Education
1978 BFA • Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, cum laude
1990-92 • Photography, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Residencies, Teaching, and Grants
2018 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
2016 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
2011-12 Visiting Artist, Environmental Art Class, The Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ
2010-11 Artist-in-Residence, Newforest Institute, Firehouse, Jersey City, NY
2008 Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
2006 Topaz Arts, Inc., Queens, NY
2000 Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming
1995 Artists in Community, Transformational Energetic Arts, Inc., NYC
1978-79 Ford Foundation Grant, Carnegie-Mellon University -to develop Interdisciplinary Program
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Co-Curating: Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2023 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2022 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2021 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2020 Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2018 Frank Brockman Gallery • Brunswick, ME
2014 gWatson Gallery • Stonington, ME
2013 Gallery 525 • Ojai, CA
2012 June Fitzpatrick Gallery • Portland, ME
The Hostetter Art Center Gallery, The Pingry School • Martensville, NJ
2009 Topaz Arts • Queens, NY
2008 Waterfall Arts • Belfast, ME
2006 Topaz Arts • Queens, NY
2005 Kellerher Fine Art • San Francisco, CA
2003 Elan Fine Art • Rockland, ME
2002 Pentimenti Gallery • Philadelphia, PA
Leighton Gallery • Blue Hill, ME
2000 Barton/Ryan • Boston, MA
2001 gWatson Gallery • Stonington, ME
1999 Leighton Gallery • Blue Hill, ME
Clark House Gallery • Bangor, ME
1993 Wingspread Gallery • Northeast Harbor, ME
1992 Gallery House • Nobleboro, ME
1991 Leighton Gallery • Blue Hill, ME
1990 Concept Art Gallery • Pittsburgh, PA
Leighton Gallery • Blue Hill, ME
1989 Wingspread Gallery • Northeast Harbor, ME
1987 The Knitting Factory • NYC
MoMing Gallery • Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2017 Wise Blood, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Abstract Artistry, Artemis Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
Plenty, Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2015 Messages, The Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, ME
2014 Yearning Upwards, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Beneath the Surface, PhoPa Gallery, Portland, ME
Dreaming Gardens, Suffolk University Gallery, Boston, MA
Making a New Whole, Univ. of New England Gallery, Portland, ME
2013 Twenty Who Know the Difference, Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Rockport, Maine
Maine Environment Art & Design, Maine Farmland Trust, Belfast, ME
2012 Tidal, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
Scratching the Surface, 3- person, Rome, Italy and London, England
Naturally, 3-person show, Marymount Manhattan College, NYC
Hidden Gems of Contemporary Art, London, England
2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME
2010 Shifting Terrain, Woodstock Byrdcliff Guild, Woodstock, NY
Arboreal: 4 Artists, Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, NYC
2009 H2O Film on Water Redux, Cynthia Reeves Gallery, NYC
H2O Film on Water, Great River Arts, The Newport Mill, Newport, NH
First Traces, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Natural Routes, Aucosisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2006 Landscapes Reassembled, Omni Gallery, Uniondale, NY
2006 Expanse, Studio 12N, NYC
2002 Plugged In, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2001 Introductions, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Matrix, Clark University, Worcester, MA
1998 Seasons of Change: Maine Women Artists and Nature, Westbrook
College, Portland, ME
1995 Maine Abstract Art, 1995, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME
1993 Sacred Spaces, Icon Gallery, Brunswick, ME
Paint!, Jewitt Gallery, The University of Maine, Augusta, ME
On The Edge: 40 Years of Painting in Maine, Portland Museum of
Art, Portland, ME
1992 The Belly Project, Frick Gallery • Belfast, ME
Celebrating Our Earth, Wingspread Gallery • Northeast Harbor, ME
1991 Seascapes, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
17 Maine Women Artists, Gallery House, Nobleboro, ME
Spruce Point III, Spruce Point, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Endangered Spaces, Cry of the Loon Gallery, Sebago, ME
1990 Invitational Exhibition, Central Maine Power, Augusta, ME
1987 Carnegie-Mellon Alumni Show, Forbes Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1986 Old and New Photographs, Stooker Stikker Gallery, NYC
Bibliography
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