details from Bill Schmidt's studio   EDUCATION
1971 MFA Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1969 BFA Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1967 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME



GRANTS / AWARDS
2008 Finalist, Bethesda Painting Awards

2008 Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts: Painting, Maryland State Arts Council

2007 Faculty Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art

2001 Faculty Development Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art

1999 Maryland Art Place Critics’ Residency Program (with Susan Canning), Baltimore, MD

1990 Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts: Sculpture, Maryland State Arts Council

1990 Cityarts Grant, Baltimore, MD

1988 Cityarts Grant, Baltimore, MD

1988 Maryland Arts Place Critics’ Residency Program (with John Perreault), Baltimore, MD

1987 Leone Carp Braverman Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1986 Cityarts Grant, Baltimore, MD

1986 Maryland State Arts Council Works-in-Progress Grant

1974 Honor Award, Maryland Institute College of Art Alumni Exhibition

1973 Winner, Baltimore City Mural Design Competition

1969 Schiedt Memorial European Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA



RESIDENCIES
2004 Alfred and Trafford Klots Artist Residency Program, Rochefort-en-Terre, France

1995 Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA

1994 Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA



SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 “Recent Paintings and Drawings,” Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD

2008 “Outside of Time,” Paperwork Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2008 “Way, Shape, and Form,” Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC

2007 “Recent Paintings,” Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD

2004 Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

2002 Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art

2001 Galerie Françoise, Baltimore, MD

1999 Galerie Françoise, Baltimore, MD

1997 Galerie Françoise, Baltimore, MD

1992 Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1989 Gallery 10, Ltd., Washington, DC

1987 Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD

1982 Park School, Brooklandville, MD

1979 Peale House Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1979 C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1976 Fells Point Gallery, Baltimore, MD



TWO- AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2003 Gudelsky Gallery, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD

2001 Goya-Girl Press, Baltimore, MD

1993 Nye-Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1990 Knight-Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1987 “Under Construction: Men at Work,” School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Sabbatical Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2008 Bethesda Painting Awards Finalists' Exhibition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

2007 “Quintessence,” Paperwork Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2006 “Naked Abstraction,” Sub-Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD

2006 54th Exhibition of the Keisho Art Association, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan

2004 “Peintures & Sculptures,” Chateau de Rochefort-en-Terre, Rochefort-en-Terre, France

2000 “Critics’ Picks,” Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1999 Juried Exhibition, Signal 66, Washington, DC

1999 Collaborative Exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD with Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA

1997 “The Artist as Collector” (co-curator), Goucher College, Towson, MD

1997 “The Unbroken Line, 1897-1997,” Centennial Exhibition of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1996 “Artsites 1996” Multi-site Biennial, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD

1995 98th Annual Juried Exhibition, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1993 “Furniture/Wall Sculpture,” Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA

1991 “The Regilded Age,” Newark Museum, Newark, NJ

1990 “Works in Wood,” Dundalk Community College, Dundalk, MD

1990 “Books and Bookends,” Traveling exhibition of artist’s books and sculptural bookends

1990 “City Visions,” Harborplace, Baltimore, MD

1989 “Masters of Collage,” Life of Maryland Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1988 G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1988 “Critics’ Picks,” Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1988 “Wallworks,” Parents’ Association Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

1988 24th Annual Juried Show, Easton Academy of the Fine Arts, Easton, MD

1987 90th Anniversary Exhibition, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1987 “Themes and Variations,” Artscape, Baltimore, MD

1986 “Furniture as Art/Room as Illusion,” Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1986 Juried Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, Artscape, Baltimore, MD

1986 “Art and Livelihood,” City Hall Galleries, Baltimore, MD

1983 “Divergencies,” Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1981 “Dimensions in Abstraction,” Goucher College, Towson, MD

1980 Haber-Theodore Gallery, New York, NY



COLLECTIONS
Miller, Anderson, and Sherrerd, Philadelphia, PA

Kraft Dairy Group, Philadelphia, PA

Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK

Private Collections in Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania



COMMISSIONS
1999 Private Residence, Baltimore, MD

1995 Private Residence, Baltimore, MD

1990 Miller, Anderson, and Sherrerd, Philadelphia, PA

1986 Kraft Dairy Group, Philadelphia, PA



TEACHING
2001 - Present
Director, Post-Baccalaureate Program, Maryland Institute College of Art

1996 - 2001
Resident Artist, Post-Baccalaureate Program, Maryland Institute College of Art



RESTORATION
1982 - 1996
Gilder, R. Wayne Reynolds, Ltd., Baltimore, MD

1996 - 2001
French Polisher, Adajian and Nelson, Baltimore, MD



OTHER INTERESTS
Traditional American Music, playing fiddle, banjo, guitar, and ukelele in various old time string bands for three decades, including performances in U.S., Canada, and Europe. Have recorded numerous times, most recently with the Double Decker Stringband and the Hoover Uprights. To hear selections by both bands go to www.5-string.com