BORN
March 1, 1954 Oberlin, Ohio USA
EDUCATION
Saga Bijitsu Tanki Daigaku, Kyoto, JAPAN
Beloit College, Beloit WI (BA)
Paris American Academy, Paris, FRANCE
Aaron Shikler, David Levine: The Painting Group, NY, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2021
Graficas Gallery
Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2020
Graficas Gallery
2019
Graficas Gallery
20018
Graficas Gallery
2017
Cole Pratt Gallery
Graficas Gallery
2016
Graficas Gallery
2015
Graficas Gallery
2014
Graficas Gallery
Galerie Reynard, Williamstown, MA
2013
South Wharf Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Galerie Reynard, Williamstown, MA
The Arts Company, Nashville, TN
2012
South Wharf Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2011
South Wharf Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010
South Wharf Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2009
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2008
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
Marin Price Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD
2007
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
Hoadley Gallery, Lenox, MA
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2006
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Marin-Price Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2003
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery
2002
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery
Hoorn Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Hoorn Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
1999
ADD Gallery, Hudson, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Hoorn Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
Paris, New York, Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
1997
The Berkshire Art Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
1996
The Berkshire Art Gallery
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
1995
The Berkshire School Gallery, Sheffield, MA
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
Paris, New York, Kent Gallery
1994
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY and Nantucket, MA
1992
Jacob Fanning Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1991
Helio Gallery, New York, NY
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1990
Jacob Fanning Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1989
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Jacob Fanning Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
The Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT
1988
Forecast Gallery, Garrison, NY
Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
1987
David Wright Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
David Gavin Gallery, Millerton, NY
1986
David Wright Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1983
Broadway Frames and Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Broadway Frames and Gallery, New York, NY
1977
South Gallery, Beloit, WI
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
1991
Bridgeport Area Arts Council “National Juried Art Exposition,” Juror: Lisa Phillips, Curator of the Whitney Museum
1990
Sheffield, MA Art League
1989
Sheffield, MA Art League
1988
Chatham Shaker Museum “Small Works 88,” Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of the Booklyn Museum, Old Chatham, NY
Sheffield, MA Art League
1987
Sheffield, MA Art League
1986
Ridgefield, CT Guild of Artists
Cooperstown, NY 51st Annual Exhibit
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Damian Productions, Norfolk, VA
Edward M. Greenberg, New York, NY
Berkshire Telephone Corporations, Kinderhook, NY
Fish & Neave, New York, NY
PRIZES
1991
Bridgeport National Juried Expositions
1990
Purchase Award, Sheffield Art League
1987
Prize for Excellence, Sheffield Art League
1986
Frame Award, Sheffield Art League
Prize for Portraiture, Ridgefield Guild of Artists
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Idols and Icons, New Marlborough Meeting House, New Marlborough MA
2014
Casheesh, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
New Marlborough Artists Show, New Marlborough, MA
Lagiappe Gallery, Greenville, MS
Great Barrington: The Best Small Town, An Invitational Exhibit, Mason Library, Great Barrington, MA
2013
Lagniappe Gallery, Greenville, MS
2012
New Marlborough Artists 10th Anniversary, New Marlborough, MA
The Art of Night, Sunset to Sunrise, Barn Gallery, Stonover Farm, Lenox, MA
2011
Casheesh Now!, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2009
Casheesh Two!, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2006
Likeness, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2005
Hiddell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Hoadley Gallery, Lenox, MA
Marin-Price Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD
2004
Marin Price Galleries
Geoffrey Young Gallery
2003
Inspired by Nature, Salisbury Land Trust, Academy Building, Salisbury, CT
2002
Geoffrey Young Gallery
True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit, The Meridian Center,Washington, D.C.,
The National Arts Club, New York, NY , The Topkapi Palace Musdum, Istanbul, TURKEY,
Touring to EGYPT and Atlanta, GA
2001
The Seventh Annual Cup Show, Segreto Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Inspired by Nature, Salisbury Land Trust, Salisbury, CT
Geoffrey Young Gallery
2000
To Detail, Geoffrey Young Gallery
Inspired By Rivers, Meetinghouse Gallery, New Marlborough, MA
1999
Potluck, Nuovo Gallery, Lenox, MA
A Local Habitation and A Name, Geoffrey Young Gallery
1997
Beloit College Alumni Show, South Gallery, Beloit, WI
Genus Loci: Hail Corn, Geoffrey Young Gallery
1996
Berkshire Artists, RICA Gallery, Ludlow, MA
Alphabet of Trees, Westenberg Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Small Works, Clapp and Tuttle Fine Art, Woodbury, CT
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1995
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
Clapp and Tuttle Fine Art, Woodbury, CT
1994
Red Windows, Barney’s Benefit for Little Red School House, New York, NY
Six Women and Six Men, Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury, CT
Nature Seen Through The Artist’s Eye, Salisbury Land Trust, Salisbury, CT
Food and Symbol, Underhill Inn, Hillsdale, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
1993
Paintings, Geoffrey Young Gallery
Jacob Fanning Gallery
1992
Things, Geoffrey Young Gallery
Land/Flowers, Geoffrey Young Gallery
Berkshire Artisans, Pittsfield, MA
Upstate Main Street Scenes, The Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
Millbrook Gallery, Millbrook, NY
Art of 100 Pearl, Hartford, CT
Jacob Fanning Gallery
Spirituality and Symbols of Eroticism, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
1991
Art for Land, Five Points Gallery
Jacob Fanning Gallery
Clapp and Tuttle Gallery, Woodbury, CT
1990
John Pence Gallery, Winter Showcase, San Francisco, CA
Westenhook Small Works, Sheffield, MA
1989
John Pence Gallery, Winter Showcase
Naumkeag Carriage House Art Show, Stockbridge, MA
Scarborough Gallery, Chappaqua, NY
Store Hill Gallery, South Egremont, MA
Riversbend Art Gallery, W. Stockbridge, MA
Westenhook Small Works
Five Points Gallery
1988
Connecticut Gallery
Greene Gallery, Guildford, CT
Westenhook Small Works
Jacob Fanning Gallery
Gallery at Mill River, Mill River, MA
Five Points Gallery
1987
Bayless Gallery, Norfolk, CT
Berkshire Open Studios, Gt. Barrington, MA
Five Points Gallery
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