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connie pfeiffer

Born
New London, CT
Education
MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
BA, Southern CT State University, New Haven, CT
Studied at University De Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Instructor at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, since 1999- Member Silvermine Arts Guild, 2010- Co-founder of City Gallery, a cooperative gallery in New Haven, 2003- Maintained a studio in Chester, CT (13 years) and curated shows in studio/gallery space with invited artists, 1998. Currently maintains a studio in East Haddam, CT .
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, All Together Now, UCONN Avery Point. Groton, CT
Silvermine Arts Center, Summer Salon, New Canaan, CT.
New Britain Museum of American Art, Nor’easter, New Britain, CT

2024
Creative Arts Workshop, Faculty Show, New Haven, CT

2021
Guilford Arts Center, Faculty Show, Guilford, CT

2019
City Gallery, 6×6 Invitational, New haven, CT

2018
Creative Arts Workshop, In Range: Faculty Biennial, New Haven, CT
Washington Art Association, State of Abstraction, Co-curators Daphne Anderson Deeds, Jacquelyn Gleisner, Washington Depot, CT

2016
Creative Arts Workshop, Faculty Exhibition, New Haven, CT

2015
the orison project, pop-up gallery at Erickson Davis Gallery, for a brief time only, Ivoryton, CT
Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Thank you, CT! Stamford, CT

2014
Silvermine Art Center, Guild Group Show, Juror- Deanne Hagagg, Director of The Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, New Canaan, CT

2013
the orison project, opening the line, solo show, Essex, CT
New Britain Museum of Art, The Nor’Easter, Juror- Lexy Lee Sullivan, Assistant Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, New Britain, CT

2012
Creative Arts Workshop, How Simple Can You Get? Juror- Robert Storrs, Dean, School of Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Silvermine Art Center, Impermanent Markings, Juror- Cynthia Roznoy, Curator, Mattatuck Museum, New Canaan, CT

2011
Mystic Arts Center, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Award, Mystic, CT
Silvermine Art Center, New Member Show, New Canaan, CT
Bevier Gallery, Metals Alumni Exhibition, RIT, Rochester, NY
Hygienic Art Galleries, The Fifth Crossing, Juror- Sharon L. Butler, New London, CT
Creative Arts Workshop, Faculty Exhibition, New Haven, CT

2009
UCONN AVERY POINT, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, solo show, Groton, CT

2008
River Gallery, two person show w/ Paula Gabriel, Fairhaven, CT

2007
City Gallery, solo installation, Fetish Making- process & transition, New Haven, CT
City Gallery, three person show w/ Judy Atlas & Jefri Ruchti, New Haven, CT
Chester Gallery, What She Said, Chester, CT

2006
W21 Gallery, Releases 9/11/06, collaborative installation w/ Sadie Bridger, NYC, NY
City Gallery, Inside / Out, installation w/ Anne Culver & Meg Bloom, New Haven, CT
Erickson Davis Gallery, Progressions, Ivoryton, CT
City Gallery, Macro/Micro, New Haven, CT

2005
Pequot Library, Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Show, Southport, CT
City Gallery, solo installation, The Fetish Room, New Haven, CT
Erickson Davis Gallery, Mix, Ivoryton, CT
City Gallery, In Response, New Haven, CT

2004
City Gallery, Releases, collaborative installation w/ Sadie Bridger, New Haven, CT
River Gallery, City at the River, Fairhaven, CT
A.I.R. Gallery, Generations ’04, NYC, NY

2003
Renana Gallery, Connie Pfeiffer, Middletown, CT
Pequot Library, Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Show, Southport, CT

2002
Creative Arts Workshop, two person show, Inventing Nature, w/ Paula Gabriel, New Haven, CT
Reviews
Butler, Sharon,Two Coats of Paint, The Meditative Process of Making: Abstraction in Connecticut, 2018

Czepiel, Kathy, Daily Nutmeg, Maker Space, September, 2018 

Slattery, Brian, New Haven Independent, CAW Faculty Artists Find Common Thread, September, 2018

Dunne, Susan, The Hartford Courant,
Thank you, CT!  Exhibit Curated By Its Artists, August, 2015

Doherty, Donna, The New Haven Register, Remarkably ‘Simple’July,  2013

Hoffman, Hank, Connecticut Art Scene, three artist show at City Gallery, July, 2007

Talpey, Susan, The Source, What She Said, May, 2007

Schmalz, Leah Lopez, Valley Courier, In Search of the Supernatural, March, 2007

Birke, Judy, New Haven Register, Art Review, Opposing Forces Create A Primitive Energy, June, 2006

Birke, Judy, New Haven Register, Art Review, Inside/Out At City Gallery Is Primal, Lively And Appealing, July, 2005

Lopez, Leah, Valley Courier, Chester Artists, October, 2004

Stelzer, Alice C.,  The Middletown Press, Common Threads That Bind Us, November, 2003

Stelzer, Alice C., The Reminder, East Haddam Sculptor Uses Nature To Express Her Art, November, 2003

Creative Arts Workshop,  Yale Bulletin, Faculty Show Review, September, 2003

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