Kaleidoscope
Advanced Student Art Show
May 18 – June 2, 2024
The Clothesline Project:
Students Raising Awareness About Sexual Violence
April 19 – May 11, 2024
The Clothesline Project focuses on increasing awareness of the impact of sexual violence, abuse, and honor survivors’ strength...
Hidden Treasures 6
March 19 - April 13, 2024
Works by current Phillips Exeter Academy employees...
Hoesy Corona: Climate Immigrants
January 3 – March 2, 2024
Hoesy Corona's work explores topics such as climate crisis, queerness, immigration, and race...
Radiant Beasts
September 5 – November 18, 2023
Claire Ashley’s large-scale inflatables explode the possibilities of painting...
Fresh Produce
May 5 - June 4, 2023
The annual advanced student art show...
Still No More
January 24 – April 15, 2023
Artist in Still No More present a synthesis of tradition and contemporary culture as they examine how still life continues to be relevant in artistic practice while propelling the style forward...
Tradition Interrupted
October 18 – December 10, 2022
Tradition Interrupted explores how artists weave contemporary ideas with traditional art and craft to create thought-provoking hybrid images and objects...
Managing Miscellanea
July 5- Sept 24, 2022
A wooden antelope, French WWI posters, nineteenth century Japanese woodblock prints, an etching of a surly one-legged hawk …. for many reasons, known and unknown, these curious pieces are part of the Lamont Gallery collection...
Collective Ground 22
Advanced Student Art Show
May 6-June 4, 2022
The students in ART 500 Portfolio and ART 690 Capstone Studio, engage in an in-depth exploration of art materials and themes while developing their own body of work...
Informing Memory: Process, Place, and Notion
January 27 – April 16, 2022
Thirteen alumnae collectively explore themes of memory, self, place and share their artmaking process…
Forces in Motion: Gordon D. Chase ’66
October 22 – December 18, 2021
Artist and educator Gordon D. Chase ’66, asks big questions in dynamic ways...
Invented Futures: Chesley Bonestell and Beyond
July 6 – October 2, 2021
Work by iconic space artist Chesley Bonestell meets contemporary artists in an exploration of all things cosmic...
A Collective Curiosity
Her Voice in the Arts
January 19 - June 6, 2021
Compelling works by alumnae whose works have leaned into curiosity and collaboration…
Feminist Bookmaking & Curatorial Activism
May 4 – June 1, 2021
UNCHARTED TERRITORY
May 25 – June 1, 2021
Artist books from students in the Feminist Bookmaking class and works by Exeter students in the ART 500 and 690 advanced studio courses…
CRITICAL JOY
September 15 - November 21, 2020
For these Exeter students and alumni, the arts offer tools for critical and joyful engagement with the world...
PRESENT3
June 2020
Investigation, research, risk-taking and drive: PRESENT 3 showcases the creative outcomes from a period of highly focused artmaking by Exeter students in advanced studio courses.
Being & Feeling (Alone, Together)
March 26 – July 31, 2020
Artists explore embodiment, emotion, and being: how we make our way through the world, full of feeling, as solitary individuals and together with others...
Cut Up/Cut Out
January 21-March 4, 2020
From an excavated comic book to a hand-cut decorative rubber tire, the works in Cut Up/Cut Out use historic techniques of paper cutting to reflect contemporary concerns in transformative ways...
Hidden Treasures 5
November 5-December 14, 2019
Hidden Treasures 5 celebrates the creative work of our Phillips Exeter Academy colleagues, friends, and peers, across media and across departments.
American Mortal
September 3 – October 19, 2019
Provocative works by Becky Alley and Melissa Vandenberg, whose works use common domestic items to explore themes of patriotism, war, and commemoration...
Way of the World
June 25-August 2, 2019
In Way of the World, artist B. Lynch transformed the gallery into a miniaturized world of a polarized society...
ARTiculate
The Advanced Student Art Exhibition
May 25 – June 2, 2019
[E]MISSION[S]: CRITICAL
March 29 - May 18, 2019
Through experiences reflected in these works, the artists offer compelling personal insights into the drastically transforming environment that we all share...
William Kentridge: Universal Archive
January 11-March 9, 2019
Meticulously based on ink sketches, over 75 linocut prints shift from identifiable subject matter to deconstructed images of abstract marks...
Southern Rites
October 25 – December 15, 2018
Gillian Laub engages her skills as a photographer, storyteller, and visual activist to examine the realities of racism and raise questions that are simultaneously painful and essential...
Welcome to Bird Land: Michele L'Heureux
With artist/collaborator Helen Popinchalk
June 26 - October 13, 2018
We have a lot to learn from birds...
BIG TIME: ART 500+
Annual Student Art Exhibition
May 11-June 3, 2018
Exeter students in ART 500 and ART 999 courses engage in an in-depth exploration of art materials and themes while developing their own body of work...
Representing Feminism(s)
February 23-April 21, 2018
Over 30 contemporary artists explore feminism’s impact and potential, and create an opportunity to represent more diverse and inclusive feminisms...
Possible Subject Positions
November 17, 2017-February 3, 2018
Artists in this exhibition explore who, and when, is a subject, and how subjects are articulated in gesture, shape, texture, and language.
Queer Kids By M. Sharkey
September 12 – October 21, 2017
Queer Kids by M. Sharkey was a solo exhibition of works produced over the past decade documenting gay youth in the United States and abroad...
Neighboring
June 20-July 14, 2017
Through drawing, painting, fiber arts, photography, and mixed media, Neighboring explores themes of locality, proximity, distance, self/other, the built environment, and the natural world.
INDY 500… and beyond!
Phillips Exeter Academy Student Art Show
May 5 – June 4, 2017
Investigation, research, and drive: INDY 500 is the result of a period of highly focused artmaking where PEA students in ART 500 and ART 999 take on an in-depth exploration of art materials and themes...
Clew: A Rich and Rewarding Disorientation
January 20 – April 15, 2017
Using overlays of music, poetry and visual arts, four artists give viewers and listeners new ways to see, hear and navigate...
2016, A State of Mind Boston Printmakers Members Show
November 1-December 10, 2016
Over 140 artist, working in a variety of techniques and styles, tackle current social issues…
Rock, Paper, Scissors: 50 Years of Exeter Fine Crafts
September 7-October 15, 2016
Celebrate the work of the hand and the heart; and the 50-year anniversary of Exeter Fine Crafts
Public/Private: The Arc of Longing
June 29-July 29, 2016
What type of face do we show in public? What posture do we adopt when we know we are safe and out of sight...
Super Studio: The Power of Process
May 16-June 5, 2016
Explore, Experiment, Refine, Repeat. This student exhibition explores the risk-taking inherent in creative discovery...
Change Agents: Personal Art as Political Tactic
March 25 - April 30, 2016
Artists in Change Agents address pressing social and political issues through the lens of their own experiences...
Graphic Advocacy
January 15 - February 27, 2016
International Posters For the Digital Age 2001-2012. Critical social, political, economic and environmental issues are facing us. How do we respond?
Hidden Treasures 4
November 2 - December 12, 2015
An exhibition that celebrate creative works from Phillips Exeter Academy employees...
The Narrative Impulse: Portraits and Their Stories
September 8 - October 17, 2015
Artist in The Narrative Impulse explore the potential of portraits to tell stories - or to inspire us to create our own...
A Pattern Language
July 7 - August 7, 2015
Sean Riley, Tracy Spadafora and Steven Zoldak explore the transformative potential of material through line, pattern and rhythm...
Super Studio: The Annual Senior Show
May 14 - June 7, 2015
Activity in the PEA art studios exploded with making, experimenting, and collaborating. Nothing is off-limits...
Lush Life
March 28 - May 2, 2015
Artists in Lush Life consider nature as subject and as poetic springboard...
Open House: A Portrait of Collecting
January 19 - February 28, 2015
The collecting impulse and why we gather, save, organize and display objects...
Strange Days: The Uncanny, the Curious & Quite Possibly Magical
November 5 - December 13, 2014
Phenomena of an otherworldly nature and the strangeness of the everyday...
Self Made
September 8 - October 18, 2014
Four artists explore issues of identity and representation...
Justice: Faces of the Human Rights Revolution
June 25 - July 31, 2014
A portrait of the human spirit captured in the work of Mariana Cook...
Studio + Thinking
May 15 - June 7, 2014
Making is a form of thinking. Artworks created by PEA's senior class...
A Whole New Game: Sports & Games in Art
March 24 - May 3, 2014
How are sports and games interpreted by contemporary artists...
Open Hearts Open Doors
Reflections on China's Past & Future
January 17 - March 1, 2014
Elizabeth Gill Lui (P'65) invites you into a photographic journey...
Catalyst: Work from Community-Based Arts Centers
November 4 - December 13, 2013
Art for change. Art for social justice. Art for empowerment...
On & Off The Page
September 9 - October 19, 2013
Artwork at the intersection of visual art and language...
Dust & Discovery
Works from the Lamont Gallery Collection
June 25 - July 31, 2013
You enter the storage room and find shelves full of paintings, and assorted objects...
Super/Visual: Annual Senior Art Show
May 16 - June 8, 2013
Selected artworks by students in the class of 2013...
Luminous Terrain: The Art of the White Mountains
March 25 - May 4, 2013
Featuring more than 40 paintings of New Hampshire and the White Mountains ...
Pop Paradise
January 16 - March 2, 2013
Three California artists who explore themes of nostalgia, optimism, and the sweet selectivity of memory...
Hidden Treasures 3
November 5 - December 15, 2012
A variety of artistic works by Phillips Exeter Academy's Faculty and Staff members...
Double Exposed: Photographs by Courtney Bent
Sept. 10 - Oct. 20, 2012
In her Polaroid project, Double Exposed, Bent explores the notion of give and take...
Arnold Newman
Luminaries of the Twentieth Century in Art, Politics and Culture
June 26 - August 1, 2012
Newman's photographic work revolutionized portraiture...
Annual Senior Art Show
May 25 - June, 9 2012
A diverse exhibit featuring the work of Academy's senior class...
Joyce Tenneson Selected Works: 2002-20
March 26 - May 4, 2012
One of America's most interesting portrayers of the human character...
Into the Woods: Antonio Frasconi's Art for Children
January 11 - February 22, 2012
Children's book illustrator best-known for his intricate woodcuts and powerful social commentary...
Version 7: Works by Phillips Exeter Academy Art Department
October 28 - December 14, 2011
Featuring the work of seven faculty members showcasing a variety of creative vision...
William Daley Selected Works: 1967-2010
September 14 - October 22, 2011
Daley describes his vessels as "fixed form that can take all of the your spirit and imaginations..."
World of Wonders
July 5 - July 29, 2011
Photographs by Jimmy and Dena Katz of the only remaining authentic traveling sideshow in America...
The Functional and the Aesthetic
March 23 - May 7, 2011
An exhibition of ceramics, mixed-media and installation art by Joesph Pintz and Alison Williams...
Contrary Elements
February 2 - March 3, 2011
Oil paintings and ceramics by artists Meredith Knapp Brickell and Stuart Ober.
Heroes: Works by Steve Schapiro
December 6 - January 22, 2011
A collection of Schapiro's iconic images of artists, writers, actors, athletes, and politicians...
Beyond Contents
New Works by Jessie Pollock and Jane El Simpson
September 15 - October 30, 2010
Landscape-textured paintings, varied media installations and shallow-sculptured works...
Apartheid, Angola and Beyond
March 29 - May 1, 2010
Photographs of South African towns and landscapes taken by Jo Ractliffe from 1986-2010...
Writers
Photographs by Nancy Crampton
April 2 - May 9, 2009
A nationally touring photographic exhibition featuring portraits of American novelists, poets...
Hidden Treasures 2
Works by Phillips Exeter Academy's Faculty and Staff
February 18 - March 7, 2009
Photographs, paintings, ceramics, drawings, quilting, woodworking, and more by 27 Academy employees...
Fittings
Works by Cat Chow, Milisa Galazzi and Ruth Borgenicht
January 7 - January 30, 2009
Three artists inspired by the use of traditional materials, create works that are decidedly non-traditional...
Generations: Works by Jun Kaneko & Toshiko Takaezu
October 25 - December 6, 2008
Featuring works by two ceramics icons...
Lamont Gallery, Frederick R. Mayer Art Center, Phillips Exeter Academy
20 Main Street, Exeter NH, 03833
603-777-3461 / gallery@exeter.edu