Selected
Solo Exhibitions
Monique Knowlton Gallery New York, NY
Broadway Windows, New York, NY,
Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT.
Vassos Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, N.Y.
Branchville Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
Art Place Gallery, Southport, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Monique Knowlton NY, NY
Outsider Art Show NY, NY
Works on Paper NY Armory, NY
Exit Art, New York, NY
First Run Gallery New York, NY
Crybaby Gallery NJ
CT Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT
Shore Institute for Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT
Sailor’s Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
Zoe and Floyd Gallery, Seymour, CT
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Selected Press:
“Ideas Outside the Box”, New York Times
“Roadside Attractions with Personalities Distinctly Their Own”-New York
Times
“When Artists Go on Vacation”-New York Times
“Frogs as Stars” New York Times
“Boxes As Art”, Antiques and the Arts Weekly
“Road Thrill”, CT Magazine
“Fifth Annual Outsider Art Show” , Maine Antiques Digest
“Outsider Art Show” review, Juxtapoz Magazine
“Restoring the Character Balance”, Greenwich Times
“Kitsch and Art Meet”, Stamford Advocate
“Of Dolls and Dodos”, Norwalk Hour
I am
a
compulsive collector of old things with character. My barn/studio
has been overrun by old toys, vintage children’s books, and antique
prints. These odd bits and pieces were originally transformed
into strange dioramas, later became props in my staged photos, and
eventually made their way into paintings.
Along the way, “Roadside Attractions” came into being. This
collaborative show, made in conjunction with Chan Davis, is a
full-scale museum installation of several thousand square feet.
This installation includes dioramas, staged photos, paintings and more,
constructed to form a series of rooms illustrating the adventures of
some life-size characters including Dolly and Big Boy, Furry Face, and
Dodo.
The theme of all my work concerns the relationship of humans and the
natural world, expressing a desire to merge with the animal world and
sadness at the continuing destruction of our planet. As the population
of man increases, many species of animals, insects, and plants
disappear forever. As our living spaces multiply and cover the
earth, natural habitats dwindle and disappear. In my art the
animal and plant life is lush and abundant and the viewer communes with
nature and serves as a silent witness to our loss.
