Calley O'Neill enjoying Chihuly at The Dallas Arboretum
Calley O'Neill enjoying Chihuly at The Dallas Arboretum
EDUCATION

  • The Prophet Jeremiah, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel ceiling
  • The Prophet Jonah, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel ceiling 
  • The Libyan Sibyl, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel ceiling
  • The Delphic Sibyl, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel ceiling
  • God Creating the Sun and the Moon, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel
  • Botticelli’s Three Graces, central detail of Botticelli’s Allegory of Spring ~ Primavera, Uffizi, Florence, Italy
  • Fete Champetre (Country Feast), by Titian and Giorgione
SELECT PUBLIC ART AND DESIGN COMMISSIONS   
Current:
2007 to Present
Calley is the only artist to ever work in intensive five-year long collaboration with Rama, the artist elephant in the Oregon Zoo. The Rama Exhibition will be an international traveling exhibition to awaken consciousness and action for the preservation of biodiversity ~ the variety of life on Earth. This immersive experience of art, ecology and awareness is dedicated to the children of the world, and future that is better than we can imagine.
2016-17
2007
A year dedicated to stained glass and large easel paintings: 
Poliahu and the Point of Light
The Creative Side of Pele
La’aumaomao
The Angel Gaia

2006
Puakala at Puakea Bay, stained glass mosaic, 5’ by 22’, Puakea Bay Ranch, Hawai'i  
Lapakahi circa 1900, Politec mural on panels, 7’ by 25’, Puakea Bay Ranch, Hawai'i  
Ancient Hawaiian Cornucopia, Politec on canvas, 6’ by 4’, Puakea Bay Ranch, Hawai'i

2005
The Jewels of Hawai'i, public stained glass window (5 ¼’ square) with fired glaze painting
Malama Pono Center, Waimea, Hawai’i

2005
The Butterflies of Hawai'i, and Hawaiian Native Butterflies, exterior painted relief mural, Politec on panels (8’ X 12’) and (10’ X 20’) relief Malama Pono Center, Waimea, Hawai'i, Politec on canvas, 6’ by 4’, 

2005
The Sea of Galilee (7’ X 13’) Interior Politec and pearlescent, translucent acrylic glaze painted mural
Annunciation Church, Waimea, Hawai’i

2004
Norio’s Japanese Garden design and installation with Japanese wood block style exterior murals (8’ X 12’) and hand-lashed bamboo frames.  The Fairmont Orchid Hawai’i, Kohala Coast, Hawai'i

2004
The Annunciation (6’ X 7’), exterior front entry mural, Politec on concrete
The Visitation (1 ½’ X 6’) exterior front entry mural, Politec on concrete
Annunciation Church, Waimea, Hawai’i

2003
The Annunciation and The Assumption stained glass windows with fired glaze painting, each (13’ X 3’)
The Madonna and Child window (3 ½’ X 3’)  Annunciation Church, Waimea, Hawai’i 
2001
Love Your Mother, 24 drawings for book with author Veronika Linton on the living Earth 

2000
The First Instar Compassionate Healing Yoga, a 2 year project to produce Calley O’Neill’s Full Body Elixir DVD and Meditation CD, booklets and cover painting.
2000
The Bamboo Courtyard Japanese Tea Garden Master Plandesign direction, stonework, and planting.
The Fairmont Orchid Hawai'i, Kohala Coast, Hawai’i

1999
Keoni’s Dream, 16 mixed media pastel paintings for Jack Kelly’s adventure book in Hawaiian ecology, 
Pleiades Publishing, Kona, Hawai’i

1997
The Children’s Garden at La’ilani, comprehensive fine art landscape master plan
Hawai’i Montessori School, Kona Campus, Hawai’i

1997
Po’okela Kahuna La’au Lapa’au O Hawai’i Papa Henry Allen Auwae, (6’ X 4’) bamboo framed mixed media portrait commission for  Dr. Earl Bakken, North Hawai’i Community Hospital, Kamuela, Hawai’i

1995
The Healing Gardens of Makahikilua, a nationally recognized prototype for a therapeutic garden to foster interactive healing in nature, a 14.5-acre master plan, North Hawai’i Community Hospital, Kamuela, Hawai’i

1992
E Mau Na Waiwai O Hawai’i and Keanakako’i, Politec glaze painting on concrete (each 8’ X 10’) 
The Kings’ Shops living history murals and architectural medallions. Waikoloa, Hawai’i

1990
Dance the Spirit: The Mothership Cycle #1. Painting/poster (42” by 35”) for the 20th Anniversary of Earth Day, Honolulu Advertiser Gallery and The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawai’i 

1990
Our Hawai'i, The Best of Bob Krauss, 13 pencil drawings, Island Heritage Publishing, Honolulu, Hawai'i

1989
Ode to a Princess, The Pineapple Playhouse (11’ X 55’) mixed media relief mural of the monarchy period at Dole Cannery Square, Honolulu, Hawai’i

1989
E Komo Mai! Exterior front entry mural in Politec on primed wood, (54’ X 17’ triangle)
Four Seasons Resort Hawaii, Lanai, The Lodge at Koele, Lanai, Hawai’i

1988
Dance the Spirit, Solo Exhibition
Ramsay Chinatown Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai'i​

1989
Aloha, e ke Kohola! A Mural Celebrating the Survival of the Whales, (12’ x 17’) mixed media mural, 
Hawai’i Maritime Center, Pier Seven, Honolulu, Hawai'i

1988
Classical Italian Renaissance Studies for Trattoria Restaurant, Honolulu, Hawai'i:
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1988
The Three Hawaiian Graces, Politec glaze painting on panel (6’ by 4’)
Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawai’i

1989
A Village Where Dreams Are Made, front entry painting (5’ X 5’) 
Matteo’s Restaurant, Honolulu, Hawai’i

1985
Taking Their Proper Place in History, A Mural on the Craftspeople of Hawai’i, (approximately 8’ x 12’ and 3’ X 18’) Reef Hotel, Honolulu, Hawai’i 

1982
Ka Hale Aniani stained glass designer, Ka Hale Aniani Stained Glass Studio, Honolulu, Hawai’i. 

1982
Hawai’i Ka’u kumu (Hawai’i is my teacher), A Mural on the Spirit of Growth and Learning Then and Now, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 75th Anniversary Murals, (16’ X 27’ each) Politec acrylic glaze painting on exterior concrete walls, Campus Center, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i  

1979
Vermont Council on the Arts Mural Fellowship, 
Washington County, Vermont 

1978
Director’s Discretionary Grant, N. J. State Council on the Arts: That’s the Way of the World, a Mural on the History of Agriculture in the United States, Politec on concrete (7,000 sq. ft.) Goddard College Master’s degree project in collaboration with 12 local artists) The Community Self Sufficiency Center, Hewett, New Jersey

Dance the Spirit, The Art Centre at Mauna Lani, Kohala Coast, Hawai’i 
Dance the Spirit, The Ramsay Chinatown Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai’i 
Taking Their Proper Place in History, Honolulu International Airport, Honolulu, Hawai’i
Taking Their Proper Place in History, Queen Emma Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai’i 
Calley O’Neill Solo, Jason Richards, Ltd., Mamaroneck, New York

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

International Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition/Competition, Mall Galleries, London, England
Eco-Villages and Sustainable Communities Exhibition, First Global Eco-Village Conference, Findhorn, Scotland 

Art Exhibit, Invited Artist and Solar Award for the featured Gaia Hawai’i painting, Honolulu Advertiser Artists of Hawai’i, Honolulu, Hawai’i
The Association of Honolulu Artists 60th Annual Aloha Show, The Gallery, Pauahi Tower at Bishop Square, Honolulu, Hawai'i 

Discoveries in Watercolor, Hawai’i Watercolor Society’s 24th Annual Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawai’i

1986
MA in Social Ecology (integration of public art, agriculture and ecology) 
Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont.

1977 
1974 
Bachelor of Fine ArtsSumma cum laude, Pratt Institute, New York. 

The Best Stained Glass 1986, Special Mention Award Annual National Art Exhibition, Galerie Triangle, Washington,DC, 

Professional Stained Glass Magazine International Competition, New York, New York
The Fifth Year, A Response to Events of Our Time, Third Floor Gallery, Oakland, CA 
14th Annual National Juried Art Exhibit. Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas.
The First Annual Wildlife and Landscape Show, Galerie Triangle, Washington, D. C.



2009
1990
CALLEY O'NEILL
P.O. Box 6571  ●  Kamuela, Hawaii  96743  ●  (808) 885-0609  
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The Big Island’s Calley O’Neill is a highly respected, well-known public artist, visionary and prolific designer with a broad range of creative experience. Journalists have described her as a wayfinder, a force of nature, a positive force, and wise woman; and praised her art as ethno-visionary, dynamic and breathtaking with a crystalline mastery of glaze painting, light and color. Her pioneering art, which spans more than four decades, finds its expression in provocative mixed media paintings, a groundbreaking collaboration with Rama the elephant artist, public murals, stained glass mosaic and relief, and ecological design.

  In these her planetary vision is incorporated into ecological fine art that stands on its own merits, and also serves the purpose of nourishing the Earth and all its inhabitants. Her art, design work and dynamic teaching speak to human evolution, transformation, healing, sustainability and restoration on every level.’ Calley’s work derives from her love of nature and humanity, her relentless creativity and experimentation, and her passion to make a difference in the world. Calley’s dream is to help create a future that is better than we can imagine.
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2011-Current:
Artist in Residence, Four Seasons Hualala’i Resort, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i

FRONTISPIECE for E. O. Wilson’s THE ORIGIN OF CREATIVITY, WW Norton Publisher

NA WAO OLA A’O PI’ILANI - THE LIFE GIVING FORESTS OF MAUI, stained glass mosaic mural,
52’ by 14’, Art in Public Places Commissioned Work of Art for the Hawai’i State Foundation
on Culture and the Arts, Artist in Residence, Pukalani Elementary School, Maui

WORLD PREMIERE, THE RAMA EXHIBITION: A JOURNEY OF ART AND SOUL FOR THE EARTH,
International Union for the Conservation of Nature, World Conservation Congress 2016
(IUCN WCC), PLANET AT THE CROSSROADS, Hawai’i Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i

Ecological Design Coordinator, BUILDING A KIPUKA, A Community and Place Based
Aloha ‘Aina Landscape/Learning Oasis, Hawai’i Community College Palamanui, greenest
campus in the US, LEED Platinum construction
2016
2015-17
Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, exterior 12’ by 300’ long exterior mixed
media permanent mural. Calley was unanimously selected among 300 applicants and is guided by
the kupuna of the land to share the heart of the Hawaiian culture with Hawai’i’s residents and visitors.

Stained glass mosaic baptismal font/fountain, Annunciation Church, Waimea, Hawai’i
2018-Current: 
2018
Art and Soul for the Earth
 Big Island of Hawai'i