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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Painting, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2002

School of the Museum of Fine Arts (additional studies), Boston, MA, 1999

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1993

 

EXHIBITIONS

Marjorie Van Cura: Recent Works, Kill Devil Hill, Brooklyn, NY, 2010

Precedent: A Contemporary Survey of Fine Arts Through PennDesign, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

Freedom’s Feast Dinner Plate Collection, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY 2009

Greenpoint Open Studios, Marie Taillefer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2009

Unsound Practice, Dutch Kills Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2009

Painting Pink Pajamas, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL, 2008-09

Together Forever, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, 2008

PennDesign NY Chapter Alumni Exhibition, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, 2008

Marjorie Van Cura: Chimeras & Other Visual Trickery, Small Works Gallery, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, 2007

Country Mouse/City Mouse, Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in the Arts, Rouses Point, NY, 2007

Winter Ball 2007 Auction, The New York Junior League, New York, NY 2007

Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY, 2005

An Artist's Christmas, Auction to benefit Camp Fire USA, Fort Worth, TX, 2005

Rider Project 2005, Dumbo and Chelsea neighborhoods, NY, 2005

Flat Files, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2005 (ongoing)

Irving Sandler Artist File Slide Registry, Artist's Space, New York, NY, 2005

Ryder Project Auction, Idiom Gallery, New York, NY, 2004

Manifesto? Art Without Consenses, Asterisk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2004

Douglas Dibble Memorial Art Auction, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, 2003

Annual Members' Juried Exhibition [Juror: Ann Landi], Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, 2002

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Class of 2002, The Power Plant, Philadelphia, PA, 2002

Fox Family All Campus Juried Competition [Juror: Frank Bramblett], Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2001 & 2002

Large Print Show, Meyerson Hall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2001 & 2002

Folio 2001, Inn at Penn, Philadelphia, PA, 2001

Annual Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA, 1999 & 2000

National Exhibition of Women's Art [Juror: Leslie Jones, MOMA], SOHO20 Gallery, New York, NY, 1998

16th Annual Juried Exhibition [Juror: Ivan Karp, OK Harris Gallery], Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, 1998

Windows Art Project, Art Beat Festival, Somerville, MA, 1997 & 1998

BAC Faculty & Staff Exhibit 97-98, Boston Architectural Center Gallery, Boston, MA, 1998

Surface Journeys (solo exhibition), Cambridge Center Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 1996

National Juried Visual Art Competition, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, 1995

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor to students visiting from PS36 Margaret Douglas School, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY, 2006-present

Instructor, Artist Workshop Series, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY, 2008, 2010

Artist Talk, Women in Design and Planning Series, University of Pennsylvania Career Services, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

Artist Talk, for Chimeras & Other Visual Trickery, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, 2007

Guest Critic, Light Color & Design I, Munson-Williams-Proctor School, Pratt Institute, Utica, NY 2006

Teaching Assistant, Screenprinting, Parsons School of Design, New School University, New York, NY, 2004

Guest Critic, School of Architecture & Planning, Catholic University, Washington, DC, 2004

Guest Critic, Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 2002-2003

Instructor, Drawing I, University of Pennsylvania, College of General Studies, Philadelphia, PA, 2001

Instructor, Portraiture, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, 2001

Instructor, Collage/Assemblage, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, 2001

Teaching Assistant, Color Theory and Application, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2001

Teaching Assistant, Digital Imaging, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2000 & 2002

Instructor, Freehand Drawing, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, 1998 & 1999

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

Teaching Instructorship, Drawing I, College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2001

Teaching Assistantship, Color Theory and Application, Fine Arts Department, University of Pennsylvania, 2001

Teaching Assistantship, Digital Imaging, Fine Arts Department, University of Pennsylvania, 2000 & 2002

School of Fine Arts Scholar (partial tuition), Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 2000-2002

University Senior Art Award of Excellence, Fine Arts Department, University of Massachusetts, 1993

Chancellor Talent Award (full tuition), Fine Arts Department, University of Massachusetts, 1990-1993

Pierce Fund Scholar, Greater Worcester Community Foundation, 1989-1993

 

PUBLICATIONS

Billard, Mary. “A Greenpoint Stroll,” The New York Times, June 10, 2010, pE5

Smith, Jill. “The Ties That Bond Us,” NY Arts Magazine, January/February 2009

Kenyon, Theo Jean. “Visual Thrill Ride,” Peoria Journal Star ArtsPlus, November 2, 2008

Painting Pink Pajamas exhibition catalogue, essays by Matt Freedman and Paul Krainak, November 2008

Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Calendar of Exhibits, Events and Programs September-December 2008, p14.

Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, News, March/April 2002

Freedman, Matthew. University of Pennsylvania, MFA Thesis 2002 Gallery Notes, 2002

Cambridge Tab, Happenings, April 28, 2000

The Improper Bostonian, art, May 3-16, 2000

Jones, Leslie, MOMA, Soho20 Gallery Press Release, August 1998

The Cambridge Chronicle, The Entertainment Line: Best Bets, Sept. 12-18, 1996

 

 

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Cogent Partners, New York, NY

University of Pennsylvania School of Design, City and Regional Planning Department

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

 

Westport, Connecticut

Beverly, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

North Attleboro, Massachusetts

Somerville, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Brooklyn, New York

Long Island, New York

New York, New York

Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

West Grove, Pennsylvania

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Madrid, Spain

Hurst, Texas

Tacoma, Washington

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