Education
| Master of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA | |
| Special Student, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA | |
| Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA | |
| Bachelor of Art in Studio Art and Art History, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2001 | Dwellings & Divides, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 2000 | Sets, Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 1996 | Encaustic Works on Paper, Brady Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO |
| Fragilities, Gallery and R&F Encaustics, Kingston, NY |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2013 | Calligraphic Gesture, Tao Water Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| 2012 | Instructors’ Exhibit, 6th International Encaustics Conference, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| Melted, Roos Arts, Rosendale, NY; Heige Kim & Laura Moriarty, Curators | |
| 2011 | Voices in Encaustic, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, St. Louis, MO; Pamela Blum also curator |
| Group Show, Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro, NY | |
| 2010 | Encaustics: Wax & Image, Westchester Community College Center for the Arts, White Plains, NY |
| 2006 | Encaustic Works, 2005,Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY; Curators: Karl Willers & Beth Wilson (Catalog) |
| 2004 | Encaustics, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY; Invitational |
| Artists & Writers, SUNY Dutchess, Poughkeepsie, NY | |
| 2003 | Waxing Poetic, Catskill Mountain Foundation Gallery, Hunter, NY |
| Encaustics, SUNY Dutchess, Poughkeepsie, NY; curated and exhibited | |
| 2002 | Hopscotch: Associative Leaps in the Construction of Narrative—College Art Assoc. Members Exhibit, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, Curator: Ellen Rosenholtz (Brochure) |
| 1999 | Group Show, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY |
| In the Present Tense ’99, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY | |
| Women’s Studio Workshop Fundraiser, Rosendale, NY | |
| 1998 | The Group, six-person invitational exhibit, Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Collage, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL; invitational | |
| In the Present Tense ’98, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY, invitational | |
| Gallery Artists, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY | |
| 1997 | Abstraction, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY, invitational |
| In the Present Tense ‘97, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY, invitational | |
| Gallery Artists, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY | |
| Halloween Exhibit, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, invitational | |
| 1996 | Landscape Exhibit, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY, invitational |
| In the Present Tense ‘96, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY, invitational | |
| 1995 | Gallery Show, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY Faculty Biennial, Illinois State University, Normal, IL |
| In the Present Tense, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY | |
| Celebrating Women, three-person show, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY | |
| ISU Faculty Painters, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI | |
| Gallery Artists, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY | |
| 1994-2003 | Representation, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY |
| 1994 | Gallery Artists, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY |
| 1993 | 4th Biennale Fine Arts of Paris Salon Du Vieux Columbier, City Hall of Paris, France |
| 13th Grand Prix of Aquitane, Museum of Modern Art, Tonseins, France | |
| 3rd Biennale of Aquitane, Museum of Modern Art, Tonseins, France | |
| 2nd Flamboyance Event at Art Modern Museum Commanderie d’Unet, Bordeaux, France | |
| Co-Curator, Computer Art Exhibit, Angel Fire Gallery, Rochester, NY | |
| 1992 | Group Exhibition, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY |
| Selected New York Painters, Angel Fire Gallery, Rochester, NY, Curator: Michelle Oosterbaan | |
| 1990-1992 | 26th Annual Juried Show, Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD, Juror: Dorsey Waxler, Director, Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY |
| 20th National Works on Paper Exhibition (Purchase award), Minot State | |
| 1988 | Drawing Exhibition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 1986 | Springfield Area Artists Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Juror: Michael Preble, Curator of Art, the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR |
| Oppression/Expression, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, Jurors: Leon Golub; Lowery Sims, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
| Eighth Annual Juried Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME, Jurors: John S. Ames III, Print Dealer, Gallery Sixty-Eight, Belfast, ME; B. Hooton, Editor and Publisher, “Art World”, New York, NY; V. Oscarsson, Art Dealer, Oscarsson, Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1984 | Rockport Summer Studio, Rockport, ME |
| 1981-1985 | Invitation to make photograph, Polaroid 20”x24” Studio, Cambridge, MA |
| 27th Annual Small Sculpture and Drawing Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN | |
| 1980 | Children of Famous Artists, MIT Student Union, Cambridge, MA |
| 1979 | Master of Fine Arts Show, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| 1977 | Sculpture/Performance, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA |
| Lewis Wharf Show, Invitational, Boston Visual Artists Union, Boston, MA | |
| Cambridge River Festival, Cambridge, MA | |
| Massachusetts College of Art Master of Fine Arts Show, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA | |
| 1976 | Faces of Janus, First Night, Boston Common, Boston, MA |
| Environmental Sculpture Competition for the Inner Lake, City Hall, Hamburg, Germany |
Lectures & Workshops
| 2014 | Presenter, 3D Encaustics, 8th International Encaustics Conference, Provincetown, MA |
| 2012 | Presenter, Plenary Session, 6th International Encaustics Conference, Provincetown, MA |
| Individual sculpture workshops, Kingston, NY | |
| 2011 | Lecture/Discussion on Voices in Encaustic: Finding Meaning, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, St. Louis, MO |
| Encaustic Workshop, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, St. Louis, MO | |
| Group Show, Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro, NY | |
| 2010 | Demonstration on building 3D forms and painting encaustic on 3D surfaces, 4th Annual International Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA; Joanne Mattera, conference organizer |
| 2009 | Roundtable Discussion; Demonstration of work on curved panels; International Encaustic Artists Retreat, Carmel Valley, CA |
| 2008 | Color interaction workshop for R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY |
| 2000 | Two week-long encaustic workshops, College of Santa Fe, NM |
| Encaustic workshop, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY | |
| Encaustic workshop, Fordham University, New York, NY | |
| Encaustic monotype workshop, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY | |
| Encaustic workshop, Eastchester High School, Eastchester, NY | |
| 1999 | Two week-long encaustic workshops, College of Santa Fe, NM |
| Encaustic monotype workshop, R&F Handmade Paints, Inc., Kingston, NY | |
| Encaustic monotype workshops, developed and taught, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Mini Encaustic Workshops, R&F Handmade Paints, Inc., Kingston, NY | |
| 1998 | Light Laboratory Workshop, Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Lexington, KY |
| 1997 | Moderator of two sessions and presenter in one on Color in 3 and 4 Dimensions, 1997 Foundations in Art Theory and Education National Biennial Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
| Work from Fragilities Series included in 1997 College Art Association Conference session, On Bees and “Beeing”: Lessons from the Hive, Moderators Irving Lavin, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University and Nancy Macko, Scripps College | |
| Forthcoming: Presentation on World Wide Web page, 1996 College of Fine Arts Computer Stipend, Office of Research in Arts Technology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL | |
| 1996 | Presentation of own work to Art Department: graduate and undergraduate critiques, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO |
| Presentation of own work and encaustics color theory demonstration to foundations students, Art Department, Webster University, St. Louis, MO | |
| Seminar on Chaos Theory, given with Ron Jackson, Instructor, Painting IV, Illinois State University | |
| Collaborated with Richard Frumess, R&F Encaustics, Kingston, NY, to develop lectures and workshops on encaustic painting techniques: Lectures and/or workshops presented F95 by Richard Frumess at Mid-America College Art Association, Illinois State University, College of DuPage and School of the Art Institute of Chicago | |
| Moderated Foundations in Art Theory and Education panel and presented introduction, Mid-America College Art Association, Indianapolis, IN | |
| Moderated Symbols in Foundations Courses session and presenting paper, Foundations in Art Theory and Education | |
| 1995 | National Biennial Conference, St. Louis MO |
| Computer Literacy in the Arts: Integrating or Separating the Teaching of Computer Use in Arts Curricula, Illinois State University 1995 Computer Arts Festival, Normal, IL | |
| 1994 | Report on Two Summer 1994 College of Fine Arts Computer Stipends, F94 College of Fine Arts Computer Retreat, Illinois State University, Normal, IL |
| Foucault and the Meaning of Form and Subject in Velasquez’ “Las Meninas”, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, and Art 421, Illinois State University, Normal, IL | |
| Workshop for Beginning Art Faculty Macintosh Users, Office of Research in Arts Technology, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL | |
| Computers in Foundations Courses, Illinois Higher Education Art Association, Illinois State University, Normal, IL | |
| Using Computers in 2D Design, Illinois State University Computer Arts Festival, Normal, IL | |
| 1993 | Moderator, New Directions in Foundations: Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Foundations Courses, Mid-America College Art Association Conference, St. Louis, MO |
| Symbols in Foundations Courses, Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Washington University in St. Louis, MO | |
| Symbols and Totems, Graduate Forum, RIT School of Art and Design, Rochester, NY | |
| Foundations Curriculum, Illinois State University, Normal, IL | |
| Lecture on my own work, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL | |
| 1992 | Lecture on my own work and poetry-to-image workshop, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI |
| Moderator, What have we learned? Where are we going?, 1992 F.A.T.E. National Conference, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA | |
| How to use the Matrix for Questioning and Thinking, Graduate Graphic Design Seminar, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY | |
| 1991 | Time and Technology in 2D Design, F.A.T.E. Session, College Art Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
| Pornography and Censorship, Graduate Forum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY | |
| 1990 | Censorship panel: Matrix for Questioning and Thinking, Southwest College Art Conference, Atlanta College of Art |
| Workshop on Additive and Subtractive Color, California State University at Los Angeles, CA | |
| Moderator, Session on color, including paper, Color: New Developments and Perennial Issues, National F.A.T.E. Conference, Art Institute of Chicago, IL | |
| Myth and Meaning: A model for negotiation among medium, technique, subject, artist, viewer, culture and history, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY | |
| Mind, medium, and context: Changes in the meanings of art, Seattle University, Seattle, WA | |
| 1989 | Panel on artists as teachers, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO |
| American Center for Design, Students in Design Chapter, Springfield, MO | |
| Presentation of findings on an information exchange among foundations programs in art and design, F.A.T.E. session, CAA annual meeting, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1988 | Thoughts on Inter-linguistic Translation, Creativity and Universals in Visual Arts Education, 2nd Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| Directions in Foundations in Art and Design at Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield High School and Junior High School Teachers Conference | |
| Eye and Other: Problems in Translation, National Conference on Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, chair and presenter, Liberal Arts/Visual Arts Panel, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA | |
| 1987 | 2D Design as Communication, SW District Art Teachers Association, Springfield, MO |
| 1986 | Southwest Missouri State University Art Department, Springfield, MO |
| 1985 | Shooting Your Own Slides, Maine Women in the Arts, Bangor, ME |
| 1983 | ‘You Can’t Take It With You’: Aspects of High Technology in Art, University of Maine Art Department, Orono, ME |
| 1982 | University of Wisconsin Art Department, Madison, WI |
| Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO | |
| 1981 | Massacre of the Innocents and Other Dependencies, University of Maine Art Department, Orono, ME |
Publications
| 2014 | Reviewed article for Leonardo |
| 2013 | The Calligraphic Gesture Catalog, Tao Water Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
| 2010 | Encaustic Art: The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax, Lissa Rankin, Watson Guptil, 2010 |
| A voice in Shadow-Walks: Kingston, Featured on video on 3D Encaustics by Reni Gower, Prof. of Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University. View at “Tutorial Video Links-Reni Gower” |
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| 2006 | Encaustic Works 2005, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, Karl Willers & Beth Wilson, Co-curators |
| 2001 | The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax, Joanne Mattera, Watson-Guptill Publications, NY, © 2001, pp. 62, 70, 98 |
| 1994 | “Using Symbols in Foundations Courses,” F.A.T.E. in Review, Vol. 16, 1993-94, journal of Foundations in Art, Theory and Education |
| 1993 | Catalog for Beams of Light, Salon du Vieux Colombier, Paris and Museum de la Commanderie D’Unet, Tonseins, France |
| Requested by Richard Hirsch for monograph but unpublished: 1200-and 2300-word versions of Time and Timelessness: The Ceramic Tripods of Richard Hirsch | |
| 1990-1993 | Editor, F.A.T.E. in Review, Vols. 13-15, journal of Foundations in Art, Theory and Education |
| 1992 | Noted, Who’s Who in the East, 1994 edition |
| “Censorship in the Classroom and the ‘Matrix for Questioning and Creative Thinking’,” F.A.T.E. in Review, Vol. 14 | |
| “Aspects of Time and Technology in 2D Design,” F.A.T.E. in Review, Vol. 14 | |
| 1991 | “Matrix for Visual Thinking: A Mythology of Possible Validities,” F.A.T.E. in Review, Vol. 13 |
| 1990 | “Preliminary Findings—F.A.T.E. National Survey on an Information Exchange among Foundations Programs,” F.A.T.E. Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1989 |
| 1986 | “The Dark Bob”, FILM at 11, October, 1986, Vol. 1 |
| 1980 | Redesign and production, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Master Plan, The Architects Collaborative, Cambridge, MA |
| 1975 | Long Range Planning Inventory, Policies and Recommendations: Harvard University and Radcliffe College in Cambridge and Allston, Harvard Univ. Planning Office, Cambridge, MA |
| 1974 | A Long-Range Plan for Harvard University and Radcliffe College in Cambridge and Allston: Interim Report, Harvard Univ. Planning Office, Cambridge, MA |
Grants & Awards
| 1999-2000 | Illinois State University Sabbatical |
| Faculty Research Grant, Illinois State University | |
| 1998 | Office of Research in Arts and Technology summer stipend to teach PhotoShop |
| 1997 | Illinois State University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, light laboratory equipment for the Art Department, $3500 with $1500 matching funds from Art Department |
| 1996 | Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, nomination by students in top 5% of class |
| Summer stipend to study HTML, Eudora and PowerPoint computer applications for the classroom, Office of Research in Arts Technology, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL | |
| 1995 | Illinois State University Faculty Research Grant to study encaustic painting techniques, $20002 awards for service to Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, one for editing its journal, F.A.T.E. in Review for 3 years, 1 for help in organizing the 1995 biennial conference |
| 1994 | Summer Research Stipends: 1) Tutorial preparation re Macintosh computer organization; ClarisWorks Text, Paint and Draw; PhotoShop; Printing; and 2) Workshop for beginning Art Department faculty Macintosh users, Office of Research in Arts Technology, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL |
| 1993 | Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
| 1991 | Nomination for Eisenhart Teaching Award, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY |
| 1990 | Nomination for Eisenhart Teaching Award, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY |
| Purchase Award, 20th National Works on Paper Exhibition, Minot State University, Minot, ND | |
| Award for service, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, 1990 National F.A.T.E. conference, School of the Art Institute of Chicago | |
| Southwest Missouri State University Faculty Research Grant, $1800 | |
| 1988-1989 | Coordinated application and received $2500 (100% funding) from MO Arts Council for visiting artist program sponsored by SMSU, Springfield Art Museum and Drury College, Springfield, MO |
| 1987 | Southwest Missouri State University Faculty Summer Research Grant |
| 1986 | KICK-AM Award, Springfield Area Artists’ Exhibition, Springfield, MO |
| Southwest Missouri State University Foundation Grant for investigating the viability of a national information exchange | |
| 1978 | Teaching Assistantship, Massachusetts College of Art, Cambridge, MA |
| 1977 | 1st place alternate, Environmental Sculpture Competition for the Inner Lake, Hamburg, Germany, submitted with Otto Piene, Director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT, Cambridge, MA |
| Grants for River Sculptures, Cambridge River Festival, Cambridge, MA | |
| 1976 | Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
| Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Boston Society of Architects, Boston Architectural Center |
Interviews & Reviews re Exhibitions and Research
| 1996 | “Computer art opens new world of interactive viewing,” Journal Star, Peoria, IL, Sunday, 2/11/96 |
| “Digital Sight, Sound Action,” The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, Friday, 2/2/96 | |
| Fragilities encaustic paintings at the Gallery at R&F Encaustics, Chronogram feature, August 1996 Hudson Valley, NY, regional arts calendar | |
| 1995 | Democrat and Chronicle, Weekend Section: Exhibitions, 3/17/95, Rochester, NY |
| 1992 | Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY re Selected New York Artists |
| Brighton-Pittsford Post, Brighton and Pittsford, NY, re Selected New York Artists | |
| 1989 | Interview on research re censorship in the arts, included slides and SMSU Department of Art and Design classroom discussion, KSPR-TV 33 News, Springfield, MO |
| 1984 | Courier Gazette, Rockland, ME: Rockport Summer Studio |
| 1977 | WGBH-TV News on-site interview re Seductive Barrier, Boston City Hall, MA |
| WGBH-TV News, Boston, MA: Seductive Barrier, Boston City Hall | |
| United Press International: Faces of Janus, First Night, Boston, MA | |
| The Boston Globe: Faces of Janus, First Night, Boston, MA | |
| United Press International interview re Faces of Janus, First Night Celebration, Boston, MA |
Curator
| 2014 | Then & Now: Works by Toby Sisson, Washington Gallery, SUNY Dutchess, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 2011 | Voices in Encaustic, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, St. Louis, MO |
| Place, a three-person exhibit at Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY | |
| 1997 | Computer Art, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal IL |
| 1995 | ISU Faculty Painters, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI & Western Michigan University Painters, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL |
Collections
| Institutions: | Minot State University, Minot, SD |
| R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY | |
| Selected private collections: | |
| Anonymous, Rosendale, NY; Anonymous, Springfield, MO; D. Beardslee & E. Van Dusen, Rochester, NY; R. Berman, Rochester, NY; A. Blum & P. Taylor, Arlington, MA; P. Blum, New Haven, CT; J. Bowen, Framingham, MA; J. Careggio, Springfield, MO; S. Clapp, Madison, WI; G. Crawford, Boston, MA; S. Crowe, Kingston, NY; J. Deming, Kingston, NY; E. Epstein, Columbus, OH; S. Ettinger, Towson, MD; R. Frumess, Kingston, NY; M. Geissman, Albuquerque, NM; S. Goodman, Kansas City, MO; B. Gordon & R. Schlesinger, Accord, NY; C. Haddad, Hudson, NY; J. Hawkins, Springfield, MO; J. Johnson, Poughkeepsie, NY; S. Jordan, Springfield, MO; K. Lignell, Orono, ME; T. Mays, Stamford, CT; R. Michahelles, Cambridge, MA; M. Morgan, New Haven, CT; J. Moser, Springfield, MO; E. Normann-Rios, Highland, NY; W. Pirtle, Rifton, NY; R. Schaeffer, Sparta, MO; D. Strickland, Springfield, MO; V. Taylor, Boston, MA; S. Turner, Rochester, NY; J. & J. Van Arkel, Springfield, MO; T. Yamada, Cambridge, MA | |
Encaustic Paint Consultant
| 1996-2014 | Advisor, testing, product and workshop development for R&F Encaustics, Kingston, NY |
Teaching
| State University of New York—Dutchess (Tenured), Poughkeepsie, NY | |
| Illinois State University (Tenured), Normal, IL | |
| Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY | |
| Missouri State University, Springfield, MO | |
| University of Maine, Orono, ME | |
| Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA |
Born
| Boston, MA |