Selected Exhibitions
“Inaugural Exhibition “, St Matthews Gallery and Studios, Louisville, KY, 2024
“Fancy Feathers, Muderous Millinery”, ARTPORTAL Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2024
“Black & White Show”, Kore Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2023
“Aqueous”, National Juried Watercolor Exhibit, Henderson Community College, KY, 2023
“Oh Kentucky!”, John Irving Gallery, Lexington, KY, 2023
“Aqueous”, National Juried Watercolor Exhibit, Headley-Whitney Museum of Art, Lexington, KY , 2022
“Light into Life”, Wheelhouse Art Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2022
“Aqueous”, National Juried Exhibit, Lexington, KY, 2021
“AquaVenture”, KY Watercolor Society, Louisville, KY, 2021
“AquaVenture”, LexArts Gallery, Lexington, KY, 2020
“Light in the Darkness”, Kent Mansion Gallery, New Albany, IN, 2019
“Holiday Art Exhibit”, ArtSeed Gallery, New Albany, IN, 2019
“AquaVenture”, James Bourne Gallery, New Albany, IN, 2019
“Group Exhibition”, galerie hertz, Louisville, KY, 2018
“Celebrate the Season”, KY Watercolor Society, Louisville, KY, 2018
"PaperWorks", Renzy Gallery, Lexington, KY, 2018
"AquaVenture”, Kaviar Forge Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2018
"Holiday Exhibition", galerie hertz, Louisville, KY, 2017
"Painting I", galerie hertz, Louisville, KY, 2017
"Horizon: Contemporary Landscape", Community Arts Center, Danville, KY, 2016
"Aqueous, Kentucky Watercolor Society", Actor's Theater, Louisville, KY, 2016
"Art Squared", Louisville Vusual Art, Louisville, KY, 2016
"Artists in Our Midst", Kaviar Forge Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2015
"Art Under Construction", LVA, Louisville, KY, 2015
"OSW Exhibition", Cressman Center, Louisville, KY, 2015
"Art Squared", Public Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2015
"Metro Curates", New York, NY, 2015
“OSW Exhibition”, Cressman Center, Louisville, KY, 2014
“Art Squared”, Public Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2014
“Invitational”, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT, 2012
“Faculty Exhibition”, Westfield State University, MA, 2012
“Local Artists”, Granville Cultural Council, MA, 1995-2008
“Giddy Up to Granby” Exhibition and Auction, CT, 2006
“Cow Parade”, Exhibition and Auction, Hartford, CT, 2004
“Group Exhibition”, The Master’s School, CT, 2003
“Annual Holcomb Farm Exhibition”, Granby, CT, 1998
“Miniature Show”, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT, 1998
“Gretchen Treitz, Watercolors”, Swearingen Gallery, Louisville, KY, 1989, 91
“Kentucky Art”, JB Speed Museum and Hilliard Lyons Progressive Arts, KY 1991
“Chautauqua School of Art Faculty”, Rockefeller Gallery, St. U of NY, Fredonia, 1988
“Faculty Exhibition”, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, PA, 1987
“Gretchen Treitz, Watercolors”, St. Peter’s, Citicorp Building, New York, NY, 1986
“Artists From Studio in a School”, Artists’ Space Gallery, New York, NY, 1985, 86
“Structural Cheese”, Ammo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1985
“Invitational”, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, 1985
“Studio in a School Artists”, Goddard-Riverside Gallery, New York, NY, 1984
“Contemporary Tendencies”, St. Andrew’s College, NC, 1984
“Faculty Exhibition”, Cooper-Union, New York, NY, 1984
“CAPS Fellows Traveling Exhibition”, New York State, and New York City, 1983-84
“Brooklyn Bridge/Brooklyn Artists”, Brooklyn Museum, NY, 1983
“Abstract Artists, Invitational”, New York Studio School, NY, 1980
“Gretchen Treitz”, HERA Gallery, Wakefield, RI, 1979
Collections
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
National Westminster Bank, New York, New York
Hilliard-Lyons Collection, Louisville, KY
Holcomb Farm Permanent Collection, Granby, CT
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Gilda’s Club, Louisville, KY
Private Collections
Guest Lecturer/Workshops/Museum Engagements
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Docent, Louisville, KY, 2014-16
The Speed Art Museum, Docent, Louisville, KY, 2016-present
Board of Education, Lecture, Granby, CT, 2005
Granville Cultural Council, Workshop, MA, 1996, 1997
Granville Public School, Exploring Arts Program, Workshop, MA, 1996-98
The Hartford Art School, Lecture, University of Hartford, CT, 1995
Holcomb Farm Art Program, Workshop, Granby, CT, 1994
Hill-Stead Museum, Workshop, Farmington, CT, 1993
Brooklyn College, Lecture, City University of New York, NY, 1991
Board of Education, Arts Partners, Workshop, New York, NY, 1985-86
The Metropolitan Museum, Lecture, New York, NY, 1985
The Whitney Museum of Art, Lecture, New York, NY, 1985
The Guggenheim Museum of Art, Lecture, New York, NY, 1985
The Museum of Modern Art, Lecture, New York, NY, 1985
The New Museum, Lecture, New York, NY, 1985
Teaching
Professor, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA, 2007-2012
Professor, Hartford Art School, U. of Hartford, CT, 1999-2000
Professor, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1987-88
Instructor, Chautauqua School of Art, NY, 1988
Instructor, Cooper-Union School of Art, New York, NY, 1984
Artist in Residence, Studio in a School, P.S. 164, New York, NY, 1981-87
Awards and Honors
Kentucky Watercolor Society Cash Award, “Aqueous”, 2023
M. Graham Merchandise Award, “Aqueous Exhibition”, 2023
“Signature Member”, KY Watercolor Society, 2023
Honorable Mention, AquaVenture, Louisville, KY, 2021
Preston Art Center Award, AquaVenture, Louisville, KY, 2018
Honorable Mention, KY Watercolor Society, Louisville, KY, 2018
Creative Catalyst Award, Aqueous, KY Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition, 2016
Honorable Mention, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT, 2012
Purchase Prize, Holcomb Farm Exhibition, Granby, CT, 1998
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, Children’s Art Workshops, 1996, 97
Project Grant, J. Paul Getty/NEA Film Series for PBS “Behind the Scenes”, NY, 1985-88
Artist’s Grant, Artist Space Gallery, New York, NY, 1986
NEA Grant, Artists in Education, in collaboration w/ Studio in a School Program, NY, 1984-85
CAPS Grant, Watercolor, New York State Council on the Arts, NY, 1983
Artist in Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, 1981
Charles B. Shaw Painting Scholarship, Brooklyn College, CUNY, 1979
Studio Assistant to Allan D’Arcangelo, New York, NY, 1979-80
Commissions
Mural, Thuy Stephens Salon, Prospect, KY, 2015
Mural, National Dance Institute, in collaboration with Frank Stella , Red Grooms and the Studio in a School, New York, NY, 1985, 1986
Mural, New York Public School 164, in collaboration with David Wienstein and the Studio in a School, Brooklyn, NY, 1984
Mural, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Sponsored by the Environmental Arts Group, Brooklyn, NY, 1980
Education
Master of Fine Arts, 1980
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1974
Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri