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

2022Bird by Bird, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC

Through Lines, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
2020Three Meditations, Shelter in Place Gallery, Area Code Art Fair, Boston, MA
(online art exhibition featured in online art fair)
2019Terra Incognita, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, VT
2017Long Hand Poem, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (catalogue)

From Root to Sky, Hollister Hall, Babson College, Babson Park, MA
2016Between Here and There, Matter and Light Gallery, Boston, MA

Untold Stories, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton MA
2013/14On Finding Home, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine
2012For the Birds, Akino Fuku Museum of Art, Hamamatsu, Japan

Sachiko Akiyama, Art Space, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
2011Things Unseen, Danforth Museum, Curated by John Baker and Nina Nielsen of Nielsen Gallery, Framingham, MA
2010I Remember What I Did Not See, Mariboe Gallery, Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ
2007Alone Together, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
2005Between Dream and Memory, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
2003Dream of Birds, winner of contest juried by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

Group Exhibitions

2023Quiet Light, curated by Nina Nielsen and John Baker, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2022Oddkin, curated by Kate McNamara, Oddkin, Providence, RI
2021TIME, Strauss Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Unmasked, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT

humanNATURE, MUSA, Boston, MA (online exhibition)
2020Life 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)
2019Sagas, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA

Your Plus-One, Mount Airy Contemporary Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Impact, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2018Enigma and Persona, 2-person exhibition, Gallery at Great Barrington Arts Center, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2017Right 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
2016Julie 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
2011Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

Faculty Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2010Animal Instinct, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

InCite: Reunited, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2008Loners and Mavericks, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Metaphor Minds, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
2007Sculpture, etc., Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

Emerging Women Artists, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2006MASS 3D, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
2005Regeneration, Douglass College Library Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ

In Nature’s Company, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
2004Self-Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA (catalogue)

Summer Selections, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
2003Elements of Nature, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

Artists Without Borders, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

States of Stillness, Project DK Art, Boston, MA
2002New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2001Creasion, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA

Curatorial Projects

Awards and Honors

2022Surfpoint Foundation Residency, York, ME
2021Millay Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2020Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH
2018Piscataqua 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
2014Ucross 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
2011Brother Thomas Fellowship, Boston Foundation, Boston, MA
Honorable Mention, Margo Harris Hammerschlag Direct Carving Award, National Association of Women Artists, NY, NY
2009Nominee for Foster Prize, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2008Blanche E. Colman Award, Mellon Foundation, Boston, MA
2006Artist Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Great Barrington, MA
Nominee for Foster Prize, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2005Joan Mitchell Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NY, NY
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Quebec
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, Boston, MA
2004Vermont Studio Center, partial fellowship, Johnson, VT
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant, Shelter Island, NY
2003George 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
2001Mary O’Shannon Award in Public Art, St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, MA

Collections

DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Gordon College, Wenham, MA

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