CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
2003-2005 Women’s Art Resources of Minnesota (WARM) Mentor/Protégée Program. Mentor: Maria Santiago, Artist/Instructor College of Visual Arts, St. Paul
1998-2004 The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art: painting and drawing.Director: Cyd Wicker; Instructors, CeCeile Hartlieb, Judy Buckvold, Minneapolis
2002-2003 Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD): abstract painting, Instructor Alexandra Rozenman
2000-2007 Burrell Imaging workshops and online courses, Crown Point, Indiana
1997-2000 Edina Art Center, Painting Studio. Instructor: Dorothy Odland, Edina, Minnesota
Awards
2024 Award of Excellence, “March Madness” show, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN
2024 Award of Excellence, “Artistry Juried Exhibition,” Bloomington, MN
2024 Second Place, “Arts North International” Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2023 Second Place, “Arts North International,” Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2022 Honorable Mention, “Whiz Bang” Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, Minnesota
2021 Honorable Mention, “Arts North International,” Hopkins Center for the arts, Hopkins, MN
2020 Second Place Overall, “Arts North International,” Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2019 Merit Award, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN
2017 Award of Merit, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2017 Fourth Place, 2017 "Arts in Harmony" International Juried Show, Blaine, Minnesota (MN)
2016 Honorable Mention, Minnetonka Center for the Arts Members Juried Show, Minnetonka, MN
2014 Honorable Mention, Bloomington Theater and Art Center, Member’s Juried Art Exhibition, Bloomington, MN
First Place in Three Categories: Coffee Table Books, Interior Design and Cover Design, Midwest Independent Publishers Association for Book, Dances Through Glass by Polly Norman
Eric Hoffer Award Winner for Excellence in Independent Publishing: Dances Through Glass by Polly Norman
2013 Best of Show and Award of Merit, Hopkins Center for the Arts Fall Members’ Juried Exhibition, Hopkins, Minnesota
Award of Excellence, The 29th Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition Edina, Minnesota
2012 Nominee, Abstract-Professional, 7th Annual International Black and White Spider Awards, London
“Best of Show,” Hopkins Center for the Arts Members’ Exhibition, Hopkins, Minnesota
Award of Excellence, “Arts in Harmony” International Juried Art Show, Elk River, Minnesota
2011 Best of Show, Northern Lights Juried Art Exhibition, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
2010 Finalist, Bush Artist Fellowships (BAF), Bush Foundation, St. Paul, MN
Best Photograph, “Arts in Harmony” National Juried Art Show, Elk River, MN
First Place, Northern Lights Juried Art Exhibition, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake
Honorable Mention, “Currents” Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) 2010 Juried Show, Minneapolis
2009 Nominee, Abstract-Professional, International Color Awards, Beverly Hills
Fourth Place, Photography, The Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition, St. Paul, MN
Best of Show and Member Award, “Arts in Harmony” National Juried Art Show, Elk River
2008 Juried in, Americas 2008: All Media Show, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, North Dakota
2007 Merit Award, Edina Art Center Members’ Juried Art Exhibition
2006 Award of Excellence, Edina Art Center Members’ Juried Art Exhibition
2005 Award of Merit, Photography, 23rd Annual Northern Lights Awards. Minnesota Association of Government Communicators, Eagan
2004 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photographers, FINALIST, Minneapolis, MN
Purchase Award, Xcel Energy, Inc, Minneapolis, St. Paul
Award of Merit, Bloomington Art Center Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Bloomington, MN
Third Place, Minnetonka Center for the Arts Members’ Juried Show, Minnetonka, Minnesota
2003 Juried in, “Art on the Plains” Regional Juried Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
Best of Show and Honorable Mention, Northern Lights Juried ArtExhibition, White Bear Lake Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake
First Place, Minnetonka Center for the Arts Members’ Juried Show,piece purchased by Painting Curator, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2002 “Five Minutes of Fame” McKnight foundation and The Walker ArtCenter, Minneapolis
Juried in, “Art on The Plains” Regional Juried Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo
1999 Second Place, Painting, The Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition, St. Paul
1998-2007 Multiple Awards of Excellence and Awards of Merit, Edina Art Center, Members’ Juried Art Exhibitions
1997-2003 Best of Show and multiple awards, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Members’ Juried Shows. Hudson, Wisconsin
Exhibitions
2023 “Future Tense,” Gallery 13 Aloft, Minneapolis, MN
2023 “Abstract” Regional show of selected abstract works in various media, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnesota
2023 “Tooled in Space” New Media works, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2022 “Tooled in Space” New Media works, TractorWorks Building, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN
2021 “Circular Migrations” New Media (digital), Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, Minnesota
2019 “Circular Migrations,” New Media (digital), Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2019 “New Works on Paper” Gallery 13, ALoft, Minneapolis, MN
2019 “ABSTRACT” Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
2018 “Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
2018 “Artistry” Juried Show, Bloomington, MN
2018 “C4W” Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2018 801 Gallery, North Loop, Minneapolis, MN
2016 “Twists & Turns,” solo show, Altered Esthetics, Southern Theatre, 1420 South Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
2016 “Floating Currents,” Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
2016 “Art on The Plains” Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2015 “Dances Through Glass” solo show, Vine Arts Center, Minneapolis
2015 “Abstraction in Action” Minnetonka Center for the Arts,” Minnetonka
2013 “Dances Through Glass,” solo show, Mpls Photo Center, Minneapolis
2012 “Line Dance,” solo show, Fox Tax Gallery, Minneapolis
“Lush Floral Refractions,” solo show, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis
“In the Garden,” solo show, The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
2011 “Nothing is Just Black and White,” Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis
2010 “Garden Party,” solo show, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis
2009 “Foot in the Door” show, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
2009 “Eye Smack” solo show, Gallery 13, Minneapolis
2008 “Abstractions,” solo show, Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago
“Chiaroscuro Incarnations,” Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York
2008, 2009, 2011 “Art Perchance” Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2007 “Minnesota National Print Biennial,” Tweed Museum, Duluth
“Looking Through,” solo show, Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis
“Works in Motion,” solo show, Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago
2006 “Pingyao Photography Festival,” Pingyao, China
“Choreographic,” Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis
“Minnesota National Print Biennial,” Katherine E. Nash Gallery,University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
2005 “Photocentric,” A Regional Biennial of Photography, MinnesotaCenter for Photography, Juror: Joan Rothfuss, Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis
2004 “Print Biennial,” Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
ISQ 104 KINETICS, www.imaginestation.net
“New Photography,” ICEBOX Gallery, Minneapolis
“Affordable Art Fair,” New York
2002 ISQ 402 WINDOWS, www.imaginestation.net
“New Works in Paint,” Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
Collections
2017 International Fortune 1000 Company, Executive Tower, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Minnesota Dance Theater (formerly Ballet Arts Minnesota), Cowles Center, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Museum Love it or Louvre It, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Top floor, First National Bank Building, St. Paul, MN
Publications
2020 Featured Artist (December), American Frame Company, Maumee, Ohio
2015 “Abstraction Blooms Anew” Mary Abbe, Star Tribune, Mpls.
2013 “Dances Through Glass,” Avant Circle Publishing, Minneapolis
2012 “Work of the Week,” Art Business News, “Polly Norman-Photographer-Painter, ”Local Artists Interview , Long Beach, CA
2009 “Rose-Unfurled,” Signals catalog, spring 2009, Hudson, Ohio
2008 “Beginner’s Eye, Tinkerer’s Heart,” access+ENGAGE, September 11, 2008, mnartists.org, Minneapolis
2008 Art Acquisitor magazine, summer/fall issue, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York
Galleries
Currently Represented by:
Saatchi Art: Santa Monica, California
Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN
Everett & Charlie, Minneapolis, Mn
Past Representation
The Vickers Collection, Aspen CO
Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago, IL
Arleccina Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, NY
“Curves” cPolly Norman 2019