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EDUCATION

1979 1969 1964- 1966		Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA, Masters in Social Work Boston Museum School in affiliation with Tufts’ University, Boston, MA Bachelor of Science in Art Education Carnegie Institute of Technology, School of Fine Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 2005 2003 2001 2001 1999 1999 1998 1998 1987 1982		Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA Allston Skirt Gallery, Those Around Me, Boston, MA Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts, Maud Morgan Prize recipient, Boston, MA Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston, MA Johnson Gallery, Glen Urquhart School, Beverly Farms, MA Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA Arthur B. Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA Lopoukhine-Nayduch Gallery, Boston, MA

GROUP EXHBITIONS

2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2001 2000 2000 2000 2000 1997 1997 1996 1995 1994 1994 1993 1993 1990 1989 1989 1988 1987 1984 1983 1983 1983 1978		National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009 “, Washington, D.C. Clark Gallery, “Salon Show”, Lincoln, MA BK Projects and OH&T Projects, “Lobby Show”, Watertown, MA Clark Gallery, “Salon Show”, Lincoln, MA Clark Gallery, Invitational Group Show, Lincoln, MA Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY Clark Gallery, Free Reign, Invitational Group Show, Lincoln, MA Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, Red Dot Art Fair, NY,NY Adam Baumgold Gallery, NYC, Aqua Art Miami Fair, Miami, FL Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Florida Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, Bridge Art Fair, Miami, Florida Allston Skirt Gallery, Scope London Art Fair, London, England Bergdorf Goodman, “Eploding Plastic Inevitable:40 Fun Galleries,” New York, NY ArtSpace, “Painting Now:Selections from the Ma.Cultural Council Artist Grant Awards,” Maynard,MA Allston Skirt Gallery, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair, Miami, FL Allston Skirt Gallery, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair, Miami, FL New Art Center, “Art and Soul”, Newton, MA Allston Skirt Gallery, “Gone Fishin’,” Boston, MA Danforth Museum of Art,”Small Works from the Arthur S.Goldberg Collection,” Framingham,MA Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, “Portraits: Yesterday and Today,” Worcester, MA L.F.L. Gallery, Flat Flies, New York City, NY Horn Gallery, Babson College, “Seen and Remembered,” Babson Park, MA Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, “Simmons Collects,” Boston, MA New Art Center, “Alone Together,” Newton, MA Hanna Gallery, Desisto School, “50th Anniversary Invitational,” Stockbridge, MA New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, “10 Artists, 10 Years,” Boston, MA Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, “The Drawing Show,” Boston, MA Exhibit at 125 Summer Street, curated by Creiger Dane Gallery, Boston, MA Berkshire Museum, “Works on Paper,” Pittsfield, MA Bernard Toale Gallery, “Pet Paintings,” Boston, MA Berkshire Museum, “Works on Paper,” Pittsfield, MA Harriet Tubman Gallery, Boston, MA AAMARP Gallery, “Invitational Exhibition,” Jamaica Plain, MA Gallery Absinth, Boston, MA Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, “The Drawing Show,” Boston, MA Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, “Artists’ Self-Portraits,” Boston, MA Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA Cohen Art Gallery, Tufts’ University, SMFA Faculty Show, Medford, MA Arthur B. Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, “Mused Furniture,” Framingham, MA Artists’ Foundation Gallery at CityPlace, “Wild, Wild Wit,” Boston, MA Berkshire Museum, “Works on Paper,” Pittsfield, MA Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston, MA Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston, MA Boston City Hall, Boston, MA Boston Visual Artists’ Union, Boston, MA

AWARDS AND HONORS

2009 2009 2009 2006 2004 2001 2001 1996 1990		Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution,” Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition”, Washington, D.C. Finalist, Artadia Awards 2009 Boston Nominee, “ MA Women to Watch”, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Artists’ Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Great Barrington, MA Finalist in Painting, Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Program Eighth Annual Maud Morgan Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,MA Artists’ Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Great Barrington, MA Massachusetts Cultural Council/ New England Foundation for the Arts, Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists Finalist in Painting, Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Program

VISITING ARTIST

2008 2002 2000		Arsenal Center for the Arts, “Text and Context”, Watertown, MA, Slide presentation Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Slide presentation. Addison Gallery of American Art, “Alice Neel and the Contemporary Portrait,” panel discussion and slide presentation, Andover, MA

PUBLICATIONS

Hill, Shawn, Art New England, Feb-March, 2010 Finkelstein, Alix, Fine Art Connoisseur, New Directions in Children’s Portraiture, Nov.-Dec.2009 New American Paintings, volume 68, The Open Studios Press, February 2006 Artist’s Resource Trust, The first ten years, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, April 2006 Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, Calendar, Gallery Pick, September 22, 2005 artMatters, School of the Museum of Fine Artts, Boston, Summer 2004 Christine Temin, The Boston Globe,”Painters past and present evoke spirit of childhood in their times,” May 26, 2003 Charlotte Gibbs, Art New England, “Portraits Yesterday and Today,” April/May 2003 Edgar Allen Beem, Yankee Magazine, “Six to Watch,” September 2002 Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, “ Artwork draws on nuances of puberty,” December 5, 2001 Joanne Silver, Boston Herald, “Pictures Perfect”, December 3, 2001 Donelson, Boston Metro, Weekend, Nov. 30-Dec.2, 2001 Joan E. McCarthy, Art New England, October/November 2001 Cate Mcquaid, The Boston Globe, “Boys, girls drawn into adulthood,” June 7, 2001 New American Paintings, volume 32, The Open Studios Press, February 2000 Cate Mcquaid, The Boston Globe, “Women artists celebrate friendship in portraits,” June 29, 2000 Mary Sherman, The Sunday Herald, “Drawing the Line,” May 7, 2000 Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, “Winners in BCA drawn, but not by chance,” May 24, 2000 Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, “Striking portraits at three Boston venues,” July 22, 1999 Tara Leonard, The South End News, February 13, 1997 Cate Mcquaid, The Boston Globe, February 9, 1997 Pat Jefferys, The Advocate, September 27, 1995 Ellen Grimm, The Boston Globe, September 25, 1994 Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, November 26, 1987 Robin Hardman,The South End News, November 19, 1987 Mary Lou Kelley, The Christian Science Monitor, October 20, 1976

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Boston Public Library, Copley Square Simmons College, Boston, MA