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  Gail Martin


EXHIBITIONS (*denotes solo exhibitions)
10/09* Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA. "The Liberation of Superwoman". Solo exhibitiion .
9/09 Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA. "Plus One" members exhibition .
2/09 Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA. "Body and Soul", cancer benefit members show.
11/08 The Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, "vision:20/20", 20th anniversary group invitational exhibition.
9/08 Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA. Members Show (also 9/07, 9/06, 9/05).
7/08* Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA (premier exhibition in satellite location at the Harvard General Store, Harvard, MA), "Precious". Solo exhibition .
10/07* Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. "Precious". Solo exhibition.
6/07* The Gallery at Stoneham Theater, "Renovation". Stoneham, MA. Solo exhibition.
1/07 Coldwell Banker, "House Parts". Cambridge, MA. Small group exhibition.
9/06 Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA. "The View from Within" Small Group Invitational Exhibition.
9/06 Bromfield Gallery, Somerville, MA. Members' Exhibition.
6/06 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA. "The Comfort of Home" Invitational Group Exhibition.
4/06 New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA. Joint Exhibition.
9/05 Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA. "Hidden in Plain Sight" Small Group Exhibition.
7/05* Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA. "Renovation". Solo Exhibition.
4/05 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. "Close to Home." National Juried Exhibition. Juror: Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Chief Curator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C..
6/04 Tufts Art Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA. "Summer Juried Exhibition" Juror: Amy Schlegel PhD., Director of the Galleries and Collections, Tufts University.
2/04 Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA. "abstract random." Small group invitational exhibition.
9/03 Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA. 10th Annual Juried Exhibition.
6/02* Gargoyles Restaurant, Somerville, MA.
4/02* Flora Restaurant, Arlington, MA.
8/01 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana. "ANA 30," National Juried Exhibition. Juror: Peter Schjeldahl, author and art critic for The New Yorker.
5/01 The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY. "3rd Annual Face to Face," International Juried Competition. Juror: Marietta Warner-Siegel, PhD.
5/01 The Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA. "2001 National Competition." Juror: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Senior Curator, DeCordova Museum.
4/01 The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA. "Interconnections." 1st Annual Exhibition of The Art of Compassion.
3/01* The Firehouse Gallery, Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA. Solo Exhibition.
10/00 San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA. "44th Annual International Awarded Exhibition." Juror: Don Bacigalupi, PhD, Director, San Diego Museum of Art.
5/00 National Art League, Douglaston, NY, "70th Annual Spring Open Exhibition". National juried exhibition. Jurors: Lorraine Buckley and Hitomi Iwasaki, The Queens Museum. Awarded Honorable Mention by the Jurors.
4/00 Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, "Vital Signs, Drawing as Inquiry". National juried exhibition. Juror: Robert Reed, Yale University. Juror’s honors. Presented gallery talk: "Drawing as Inquiry", 5/13/00.
3/00 Period Gallery, University of Nebraska - Omaha, "Contemporary 2000". International juried exhibition. Juror: Larry Bradshaw - Univ. Nebraska - Omaha.
12/99* Cambridge Center Gallery, Cambridge, MA, "Hide & Seek". Solo exhibition.
11/99 The Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, "Exhibit 53 in Real Time, New Artists at Zullo". Small group invitational exhibition.
10/99 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, "The Drawing Show". Juried exhibition. One of five first level prize winners.
10/99 Gallery of the University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT, "Stamford Art Association's 19th Annual Faber-Birren National Color Award Show". Juror: Susan Cross, Exhibition Coordinator, Curatorial Department, Guggenheim Museum.
9/99 The Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, "8th Annual Juried Exhibition".
10/98 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, "The Drawing Show". Juried exhibition.
9/97 The Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, "6th Annual Juried Exhibition".
3/97 Powers Music School, Belmont, MA. Joint exhibition.
5/96* Cambridge Center Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Solo exhibition.
3/96 Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, "10th Anniversary Women in the Visual Arts National Juried Exhibition". Juror: Ann R. Langdon.
2/96 Ticknor Gallery, Harvard U., Women's Caucus for Art, "Pulse Points". Eastern regional juried exhibition. Juror: Gaines Reynolds Clore.
1/96 Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA. "Hearts and Other Body Parts". Juried exhibition.
1/96 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, "Winter Bloom". Juried exhibition.
11/95 Cambridge Art Association, "After the Fall". Juried exhibition.
10/95 The Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, "4th Annual Juried Exhibition".


AWARDS AND HONORS
The John Manjiro Societies of Tosashimizu, Japan, and Fairhaven, MA selected the artist to be one of five area artists to travel to Japan as part of their ongoing cultural exchange program in November, 2001.

Juror’s Honors, National Art League, Douglaston, NY, "70th Annual Spring Open Exhibition". National juried exhibition. Jurors: Lorraine Buckley and Hitomi Iwasaki, The Queens Museum. 2000

Juror’s Honors, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, "Vital Signs, Drawing as Inquiry". National juried exhibition. Juror: Robert Reed, Yale University. Presented gallery talk: "Drawing as Inquiry", 5/13/00.

First Prize, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, "The Drawing Show". Juried exhibition. (One of five first level prize winners.) 1999.



GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

Bromfield Art Gallery, 450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118.



EDUCATION

1994-2000 Studio courses at School of Museum of Fine Arts and other area institutions; workshops in Rhinebeck, NY; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Taos, New Mexico.

1989-94 Commercial and residential commissioned murals, trompe l'oeil paintings, color consultation and faux finishes.

1980-84 Emerson College, Magna cum Laude, B.S. in General Theatre, concentrating in Theatrical Design.

1973-77 Art Institute of Boston, Illustration and Graphic Design.