Selected Exhibitions

2011
June, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, “Perfect Fit”, Traveling Exhibition
May, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA, Solo Exhibition
February, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT, “Perfect Fit”, Traveling Exhibition
January, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA, “Trigger and Reconfigure”
2010
July , Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT, “Reshaping Reality”
May, Nicolaysen Museum, Casper, WY, “Perfect Fit”
February,  Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, Solo Exhibition
2009
June, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, “Perfect Fit”, Traveling Exhibition
March, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA, Solo Exhibition
March, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, “Insecta Poetica”
2008
May, Cairn Croft, Dover, MA, Solo Exhibition, curated by Meredyth Moses
2007
June, Downtown Gallery, Washington, Maine, Solo Exhibition
May, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA “Complex Women”
May, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, “Tools As Art”
March, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, “”Widgets”, Solo Exhibition
2006
October, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA, Solo Exhib: “Mixing It Up”
June, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, Solo Exhibition: “Entwining”
2005
April, Gallery at 38 Cameron, Cambridge, MA, Solo Exhibition
2004
February, Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA, Solo Exhibition: “Display Garden”
2003
September, New Art Center, Newton, MA,  “Plant Matter”
March, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, Solo Exhibition: “New Work”
2002
February, A.I.R. Gallery, N.Y., N.Y., “Generations III”
2000
March, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, “Recent Acquisitions”
February, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, “Recent Acquisitions”
1999
May, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, Solo Exhibition
1997
September, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, “Attributes of the Artist”
1995
September, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, Solo Exhibition
1993
April, Nesto Gallery, Milton, MA, Two Person Exhibition
1992
June, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, “New England/ New Talent”
1991
October, Berkshire Art Museum, Pittsfield, MA, Juror: Jock Reynolds

Selected Press

2010
March, Artscope, “Jessica Straus: On Her Own,” Franklin Liu
2009
November, Sculpture Magazine, Jane Ingram Allen
2007
October, Artscope, Roanna Forman
May, Sculpture Magazine, Marty Carlock
2006
July 7,  Boston Globe, “Beauty in a Mad World”, Cate McQuaid
2005
April 7, Boston Globe, “Gallery Pick”, Cate McQuaid
2004
May 2, Boston Globe, “Crafting its Own Niche,” Cate McQuaid
2003
December, Arts Media, Gwendolyn Holbrow
September 26, Boston Globe, Christine Temin
September 19, Boston Phoenix, Randi Hopkins
September 18, Boston Globe, “Art That Grows on You,” Leslie Anderson
June 26, Boston Herald, Joanne Silver
1999
August/September, Art New England, Miles Unger
May 23, Boston Globe, “New Perspective on Familiar Themes,” Marty Carlock

Awards and Grants

2009
Nominee, Brother Thomas Fellowship Award
2006
Artist Resource Grant, Berkshire-Taconic Foundation, Individual. Artist’s Grant
1992
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Individual Artist Support Grant
1990
Somerville Arts Council, Individual Artist Support Grant

Education

Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA, May 1979
Kansas City Art Institute, BFA, December 1976
Brown University, Liberal Arts, 1972-74