Sean Cavanaugh, at Cape Ann, Massachusetts, June 2026
Photograph by Thomas Loughman
EDUCATION
B.A. Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1991 , Art and Environmental Studies.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Sean Cavanaugh: Recent Works
Salathe Gallery, Pitzer College, Claremont, California
April 29–May 4, 1991
Sean A. Cavanaugh: Home & Abroad Mary Anthony Galleries, New York, NY
October 15–November 15, 1997
Visions from Near and Far
Long Fine Art, New York, NY
1999
Sean Avery Cavanaugh: Over Head & Under Foot Long Fine Art, New York, NY
May 3–June 3, 2001
Sean Cavanaugh: Emblems of Nature
Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
in association with Waqas Wajahat, New York, NY
Catalogue with essay by Bruce Brown
May 3–June 4, 2005
Natural Perspectives: Works by Sean Cavanaugh ’91
Nichols Gallery at Pitzer College, Claremont, California
May 13–August 15, 2006
Sean Cavanaugh: Botanicals
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Sean Cavanaugh: Natural Lines
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 17–July 11, 2011
Sean Cavanaugh—An American Summer: Recent Paintings
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
January 11–February 1, 2012
Sean Cavanaugh: Natural Observer
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York. NY
February 2–27, 2013
Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders' Gaze
Matus Gallery, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Catalogue with essay by Jill Deupi
October 27, 2016–June 25, 2017
Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders’ Gaze
Yares Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
August 2–September 28, 2019
Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders’ Gaze
Shari Brownfield Fine Arts, Jackson, Wyoming
March 5–April 30, 2020
Cavanaugh & Prosek
Waqas Wajahat, Inc., New York, NY
Catalogue with text by Waqas Wajahat
May 17–July 31, 2022
Eyes on Nature, the Art of Sean Cavanaugh
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Michelle Graves, curator
February 23–May 26, 2024
On Nature By Nature: Sean Cavanaugh/James Prosek
Jo Borg Gallery, Sliema, Malta
Joyce Camilleri, curator
April 10–May 31, 2024
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Art at Friends
S. Bitter-Larkin Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Annual Small Works Invitational
Atlantic Gallery New York, NY
December 8–30, 1998
Pieces II–VII, Second–Sixth Annual Summer Shows
Gallery Onetwentyeight, New York, NY
Sylvia Netzer, curator
1998–2002
Waddington & Tribby Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida
2002–03
Tokyo Global Art in Japan / Korea 2004
Tokyo, Japan / Seoul, Korea
2004
Flight Plan
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
June 29–July 28, 2006
Curator’s Choice: Painting Structure
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
Bruce Brown, Curator
August 12–September 20, 2006
All Sentient Beings
D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
May 20–July 9, 2006
Just the Figure
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
January 2–31, 2007
Confluence of Cultures: Collection of Small Works, East & West
Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
September 1–October 3, 2007
Landscape: Form & Thought
Wajahat & Ingrao, New York, NY
2007
Art in Embassies, Vienna, Austria
2010-13
Galerie Paris
Yokohama, Japan
2010–16
50 + 50: 50 Years – 50 Artists, A Tribute to Riva Yares Gallery
Yares Art Projects, Santa Fe, Scottsdale, Palm Springs
Catalogue with essay by Edward Lucie-Smith
June 27–November 3, 2014
Summer Salon
Woodstock Framing Gallery, Woodstock, NY
July 25–September 13, 2015
Yares Art Projects: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
Yares Art Projects, Santa Fe, NM
July 29–September 17, 2016
Stories of the land and its people
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine
May 21–September 10, 2017
250th Summer Exhibition: Art Made Now
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
June 12–August 19, 2018
An Artistic Legacy: 1+1+1
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, New York
August 10–December 29, 2019
Touch the Sky—An Online Exhibition
Shari Brownfield Fine Art, Jackson, Wyoming
April 7–May 31, 2020
Pieces 7, Gallery
Onerwentyeight, New York, NY
Sylvia Netzer, curator
May 18–June 9, 2024
A Particular Kind of Heaven
Karma, Thomaston, Maine
July 21–September 1, 2024
A Certain Form of Hell
Krama, Thomaston, Maine
July 20–August 31, 2025
Rare Earth
Night Gallery, Los Angeles, California
June 6–August 15, 2026
Going Upstate: The Avery Family in Woodstock
Kleinert James Center for the Arts, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, New York
Bruce Weber, curator
July 11–October 25, 2026
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Michael Abatemarco, “Life and Limb: Sean Cavanaugh’s Arboreal Art,” Pasatiempo (August 23, 2019).
Joyce Camilleri, “Sliema Joint Exhibition Celebrates the Wonders of the Natural World,” Times Malta (May 12, 2024).
Sean Cavanaugh, “Foreword,” in John Yau, Johanna Fateman and Lynne Tillman, March Avery: A Life in Color (Black Dog Press, 2024).
Sean Cavanaugh, “Lifetime—Part-Time,” in Going Upstate: The Avery Family in Woodstock (Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild 2026).
Jill Deupi, “Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders’ Gaze,” in Sean Cavanaugh: Under the Elders’ Gaze (Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 2016).
Thomas J. Loughman. Sean Cavanaugh, Eyes on Nature (WW Books, New York, 2024).
Waqas Wajahat, “Understanding Milton Avery: A conversation with his daughter March Avery Cavanaugh and his grandson Sean Cavanaugh,” in Edith Devaney, Erin C. Monroe, Marla Price, et. al. Milton Avery (Royal Academy of Arts, 2022).
Bruce Weber, “Going Upstate: The Avery Family in Woodstock,” in Going Upstate: The Avery Family in Woodstock (Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, 2026).