Colleen Kiely is a painter who was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She earned her B.F.A. in painting from Rhode Island School of Design and her M.F.A. in painting from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her exhibitions at galleries and museums were displayed at Brattleboro Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, and many more. She is also represented in a number of private and public collections nationwide. Kiely is the recipient of two Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowships, the Bunting Fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, three MacDowell Fellowships, a New England Foundation for the Arts Painting Fellowship, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Traveling Scholar Fellowship. She also won the Juror’s Award in 1994 and 2013 and was a Hopper Prize finalist in 2019. Kiely has taught as a visiting instructor and associate professor at many colleges and art schools all across New England.
Colleen Kiely
Studios
Adams
Colleen Kiely worked in the Adams studio.
Given to the MacDowell Association by Margaret Adams of Chicago, the half-timbered, stuccoed Adams Studio was designed by MacDowell Fellow and architect F. Tolles Chamberlin ca. 1914. Chamberlin was primarily a painter, but also provided designs for the Lodge and an early renovation of the main hall. The studio’s structural integrity was restored during a thorough renovation in…