Solo and Featured Exhibitions:
2024 (3-person show) "Colorful Narratives": Virginia Randolph Bueide, Gayle Cole & Joan Porter-Einsman
Douglas Flanders & Associates Fine Art Gallery - Minneapolis, MN (A catalog is available)
2016 Paintings from 2006 to 2013 - Owatonna Arts Center - Owatonna, MN
2016 (5-person show) Five Artists Take Over FAS - Flow Art Space - St. Paul, MN
2011 Looking Back: Paintings - Martha Ballou Law Office - Minneapolis, MN
1997 (2-person show) Gayle Cole: Drawings & Bob Briscoe: Pottery - College of St. Benedict - St. Joseph, MN
1996 (2-person show) Recent Work by Gayle Cole & Ellsworth Snyder - Grace Chosy Gallery - Madison, WI
1994 Paintings - DeRicci Gallery - Edgewood College - Madison, WI
1992 (3-person show) Recent Work by Gayle Cole,Liese Pfeifer & Ellworth Snyder - Grace Chosy Gallery - Madison, WI
1988 (4-person show) Lakes and Fishes - Grace Chosy Gallery - Madison, WI
1988 The Myriad Things: MFA Exhibition - Main Gallery at Memorial Union - University of Wisconsin at Madison
1986 (2-person show) Figure Paintings - University of Michigan - Flint, MI
1985 Standing in Water: Recent Paintings - St. John's University - Collegeville, MN
1984 Two Figure Painters: Gayle Cole & M. Wayne Dyer - Mary Washington College - Frederickburg, VA
1984 Recent Paintings and Works in Clay: MA Exhibition - St. Cloud State University - St. Cloud, MN
1983 Recent Work: Paintings & Drawings - Art Center of Minnesota - Crystal Bay, MN
1982-83 (4-person show) Non-Metro Painting - Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Minneapolis, MN
1982 Drawings and Paintings - Main Gallery at the College of St. Benedict - St. Joseph, MN
1981 Passages: Paintings - 5th Avenue Gallery - St. Cloud, MN
1980 Shifting Dimensions: Paintings - 5th Avenue Gallery - St. Cloud, MN
1978 (4-person show) Four New Faces - Bienville Gallery - New Orleans, LA
Group Exhibitions:
2022-23 Feel the Warmth (Holiday Show) - Douglas Flanders & Associates Fine Art Gallery - Minneapolis, MN
2022 Selected paintings were included during Mary Lingen's Show - Douglas Flanders & Associates Fine Art Gallery
2022 The Warehouse Show, Part 2, Paintings + Douglas Flanders & Associates Fine Art Gallery - Minneapolis, MN
2021 April Showers Bring May Flowers - Douglas Flanders & Associates Fine Art Gallery - Minneapolis, MN
2020-21 $1000 and Under Show - Douglas Flanders Fine Art Gallery & Consultants - Minneapolis, MN
2020-21 Foot in the Door 5: The Virtual Exhibition - Minneapolis Institute of Art - Minneapolis, MN
2020 On Thin Ice - Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC), Main Gallery - Carlisle, PA
2019 Color 2019 National Exhibition - Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition - Brooklyn, NY
2018 A Sesquicentennial Exhibit of SCSU Alumni - Paramount Center for the Arts - St. Cloud, MN
2018 Two Spaces, Two Shows - Douglas Flanders Fine Art Gallery & Consultants - Minneapolis, MN
2017-18 Snow Show - Douglas Flanders Fine Art Gallery & Consultants - Minneapolis, MN
2017 Spring-Summer Healing Arts - Group Show - Hospital at Owatonna, MN
2016 6th Annual Lowertown Art Show - AZ Gallery - St. Paul, MN (Purchase Award)
2013-16 Participated in 9 group shows over four years at Flow Art Space - St. Paul, MN
2013 Approaching 40 - ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation - Chicago, IL
2010 Foot in the Door - Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Minneapolis, MN
2007 St. Paul Art Crawl (guest artist of Jean Matzke at Lowertown Lofts) - St. Paul, MN
2001 57th Juried Exhibition - Sioux City Art Center - Sioux City, IA
1996 Made Objects, Drawn Objects - Gallery 702 - St. Cloud, MN
1988-89 Abstract Painting in Wisconsin - Madison Art Center - Madison, WI
1987 Wisconsin Artists Biennial Exhibition 64 - University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
1984 Gallery Artists: Selected Works - Dolly Fiterman Gallery - Minneapolis, MN
1981 All Together Now - 5th Avenue Gallery - St. Cloud, MN
1980 Mississippi Corridor Painting Exhibition - Davenport Art Gallery - Davenport, IA
1980 Minnesota Artists at Peter M. David Gallery - Minneapolis, MN
1979 25th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show - Ball State University - Muncie, IN
1979 Mid-America Art Exhibition - Owenboro, KY (Purchase Prize)
1977 St. Tammany Art Association Juried Exhibit - Covington, LA (Cash Award)
Representation:
Douglas Flanders & Associates, Fine Art Gallery & Consultants - Minneapolis, MN
5025 France Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55410 - (link): www.flandersart.com
Collections:
Arthur Anderson & Co. Corp. - Chicago, IL
3M Company - Minneapolis, MN
College of St. Benedict - St. Joseph, MN
Edgewood College - Madison, WI
First Bank System - Minneapolis, MN
Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna, MN
Prudential Insurance Company - Minneapolis, MN
Stroud and Waller Company - Milwaukee, WI
St. Cloud State University - St. Cloud, MN
St. John's University - Collegeville, MN
University of St. Thomas - St. Paul, MN
University of Wisconsin-Stout - Menomonie, WI
(Also many private collections)
Education:
1988 MFA - University of Wisconsin at Madison
1984 MA - St. Cloud State University - St. Cloud, MN
1974 BFA - University of Southern Maine - Portland, ME
1967-68 Pratt Art Institute - Brooklyn, NY
Represented by:
Douglas Flanders & Associates Fine Art Gallery
5025 France Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55410
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 6 pm
(phone: 612-920-3497)