{"id":413,"date":"2026-03-27T13:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/?page_id=413"},"modified":"2026-04-11T01:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:15:19","slug":"bio-and-cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/bio-and-cv\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio and CV"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bio<\/h1>\n

Janet Orselli is a multidisciplinary artist known for her site-specific installations and sculptural assemblages that draw on the power of the found object to evoke associations and memories. She holds an MFA from Clemson University and has an extensive exhibition history, including solo shows at prestigious venues such as OK Harris Works of Art in New York City and the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC. She has been chosen for artist residencies at Anderson Ranch, Co; Spring Island, SC; and Kaiserslautern, Germany. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions both regionally and nationally, showcasing her diverse artistic practice.<\/p>\n

Orselli\u2019s accolades include a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship and multiple grants from the North Carolina Arts Council. In 2024, she was selected as the first Artist-in-Residence at the Tryon Arts and Crafts School Gallery, Tryon, NC. In 2018, she served as an Artist-in-Residence at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC.\u00a0 <\/span>Additionally, Orselli has taught art at Spartanburg Community College, and Converse College, where her innovative approach earned her a special grant to teach an installation class resulting in a student-led installation in downtown Spartanburg. Currently she lives and teaches in Columbus, NC.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Education<\/h2>

2001 MFA, Clemson University, Clemson, SC<\/p>\n

1976 BA, Psychology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Publications<\/h2>

Sahertian, Patricia, Kreatif, Fall 2025, front cover and interior images<\/p>\n

Ellis, Kelly Ann, \u201cWide Open,\u201d Equinox, Volume 8, Fall 2025<\/p>\n

Ellis, Kelly Ann, \u201cInner Chambers, Secret Rooms,\u201d Equinox, Volume 8, Spring 2025<\/p>\n

Smith, Storme, \u201cTACS to Host Talk from Assemblage Artist Janet Orselli,\u201d Tryon Daily Bulletin, June 23, 2024, p. 8-9.<\/p>\n

Malone, Gina, \u201cChild\u2019s Play,\u201d The Laurel of Asheville, June 2021, p.16<\/p>\n

Christensen, Mary, \u201cThe Swamp Literary Magazine, 2021, front and back cover\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mack, Tom, \u201cYear-End Review of the Visual Arts in Columbia,\u201d Free Times, Dec., 2019<\/p>\n

Mack, Tom, Review: \u201cFully Rounded,\u201d Free Times, July 3-9, 2019<\/p>\n

Mack, Tom, Review: \u201cThe Pinocchio Effect,\u201d Free Times, February 12, 2019<\/p>\n

Emily Pietras, \u201cNew Life,\u201d Free Times, January 16, 2019<\/p>\n

Steve Wong, \u201cCapturing The Internal Light,\u201d Life in Our Foothills, April 2017, p. 26-29<\/p>\n

Joanne O\u2019Sullivan, \u201cPast Imperfect,\u201d WNC Magazine, Jan\/ Feb. 2013, p. 22-23<\/p>\n

Ashley Rooney, \u201c100 Southern Artists,\u201d Schiffer Books, 2012, 128-9<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cJanet Orselli Explores Movement\u201d Free Times, January 12, 2011, p. 24-25<\/p>\n

Joanne O\u2019Sullivan, \u201cA Life Less Ordinary,\u201d Bold Life, October 2009, p. 30-32<\/p>\n

Carol Motsinger, \u201cTurning Trash into Artwork,\u201d Asheville Citizen-Times, April 2009, D2<\/p>\n

Mary Bentz Gilkerson, \u201cOrselli at the Robert Mills House,\u201d Free Times, May 2007, 24<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cThe Art of Travel,\u201d The State, June 23, 2006, E18<\/p>\n

Kathryn Martin, \u201cJanet Orselli at Chapin Art Museum,\u201d Art Daily, June 11, 2006<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201c\u2019Accessibility\u2019 Stumbles on Lack of Access,\u201d The State, April 30, 2006, E4<\/p>\n

Nick Smith, \u201cFlight Club,\u201d Charleston City Paper, March 15, 2006<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cBattered Beauty,\u201d The State, Sunday, March 20, 2005, E1-2<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cWhat\u2019s with All the Chairs?\u201d\u00a0 The State, Sunday, December 19, 2004, E1-2<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cReview: In the Here and Now,\u201d The State, December 17, 2004, E5<\/p>\n

K. Rosenfeld, \u201cActivist Art Comes Around Again,\u201d Chicago Journal, August 26, 2004, 13<\/p>\n

Isabelle Girard De Soucanton, \u201cUberall Schrott,\u201d Die Rheinpfalz, August 8, 2004<\/p>\n

Donna Duren, \u201cOrganic Visions,\u201d Metrobeat, June 23-June 29, 2004, p. 20<\/p>\n

Connie Bostic, \u201cColor Me Impressed,\u201d Mountain Express, June 23-June 29, 2004, p. 42<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cHow It\u2019s Hanging,\u201d The State, March 12, 2004, E24<\/p>\n

Mary Bentz Gilkerson, \u201cVista Lights,\u201d Free Times, November 27-December 3, 2002<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cInside and Outside, a Stirring Show,\u201d The State, Oct. 18, 2002, E26<\/p>\n

\u201cPartnership Project with Anderson Ranch Arts Center,\u201d Artifacts, Oct.-Dec. 2002, p.10<\/p>\n

Teri Tynes, \u201cReviews (Southeast): Triennial 2001,\u201d Art Papers, Nov\/ Dec 2001, p. 66-67<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cTemporary Art Makes a Permanent Impression,\u201d The State, Oct. 4, 2001<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cTriennial: Artist Profiles,\u201d The State, Sunday, April 22, 2001, E3<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Day, \u201cSumter Show Brings Exciting Art to Small City,\u201d The State, Oct. 22, 2000<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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CV<\/h1>\n

Grants and Residencies<\/strong>
2024 Artist-in-Residence, Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC
2018 Artist-in-Residence, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
2017, 2012, 2009 Regional Artist Project Grant, The North Carolina Arts Council
2011 Artist Grant, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2007 Artist Grant, South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
2005 Fellowship, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, NY, NY
2005 Visiting Artist, Spring Island Program, Okatie, SC
2004 Artist Exchange Program, Wollmagazin - Kaiserslautern, Germany,
2002 Visiting Artist, Pritchard's Island Artist Retreat Program, Beaufort, SC
2001 Drawing Scholarship, Anderson Ranch, SC Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
1999 Graduate Fellowship, G. R. MacDonald, Clemson University, Clemson, SC<\/p>\n

Solo Exhibitions<\/strong>
2024 \u201cPrecious Things,\u201d Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC
2023 \u201cA Chair By Any Other Name,\u201d Crutchfield Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
2021, 2004 \u201cCarried Away,\u201d \u201cVisceral Realities,\u201d Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2019 \u201cre:Visions,\u201d 701Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
2017 \u201cLuminaries,\u201d The Depot Room, Tryon, NC
2011 \u201cReclaiming the Wheel,\u201d University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
2011 \u201cThe New York Exhibition,\u201d If Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
2010, 2007 \u201cJanet Orselli,\u201d OK Harris Works of Art, NY, NY
2010 Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC
2008 \u201cLoco Motion,\u201d Downtown Art Walk, Spartanburg, SC
2007 \u201cMusical Soles,\u201d Robert Mills Historic House, Columbia, SC
2006 \u201cDwelling Between,\u201d Turchin Center, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2006 \u201cAttic Habitat,\u201d Burroughs & Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
2005 \u201cEncircling Spaces,\u201d Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
2004 \u201cEngenderings,\u201d University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
2003 \u201cSensorium,\u201d Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC<\/p>\n

Selected Group Exhibitions<\/strong>
2026 \u201cPositive\/Negative 41,\u201dTipton-Ashe Galleries, Johnson City, TN
2026 \u201cResistance,\u201d Slocum Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2025 \u201cRestore ReUse Contest,\u201d Best of Art Award, Asheville, NC
2025 \u201cCarolina Roots 2025,\u201d Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2025 \u201c12th Annual Juried Exhibition,\u201d Spartanburg, SC, Honorable Mention
2025 \u201cDrawing Marathon Exhibition,\u201d Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2024 \u201cTurtle Travails,\u201d No. 3 Pottery, Simpsonville, SC
2024 \u201cEye to Eye: The Roefs & Waddell Collection, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
2024 \u201cARS POETICA II,\u201d Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, Blowing Rock, NC
2024 \u201cArtist\u2019s Collective Exhibition,\u201d Spartanburg, SC
2024 \u201c11th Annual Juried Exhibition,\u201d Spartanburg County Libraries, Spartanburg, SC
2024 \u201cReimagined Realities,\u201d Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC
2023 \u201cAs Good as Gold: 50 Years of the MFA at Clemson,\u201d Lee Gallery, Clemson, SC
2023 \u201cCelebrate Art,\u201d Arts League of Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC
2023 \u201cA Moment in Time,\u201d Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC
2023 \u201cDrawing Marathon V,\u201d Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2022 \u201c24thJuried Exhibition,\u201d Belton Center for the Arts, Belton, SC
2022 \u201c9thJuried Exhibition,\u201d Spartanburg County Library, Spartanburg, SC, First Place
2022 \u201cCarried Away,\u201d Artfields, Lake City, SC
2022 \u201cThe American Road Show,\u201d Art in Embassies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022 \u201cSlippers and Wingtips,\u201d Greenville Tech, Benson Galleries, Taylors, SC
2021 \u201cTryon Fine Arts Center Photo Contest,\u201d Tryon, NC, First Place
2021 \u201cGrace Juried Art Exhibition,\u201d Grace Gallery, Mills River, NC
2021 \u201cSixth Annual,\u201d River Oaks Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
2021 \u201cArtist\u2019s Drawing Artist\u2019s,\u201d Stormwater Studios, Columbia, SC
2021 \u201cChild\u2019s Play,\u201d The Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC
2021 \u201cSmall Works Exhibit,\u201d Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
2021 \u201cMerged II,\u201d d\u2019Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2020 \u201cA Seat At the Table,\u201d Artist\u2019s Collective, Spartanburg, SC
2019 \u201cWorker Bees,\u201d Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2019 \u201cHeimat\/Home: The Columbia-Kaiserslautern Exchange,\u201d if Art, Columbia, SC
2019 \u201cA Sense of Place,\u201d Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA, Juror prize
2019 \u201cRe\/Assembled,\u201d Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2019 \u201cRed,\u201d Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2019 \u201cClotheshorse,\u201d Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2019 \u201cArtFields Extended,\u201d Stormwater Studio, Columbia, SC
2019 \u201cStep Up,\u201d ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2018 \u201cLuminaries: Drawings,\u201d Richland County Public Library, Columbia, SC
2018 \u201cOff the Wall,\u201d Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2015 \u201cSalon Show,\u201d Studios at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC
2014 \u201cKinetic Connections,\u201d Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
2012 \u201c38th Toys Designed by Artists,\u201d Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
2012 \u201c27th Tallahassee International,\u201d Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts
2012 \u201cFantastic Reality,\u201d Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
2012 \u201c27 Annual Sculpture Celebration,\u201d Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC
2012 \u201c9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition,\u201d Hendersonville, NC, 1st Place, Sculpture
2012 Hand in Hand Gallery, Flat Rock, NC
2010 Tryon Painters and Sculptors Juried Show, Tryon, NC, Most Unique 3-D
2010 \u201cDesigner Showhouse,\u201d Saluda Cottages, Flat Rock, NC
2010 \u201cGreen Piece,\u201d Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC, Second Place
2010 \u201cArt in the Airport,\u201d Asheville Regional Airport, Arden, NC
2009 \u201cFeats,\u201d Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2008 \u201cCraven Arts Gallery Annual Sculpture Show,\u201d New Bern, NC
2008 \u201cString of Pearls,\u201d Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2008 \u201cSculpturama,\u201d Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC, Third Place
2007 \u201cConstruction Crew 111,\u201d Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
2007 \"In Dreaming,\" Accessibility: Sustainability, Sumter, SC
2006 \"Traverse,\" Accessibility Columbia, Columbia, SC
2006 \"Sanctuary,\" SC Birds: A Fine Arts Exhibition, City Gallery, Charleston, SC
2006 \"New Artists + New Work + New Year,\" Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
2005 \"A Sense of Place,\" Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2005 \"Orselli and Overend,\" Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
2004 \"Part to Whole,\" Triennial 2004, SC State Museum, Columbia, SC
2004 \u201cFor the Birds,\u201d & \u201cKlein Format,\u201d Volksbank, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2004 \"20th Annual Piccolo Spoleto Art Exhibition,\" Charleston, SC, First Place
2004 \"Sanctuary,\" SC Birds Exhibition, Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
2004 \"Ekecheiria,\" Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL, Third Place, catalog
2003 \"19th Annual Piccolo Spoleto Art Exhibition,\" Charleston, SC, Best in Show
2003 \"Valdosta National 2003,\u201d Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, catalog
2002 \u201cLoci: A Sense of Place,\u201d Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
2002 \u201cExtraordinary Things: A Study of Contemporary Art Through Material Culture,\u201d Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN\/ Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2002 \"Baggage,\" Accessibility Sumter, Sumter, SC
2002 \u201cA Sense of Place,\u201d Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2002 \u201cCloister,\u201d City Art, Columbia, SC
2001 \u201cImpedimenta,\u201d Lewis + Clark Gallery, Columbia, SC
2001 \"inner view,\" Triennial 2001, SC State Museum, Columbia, SC
2001 \"Soles\" & \"innerforms II,\u201d Accessibility Sumter, Sumter, SC
2000 \u201cInstallations on Main,\u201d Sumter, SC
2000 \u201cExtraordinary Things: A Study of Contemporary Art Through Material Culture,\u201d University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
2000 \"Lucy Lippard: Ana 29,\" The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT<\/p>\n

Performances<\/strong>
2022 \u201cPeople Drawing Project,\u201d Upstairs Artspace
2020 \u201cHome and Away: Poetry of Place,\u201d Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC
2019 \u201cHeimat\/Home,\u201d Stormwater Studios, Columbia, SC
2014 \u201cKinetic Connections\u201d with Autumn Singleton, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
2009 \u201cFeats in Flux\u201d with Rema Keen, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2008 \u201cLoco Motion: A Carriage Migration,\u201d Art Walk, Spartanburg, SC
2007 \u201cIn Dreaming,\u201d Accessibility: Sustainability, Sumter, SC
2006 \u201cWinged Beings,\u201d Turchin Center for Visual Arts, Boone, NC<\/p>\n

Talks & Panel Discussions<\/strong>
2026 Panel Discussion, \u201cResistance\u201d exhibition, East Tennessee State University
2025 Lanier Library, \u201cEquinox,\u201d Tryon, NC
2024 Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC
2018 Lourie Center, Columbia, SC
2014 East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2013 Spartanburg Community College, Spartanburg, SC
2011 University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
2011 Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
2010 Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC
2010 Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC
2006 Accessibility Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art, SC
2006 South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
2005 Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
2005 College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
2004 Accessibility 2004, Sumter, SC
2003 Discussion Leader, Accessibility, Sumter, SC
2003 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
2002 Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2002 Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN<\/p>\n

Collections<\/strong>
The Roefs & Waddell Collection, Columbia, SC
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
Patriot Hall, Sumter, SC
Booth and Peggy Chilcutt Collection, Columbia, SC
Spring Island Trust, Okatie, SC<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":361,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-413","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/413\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetorselli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}