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Education

1980-82           Master of Fine Art in Painting, Boston University

1976-80           Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting, Boston University

 Studied under: Philip Guston, James Weeks, David Aronson, Reed Kay, John Wilson.

 

Selected One-person Exhibitions                    

                                                               

2003              DFN Gallery, New York, NY

2002              Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA 

2000              Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA 

1999              Scott White Contemporary, LaJolla, CA

1998              Sydne Bernard Fine Art, Hollywood, CA

1997              M B Modern, New York, NY

1996              Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1996              Jerry Solomon Gallery, Hollywood, CA

1994              Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA

1989              The Nancy Lincoln Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2004              DFN Gallery, “NYC,” New York, NY

2003              Scott White Contemporary, “Form & Conscience: Figurative Art From Mid-Century to Present” Ben 
                      Aronson, Willem de Kooning, Alex Katz, Henry Moore, Alice Neel, Manuel Neri, Philip Pearlstein, Paul  
                      Wonner., La Jolla , CA

                      Jenkins Johnson Gallery, “5th Annual Realism Invitational”, San Francisco, CA

                      DFN Gallery, New York, NY

                      Hidell- Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC

                      “Art Chicago, 2003”, Chicago, IL

                      Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

                      “The Art Show”, Art Dealers Assoc. of America, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY

2002               Jenkins Johnson Gallery, “4th Annual Realism Invitational”, San Francisco, CA

                       Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

“Art Chicago, 2002”, Chicago, IL

“The Art Show”, Art Dealers Assoc. of America, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY

2001                Jenkins Johnson Gallery, “3rd Annual Realism Invitational”, San Francisco, CA

                        Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

                        Art Chicago, 2001”, Chicago, IL

2000                “The Art Show”, Art Dealers Assoc. of America, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY

“Works on Paper”, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY

                         Spheris Gallery, NH, New York, NY

“Art Chicago, 2000”, Chicago, IL

“The Art Show”, Art Dealers Assoc. of America, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY

Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

Gil Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

1998-99           EXXON-Meridian International Traveling Exhibition: US, China, Pakistan, Iran, Israel, Senegal,         
                         Singapore, South Africa

 MB Modern, New York, NY

                         Sydne Bernard Fine Art, Hollywood, CA

 MB Modern, New York, NY

 Sydne Bernard Fine Art, Hollywood, CA

                         Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA

                         Jerry Solomon Gallery, Hollywood, CA

1996                 Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1995                 Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ    

                         Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1994                 Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA    

1993                 Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA

                         NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York, NY

1992                 AIA National Convention, Boston, MA

                         Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL

                         Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA

                         Mickelson Gallery, Washington D. C.

                         American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington D.C.

                         The Urban Center of the Municipal Art Society, NY, NY

 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York, NY

1990                 The Copley Society, Boston, MA

 The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

 

Select Collections

Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA

The Reading Public Fine Art Museum, Reading, PA

Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

United States Federal Courthouse, Providence, RI

The State of Rhode Island, Statehouse, Providence, RI

The New York Times

Sony Corporation

Walt Disney Corporation

The Wellington Trust, Boston, MA

Warner Brothers Corporation

Sheraton Corporation

Houston’s Corporation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cabot Corporation

Woodshole Oceanographic Institute, MA

Edgerton, Germihausen & Greer, MA
Universal Aluminum Corporation, MA

Hansen, Lind, Meyer Inc., Orlando, FL

Numerous private collections

 

Awards

National Academy of Design: Ogden M. Pleissner Painting Award, NY 1992

American Society of Architectural Perspectivists: Thomas Fisher Award, NY 1991

National Academy of Design: William P. & Gertrude Schweitzer Painting Prize, 1990

Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Grant, 1989

The Blanche E. Coleman Award for Painting 1988

The St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant in Painting 1988

Massachusetts Lottery Grant for Painting 1987

Artist in Residence, Beaver Country Day School Chestnut Hill, MA 1985-88

First Prize in Drawing: Sudbury Art Association, MA 1987

The Blanche E. Coleman Award for Painting 1986

 

Guest Lecturer

University of Massachusetts Art Department 2002, 2003

Wellesley College Art Department 2001, 2002

Harvard Graduate School of Design 1995-2002

Charrette Corporation 1991

Rhode Island School of Design 1990

Boston University School of Visual Art 1989

Gordon College 1989

Southeastern Middlesex University 1988

Massachusetts College of Art 1987

Boston University Summer Art Institute 1985

 

Publications

 

ART NEWS gallery review, September 2002

AMERICAN ARTIST, 2002

THE BOSTON GLOBE gallery review, Jan.28, 1999

ART NEWS, October 1997

ART NEWS, February 1996

ART IN AMERICA- Annual, 1995, 1996

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1995

INTERIORS AND SOURCES, 1992

THE ARTIST’S MAGAZINE feature article, August 1990

ARCHITECTURE IN PERSPECTIVE VI, 1990

 

Teaching

                               

University of Massachusetts, Nantucket Island 2002, 2003

Great River Arts Institute, Walpole, NH, 2001

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1997

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1996

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1995

Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1983-90

Boston University School of Fine Art, 1980-81

Boston University School of Fine Art, 1981-82

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