solo & two person exhibits 
2011
Upon further consideration: Virginia Fitzgerald & David Lang ~  
    South Shore Art Center. Cohassett, MA
Virginia Fitzgerald & Lisa Barthelson ~ 
    Fountain Street Fine Art. Framingham, MA

2009
‘this comes from within’  ~  
    Medicine Wheel Productions. Boston, MA
    an installation filling an entire gallery and back room , 
    centering  around a larger than life dress made out of eggshells.  
Studio 370 ~ 
    Holliston High School. Holliston, MA
    an installation of dresses

2008
The Dress Project ~ Dana Art Gallery. Wellesley, MA
    a solo gallery show of dresses along with workshops

2006
Virginia Fitzgerald ~ Gallery 55. Natick, MA
    show of acrylic paintings

2005
Dreaming in Color ~ Round Room Gallery ~ 
    Danforth Museum. Framingham, MA
    Show of acrylic paintings and painted furniture

ongoing 
The Dress Project ~ an ever growing collection of sculptural dresses, started in 2006

group shows & other exhibitions
2011
Present Company ~ Fountain Street Fine Art.Framingham, MA
2011 Members’ Exhibition ~ 
Attleboro Arts Museum. Attleboro, MA
No Theme, No Limit ~ Sprinkler Factory.Worcester, MA
RED, it’s more than a color ~ Cambridge Art Assoc.
Cambridge, MA
Juror: Howard Yezerski
In the Bag  ~ Boston’s Children’s Museum.Boston, MA
Artist of the month ~ Attleboro Arts Museum.Attleboro, MA
Form and Fantasy: A Contemporary Twist on Fiber Art
Mystic Art Center. Mystic, CT
Baggage ~ the Narrows Gallery.Fall Rivers, MA
Barefoot at Rockport. Rockport, MA
'Green' National Juried Exhibition ~ Attleboro Arts Museum.Attleboro, MA
In the Bag  ~ Puffin Cultural Foundation.Teaneck, NJ
Enormous Tiny Art Show #8 ~ Nahcotta Gallery.Portsmouth, NH 
INSATIABLE: Our Rapacious Appetite for More ~ 
Kniznick Gallery. Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research
Center. Waltham, MA

2010
Members’ Exhibition ~ Attleboro Arts Museum.Attleboro, MA
Carry On: An invitational exhibition ~ Attleboro Arts MuseumAttleboro, MA
Icons & Alters ~ New Art Center.Newton, MA
Art Organic ~ Harbor Art Gallery, Umass Boston.Boston, MA 
Frances N. Roddy Open Competition ~ 
Concord Art Association. Concord, MA
juror: Victoria Munroe 
Cutting Edge: A Celebration of Fibers ~ 
Textile Arts Center. Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Joetta Maue
The Portrait Show ~ LynnArts, Inc.Lynn, MA
Juror: Joseph WardwellLynn, MA
Enormous Tiny Art Show #8 ~ Nahcotta Gallery.Portsmouth, NH 
In-Between ~ Gallery at Worcester State College.Worcester MA
Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition ~ Danforth Museum Framingham, MA
Northeast Prize Show  ~ Cambridge Art Assoc.Cambridge, MA
The Practical, Impractical & Artrageous: 2nd annual wearable art show ~ Bead & Fiber.Boston, MA
Multiple Totalities ~ UMass Amherst. Amherst, MA
Once Upon a Chair ~ Groton Public LibraryGroton, MA
Women's Caucus for Art: "from the center” ~ 
Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, IL   
Juror: Lucy Lippard 
Member Juried Show I ~ Concord Art Association Concord, MA 

2009
"Functional Objects of Desire" ~ Gallery Z.Providence, RI
Icons & Alters ~ New Art Center.Newton, MA
RED, it’s more than a color ~ Cambridge Art Assoc.
Cambridge, MA
Eat the Art ~ Bunker Hill Community College.Boston, MA
War and Peace ~ LynnArts, Inc. Lynn, MA
Juror: Ken Hruby,
Women's Caucus for Art: "Sense (of Humor)." ~ 
Bromfield Gallery. Boston, MA
Juror: Carolyn Muskat of Muskat Studios
The Fabrication of Imagination invitational ~ 
All Arts Gallery. Lowell, MA
Off the Wall Member Show ~ Danforth Museum. Framingham, MA
Women in Print ~ Bunker Hill Community College.Boston, MA
Member Juried Show I ~ Concord Art Association. Concord, MA 
Member Juried Show II ~ Concord Art Association. Concord, MA 
Exhibited in the Natick Collection for February,Natick, MA

2008
REUSED REPURPOSED REINVENTED ~ 
Bunker Hill Art Gallery. Boston, MA
Long Journey ~ ArtSpace. Maynard, MA
A Woman’s Place ~ Bromfield Gallery.Boston, MA
Embodiments ~ Arsenal Center for the Arts.Watertown, MA
Member Juried Show I ~ Concord Art Association. Concord, MA 
Member Juried Show II ~ Concord Art Association. Concord, MA 
Exhibited in the Natick Collection for FebruaryNatick, MA

1995
Whitney Museum Store ~ The Store Next Door. New York, NY
Exhibited hand painted furniture in window of store

v i r g i n i a      f i t z g e r a l d 
grants
Artist’s Valentine Grant recipient 2009
Vermont Studio Center Grant recipient 2010 
Puffin Foundation Grant recipient 2011

teaching
1/11 – 6/11 Artist in Residence and Art Teacher,
 Dana Hall School Wellesley, MA
11/11 workshop in conjunction with Form and Fantasy
Mystic Art Center. Mystic, CT

publications
Green Comes in Many Different Forms and Shades, 
The Attleboro Patch, Ann McEvoy, July 7, 2011
AAM is going 'Green', The Sun Chronicle, 
Melanie Thibeault, June 29, 2011
Capsule Previews, Artscope, Brian Goslow, March/April 2011
Making a home for art, too, 
The Boston Globe, Megan McKee, March 6, 2011
Reception at Fountain Street Fine Art Sunday. 
Metrowest Daily News. Chris Bergeron. March 1, 2011 
Check it out: 2010 Natick Artists Open Studios. 
Metrowest Daily News. Chris Bergeron. October 14, 2010
Natick open studios will feature more than 60 artists . 
Metrowest Daily News. September 28, 2010
Join the Danforth’s journey through the Local Art Scene. Metrowest Daily News. Chris Bergeron. July 22, 2010
Drowning Ladybugs lead to fascinating Art Project. 
Hopkinton Crier. Helen Prunty Krispien. May 14,2010
Take a seat and it’s always story time. 
The Boston Globe. Denise Taylor . March 25, 2010
A shell of a Dress. 
Metrowest Daily News. Chris Bergeron. October 8, 2009
The Jury is in. 
Metrowest Daily News. Kristine Diederich. Jul 19, 2009
Ready to wear: The art of Natick's Virginia Fitzgerald . 
Metrowest Daily News. Chris Bergeron. Jun 20, 2008
Juried museum show highlights Massachusetts artists. 
Metrowest Daily News. Chris Bergeron. Jul 10, 2007

Awards
2011
Juror’s award for ‘insatiable’, National Juried Exhibition, Green, Attleboro Arts Museums, Guest juror: Kate McNamara

Award for ‘insatiable’, Form & Fantasy,
 Mystic Arts Center. Juror: Miriam Schaer

Residencies
Vermont Studio Center, March 2011

Member
Surface Design Association, as of 2011

Lectures
Women's Art Forum of Hopkinton, May 2010

Education
DeCordova Museum School - Printmaking 2008 Lincoln, MA
Danforth Museum of Art School 2004 to 2007 Framingham, MA
    Painting & sculpture 
The Museum School (MFA) 2003 Boston, MA
School of Visual Arts (SVA) 1994-1997 New York, NY
    Illustration, printmaking
School of the Art Institute 1989 Chicago, IL
Kenyon College 1986 Gambier, OH
    B. A in studio arts
Studio Arts Center international (SACI) - 1985 Florence, Italy