Randy Garber - Visual Artist
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Selected Exhibitions
2010 thINK, Boston Printmakers Traveling Exhibit
SOLO, Reverberations (Catalog with Essay by Patricia Phillips, Dean Graduate School RISD) Olpaka Gallery, Sage Colleges of Albany, Albany, NY
SOLO, Listening, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 (S)edition: Prints as Activism, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Sonic Chromatic, Tamarind Art Gallery, New York, NY
Women in Print, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA
New England Prints, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH (Award Winner)
MassArt Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (Catalog)
Gender: Does It Still Matter, Gallery at the Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
The Unique Print, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Body and Soul, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 National Print Biennial, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
3-Person Virtual Exhibition, "World of Silence, World of Color: Three Deaf American Artists," in the virtual world Second Life
Solo Exhibition, "What You Already Know," Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
On Drawing: Surface, Line and Mark, New Art Center, Newton, MA
Capelli d' Angeli Foundation Artists, Paesaggio at 100 Pearl, Hartford, CT
MassArt Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (catalogue)
Deaf Artists in Community, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX Exhibition travels to Texas Center for the Deaf, Austin Children's Museum
De Via, Woodbury Art Museum, Orem, UT
Paper Quilts, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2007 Solo Exhibition, Viewpoint Gallery, Schenectady, NY
Los Angeles Printmaking Society National Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Aidekman Gallery at Tufts University, Medford, MA
Group Show, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME
Inner Life, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Brookline, MA
Two-Person Exhibition, New England BioLabs, MA
Somerville Prints! Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Associates Show, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
Hot Off the Press, Arsenal Art Center, Watertown, MA
Architecture of Art, Felix Juliani Gallery, Wellesley, MA
2006 Two-Person Exhibition at Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA
Recent Acquisitions, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Invitational, LandEscapes, College of the Atlantic, Mt. Desert Island, ME
Summer Solstice, Boston Convention Center, Boston, MA
BodyScapes, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
City Women, Gallery at the Piano Factory, Boston, MA
The Drama of Scale, Carney Gallery, Regis College, Weston, MA
One Thousand Words, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Brookline, MA
2005 North American Print Biennial, Juror: Joan Moser, Senior Curator, Graphic Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Dictionary Project, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2004 Somatic Scales, five-person exhibition curated by Patricia Phillips at the Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Perfect Pitch, Curated by Karen Shaw, Islip Museum, Long Island, NY
Catch My Drift, Solo Invitational, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
9 From Waltham Mills, curated by Wendy T. Kaplan, Brandeis Women's Research Center, Waltham, MA
6 Artists, 6 Visions, Scollay Square Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
What Works, Arthur Hill Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Measures of Silence, Solo Installation at the Ohringer Art Gallery, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Una comunidad de Talleres de Grabado, Galeria Espacio Abierto, Havana, Cuba
Take Five, Soprafina Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Prints in Boston, Printmaker's Invitational Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Solo, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Boston, MA
Invitational, LandEscapes, College of the Atlantic, Mt. Desert Island, ME
Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Juror: Bernie Toale
2002 Solo Exhibition, Commissioner's Headquarters, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Boston, MA
The 17th Annual Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Curator: Bill Arning, Director, List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Small Works 2002, The Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Texas National, Stephen Austin University Gallery, Juror: Sandy Skoglund
Proof in Print, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2001 Journeys, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Multiplicity and Reiteration, Tremont Gallery, Boston, MA
Proof in Print, Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
On/Off/Over the Edge, a National Exhibition traveling from 2000 to 2003 to the following venues: University of Nebraska at Kearney, Bookwalter Winery (Richland, WA), Cape Cod Community College, University of Florida,Lane Community College (Eugene, OR), and Miami University (Ohio)
2000 Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, Curator: Janice Levin, Curatorial Fellow at New York MOMA
New Art Y2K, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
National Exhibition, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island Award Winner
Small Works, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro MA
Exhibition of the Portfolio Workshop Prints, Randse Afrikaans Universitate, Johannesburg, South Africa
National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA
Higher Elevations, Invitational Exhibition at the College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
1999 New Art '99, National Exhibition, MPG Gallery, Boston MA. Award Winner
Who Was She Last Monday? Three Artists' Self Portraits, Dana Hall Gallery, Wellesley, MA
Cooperstown National, Main Street Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
1998 Priva Gross International Exhibition, QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, Bayside, New York. Juror: Marilyn Kushner, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
Works on Paper Exhibition VII, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV
A Show of Hands, Texas University Medical Center, Lubbock, TX
1997 Mapping the Terrain, Boston University Art Gallery, Juror: Robin Rosenfeld, Associate Curator, Department of Prints and Drawings, MOMA, New York, NY
Hand-Pulled Prints V, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
National Printmaking 1997, The College of New Jersey, NJ
Winter Invitational Exhibition, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY
15th Annual Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Donald Kuspit, Critic
5th Annual National Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
Family Portraits, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Juror: Doreen Bolger, Director,Museum of Art, RISD
Fusion, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Drawing Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibition, The Octagon Gallery, Ames, IA
Sanctuary, Rothschild Gallery, Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
Solo Exhibition, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
1996 Watermark: A National Works on Paper Exhibition, Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
The Art of Music, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA, Award Winner
Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, R. E. Lee Gallery, Clemson University, SC
Winter Invitational Exhibition, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY
Gender in Art: What Women See, What Men See, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
She Who Laughs Lives, Rothschild Gallery, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
Solo Exhibition, Naz Art Gallery, Newton Centre, MA
Solo Exhibition, Atelier Gallery, Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Solo Exhibition, Sony Electronics, Newton, MA
1995 Timespan, Irving Arts Center, Dallas, TX
Print Biennial, Schenectady Museum, NY
"Works on Paper" School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Award for Distinction in Printmaking
Winter Invitational Exhibition, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York, NY
Winter Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
"Class Action Suite" Print Portfolio, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Annual Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Celebrating the I, Rothschild Gallery, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
Presentations, Teaching, Curating
Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art, 2007- 2010
Instructor, Curry College, 2007-2009
Guest Curator, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, 2009
Panelist, Drawing: Surface, Line and Mark, New Art Center, Newton, MA 02459
Panelist, Art and Cancer, Paesaggio Gallery, Hartford, CT 2008
Panelist, Communication through Art, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX 2008
Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art, 2007- 2009
Instructor, Curry College, 2007-2009
Guest Artist - Critiques, Massachusetts College of Art, 2004 through 2008
Guest Artist - Juror for Grants, Massachusetts College of Art, 2007
Workshop Instructor, Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA 2007
Presentation (as grant recipient, Capelli D'Angeli Foundation), Art Gallery, St. Francis Cancer Center, Hartford, CT, 2007
Guest Artist - Presentation, Princeton University, Spring 2004
Guest Artist - Presentation, Massachusetts College of Art, February 2004
Featured Artist, Spring Program of the Boston Women's Caucus for the Arts, 1997
Publications
Size & Scale in the Field of Contemporary Print, by Catherine Kernan, Contemporary Impressions, Journal of the American Print Alliance, Spring/Summer 2009
"High Marks; Drawing: Surface, Line, Mark", Review: The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, 5/7/08
"Somerville Prints!", Boston Globe, Your Tuesday 2/20/07
"2006 Calendar, Centerfold Image", Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 2006
"Words and Images", University of Southern Maine Publication, 2006
"Pick of the Week", The Boston Globe, March 14, 2006
"Somatic Scales", Review by Susan Boulanger, Art New England, Oct/Nov. 2004
"On Balance, 'Somatic Scales' Explores Bodies and Minds" Review by Cate McQuaid,The Boston Globe, 7/16/04
"Scales Weighs Body, Mind, Spirit" Review by Joanne Silver, Boston Herald, 6/11/04
"Character and Mood on Paper." Review by Helen Harrison, New York Times, 4/25/04
"Mills Measures Up", Review by d'Lynne Plummer, South End News, 7/1/04
"Women on the Verge", Review by Thomas Garvey, South End News, 5/20/04
"Our Bodies, Our Selves", by Randi Hopkins, The Boston Phoenix, 5/28/04
"Waltham at Work: Nine Local Artists connect with Brandeis in Collaborative Exhibit", Review by Max Heuer, Daily News Transcript, 2/5/04
"Conversing and Reversing", by Randy Garber, Contemporary Impressions: The Journal of the American Print Alliance, Fall 2002
"An Art Community's Lofty Pursuits", Emily Sweeney, The Boston Globe, 11/1/01
"Fresh Eyes and Nuclei", by Randy Garber Journal of Communication Arts, July 2001
"Proof in Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios", The Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 2001
"Waltham at Work", Review by Max Heurer, Daily News Tribune, 2/5/04
"New Art, Y2K at the Kingston Gallery/Boston", Review by Jamie Farrell, Art New England, October/November 2000
"Artists Find Challenge in Somesville Garden", Review by Misty Edgecomb, Bangor Daily News, 8/10/00
"Scarecrows", Higher Elevations, Review: Nan Lincoln, Bar Harbor Times, 8/10/00
"Scarecrows", Review: The Ellsworth Weekly, 8/17/00
"Variation and Continuity: The Workshop Portfolios", Article by K.E. Duffin, Contemporary Impressions, Volume 8, No.1, Spring, 2000
"Paintings by Joan Banach at Mario Diacono Gallery", Review by Randy Garber, Arts Media, Winter Issue 98/99
"Young at Art", by Aviya Kushner, Review: Stuff Magazine 2/16/99
"Who Was She Last Monday?" Natick Bulletin, 2/11/99
"Perspectives", Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, 2/19/97
"Artists Contemplate Music At Ashwell Gallery", Elisabeth Clark, North Shore Magazine, 5/30/96
"Built in Milwaukee: An Architectural View of the City", Randy Garber. Editor, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1984
"Beyond the Neck: The Architecture and Development of Somerville, MA", by Randy Garber, Editor, published by Landscape Research, Boston, MA 1982
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2009 Somerville Artist Fellowship Grant
2007 Puffin Foundation Artist Grant
2007 Juror's Choice Award, 7th National Exhibition, Artists with Disabilities
2007 Capelli d'Angeli Foundation Artist Grant
2007 Artist Scholarship Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2006 Hambidge Center for Art and Science, Rabun Gap, GA
2003 Artist Grant, St. Botolph Foundation, Boston, MA
2000 Award, National Exhibition, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
1999 Award, New Art '99, National Exhibition, MPG Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Award, The Art of Music, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA
1995 Award, Works on Paper, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Collections
Children's Hospital of Boston/Karp Cancer Research Center, MA
Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Jean Massieu School for the Deaf, Riverton, UT
Dare Family Services, MA
First Literacy Boston, Boston, MA
New England BioLabs, Ipswich, MA
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Schnectady, NY
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Brookline, MA
Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA
Ohringer Art Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Boston, MA
Print Club of Albany, Inc.
The Boston Public Library
The Boston Athenaeum
MSR Architects, Washington, DC
Offices of Ephross and Weiss, Baltimore, MD
The Institute for Cognitive Prosthetics, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Gallery Representation
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Public and Private Commissions
Children's Hospital Karp Cancer Research Building, Boston, MA
Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, Mackworth Island, Portland, ME
Private Clients
Professional Activity
1996-
2007
Free-Lance Editor/Writer, Training, Grub Street Writers, Boston University School of Public Health, Oxigene Corporation, Northeastern University, The City School, Lingua Graphica, Bridge Consulting Group, private clients
2003-
2005
President, Artists West Association, Waltham, MA
2000 Co-Editor, Proof in Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios, The Trustees of the Boston Public Library
1997 President, Boston Women's Caucus for Art
1990-
1995
Full-time Instructor, Northeastern University, Graduate School of Business. Classes in Professional Oral and Written Communication
1987-
1994
Founding Partner, WordPower Communications, a full service Communications Consulting Practice
1987-
1989
Instructor, University of Massachusetts Boston, Courses in Communications
Education
1998 Diploma in Studio Arts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Eugene C. Ward Scholarship Nomination, 1995
1978 M.L.A., Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Vilas Fellowship
1976 M.A., English Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Full Tuition Scholarship
1974 B.A., English Literature, Boston University, Boston, MA Magna Cum Laude
1973 Distinction Study, English Literature, St. Clare's Hall, Oxford, UK

Articles

Conversing and Reversing, Contemporary Impressions, Fall 2002 by Randy Garber
The now ubiquitous discussions about the digital revolution (or, as John Labadie aptly names it in the Spring 2002 Contemporary Impressions, the digital "evolution")...

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Fresh Eyes and Nuclei, Communication Arts, July 2001 by Randy Garber
Imagine being a landscape painter who, for some reason, had never been outside to glimpse clouds or earth. Your images come from postcards, photographs and magazine reproductions of paintings...

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Proof In Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios, Steinhour Press, 2000 by Randy Garber
I grew up watching my father engrave impossibly small images and letters into precious metals. Bent over his engraving block, his intent focused through the eye loop...

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Paintings by Joan Banach at Mario Diacono Gallery, Arts Media, Winter 1998/1999 by Randy Garber
Banach's provocative and penetrating work is as much about the entrapment of women within the confines of gender, history and class as it is about what Diacono calls in his accompanying essay...

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