EDUCATION:
1999: MFA in Painting/Drawing, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
1997: BFA in Painting/Drawing, Minor in Philosophy, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS:
2019: Hologenome Shelter (Space is a Container,) Community Space, Cold Spring, NY, in collaboration with Jessica Poser
2019: Ligare, To Bind, Connect, MAP Gallery, Eastworks, Easthampton, MA, an installation in collaboration with Jessica Poser and Simon Draper
2016: Visual Tension and Pathways to Consciousness, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2012: Scattered, Taber Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
2010: Works on Paper, Cell39 Art Space, Springfield, MA, an exhibition in collaboration with Scott Brubach
2010: Dystopia, MCC Gallery, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
2006: Face, Atrium Gallery, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT
2005: Fragments of Light, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
2003: Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2002: A Cold New World, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA, an exhibition in collaboration with Bettina Viereck
2001: Identity Bubbles, Taber Art Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
2000: Inside Out, See Gallery, Springfield, MA
1999: Difference in Context, Taub Hall Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
1999: See Gallery, Springfield, MA
1997: Taub Hall Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023: Upward and Onward, Taber Art Gallery, HCC, Holyoke
2023: Sourced, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2022: INorDINately EXubeRANT, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield, MA
2022: Human Being/Being Human, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2022: “The Big Show,” Imago Foundation for the Arts, Warren, RI
2021: NAS Community Gallery, New Amsterdam School, New York, NY
2021: “ALL IN,” William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2020: Wide Open 11, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2020: 2020 Community Exhibit, Imago Foundation for the Arts, Warren, RI
2019: Fermentation, CFE, Mill 180, Easthampton, MA
2019: ArtSalon Benefit Event, A.P.E., Northampton, MA
2019: Wide Open 10, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2019: Group show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2019: NXNE 2019, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
2019: Close Encounters, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2019: Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
2018: ArtSalon Benefit Event, A.P.E., Northampton, MA
2018: CrossCurrents, Faculty Exhibition, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2018: Spitzenkörper (Hyphae), CFE, 180 Mill Park, Easthampton, MA
2016: Faculty Show, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2014: Faculty Show, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
2013: Works on Paper, Imago Foundation for the Arts, Warren, RI
2012: Brooklyn Art Project, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2011: Occupy, Taber Art Gallery, Holyoke, MA
2008: Works on paper, Artists Space, New York, NY
2007: Works on paper, Artists Space, New York, NY
2007: Exhibit A, Sanford Meisner Theater, New York, NY
2007: Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
2006: Pencil, PG Putnam Gallery, Springfield, MA
2006: Small Works, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2005: The 10th Anniversary of Post-Earthquake Restoration, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
2004: Summer in the City, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
2004: Beyond Boundaries, Monson Art Gallery, Monson, MA
2004: Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
2003: Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.
2002: Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
2002: Recipients and Finalists, 2000 - painting, Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, Boston, MA
2001: Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
2000: Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
2000: Face and Figure, WM Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2000: American International College, Springfield, MA
1999: Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA
1999: See Gallery, Springfield, MA
1999 & 1998: Works in Progress, Taub Hall Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
1998 & 1997: Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
1998 & 1997: Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
1997: International Painting Exhibition, Fundação da Juventude, Oporto, Portugal
1997: Taub Hall Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
1996: Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum, New Bedford, MA
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS:
2022: Painting Prize, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2015: Faculty Award, Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA
2007: Award of Excellence, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Juried by Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006: Faculty Award, Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT
2004: Painting Prize, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
Juried by Steven Holmes, Director of Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2004: Outstanding Painting Prize, Cambridge Art Assn., Cambridge, MA
Juried by Robert Fitzpatrick, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
2004: Painting Prize, Monson Arts Council, Monson, MA
2002: Artist Fellowship Grant, Springfield Cultural Council, Springfield, MA
2000: Artist Grant Award, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
2000: Northeast Exhibition Merit Award, American International College, Springfield, MA
1999: Artist’s Merit Award, Manhattan Arts International Magazine, New York, NY
1998: Juror’s Prize, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
1997: Rudolph Zallinger Painting Prize, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
1997: Luso-American Artist Grant, Fundação da Juventude, Oporto, Portugal
1996: Goldfarb Painting Prize, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
PRINT/ONLINE REVIEWS, AND INTERVIEWS:
Carberry Conversations, STCC, Springfield, MA, 2021
The ArtSalon, artsalon.com, STCC, Springfield, 2019
Miles McEnery, NXNE 2019: Paint, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, VT, 2019
William Simpson Fine Arts Series, Springfield College, November 2, 2016
Donna Fleischer, "Scattered", Word Pond, Wordpress.com, August 5, 2013
"Dystopia", Connecticut Art Scene, ctartscene.blogspot.com, February 27, 2010
Brooklyn artproject.com, July 15, 2009
"The 10th Anniversary of Post-Earthquake Restoration", Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan, January 17, 2005
Beth Purcell, "Fragments of Light", Newton Free Library Newsletter, March 2005
"National Painting Show", Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, May 3, 2004
Elizabeth Lafond, "Art Gallery Covers the Canvas", Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA, Feb. 10, 2003
Gloria Russell, "Artists' Work Offers Social Commentaries", Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA, November 3, 2002
Larry Parnass, "Who We Are, At Least to One", Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, January 15, 2001
Gloria Russell, "Artists Offer Views of Face and Figure", Sunday Republican, November 12, 2000
Mary Bagg, "Go Figure", Valley Advocate, Easthampton, MA, October 26, 2000
Gloria Russell, "Realism Rules 2 Art Shows", Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA, May 14, 2000
Manhattan Arts International magazine, New York, NY, Sep. - Oct. 1999
"Mostra de Arts Plasticas", Fundação da Juventude, Oporto, Portugal, July 10, 1997
Manuel Luís Goucha, interview, RTP Internacional, Oporto, Portugal, July 10, 1997
Rachael Kelley, "Goldfarb Exhibition Opens in Joseloff Gallery", The Informer News, November 6, 1996
ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
William Blizard Artist-in-Residence, Springfield College, 1919
William Blizard Artist-in-Residence, Springfield College, 1916
Fundação da Juventude, Oporto, Portugal, 1996
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2019 - Present, Adjunct Professor, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, CT
2013 - Present, Adjunct Professor, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
2008 - Present, Adjunct Professor, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
2000 - Present, Adjunct Professor, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
2005 - 2015, Adjunct Professor, Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA
2001 - 2010, Adjunct Professor, Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT
1999 - 2000, Art Instructor, German Gerena Community School, Springfield, MA
Summer 1999, Adjunct Professor, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Spring 2008 and 2009, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT