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RESUME

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| EDUCATION |
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1981 |
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Bachelor of Arts, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1978 |
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 1977 |
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| AWARDS |
Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship, Finalist in Painting, 1990
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Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship, Finalist in Painting, 1989 |
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National Endowment for the Arts, Painting, Individual Artist Grant, 1987
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Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship in Painting, 1983
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Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, Summer, 1984
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Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, First and Second Year Fellowship: 1981–1982, 1982–1983
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The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, Fall, 1982
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The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY, August, 1982
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2008
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Lessons in Botany, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
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| 2007 |
Sanctuary of Light, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
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2004
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Hook, Line and Sinker, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
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1995
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Fresh Produce, GASP, Brookline, MA
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1995
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Seasonal Meditations, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., NY (catalog)
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1993
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Elizabeth Awalt, Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany
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1990
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Yellowstone After Fire, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., NY
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1988
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Elizabeth Awalt, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., NY
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1985
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Elizabeth Awalt, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
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1984
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Elizabeth Awalt, East End Gallery, Provincetown, MA
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1983
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Elizabeth Awalt, West End Gallery, Provincetown, MA
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2008
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Order Insecta, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
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Free Reign, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
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From a Fixed Point, Regis College, Weston, MA |
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Two Person Show, WOCA Gallery, Southwest Harbor, ME
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2007
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Various Views of Nature, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
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Elizabeth Awalt/Stoney Conley, In Nature, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
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From a Fixed Point, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
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2005
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Great Buys: Museum Purchases, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
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Dreaming the Light/Unfolding the Dark, Concord Art Association |
| 2004 |
Finned and Feathered, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
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Gallery Painters, Turtle Gallery, Deere Isle, ME
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| 2003 |
Inside–Out, Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA
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Maine Biennial, Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
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| 2002 |
Nature Interpreted, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
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| 1999 |
Artists at Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College,Chestnut Hill, MA |
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1998
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Boston Public Library Collects, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
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1995
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Herbert W. Plimpton Collection of Realist Art, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
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Directors Choice, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK |
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Inspired by Nature, Boston College Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA
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| 1994 |
Group Exhibit, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., NY |
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The Art of Watercolor, Luise Ross Gallery, NY |
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1993
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Contemporary Watercolors, Boston College Museum of Art, MA |
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American Drawings, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., NY |
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Beyond Description: Images of Nature, G.W. Einstein Co., NY |
| 1992 |
The University of Notre Dame Friends and Alumni Collect, The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, (catalog) |
| 1991 |
Art for Your Collection XXVII, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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Public Territory: Landscape as a Metaphor for Personal Concerns, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| 1990 |
The Eighties: A Post-Pop Generation, The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, (catalog)
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| 1989 |
Ten Artists–Ten Visions, The Decordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, MA (catalog)
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| 1988 |
The Face of the Land, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
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| 1987 |
Contemporary Romantic Landscape Painting, Orlando Museum of Art, Loch Haven, FL
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| 1986 |
A Contemporary View of Nature, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
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Nature Observed, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
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| 1984 |
Brave New Works, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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| 1983 |
Art of the State, The Decordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, MA
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SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
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AT&T, Chicago, IL
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Bank Boston, Boston, MA Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
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Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
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Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA |
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Fidelity Corporation, Boston, MA
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McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill,MA
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Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
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Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
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The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Catalogs:
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Sanctuary of Light, Danforth Museum of Art, essay by Katherine French, 2007
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Seasonal Meditations, foreward by Anne Mac Dougall, 1995
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The University of Notre Dame Friends and Alumni Collect, catalog from exhibition introduction by Dean A. Porter, PHD, color reproduction, p. 91, 1992
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Against the Grain: Images in American Art, catalog to accompany exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, June 9–September 9, 1991, reproduction p. 5
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Art of the Eighties: A Post Pop Generation, catalog from exhibit, June–September, p. 3, 1990
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Neo-Romantics, catalog from exhibit, introduction by Gerrit Henry, 1989
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Ten-Artists–Ten Visions, catalog from exhibit, introduction by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, 1989, reproduction in postcard form
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The Face of the Land, catalog from exhibit, June–Sept., 1988
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Contemporary Romantic Landscape Painting, catalog introduction by Gerrit Henry, Orlando Museum of Art at Loch Haven, p. 14, 1986
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Gerrit Henry, Orlando Museum of Art at Loch Haven, p. 14, 1986 |
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A Contemporary View of Nature, introduction by John Yau, 1986
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Magazines:
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Art New England, "New Work by Elizabeth Awalt: Hook, Line and Sinker," Meredith Fife Day, p.29, February/March, 2005
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Art in America," Elizabeth Awalt at G.W. Einstein", Paul C. Smith, p. 137–138, reproduction, p. 138, March 1991
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Provincetown Arts, "Sublime: A philosophical inquiry into the Beautiful, Sublime, & Picturesque", Charles Giuliano
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Art New England, review of Thomas Segal Exhibit, Charles Guiliano, December, 1985
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Arts Magazine, Ten Fellowship Artists From the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, John Yau, April, 1983
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Art New England, "New Work by Elizabeth Awalt: Hook, Line and Sinker," Meredith Fife Day, p.29, February/March, 2005
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Newspapers:
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Boston Sunday Globe, "Bugging Out", Cate McQuaid, July 20, 2008
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Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Philip Isaacson, August, 2008
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Boston Sunday Globe, "DeCordova Summer Show Has Questing Spirits", Robert Taylor, B4, July 16, 1989
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Boston Herald, "Ten separate but Equal Views", Nancy Stapen, July 21, 1989
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Boston Globe, "Perspectives", Christine Temin, Sept. 17, 1987
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Boston Globe, "Awalt's Magical Landscapes", Christine Temin, October 24, 1985; "The Open Competition, Controversy Takes the Prize", Temin, September 6, 1985; "Romantic Landscapes from Six Bay Staters", Temin, February 21, 1985
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Boston Sunday Globe, "The Year's Ten Best", Christine Temin, December 29, 1985, "New Works Exhibit Signals Change at MFA", Robert Taylor, November 20, 1983
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TEACHING
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2008
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Painting Workshop, Concord Art Association, November
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2006–2007
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Lesley University / Art Institute of Boston, Mentor, MFA in Visual Arts Program
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2006
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Boston College, Painting IV, Visiting Faculty
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2005
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Concord Art Association, Landscape Painting
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2002–2003
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School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Visiting Faculty-Day School, Observational Painting
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1987–2000
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Boston College, Associate Professor, Fine Arts Department, Tenured
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1984–1987
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Boston College, Instructor, Fine Arts Department
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1986
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The Decordova Museum School of Art, Beginning Painting
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1985–1986
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The Danforth Museum School, Drawing |
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