Resume

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Selected Exhibitions & Projects

Selected Collections

Competions & Awards

Art Fairs 

Presentations

Curating & Juroring

Portfolio Reviews

Employment

Education

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS 

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2024

C24 Gallery, Make It or Break It, New York, NY 

Smith College Museum of Art, Winslow Teaching Gallery, for psychology class: The Human Mind and Climate Change: Mental Health Northampton, MA

Reeves House Visual Arts Center, Life in Miniature, Woodstock, GA

Edible Book Festival Judge, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2023

Smith College Museum of Art, Artist Talk, Art and Scale, Northampton, MA 

Smith College Museum of Art, Winslow Teaching Gallery, Northampton, MA

Smith College Museum of Art, Interview with Artists from the SCMA Collection, Interview by Indigo Casais '23, Northampton, MA

Ep. 18: The Artful Audacity of Hope, Podcast conversation with Adam Zucker from Artfully Learning, Listen/Watch Here

Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, 100 Mile Radius Juried Art Show, Keene State College, NH

Northampton Center for the Arts, Revelry, Northampton, MA

APE Gallery, Microworks, Northampton, MA

2022

Tableaux for the Future, MFA Thesis Paper, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

Tableaux for the Future, SUAG, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

2021

I'm Not Done Playing with That: Artists who Refuse to Put Away their Toys, curated by Linda Griggs,

Equity Gallery, 245 Broome street, New York Artists: Amy Hill, Andrew Robinson, Barbara Friedman, Dominick Lombardi, John Arehart, Linda Griggs, Mary Jo Vath, Mary-Ann Monforton, Melanie Vote, Peter Drake, Phil Buehler, Sally Curcio, Steve Ellis, Takashi Murakami, Tine Kindermann, Toy Collectibles, Trenton Doyle Hancock

2020

Newport Art Museum, Complex Terrain(s), Newport, RI, June 20 - September 27, 2020

SOS (Summer On-screen Series) curated by Sally Curcio for Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

A Horse Walks into a Bar, Curator D. Dominick Lombardi, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

2019

Art Dubai - Lead Artist for the Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program, Dubai, UAE

Small Worlds: Miniatures in Contemporary Art, The Fleming Museum of the Art, Burlington, VT

Where I may be, the sky is mine, Herter Gallery, Group Exhibition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Oh Beautiful Glass! Group exhibition curated by Sally Prasch, Levertt Craft &  Arts, Leverett MA

Miniature Worlds Workshop, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, NYC

Voracious Eye, Curated by Linda Griggs, Abrazo Gallery, New York City, NY

VOL 6 (2018) Critical Thinking and Writing: Family Resemblances, Double Helix: A Journal of Critical Thinking and Writing. Cover Image by Sally Curcio

Orion Magazine, Life versus the Machine, Artwork by Sally Curcio, Great Barrington, MA

The “X” Factor: Works by XIV Women Artists, Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA

The Bubble, Bubble Sculpture Art Commission, Northampton, MA

Girls Inc., Miniature Worlds Workshop, Holyoke, MA

Children's Museum of the Arts, Family Day -  Miniature Worlds Workshop, New York City, NY

Al-Mizhar Boy's School, Miniature Worlds Workshop, Dubai, UAE

Latifa School for Girls, Miniature Worlds Workshop, Dubai, UAE

Al Nokhbah Boys Model School For Basic Education, Miniature Worlds Workshop, Dubai, UAE 

Mohammed Bin Rashed School for Girls, Miniature Worlds Workshop, Dubai, UAE  

2018

The Children's Museum of the Arts, New York City, NY

Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, Central Park & The Gapstow Bridge, Bubble Sculpture Art Commissions, New York, NY

Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

Nicaragua, Bubble Sculpture Art Commission, Northampton, MA

2017

Historic Northampton Museum, Laws Change. People Die. The Land Remains, Northampton, MA

Bruce Museum, Small Scales: Land of Enchantment, Greenwich, CT

2016

Nancy's Garden, Art Commission, Northampton, MA

Bruce Museum, Small Scales: Land of Enchantment, Greenwich, CT

Smith College Museum of Art, Lay of the Land, Northampton, MA

Peabody Essex Museum, Sizing It Up: Scale in Nature and Art, Salem, MA

University Museum of Contemporary Art, Take a Seat!, Amherst, MA

Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst, MA

2015  

Peabody Essex Museum, Sizing It Up: Scale in Nature and Art, Salem, MA

Fitchburg Art Museum, Land Ho! Fitchburg, MA - Exhibition Catalog

Harmon Gallery, Sally Curcio, Wellfleet, MA

Bing Arts Center, Competitive Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Springfield, MA

2014  

J. Cacciola Gallery, A Redefined Existence,  China Marks, Rick Newton, and Sally Curcio, New York, NY

The Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Retroactive, Solo Exhibition, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MA

Hampden Gallery, Recognition, Solo Exhibition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2013

Front Room Gallery, Mapping Heaven, Curated by Linda Griggs, Williamsburg, NY

APE Gallery, A Prize Every Time, Sally Curcio, Amy Johnquest, Anne LaPrade Seuthe, Northampton, MA

2012

University Museum of Contemporary Art, Pressing Matters, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Memorial Art Gallery, Extreme Materials 2, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 

Hampshire College Art Gallery, Sally Curcio's Bubbles,  Amherst, MA

2011

A Novel Idea, Curated by Anne LaPrade Seuthe and Sally Curcio, Incubator Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

X Marks the Spot, DUMBO Arts Festival, Sally Curcio, Amy Johnquest, Anne LaPrade Seuthe,  Brooklyn, NY 

Kaleidoscope, Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA

2010

A.I.R. Gallery, At Her Age, juror Martha Wilson, Founding director of Franklin Furnace Inc., NYC, Brooklyn, NY 

Morton Fine Art,  Pretty Little Things, Washington, DC

Local Project, Autosemblematic, curated by Jennifer Junkermeier, Long Island City, NY

Art Jail,  Lost Horizon, curator David Gibson, New York, NY 

Hampden Gallery, Sweetness and Light, curator Linda Griggs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

LZ Project Space, The Back Room Biennial, selected by Linda Griggs, New York, NY  

2009

Carroll and Sons, Aqua Art Miami (Wynwood), Miami, FL

10th Year Anniversary of the Drawing Project, Boston, MA 

Sugarcraft, curator  Wynter Whiteside, Wholly Craft!, Columbus, OH

Artcomplex Center of Tokyo (ACT), Wrapping Paper Design Competition,Tokyo, Japan

2008

Wunderarts, American Dream, Amherst, MA

 Doual'art Gallery, AmericAura and AfricAura, Douala, Cameroon, West Africa 

 National Library of Cameroon,AmericAura, Yaounde, Cameroon, West Africa

Kasia Kay Art Projects, Sugarcraft, curator  Wynter Whiteside, Chicago, IL

Titles, L'écume des Jours, Montreal, Canada 

2007

Northampton Center for the Arts, Bling, Solo Exhibition, Northampton, MA

MPG Contemporary, NEW ART 2007, Juried by Raphaela Platow, Curator for Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston, MA

AmericAura, Augusta Savage Gallery and Hampden Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 

2006

The Cambridge Art Association's 2006 National Prize Show, juried by Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

20th International Juried Show, Juried by Patterson Sims, Director of Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ  (formerly of Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY), Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

2005

Family Resemblances, Solo Exhibition, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2004

Limited Edition, Solo Exhibition, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA

2002

Stigmata: Period pieces, Solo Exhibition, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College, Springfield, MA  

Hair Trigger, Solo Exhibition, Hampden Gallery, Incubator Project, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA  

A fence in bloom: Soaking up spring, Solo Exhibition, Smith College Museum of Art, Art on the Fence project, Smith College, Northampton, MA

2000

Hairwork, Solo Exhibition, Holyoke Community College Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA

1999

Filament, Solo Exhibition, The Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA

1998

A Lock of Hair, Solo Exhibition, The See Gallery, Springfield, MA

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SELECTED COLLECTIONS

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Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA

NYU Langone Medical Center Collection, NYC

Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, NYC

Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel, Charlotte, NC

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, Washington, DC

Jane Manus von Richthofen and Rene von Richthofen (descendant of Manfred Von Richthofen -  the "Red Baron"), FL

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COMPETITIONS & AWARDS

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2017

Artist Fellowships Program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Finalist in Sculpture/Installation/New Genres, Boston, MA

2016

Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton,  MA

2015       

Artist's Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Sheffield, MA

2013       

Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA

2011       

DUMBO Arts Festival, Collaboration with Amy Johnquest and Anne LaPrade Seuthe, Brooklyn, NY

2010       

Blanche E. Colman Award, Boston, MA

At Her Age, juror Martha Wilson, Founding director of Franklin Furnace Inc., NYC, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2007       

New Art  2007, Juried by Raphaela Platow, Chief Curator, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA

Gallery Award, awarded by Michael Price at “New Art  2007,” MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA.

2006       

Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA

The Cambridge Art Association's 2006 National Prize Show, Juried by Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

20th International Juried Show, Juried by Patterson Sims, Director of Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (formerly of Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY), Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

2005       

Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Juried by Joseph Thompson, Director of MASS MoCA, Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA

The 6th A.I.R. Gallery Biennial, Juried by Maura Reilly, Curator for the  Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art - Brooklyn Museum of Art, A.I.R. Gallery, NY

Testifyin’ 2005 A National Competition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC

2003       

Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA

1998       

Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, via Northampton Support Project for the Innovative Art, MA

1997       

Western Massachusetts Juried Works on Paper and Sculpture Award, Northampton, MA

Northampton Council on the Arts Grant Award, Northampton, MA

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ART FAIRS

 

2019

Art Dubai - Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program, Dubai, UAE

2014       

Southampton Art Fair, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

Fountain Art Fair, E32, Curated by Linda Griggs, New York, NY

2009       

Aqua Art Miami (Wynwood), Miami, FL

 

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PRESENTATIONS

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​2023

Smith College Museum of Art, Artist Talk, Art and Scale, Northampton, MA 

2019

Art Dubai - Lead Artist for the Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program, Dubai, UAE

2017

Artist Talk, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2016

Small Scales: Artist Panel, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, November 17th

2015       

Artist Talk, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

2014       

What Were They Thinking?, Diorama Show talk with the artists, APE Gallery, Northampton, MA

2012       

Artist Talk, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

2010       

E32, 5C Cultural Center Lounge, New York, NY

Women Artists, Hosted by Elizabeth Stone, presented to the Boston chapter of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Hotel Northampton, Northampton, MA

Lost Horizon, Artjail, Chinatown, NY

Autosemblematic, Local Project, Long Island City, NY

2009

Hillside Art Salon, The Chancellor’s House, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2008       

In Conversation: 3 part salon series with Art Critic Gloria Russell, Wunderarts, Amherst, MA

Sugar Show, E32 Series, Gallerybar, NYC, NY

2007       

Artist on Art, Smith College Museum, Smith College, Northampton, MA

2005       

Family Resemblances, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA

2004       

Stigmata: Period pieces, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

Stigmata: Period pieces, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2003       

Fiber and Feminism, Slide Lecture with Deborah Kruger funded by The Fiber Art Center and Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, Jones Library, Amherst, MA

2002       

Stigmata: Period pieces,  William Blizard Gallery, Springfield, MA

 

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CURATING & JURORING

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2024

Edible Book Festival, Judge, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2018

Art Scope Magazine - In the Centerfold, Juror, Cambridge, MA

2017

Self Indulgence, Exhibition Curators: Sally Curcio, D.Dominick Lombardi and Anne LaPrade Seuthe, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Art Scope Magazine - In the Centerfold, Jurors: Sally Curcio, Hampden Gallery; Beth C. McLaughlin, Fuller Craft Museum; Diane Reed Sawyer: Milton Art Center.

2016

Juror, Annual Student Art Exhibit, (students elementary through high school), Hatfield Public Library, Hatfield, MA

2011

A Novel Idea, Curators: Anne LaPrade Seuthe and Sally Curcio, Incubator Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2010

The Northampton Center for the Arts, Selection Committee for Exhibitions, Northampton, MA

2008

The Northampton Center for the Arts, Selection Committee for Exhibitions, Northampton, MA

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PORTFOLIO REVIEWS

 

2016

International Conference on Opportunities in the Arts, Transcultural Exchange, Portfolio Review, Boston, MA

Hampden Gallery, Pick My Brain,  University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

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EMPLOYMENT

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2022-present: Associate Director, Hampden Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2021-2022: Interim Gallery Director, Hampden Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2015-2020: Gallery Manager: Hampden Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

 

Preparator: (on-call), Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

2018: Sam Gilliam in Dialogue, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

2018: Kay Sage - Serene Surrealist, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

2018: Anicka Yi, Our Love is Bigger Than an AIDS Quilt, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

2018: Object Lab, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

2018: "The Field Is the World:" Williams, Hawai'i, and Material Histories in the Making, Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

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Preparator: (on-call), University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2017: 5 Takes on African Art / 42 Flags by Fred Wilson, University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2016: COBRA, University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

2015: Chuck Close: Photographs, University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

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EDUCATION

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2022   

MFA in Sculpture, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA

1995   

BFA in Painting, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA

1994   

American College in London, London, England

1991   

Williams College, Williamstown, MA

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA

 

 

 

 

 

 

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