CV/Bio
Born 1956 in Waterville, Maine. Currently lives in Chester, Virginia.
EDUCATION
2008 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2005 MFA in Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art,
Baltimore, MD Mentors: Timothy App, Zlata Baum, Karen Carroll, John Penny
2004 Rockport College, Photography Workshops, Rockport, ME
1999 University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1996 Western Maryland College, Westminster, MD
1994 Frederick County Community College, Frederick, MD
1981 Marywood University, Scranton, PA
1980 Temple University, Ambler, PA
1980 Gwynedd Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA
1974-1978 BS Art Education, University of Maine, Orono, ME
1976 University of New York, New Paltz, NY
PRESENT
Painter / Adjunct Art Faculty, John Tyler Community College, Chester, VA / AP Studio Art and Visual Arts Thomas Dale High School Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, Chesterfield County Public Schools, Chesterfield, VA
AWARDS AND HONORS
2011 Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont.
2008 Semi-Finalist Fourth Annual Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda, MD; Jurors: Timothy App, Professor of Painting, MICA; Dr. Anne Collins Goodyear, Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Portrait Gallery and Reni Gower, Professor in the Painting and Printmaking Department at Virginia Commonwealth University.
2006 Gallery Selection Invitational Finalist, Alpan International 2006, Alpan Gallery, Huntington, Long Island, NY; Juror, Professor Donald Kuspit, Author and Art Critic.
2005 Juror's Award, 12th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA; Juror, Howard Yezerski of Howard Yezerski Gallery, 14 Newbury Street, Boston, MA.
2005 Final Nine of New England Artists, Bromfield Solo 05, Bromfield Art Gallery, SOWA Art District, Boston, MA; Juror, Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
2003-2005 Fellowship MFA in Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Interstices, Invitational Visiting Artist Solo Exhibition, Gallery I, Bromfield Art Gallery, 450 Harrison Avenue, SOWA Art District, Boston, MA.
2005 MFA in Studio Art Thesis Exhibition, Rosenberg Gallery, Brown Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD.
2001 Spirit and Space, Solo Exhibition, Leapin Lizard Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 CMCA 2008 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art Rockport, Maine; Jurors: Carole Anne Meehan, curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Scott Peterman, photographer; Andrea Pollan, founder and director, Curator's Office, Washington, DC.
2008 Lotta Art, Invitational, School 33, Baltimore, MD.
2008 9th Annual SU National Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA; Juror: Stephen Haller, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City, NY.
2008 Constructing Form, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA; Curators, Vaughn Garland, Allison Andrews and Brad Birchett, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2008 Personal Geometry, McLean Project for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA; Curator, Nancy Sausser, MPA Exhibitions Director, McLean, VA.
2007 Strictly Painting 6: Color Field Revisited, Biennial, McLean Project for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA; Juror, Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian, Washington, DC.
2006 2006 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Juror, Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
2005 12th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA; Juror, Howard Yezerski of Howard Yezerski Gallery, 14 Newbury Street, Boston, MA.
2005 Prodigal Summer, G-Spot Gallery, Curator, Cara Ober, Baltimore, MD.
2004 MFA Group Show, Rosenberg Gallery, Brown Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD.
2003 MFA Group Show, Pinkard Gallery, Bunting Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD.
2002 Group Show, Vincent's Ear Gallery, Deer Isle, ME.
2002 Art in the Heart, Artist Educator Exhibition, Bangor, ME.
1999 Delaplaine Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror Kristin Hileman, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD.
1980 The Waterworks, Philadelphia, PA
1978 The Rittenhouse Art Annual, Philadelphia, PA
PUBLICATIONS
2007 Art New England Contemporary Art and Culture, February / March, Brighton, MA
2006 MAINE Alumni Magazine, University of Maine Alumni Association, Orono, ME
2005 Bangor Daily News, Wendy Fontaine, Teacher's Art to be Shown at Boston Gallery, Erin Fredrichs, photographer, Bangor, ME
2005 Essay, Summer MFA Class of 2005, Kristin Hileman, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
2005 Juxtapositions, May- June 2005, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 The Weekly, Judy Harrison, Bangor, ME
2001 Ellsworth American, Lauren Gifford, Artist Maine Native, Ellsworth, ME
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