I hope my work is recognizable as being by a woman, though I certainly would never deliberately make it feminine in any way, in subject or treatment. But if I speak in a voice which is my own, it's bound to be the voice of a woman.
— Isabel Bishop

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1939	Herbert Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
1945	Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
1957	Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1960	Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
1972	Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
1974	University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
	Wichita State Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
1975	Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1977	Weatherspoon Art Museum, Weatherspoon, North Carolina
	Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
1981	Associated American Artists Gallery, New York
	Kirkland College, Clinton, New York
1983	St. Gaudens Museum, St. Gaudens, New Hampshire
1985	Loyola Marymount University, Laband Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988	Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1936	Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1938	Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
1939	"Golden Gate International Exposition," San Francisco, California
1940	Exhibition of Society of American Artists, New York World's Fair, New York
1942	American Fine Arts Society, New York
	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
	St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
1943	Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1945	Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
	National Collections of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1946	Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
1947	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
	Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1949	Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
1950	Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1951	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
	Toledo Museum of Fine Arts, Toledo, Ohio
1955	Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1957	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
1959	Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
	New York Coliseum, New York
	Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, Virginia
1960-61	Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
1961	Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
	Suffolk Museum and Carriage House, Stony Brook, New York
1962	Hunterdon County Art Center, Clinton, New Jersey
1963	Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign
1965	Gallery of Modern Art, New York
1966	Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
	High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
	Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
	Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
1967	Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign
1968	Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
1969	Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
	Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City
	Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville
	Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1970	Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, Maine
	National Arts Club, New York
	Joint Exhibition with Dorothea Greenbaum, New Jersey State Museum Trenton
	Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City
	Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
1971	Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio
	De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
	National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
	Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, Virginia
	Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
1972	American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
	Butler Institute of American Art, Yougnstown, Ohio
	Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Maine
	Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont
1973	American Academy of Arts and letters, New York
	Associated American Artists Gallery, New York
	Audubon Artists, New York
	Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul
	Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1974	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
	Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
	Museum of Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1975	Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1977	American Embassy, London
	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
	New York University, New York
1979	Middendorf Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C.
	Sixth British International Print Biennial, London
	Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
1981	Associated American Artists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	Grand Central Art Galleries, New York
	Swain School of Design, Bedford, Massachusetts
1982	Berman Art Gallery, New York
	C.W. Post Center, Long Island University, Greenvale, New York
	Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
	Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
	Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey
	Union Square, Open Studios, New York
	University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park
1988	American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
AWARDS
1936	Noyes Memorial Prize, Society of American Etchers
1941	Watercolor Prize, Butler Institute of American Art
1942	Adolph and Clara Obrig Prize, National Academy of Design
1943	Arts and Letters Award, American Academy of And Letters
1945	Third William A. Clarke Prize, Corcoran Gallery of Art
	Andrew Carnegie Prize, National Academy of Design
1946	First Pennel Purchase Prize, Library of Congress
1947	Noyes Memorial Prize, Society of American Etchers
	American Artists Group Prize, Society of American Etchers
1953	Walter Lippincott Prize, National Academy of Design
1955	Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design
1957	Joseph S. Isadore Medal, National Academy of Design
1967	Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design
1968	National Arts Club Gold Medal
1970	National Arts Club Gold Medal
1972	Creative Oil Prize, Audubon Artists Annual
1973	Best Oil Award, National Arts Club
1974	Purchase Prize, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
1975	Creative Arts Award Medal for Painting, Brandeis University
1979	Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award, presented by President Jimmy Carter
1982	Skowhegan Governors Award
1987	Gold Medal for Painting, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
HONORS
1944	Member, National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
1954	Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1964	Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London
1971	Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
1979	Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
1983	Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts

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