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Selected Collections

  • National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra
  • State Library of South Australia, Adelaide
  • Print Club of Albany, Albany, New York
  • Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
  • Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
  • Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas
  • Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
  • University of Delaware, Newark
  • Denver Print Club, Denver, Colorado
  • Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado
  • Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan
  • Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  • The New York Public Library Print Collection
  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
  • Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
  • Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
  • Free Library of Philadelphia, Logan Square, Philadelphia
  • Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
  • The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
  • California Polytechnic State University
  • Rivera Library, University of California, Riverside
  • People’s Republic of China, Embassy Library, Washington
  • Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Columbia University, New York City
  • Georgetown University Library Print Collection
  • University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  • Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge
  • Huntington Library, San Marino, California
  • University of Illinois, Chicago
  • International Federation of Metal Workers, Zurich
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City
  • University of Kentucky, Lexington
  • James Michener Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
  • McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Papyrus Institute, Cairo, Egypt
  • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
  • San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California
  • National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • University of Vermont, Burlington
  • University of Washington, Seattle

Selected Fellowships and Grants

2007-2008

Visiting Scholar Program/Fellowship, Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center.

2004

International Artists Residency, Grand Central Arts Center/Cal State Fullerton, Santa Ana, California

1998

Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Bellagio Conference and Study Center, Bellagio, Italy

1993

Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation, National Fine Art Grant Award, Printmaking

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
2005
2003
  • Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
    March 7, 2003 - April 13, 2003
    Wilmington, Delaware
  • The Arts Club of Washington
    February 7 - March 3, 2003
    Curator - Dr. Eric Denker, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art
  • Wm. Floyd
    May 7, 2003 - June 17, 2003
    16 East 77 St., New York, New York
2002
  • Target Gallery
    Alexandria, Virginia
    Artist of the Year Show
  • Art Space
    September 28, 2002 - November 16, 2002
    Raleigh, North Carolina
1999
  • American Pop Culture Gallery
    Nashville, Tennessee
1997
  • The Butler Institute of American Art
    Youngstown, Ohio (cat.)
  • Saginaw Valley State University Art Gallery
    University Center, Michigan
1995
  • Time Gallery
    1407 N. Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois
  • Georgia Southern University
    Statesboro, Georgia
  • Martin Sumers Graphics
    57th Street at 5th Avenue, New York, New York
1992
  • Interlochen Center for the Arts
    Interlochen, Michigan
  • Jane Haslem Gallery
    Washington, DC
1991
  • Target Gallery
    Alexandria, Virginia
1987
  • University of Wyoming
    Laramie, Wyoming
1985
  • National Folger Shakespeare Library
    Washington, DC
1983
  • Encounter Gallery
    Geneva, Switzerland
    1 Hotel Nova Park, Zurich, Switzerland
1982
  • The London Gallery
    Washington, DC
1980
  • Arte Multiple
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
1979
  • Martin Sumers Graphics
    57th Street at 5th Avenue, New York, New York

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
  • eMotion: An Exhibition of Orthopedics in Art
    Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco (cat.)
2007
  • Society of American Graphic Artists 74th Members Show
    The Old Print Shop, New York, NY 10016
    July 9 - August 17, 2007
2006
  • 2006 National Juried Competition, Works of Art on Paper
    Juror, Carter E. Foster, Curator of Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Society of American Graphic Artists Members’ Exhibition.
    Hollar Society Gallery, Prague, The Czech Republic
  • The New Landscape: Alternative Approaches
    Danforth Museumof Art, Framingham Massachusetts
    Curator: Katherine French, Museum Director
  • The Society of Wood Engravers 68th Annual Exhibition
    Oxford, England The SWE prize for an outstanding engraving from overseas
    [Download PDF Catalog]
  • Africa
    The Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
    Juror: Martha Jackson-Jarvis
2005
  • The Bird Show: Artist Invitational
    Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
    Juror: Julie Perlin-Lee
  • 90th Anniversary Show
    Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, New York
  • Invitational Relief Print Show
    University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
2004
  • 100 Artists See SatanGrand Central Art Center
    Cal State Fullerton, Santa Ana, California
2002
  • Hand-pulled: The Contemporary Print
    Target Gallery
    Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
    Juror - Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Museum of American Art
2001
  • Fetish, Elegant Objects of Seductive ObsessionGallery Flux
    San Francisco, CA
  • Springfield Art Museum, Prints USA (cat.)Juror - Daniel Piersol, Curator of Prints and Drawings, New Orleans Museum of Art
2000
  • Society of American Graphic Artists 68th Members Show
    Stephen Gang Gallery, NYC
  • Curator’s Choice The Arts Club of Washington, DCWorks by Seven Washington printmakers
    Selected by Dr. Eric Denker, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Arts
  • 23rd National Print Bienneial 2000
    Juror’s Commendation

    SilvermineGuild Rrts Center, New Canaan, CT
    Juror - Antonio Franscon
  • Printwork 2K - National Juried Printmaking Exhibition
    Barrett Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
    Juror - Marilyn Symmes, Curator of Drawings and Prints, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, NYC
  • Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition
    Juror’s Commendation
    Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC
    Juror - Stephen B. Phillips, Associate Curator, The Phillips Collection
  • Prints Washington 2000
    Numark Gallery, Washington, DC
    Juror - Katherine Blood, Curator for Fine Prints, Library of Congress
1999
  • Prints USA (cat.), Springfield Art Museum
    Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
    Juror - David W. Kiehl, Curator of Prints
  • 43rd National Print Exhibition (cat.),
    Hunterdon Museum of Art
    Juror - Starr Figura, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, Department of Prints
  • National Juried Traveling Exhibition - Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition
    American Print Alliance
    Juror - Eric Denker, Curator of Prints and Drawings,
    The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1997
  • The Boston Printmakers Members’ Show
    Duxbury Art Museum, Duxbury, Massachusetts
  • Arts Council of Fairfax
    First Prize
    Juror - Susan Fisher Sterling, Curator of Modern Art,
    National Museum of Women in the Arts
  • Prints Washington ’97 (cat.)
    The Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
    Juror - Jan Howard, Associate Curator of Prints, Baltimore Museum of Art
  • Boston Printmakers 50th Anniversary North American Print Exhibition (cat.)
    Juror’s Commendation
    Juror - Trudy Hansen, Curator of Prints, Zimmerli Museum of Rutgers University
1996
  • Contemporary North American Wood Engravers
    Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
1995
  • The Print Club of Albany’s 19th National Print Exhibition
    Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York
  • American Self Portraits in Prints, Traveling Show
    Courtesy Jane Haslem Gallery
    Indiana Art Museum, Carlton College Art Museum, Calvin College Art Museum
1994
  • Women Printmakers: 18th Century to Present Day (cat.)
    The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1993
  • Boston Printmakers 44th North American Print Exhibition (cat.)
    Juror - Roberta Waddell, Curator of Prints, New York Public Library
  • Los Angeles Printmaking Society 12th National Exhibition
    Juror - Henry T. Hopkins, Chairman, UCLA Dept. of Art
    (catalogue featuring analysis of Covey’s work)
1990
  • Women Artists ’90
    Merit Award

    Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1989
  • Prints: Washington
    The Phillips Collection
    Washington, DC
    Juror - Alan Fern, Director, National Portrait Gallery
  • Thirty-Third National Print Exhibition (cat.)
    Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, New Jersey
1984
  • Boston Printmakers 36th National Exhibition (cat.)
    Brockton Art Museum/Fuller Memorial
    Brockton, Massachusetts
    Juror- Clifford S. Ackley, Associate Curator of Prints; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Manhattan National Juried Print Show (Cat.)
    Purchase Award
    Juror - Antonio Frasconi
1981
  • Boston Printmakers 33rd National Exhibition (cat.)
    Fitchburg Art MuseumFitchburg, MassachusettsJuror - Jane Farmer
    Curator - Smithsonian Institution
1980
  • Man and Beast: The Washington Print Club Eighth Biennial Members’ Exhibition (cat.)National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution
    Washington, DC
    Jurors - Alan Fern, Director for Special Collections at the Library of Congress Janet Flint, Curator of Prints and Drawings of the National Collection
  • Eastern U.S. Fourth Annual Print Exhibition
    Charlotte Printmakers Society
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Juror - Richard Field
    Curator - Yale University Art Gallery

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Selected Commissions

  • The New York Times Book Review
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • International Federation of Metal Workers
  • The World and I
  • General Electric Astro Space
  • Library Journal
  • The Washington Post Book World
  • National Institute of Science
  • Republican Senatorial Committee
  • Georgetown University
  • Metro Richmond Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Environment Magazine

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Selected Books, Illustrated

  • Porte, Barbara Ann, Hearsay: Strange Tales from the Middle Kingdom
    Greenwillow Books, A Division of William Morrow and Co., New York, 1997 (15 illustrations)
  • Porte, Barbara Ann, Beauty and the Serpent: Thirteen Tales of Unnatural Animals
    Simon & Schuster, New York, 2001 (14 illustrations)
    Starred review - KIRKUS 9/15/01
  • Constant, Samuel Victor, Peking Street Peddlers
    Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, Pennsylvania, 1993 (25 illustrations)
  • Glang, Gabriele, Stark Naked on a Cold Irish Morning
    SCOP Publications, Inc., College Park, MD, 1990 (6 illustrations)
  • Goldberg, Barbara, Berta Broadfoot and Pepin the Short
    Porcupine Quill, Ontario, Canada, 1986 (11 illustrations)

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Selected Bibliography

  • Who’s Who in American Art, R.R. Bowker
  • Brett, Simon, ed. An Engraver’s Globe: Wood Engravings World-wide in the Twenty-first Century, 84-86. London; Primrose Hill Press, 2000
  • Endgrain - Contemporary Wood Engraving in North America, Barbarian Press, Canada, 1994
  • Mackenzie, Eric L., Rosemary Feit Covey: The Prints 1970-1990, 1991
    Reviewed: Choice Magazine 1992, The Washington Post, 1992
  • Marriott, Michel. “White South African’s Art Reflects Conflict”, The Washington Post, March 1985
  • “Rosemary Covey’s Graphic Response to Emotions”, American Artist, July 1986, pp. 50-54, 91-93
  • Blansfield, Karen Charmaine. “Rosemary Feit Covey: Portrait of a Modern Wood Engraver”, Iris, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1986, pp. 10-14, Metrosphere, Denver, Colorado, 1986-1987, pp. 54-57
  • PACE, Piedmont Airlines, August 1985, pp. 7-10

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Selected Awards

1998
  • Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Bellagio Conference and Study Center, Bellagio, Italy
1997
  • First Prize, Fairfax Annual Open Show, Juror: Susan Sterling, Director, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
1993
  • Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation, National Fine Art Grant Award, Printmaking
1992
  • Torpedo Factory Artist’s Award, Juror: Elizabeth Chew, Assistant Curator, Phillips Collection, Washington
1990
  • Torpedo Factory Artist’s Award, Juror: Richard Murray, Curator, National Museum of American Art
1978
  • Awarded one-person show by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke Fine Arts Centre, Virginia

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Selected Lectures

  • Guangzhu Art Academy, China
  • Xiamen University, China
  • International Monetary Fund
  • University of Wyoming
  • Interlochen Center for the Arts
  • National Museum of Women in the Arts
  • Susquehanna University
  • National Collection of Fine Arts

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Education

  • Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Department of Architecture/Fine Art

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Professional Affiliations

  • Society of Wood Engravers, Great Britain
  • Wood Engraving Network, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Boston Printmakers, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Society of American Graphic Artists, New York

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