Exhibitions & CV

Erin McGee Ferrell · Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Selected paintings · Projects & Press · Biography & representation

Selected solo & two-person exhibitions

2026 Robots Y’all!, forthcoming solo exhibition, Garner Narrative Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. November 6–December 13.

2025–2026 She Rides!, Garner LARGE, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

2024 Formula One paintings, Spring of Culture, Manama, Bahrain.

2023 Insect Hotels, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire, USA.

2017 Convergence, with Tim Beavis, Portland Art Gallery, Portland, Maine, USA.

2016 Solo exhibition, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

2016 Erin McGee Ferrell: American Artist, solo exhibition culminating the Whole Foods Urban Garden Collaboration, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, Indiana, USA. May 3–29.

2014–2015 Philadelphia/Maine Urban Architectural Artist: Works by Erin McGee Ferrell, solo exhibition of Philadelphia and Portland, Maine architectural oils. The Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Maine, USA. November 8, 2014–March 13, 2015. Exhibition record and postcard.

Selected group exhibitions

2025 Jeju Art for Earth, Jeju Island, South Korea.

2023 SEQUENCE, international juried exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, USA.

2023 Resilience, Creative Portland, Portland, Maine, USA.

2022–2023 The C Word, curated by Pamela Winfrey; 850 Phoenix Biomedical Campus, Arizona, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire, USA.

2022 Water, University of New England Art Gallery, Biddeford, Maine, USA.

2017 Inaugural exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. Honorable Mention; juror Alyssa Monks.

2016 Petri Dish series, Swanson Reed Contemporary Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Selected residencies & international projects

2024 U.S. Speaker Program, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; workshops and speaking engagement at Effat University.

2024 Visiting artist and color theory instructor, Turquoise Mountain, AlUla, Saudi Arabia.

2023 Columbia University artist residency, Center for Cancer Systems Therapeutics, New York, USA.

2023 Arizona State University artist residency, Arizona Cancer Evolution Center, Arizona, USA.

2018 Amazonian pigment research, Amazon Learning Services, Tena, Ecuador; study with Elias Mamallacta and women in the local marketplace.

Selected collections

African Museum of Art and Culture, Portland, Maine, USA
AtlantiCare, New Jersey, USA
Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
Cliff House, Ogunquit, Maine, USA — permanent collection
Gilda’s Club Kentuckiana, Louisville, Kentucky, USA — permanent collection
TD Ameritrade (2014), Center City branch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
University of Louisville Hospital System, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Private collection: Kimmo Timonen, Olympic ice hockey player.

Selected commissions, grants & awards

2026 Kentucky Opera commission for its forthcoming 75th anniversary season, 2027.

2025 Best Abstract Award (e-poster), CA6 team, Excellence in Oncology Care Congress, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

2017 Maine Arts Commission grant, Artist in Hospital Waiting Room.

Selected publications & bibliography

2024 Emme Demmendaal, “UNE instructor explores cancer systems through art and science at Columbia University.” University of New England, January 24.

2024 Megan Gray, “Falmouth artist showing Formula One-inspired work in Bahrain before Grand Prix.” Portland Press Herald, February 12.

2023 Alan Bennett, “Art professor Erin McGee Ferrell isn’t afraid of AI — yet.” University of New England, November 30.

2022 “Erin McGee Ferrell: The Art of Cancer Advocacy.” National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, May 5.

2019 Elizabeth J. Parks-Stamm and Erin M. Ferrell, “Artist Impact: Effects of Live Art on Patients and Staff in an Outpatient Chemotherapy Treatment Environment.” Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing 23(1), 92–96.

2019 David and Carl Little, Paintings of Portland. Down East Books, p. 103.

2017 Brittany Cost, “Ones to Watch: Five standout artists to keep your eye on.” Maine Home + Design, January.

2016 Olivia Collins, “Public Art.” Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, Winter, p. 15. Petri Dish series feature.

2015 “On the Job: Urban painter at easel in the city.” Portland Press Herald, September 29.

2015 “Cellardoor taps artists with Maine ties for wine labels.” Portland Press Herald, June 24.

Education & teaching

2020–2023 Assistant Teaching Professor, University of New England, Maine, USA.

2009–2011 Teaching Artist Certificate, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

1994 BFA, Studio Art / African Studies, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA. Cum laude.

Curatorial inquiries

For exhibitions, institutional collaborations, acquisitions, and studio visits: contact me. See gallery representation and project documentation and press.