Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
MFA Sculpture, Boston University, Boston, MA
Post-Baccalaureate certificate in Studio Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
BA Studio Art with honors, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2022 | Bird by Bird, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC Through Lines, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT |
2020 | Three Meditations, Shelter in Place Gallery, Area Code Art Fair, Boston, MA (online art exhibition featured in online art fair) |
2019 | Terra Incognita, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, VT |
2017 | Long Hand Poem, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (catalogue) From Root to Sky, Hollister Hall, Babson College, Babson Park, MA |
2016 | Between Here and There, Matter and Light Gallery, Boston, MA Untold Stories, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton MA |
2013/14 | On Finding Home, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine |
2012 | For the Birds, Akino Fuku Museum of Art, Hamamatsu, Japan Sachiko Akiyama, Art Space, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA |
2011 | Things Unseen, Danforth Museum, Curated by John Baker and Nina Nielsen of Nielsen Gallery, Framingham, MA |
2010 | I Remember What I Did Not See, Mariboe Gallery, Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ |
2007 | Alone Together, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA |
2005 | Between Dream and Memory, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA |
2003 | Dream of Birds, winner of contest juried by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA |
Group Exhibitions
2024 2023 | The Wrong Sea, Dunes Gallery in collaboration with Night Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), Portland, ME Let the Light In, curated by Tessa Greene O’Brien, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME Simpatico, Fowler-Kellogg Gallery, Chautauqua, NY NADA Miami Art Fair, Dunes Gallery, Miami, FL Quiet Light, curated by Nina Nielsen and John Baker, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA From the Heart, 3-person exhibition curated by John Stomberg (director of Hood Museum), AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH |
2022 | Oddkin, curated by Kate McNamara, Oddkin, Providence, RI |
2021 | TIME, Strauss Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Unmasked, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT humanNATURE, MUSA, Boston, MA (online exhibition) |
2020 | Life on Earth: Superweed, Superpredator, Super Bloom, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC (curated by Hannah Cole) Animal Crossing, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (online exhibition curated by Dana Frankfort) Selections from the Collection, Gallery at Great Barrington Arts Center, Gordon College, Wenham, MA Other Places, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greenville, NC (online, printable exhibition curated by Mark Brousseau) Being & Feeling: Alone, Together, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH (catalogue) |
2019 | Sagas, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA Your Plus-One, Mount Airy Contemporary Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Impact, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH |
2018 | Enigma and Persona, 2-person exhibition, Gallery at Great Barrington Arts Center, Gordon College, Wenham, MA |
2017 | Right Side Out: Self Portraits, Able Baker Contemporary Gallery, Portland, ME Body/Head, presented by Field Projects, Be Fluent Language School, NYC, NY Momentum, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH |
2016 | Julie Spoke Softly, juried by Paulina Bebecka, director of Postmasters Gallery, Field Project, NYC, NY Maine Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME Back to School Special, George Marshall Gallery, York, ME |
2015 | Massachusetts Cultural Council Awards…in Sculpture, New Art Center, Newton, MA Revealing Identity, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA (catalogue) Branching Out, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA The Artist Revealed, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH |
2011 | Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA Faculty Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA |
2010 | Animal Instinct, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI InCite: Reunited, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY |
2008 | Loners and Mavericks, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA Metaphor Minds, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT |
2007 | Sculpture, etc., Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA Emerging Women Artists, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY |
2006 | MASS 3D, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA |
2005 | Regeneration, Douglass College Library Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ In Nature’s Company, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA |
2004 | Self-Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA (catalogue) Summer Selections, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA |
2003 | Elements of Nature, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA Artists Without Borders, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA States of Stillness, Project DK Art, Boston, MA |
2002 | New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA |
2001 | Creasion, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA |
Awards and Honors
2022 | Surfpoint Foundation Residency, York, ME |
2021 | Millay Arts, Austerlitz, NY |
2020 | Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH |
2018 | Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Concord, NH |
2017 | Finalist Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Concord, NH Blanche E. Colman Award, Mellon Foundation, Boston, MA |
2015 | Finalist Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant for Sculpture, Boston, MA |
2014 | Ucross Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY Playa Residency, Summer Lake, OR |
2012 | Artist in Residence at Akino Fuku Museum, Hamamatsu, Japan Elisabeth Ochsenfeld Residency, Frankfurt, Germany Cambridge Women’s Travel Club Fellowship, Cambridge, MA |
2011 | Brother Thomas Fellowship, Boston Foundation, Boston, MA Honorable Mention, Margo Harris Hammerschlag Direct Carving Award, National Association of Women Artists, NY, NY |
2009 | Nominee for Foster Prize, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
2008 | Blanche E. Colman Award, Mellon Foundation, Boston, MA |
2006 | Artist Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Great Barrington, MA Nominee for Foster Prize, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
2005 | Joan Mitchell Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NY, NY Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Quebec Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, Boston, MA |
2004 | Vermont Studio Center, partial fellowship, Johnson, VT Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant, Shelter Island, NY |
2003 | George Sugarman Foundation Grant, Novato, CA Ruth Chenven Foundation Fellowship, NY, NY |
2002 | Blanche E. Colman Award, Mellon Foundation, Boston, MA Marianna Pineda Award, Boston University, Boston, MA |
2001 | Mary O’Shannon Award in Public Art, St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, MA |
Professional Experience
2024 | Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Faculty, Chautauqua School of Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY Juror, Piscataqua Artist Advancement Grant, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Concord, NH |
2023 | Blue Ribbon Committee on the Arts & Non-Profits, City of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, NH |
2022 | Juror for Vision and Visibility, 3S Art Space, Portsmouth, NH Juror for Open Call, 3S Art Space, Portsmouth, NH |
Collections
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Gordon College, Wenham, MA