Born in 1946 in Westchester, Pennsylvania, Gail Rodney took her first studio courses in her 30’s at the National Academy School of Fine Art in New York City and discovered her true interest. Her first painting class took her out on the city streets where an enthusiasm for plein air painting began. Early landscape paintings of Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts led to membership at the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association’s Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown where she where she was past president. In addition to an annual exhibition there, she exhibits year round as a member of the Goga Group at the Gallery of Graphic Art sin New York City. She works in pastel, oil, collage and wateroolor. Recently she has created two collage series illustrating poetry: Wallace Stevens' Thirteen Ways of Lookng at a Blackbird and Gerard Manly Hopikns' Pied Beautry, accompanied by limited editions of 20 handmade books. Her work over the past 30 years has been collected in numerous private collections.

Juried Memberships: Martha's Vineyard Art Association, Edgartown, MA since 1996 Pastel Society of America, Associate Member 2006 Selected EXHIBITIONS and Awards Annual Juried Show, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY, September 2006 Associate Member (Juried) since 2006 Old Sculpin Gallery, Edgartown, MA; Annual Solo Shows 1996-2008 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC 2004 Gallery of Graphic Arts, New York City, Solo Shows, 2000, 2007, 2008; group shows, 2002-04, West Side Arts Coalition, New York City: December, 2001, March, 2002, May, 2003, March 2004 The Cosmopolitan Club: Small Pastels, September 1999, May 2003 All Island Art Show, Martha’s Vineyard; 1994-2005; Vineyard Treasure Award, 2005; Second Place, Pastel, 1997, 1999; Second place, Watercolor, 1995; several Merit Awards Dragonfly Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA; group show, September/October 1999/2000 Featherstone Farm, Oak Bluffs, MA; group show, July, 1999; October, 2002, July 2006 Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair; First Place, Pastel, 1998 The Firehouse Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA: 1996, 1997, 1999 The New York Historical Society Bookstore, New York City: May 1996 to March 1997 Bannerman’s Island Art Auctions, Cornwall, NY: 1997-1999 National Arts Club, New York City: March, 1987, October, 1994 Cousen Rose Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA: May-June, 1987 Interchurch Center, New York City; October, 1986 Swain & Swain, Inc., New York City: February, 1986 Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, group show, New York City: April, 1985

EDUCATION: Swarthmore College, 1964-66 Columbia University, 1967-69; BA in English Literature National Academy of Design, 1978-80, Certificate in Painting, Studied with Reeve Schley, III, Wolf Kahn, Casimir Rutkowsky, Ongoing courses at the National Academy, School of Visual Arts, New York University, Parsons and 92nd Street Y

Representation: Old Sculpin Gallery, Edgartown, MA. Gallery of Graphic Arts, New York, NY