Curriculum Vitae:
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Education |
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San Francisco
Art Institute: MFA |
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University of
Southern Maine: BFA |
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Residencies,
Special studies, Grants, Awards |
| 2010 |
New
Hampshire Charitable Foundation Piscataqua Region Artist
Advancement Grant |
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2006 |
Maine Arts
Commission,
GIG Grant Award |
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2004 |
Maine Arts
Commission,
GIG Grant Award |
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1996 |
Djerassi
Found. Resident Artists Program, Fellowship, Woodside, CA |
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1990 |
Crocker Art
Museum,
Merit Award, Sacramento, CA |
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1988 |
Millay
Colony for the Arts, Fellowship, Austerlitz, NY |
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1986 |
Skowhegan
School of Painting and Sculpture, Scholarship, SFAI
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1985 |
Headlands
Center for the Arts,
Seminar-in-residence, Sausalito, CA |
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1978 |
Whitelands
College,
University of London, London, England |
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One and Two
person exhibitions |
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2010 |
Aucocisco Galleries,
Between, Two person show with Ahmed Alsoudani, Portland, ME |
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A Garden
Grows in the Museum, public project for the Objects of
Wonder Exhibition, Portland Museum, ME |
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Miller
Block, In Winter, Garden, Archive Project 6,
Boston, MA |
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2008 |
York Historical
Society, George Marshall Store Gallery,
Garden Archive, Project 4,York, ME |
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William Scott
Gallery,
Garden Archive, Project 5, Provincetown, MA |
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2006 |
Miller Block
Gallery, New Work, Boston, MA |
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2004 |
William Scott
Gallery,
Damon Lehrer and Gail Spaien, Boston
MA |
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2003 |
York Historical
Society, George Marshall Store,
Charm, York, ME |
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2002 |
Aucocisco
Gallery, Samplers and Mourning Paintings, Portland, ME |
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2001 |
Vanier
Gallery, Domestic Time, Tucson, AZ |
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2000 |
Colby College
Museum of Art,
Counting, Waterville, ME |
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Jack Meier
Gallery, Art Houston: Introductions, Houston, TX |
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1998 |
Robert
Clements Fine Arts, At the Edge of Wind, Portland, ME
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1992 |
Gump’s
Gallery, New Work, SF, CA |
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1991 |
Gump’s
Gallery, Introductions 91, SF, CA |
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1989 |
Center
Gallery, Visiting Artist Exhibition, University of Maine,
Gorham, ME |
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1985 |
Diego Rivera
Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA |
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Selected group
exhibitions |
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2009 |
Miller
Block, Economies of Scale, Boston, MA |
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Denise Bibro
Fine Art, Winter Salon, New York, NY |
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2008 |
Institute of
Contemporary Art, Out There: Mediated Landscape,
Portland, ME |
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Portland Museum
of Art,
New Natural History, Portland, ME |
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2007 |
Portland Museum
of Art,
Biennial, Portland, ME |
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Miller Block,
Nature/Nurture,
Boston, MA |
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2006 |
York Historical
Society, George Marshall Store ,
Peaceable Kingdom, York, ME |
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2005 |
Miller Block
Gallery, Inside/Outside, Boston, MA |
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DeCordova
Museum,
Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art,
Lincoln, MA |
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Maine Center
for Contemporary Art,
Transcribing Time: Grace DeGennaro, Gail Spaien, Alice Spencer |
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George Marshall
Store Gallery,
Momentum: PCF Advancement Grant Finalists, York, ME |
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William Scott
Gallery,
Gallery Artists, Provincetown, MA |
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2004 |
William Scott
Gallery,
Gallery Artists, Provincetown, MA |
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2002 |
Elements
Gallery, Rockland, ME |
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York Public
Library,
York, ME |
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2001 |
Elements
Gallery, Rockland, ME |
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John Beuche
Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME |
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Maine Art
Gallery,
Abstraction: 22 Visions, Wiscasset |
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Institute of
Contemporary Art, Domestic Culture, Portland, ME |
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1999 |
George
Marshall Store Gallery Accord III, York, ME |
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1998 |
Portland Museum
of Art,
Biennial, Portland, ME |
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O’Farrell
Gallery, Brunswick, ME |
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Maine Art
Gallery,
Wiscasset, ME |
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1997 |
Colby College
Museum of Art,
Faculty, Waterville, ME |
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George
Marshall Store, Picking up the Pieces, York ME |
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Between the
Muse, 3 Painters, 2 Sculptors, Rockland, ME |
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Robert
Clements Gallery, Summer Salon, Portland, ME |
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1996 |
June
Fitzpatrick Gallery, December International, Portland, ME |
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Between the
Muse, Miniatures, Rockland, ME |
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Baxter
Gallery, Skowhegan at 50: A
Maine Legacy,
Portland, ME |
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1995 |
Frick
Gallery, Contemporary Collage, Belfast, ME |
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Center for
Maine Contemporary Art,
Annual, Rockport, ME |
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1994 |
Boston Center
for the Arts,
Visual Artists Showcase,
Boston, MA |
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1993 |
Portland Museum
of Art,
Solstice Tree Project, Portland, ME |
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Center for
Maine Contemporary Art,
The Unique Print, Rockport, ME |
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1992 |
O’Farrell
Gallery, Brunswick, ME |
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Turtle
Gallery, Small Views, Large Spaces, Deer Isle, ME |
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Claudia
Chaplin Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA |
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1991 |
Center for
Maine Contemporary Art,
Seascapes, Rockport, ME |
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Frick
Gallery, Belfast, ME |
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1990 |
Crocker Art
Museum,
Crocker-Kingsley Annual, Sacramento, CA |
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Marin Arts
Council, Individual Artist Grant Finalist Exhibit Mill Valley,
CA |
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1989 |
San Mateo Arts
Council,
Bay Arts 89, San Mateo, CA |
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Natsoulas
Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA |
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1988 |
Sun Gallery,
Exhibition 88, Hayward, CA |
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Walter Athol
McBean Gallery, Overview, SF, CA |
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1987 |
San Jose
Institute of Contemporary Art, Exchange, San Jose, CA |
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Fort Mason,
Masters 87: SF Art Institute Graduate Exhibition, SF, CA |
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1986 |
Marin Arts
Council Invitational |
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Sausalito Bay
Model,
Woman Arts, Sausalito, CA |
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1985 |
Headlands
Center for the Arts,
Group Exhibition, Sausalito, CA |
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Publications |
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Boston Globe,
February 17, 2010,
Winter’s Weight and What Lies Below,
Cate McQuaid |
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Maine Home and Design,
May 2009, Canvas, Suzette McAvoy |
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Portland Phoenix,
Dec. 3, 2008, Seeking Relevance, Ken Greenleaf |
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Yankee Magazine.com/blogs,
Nov. 2008, Out There, Edgar Allen Beam |
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Mixed Media/Maine Today.com,
Oct. 5,2008, Natural Instincts, Jamie Thompson |
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Accent Magazine,
March/April 2008, Modern Art Meets Natural History, Jamie
Thompson |
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American Artist,
April 2007, Quick Sketches |
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Art New England,
June/July 2005, Sentimental Journey: Time and Memory in Pink and
Gray, Susan Boulanger |
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The Wire,
May 2004, Profile, Rebecca Cox |
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Art New England,
October - November 2003, Review,
Maine Charm:
Paintings by Gail Spaien,
Mary Behrens |
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Portsmouth
Herald,
July 1, 2003, Profile: Charm, Waterworks, Jeanne McCartin |
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Maine Sunday
Telegram,
February 17, 2002, Doisneau offers a lot to like with one
lingering question, Philip Isaacson |
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Maine Times,
February 15, 2001, Vol. 33 No. 40, Those Who Can Teach,
Edgar Allen Beem |
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New American
Painting,
Volume 20, February 1999 |
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Channel 13 TV,
One of 5 featured artists, November 15,1998 Portland Museum of Art
Biennial Exhibition, WGME-TV video production |
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Maine Times,
November 19, 1998, Metaphysics Made Mainfest, A Surprising Turn
in
Portland's
Ambitious Biennial,
Edgar Allen Beem |
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Sun
Journal, November 20,1998,
The Art Biennial,
Pat Davidison Reef |
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Maine Sunday
Telegram,
January 25, 1998,At
Maine College of Art, Faculty Boldly Shows its Stuff, Philip
Isaacson |
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Maine Sunday
Telegram,
August 13, 1995,Frick
Exhibit's an Elegant Mix of Collages, Assemblages,
Philip Isaacson |
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Maine Sunday
Telegram,
June 13, 1993,Maine
Coast’s 15th Annual Juried Show Strongest in Years,
Philip Isaacson |
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The Sacramento
Bee,
April 22, 1990, Works of Content, Victoria Dalkey |
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San Jose
Mercury News,
September 4, 1987,
San Francisco Art Institute/San Jose University Exchange: Part two,
Dorothy Burkhart |
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The Pacific Sun,
May 3-9 1985,
The Arts Review,
Jack Van der Meulen |
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Academic
Experience |
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Current |
Maine College
of Art, Associate Professor, Painting,
Portland, ME |
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MFA Visual
Art, Vermont College,
Artist-Teacher (since 1995) |
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1997-2000 |
Colby
College, Visiting Assistant Professor, Art Dept., Waterville, ME |
|
1995 |
University of
Maine Augusta,
Lecturer I, (painting I), Augusta, ME |
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1993 |
University of
Southern Maine,
Lecturer I, (painting I) Gorham, ME |
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1991-1997 |
Maine
College of Art,
Early College Program, Continuing Studies Classes, Portland, ME |
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1992-1994 |
Artisans
School, Adjunct Faculty Coordinator, Guest Lecture Series ,
Rockport, ME |
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1986-1987 |
San
Francisco Art Institute, Teaching Assistant, Painting Dept. SF,
CA |
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Other Academic
Experience, Lectures, and Visiting Artist Positions |
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2009 |
Maine Arts
Commission, juror, for percent for art project |
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Kittery, Maine
School District,
committee
member, Special review committee |
|
2006 |
Maine
Masters Series, panel discussant w/ Carl Little, Portland Museum
of Art |
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2002 |
Maine Women
in the Arts, museum talk, Colby College Museum Waterville, ME |
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2001 |
Teaching and
Art Making, panel discussant, First Thursdays, Portland, ME |
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2000 |
Drawing on
Ritual, panel discussant, Institute of Contemporary Art,
Portland |
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1998 |
Is Feminism
Still Relevant? moderator, panel discussion, MECA |
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1996 - 1998 |
Visiting
Artist Lecture Series, Maine College of Art, coordinator |
|
1996 |
Haystack School
of Arts and Crafts,
visiting artist, Maine Art Educator program, Deer Isle, ME |
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since 1995 |
Maine Touring
Artists Program,
Maine Arts Commission |
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DeCordova
Museum School,
Visiting faculty, Lincoln, MA |
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1989 |
U. of Southern
Maine,
Visiting Artist, Painting Dept. Gorham, ME |
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1988 |
Youth in
Arts Program, Marin Arts Council San Rafael, CA |
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Nightfire
Theater, Visiting Artist for installation of Santa Dog SF, CA |
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1980-1983 |
Antenna
Theater, Visiting Artist for theatrical/installation works
including Vacuum, Moving Sculptures and Artery Sausalito, CA |
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1978 |
Shoestring
Theater, production artist for parades, puppet shows, and
workshops including maskmaking and murals Portland,ME |
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Selected public
and private collections |
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Fidelity
Investments | Intuit Corporation, CA |
University of Southern Maine | Portland Museum of Art,
ME | M. Brinn , N.Y | M. Swig, CA
| Dan Dodt, CA | Andres Verzosa, ME |
John McLaughlin, ME |
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April 2010
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