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MARTHA WAKEFIELD
Represented by Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Selected Solo Exhibits
2019 SheBreathes Gallery, Walpole, MA, Wild Beauty
2016 SheBreathes Gallery, Walpole, MA, Slipping Away
2015 Gallery 53, Gloucester, MA, This is Nature
2015 Barb Jackson Gallery, Rockport, ME, This is Nature
2011 Rocky Neck Gallery, Gloucester, MA, Slipping the Knot
2011 Hope Gallery Fine Arts, Bristol, RI, Slipping the Knot
2011 The Art Gallery of First Rugs, Acton, MA, Slipping the Knot
Two and Three Person Shows
2017 Law and Water Gallery, Gloucester, MA, Near & Far, w/ K. Velis Turan
2015 Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Detangled, w/ Joseph Fontinha and Wendy Young
Selected Exhibits
2023
The White Room, Worcester, MA, Torrid Abstract Expressions
The Umbrella Arts Gallery, Concord, MA, Reflections
ArtsWorcester in Collaboration with the Fitchburg Museum, Impact
The Umbrella Arts Gallery, Concord, MA, Lost and Found
2022
Juniper Rag Virtual Exhibition, Darkness
The Umbrella, Concord, MA, Lost and Found
Concord Art, Concord MA, Among the Trees
ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA, The Tenth Annual One
2021
Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, Remembering Together, Marking Lives Covid 19
Kansas City Stockyard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Plastic Camera Show
Virtual Exhibit, Weir Farms Artist-in-Residence Alumni, Reflections on the Pandemic
2020
Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, Postcards from the Pandemic
Virtual Exhibit, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, Art in Bloom
Bedford Free Library, Bedford MA, What Catches the Eye
Wickford Art Association, North Kingston, RI, Photography 2020
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, RED
Virtual Exhibit, ISAP All-Member Exhibition
2019
Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA, New England Collective X
Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT, Smallish
Powers Gallery, Acton, MA, Summertime
Virtual Exhibit, ISAP 4th Annual All-Member
Powers Gallery, Acton, MA, The Essence of Abstraction
2018
Powers Gallery, Acton, MA, Contemporary Visions
2017
RiverSea Gallery, Dover, NH, In Memory of Jon Imber
Virtual Exhibit, 8th Annual ISAP International Open
2016
Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, ME, Small Works Show
The Rocky Neck Art Colony Cultural Center, Gloucester, MA, Beyond Plein Air
Concord Art, Concord, MA, Members Juried I
2015
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, 14th National Prize Show
The Umbrella Arts Gallery, Concord, MA, Driven to Abstraction
ISAP, Paso Robles, CA, 18th Annual ISAP International Open Exhibition,
River Arts, Damariscotta, ME, Abstract
Cambridge Art, Cambridge, MA, Paint
2014
Lasell College, Newton, MA, Greater than the Sum of its Parts
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Platinum
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, MA, Artists in The Arboretum
Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA, Love Shack
2013
Cambridge Art, Cambridge, MA, 69th Members Prize
Concord Art, Concord, MA, 14th Annual Roddy Open Competition
Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI, Map It
ISAP, Paso Robles, CA, 16th Annual Open International Exhibition
Virtual Exhibition, 5th Annual Open International Exhibition
Concord Art, Concord, MA, Members Juried I
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA, SouthEnd by NorthEast
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, A Room of Our Own
2012
Gallery 206, Amesbury, MA, 6 Artists - 2 Days
Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA, ART02478: Memory
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Scratching the Surface
ISAP, Paso Robles, CA, 15th Annual ISAP International Open Exhibition
2011
Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI, 18th Annual National Show
2010
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Blue
Owen Smith Schuman Gallery, Groton Public Library, Groton, MA, Beyond Wild Apples: Dwelling, Refuge, Shelter
Concord Art, Concord, MA, Members Juried I
Curatorial and Juror
2019 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, This is How it Starts, Juror
2017 The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA, Grey Matter, Exploring the Grey Scale Through Print, Paint, Sculpture and Photography, Curator
2014 Mother Brook Arts Center, Dedham, MA, Flirt, Curator
2013 SeArts at Bass Rocks, Gloucester, MA, Juror
2013 Rocky Neck Gallery, Gloucester, MA, Summer Artist Series, Juror
Residencies and Workshops
2018 Weir Farm Art Center, Weir Farm National Park, Wilton, CT.
Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France. Grant Award.
2012 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Grant Award.
Awards
2020 Juror’s Award, Photography 2020: Juror David H Wells, Wickford Art Association, North Kingston, RI.
Honorable Mention, ISAP All-Member Online Exhibition, Juror Stephen Quiller.
Honorable Mention, Art in Bloom Online Exhibit, Fitchburg Art Museum.
2015 M Graham & Co Award, 18th Annual ISAP International Open Exhibition, Paso Robles, CA.
Juror’s Choice, Paint, Cambridge Art, Cambridge, MA. Juror Ali Ringenburg, Sloane Merrill Gallery, Boston, MA.
2013 2nd Place Award, 6th Annual ISAP Signature Members Online Show. Juror Robert Burridge.
2012 Most Experimental Award, 15th Annual ISAP International Exhibition, Paso Robles, CA. Juror: Katherine Chang Lui.
2009 2nd Place Award, “Members Juried I: Paintings & Sculpture,” Concord Art, Concord, MA.
2008 1st Place Award, Rhode Island Watercolor Society 15thAnnual National Show, Pawtucket, RI
Cheap Joe’s Art Award, Art League of Rhode Island Associate Members’ Juried Show, Bristol, RI.
3rd Place Award, “Seeing Red,” Gallery 297, Bristol, RI. 2008
Artist Talks, Lectures and Moderation
2021 Color Theory for Photographers, BCA Photo, Bedford, MA, Lecture
Not Now? Philip Guston, Duquene University, Pittsburgh, PA, Lecture
Color Theory for Photographers, Newton Camera Club, Newton, MA, Lecture
2019 This is How it Starts, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Juror talk
2018 Inspiration, An Evening of True Stories Told Live, Concord Art. Concord, MA, Artist talk
Memory Vessels, Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton Public Library, Wilton, CT, Artist in Residence Artist talk
2017 Grey Matter Photo Forum Artists’ Talk, The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA, Moderator
Grey Matter Paint & Print Artists’ Talk, The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA, Moderator
Newton Art Association, Newtonville, MA, Artist Talk and Painting Demonstration
Watertown Art Association, Watertown, MA, Artist Talk and Painting Demonstration
2016 Shrewsbury Artist Guild, Shrewsbury, MA. Artist Talk and Painting Demonstration
2015 Concord Art, Concord, MA, Artist Talk and Painting Demonstration
2014 Mother Brooks Arts Center, Dedham, MA, An Evening with the Artists of Flirt, Moderator
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA, Artist Talk and Painting Demonstration
2012 Concord Art, Concord, MA, Working in Series Artist Talk and Painting Demonstration
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Artist in Residence Artist Talk:
2011 Rocky Neck Gallery, Gloucester, MA, Slipping the Knot, Artist Talk
Bibliography
Outrage, Juniper Rag Magazine, forthcoming
Marking Lives Covid-19 exhibition catalog in conjunction with the exhibition at the Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, 2021
This is How it Starts. http://www.cambridgeart.org/this-is-how-it-starts/ January 2019
Gail McCarthy, Gloucester Daily Times online, 4/18/19, Tiny Treasures: Art Sale and Party to Benefit Rocky Neck Art Colony. https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/the_catch/tiny-treasures-art-sale-and-party-to-benefit-rocky-neck/article_6d3b9d63-886b-5b49-9093-f1be185121ab.html
BostonCreatives: The Local Artists Who Inspire Us, http://bostonvoyager.com, May 2018
Ann Landi, Vasari 21 Newsletter, 4/17/18, https://mailchi.mp/4cf73eb768db/smart-collecting-at-the-local-level-and-the-ultimate-teaching-challenge-1324185?e=0d8aab8817
Pat Tomlinson, Artist Takes on Memory in the Abstract, The Hour, Hearst Connecticut Media, March 2018 https://www.thehour.com/wilton/article/Artist-takes-on-memory-in-the-abstract-12777154.php#photo-15279820
Linda Hoffman, The Muse, Posts from the Apples Art, and Spirit Blog – Linda Hoffman Studio for 01/14/2018, http://www.lindahoffman.com/blog/2018/1/13/the-muse?rq=The%20Muse
Anne Hevener, Ones to Watch, Watercolor Artist Magazine, November/December 2017
Ken Riaf, Near & Far: Artist Martha Wakefield, Law and Water Gallery, http://www.lawandwater.com/#/wakefield/
Jennifer Gulbrand, Martha Wakefield: October Artist Featured at SheBreathes Gallery, 10/11/2016, https://shebreathesbalance.com/martha-wakefield-october-artist-featured-at-shegallery/
The Camden Herald, July 31, 2014. Four Seasons of Maine Landscapes
Meredith Cutler, Renewal Mother Brook Arts Flirts with a New Direction, Artscope, March/April 2014
Artscope blog, http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs191/1101530073189/archive/1114610518664.html, August 2013
Shadow and Light, A Literary Anthology on Memory, 2011. Monadnock Writers’ Group. Cover Art.
Wild Apples, A Journal of Nature, Art and Inquiry, Fall/Winter 2011, Issue Six. Artwork
Deborah Santoro, Beyond Wild Apples: Dwelling, Refuge, Shelter, Owen Smith Schuman Gallery, Groton, MA. 2010
The Monadnock Home Companion, August 31, 2007. “Color My World.”
Collections
Moneta, Boston Investment Advisors, Worcester, MA
The Corporate Art Loan Program at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Meditech Corporation, Westwood, MA
Great-West Financial, Kansas City, KS
Several International Private Collections
Professional Affiliations
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
BCA Photo Group, Bedford, MA
Education & Professional Development
Visual Thinking Strategies Practicum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Continuing Ed, Boston, MA
Artist Professional Toolbox, Boston, MA
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Bachelor of Science.
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY Associate of Applied Science.