Bio/CV

Charyl Weissbach received a BFA in painting and the history of art from Massachusetts College of Art & Design and an Associate’s Degree in Fashion Design from Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst. Her studio is located in Boston’s SoWa Artist’s District where she regularly participates in First Fridays and Open Studio events. She is a charter member of the SoWa Artist’s Guild and New England Wax. Weissbach’s paintings are featured in Italianità: Contemporary Art Inspired by the Italian Immigrant Experience by Joanne Mattera, Encaustic Works 2012: A Biennial Exhibition in Print, 100 Artists of New England, Encaustic Arts Magazine, Boston Magazine’s Design Home, and Encaustic in the Twenty-First Century. She exhibits within many museums throughout New England such as Art Complex, Danforth Art, Fuller Craft, Springfield and the Mattatuck Museum.

Her artwork is in galleries, private and corporate collections, including Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Massachusetts General Hospital, Winchester Hospital, Children’s Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, NovaCare, National Development, and Oracle Corporations. She has been a frequent presenter at the International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA. She was co-founder, co-curator, presenter and exhibiting artist of seven exhibitions for “The Luminous Landscape”, an international conceptual group initiative that explored the diversity of nature in the context of encaustic painting. Presently, she is co-founder, exhibiting artist, and presenter of the Elemental Artists Collective, an artist group formed in 2011, with the purpose of exhibiting artwork that informs and restores balance and sustainability to our endangered world. In 2021, Elemental completed its seventh thematic exhibit and is enthusiastically pursuing more venues.   

 

CV

2024

Scleusenhaus Stade, “The Transatlantic Fusion Project Germany”, New England Wax & European Encaustic Artists, Germany
Wellfleet Preservation Hall, “ Transparency”, New England Wax, Wellfleet, MA

2023

Bristol Community College, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, “Because it Matters”, Elemental Collective Artists”, Falmouth, MA.
Hammond Hall Art Gallery, Fitchburg State University,”Chroma”, New England Wax, Fitchburg MA.
Wilson Museum, “Relationships: hot, cold, intricate”, New England Wax, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester VT.

2022

Mattatuck Museum, “Art As Advocacy”, Elemental Collective Artists, Waterbury, CT, curated by Cecile (Keffie) Feldman, P.h.D and Natalie DeQuarto
The Commons Gallery, “Transatlantic Fusion: From Virtual Collaboration to Real Exhibition”,  New England Wax & European Encaustic Artists, Provincetown, MA

2021

Art3Gallery, “Artful Escapes”, Manchester, NH
New England BioLabs, “BeHold, Art to Inspire”, Rowley, MA
New Bedford Art Museum, “Fluid States: New England Wax/New England Waters”, New Bedford, MA, curated by Jamie Uretsky
Highfield Hall & Gardens, “Sea Change”, Falmouth, MA, curated by Joanne Ingersoll
Cotuit Center for the Arts, “Layering”, Cotuit, MA, curated by Craig Bloodgood

2020

Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., “Beneath The Surface”, Beverly & Danvers, MA

2019

Endicott College, Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts, ” Two Views of Chroma”, Beverly, MA
Art3Gallery, “Freshly Imagined”, Manchester, NH
Higgins Gallery, Cape Cod Community College “Fusion: Encaustic Works”, Barnstable, MA
Worcester State University, “Crossroads: 4 Perspectives”, Worcester, MA
Springfield Art Museums, “Elemental: Contemporary Encaustic”, Springfield, MA

2018

L’Attitude Gallery, “Looking Large”,  2-Person Exhibit, Boston, MA 
Gallery Twist, “Illumination”, Lexington, MA
Art3Gallery, “Distractions”, Manchester, NH
Art3 Gallery, “Through the Artist’s Eyes”, Manchester, NH
A Gallery, “The Blues”, Provincetown, MA
Springfield Art Museums, “Elemental: Contemporary Encaustic”, Springfield, MA
Thayer Gallery, “Tipping Points: Changing Paradigms”, curated by Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA

Sight Specific Works: South Cove Community Health Center, Malden, MA

2017

Fuller Craft Museum, “Shifts: Approaching Encaustic From All Angles, curated by Ben Shattuck, Brockton, MA
Gallery Blink, “BUZZ”, Lexington, MA
A Gallery, “Black Tie”, Provincetown, MA
ArtHelix Gallery, “Transform8”, Brooklyn, NY, curator, Mariano Cinat
Creative Arts Workshop, “Chaos + Order II”, New Haven, CT curated by Jennifer Gross, former Chief Curator, DeCordova Museum of Art
Francesca Anderson Fine Art, “Encaustic Art”, Lexington, MA

2016

Gallery Blink, “Illumination”, Lexington, MA
Adam Peck Gallery, “N°10″, Provincetown, MA
Art Gallery at the University of New England, “Vision + Verse”, Juror/Curator: Ann Zill, Portland, ME
Duxbury Art Complex Museum, 3-Person Exhibit, curated by Craig Bloodgood, Contemporary Curator, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, MA
Art3Gallery, “Sunlight Seduction”, Manchester, NH
Art3Gallery, “Sense of Place”, Manchester, NH
Hourglass Gallery, “In Blooms”, Melrose, MA
Hourglass Gallery, “The Red Show”, Melrose, MA

Site-Specific Works: Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Brigham Building for the Future, Boston, MA

2015

Jco’s Place, “Good Tidings”, Los Gatos, CA
Projects Gallery, “Square Foot Art Basel Miami Three, Miami, FL
Hourglass Gallery, “Trees”, Melrose, MA
Art3Gallery, “InsideOutside”, Manchester, NH
Gallery Seven, “New England Wax Artists at Gallery Seven”, Maynard, MA
Danforth Museum of Art, “Community of Artists”, curated by Jessica Roscio Associate Curator, Danforth Art, Framingham, MA
Hourglass Gallery, “Blue Waters”, Melrose, MA
A Gallery, “One + One”, Provincetown, MA 
Rivertree Arts, “Chaos + Order: Contemporary Encaustic”, curated by Anne Zill, Kennebunkport, ME
Galatea Fine Art, “A Collaboration Exhibition with USEA Artists”, curated by Marjorie Kaye, Boston, MA

Site-Specific Works: The Hospital of Central Connecticut, Hartford HealthCare Cancer Insititute, New Britain, CT

2014

JCO’s Place For Fine Art, “Favorite Things”, Los Gatos, CA
Louisa Gould Gallery, “Abstract Visions: The Color and Forms Behind the Everyday”, curated by Roberta Gross, Vineyard Haven, MA
Hourglass Gallery, “Trees”, Melrose, MA 
Sharon Arts Center, “Transformations”, juror Kaveh Mojtabai, Peterborough, NH
Engine, “The Diptych Project II”, Biddeford, ME
Art3Gallery, “Portraying the Everyday”, Manchester, NH
Art3Gallery, “The Language of Color”, Manchester, NH
Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, “Breaking Boundaries”, jurors Lauren O’Neil and Sara Zela, Framingham, MA 

Site-Specific Works: Boston Financial Investment Management, Boston, MA

2013

Touch Art Gallery, “Arabesque”, Solo Exhibit, Cambridge, MA, 2013
Newton Free Library,”Holding Pattern”, Two-Person Exhibit with artist Dawna Bemis, Newton, MA, 2013
L’Attitude Gallery, “The Boat Show”, Boston, MA 
Art3Gallery, “Fresh A.I.R.”, Manchester, NH 
Portland Public Library, “Material Matters”, Portland, ME
Castle Hill Gallery, “Seven”, Seventh International Encaustic Conference Juried Exhibition, juror, Shawn Hill, Provincetown, MA 
A Gallery, “RED”, Provincetown, MA 
Amy Simon Fine Art, “Wax is Hot”, Westport, CT 
Art3Gallery, “Crossing the Line”, Manchester, NH

Site-Specific Works: Coverys Insurance, Boston, MA 
Winchester Imaging, Winchester Hospital, Woburn, MA
National Development, Woburn, MA

2012

Discover Portsmouth, “The Power of Ten”, curated by Kim Bernard, Portsmouth, NH
Art3Gallery, “Points of View”, Manchester, NH 
Evans Encaustics,“Color Dominates,” an online exhibition curated by Hylla Evans, Sonoma, CA 
The Schoolhouse Gallery, “Conference Instructors Exhibition”, Provincetown, MA
Art3Gallery, “2D/3D”, Manchester, NH A Gallery, “WAX”, Provincetown, MA
OKW Gallery, “Endurance”, USEA Small Works Exhibit, Boston, MA
The Mill Gallery, “Pattern”, Pawtucket, RI 
Nahcotta, “Enormous Tiny Art 11″, Portsmouth, NH
Chester F. Sidell Gallery, Essex Art Center, “Whimsy”, Lawrence, MA

Site-Specific Works: Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Quincy, MA
Novacare Rehabilitation, Lexington, MA
Oracle Corporation, Burlington, MA
Regency Mortgage Corporation, Portland, ME 
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA

2011

Buchanan Gallery, “Wax, Oil, & Wood”, Galveston Island, TX 
Art3Gallery, “Scene/Un-Seen”, Manchester, MA 
Projects Gallery, “Square Foot Art Basel Miami”, Miami, FL
Boston City Hall, Scolley Square Gallery, “SBAA Members Show”, Boston, MA 
Nourish, “Autumn Gratitude”, Lexington, MA
Framer’s Edge, “Semi-Annual Art Show”, Braintree, MA
Art3Gallery, “Life and Still Life”, Manchester, MA 
Galatea Fine Art, “The New England Collective II”, curated by Joanne Mattera, Boston, MA
Sampson Projects, “Art Chain Letter”, Boston, MA
ArtSpace Gallery, “Elemental Encaustic”, Maynard, MA
Art at 12 Gallery, “Hot Wax Cold Metal”, curated by Zola Solamente, Boston, MA
Nourish, “Harbingers of Spring”, Lexington, MA
McGladrey Art Gallery, “Luminous Landscape”, Charlestown, MA
Nahcotta, “Enormous Tiny Art 9 Show”, Portsmouth, NH

Site-Specific Works: Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Wellesley, MA 
Winchester Hospital Cancer Center, Winchester, MA 
UPenn Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

2010

AstraZeneca Hope Lodge/The American Cancer Society, Jamaica Plain, MA
The Arnold Arboretum Gallery, “Artists in the Arboretum” Jamaica Plain, MA
Pop Gallery, “Group Exhibition”, curated by Linda Cordner, Gloucester, MA
John Stobart Gallery, “The Luminous Landscape”, Edgartown, MA 
Nahcotta, “Enormous Tiny Art 8 Show”, Portsmouth, NH
The Distillery Gallery, SBAA Members Show, So. Boston, MA
WGBH Juried Fine Art Auction, Boston, MA 
Ellen Hyde Phillips Gallery, Fairfield Arts Council, N.E.W., Fairfield, CT
L’Attitude Gallery, “Growth”, Boston, MA 
OKW Fine Clothing & Gallery, USEA Small Works Exhibit, Boston, MA
Time Warner Gallery, “A Show of Mixed Media”, curated by Joanne Mattera, Lynn, MA
Kensington-Stobart Gallery, “The Luminous Landscape”, Salem, MA 
Nahcotta, “The Spring Show”, Portsmouth, NH
Chester F. Sidell Gallery, Essex Art Center, “Expressionism”, Lawrence, MA 

Site-Specific Works: Christopher A. Walsh Laboratory, Center for Life Sciences, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

2009

Lapkoff Fine Art,”Hot Wax & Steel”, Two-Person Exhibit with artist Kate Sullivan, Boston, MA, 2009
Scolley Square Gallery,” Inspired by Nature”, Boston City Hall, MA 
Andrews Art Museum, “Fall Exhibit”, Andrews, NC
Three Graces Gallery, “The Luminous Landscape”, Portsmouth, NH
Montserrat College of Art, “The Luminous Landscape”, Salem, MA
Art Complex Museum, “Ancient Medium, N.E.W. Terrain”, Duxbury, MA

2008

Harvard Neighbors’ Gallery, “The Luminous Landscape”, Solo Exhibit, Cambridge, MA, 2008
Newton Free Library,”The Luminous Landscape”, Solo Exhibit, Newton, MA, 2008
Red Door Gallery, Dover, MA Zullo Gallery, “Fall 2008 Show”, Medfield, MA 
Conrad Wilde Gallery, “Two of a Kind”, The Diptych Project, Tucson, AZ
Brian Marki Gallery, I.E.A. “The Diptych Project, Portland, OR 
Medicine Wheel Gallery, SBAA Members Show, So. Boston, MA
The Arnold Arboretum Gallery, “Visions of Spring”, Jamaica Plain, MA 
The Gallery on Chase Hill, “To The Beach”, Kennebunkport, ME 
Dickinson Art Gallery, “The Luminous Landscape”, Weymouth, MA
Hole in the Wall Studio Works Gallery, “Summer Show”, Raymond, ME 
Mill Brook Gallery, “Wax It ’08”, Invitational Exhibit, Concord, NH 
Montserrat College of Art, N.E.W. “The Diptych Project”, Salem, MA 
Whitney Art Works, N.E.W. “The Diptych Project”, Portland, ME 
Time Warner Gallery, LynnArts Inc., “The Luminous Landscape”, MA
Gibbs Gallery, Arlington Center for the Arts, “The Luminous Landscape”, MA 
Boston Logan International Airport, “Fall-Spring, 2008-09

2007

Laconia Gallery, “Small Works Show”, Boston, MA 
Boston Frame Works, “Small Works Show”, Boston, MA 
Mayor’s Office of Arts, & Tourism, “Works on Paper”, Boston, MA 
Mass. General Hospital, ”Illuminations 5th Year Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition”, Boston, MA 
Boston Frame Works Gallery,”The Art of Encaustic”, Boston, MA 
Whole in the Wall Studio Works Gallery,”Encaustics, The Art of Painting With Wax”, Raymond, ME 
Dickinson Art Gallery, “The Fabulous Four”, Weymouth, MA 
Boston Arts Gallery, “Grand Opening”, Somerville, MA 
Galletly Gallery, Encaustic II, New Hampton School, NH 
Winifsky Gallery, Encaustic I, Salem, MA

2006

Crump McCole Gallery, “3rd Anniv. Exhibition”, So. Boston, MA 
Boston Logan International Airport,”Fall-Winter”, Boston, MA 
Boston Open Studios Coalition Exhibition, Mayors Office, Boston, MA 
Boston Logan International Airport, “Summer”, Boston, MA 
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, SBAA Exhibit, Boston, MA 
Forbes House Museum, “River Art ”Milton, MA

2005

Akillian Gallery, Canton, MA

2004

The Trainside Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Haverhill, MA, 2004 
The Bravos Gallery, Two-Person Exhibit, Georgetown, MA, 2004

2003

The Trainside Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Haverhill, MA, 2003
Mass. General Hospital Cancer Center, “Illuminations”, Boston, MA The New Art Gallery, Boston, MA Trainside Gallery, Haverhill, MA 
Limner Gallery, “Spring Salon 2003”, NYC

2002

Tremont Gallery,“Empathy”, Boston, MA Mass. General Hospital Cancer Center, “Illuminations”, Boston, MA

Site-Specific Works: Massachusetts General Hospital, Gastrointestinal Unit, Boston, MA

2001

Whittier Health Center, Boston, MA The Ninth Life Fine Art Gallery, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

2000

Skipjack’s, Boston, MA Site-Specific Works: Whittier Health Center, Boston, MA

1998

Wind River Artist’s Guild, “2nd Annual National Art Exhibition”, Dubois, Wyoming Bowery Gallery, NYC, NY, “8th Annual National Juried Exhibition The Middle Street Gallery, “Sense of Place”, Washington, VA

1985

Massachusetts College of Art Senior 2-D & 3-D Art Show, Boston, MA Massachusetts College of Art Women’s Center, Spring 2-D Women’s Show

1985 Massachusetts College of Art Dept. of Art History, 2-D Show, Boston, MA

1983

Massachusetts College of Art, 3-D Sculpture Exhibition, Boston, MA Swain School of Design, 3-D Show, New Bedford, MA

Artwork purchased by many private collectors throughout the United States

Public Collections

ARTlab Compass, Boston, MA
Boston Magazine|Design Home 2013 (loan)
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Brigham Building for the Future, Boston, MA
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA
Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA (loan)
Christopher A. Walsh Laboratory, Center for Life Sciences, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Coverys Insurance, Boston, MA Gerard Galleries, Boston, MA (loan)
The Hospital of Central Connecticut, Hartford HealthCare Cancer Insititute, New Britain, CT
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Quincy, MA
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Wellesley, MA
Lando & Anastasi, LLP, Cambridge, MA (loan)
Masonic History Museum, Meriden, CT (loan)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Gastrointestinal Unit, Boston, MA
National Development, Woburn, MA
New England BioLabs, Beverly, MA (loan)
Novacare Rehabilitation, Lexington, MA
Oracle Corporation, Burlington, MA
Parexel International, Waltham, MA  (loan)
Regency Mortgage Corporation, Portland, ME
South Cove Community Health Center, Malden, MA
Whittier Health Center, Boston, MA
Winchester Hospital Cancer Center, Winchester, MA
Winchester Imaging, Winchester Hospital, Woburn, MA
UPenn Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

Articles/Publications

ShoutOut LA, “Meet Charyl Weissbach | Visual Artist Painter”, March 2024

Joanne Mattera, Italianita, Contemporary Art Inspired by the Italian Immigrant Experience, Well  Fed Artists Press, 2023

Douglas Mehrens, Encaustic Arts Magazine, Volume 20, Issue 1, Winter 2023

Brian Goslow, Artscope Magazine, Quincy, MA, Feature Article, “Encaustic Crossroads, Expressing Ecological Concerns through Wax at WSU ”, Nov/Dec 2019

Edward Clark, BostonVoyager,  “Art & Life with Charyl Weissbach”, July 2018

Elizabeth Michelman, ArtScope Magazine, Quincy, MA, Art Review, “An Ancient Medium Evolves, Compelling Progressions at Art Complex”, May/June 2016

The Newsletter of the Art Complex Museum at Duxbury, “Compelling Progressions: Explorations in Encaustic”, Duxbury, MA Winter 2016

Brooks Robards, Martha’s Vineyard Times, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, “Nine Artists Explore Abstraction At Louisa Gould Gallery, August 2014

Linda Chestney, Artscope Magazine, Quincy, MA, Featured Gallery, “Transformations”, Sept/Oct 2014

Debra Claffey, ProWax Journal, Issue 5: May 2014 John Wolfson, Boston Magazine, “Boston Design Home 2013″, September 2013

Mike Lauterborn, Fairfield County Life, Winter Edition, “Global Contemporary Art Finds Home At Amy Simon Fine Art”, February 2013

Mike Lauterborn, Minuteman News Center, New Haven, CT, “Wax is Hot!! Selections in Encaustic”, December 2012

Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Bulletin,”The Women in the Painting”, August 2012

R&F Handmade Paints, Encaustic Works 2011, curated by Joanne Mattera, June 2012

June Wulff, The Boston Globe, “Week Ahead Critics’ Picks”, Hot Wax/Cold Metal”, July 2011

Cate McCaid, The Boston Globe, “Week Ahead: Critics’ Picks”, Hot Wax/Cold Metal”, May 2011

Brian Goslow, Artscope Magazine, Quincy, MA, Capsule Previews, “Hot Wax, Cold Metal”, May 2011

Ashley Rooney, 100 Artists of New England, Schiffer Publishing, 2011

Chloe Johnson, The Wire, Portsmouth, NH, “Spring is Sweet for Portsmouth Galleries”, April 2010

Wendy Killeen, Boston Sunday Globe, Boston, MA, People & Places,” In Local Galleries”, June 2010

Brian Goslow, Artscope Magazine, Quincy, MA, “Third Annual Conference of Encaustic Painting”, May/June 2009

“Studio Visit” Artist Catalog, Juried Competition, The Open Studios Press, Winter, 2009, Spring, 2010 Laura L. Richter, The Andrews Journal, Andrews, NC, “Fall Exhibit A Huge Success”, Oct. 2009

Chloe Johnson, The Wire, Portsmouth, NH, “Artistic Landscapes”, August 2009

Fred Morantz, Wicked Local, Marshfield, MA, “Dickinson Gallery Presents the Luminous Landscape through February 29″, Feb. 2008

David Liscio, The Daily Item, “Luminous landscapes coming to LynnArts”, Mar. 2008

Ellen Meyers, Newton Free Library Newsletter January 2008, “Main Hall, The Luminous Landscape by Charyl Weissbach, January 3-30th, 2008

Carol, Masshardt, South Boston Arts Association Newsletter Volumes 4&5, 2002-2007

Artsview, Salem State College, New England Wax: Encaustic 1, Spring 2007 2nd Anniversary for Crump McCole Gallery, South Boston Online, Nov. 2005

Massachusetts General Hospital Gastrointestinal Unit, Painting Selected for Brochure; Website, Boston, MA, 2003

Rick Winterson, “Local Artist Has Solo Show”, South Boston Online, July 2003

Marcia Stanley, “Painter, folk artist share space at Trainside Gallery”, The Eagle-Tribune, July 2003

Carl Russo, “Gallery draws regional interest”, The Eagle Tribune, July 2003

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Illuminations Calendar & Brochure, Boston, 2003

Boston Literary Gazette, Volume 10 Summer 2003, South Boston, MA, 2003

Judy Kermis Blotnick, “Illuminations, shedding light on the human experience”, The Beacon Hill Times, January 2002

The South Boston Literary Gazette, Volume 8 Winter 2002,South Boston, MA, 2002

Neighborhood artists show work at MGH, The Beacon Hill Times, December 2001

 

Professional Experience

1998-Present   Weissbach Fine Art, LLC, Co-Founder, visual artist

2011-Present   Elemental Encaustic Collective, Co-Founder, Exhibiting Artist + presenter

2021 Artist Talk, An Arist’s Perspective: A Tour Through SEAChange”, Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA 

2021 Artist Talk, “SeaChange, Meditations on Sustainablility”, Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA

2018  Conference Presenter, “Mainly Metals”, 12th Internat’l Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA

2018 Post-Conference Teacher, “Mainly Metals”, 12th Internat’l Encaustic Conference, Truro, MA

2016  Panelist, “Compelling Progressions, Explorations in Wax”, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

2016  Panelist, “A Living History of the Encaustic Conference”, 10th Internat’l Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA

2014  Conference Presenter, “Mainly Metals”, 8th Internat’l Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA

2014   Post-Conference Teacher, Mainly Metals”, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA 2010-13 Proposal; Exhibition Committees, N.E.W. (New England Wax); www.newenglandwax.org

2012  Conference Presenter, “A Flash of Metal”, 6th Internat’l Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA

2012 Post-Conference Teacher, “Mainly Metals”, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA 2012 Guest Curator, “Whimsy”, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA

2011  Co-Curator, McGladrey Art Gallery “Luminous Landscape”, Charlestown, MA 2011 Co-Curator, Art at 12 Gallery,”Hot Wax/Cold Metal”, Boston, MA

2011  Post-Conference Teacher, “Mainly Metals”, 5th Internat’l Encaustic Conference, Truro, MA

2010  Coordinator, Co-Curator, “Salvage Metal & Encaustic Group”

2010  Co-Curator, Kensington-Stobart Gallery,  “The Luminous Landscape”, Salem, MA

2009 Co-Curator; Moderator, “The Luminous Landscape”, 3rd Annual Conference of Encaustic Painting, Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA

2009  Co-Curator, “The Luminous Landscape”, 3rd Annual Conference of Encaustic Painting, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

2009  Guest Speaker, Massachusetts College of Art; Design, FA2D Senior Seminar, Boston, MA

2008  Guest Speaker, “The Luminous Landscape Project”, 2nd Annual Conference of Encaustic Painting, Montserrat College of Art, Salem, MA

2008 Guest Co-Curator, “The Luminous Landscape”, Dickinson Art Gallery, Weymouth, MA

2008 Guest Co-Curator, “The Luminous Landscape”, Lynn Arts Inc. Community Arts Center, Lynn, MA.

2008 Guest Co-Curator, “The Luminous Landscape”, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA

2008-11  Co-Founder, Co-Curator, “The Luminous Landscape” an international conceptual group initiative that explored the diversity of nature in the context of encaustic painting.

1991-2002  Massachusetts General Hospital, Dept. of Pathology, medical technologist

1990-91  Hermes of Paris, Boston, MA, sales associate, staff visual merchandiser

1988-89    The Leather Shop, Concord, MA, assistant fashion designer

1985-1988   Filene’s, Chestnut Hill, MA, staff visual merchandiser

 

Memberships

2006-present  Charter Member New England Wax

2005-present  Charter Member SoWa Artists Guild

2005-2022  United South End Artists

2002-2017  Charter Member South Boston Arts Assoc.

 

Education

2000     Boston University, Biotechnology Undergraduate Certificate, concentration in Molecular Biology, Boston, MA 

1985      Massachusetts College of Art & Design, BFA Painting and the History of Art, Boston, MA

1982      Swain School of Design (UMass at Dartmouth), concentration in sculpture, Dartmouth, MA

1981      Mount Ida Campus of UMass, Associate Degree, Fashion Design, Amherst, MA