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EXHIBITIONS

DOWNTOWN GALLERY—“It’s All In Your Head”, New Britain, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2010

WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“Conjurings” - New Haven, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2008

PUMP HOUSE GALLERY—Hartford, CT, (Two person show) 2004

EXPOSURE LTD. — Manchester, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2004

UCONN, STEVENS GALLERY, —HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY, Storrs, CT, Solo Exhibition, 2004

WARNER THEATRE ATRIUM GALLERY, — Torrington, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2004

LEEVER ATRIUM GALLERY, NAUGATUCK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, — Waterbury, CT *Solo Exhibition, 2003

ELLEN TRAUT COLLECTION, ETC GALLERY, — Hartford, CT *Solo Exhibition, 2002

MOIRA FITZSIMMONS ARONS GALLERY, at Hamden Country Day School, — Hamden, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2002

PUMP HOUSE GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Two person show) 2002

ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY—Newbury Street, Boston, MA, *Solo Exhibition, 2001

ARTWELL AT WARNER THEATER ATRIUM —Torrington, CT *Solo Exhibition, 2001

ARTS OF TOLLAND—Tolland, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2001

DODD’S HALL GALLERY—University of New Haven, CT (Two person show) 2000

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 1999

THE JOHN BRYAN GALLERY—Farmington, CT,  *Solo Exhibition, 1998

PIERCE STREET GALLERY AT NUTMEG TELEVISION—Plainville, CT  *Solo Exhibition, 1998

ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY—Newbury Street, Boston, MA ,  *Solo Exhibition, 1997

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT *Solo Exhibition, 1997

NAUGATUCK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE—Waterbury, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 1996

PUMP HOUSE GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Two person show) 1995

ZUZU’S CAFE GALLERY—Hartford, CT, *Solo Exhibition 1995

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, *Solo Exhibition 1994

PROMENADE GALLERY—BUSHNELL HALL (Two person show) Hartford, CT, 1993

ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY—Newbury Street, Boston, MA, *Solo Exhibition, 1992

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 1991

WEST HARTFORD LIBRARY—West Hartford, CT,  *Solo Exhibition 1988

 

 

JURIED GROUP SHOWS

 

ART LEAGUE OF NEW BRITAIN, 7th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition.  Juror Liza Statton, Curator Artspace in New Haven, 2009

ARTWORKS GALLERY— Invitational Exhibition, Hartford, CT, 2008

SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM, — Norwich Free Academy, CT, 64th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Juried by Tom Hebert , “Not Yet Extinct”,  2007

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Zina Davis, Director Joseloff Gallery,

“Golden Egg Key Hole Enigma”, 2006

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Joanna Marsh, “Cerebral Romanticism”, 2004

WILLIAMSBURG ART & HISTORICAL CENTER,  Brave Destiny The Largest Show of Living  Surrealist, Fantastic and Visionary Artists in the World, Brooklyn,, New York, “Evolution of the Carnival”, 2003

ARTWELL GALLERY—Torrington, CT, Juried by Sal Scalora, UConn “It’s All in the Head” 2000

ARTWELL GALLERY—Torrington, CT, Juried by Kristin Heming, Director of Pace Prints NYC “The Fool” 1999

ART GUILD—Farmington, CT, Juried by Michael Shortell “Black Cat Full Moon” 1998

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Jeffrey W. Andersen, Director of the Florence Griswold Museum 1997 “Problem Solving/ The Bucket”

CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS at NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Barbara Scavotto-Earley and Jack McConnell “Heart, Strings and Key”, 1996

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Judith Sobol, Director of the Newport  Museum, R.I., “The Ambassador , Crab Apple and the Holy Pear”,  1996

JORGENSEN HALL at University of Connecticut—Storrs, CT “Every Full Moon & Jack B. Quick”,  1996

CANTON GALLERY ON THE GREEN—Canton, CT, Juried by Cleve Gray “Primordial Stew”, 1995

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Benjamin Ortiz, Director of the Housatonic Museum “Jack B. Quick”, 1995

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Robert F. Manning, Professor Emeritus and former Director of New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College—Manchester, CT

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Whitey Jenkins, “Cultivating A Thought”, 1994

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Emily Hall Tremaine, Curator, Andrea Miller-Keller, Matrix Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum “Stay In Line”, 1993

NATIONAL FABER BIRREN COLOR AWARD SHOW, STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, Juried by Barbara Haskell Curator of The Whitney  Museum “Things That Float”,  1992

ART GUILD—Farmington, CT, Juried by Jude Schwendenwien “Birth of a Rose”,  1992

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Zina Davis, Director of the Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT, “Balancing Two Hearts”, 1993

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Ann Smith, Curator at  Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, “The Puffin Knows Something” & “Glad To See You” 1992

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Daniel Dubois, Director of The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT “Night, Night”, 1992

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Ann Smith, Director of the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT “Mr. Tree Head Meets Luna”, 1991

ART/PLACE—Southport, CT “Boyhood Dreams” 1991

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Carol Anthony “Searching For Oneself” 1990

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Deborah Frizzel, “The Escape” 1989

 

SELECT GROUP SHOWS

 ARTSPACE HARTFORD — “Art Under the Big Top “, CT, 2007

WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“Third Summer In” - New Haven, CT, 2007

ARTSPACE HARTFORD, — “OPEN YOUR MIND “, CT, 2006

WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“Art Less Ordinary” - New Haven, CT, 2006

ARTWORKS GALLERY —30TH ANNIVERSARY, President’s Wall at Art Space, Hartford, CT, 2006

ALDRICH CONTEMORARY ART MUSEUM, —Heartbeat, Ridgefield, CT, 2006

NEW ENGLAND CAROUSEL MUSEUM, —Bristol, CT, 2006

LOTUS FINE ART & DESIGN, — Woodstock, NY, 2006

POLONAISE GALLERY, — Woodstock, VT, 2006

WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“ White Heat” - New Haven, CT, 2006

ARTWORKS GALLERY, “WINTER BLUES” — Hartford, CT, 2005

ARTSPACE, OIL DRUM ART EXHIBITION — Hartford, CT, 2005

WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“ Surreal, Edgy, Necessary” - New Haven, CT, 2005

J.WHITNEY GALLERY, “3 WILD AND CRAZY GUYS”, — Southington, CT, 2005

COW PARADE WEST HARTFORD, "The Cows Come Home", 2003

ARTWORKS GALLERY, “CORPUS CALLOSUM” — Hartford, CT, 2003

WARNER THEATER ATRIUM, “ORBJECT D ART”, (Third Place Award) —Torrington, CT, 2002

ARTS OF TO GREATER HARTFORD ARTS COUNCIL, SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION, Curated by Susan Scott, 2001

ARTWELL AT WARNER THEATER ATRIUM —Torrington, CT 2001

DODD’S HALL GALLERY—University of New Haven, CT (Two person show) 2000

COW PARADE NEW YORK 2000—New York City 2000

MONIQUE GOLDSTROM GALLERY, Black and White Show—SoHo, New York 2000

WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Art, Wine & Love, Sponsored by the Wadsworth Atheneum Art Club— Hartford, CT 1999

NEW SPACE GALLERY, What the Hell Are You Laughing At?, Invited by Director Ed Hogan, 

Manchester Community Technical College— CT 1999

PIERCE STREET GALLERY AT NUTMEG TELEVISION—Plainville, CT  *Solo Exhibition, 1998

SMALL WALLS GALLERY, One Mile From The River, Invited by Director Susan Scott — Hartford, CT, 1998

EXPOSURE LTD., Summer Time/ Illusions II, 3 person show, Invited by Curator Nancy Doherty—Manchester, CT, 1998

SPARROW-GATE GALLERY, Invited by Director Jeanne Prom—Simsbury, CT, 1998

SMALL WALLS GALLERY, Faraway Places and Other Dreams, Invited by Director Susan Scott — Hartford, CT, 1998

ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY—Newbury Street, Boston, MA ,  *Solo Exhibition, 1997

KOUGEAS GALLERY, WINTER INVITATIONAL—East Boston, MA, Invited by Gallery Director, Pamela Sienna 1996-1997

METRO PARK GALLERY, Invited by Curator Robert Nowlin — Hartford, CT, 1987, 1988

SENATOR LIEBERMAN’S OFFICE OF THE U.S. SENATE, CONNECTICUT ARTIST SHOWCASE — Hartford, CT 1996

 

 

AWARDS

SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— Best in Oils Award, (Destinator) 2009

OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— People’s Choice Award, (World Over A Barrel) 2009

OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— Aesthetic First Prize, (Observatorium) awarded by Gary Jacobs, 2005

OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— People’s Choice Award, (Observatorium) 2005

SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— BankNorth Award, (Tire Swing) 2004

ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington, Peoples Choice Award, (Conservation) 2003

SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— Best In Oils Award, (Rungs) 2003

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT, Awarded by The Greater Hartford Arts Council 2002

WARNER THEATER” ORBJECT D ART”, Third Place Award Peoples Bank (The Parade) —Torrington, CT 2002

ARTWORKS GALLERY 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Hartford, CT - Peoples Choice Award, (Going to the Show) 2001

CALLAHAN AWARD, East Hartford Art League Spring Show 2000

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT, Awarded by The Greater Hartford Arts Council 1999

ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington Bank Award, —Torrington, CT, Juried by Kristin Heming,

Director of Pace Prints NYC, (The Fool) 1999

HONORABLE MENTION, ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Awarded by Laurene Buckley, Curator of

The New Britain Museum of American Art—New Britain, CT (Drifting Along) 1994

FIRST PRIZE PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD DEMETER’S DOOR—Simsbury, CT (The Escape) 1990

HONORABLE MENTION, NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM (The Escape) 1989

HONORABLE MENTION, NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM (Departure), 1988

 

JUDGE /JUROR

AWARDING JUDGE – East Hartford Art League, 2009, 2010

AWARDING JUDGE – Cheshire Art League, 2007

AWARDING JUDGE - Arts & Crafts, Southington Apple Harvest Festival, 2006

AWARDING JUDGE - Arts & Crafts, Southington Apple Harvest Festival, 2005

Served as JUROR for The Art Guild Gallery Annual “Open-ended” Exhibition, Farmington, CT 1999

Served as JUROR for The New Britain Art League’s 8th Annual Exhibition at Carriage House Gallery, 1998

 

JURIED GROUP SHOWS

New Britain Art League 7th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition.  Juror Liza Statton, Curator Artspace in New Haven, 2009

ARTWORKS GALLERY— Invitational Exhibition, Hartford, CT, 2008

SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM, — Norwich Free Academy, CT, 64th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition,

Juried by Tom Hebert , “Not Yet Extinct”,  2007

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Zina Davis, Director Joseloff Gallery,

“Golden Egg Key Hole Enigma”, 2006

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Joanna Marsh, “Cerebral Romanticism”, 2004

WILLIAMSBURG ART & HISTORICAL CENTER,  Brave Destiny The Largest Show of Living  Surrealist, Fantastic and Visionary Artists in the World, Brooklyn,, New York, “Evolution of the Carnival”, 2003
ARTWELL GALLERY—Torrington, CT, Juried by Sal Scalora, UConn “It’s All in the Head” 2000

ARTWELL GALLERY—Torrington, CT, Juried by Kristin Heming, Director of Pace Prints NYC “The Fool” 1999

ART GUILD—Farmington, CT, Juried by Michael Shortell “Black Cat Full Moon” 1998

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Jeffrey W. Andersen, Director of the Florence Griswold Museum 1997 “Problem Solving/ The Bucket”

CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS at NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Barbara Scavotto-Earley and Jack McConnell “Heart, Strings and Key”, 1996

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Judith Sobol, Director of the Newport  Museum, R.I., “The Ambassador , Crab Apple and the Holy Pear”,  1996

JORGENSEN HALL at University of Connecticut—Storrs, CT “Every Full Moon & Jack B. Quick”,  1996

CANTON GALLERY ON THE GREEN—Canton, CT, Juried by Cleve Gray “Primordial Stew”, 1995

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Benjamin Ortiz, Director of the Housatonic Museum “Jack B. Quick”, 1995

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Robert F. Manning, Professor Emeritus and former Director of New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College—Manchester, CT

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Whitey Jenkins, “Cultivating A Thought”, 1994

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Emily Hall Tremaine, Curator, Andrea Miller-Keller, Matrix Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum “Stay In Line”, 1993

NATIONAL FABER BIRREN COLOR AWARD SHOW, STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, Juried by Barbara Haskell Curator of The Whitney  Museum “Things That Float”,  1992

ART GUILD—Farmington, CT, Juried by Jude Schwendenwien “Birth of a Rose”,  1992

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Zina Davis, Director of the Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT, “Balancing Two Hearts”, 1993

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Ann Smith, Curator at  Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, “The Puffin Knows Something” & “Glad To See You” 1992

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Daniel Dubois, Director of The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT “Night, Night”, 1992

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Ann Smith, Director of the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT “Mr. Tree Head Meets Luna”, 1991

ART/PLACE—Southport, CT “Boyhood Dreams” 1991

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Carol Anthony “Searching For Oneself” 1990

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Deborah Frizzel, “The Escape” 1989

 

AWARDS

SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— Best in Oils Award, (Destinator) 2009

OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— People’s Choice Award, (World Over A Barrel) 2009

OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— Aesthetic First Prize, (Observatorium) awarded by Gary Jacobs, 2005

OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— People’s Choice Award, (Observatorium) 2005

SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— BankNorth Award, (Tire Swing) 2004

ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington, Peoples Choice Award, (Conservation) 2003

SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— Best In Oils Award, (Rungs) 2003

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT, Awarded by The Greater Hartford Arts Council 2002

Warner Theater” Orbject d Art”, Third Place Award Peoples Bank (The Parade) —Torrington, CT 2002

ARTWORKS GALLERY 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Hartford, CT - Peoples Choice Award, (Going to the Show) 2001

CALLAHAN AWARD, East Hartford Art League Spring Show 2000

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT, Awarded by The Greater Hartford Arts Council 1999

ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington Bank Award, —Torrington, CT, Juried by Kristin Heming,

Director of Pace Prints NYC, (The Fool) 1999

HONORABLE MENTION, ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Awarded by Laurene Buckley, Curator of

The New Britain Museum of American Art—New Britain, CT (Drifting Along) 1994

FIRST PRIZE PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD DEMETER’S DOOR—Simsbury, CT (The Escape) 1990

HONORABLE MENTION, NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM (The Escape) 1989

HONORABLE MENTION, NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM (Departure), 1988

 

RADIO AND TELEVISION

WVIT CHANEL 30- WEEKEND FEATURE , White Space Gallery. 2008

SPOT LIGHT, WMRD/WLIS RADIO, With Virginia Wolf,  Middletown, CT 2007

BEYOND THE HEADLINES, on the WB 20 FOX affiliate, round table interview for CowParade, Hartford, CT 2003

LIVE THE JOURNEY, Interviewed live on Talk Radio, WNHU, New Haven, CT 2000

THE COLIN McENROE SHOW LIVE FROM  ZUZU’S , Interviewed live on Talk Radio, Hartford, CT 1995

 

MISCELLANEOUS

MARQUIS WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART, 2007-2009

PILOT PEN, WHITE SPACE GALLERY Exhibition work selected for exhibition in Player's Only Lounge 2006

UCONN TRI-CAMPUS, West Hartford, Mural Project for Psychology Department, “Contemplation of a Mindscape”, 2004

FIRST NIGHT HARTFORD, The Clock Project, 2004

CITY OF HARTFORD PERMANENT ART COLLECTION, North End Senior Center, installed 2002

GHAC ART AT WORK, UTC Gold Building, Hartford 2002

Legos Corporation- paintings exhibited on corporate rental program, Bloomfield, CT, 2001

Greater Hartford Arts Council - paintings on loan, 2001-2004

WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Gala Salvador Dali, created center piece for event, auctioned to benefit Greater Hartford Art Council—Hartford, CT 2000

President 1997-1999, Vice President 1993-1997, President 1992 of Artworks Gallery Cooperative—Hartford, CT

Colt Building Open Studio Weekend, invited by coordinator Cynthia Bulaong, Hartford, CT 1997

Part of Permanent Collection at Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College, Waterbury, CT installed 1996

Archival reference, interview documented on CD Rom 1997

Colt Building Open Studio Weekend, invited by coordinator Cynthia Bulaong, Hartford, CT 1996

Featured in Hull Printing  Calendar 1993

Featured in Wolf Color Print Calendar 1991

 

ARTIST TALK / LECTURES / LIVE CRITIQUES

HAMDEN ART LEAGUE, 2009

CHESHIRE ART LEAGUE, 2007

MANCHESTER ART LEAGUE, 2005

CONNECTICUT ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FALL CONFERENCE, Farmington Marriott, 2004

SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION, 2003

Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College, Waterbury, CT 2003

ELLEN TRAUT COLLECTION, ETC GALLERY, “First Thursday October”, Hartford, CT 2002

THE GREATER HARTFORD ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, Hartford, CT 2002

MOIRA FITZSIMMONS ARONS GALLERY, at Hamden Country Day School, Hamden, CT 2002

Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College, Waterbury, CT 1996

Meriden Art Association, Meriden, CT 1995

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SURREALIST EXHIBIT AT DOWNTOWN GALLERY, Stephen Hard, New Britain Herald, 2010

AN ILLOGIGAL PAINTER,  Regional Express, Sue Braden, 2008

THIRD SUMMER’S A CHARM, Overall Complexities, by Leah Lopez Schmalz, Guilford Courier, 2007

MARQUIS WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART, 2007-2008

KOOL- RECORD JOURNAL, feature Cloning the Drama, Southington’s Inventive Exhibition 2006

ART IS MAGAZINE, Altered Awareness, Volume1 Issue 5, Nancy L. Rodgers August –September 2005

ART IS MAGAZINE, The Walls Have Eyes and Ears, Volume1 Issue 1, Will Stiegerwald, December 2004 – January 2005

SOUTHINGTON CITIZEN, Painter’s Award Winning Work Balances Art and Function, Pamela Morello, 2005

HARTFORD MAGAZINE, From Rubbish to Art, 2005

THE OBSERVER, Works by Southington Artist on Display at UConn’s Stevens Gallery,  June 2004

SOUTHINGTON CITIZEN, It’s the Surreal World of Art, Pamela Morello, June 2004

HARTFORD MAGAZINE, Flash, November 2003

HARTFORD MAGAZINE, Max’s Ocean CowMotion featured on cover, September 2003

THE OBSERVER, HOLY COW!  Front page, Southington, August, 29, 2003

HARTFORD COURANT, JAVA, Pat Seremet, A Fem Fatale and Some Pretty DNA-Artworks Works! March 25, 2002

HARTFORD COURANT, ON THE EDGE AT ARTWORKS GALLERY, Alexis Briggie, March 25, 2002

ART CALENDAR MAGAZINE, featured “The Proposition” on cover February 2002

HARTFORD COURANT, A SCRAPPY ARTIST, JAVA, Pat Seremet, November 1, 1999

JOURNAL INQUIRER, VISIT SOME PLACES PRODUCED BY THE IMAGINATION, Steve Starger, March 6, 1998

ART NEW ENGLAND-REGIONAL REVIEW, CLINTON DECKERT AT ARTWORKS GALLERY, Steve Starger, June-July 1997

NEW YORK TIMES, THIS WEEK IN CONNECTICUT, In The Galleries:  When the World Was Flat , painting featured for “SURREAL MINDSCAPES, I DREAMT I WAS DREAMING” Solo Show, March 23, 1997

JOURNAL INQUIRER, SURREALIST INJECTS HIS DAZZLING PAINTINGS WITH A SENSE OF FUN, Steve Starger,

 March 21, 1997

NEW YORK TIMES, THIS WEEK IN CONNECTICUT, DREAMING:  Taking a Nap painting featured for Artworks Gallery 20th Annual Membership Exhibition, September 1, 1996

Cover of THE HARTFORD ADVOCATE, BEST OF HARTFORD (Readers Poll), Representing Artworks Gallery, March 28, 1996

JOURNAL INQUIRER, INTRIGUING LANDSCAPES STEM FROM ARTISTS’ FERTILE IMAGINATION, Steve Starger, December 8, 1995

HARTFORD COURANT, COFFEE AND ART A FINE BLEND AT ZUZU’S, Pat Seremet, January 30, 1995

THE HERALD, DECKERT EXHIBITS PAINTINGS, New Britain, CT, December 8, 1995

HARTFORD ADVOCATE, ARTS WATCH, SURREAL OBJECTS, Janet Renolds, November 11, 1993

BUSHNELL PROMPTER, Fall, 1993

ART NEW ENGLAND-REGIONAL REVIEW, CLINTON DECKERT AT ARTWORKS GALLERY, Jude Schwendenwien, April-May, 1992

ART NEW ENGLAND-REGIONAL REVIEW, 16th ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION, ART WORKS GALLERY, Jude Schwendenwien, December/January, 1993

ART NEW ENGLAND-REGIONAL REVIEW, Jude Schwendenwien, THE PROMENADE GALLERY, CLINTON DECKERT, SURREAL MINDSCAPES,  April/May, 1994

HARTFORD ADVOCATE, CRITICS CHOICE:

—All Directions, September 3, 1998

—When the World Was Flat, March 19, 1997

—Drifting Along, October, 1994

—Pondering the First Idea, 1992

—Boyhood Dreams, November 7, 1991

STAMFORD ADVOCATE, SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW, 1992

HARTFORD COURANT, ENTHUSIASM, DIVERSITY MARK ARTWORKS SHOW, Jude Schwendenwien, March 25, 1990

HARTFORD COURANT, SOUTHPORTS ART/PLACE PULLS A SAFE “SWITCH”, Jude Schwendenwien, July 17,1991

THE HERALD, MODERN LIVING, New Britain, CT, August 11, 1988

 ARTWORKS GALLERY BOARD OF DIRECTORS SERVICE RECORD 1990-2005

 2 - Two Year non-consecutive terms (4 years) as President, 1991-1992, 1998-1999

2 - Two Year terms (4 years) as Vice President / Interim President, 1993-1997

3 Years - Program Committee Chair

2 Years - Membership Committee Chair, 2002-2003

1 Year – Member at Large, 2004

REPRESENTATION

SAM HELLER FINE ART,  Chicago, IL

LOTUS FINE ART, Woodstock, New York


RESUME / CV

EXHIBITIONS


DOWNTOWN GALLERY, It's all in your head, Solo exhibition, NEW BRITAIN, CT, 2010

white space gallery, "Conjurings", (Solo Exhibition), new haven, CT, 2008

ARTWORKS GALLERY, Invitational exhibition — Hartford, CT, 2008
ARTSPACE GALLERY, "ART UNDER THE BIG TOP", — hARTFORD, CT, 2007
WHITE SPACE GALLERY,
Third Summer In, — New Haven, CT, 2007

Artspace hartford, “Open your mind “, Ct,
ARTWORKS GALLERY 30TH ANNIVERSARY, President’s Wall at Art Space, Hartford, CT, 2006
Aldrich Contemorary art museum, Heartbeat, — Ridgefield, Ct, 2006
New England carousel museum, — Bristol, CT, 2006
Lotus fine art & design, — woodstock, ny, 2006
POLONAISE GALLERY, — woodstock, VT, 2006
WHITE SPACE GALLERY— “White Heat” - New Haven, CT, 2006
ARTWORKS GALLERY, “Winter Blues” — Hartford, CT, 2005
ARTSPACE, OIL DRUM ART EXHIBITION — Hartford, CT, 2005
WHITE SPACE GALLERY— “Surreal, Edgy, Necessary” - New Haven, CT, 2005
J.WHITNEY GALLERY, “3 WILD AND CRAZY GUYS”, — Southington, CT, 2005
PUMP HOUSE GALLERY—Hartford, CT, 2004EXPOSURE LTD. — Manchester, CT, 2004
UCONN, STEVENS GALLERY, HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY, Storrs, CT, (Solo Exhibition) 2004
WARNER THEATRE ATRIUM GALLERY, — Torrington, CT (Solo Exhibition) 2004
LEEVER ATRIUM GALLERY, NAUGATUCK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, — Waterbury, CT (Solo Exhibition) 2003
COW PARADE WEST HARTFORD, "The Cows Come Home", 2003
ARTWORKS GALLERY, “Corpus Callosum” — Hartford, CT, 2003
ELLEN TRAUT COLLECTION, ETC GALLERY, — Hartford, CT (Solo Exhibition) 2002
MOIRA FITZSIMMONS ARONS GALLERY, at Hamden Country Day School, — Hamden, CT, (Solo Exhibition) 2002
PUMP HOUSE GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Two person show) 2002
Warner Theater atrium, “Orbject d Art”, (Third Place Award) —Torrington, CT 2002
ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY—Newbury Street, Boston, MA (Solo Exhibition) 2001
ARTS OF TO Greater hartford arts council, small works exhibition, curated by Susan Scott, 2001
ARTWELL AT Warner Theater atrium —Torrington, CT 2001
ARTS OF TOLLAND—Tolland, CT (Solo Exhibition) 2001
DODD’S HALL GALLERY—University of New Haven, CT (Two person show) 2000
COW PARADE NEW YORK 2000—New York City 2000
MONIQUE GOLDSTROM GALLERY, Black and White Show—SoHo, New York 2000
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Solo Exhibition) 1999
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Art, Wine & Love, Sponsored by the Wadsworth Atheneum Art Club— Hartford, CT 1999
NEW SPACE GALLERY, What the Hell Are You Laughing At?, Invited by Director Ed Hogan, Manchester Community College— CT 1999
THE JOHN BRYAN GALLERY—Farmington, CT (Solo show) 1998
PIERCE STREET GALLERY AT NUTMEG TELEVISION—Plainville, CT (Solo show) 1998
SMALL WALLS GALLERY, One Mile From The River, Invited by Director Susan Scott — Hartford, CT, 1998
EXPOSURE LTD., Summer Time/ Illusions II, 3 person show, Invited by Curator Nancy Doherty—Manchester, CT, 1998
SMALL WALLS GALLERY, Faraway Places and Other Dreams, Invited by Director Susan Scott — Hartford, CT, 1998
ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY—Newbury Street, Boston, MA (Solo show) 1997
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Solo show) 1997
NAUGATUCK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE—Waterbury, CT (Solo show) 1996
KOUGEAS GALLERY, WINTER INVITATIONAL—East Boston, MA, Invited by Gallery Director, Pamela Sienna 1996-1997
SENATOR LIEBERMAN’S OFFICE OF THE U.S. SENATE, CONNECTICUT ARTIST SHOWCASE — Hartford, CT 1996
PUMP HOUSE GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Two person show) 1995
ZUZU’S CAFE GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Solo show) 1995
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Solo show) 1994
PROMENADE GALLERY—BUSHNELL HALL (Two person show) Hartford, CT 1993
ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY—Newbury Street, Boston, MA (Solo show) 1992
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT (Solo show) 1991

JURIED GROUP SHOWS


SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM, — Norwich Free Academy, CT, 64th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Juried by Tom Hebert , “Not Yet Extinct”, 2007
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Zina Davis, Director Joseloff Gallery,“Golden Egg Key Hole Enigma”, 2006
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Joanna Marsh, “Cerebral Romanticism”, 2004
ARTWELL GALLERY—Torrington, CT, Juried by Sal Scalora, UConn “It’s All in the Head” 2000
ARTWELL GALLERY—Torrington, CT, Juried by Kristin Heming, Director of Pace Prints NYC “The Fool” 1999
ART GUILD—Farmington, CT, Juried by Michael Shortell “Black Cat Full Moon” 1998
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Jeffrey W. Andersen, Director of the Florence Griswold Museum 1997 “Problem Solving/ The Bucket”

CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS at NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Barbara Scavotto-Earley and Jack McConnell “Heart, Strings and Key”, 1996

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Judith Sobol, Director of the Newport Museum, R.I., “The Ambassador , Crab Apple and the Holy Pear”, 1996
JORGENSEN HALL at University of Connecticut—Storrs, CT “Every Full Moon & Jack B. Quick”, 1996
CANTON GALLERY ON THE GREEN—Canton, CT, Juried by Cleve Gray “Primordial Stew”, 1995

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Benjamin Ortiz, Director of the Housatonic Museum “Jack B. Quick”, 1995

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Robert F. Manning, Professor Emeritus and former Director of New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College—Manchester, CT 1995

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Whitey Jenkins, “Cultivating A Thought”, 1994
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Emily Hall Tremaine, Curator, Andrea Miller-Keller, Matrix Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum “Stay In Line”, 1993

NATIONAL FABER BIRREN COLOR AWARD SHOW, STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, Juried by Barbara Haskell Curator of The Whitney Museum “Things That Float”, 1992

ART GUILD—Farmington, CT, Juried by Jude Schwendenwien “Birth of a Rose”, 1992

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Zina Davis, Director of the Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT, “Balancing Two Hearts”, 1993

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Ann Smith, Curator at Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, “The Puffin Knows Something” & “Glad To See You” 1992

ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Daniel Dubois, Director of The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT “Night, Night”, 1992

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Ann Smith, Director of the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT “Mr. Tree Head Meets Luna”, 1991

ART/PLACE—Southport, CT “Boyhood Dreams” 1991NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Carol Anthony “Searching For Oneself” 1990

NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Deborah Frizzel, “The Escape” 1989


AWARDS


OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— People’s Choice Award, World Over a Barrel) 2009
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— Best In Oils Award, (Destinator) 2009
OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— Aesthetic First Prize, (Observatorium) awarded by Gary Jacobs, 2005
OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford— People’s Choice Award, (Observatorium) 2005
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— BankNorth Award, (Tire Swing) 2004
ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington, Peoples Choice Award, (Conservation) 2003
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION— Best In Oils Award, (Rungs) 2003
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT, Awarded by The Greater Hartford Arts Council 2002
Warner Theater” Orbject d Art”, Third Place Award Peoples Bank (The Parade) —Torrington, CT 2002
ARTWORKS GALLERY 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Hartford, CT - Peoples Choice Award, (Going to the Show) 2001
CALLAHAN AWARD, East Hartford Art League Spring Show 2000
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT, Awarded by The Greater Hartford Arts Council 1999
ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington Bank Award, —Torrington, CT, Juried by Kristin Heming,Director of Pace Prints NYC, (The Fool) 1999
HONORABLE MENTION, ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Awarded by Laurene Buckley, Curator of The New Britain Museum of American Art—New Britain, CT (Drifting Along) 1994
FIRST PRIZE PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD DEMETER’S DOOR—Simsbury, CT (The Escape) 1990
HONORABLE MENTION, NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM (The Escape) 1989

HONORABLE MENTION, NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM (Departure), 1988


JUDGE - JUROR


AWARDING JUDGE - East Hartford Arts Festival, 2009
AWARDING JUDGE - Cheshire Art League Annual Members Show, 2007
AWARDING JUDGE - Arts & Crafts, Southington Apple Harvest Festival, 2006
AWARDING JUDGE - Arts & Crafts, Southington Apple Harvest Festival, 2005
AWARDING JUDGE - East Hartford Arts Festival, 2004
Served as Jurorfor the Art Guild Gallery Annual "Open-Ended" ExhibitionFarmington, CT 1999

Served as JUROR for The New Britain Art League’s 8th Annual Exhibition at Carriage House Gallery, 1998


RADIO AND TELEVISION


BEYOND THE HEADLINES, on the WB 20 FOX affiliate, round table interview for CowParade, 2003

LIVE THE JOURNEY, Interviewed live on Talk Radio, WNHU, New Haven, CT 2000

THE COLIN MCENROE SHOW LIVE FROM ZUZU’S , Interviewed live on Talk Radio, 1995

COLLECTIONS


UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER, “Horse Spirit”, 2007

UCONN TRI-CAMPUS, West Hartford, Mural Project for Psychology Department, “Contemplation of a Mindscape”, 2004

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT, “Color Machine”, 2003

CITY OF HARTFORD PERMANENT ART COLLECTION, North End Senior Center, 2002

NAUGATUCK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Waterbury, CT, “The Runner”, 1996

MISCELLANEOUS


PILOT PEN, WHITE SPACE GALLERY Exhibition work selected for exhibition in Player's Only Lounge 2006

FIRST NIGHT HARTFORD, Clock Project, 2004

GHAC ART AT WORK, UTC Gold Building, Hartford 2002

Greater Hartford Arts Council - paintings on loan, 2001-2004

WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Gala Salvador Dali, created center piece for event, auctioned to benefit Greater Hartford Art Council—Hartford, CT 2000


ARTIST TALK / LECTURES

HAMDEN ART LEAGUE, 2009
CHESHIRE ART LEAGUE, 2007
MANCHESTER
ART ASSOCIATION, 2006
CHESHIRE ART LEAGUE, 2005MANCHESTER ART LEAGUE, 2005
CONNECTICUT ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FALL CONFERENCE, Farmington Marriott, 2004
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION, 2003
Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College, Waterbury, CT 2003
ELLEN TRAUT COLLECTION, ETC GALLERY, “First Thursday October”, Hartford, CT 2002
THE GREATER HARTFORD ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, Hartford, CT 2002
MOIRA FITZSIMMONS ARONS GALLERY, at Hamden Country Day School, Hamden, CT 2002
Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College, Waterbury, CT 1996

Meriden Art Association, Meriden, CT 1995


BIBLIOGRAPHY


AN ILLOGICAL PAINTER, Regional Express, Sue Braden, 2008
THIRD SUMMER'S A CHARM, Overall Complexities, Leah Lopez Schmalz, Guilfor Courier, 2007
MARQUIS WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN
ART, 2007-2008
KOOL- RECORD JOURNAL, feature Cloning the Drama, Southington’s Inventive Exhibition 2006
ART IS MAGAZINE, Altered Awareness, Volume1 Issue 5, Nancy L. Rodgers August –September 2005
ART IS MAGAZINE, The Walls Have Eyes and Ears, Volume1 Issue 1, Will Stiegerwald, December 2004 – January 2005
Southington Citizen, Painter’s Award Winning Work Balances Art and Function, Pamela Morello, 2005
HARTFORD MAGAZINE, From Rubbish to Art, 2005
THE OBSERVER, Works by Southington Artist on Display at Uconn’s Stevens Gallery, June 2004
Southington Citizen,, It’s the Surreal World of Art, Pamela Morello, June 2004
HARTFORD Magazine, Flash, November 2003
Hartford Magazine, Max’s Ocean CowMotion featured on cover, September 2003
THE OBSERVER, HOLY COW! Front page, Southington, August, 29, 2003
HARTFORD COURANT, JAVA, Pat Seremet, A Fem Fatale and Some Pretty DNA-Artworks Works! March 25, 2002
HARTFORD COURANT, ON THE EDGE AT ARTWORKS GALLERY, Alexis Briggie, March 25, 2002
ART CALENDAR MAGAZINE, featured “The Proposition” on cover February 2002
HARTFORD COURANT, A SCRAPPY ARTIST, JAVA, Pat Seremet, November 1, 1999
JOURNAL INQUIRER, VISIT SOME PLACES PRODUCED BY THE IMAGINATION, Steve Starger, March 6, 1998
ART NEW ENGLAND-REGIONAL REVIEW, CLINTON DECKERT AT ARTWORKS GALLERY, Steve Starger, June-July 1997
NEW YORK TIMES, THIS WEEK IN CONNECTICUT, In The Galleries: When the World Was Flat painting featured for
“SURREAL MINDSCAPES, I DREAMT I WAS DREAMING” Solo Show, March 23, 1997
JOURNAL INQUIRER, SURREALIST INJECTS HIS DAZZLING PAINTINGS WITH A SENSE OF FUN, Steve Starger,March 21, 1997
NEW YORK TIMES, THIS WEEK IN CONNECTICUT, DREAMING: Taking a Nap painting featured for Artworks Gallery 20th Annual Membership Exhibition, September 1, 1996
Cover of THE HARTFORD ADVOCATE, BEST OF HARTFORD (Readers Poll), Representing Artworks Gallery, March 28, 1996
JOURNAL INQUIRER, INTRIGUING LANDSCAPES STEM FROM ARTISTS’ FERTILE IMAGINATION, Steve Starger, December 8, 1995
HARTFORD COURANT, COFFEE AND ART A FINE BLEND AT ZUZU’S, Pat Seremet, January 30, 1995
THE HERALD, DECKERT EXHIBITS PAINTINGS, New Britain, CT, December 8, 1995
HARTFORD ADVOCATE, ARTS WATCH, SURREAL OBJECTS, Janet Renolds, November 11, 1993
BUSHNELL PROMPTER, Fall, 1993
ART NEW ENGLAND-REGIONAL REVIEW, CLINTON DECKERT AT ARTWORKS GALLERY, Jude Schwendenwien, April-May, 1992
ART NEW ENGLAND-REGIONAL REVIEW, 16th ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION, ART WORKS GALLERY, Jude Schwendenwien, December/January, 1993

ART NEW ENGLAND-REGIONAL REVIEW, Jude Schwendenwien, THE PROMENADE GALLERY, CLINTON DECKERT, SURREAL MINDSCAPES, April/May, 1994

HARTFORD ADVOCATE, CRITICS CHOICE:
—All Directions, September 3, 1998
—When the World Was Flat, March 19, 1997
—Drifting Along, October, 1994
—Pondering the First Idea, 1992
—Boyhood Dreams, November 7,1991

STAMFORD ADVOCATE, SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW, 1992
HARTFORD COURANT, ENTHUSIASM, DIVERSITY MARK ARTWORKS SHOW, Jude Schwendenwien, March 25, 1990
HARTFORD COURANT, SOUTHPORTS ART/PLACE PULLS A SAFE “SWITCH”, Jude Schwendenwien, July 17,1991

THE HERALD, MODERN LIVING, New Britain, CT, August 11, 1988


ARTWORKS GALLERY BOARD OF DIRECTORS SERVICE RECORD 1990-2005
2 - Two Year non-consecutive terms (4 years) as President, 1991-1992, 1998-1999
2 - Two Year terms (4 years) as Vice President / Interim President, 1993-1997
3 Years - Program Committee Chair, various overlapping terms
2 Years - Membership Committee Chair, 2002-2003

1 Year – Member at Large, 2004


REPRESENTATION

SAM HELLER FINE ART, CHICAGO, www.samhellerfineart.com
LOTUS FINE ART, Woodstock, New York, www.lotuswoodstock.com


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CLINTON A. DECKERT

Where the Abstract and the Surreal Collide