Education
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island – M.F.A. in Photography, 1980
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts – B.A. magna cum laude, 1975. Major: Fine Arts
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts – Fall 1971 – Winter 1973
Teaching, Professional Experience
Northampton, Massachusetts Artist, Photographer 1975 – present
Amherst College, Amherst Massachusetts Visiting Artist, Department of Fine Arts 2003, 1997 – 1998
University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut Lecturer, Department of Art 1993 – 1996, 1980 – 1984
Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts Adjunct Assistant Professor of Photography 1990 – 91
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Assistant Professor, Department of Art 1984 – 1989
Solo (and Two-Person) Exhibitions
2021
Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2019
Valley Photo Center, Springfield, Massachusetts (March)
2018
Feick Arts Center, Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont
2016
Old Courthouse Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
2015
Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
2014
Herrick Gallery, Wendell, Massachusetts
2013
Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
2010
“Luminosity” The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, Massachusetts (three person)
2008
Book Arts Gallery, Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Valley Photo Center, Springfield, Massachusetts (three-person)
2007
The State House, Boston, Massachusetts – Office of Senator Stan Rosenberg
2006
Mercy Gallery, Richmond Art Center, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut
2005
Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
2003
100 Pearl Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut (two-person)
Dakota Ridge Gallery, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
The Ralls Collection, Washington, D.C.
Eliana Ortega Cultural Center, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
2002
University Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
2001
The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
Hart Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1999
Grubbs Gallery, Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, Massachusetts
Old First Church Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts (two-person)
Hart Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts (two-person)
1998
See Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts (two-person)
1996
South Rotunda Gallery, Hynes Center, Boston, Massachusetts
1994
The Photography Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
1993
Klebenov Gallery, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
1992
George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, New York
Icons Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1991
New Works Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, Massachusetts
1990
Hart Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1989
Hart Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts (two person)
1988
Fogg Art Museum, Print Room, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Midtown Y Gallery, New York, New York
“Altered Images,” Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (two person)
1987
Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
1986
Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
1985
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
1984
Barnes Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
1983
Dibden Gallery, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont
Burlington County College, Pemberton, New Jersey
1982
Silver Bullet Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
1981
Thornes, Northampton, Massachusetts
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
“Good and Bad Government,” Abrazo Interno Gallery, New York, NY
“11th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show,” Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2020
“Landmarks,” Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
“Annual Photobook Exhibition,” Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, New York
2019
“Expanded Field: Photography from the Collection,” New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
“Dark to Light: A Syrian Child’s Journey,”, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, Connecticut
2018
“More Eyes on Western Massachusetts,” Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
2017
“Photography+Science,” Yixian International Photography Festival, China
“Touchstones, Totems, Talismans: Animals in Contemporary Art,” Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont
“The Fence 2017 – New England Regional,” SoWa, Boston
The 4th Corner Foundation, Windham, Vermont
“Found In Collection I: Contemporary Photography from the Danforth Art Museum,” Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts
“Views of the Mount Holyoke Range,” R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, Massachusetts
2016
“The Lay of the Land: Contemporary American Landscapes from the Collection,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
“Take A Seat,” University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, Massachusetts
2015
“River Crossings,” Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY
“40 Years/40 Artists,” University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA
2011
“Follow The River,” Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA
2010
“From Seed To Supper,” Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
“Art+Space,” The Gallery at Hallmark, Turners Falls, MA
Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
“RISD New England Biennial,” Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2008
“A Tribute to Polaroid,” Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2007
“Titles,” sponsored by the University Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts, exhibited in Amherst and Montreal
“Self Reflection,” Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
“The World Is Still Flat,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
2006
“Metamorphosis: The Director’s Choices from the Benton Collection,” Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Connecticut
“30th Anniversary Exhibition,” Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
2005
“Displaced,” The Chocolate Factory, Phoenix, Arizona
2004
“Ten Years at 100 Pearl,” 100 Pearl Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
“Crosscurrents,” Pure Light Gallery, Turners Falls, Massachusetts
“Viva Polaroid,” A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
2003
“Faculty Exhibition,” Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
2002
“Counter Clockwise: Photographs from the Polaroid Collections,” Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
“Small Works,” A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
“Summer Show,” The Ralls Collection, Washington, D.C.
“Changing Prospects: The View from Mt. Holyoke,” Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
2001
“18 Alumni Artists,” Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
“25th Anniversary Exhibition,” Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
“Valley Photographers,” Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
2000
“Art From The Mechanism,” Pivot Gallery, Florence, Massachusetts
“Millennium: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions,” William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Connecticut
1999
Summer Group Show, The Ralls Collection, Washington, D.C.
1998
“Intimate Objects,” The Ralls Collection, Washington, D.C.
“Selections 6,” Weber State University, Ogden, Utah and national travel
Gallery 57, Springfield, Massachusetts (award)
“Air & Water,” The Ralls Collection, Washington, D.C.
1997
“Paradise Lost,” Hart Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
“Self Portrait,” Hart Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
“Contact Improvisation: 25 Years,” Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Gallery 57, Springfield, Massachusetts
“Light Traces,” Richmond Art Center, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut
1996
“20th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition,” Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
“Surveying the Landscape,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
1995
“Focal Point,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
“30th Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition,” Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Connecticut
Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut (four person)
1994
“New England Photographers from the Danforth Museum Collection,” Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
“New England Landscape,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
1992
“Selections 6,” Polaroid, Cologne, Germany and international traveling
“Selections,” University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Chilean-North American Institute, Santiago, Chile
“New England Photographers,” Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts
“Summer Invitational,” Keeney Cultural Center, Wethersfield, Connecticut
1991
“New England Biennial,” Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts
1990
“Selections 5,” Polaroid, Cologne, Germany and international traveling
“Postcards: Northampton,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
“Photography: From Fact to Symbol,” University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
“Landscapes,” Wenniger Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
“Review and Preview,” Hart Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1989
“The Landscape: Painted, Drawn, and Photographed,” Hart Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
“Formers and Founders,” Artworks Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
“Zone Artists,” The Artists Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
“Smith at Sync,” Sync Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1988
“Zone,” Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
“Ghost of a Chance,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
“Beyond Light,” University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, travel
“Photography, Etc.,” Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, New York, New York
1986
“Photo-Collaborations” Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
“Photo-Synthesis,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
Zone Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts
1985
“Pioneer Valley Photographers,” Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, Massachusetts
“Chautauqua Faculty,” S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, New York
“The Figure,” M. S. Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
“Smith College Faculty,” University Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1984
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
Duke Art Museum, Durham, North Carolina
New York Public Library, New York, New York
M. S. Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
1983
Zone Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts (award)
Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, Massachusetts
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
“Coast to Coast,” Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
1982
“The Finished Print,” Farmington Art Guild, Farmington, Connecticut
“Alumni Biennial III,” Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
“The Narrative on Paper,” Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Grants, Awards
World Health Organization Photography Competition, “Images of Health and Disability,” award, 2002
Polaroid International Photography Awards: Winner, Fine Arts/Americas 2001
Northampton Arts Council Grant 1998,1990,1984,1983
Artists Support Program, Polaroid Corporation 1999, 1993,1991,1990,1984,1982
Holyoke (Massachusetts) Arts Council Grant 1990
Harnish Faculty Fellowship, Smith College 1985
Purchase Award, University of Connecticut Health Center 1983
Artist in Residence Grant, Massachusetts Artists Foundation 1980
Finalist in Photography, Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Program 1980
Youthgrant (co-recipient), National Endowment for the Humanities 1980
Wise Fine Arts Award, Amherst College 1975
Grand Prize for Best Design, Americana Textile Design Competition 1975
Collections
Aetna, Hartford, Connecticut
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
City of Northampton, Massachusetts
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
Erie Art Center, Erie, Pennsylvania
First Massachusetts Bank
Forbes Library, Northampton, Massachusetts
Groom Law Group, Washington, D.C.
Holyoke Community College
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
Pfizer, Inc., New York, New York
Polaroid Collection, Westlicht, Vienna, Austria
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Richmond Art Center, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut
Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Smith College Museum of Art
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, Massachusetts
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Connecticut
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Visiting Artist, Lecture/Presentations, Workshops
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut 2019
Mount Holyoke College Art Department, South Hadley, Massachusetts 2019
Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 2017
Congregation B’Nai Israel, Northampton, Massachusetts 2016
Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska 2016, 2008
Holyoke Community College 2016
ArtSalon, Northampton, Massachusetts 2014
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts 2014
Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut 2004
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 2003
The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina 2001
University of North Carolina, Charlotte 2001
Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, Massachusetts 1999
Juror, Saltonstall Foundation Residency and Grant Program, Ithaca, New York 1998
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 1986 – 2014
Horizons Craft Center, Williamsburg, Massachusetts 1987 – 2005
Guild Studio School, Northampton, Massachusetts 1992 – 1997
University of Houston, Houston, Texas 1994
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 1992
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts 1991
Weber State College, Ogden, Utah 1990
New England School of Photography, Boston, Massachusetts 1988
East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas 1988
Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts 1987
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut 1986
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York 1985,1986
Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 1985
International Center for Photography, New York, New York 1984
Western New England College 1982, 1984
Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut 1984
Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont 1983
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Books
“The Meadows,” published 2015, Silver Street Media