Bonnie Fillenwarth artist biography and CV Indianapolis painter
1. Bonnie Fillenwarth
1060 N Capital Ave. E340 Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 797-4545
bonnie@bonniefillenwarth.com
www.bonniefillenwarth.com
Education
BFA 2009 Painting IUPUI Herron School of Art and Design
Grants/Fellowships
2010 Puffin Foundation Ltd. Grant for “Amazonomachy”
2009 Fehnel Scholarship for Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art
2009 Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art/Reed Foundation Scholarship
Solo Exhibitions
2011 “Amazonomachy” Indianapolis ArtsGarden Indianapolis, IN
Solo Exhibition, Café Zuppa, Indianapolis, IN
Select Group Exhibitions
2016 “January Blues” Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“Passions Collide” Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“Raymond James Stutz Artists Open House”, Stutz Business and Art Center, Indpls, IN
“Herron, Sewall, and Steele” Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2015 “Raymond James Stutz Artists Open House”, Stutz Business Center, Indpls, IN
“Stutz Artists Holiday Open House” Stutz Business and Art Center, Indpls, IN
“Black Tie” Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
“Tiny IV” 924 Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2014 “Raymond James Stutz Artists Open House”, Stutz Business Center, Indpls, IN
“Walk Away With Art” Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“First Jingle Stop” Raymond James Art gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“Magnificent Amber” Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
“Tiny III” 924 Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2013 “Raymond James Stutz Artists Open House”, Stutz Business Center, Indpls, IN
“First Look, 20th Anniversary” Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“Splendid Menagerie” Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“Tiny II” 924 Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“Grey Gardens” Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2012 “10 Yards” Stutz Art Space, Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis. IN
“One-Peek Show”, Stutz Art Space, Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis. IN
“Raymond James Stutz Artists Open House”, Stutz Business Center, Indpls, IN
Stutz Building Monthly Open Studios, Indianapolis, IN
“Pompeii” Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH
“Women of A Certain Age: On Fire” StutzArtSpace, Indianapolis, IN
“Over and Up Studio Tour” Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis, IN
“Tiny” 924 Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
“Nottingham Forest” Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2. 2011 “Contemporary Figurative Work” 924 Gallery Indianapolis, IN
“One-Peek”, Stutz Art Space, Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis. IN
Stutz Open House, Stutz Building, Indianapolis, IN
Stutz Building Monthly First Friday Open Studios, Indianapolis, IN
Stutz Artists Annual Holiday Show, Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis, IN
“Small Treasures”, Stutz Art Space, Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis, IN
2010 “Stutz Artists Association Holiday Show” Stutz Business Center Indianapolis, IN
“IDADA Member’s Exhibition” 924 Gallery Indianapolis, IN
“One-Peek”, Stutz Art Space, Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis. IN
Stutz Open House, Stutz Building, Indianapolis, IN
Stutz Building Monthly First Friday Open Studios, Indianapolis, IN
Stutz Artists Holiday Show, Stutz Business Center, Indianapolis, IN
2009 Pont-Aven Open Studio, PASCA, Pont-Aven, France
“Spring Show”, Athenaeum Art Space Indianapolis, IN
“Objectify”, Chaos Gallery Indianapolis, IN
2008 “Works of Hope and Healing”, Marsh Gallery, Herron School of Art, Inpls, IN
“Works of Hope and Healing” Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
“Herron Paros Biannual”, Marsh Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
“Herron Paros Biannual”, Aegean Center of Fine Art, Paros Greece
Bibliography
2012 “Women Artists Join Fight Against Breast Cancer” Indianapolis Star, October 1st
2012 “Art of the Matter” Podcast, September 24th
2011 “Q&A Meet the Artist: Bonnie Fillenwarth” Daily Journal January 6th Franklin, IN
2009 “Chaos Gallery Opens Opportunities” Indy Art’s Magazine
Professional Organizations
2010- Present IDADA (Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association) Member
2010-Present Stutz Artists Association- President 2013-2015, Secretary 2011-2012, Residency
Selection Committee 2011- Present, Open House Committee 2011- 2015
2009-2011 Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art Membership
2005-2009 Active Student Artist Association, Member
Collections
Private Shannon Linker, VP Arts Council of Indianapolis & Director 924 Gallery, Indpls, IN
Fonda McMillan, Arlington, TX
Kristi Rush Grants Pass, OR
Phillip Russell San Antonio, TX
Barbara Swanson, Indianapolis, IN
Martha Lindenburg-Vaught, Indianapolis, IN
Travel/Foreign Languages Spoken
2009 Pont-Aven, France Summer Study Abroad
2008 Paros, Athens, and Santorini, Greece Summer Study Abroad
2004-2009 Beginning French
2000 Australia People to People Student Ambassador Program