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curriculum vitae
   
EDUCATION
MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1986
BS, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1978
John Cass School of Art, London, ENGLAND, 1976

 
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Rivers, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME
2006 Beaded, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME
2005 Dreambody, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2004 Paintings and Drawings, Icon Contemporary Art, Bruswick, ME
  Works on Paper, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2001 New Work, Zero Station, Portland, ME
2000 Vesicas, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1999 Handcolored Drypoints, New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA
1994 New Works, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME

 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 To Infinity and Beyond: Mathematics in Contemporary Art, Heckscher Museum,
Huntington, NY; curated by Lyn Gamwell & Elizabeth Meryman
2007 Salon Exhibition, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2006 Bridge Miami, with Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, Miami, FL
  Art 212 Contemporary Art Fair, with Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
  Maine Print Project, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
  On Paper, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
  Gallery Artists, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME
  Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
  Order(ed), Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
  Line of Beauty, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NY
2005 Transcribing Time, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
  Salon Exhibition, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2004 Salon Exhibition, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
  Spiritual Geometry, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2003 Salon Exhibition, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
  Zero Portfolio, Zero Station, Portland, ME
  Passion, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
  Alumni Exhibition, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2002 Six Select Six, University of New England, Portland, ME
  Fall Invitational, The Painting Center, New York, NY
  Summer Invitational, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
  Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2001 The Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
  Group Exhibition, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
  Abstraction: 22 Visions, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
1999 Selections, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
  Salon Exhibition, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
  Painter/Printmaker, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
1998 Maine Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
1997 Works on Paper, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
  Selections, Robert Clements Gallery, Portland, ME
  Three Artists, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
  Six Women Printmakers, State House, Augusta, ME
1995 Printmaking, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
  Winter's Work, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME
1994 Salon Exhibition, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1993 Dreams: Poetic Memory, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
  Works on Paper, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME
  Fire Meets Water, Cambridge Multi-Cultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
1989 Hudson River Open, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1988 Yoho Exhibition, The College of Westchester, Scarsdale, NY
1986 Small Works, New York University Gallery, New York, NY
  On the Line, Hastings Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006 Artist-Teacher, MFA Visual Art, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
2005 Visiting Artist, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2004 Visiting Artist, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2002-1998 Studio Instructor, Graduate Studies, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
1997-1991 Maine Touring Artist Program, Maine Arts Commission
1994 Summer Arts Institute, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
1987-1985 Adjunct Professor, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

 
AWARDS
2006 New American Paintings (Open Studio Press)
2005 The Drawings Center Slide Registry, New York, NY
2004 Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission
1998 Individual Artist Grant, New England Foundation for the Arts
1989 Contemporary Artist Award, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Gund Collection, Boston, MA
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Goldman Sachs, New York, NY
Capital Group, Los Angeles, CA
Bell Atlantic, New York, NY
Mintz, Levin Associates, New York, NY

 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Julie Karabenick, "Geoform Interview," www.geoform.net/features/features_degennaro.html
Edith Newhall, "Creative Styles of Their Own," Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2006
Roberta Fallon, "Order(ed)," Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA 2006
Cate McQuaid, "Symmetry and Asymmetry," The Boston Globe, March 2004
Edgar Allen Beem, "Maine in the Abstract," Downeast Magazine, August 2003
Edgar Allen Beem, "Unusually Abstract in Wiscasset," The Maine Times, August 2001
The Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, 2001 (catalog)
Maine Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, 1998 (catalog)
Greg Turner, "Artist Inspired by Image, Words," Lincoln Journal, May 1998
Marcia Dalton, "Tangents, Paintings and Works on Paper by Grace DeGennaro," Art New England, June/July 1994
Pat Davidson, "Artist Influenced by Dreams, Nature, Literature," The Times Record, April 1994
Patricia Reis, Dreams: Poetic Memory, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, 1993 (catalog)
Shirley Jacks, "New Faces/New Energy II," Art New England, October 1993
Helen Harrison, "Hecksher Museum Invitational," New York Times, August 1985

 

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