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EDUCATION
MFA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
BFA California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Everywhen, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
2016
Space Machines, Pierogi, New York, NY
Jets and Sprites, Brooklyn Oenology, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Partially Seen Things, Alcott Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2013
Planet X, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Drift, Artifact, New York, NY
2012
Eyefinger, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
Edge of Everywhere, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Continua, Higgins School of the Humanities, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2008
Beacons, Floaters and Lost Objects, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
Collidescape, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Sarah Walker, Paintings, Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Archipelago, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Sarah Walker: Small Paintings, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
Systems of Capture, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Maximum Information Density, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Descending Order: New Work by Sarah Walker, Lillian Immig Gallery at Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
2000
Intertwined/Ever-Collapsing, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
A Portrait of North Adams in Doodles: site-specific installation, D-town North Adams, MA
1998
Sarah Walker: Monumental and Intimate Paintings, Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA
1997
Sarah Walker: New Work, University Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA
1995
Sarah Walker: New Work, Christal DeHaan Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis University, IN
1993
Sarah Walker: Recent Paintings, Bowman Gallery at Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022
Make Art Not War: Pierogi for Peace, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Pulp, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2019
The Case Histories, curator/collaborator Martin Wilner, Pierogi, NY, NY
Dance With Me, Kyle Staver, curator, Zurcher Gallery, NY
Labyrinths of the Mind, Sara Lynn Henry, curator, Byrdclyffe  Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY
2018
Les Fleurs du Mal, Pierogi, New York, NY
Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN. Curated by Mark Scala, Chief Curator.
2017
Cyptopictos, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Blue, Black, and Orange, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA. Curated by Phil and Sue Knoll
Rage for Art (Once Again), Pierogi, New York, NY
Overgrown, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2015
The Transportation Business, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Gregory Volk
Polysolaris, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Tomboy, Odetta, Brooklyn, NY
Prime Matter, Techningsmuseet, Laholm, Sweden
Earth Dreams, Smokin’ Eagle Studios, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Alyssa Fanning
2014
Paper Reveries, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY. Curated by Kathleen Kucka
Summer Invitational, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
PIEROGI XX: Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
The Departed, The Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA
Prime Matter, Senaspace, New York, NY. Curated by Zoe and Christian Schade
Diagonal Triangle, Artist House Party Presents, New York, NY
2013

Approaching Infinity, The Richard N. Green Collection of Contemporary Abstraction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (catalogue)
2012
Decade, Celebrating 10 Years, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Five By Five, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
Size Matters: Small works from the Fine Art Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
2011
Subjective or Objective, Pierogi, Brookyn, NY
Celebrated Artists, Students of Marvin Saltzman, Mahler Fine Art, Raleigh, NC
Melini, Perterson, Walker, McKenzie Fine Art, NY, NY
Ucross Fellows Retrrospective Exhibition, Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Ucross, Wyoming
Extravagant Drawing, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects, Long Island City, NY
2010
Art On Paper: The 41st Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
I Am The Cosmos, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Ucross: 27 Years of Visual Arts Residencies, Invitational Exhibition, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Caspar, WY
The 185th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Eye World, Triple Candie, New York, NY
The Rule of Typical Things, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
Cream, No Sugar, Pierogi Brooklyn, NY
Femme Fatale, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008
Midnight Full of Stars , Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Horror Vacuii, McKenzie Fine Art, NY, NY
Pierogi et al, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Discerning Eye of Rose Marie Frick, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2007
Graphic Havoc, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT
Big Bang: Abstract Painting for the 21st Century, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Unknown Quantity, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Flatfiling, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
Systems and Transmutations, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2006
Personal Geographies: Contemporary Artists Make Maps, Hunter College/TimesSquare Gallery, New York, NY
Subverting the Status Quo, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Hunters and Gatherers: The Art of Collecting, The Shore Institute of Contyemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
Post-Conventional Generativity: 35 Years at VCCA, Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg, VA
Worlds Without End, Valerie McKenzie Gallery, NY, NY
Paramnesiac Landscapes, NewYork Center for Arts and Media Studies, NYC
New American Paintings: Northeast Edition, Open Studios Press, Boston MA
2005
American Obsessive Drawing, Volcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany
Op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Group Show, Digitas, Boston, MA
Ghosts in the Machine, Evos Arts, Lowell, MA
Brave New Worlds: Our Biological and Technological Universes, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2004
Vacation Nation, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Eye Candy, TransAmerica Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Inverted World, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Artist of the Week, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
179th Annual Invitational, The National Academy of Design, NY, NY
The 18th Drawing Show, The Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, MA
Alumni Exhibition, Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2003
Sarah Walker and Dixie Friend Gay, Poisson-O’Neal Gallery, Houston, TX
Deep Listening. Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead. MA
Emergence: Women Artists in the New Millenium, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
Closer Than You Think, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Metastasize, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
Summer of Lust, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Community of Artists, Dupree Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Per Annum, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
New Files, New Territories, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pure Color, Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA
DeCordova Invitational Benefit and Auction, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Artcetera Invitational Auction for AIDS Advocacy, Boston, MA
Mad Dash, Green Street Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
2001
DeCordova Annual, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Five American Painters, Sendmail Gallery, Munich, Germany
Matrix, Clark University Gallery, Worcester, MA
Sarah Walker and Laura Wilson, Alcott Gallery, University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill, NC
Anne La Prade, Mary Sherman, Sarah Walker, Tonje Gallery, Brewster, NY
Mad Dash, Green Street Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Boston Drawing Project, Inaugral Exhibition, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Group Show,Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA
2000
Incantation, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
Rethinking Nature: Meditations, Explorations, Inventions, Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA
2nd Annual Small Works Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
What’s the Big Idea?, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
New American Paintings, (in the form of a nationally distributed book), Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
New Art Y2K, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Ten Contemporary Artists, Gallery of Modern Art, Marblehead, MA
Group Show, Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA
1999
Millennial Group Show, The Creiger-Dane Gallery at Ambrosia, Boston, MA
Dot-Dash: Sarah Walker and Christine Vaillancourt, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
Momenta 99, Geelong Art Gallery, Greelong, Australia
New England Artists’ Trust Congress V, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Invitational Permanent Exhibition, The Ecoterrium, Worcester, MA
Abstraction Distraction, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
1000 and Under, Invitational Benefit Exhibition for AIDS, Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA
Group Show, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
1998
New England/New Talent, Biennial Show, Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA
Sweet, FM Gallery, New York, NY
LaGrange National XIX Biennial Exhibition, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
Sarah Walker and Jessica Straus, New England Bio Labs, Beverly, MA
Group Show, The Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA
Group Show, Healthworks, Boston, MA
Group Show, Creiger-Dane Gallery at Office Environments, Boston, MA
1997
The Dishman Competition, The Dishman Gallery at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Postcards From the Edge of the Millennium, group show, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
12′ x 12″, Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA
Show of Hands, Texas Tech Health Science Center, Dept. of Orthopedics, Lubbock, TX
Miniature, Between The Muse Gallery, Rockport, ME
Summer Salon, Rose Marie Frick curates at the Robert Commings Gallery, Portland, ME
1996
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Career Advancement of Visual Artists Program, Fellowship exhibition, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Miniature, Between the Muse Gallery, Rockland, ME
Artists Observe Nature, Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA
Horror Vacuii: The Fear of Open Space, Art Center of Battle Creek, MI
Inaugural Exhibition, Between the Muse Gallery, Rockland, ME
1995
Four Women: Four Visions, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME
The World’s Women On-Line, video/internet gallery installation, Computing Commons Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China (touring version)
Gaia, Clark University Gallery, Worcester, MA
Summer’s End, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME
1994
The Second Independents Biennial, Charas El Bohio, New York, NY
New Painting in the Triangle, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
Process, Center Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Thirty and Under, Young Painters, The Painting Center, New York, NY
1993
National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation; 1992 Painting, Drawing and Works on Paper Fellowship Exhibition, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Sarah Walker, New Work, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
1992
Life On Earth is Like the Bloom on a Plum, collaborative multi-media installation, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
Triangle Painting, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
Rutgers National ’92 Works on Paper, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Glaxo Annual Group Exhibition, Bide Building Gallery, Glaxo Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
The Stagnant Layer, solo show, Center Gallery, Carrboro, NC

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jones, Mary. “Brainbow:Sarah Walker in Conversation with Mary Jones,”Artcritical, September 2016
Steinhauer, Jill. “ArtRx,” Hyperallergic, November 24, 2015
Fanning, Alyssa. Catalogue essay for Earth Dreams, Eagle Street Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2015
Hagg, Matt. “Teckning I sin egen ratt,” Omkonst, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2015
Chidester, Brian. “Sarah Walker,” NYC Ephemera, July 2015
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Tschida, Anne. “At South Florida’s original ArtCenter, a Fresh Approach”, Miami Herald, June 2013
Dempster, Heike. “Unpredictable Patterns of Behavior”, Tropicult, Miami, FL, June 2013
Kardon, Dennis. “Quantum Fields and Cellular Processes: Sarah Walker at Pierogi” ArtCritical, April 2013
Emily Colucci. “Sarah Walker Finds Space in Abstraction”, Societe Perrier, April 2013
Baker, Kenneth. Review, San Francisco Chronicle, February 2012
Reiger, Christopher. “Sarah Walker @ Gregory Lind,” Square Cylinder, February 2012
Cheng, Dewitt. “Sarah Walker at Gregory Lind,” Visual Art Source, February 2012
Eyeswoon, review, Made in Slant, February 2012
Daniels, Diana. “Stepping Outside of Ourselves,” catalogue essay for Approaching Infinity, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Maine, Stephen. Sarah Walker at Pierogi, Art in America, November 2010
“Painting Show of the Week: Sarah Walker,” Time Out New York, May, 2010
Butler, Sharon. “NYC Gallery Visit: Sarah Walker and Ken Weathersby,” Huffington Post, June 17, 2010
Rattemeyer, Christian. “The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Catalogue Raisonne’”, Museum of Modern Art, 2009
Baker, Kenneth. “Walker Uses Abstraction to Characterize Complex Reality”, San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, September 6, 2008
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Today’s Landscapes, Tomorrow’s Dystopias”, New York Times Westchester Edition, June 1, 2008
Bischoff, Dan. “Varied Visions of the Night Sky’s Brilliance”, New Jersey Star-Ledger, April 19, 2008
Henry, Sara Lynn. catalog essay, “Midnight Full of Stars”, Visual Arts Cneter of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Galloway, Anne. “The Ghost in the Machine”, Times Argus, Vermont, July 2007
Awodey, Marc. “Dotted Lines” SevenDays, Vermont, July 2007
Johnson, Ken. “Seeing a Pattern”, Boston Globe, February 2, 2007
Capasso, Nick. “Big Bang”, Catalog essay, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, January 2007
Dinah Ryan/Paul Ryan, “Post-Conventional Generativity”, Art Papers, Nov/Dec, 2006
Lindenbaum, Joanna. “Personal Geographies: Artists Make Maps”, catalog essay, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, October 2006
Farrington, Kate. “Sarah Walker and the New Obsessionists”, Art New England, August/September 2006
McQuaid, Cate. “With Paint Sarah Walker Depicts her Mind at Work”, Sunday arts feature story, April 9, 2006 Boston Globe, March, 2006
Adrienne LaFrance, “Addicted To Painting”, WBUR Online Arts, 2006
Greg Cook, “Students of Philosophy”, Boston Phoenix, June, 2006
Cate McQuaid, “Ten Artists to Watch”, Boston Globe
Robin Reisenfeld, “Paramnesiac Landscapes”, catalog essay, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, March, 2006
Andreas Schalhorn, “American Obsessive Drawing; Hybridization of Figure and Ornament”, Catalog Essay
Alison Davis, “Gallery Review”, Beautiful Decay, issue N, 2006
Leon Nigrosh, “Congratulations Sarah Walker “, The Pulse, October 2005
Louise Kennedy, “Abstract Artist Wins Rappaport Prize”, August 30, 2005 Boston Globe
Cate McQuaid, “Gallery Pick”, Boston Globe, July 21, 2005
Kenneth Baker, Painter’s Eye Ponders Science in Particles and Whorls”, San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, April 8th, 2005
Mary Bucci McColl, “Review”, Art New England, May/June 2005
Kenneth Baker, “Radial Gradient”, Artnews, February, 2005
Andreas Schalhorn, “American Obsessive Drawing”, Catalog Essay, GalerieVolcker and Freunde, Berlin, Germany 2005
Sara Lynn Henry, Brave New Worlds; Imagining Our Biological and Technological Universes, Catalog Essay, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Rachael Vaters-Carr, “Inverted World”, catalog essay, Artspace New Haven CT 2004
Judy Birke, “Realities Shift in Internal, External, and Invented Worlds at Artspace”, New Haven Register, 6/13 2004
Nathan Lewis, “Inverted World at Untitled (Space)”, bigredandshiny.com , Summer 2004
Laura Janku, “New Files, New Territories at Gregory Lind Gallery”, Artweek, October 2002
Alison Bing, Review, SF Gate, Oct 15, 2002
Judith Jaeger, “Imagining the Mind,” cover feature story, ClarkNews, Winter 2002
Roger Boyce, “DeCordova Annual Review”, Art New England, Oct/Nov 2001
Cate McQuaid, “Creative Juices Flow at the DeCordova Exhibit,” The Boston Globe, June 30, 2001
Christopher Millis, “Serious Play”, Boston Phoenix, June 21, 2001
Nick Capasso, “Catalog Essay,” DeCordova Annual Exhibit, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Joanne Silver, “Time Connects Works in DeCordova Annual Exhibit,” Boston Herald, June 15, 2001
Michael Kavanaugh, “Painting the Plentitutde, the Modern World of Sarah Walker,” Worcester Magazine, June 27-July 3, 2001
Cate McQuaid, “Mind Bender,” Boston Globe, March 29, 2001
Mary Sherman,”Walker Stirs Up Abstract Excitement,” Boston Sunday Herald, March 25, 2001
David Wildman, “Sarah Walker Explores Mind, Matter,” Boston Globe, Sunday, March 4, 2001
Roger Boyce, Review, Art New England, April/May, 2001
Nick Capasso, “Catalog Essay,” Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, January 2001
Julie Burrell, “Space Relatively Explored,” The Collegian, February 2001
Jamie Farrel, Art New England, October/November 2000
Paul Lieberman, “Searching in a Small Town for Cultural Trickle-Down,” Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2000
Cate McQuaid, “Art’s the Big Idea in North Adams,” Boston Globe, July 23, 2000
Diane Montz, “Life’s a beach, and then some,” North Adams Transcript, July 10, 2000
Charles Bonenti, Editorial, The Berkshire Eagle, July 16, 2000
Mark E. Rondeau, “Visiting Artists Express their Impressions of North Adams,” The Advocate, North Adams, MA, July 12, 2000
Mark E. Rondeau, “What Happens when Artists Interact with a Berkshire City?,” The Advocate, North Adams, July 12, 2000
Dale Kiefer, Website Essay, NextMonet.com 2000
Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, September 9, 1999
Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, September 2, 1999
Leon Nigrosh, “Best of Worcester,” Worcester Phoenix, December 1998
Allen Fletcher, Worcester Magazine, April 15, 1998
Frank Magiera, “To The Max,” cover story interview, Worcester Telegram and Gazette, March 29, 1998
Christina Pappas, Worcester Magazine, February 19, 1997
Leon Nigrosh, “Chaos Theory,” The Worcester Phoenix, February 14, 1997
Jodi Kushins, “Collecting Memories through Art,” The Scarlet, January 30, 1997
Katherine J. Hines, “Exhibition Catalogue,” NFAA Career Advancement of Visual Artists Fellowship, Margulies Taplan Gallery, 1996
Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, September, 1996
Judy Cantor, New Times, September 26, 1996
Mark Schwerin, Battle Creek Inquirer, March 15, 1996
Roger Green, Kalamazoo Gazette, April 14, 1996
Shirley Jacks, Art New England, October/November, 1995
Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram, July 16, 1995
Haines Sprunt Tate, “Belfast Shows Four Female Visions,” Maine Times, July 28, 1995
Kate Dobbs Arial, “Forward on Faith,” The Independent, October 4, 1993
Lisa Richmond, “Exhibition Catalogue,” SAF/NEA Painting, Drawing and Works on Paper Fellowship, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, 1992
Mary Pardo, “Catalogue Essay,” SAF/NEA Painting, Drawing and Works on Paper Fellowship, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, 1992
Karen Silver, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 6, 1992
Blue Greenberg. “Art-scene cruise finds big-town quality,” The Durham Herald-Sun, Oct. 8, 1992
Margaret Shearin. “Physical Surfaces and Spiritual Depths,” Style Magazine, Oct. 7, 1992
Tom Patterson. “N.C. Power: Green Hill Show a Standout,” Winston-Salem Journal, Oct. 4, 1992

LECTURES
Lecture and graduate critiques, MICA, Baltimore, MD, 2015
Lecture and critiques, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2015
Lecture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC,2014
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY,2014
Artist Lecture Series, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
Lecture, College of New Rochelle, NY, 2013
Lecture and graduate critiques, Montclair State University, NJ 2012, 2013
Lecture, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway, July 2013
Lecture, Sulafyr, Sula, Norway July 2013
Lecture and critiques, Vermont Studio Center, December 2012
Lecture and critiques, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, 2012
Lecture, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 2012
Lecture, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 2011
Lecture, Purchase College, Purchase, NY, 2010
Lecture, Drew University, New Jersey, 2010
Lecture, University of Delaware, 2010
Lecture, Bard College, NY, 2010
Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, August 2010
Gallery Talk with Curator Marshall Price, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, NY 2010
Lecture, Purchase college, Purchase, NY 2010
Lecture, Higgins School of the Humanities, Clark
Lecture, National Academy of Design, New York, February 2009
Gallery Talk, Gregory Lind Gallery, Sar Francisco, September, 2008
Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT July 2008
Lecture and Teacher Symposium Leader, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ 2008
Lecture, RISD, Providence, RI March 2008
Lecture, Drew University, new Jersey, 2007
Lecture, Lehman College, of New York, NY, 2007
Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT September 2007
Lecture, RISD, Providence, RI April 2007
Lecture, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA March 2007
Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT October 2006
Lecture, RISD, Providence, MA 2006
Lecture, Boston University, Boston, MA 2006
Lecture, Rose Museum of Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 2006
Panel Discussion, Creativity and the Arts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 2006
Lecture, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA 2005
Slide Talk, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA 2005
Lecture, Drew University, New Jersey, 2005
Lecture, Higgins School of the Humanities, Clark University, Worcester, MA 2005
Studio Talk, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY, 2005
Lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2005
Studio Talk, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2004
Slide lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2004, 2005
Studio Talk, American Academy in Rome, Italy, 2003
Slide Lecture, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA, 2002
Studio Talk, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 2002
Gallery Talk, The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 2001
Panel Discussion, Physics, Painting and Matrix, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 2001
Studio Talk, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, 2001
Gallery Talk, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, 2001
Slide Talk, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2001
Slide Talk, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA, 2000
Slide Talk, Art A La Carte lecture series, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 2000
Studio Talk, Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada, 1999
Open Studio, Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock, NY, 1999
Slide Talk, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1999
Lecture, Extravagance and Purity: Color in Contemporary Art, color symposium at Worcester State College, Worcester, MA, 1999
Lecture, New England Bio Labs, Beverly, MA, 1998
Boston Open Studios, At The Distillery, South Boston, MA, 1998
Slide Talk, Rare Book Room, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1998
Open Studio Presentation, In association with Terri Priest and The Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 1997, 1998
Gallery Talk, Rare Book Room, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1997
Slide Talk, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami, FL, 1996
Lecture, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 1996
Panel Discussion, Clark University Gallery, Worcester, MA, 1995
Lecture, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1995
Lecture, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1994
Gallery Talk, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA, 1993
Lecture, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1993
Gallery Talk, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC, 1992

HONORS AND GRANTS
Jacob Lawrence Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters 2014
Purchase Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters 2014
Joan Mitchell Grant for Painters and Sculptors 2012
The Rappaport Prize; Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation/DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 2005
Grant; E.D. Foundation, Kearny, NJ, 2005
Nominee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, Painting 2003
Grant: Berkshire-Taconic Foundation, Stockbridge, MA 2002-2003
Hayden Junior Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship; Clark University, Worcester, MA, 2001-2002
Higgins School of the Humanities; Junior Faculty Fellowship, Clark University, Worcester, MA
NEA/Southern Arts Federation; Regional Fellowship in Painting, Spring 1992
North Carolina Emerging Artists Grant; Durham Arts Council, Winter 1991

RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residency; Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway 2013
Visiting Artist-In-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Summer, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015
Fellowship; Fountainhead Residency Program, Miami, FL, August 2011,July 2012,
Visiting Artist/Scholar Program, American Academy in Rome, Italy, Summer 2010
Artist-In-Residence; Leighton Artist Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada, regretfully declined
Fellowship; Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY, 2005
Artist-In-Residence; Leighton Artist Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada, 2004
Residency; Visiting Artist/Scholar Program, American Academy in Rome, Italy, Summer 2003
Fellowship; Bemis Center for Contemprary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska, 2002-03 regretfully declined
Artist-In-Residence; Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, Summer 2002
Fellowship; The MacDowell Colony, Petersborough, NH, Summer 2001
Fellowship; Contemporary Arts Center, North Adams, MA, Summer 2000
Artist-In-Residence; Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada, October-November 1999
Artist-In-Residence; Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY, September 1999
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts; Visual Artists Resident Fellowship, Miami, FL, Three consecutive years: July-October 1994-96
Visiting Artist in Residence; Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1994-1995
Smith Fund Grant; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Spring 1990

INDEPENDENT CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2004 Radial Gradient, group show: Roger Boyce, Marsha Cottrell, Glenn Goldberg, Leslie Hirst, Barbara Takenaga, Randy Wray, Daniel Zeller
Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA Reveiwed: Artnews February 2005

OTHER PROJECTS
Flat files: Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY 2004-present
Bomblog, online version of Bomb Magazine, October 21, 2011
The Sixth Finch, online art and poetry journal 2011
The New Collectors book/website 2012
Boston Drawing Project: Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA 2001-2008
Cover artiwork, “Genetics in Medicine” September 2006, November 2006, April 2010 and March 2011
Cover Artwork, “Works by Junnosuke Yamamoto” 2007

ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
2008-Present: visiting faculty, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
2003-2005: Chair, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2000-2002: Associate Professor, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Clark University, Worcester, MA

COLLECTIONS
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
Museum of Modern Art: The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Weatherspoon Art Museum
Milwaukee Art Museum
Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park
Neuberger Museum at SUNY Purchase, NY
Rappaport Foundation
Bank of America
Progressive Corporation
Glaxo