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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA1980
Bachelor of Arts; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH1972
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Transit Gallery, Harvard Medical School, Cosmic Inclusion, Boston, MA 2013
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Cowell College, U. of CA Santa Cruz, Every Protection, Santa Cruz, CA 2011
National Yiddish Book Center, Mama Loshn, Amherst, MA 2010–11
Tychman Shapiro Gallery, Inspired by Yiddish, Minneapolis, MN2008
Gallery Blue, Nantucket, MA2008
Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA2005
The Art Complex Museum, On Their Own Program, Duxbury, MA2003
Starr Gallery, The Stories We Hold, Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA2003
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT2000
Society of Arts and Crafts, By Hand/By Heart, Boston, MA1999
Perkins Gallery, Striar Jewish Community Center, Stoughton, MA1996
Art & Design Studio/K & T Lionheart, Boston, MA1994
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA1992
Art at Brickbottom Stats, Somerville, MA1990
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Centrum Gallery, International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland 2018
Nave Gallery, Secret Gardens, Somerville, MA 2018
Scollay Square Gallery at Boston City Hall, March Four Women, Boston, MA 2018
Bromfield Gallery, Body Politic, Boston, MA 2017
Bakalar Gallery,Massachusetts College of Art, Habitation, Boston, MA 2017
Mosesian Center for the Arts, Big Print, Little Print, Watertown, MA 2017
Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH 2016
New York Hall of Science, Food, Queens, NY 2016
Nave Gallery Annex, embroidered truths and woven tales, Somerville, MA 2016
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Transdimensional, Portland, OR 2016
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Art Unites Communities, Pawtucket, MA 2016
Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Printmaking: Concept & Process, Mount Dora, FL 2016
The Art Complex Museum, Look Again, Duxbury, MA 2015
Attleboro Arts Museum, Art Unites Communities, Attleboro, MA 2015
Room 83 Spring, Work for Food, Watertown, MA 2014
Cantor Art Gallery, Rethink Ink: 25 Years at the Mixit Print Studio, College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, MA 2013–14
La Galeria at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Mujeres, Boston, MA 2013
Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Strange Glue (Collage & Installation),
Weston, MA 2012–13
Changing Exhibition Gallery, Rethink Ink, An Exhibition of Fine Art Printmakers, Boston Public Library,
Boston, MA 2012
French Cultural Center, Par Avion, Boston, MA 2012
Conrath Gallery, Par Avion, Old Strasbourg City Hall, Strasbourg, France 2012
Concord Art Association, Art & Spirituality Entwined, Concord, MA 2012
Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Rumble at the Media Mash-Up, Boston, MA 2011
First International Printmaking Triennial of ULUS, Belgrade, Serbia 2011
Laconia Gallery, Guanajuato: Boston Printmakers in Mexico, Boston, MA 2011
Attleboro Arts Museum, Celebrating Diversity, Attleboro, MA 2010
Muskat Studios, Garden Notes, Somerville, MA 2010
Concord Art Association, The Unique Print, Concord, MA 2009
Essex Art Center, Paper Quilts, Lawrence, MA2008
The Boston Printmakers, North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA2007
DeCordova Museum, Approaches to Narrative, Lincoln, MA2006-07
Gotthelf Gallery, Shmatte Nouveau: Textiles Through the Wringer, La Jolla, CA2006
Attleboro Arts Museum, Transforming Spirits: 4 Directions, Attleboro, MA2006
Francesca Anderson Fine Art, The Boston Printmakers (A Selection of Members' Work), Lexington, MA2006
Concord Art Association, Bodyscapes, Concord, MA2006
DeCordova Museum, Recent Print Acquisitions: The Workshop Portfolios, Lincoln, MA2006
Danforth Museum of Art, The New Landscape: Alternative Approaches, Framingham, MA2006
The Boston Printmakers, North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA2005
Tisch Gallery, Juried Summer Exhibition, Tufts University, Medford, MA2004
The Art Complex Museum, Time Remembered/Time Past, Duxbury, MA2004
The Jewish Museum of Maryland, Weaving Women’s Words: Baltimore Stories, Baltimore, MD2004
Wiggins Gallery, Women Artists from the BPL’s Collection, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA2003
Galeria Espacio Abierto, Una Communidad de Talleres de Grabado, Havana, Cuba2003
Somerville Museum, Persona, Somerville, MA2002
Starr Gallery, Material Concerns, Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA2001
The Boston Printmakers, North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA2001
Wiggins Gallery, Proof in PrintA Community of Printmaking Studios, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA2001
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, DeCordova Downtown, Boston, MA2000
Brookfield Craft Center, Women’s World: A Work in Progress, Brookfield, CT2000
Society for Contemporary Craft, The Art of the Spirit, Pittsburg, PA2000
New Bedford Art Museum, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, New Bedford, MA2000
Starr Gallery, The Power to Enchant: Amulets and Talismans, Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center,
Newton, MA2000
RAV, Artist Proof Portfolio Project Exhibition, Randse Afrikaans Universitate, Johannesburg, South Africa2000
The Art Gallery, Religion:Contemporary Interpretations by Women, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH2000
Fort Point Gallery, Drawing and Printmaking: A Dialog, Boston, MA1999
Gallery NAGA, Spirit Manifest: Religious Imagery in Current Boston Art, Boston, MA1999
The Boston Printmakers, North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA1999
Laura Knott Art Gallery, Extending the ImageNew Dimensions in Printmaking,
Bradford College, Haverhill, MA1999
William King Regional Arts Center, The Human Habit, Abingdon, VA1998
Starr Gallery, Women Whose Lives Span the Century: Contemporary Artistic Interpretations,
Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA1998
Harbor Gallery, Engendered Species: The Cultural Context of Gender, UMass, Boston, MA1998
DeCordova Museum, 10 Artists/10 Visions: 1997, Lincoln, MA1997
Somerville Museum, Lifting The Veil, Somerville, MA1997
Higgins Art Gallery, Woman Creating/Fiber Arts, Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, MA1997
Brickbottom Gallery, Monophilia...Printmaking at Brickbottom, Somerville, MA1997
New Art Center, Layers of Meaning, Newton, MA1996
Starr Gallery, Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA1996
Brickbottom Gallery, 16 Recent Grant Winners in the Visual Arts, Somerville, MA1996
McKillop Gallery, The Spiritual in Art, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI1995
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, Artists View Ellis Island, NYC, NY1995-96
Brickbottom Gallery, Printmaking at Brickbottom 3, Somerville, MA1995
Pulse Art, A Presence in the Garden, NYC, NY1995
Clark Gallery, Monomania, Lincoln, MA1995
Art & Design Studio/K & T Lionheart, Boston, MA1994
Bromfield Gallery, Lunatics & Lovers, Boston, MA1994
Brickbottom Gallery, Printmaking at Brickbottom 2, Somerville, MA1994
Fogg Museum, Power, Pleasure, Pain: Contemporary Women Artists and the Female Body,
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA1994
Brickbottom Gallery, An Exhibition of 11 Recent Somerville Arts Council Grant Winners, Somerville, MA1994
Starr Gallery, Creativity and Spirituality, Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA 1994
Bromfield Gallery, Process and Product: photographic images, Boston, MA1993
Brickbottom Gallery, An Exhibition of 26 Recent Somerville Arts Council Grant Winners in the Visual Arts,
Somerville, MA1993
Gallery Per Tutti, November Show, Boston, MA1992
Brickbottom Gallery, Printmaking at Brickbottom, Somerville, MA1992
Kipp Gallery, Of Two Worlds, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA1992
Boston Visual Artist Union, An Education of the Heart, Boston, MA1991
Artists Foundation, Women's Caucus for Art, Intimate Perspectives, Boston, MA1991
Brickbottom Gallery, An Exhibition of 32 Recent Somerville Arts Council Grant Winners in the Visual Arts,
Somerville, MA1991
Hera Gallery, Families, Wakefield, RI1990
University of Massachusetts, Community Gallery, Boston, MA1988
Artweek 80, Cambridge, MA1980
Boston Center for the Arts, Winter Works, Boston, MA1979
Harvard University, Chronkite Graduate Center, Cambridge, MA1978
Boston Visual Artist Union, Sources, Development, Progression, Boston, MA1976
Wellesley College Women's Center Building Dedication, Wellesley, MA1975
AWARDS
Berkshire Taconic Artist Resource Trust Grant 2018
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Finalist 2018
Gottlieb Foundation, Individual Support Program Finalist 2010
MA Arts Lottery, Somerville Arts Council Fellowship Grant2008
Rappaport Prize, funded by the Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation, administered by the
DeCordova Museum2004
The Boston Printmakers 1999 North American Print Exhibition, Materials Award1999
Juror — Marilyn Kushner, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Brooklyn Museum of Art
MA Arts Lottery, Somerville Arts Council Project Grant1999
MA Arts Lottery, Somerville Arts Council Fellowship Grant1996
MA Arts Lottery, Somerville Arts Council Project Grant1994
The MacDowell Colony, Residency program, Peterborough, NH1993-94
Arts Lottery, Somerville Arts Council General Support Grant1993
Millay Colony For The Arts, Residency program, Austerlitz, NY1992
The Currier Gallery of Art, Semi-Finalist, New Artists: Gloria Wilcher Memorial Exhibition1991
COLLECTIONS
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Brookline Community Mental Health Center, Brookline, MA
Cambridge Family and Children's Services, Cambridge, MA
Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Boston, MA
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Housing Corporation of Arlington, Arlington, MA
Latin American Health Institute, Boston, MA
Meditech, Canton, MA
New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA
Print Triennial of ULUS, Belgrade, Serbia
Private Collections
Temple Achavat Achim, Gloucester MA
Temple Israel, Brookline, MA
Transition House, Cambridge, MA
United Lithograph, Somerville, MA
Wayside Youth & Family Services, Framingham, MA
Year Up! Boston, MA
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, NYC, NY
RELATED PROJECTS
Mount Dora Center for the Arts, printmaking workshop, The Moveable Matrix, Mount Dora, FL 2018
Monotype Guild of New England, Juror, On the Edge, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA 2014
Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Invited Curator, Process Goes Public, Boston, MA 2013
Artrageous! Bloomingdale's: Featured artist exhibiting in display window and throughout store,
Chestnut Hill, MA 2007
Visual Violins, Arts Healing Hearts, Invitational fundraiser by Longwood Symphony Orchestra for Cancer Centers, Boston, MA2006
Boston Printmakers Board of Directors, Boston, MA2005–11
Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA2003 – Present
Brickbottom Open Studios, Somerville, MA 1988 – Present
Miller Street Open Studio, Somerville, MA2003-08
Rugg Road Paper Company, Guest Lecturer, Boston, MA2002
Art Focus, Consultants, Art Installer, Beverly, MA2001 – Present
Worcester Art Museum, Artist/Facilitator: MA Allstate Art Festival, Worcester, MA2001
Massachusetts College of Art, Instructor: Printmaking/Collage, Boston, MA2000-2001
Currier Gallery of Art, Artist/Facilitator: New Hampshire Allstate Art Festival, Manchester, NH2000, 2001
Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Monotype Instructor, Newton, MA1998-2001
Brickbottom Gallery, Gallery Coordinator, Somerville, MA1997 – Present
Rugg Road Paper & Prints, Workshop Instructor, Boston, MA1998
Invisible Cities Group, Watching The Detectives, Large Scale Urban Performance Installation,
Somerville, MA1997
Art Beat, Somerville Arts Council Installation Commission, The Windows Art Project, sponsored by the L E F Foundation, Somerville, MA1996
Art Without Walls, Project with children from Mystic Learning Center creating large fabric collages. Program supported through grant from The Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA1995
First Night, Installation on Boston Common. Sheet Stories. 16 banners fabricated with community
groups from the Mystic Housing Development in conjunction with the Welcome Project,
Somerville, MA1994
DeCordova Museum, Corporate Loan Program1994 – Present
First Night, Installation on Boston Common. Neighborhood portrait clothesline installation with
women's groups from the Mystic Housing Development in conjunction with the Welcome Project,
Somerville, MA1993
Why Window Design, Freelance Visual Merchandising Designer and Consultant, primary focus on design, construction and installation of window and interior displays.1980 – Present
Brickbottom Artists Building, Open Studios, Somerville, MA1988-01, 2004-05
Brickbottom Artists Building, Board of Directors, Somerville, MA1988-90
Tufts University, Instructor & Visiting Lecturer, Medford, MA1980-86
Cambridge Arts Council, Director of Exhibitions; Developed and implemented "Art Up Front;" designed and executed exhibits for Council gallery, Cambridge, MA1980
Massachusetts College of Art, Instructor, Program of Continuing Education, Boston, MA1979-80
Radcliffe Pottery Studio, Ceramics Instructor (1978), 1975-78; Assistant (1975-1977), Cambridge, MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abstraks Magazine, "Debra Olin", Carina Wine August 2012
Art New England, "Innovative Printmaking", André van der Wende Feb/March 2010
Contemporary Impressions, "Size & Scale in the Field of Contemporary Print", Catherine Kernan Spring /Summer/09
The Boston Globe, "Body Art, an inside view," Christine Temin, 3/2/05
Art News, National News-Awards, 10/04
Boston Phoenix, "Museums & Galleries," Randi Hopkins, 8/27/04
The Boston Globe, "Award puts spotlight on an innovative printmaker," Christine Temin, 8/4/04
Patriot Ledger, "Complex Exhibition," Jon Lehman, 7/31/04
The Boston Sunday Globe, "Expressing the horror, loss, and hope of Jewish upheaval,"
Cate McQuaid, 1/19/03
Art New England, "Somerville Museum/Somerville, Persona," Shawn Hill, Aug/Sept 2002
Contemporary Impressions, Variation & Continuity: The Workshop Portfolios, K.E. Duffin, Spring 2000
The Boston Globe, "Perspectives: Art that Venerates Lives Well Lived," Christine Temin, 3/25/98
Contemporary Impressions, Variation & Continuity: The Workshop Portfolios, K.E. Duffin, Spring 2000
The Boston Globe, "Perspectives: Art that Venerates Lives Well Lived," Christine Temin, 3/25/98
The Boston Globe, "Perspectives: Art that Venerates Lives Well Lived," Christine Temin, 3/25/98
The Jewish Advocate, "A Century’s Worth of Jewish Women," Arlene Friedberg, 5/8/98
Boston Herald, "Artists Examine the Lives of Women," Mary Sherman, 5/10/98
Art New England, "Review; Starr Gallery, Women Whose Lives Span the Century," Susan Mulski, Aug/Sept 1998
The Boston Globe, "Perspectives; Engendered Species: Image of the dress," Christine Temin, 2/4/98
Bay Windows, "Locked in Combator Love," Shawn Hill, 1/29/98
Art New England, "Review; Somerville Museum, Lifting the Veil," Melissa R. Katz, Oct/Nov 97
The Worcester Phoenix, "All Art is Local," Leon Nigrosh, 7/4/97
Bay Windows, "The Highest Quality," Shawn Hill, 7/3/97
Boston Sunday Globe, "The DeCordova presents a Vital Look at Local Artists," Cate McQuaid, 6/29/97
The Tab, "'Visions' of New England's Best," Shawn Hill, 6/24/97
Boston Herald, "'Visions' exhibit draws Perfect 10," Joanne Silver, 6/20/97
The Boston Globe, "Prints Charming & Significant," Cate McQuaid, 3/13/97
The Boston Globe, "Layers of Meaning," Christina Temin, 10/30/96
The Jewish Advocate, "Striar Shows 'What Did you Wear?'", Michael Gelbwasser, 10/25/96
Patriot Ledger, "Striar Gallery exhibit focuses on Immigrant Experience," Vicki Ritterband, 10/3/96
The Boston Globe, "The Message is Peace," Irene Sege, 9/21/96
Star Ledger, "Doorways to Ellis," William Gordon, 2/2/96
JFREJ Radio N.Y.C., "Beyond the Pale," Marilyn Neimark, 12/3/96
Art New England, Whose Body?, Miles Unger, 6/7/94
Boston Phoenix, "Women, Bodies & Art," Beth Wolsensberger, 4/22/94
The Boston Globe, "Our Art, Ourselves," Christine Temin, 3/30/94
The Boston Globe, "Good Works That Don't Work Together," Christine Temin, 1/5/94
Boston Sunday Globe, "These Photos Could Make Traditionalists Shudder," Stan Grossfield, 6/6/93
Boston Sunday Globe, "Artists Seek to Demystify Their Work," Jeff Kantrowitz, 4/11/93
Boston Globe, "Shades of Bali & Varied Prints at Brickbottom," Christine Temin, 9/16/92
Bay Windows, "All Roads At Once," Shawn Hill, 11/19/92
PUBLICATIONS
100 New England Artists, E. Ashley Rooney, Schifferbooks 2011
Proof in Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios, Boston Public Library in cooperation with
Mixit Print Studio, 2001
Our Grandmothers, Loving Portraits by 74 Granddaughters, Edited by Linda Sunshine, Welcome Enterprises, Inc., 1998
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