Represented by:
13FOREST Gallery, 167A Massachusetts Avenue, East
Arlington, MA 02474.
Marc Gurton. [781] 396-0092.
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Born 1944; married, two children.
Education
1966
University of Connecticut,
Storrs. BFA.
1968
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,
NY. MFA.
1969
Hunter College, New York, NY.
Education courses.
1977
Harvard University, Museum of
Comparative Zoology; scientific illustration course.
Exhibitions
2008 MACI's
Showcase of Artists; Medford Art Center, Inc. & Century
Bank; April 17 - May 31, 2008, Century Bank, Medford, MA.
Juried group show.
2008 13FOREST Gallery,
Medford; "Crossing the River," November 29, 2007- January
5, 2008
2007 Arsenal Center
for the Arts, “Outside Inside: Nature in Art.” Watertown,
MA. Juror: Kristen Dodge, Co-Director/Curator of the Judi
Rottenberg Gallery, Boston.
2006-2008
13FOREST Gallery, Arlington,
MA. Exhibiting artist.
2008, 2007, 2003,
2000, 1999 West
Medford Open Studios, exhibitor.
2006
Pigmentia Gallery, Medford,
MA. Group show. Crossing Boundaries,
September 15-October 14.
2006
Montserrat College of Art,
Beverly, MA. Group show. Making it New: George McNeil and His
Students. August
28-October 28. Exhibitor and co-curator.
2006
Cherry Stone Gallery,
Wellfleet, MA. Group show. 35th Anniversary Exhibition, June 20-September
10.
2006-07
Blanchard Trust Gallery,
Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, Concord, MA. Group
shows.
2006
BF Annex, 450 Harrison Avenue
(SOWA), Boston, MA. Ongoing archival wall exhibition.
2006
Pigmentia Studio &
Gallery, Medford, MA. Group show. The Green
Show. March 3-31.
2006
Offices of Dr. Timothy Deahl,
Cambridge, MA. Solo invitational. March 1-31.
2006
Provincetown Art Association
and Museum. Group open show. February.
2006
TV 3, Medford, MA. Solo
invitational. February 1-28.
2005
Center Gallery at Old Church,
Demarest, NJ. Invitational. The Figure Manifest.
October 20-November 19.
2005
The Somerville Museum,
Somerville, MA. Juried group show. Prospecting for Art: Found Objects
and the Creative Process. September 9-December 23.
2005
Cherry Stone Gallery,
Wellfleet, MA. Group shows. July 5-July 24; September 6-24.
2004
Acme Fine Art Gallery, 38
Newbury St., Boston. Teachers &
Students.
November 18-December 23.
2004
Offices of Dr. Timothy Deahl,
Cambridge, MA. Solo invitational. October 19-November 23.
2004
Springstep Gallery, Medford,
MA. Juried show. Images of
Medford.
July-August.
2004
Provincetown Art Association,
members’ Open Exhibit; New Members’ Exhibit.
1998-2004
Mabray “Doc” Kountze Arts
Festival, exhibitor in storefront windows.
2003
Barn Studio, West Medford
Square, Medford, MA.
2003
Fifth Annual Medford Garden
Club Tour (with Catherine Cumming and Jim Jackson).
2002
Medford City Hall, Visions of
Medford; exhibitor with Jen Flores and Pam Shanley.
2001
Charlestown Working Theater.
One-woman show.
2000
Boingo Café, West Medford
Square. One-woman show.
1998
Ladies Plein Air Society
Exhibition, Habitat, Belmont, MA.
1998
First Parish Unitarian
Universalist Church, Arlington, MA. One-woman show.
1996
Richdale Avenue Studios,
Cambridge, MA. Open studio (with Jim Jackson and Jean
Segaloff).
1975
Contemporary Art – Italian
Heritage, Boston City Hall.
1975
Atlantic Monthly Gallery,
Boston. One-woman show.
1975
Vernon Street Studios,
Somerville, MA. Open studio.
1975
Wilbur Cross Library,
University of Connecticut, Storrs. One-woman show.
1975
Brockton Art Center, Fuller
Memorial, Brockton, MA.
1974
William Benton Museum,
Storrs, CT.
1974, 1975
Boston Visual Artists Union.
1973, 1974
Secrest Gallery, Wellfleet,
MA. One-woman show.
1973
24th New England Exhibition, Silvermine, CT.
1972
Fine Arts Work Center,
Provincetown, MA.
1972
Provincetown Art Association
and Museum, Provincetown, MA.
1971
22nd New England Exhibition, Silvermine, CT.
First Prize for Watercolor.
1968
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,
NY. One-woman show.
Selected Private
Collections
Graham Gund.
Bank of America.
Robert and Margaret Manning.
Jim Bennette and David Cowan, Acme Fine Art
Massachusetts General Hospital.
D & R Word Processing, Inc., Hartford, CT.
Commissions
2007
Garden painting, private
commission, 13FOREST Gallery, Medford, MA.
2007
Garden painting, Dr. Timothy
Deahl, Cambridge, MA.
2006
Oil painting for Polizzi
Racing Stable, Suffolk Downs, East Boston, MA.
2006
Portrait commission,
Pigmentia Studio & Gallery, Medford, MA.
2005
Color drawing of Grace
Episcopal Church, Medford, MA. Private collector.
2004
Garden painting, Truro, MA.
Jim Bennette and David Cowan, Acme Fine Art directors.
2004
Family portraits, children of
Marianne Lynch, Esq., Bangor, ME.
2004
Portrait of Dr. Lloyd
Wachter. Private commission.
2001
Medford Cultural Council
grant for a portrait of Madeleine Dugger Andrews to hang in
the Andrews Middle School, Medford, MA.
1997
Portrait of The Reverend
Oscar G. Phillips, Jr., Shiloh Baptist Church, Medford, MA.
Private commission.
1997
Medford Cultural Council
grant for a portrait of Fanny Farmer to hang in Medford
City Hall.
1995
Medford Cultural Council
grant for a portrait of Mabray “Doc” Kountze to hang in the
West Medford Community Center.
1993
Medford Cultural Council
grant for portraits of Alonzo Fields and Madeleine Dugger
Kelley to hang in Medford City Hall.
1991-92
Commissioned by Mayor Michael
McGlynn and the Medford Centennial Committee to paint four
portraits of famous Medford citizens of the
18th
and 19th centuries, to be housed in Medford City
Hall.
1986-87
Medford Cultural Council
grant to paint a mural, located at the Dame School,
Medford, depicting the Royall House and the Royall family
in the 18th
century.
1976
Commissioned by Somerville
(MA) Mayor S. Lester Ralph to paint a portrait of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and his secretary, Marguerite LeHand,
to hang in the Somerville Public Library.
Illustrations
2007
Terrain,
by Julia Lisella (World Tech Communications, 2007);
The Red Fence
(oil painting) used as cover
illustration.
2001
More Irish Folk Tales for
Children, Sharon
Kennedy, Rounder Records CD and tape; cover illustration.
1982
Ladybugs & Lettuce
Leaves: A Young Person’s Guide to Gardening and
Environmental Science. Center for Science in the Public
Interest and Project Outside/Inside, Somerville School
Department. Illustrations.
1979
Economics: Meeting
Peoples’ Needs.
Chicago: Science Research Associates. Illustrations.
1978
“Decisions About Drinking.”
CASPAR Alcohol Education Program. Brochure design and
illustrations.
1973
Boston Globe
Magazine,
September 30. Cover illustration.
1967
Form, Space, and
Vision, by Graham
Collier. Prentice-Hall. Textbook illustrations.
Public Art Projects
& Activities
2007
First annual Mabray “Doc”
Kountze Award, Medford Arts Center, Inc., for contributions
to the public arts in Medford.
2006
Recipient of Annual Award
from Zonta International Society, Medford chapter, for
Women in the Arts.
2005-date
Member, Medford Art Center,
Inc. (MACI).
2001-2004
Medford Art Association Swan
School Project: a plan to convert an unused public school
building into space for studios and community art lessons.
1998-2004
Member, Medford Arts &
Artists, an art association; founder and president,
1998-2001.
2003
Forum & public lecture on
public art in Medford, Grace Episcopal Church.
1999
Recipient of Medford’s Fifth
Annual Women’s Achievement Award.
1998-2002
Medford Cultural Council
grant to create and administer an annual 3-week art exhibit
by area artists in Medford (“The Mabray ‘Doc’ Kountze Art
Festival”).
1998-2000
Volunteer drawing instructor,
Brighton Treatment Center, City of Boston, Department of
Youth Services.
1990
Medford Cultural Council
grant to teach puppet-making, coordinate a puppet theater
project, and construct a puppet stage at the Dame
(elementary) School, Medford.
1989
Medford Cultural Council
grant to teach a drawing course to 5th and 6th grade students, Dame School.
1984-93
Volunteer teacher, art
classes: Dame School and Hervey School, Medford; Agassiz
Preschool, Cambridge; King Open School, Cambridge; and
Lincoln Park School, Somerville.
1983-86
Mural painter, Somerville
YMCA (several separate projects).
1982
Paper-making workshop, Camp
Homespun, arts and crafts camp for the elderly, located in
the Berkshires.
1979
Symposium, public lecture,
and slide presentation, on “Public Art and the Private
Artist,” University of Connecticut, Storrs (with Maxine
Novek).
1976
Art teacher, Full Circle
Alternative High School, Somerville, MA.
Employment
2006-date
Consulting artist, Jim
Jackson & Company, Cambridge, MA. Models.
2000-date
Private students.
1979-99
Production manager and artist
for Jim Jackson and Company, Cambridge, MA. Models and
exhibition design.
1985
Education exhibits (dioramas)
for the Franklin Park Children’s Zoo, Boston, MA.
Production artist, Jim Jackson and Company.
1984-86
Drawing and arts & crafts
teacher, children’s classes, Medford Public Library.
1984-86
Drawing and watercolor
instructor, Community Education Department, Medford, MA.
1984-85
Teacher/supervisor, Summer
Youth Employment Project. Two mural projects for Community
Education Department, Medford Public Schools, involving
high school students. Funded by the Arts Lottery, Medford
Arts Council, and Employment Resources, Inc.
1977-78
Illustrator, designer and
production artist for Project Outside/Inside, Somerville
(MA) School Department. Textbooks and teaching materials.
1976-77
Environmental artist, City of
Somerville. Murals at four locations (schools and elderly
housing units). CETA Project.
1976
Teacher, counselor,
supervisor for Summer Youth Employment Project. Mural
project involving ten high-school students, Somerville, MA.
1975
Somerfest – children’s
community mural project, Cummings School, Somerville, MA.
1974-77
Art teacher, Brockton Art
Center, Fuller Memorial. Art classes for ages 5-10.
1974
Instructor, University of
Connecticut, Storrs. Drawing.
1972-73
Private art classes
(watercolor) for adults, Provincetown and Somerville, MA.
1969-71
Art teacher, Brooklyn, New
York Catholic diocese. Three elementary parochial schools,
grades 1-8.