2017

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION  

Juror Debra Lee Valeri 

“Amun Ra” Honorable Mention

 

ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA 104TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

Aug 31- Sept 17, 2017 

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NEW YORK, NY  

Juror Lisa Chalif, Curator Heckscher Museum of Art 

“The Game of Cat and Mouse” The Lindsey Morris Memorial Award

 

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATIONS ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION

June 8 - July 8, 2017

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION  

Juror Kathy Hodge, Painter 

“Survivor” 2nd Place

 

67th NATIONAL EXHIBIT OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART

May 1 – 19, 2016 Academic Artists Association

Juror:  Robert Obrien AWS, NWS; John C. Traynor

VERNON COMMUNITY ART CENTER, Vernon, CT

“Amun Ra” Honorable Mention Award

 

WHAT SCARES YOU MOST   March 4-26, 2017

DEBLOIS GALLERY, Newport, RI  

“Gaia” Peoples’ Choice 

 

NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION

Sept 1 – Nov 5, 2016  

LYME ART ASSOCIATION, Old Lyme, CT

Rapunzel” Peoples’ Choice Award

 

SOCIETY OF CT SCULPTORS’ ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION

Sept 1 – Nov 5, 2016

LYME ART ASSOCIATION, Old Lyme, CT 

“Leviathan” 2nd Place

 

SOCIETY OF CT SCULPTORS SUMMR EXHIBITION EXHIBITION

Aug 1 – Aug 26, 2016

ACTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, Acton, CT 

“Spirit” Members Choice Award, 3rd Place

 

CLWAC 119TH ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION

CATHERINE LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB

Dec 2 – 19, 2014   Jurors: Marilyn J. Friedman, Sculptor and Instructor, Art Students League, NY; Gwen Pier, Executive Director of National Sculpture Society.  NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, New York, NY 

“Bagheera” Leila Garden Sawyer Award for Sculpture

 


 

 

ON THE ROAD   October 3 – November 15, 2015

COURTYARD GALLERY, Water St., Mystic, CT 

“Go Ask Alice” Peoples’ Choice Award & 2nd Place

 

SOCIETY OF CT SCULPTORS 20TH ANNUAL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION

Aug 1 – Sept. 20, 2014

LYME ART ASSOCIATION, Old Lyme, CT 

“Stubborn is as Stubborn Does” Members Memorial Award

 

SALMAGUNDI CLUB ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION

Aug 11 – Aug 29, 2014 

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, New York, NY

Dreamer” Members Memorial Award

 

THREE RIVERS COLLEGE ARTSHOW

 April 12 – May 3, 2014

BEAN & LEAF, New London, CT

“Green Goddess” Best in Show   

 

SINGULAR VISIONS EXHIBITION

August 26 – September 27, 2013

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY  10003

“Continuum” 2nd Place

 

ARTISTS COOPERATIVE GALLERY OF WESTERLY, WESTERLY, RI

May 2, 2012   “Stubborn is as Stubborn Does” 

Katherine Forest Craft Foundation Award - 1st Prize

 

62nd NATIONAL EXHIBIT OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART

April 29, 2012 – June 14, 2012   

Jurors – Jane Lund, Arthur Scholtz

Presented by the Academic Artists Association KAREN SPRAGUE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, 1000 State St, Springfield, MA 

“I am Woman” Carla Santa& Associates Award 


ANNUAL ELECTED ARTISTS EXHIBITION

January 13 – February 18, 2012   

MYSTIC MUSEUM OF ART, Mystic, CT

“Denizen of the Deep” Honorable Mention 

 

SALMAGUNDI CLUB “103rd ANNUAL THUMB-BOX EXHIBITION”

Dec 7, 2011 – Jan 1, 2012 

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, New York, NY

“Wave Rider” Honorable Mention 

 

115TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

CATHERNE LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB    OCTOBER 4-28, 2011
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, NY, NY JUROR:  BARBARA LEKBERG

“I Am Woman” Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award

 

61th NATIONAL EXHIBIT OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART

May 1, 2011 – June 14, 2011   

Jurors – Christopher Zhang & Maris Platais    

Presented by the Academic Artists Association

KAREN SPRAGUE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, Springfield, MA

“Little Mermaid” Carla Santia & Associates Award 

 

SALMAGUNDI CLUB 101st ANNUAL THUMB-BOX EXHIBITION

December 7, 2011 – January 1, 2012  

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NY, NY  

“Revelation” Alphaeus P.Cole Memorial Award

 

SALMAGUNDI  CLUB “127th Annual Members Exhibition”

October – November 22, 2010  

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, New York, NY Juror:  Michael Gormley, Editorial Director, American Artist Publications

“Green Goddess” Philip Isenberg Memorial Award, 

      

SOCIETY OF CT SCULPTORS 18TH ANNUAL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION

June 4 – July 30, 2010   

ALEXY VON SCHLIPEE GALLERY OF ART, UCONN, Avery Point, Groton, CT

“Stubborn is as Stubborn Does” Third Prize 

 

SALMAGUNDI  CLUB “126th Annual Members’ Exhibition”

November 16 – 27, 2009   SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NY, NY  10003

Award Winner - “Hello Dolly” Harry R. Ballinger Memorial Award 

 

ALL MEMBERS SHOW  

October 7-24, 2009

ARTISTS COOPERATIVE GALLERY OF WESTERLY, Westerly, RI

“Hello Dolly” Peoples, Choice Award –First Place

 

SALMAGUNDI CLUB “Those Delectable Vices”

October 5 – 30, 2009   SALMAGUNDI CLUB, New York, NY  10003

“Living Large” Award of Merit

 

53rd ANNUAL JURIED REGIONAL ART SHOW
Juror:  Carolina Pedraza, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

August 7 – Sept. 26, 2009

MYSTIC MUSEUM OF ART, Mystic, CT

“Dolly on a Log”  Mabel Kingsbury Fentress Award

 

ALL MEDIA OPEN JURIED EXHIBIT 2009

MAY 21 – JUNE 6, 2009     

Juror:  Julie Thomas Doran

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION, Kingston, RI

“Poseidon’s Bride” Honorable Mention 

 

ELECTED ARTIST EXHIBITION

April 16 – May 17, 2009   

MYSTIC MUSEUM OF ART, MYSTIC, CT  

Award Winner: “Poseidon’s Bride”     Award for Excellence

 

SALMAGUNDI CLUB 100th ANNUAL THUMB-BOX EXHIBITION

Dec 8, 2008 – January 2, 2009    

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NY, NY  

“Poseidon’s Bride” Certificate of Merit, Outstanding Work 

 

SCNY Annual Summer Exhibition

August 4 – 22, 2008   SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NY, NY  

“Just Another Charlie Horse” Members Memorial Award for Sculpture

 

58TH NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART

APRIL 8 - MAY 18, 2008   JURORS – ROBERT K. CARSTEN, CA, PSA; ROBERT O’BRIEN, AWS, NWS,  

PRESENTED BY THE ACADEMIC ARTISTS ASSOC,  KAREN SPRAGUE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, SPRINGFIELD, MA

“ZHEN ZHEN” AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE, SCULPTURE

 

2007 ANNUAL THUMB-BOX EXHIBITION

DEC 3 – JANUARY 4, 2008  

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NY, NY

“Fallen Angel” Certificate of Merit, Outstanding Work

 

SCNY ANNUAL MEMBERS COMBINED EXHIBITION

Jan 8 – Feb 2, 2007  

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NY, NY  

BOXER”   Honorable Mention Award for Sculpture

 

ALL MEDIA OPEN JURIED EXHIBIT 2006 

29th Annual Juried Paintings, Graphics & Sculpture Exhibition for Non-Members    June 19 - June 30, 2006  

SALMAGUNDI CLUB, New York, NY  

“Shoo Fly” Joseph Hartley Memorial Award for Sculpture

 


 

 

MEMBERS ANNUAL 2004

August 19 – September 11, 2004  Juror:  Kristin Street

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION, Kingston, RI

“Poseidon’s Bride” Honorable Mention

 

54th NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART

April 4 - April 23, 2004  

Jurors:  Paul Leveill and Sandra Wakeen

ACADEMIC ARTISTS ASSOC.FIRST CHURCH ST. GALLERY, Springfield, MS   “Charlie  ”2nd Place for Sculpture 

 

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

January 18 – February 4, 2004  

Juror: Douglas Peck   WICKFORD ART ASSOCIATION, Wickford, RI   

“Charlie” FIRST PLACE

 

53th NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART

April 2003 ACADEMIC ARTISTS 

FIRST CHURCH ST. GALLERY, Springfield, MS   

“Sun Kissed” Council of American Societies Award for Traditional Sculpture

 

CONVERGENCE 2001:  WARWICK 

September 9 – September 30, 2001  

WARWICK ARTS FOUNDATION,

Warwick, RI  

“Bagheera” 2nd Place Award for Sculpture

 

MEMBERS SHOW    April 11 – May 18, 2001

Juried by the Board of Directors  

MYSTIC MUSEUM OF ART, Mystic, CT 

“Nanook” Members Excellence Award for Sculpture

 

ACGOW 2001 JURIED REGIONAL SHOW  

March 3 – March 27, 2001    

Juror:  Frank Federico, PSA, NWS

ARTISTS COOPERATIVE GALLERY OF WESTERLY, Westerly, RI

“Stellar Expectations”    3rd Place

 

CONVERGENCE 2000:  WARWICK 

Sept 9 – Oct 8, 2000   WARWICK ARTS FOUNDATION, WARWICK, RI   

“The Gloucesterman” 2nd PLACE

     

ACGOW REGIONAL SHOW

February 26 - March 23, 1998  

JUROR:  Betsy Bessinger  

ARTISTS COOPERATIVE GALLERY OF WESTERLY,    Westerly, RI 

"Gourmet Delight”  Pastel     BEST IN SHOW

 

 

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