• Education

    1963 - BFA, MFA, Yale University School of Art & Architecture, New Haven, CT

    1962 - Skowhegan Art School, Skowhegan, ME

    1960 - BA, Smith College, Northampton, MA

  • Selected Public Collections

    The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Saint Joseph, MO

    Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, OH

    Amarillo Museum of Art, TX

    American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

    Art Institute of Chicago, IL

    Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

    Brooklyn Museum, NY

    Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY

    The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

    Canton Museum of Art, OH

    Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, CA

    Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY

    Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

    Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

    Columbia Museum of Art, SC

    Columbus Museum, GA

    Dallas Museum of Art, TX

    Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, MA

    Dayton Art Institute, OH

    Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, MI

    Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, IN

    Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME

    Foosaner Art Museum, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

    Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN

    Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

    Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY

    Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN

    Huntsville Museum of Art, AL

    Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN

    Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

    Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

    Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI

    Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

    Knoxville Museum of Art, TN

    Koehnline Art Museum at Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL

    Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

    Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS

    Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA

    Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

    Millersville University, NY

    Milwaukee Art Museum, WI

    Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

    Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN

    Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

    National Academy Museum, New York, NY

    National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

    National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

    Newark Museum, NJ

    New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

    New Orleans Museum of Art, LA

    Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, TX

    North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

    Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OK

    Orlando Museum of Art, FL

    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

    Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA (promised gift)

    Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK

    Power Institute, The University of Sydney, Australia

    Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA

    Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

    The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

    Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

    Tucson Museum of Art, AZ

    United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.

    University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

    University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY

    University of Michigan-Dearborn Art Museum Project, MI

    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

    Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA

    Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

    Wichita Art Museum, KS

    Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

  • Awards

    2012 - The Smith Medal, Smith College

    2005 - William A. Paton Prize, National Academy Museum

    2001 - Henry Ward Ranger Purchase Prize, National Academy of Design

    2000 - Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Lyme Academy

    1995 - American Artist Achievement Awards/Oils

    1995 - Outstanding Woman in the Arts, Aspen Art Museum

    1994 - Arts and Letters Award in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters

    1994 - National Academician, National Academy

    1993 - Girl Scout Woman of Distinction, Girl Scout Council of Greater New York

    1992 - Outstanding Woman in the Arts, Aspen Art Museum

    1991 - Albert Dorne Visiting Professorship, University of Bridgeport

    1983 - Award of Distinctive Merit, Society of Publication Design XVIII

    1975 - Grant to travel and lecture in Australia, Australian Council for the Arts

    1974 - Harris Award, 71st Chicago Biennial

    1972 - MacDowell Fellowship

    1970 - MacDowell Fellowship

    1968 - MacDowell Fellowship

  • Selected Exhibitions

    2023 - The 1980s: Beyond the Still Life. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2019 - The Seasons. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY.

    2017 - Pinwheels and Poppies, Paintings 1980 - 2008. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2016 - Glass & Plastic, The Early Years, 1968-1978. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2016 - A Feast for the Eyes. Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY.

    2014 - Panoply. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2012 - Recent Paintings. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2010 - Color, Light, Pattern. Federal Reserve System.

    2009 - The Art of Janet Fish. Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL.

    2009 - Janet Fish. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2009 - Light & Transparent Space. Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL.

    2008 - Into the Light. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA.

    2007 - Janet Fish. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2006 - Chattanooga Gems II. Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN.

    2006 - The Food Show: The Hungry Eye. Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY.

    2006 - Painting Summer in New England. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.

    2006 - Biennial Contemporary American Realism. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.

    2006 - The Figure in American Painting and Drawing 1985-2005. Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME.

    2006 - The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.

    2005 - Contemporary Women Artists. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.

    2005 - Janet Fish. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2004 - Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME. The Art of Janet Fish.

    2004 - Janet Fish and Sally Mann. Hollins University, Roanoke, VA.

    2004 - Better Still: Looking at Still Life in the Museum Collection. The RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI.

    2004 - Everyday Mysteries: Modern and Contemporary Still Life. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2004 - LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.

    2003 - 178th Annual Exhibition. National Academy of Design, New York, NY.

    2003 - Guaranteed Fresh! Still Life Today. Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.

    2003 - Facing Reality: The Seavest Collection of Contemporary Realism. Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY.

    2003 - Janet Fish. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL.

    2002 - Janet Fish/Reflections, Paintings 1968 -2002. DC Moore Gallery. New York, NY.

    2002 - Recent Paintings. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2001 - Alumni Choice Exhibition. Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT.

    2000 - The Likeness of Being: Contemporary Self Portraits by Sixty Women. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    2000 - The Columbus Museum Columbus, GA.

    1999–2000 - Art on the Brink of the 21st Century. Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C.

    1999–2000 - Contemporary American Realist Drawing. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

    1999 - The Paintings and Prints of Janet Fish. Marianne Friedland Gallery, Naples, FL.

    1999 - Complete Prints and Selected Works of Janet Fish. Chicago Center for the Print, Chicago, IL.

    1999 - Janet Fish: New Works and Print Retrospective. Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA.

    1999 - Summer Group Show. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    1998 - Janet Fish. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    1998 - Janet Fish: Selected Works 1970-1990s. Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

    1998 - Food for Thought: A Visual Banquet. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    1998 - Janet Fish: Prints. John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY.

    1998 - Contemporary Artists Welcome the New Year. The Jewish Museum, New York, NY.

    1997 - The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK.

    1997 - To Benefit the National Arts Club & Visual Arts Foundation. Sony Plaza, New York, NY.

    1997 - Still Life: The Object in American Art 1915-1995. The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK.

    1997 - Four Artists, Four Objects. Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY.

    1996 - Janet Fish: Recent Paintings and Graphics. Vered Gallery East Hampton, NY.

    1996 - Starting with Flowers. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    1995 - Cafe Vered, Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY.

    1995 - Inaugural Exhibition. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY.

    1995 - Janet Fist, Paintings. Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT.

    1994 - Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto.

    1993 - Janet Fish: Catching the Light, The Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA.

    1992 - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO.

    1992 - New Viewpoints: Contemporary Paintings by Distinguished American Women Artists. Seville World Expo, United States Pavilion.

    1992 - Janet Fish: Selected Works. Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL.

    1991 - American Realism & Figurative Art: 1952-1990. The Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan.

    1991 - Janet Fish: Night Paintings. Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY.

    1990 - Art What Thou Eat. Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

    1989 - Oh Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH.

    1988 - Classical Myth and Imagery in Contemporary Art. The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY.

    1987 - Contemporary Still Life. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

    1987 - Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY.

    1986 - Public and Private: American Prints Today, 24th National Print Exhibition. The Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

    1986 - Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

    1985 - American Realism; 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.

    1984 - Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC.

    1982 - Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE.

    1977 - Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.

    1976 - America 1976: A Bicentennial Exhibition. Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.

    1974 - Galerie Alexandra Monett, Brussels, Belgium.

    1973 - American Drawings 1963-1973. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

    1970 - 55 Mercer St., New York, NY.

    1968 - Ours Gallery, New York, NY.

    1967 - Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford NJ.