Glynis Mary Mcmanamon

I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, a town with very rich Eastern European ethnicity. I earned an undergraduate in Philosophy from St. Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, Indiana, and have been a member of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd since 1976.

After years of working in Good Shepherd programs in Cleveland, Detroit, Columbus and Louisville, earning an MBA at Xavier University, Cincinnati, and certification as a Chemical Dependency Counselor I was granted permission to study art at Bellarmine University in Louisville.

Since 1998, I have spent more and more time in a ministry of the arts, with a special interest in the Byzantine style, and more so, in the creation of sacred art featuring women and diverse ethnic groups. My work has included a series of African-American women representing the seven virtues of Kwanzaa, women of the Bible (notably, the women ancestors of Jesus) and historical figures from the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd.

Studio courses – drawing, painting, design – Bellarmine University, 1998-99
Drug/Alcohol Studies Certificate – Spalding University, 1996
MBA – Xavier University, 1990
Philosophy Degree with Theology Minor, Summa Cum Laude – St. Joseph’s College, 1976

EXHIBITS AT MY STUDIO – Shepherding Images, Louisville Kentucky
Winter 2009 Shining Like Stars
Winter 2008 Generosity
Winter 2007 Insignificance
Spring 2007 Tested by Fire
Winter 2006 Seeking the Light
Spring 2006 Mary in Our World , Today

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Icons – Wayside Expressions Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2005 Icons – Wayside Expressions Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky
Icons – Chapel of St. Philip Neri, Louisville,
Kentucky
2005 Paintings and Icons – Amyx Gallery, New
Castle, Kentucky
2001 Into the Clearing: Feminine Themes in
Addiction and Recovery – Lionheart Gallery,
Louisville, Kentucky
2000 Into the Clearing: Feminine Themes in
Addiction and Recovery (works in progress) -
Festival of Faiths – Convention Center –
Louisville, Kentucky

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Ancestors – 427 Gallery, Ferguson, Missouri
Beauty Will Save the World – Good
Shepherd Gallery, Ferguson, Missouri
2016 Laudato Si – Good Shepherd Gallery,
Ferguson, Missouri
2009 Women of Wisdom – Union Station,
Louisville, Kentucky
Springfield Liturgical A...