ARTIST COMMENT

"Oil portraiture is a well-established tradition in the art world. Portraits are handed down for generations, first as tributes to beloved family members and then as works of art hanging in museums. My goal is not only to capture a personality on canvas, but also to create a work of art which will stand the test of time."

RECENT AWARDS:

• 2011 - Honorable Mention – Portrait Society of America Member’s Only Competition, category – “Out of the Box”
• 2011 - Honorable Mention – Atlanta Fine Arts League’s 4th Annual National Juried Exhibition, GA.
• 2011 - Finalist – Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club’s 114th Annual Open Exhibition at the National Arts Club, NYC
• 2011 - Finalist – Faces of Spring 2011, The Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists and Lyme Art Association, CT

• 2010 - Finnalist - Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club’s 114th Annual Open Exhibition at the National Arts Club, NYC
• 2010 - Honorable Mention - Atlanta Fine Arts League’s 4th Annual National Juried Exhibition, GA

• 2009 - Honorable Mention, Monmouth Museum & MCAC Juried Exhibition, NJ
• 2009 – Finalist - The American Artists Professional League 81st Gran National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC.

• 2008 - John Collins Memorial Award. The award was presented at the American Artist Professional League 80th Grand National Exhibition, the Salmagundi Club, NYC. (Click here for details)
• 2008 - Finalist in the Richeson 75 portrait/figure competition, WI
• 2008 - Finalist in the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club’s 112th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, The National Art Club, NYC.
• 2008 - Finalist in the Atlanta Fine Art League Portrait Competition, GA.

• 2004 - Two portraits were finalists in the Portrait Society of Atlanta's Spring 2004 Competition

• 2001 - Woman of The Year, Swansboro Area Chamber of Commerce, NC

OUTSTANDING AWARDS:

 

• 2007 - Irene has been selected as one of 100 Incredible ECU women to be profiled in the 2007 Centennial publication:
  A Legacy of Leadership: One Hundred Incredible ECU Women

• John Collins Memorial Award. The award was presented at the American Artist Professional League 80th Grand National Exhibition, the Salmagundi Club, NYC. (Click here for details)

EXHIBITING NOW:

• The Inner Banks Artisans Center, 158 W. Main St., Washington, NC
• Home / Studio
• Online Gallery: www.irenebailey.com

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

• 2011 – SOLO show – The Masters Octave, Historic Site/Artist Studio, 80 West Front Street, Key Port, NJ. Click here for The Masters Octave house image
• 2011- Holmdel Township Municipal Building, NJ
• 2011 – National Art Club, NYC
• 2011 - The Goodman Gallery, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT

• 2010- National Art Club, NYC
• 2010 - Atlanta Fine Arts League
• 2010 – January 17 thru February 27 - “The Legacy of Paul Hartley”, The Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC

• 2009 – Monmouth Museum, NJ
• 2009 – Salmagundi Club, NYC

• 2008 - National Arts Club, NYC
• 2008 - Salmagundi Club, NYC
• 2008 - Richeson School of Art and Gallery, Kimberly, WI
• 2008 - Rowell Visual Arts Center Gallery, Roswell, GA

• 2005 - Bogue Banks Library, Pine Knoll Shores, NC
• 2005 - Portrait Exhibit and lecture, Greenville Museum of Art Guild, NC

• 2004 - Portrait Exhibition and live Demonstration,
  Verde' Bleu's Upstairs Gallery, Emerald Isle, NC
• 2004 - Uptown Gallery, Greenville, NC
• 2004 - Swansboro Showcase, NC

• 2003 - A Retrospective Show of 55 pieces, The Art Center, Hartwell, Georgia

• 2001 - Gallery on 8th Myrtle Beach, SC
• 2001 - The Bank of the Arts, New Bern, NC

• 2000 - Carteret Arts Council, Morehead, NC
• 1999 - The Broad Hurst Gallery, Pinehurst, NC
• 1998 - Evens Street Gallery, Greenville, NC
• 1998 - Carolina Studio Gallery, Morehead, NC
• 1997 - Hofstra University, NY
• Exhibit and lecture Greenville Museum of Art Guild, NC
  

EDUCATION:

• Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
• MFA, Painting, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
  
  

  Studied with prominent Portrait Artists:

• Jack Clifton, Hampton, VA (graduate of PAFA)
• Marvin Matelson, NUC
• Everett Raymond Kinstler, NYC
• Nelson Shanks, Incamminati School, Philadelphia, PA
• Daniel Green, New York

   

EXPERIENCE:

• Visiting Artist - 1996 - 1997
  East Carolina University Greenville, NC.
• Art Teacher 1984 - 1999
  Coastal Carolina Community College, Jacksonville, NC.
• Private Portrait kiosk, Jacksonville Mall,
  Jacksonville, NC (Month of December) 1984 - 1992
• Irene's Art Studio, Inc. - since 1984

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal of the Portrait Society of America, Issue no. 49 2011

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2011 – Colts Neck & Holmdel Community Magazine

An article about Irene Bailey's Fine Art Oil Portraits that were on display at the Holmdel Municipal Building for the month of January 2011.

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2010 – North Carolina Literary Review number 19, a write up on Irene and a biography of Paul Hartley and his contribution to art and the University of East Carolina.

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2010 - East Carolina University REVUE

2010 – American Art Collector, Portrait Artists Directory

2009 - The American Artists Professional League 81st Grand National Exhibition Catalog

2009 – EastCarolinaUniversity REVUE

2008 - The American Artists Professional League 80th Grand National Exhibition Catalog

2008 - The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 112th Annual Open Exhibition Catalog

The Art of the Portrait/Journal of the Portrait Society of America:

Issue no. 39
Issue no. 42
Issue no. 45

2008 - “Richeson 75 Competition Book”, two portraits

2007 - “A Legacy of Leadership: One Hundred Incredible ECU Women”

2007 - “Mountain Dew: The History” by Dick Bridgforth (my portrait of Hoyt Minges)

Recognized for my paintings in Minges Arena and Ward Sports Medical Building in the book: “Ninety Years, THE ART TRADITION AT EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY by Michael Duffy 1999

Portrait Society of America Ambassador Newsletter

BRAGGING SECTION:

Irene Bailey's unveiling of Dr. Cynda Ann Johnson, Dean of the Brody School of Medicine's portrait on December 18, 2007

Published 1994 ECU Rebel Magazine
2nd Place - Don

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1995 ECU Rebel Magazine
Published 1995 ECU Rebel Magazine
Best in Show - July 3, 1994

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Valencia Office Suites:

The Brunelli Series

East Carolina University:

Minges Coliseum:

The Early Years, (represents first forty years of school), 8ft x 12ft.

Birth of a University, (represents the second forty years of school), 8ft x 12ft.

The Wards Sports Medicine Building:

The Ward Mural, 8ft x 10ft

Rivers Building, School of Nursing:

Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, Ayden, NC

Portraits of:

CEO Jack Minges
CEO Hoyt Minges
CEO MO Minges
CEO Forest Minges

Individual portraits below

Courthouses:

 

Jacksonville NC Public Library:

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Greenville Museum of Art Artists Association
• ECU Alumni Association
• Women’s Round Table ECU
• Catherin Lorillard Wolf Art Club, NYC
• The Presidents Society of Monmouth University
• Stroke of Genius, a portrait artist website
• Portrait Society of America
• American Society of Portrait Artists
• The Portrait Institute
• The Monmouth County Art Council