Exhibitions and Features

2020

Well, COVID-19 has made exhibiting art nearly impossible. Looking forward to better times in 2021.

2019

  • Several large-scale photographs added to the permanent collection of the Brambleton Group, Brambleton, VA.
  • Group Show: Monochrome – Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville, VA (April 19 – May 27)

2018

  • Juried Group Show: ORD Collaborative Exhibition – Tryst Gallery, Leesburg, VA (1 Dec 18- 25 Jan 19)
  • Juried Group Show: Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour (WLAST) Stop 23 (historic Purcellville Train Depot) (2&3 June)
  • Group Show: In the Woods, Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville, VA (10 Apr – 20 May)
  • Juried Group Show: Truly, Madly, Deeply – Tryst Gallery, Leesburg, VA (1 Feb- 30 March)
  • Juried Group Show: Steel Magnolias – Tryst Gallery, Leesburg, VA (2 December- 31 January)
  • Entered permanent collection of SGK Wealth Advisors corporate offices, Leesburg, VA

2017

  • Group Show: “Colors of Loudoun” – Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville, VA, (3 May- 27 May)
  • Juried Group Show: “Winter’s Tale” – Tryst Gallery, Leesburg, VA (3Feb – 28Feb)
  • Juried exhibitor in Arts in the Village Gallery, Village of Leesburg Shopping Center, Leesburg, VA.

2016

  • Expanded in the permanent collection of Computer Software Systems corporate offices, Leesburg, VA
  • Juried solo art exhibit: “Innovations of the Grist Mill Age”, Innovation Hall Gallery at the Science and Technology Center, George Washington University, Asburn, VA campus (20 January – 12 April)
  • Juried mixed media art show: “Sunrise-Sunset,” Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA (3-27 February)
  • Group art show, Visit Loudoun Visitor Center, Leesburg, VA (3-29 February)

2015

  • Open Mixed Media art show: “Plein Air Pastoral – Annual Rural Heritage Exhibit “, Franklin Park Arts Center, (Nov 20- Jan 3).
  • Open Mixed Media art show: “11th Annual Fall Show and Sale”, Hillsborough Winery, Hillsborough, VA (Nov 18- Jan 11). Awarded First Place in Photography/Digital Art for “Loudoun Stream in Winter.”
  • Juried Mixed Media art show: “Art of the Land”, Shenandoah Arts Gallery, Winchester, VA, (Nov 6- Nov 28).
  • Mixed Media art show: “Aldie Mill Art Show, Loudoun Sketch Club”, Aldie Mill, Aldie, VA, (Oct 10 – Oct 18).
  • Juried solo art exhibit: “Reflecting on Shadows”, Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville, VA (Sep 11 – Oct 11) with Artist’s Talk
  • Featured Artist exhibit: “Brown is the New Black”, Arts in the Village Gallery, Leesburg, VA (1 July-31 July)
  • Juried Mixed Media Show: Western Loudoun Artist Studio Tour (20 – 21 June) and Studio Tour Encore Show (21 Jun- 20 Jul), Franklin Parks Arts Center, Purcellville, VA
  • Juried Mixed Media Show: “Behind the Scenes with the Loudoun Sketch Club”, ArtSpace Herndon, VA (7 Apr – 3 May)
  • Solo exhibit, “Our Enterprising Past; Places that Mattered Then and Now”, Mason Enterprise Center of George Mason University, Leesburg, VA (22 January – 20 May)
  • Juried Group Show: “On Main Street,” The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA (7 Feb – 31 Mar)
  • Featured article: “Shadows and Reflections / Capturing Romantic Landscapes and Americana with Photographer J. Riley Stewart” by Sally Pfoutz, Elan Magazine, February 2015
  • Juried Group Show “Black and White”, Franklin Parks Art Center, Purcellville, VA (9 Jan- 9 Feb).
  • Resident artist, Arts in the Village Gallery, Leesburg, VA

2014

  • Cover Feature, Mosby Heritage Area Association Annual Report 2013-2014.
  • Loudoun Sketch Club Mixed Media Show, Hillsborough Vineyard and Winery, Hillsboro, VA (November 23 – January 4, 2015)
  • Invited Solo Photography Exhibition: “The Grist Mill in Northern Virginia: A Collection of Images that Celebrate the Craftsmanship and Ingenuity of Virginians of the 19th Century,” Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA (October 1 – December 31)
  • Invited artist, Art in the Burg Show and Sale, Middleburg Arts Project (April 26)
  • Mixed Media Group Show “Art Springs” at Northgate Vineyard and Winery, Hillsboro, VA (April 9 – July 31)
  • Juried Mixed Media Group Show and Sale: Western Loudoun Artist Studio Tour (June 21, 22)
  • Invited artist, Loudoun Farm to Fork & Art (July 16)
  • Group Show of the Loudoun Sketch Club at the Aldie Harvest Fest (October 17-19)
  • Long Term Gallery Exhibit: Mixed media gallery featuring 27 regional artists at Arts in the Village Gallery, Leesburg, VA (since September 2012)

2013

  • Mixed Media Group Show: “The Artistry of Loudoun County,” The Vineyard and Winery at Lost Creek, Leesburg, VA (June 1-30)
  • Mixed Media Juried Group Show: Artful August Art Show and Sale, The Village at Leesburg, Leesburg, Va (August 14-18)
  • Invited Solo Photography Exhibition: “Virginia Grist,” The harvest Festival at Aldie Mill, Aldie, VA (October 1 – November 21)
  • Juried Art Show: “Four Seasons of Oatlands,” Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, VA (July 1-31)

2012

  • Invited Solo Exhibition: 13 Fine Art Photographs of Loudoun County Landscapes; Leesburg City Gallery, Leesburg, VA (May 1-31)
  • Invited Solo Photography Exhibition: “A Celebration of the Loudoun County Landscape,” Harvest Festival at Aldie Mill, Aldie, VA (October 1-31)

2011

  • Juried Art Show: “Four Seasons of Oatlands,” Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg, VA (July 1-31)

Listing of exhibitions and features for photographer J Riley Stewart