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My
work is a synthesis of image and narrative-a melding of painting and sculpture
. My palette is a myriad of found and reclaimed objects and paint. It ranges
from the magical to the mundane- from discarded and transformed wood and
metal objects to fabrics, old trims and ephemera, acrylic paints and gels,
oil stick and washes and glazes. The realized pieces celebrate the textures,
colors and compositions peculiar to found, cannibalized and recodified objects.
The surfaces are crafted in an overlayed fashion, suggesting ambiguous and illusionistic spaces. Homage is paid to Gothic and Early Renaissance Mediterranean iconic art and architecture, tempered by a contemporary wry and ironic sensibility. Shifts in scale and plane abound unexpectantly. I enjoy moving back and forth in these works from those that seem reliquary-like, to those that speak of architecture and climate. They seem to present the interior and the exterior, and easily compliment each other. Images and ideas gleaned from the Surrealists, as well as the early Sienese painters are reflected in many of the compositions. A profound appreciation for destinations like Italy, southern France, Spain and the Caribbean colors my sense of place and longing. |
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| I am, admittedly, a compulsive personality and can spend tireless hours obsessing over my materials. It's probably safe to say, also, that I would probably be far more productive if it weren't for the fact that my kitchen is strategically situated between my studio and the rest of my life. That room and its "things" (read: food) all too often becomes the way station between those two poles. | |||
| Education | |||
| Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MFA, 1992 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, BFA (Sculpture), 1979 Boston University, Boston, BA | |||
| Solo Shows and Public Installations | |||
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Hallspace Gallery,
Soslo
Show , Swimming
Next to the Water, Dorchester, MA, 2008 Project SUM (Sculpture Under McGrath), installation, Of Light, Concrete, and You, Somerville, MA, 2007 Alliance Francais of St. Kitts & Nevis, Solo Show, Solutions, St. Kitts & Nevis, W.I., 2007 Elm Bank, MA Horticultural Society, Summer Sculpture Stroll, Tertiary Sightings, Wellesley, MA, 2003 Art Complex Museum, solo show, Of Mythic Proportions, Duxbury, MA, 2002 Harvard University Holyoke Center, collaborative installation, NEST!, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, 2001 DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, solo installation, Myth of Affordable Housing, Lincoln, MA, 2001 Muddy River/Olmsted Waterway, solo installation, Ghost Boat 'Cross the Muddy, Brookline/Boston, MA, 2000 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, solo show, The Rapture of the Tribulations, Boston, MA, 1999 Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School, solo show, Ancient Columns, Providence, RI, 1999 Artist's Foundation Gallery, solo show, Like Deja Vu All Over Again, Boston, MA, 1998 Muddy River/Olmsted Waterway, solo installation, Flora Sprawl-Urban Division, Brookline, MA, 1998 Dean's Gallery, M.I.T. Sloan School, solo show, Dangerous Cooks & Falling Arches, Cambridge, MA, 1998 Forest Hills Cemetery, Art of the Spirit, installation, Ghost Boat to the Next Island, Boston, MA, 1998 Convergence X International Art Festival, installation, Current Manna, Providence, RI, 1997 Wellesley Town Hall, solo installation in pond, Duccio's Weir Redux, Wellesley, MA, 1996 Coolidge Corner Library, Atrium Garden, solo show-installation, Rigattiere, Brookline, MA, 1995 Rice/Polak Gallery, solo show, Provincetown, MA, 1994 Larz Anderson Park, Sculpture Walk 93, installation in pond, Duccio's Weir, Brookline, MA, 1993 Massachusetts College of Art, solo show, Constructions and Installations, Boston, MA, 1991 Koppelman Gallery, Tufts University, solo thesis show, Medford, MA, 1991 Reclamation Artists: East Palm Springs Oasis, Boston, 1991 Laundry Lines, City Hall Plaza, Boston, 1992 Fisherman's Hut, Charlestown, 1992 Rosemary's Tapes (an archeo.dig) at Northpoint, Cambridge, 1994 High Water Burial, The Fens, Boston, 1997 A Sylvan Enclave for Forest Sprites, Mission Hill, Boston, 1998 Reclaiming Blue Space, Draw 7 Park, Somerville, 2000 Outbound, ticket booth for Mystic Reclamation Station, Draw 7 Park, Somerville, 2001 Seeing Green, Artist's Crossing, Ft. Point, Reclaiming Nuns' Field, Mission Hill, Boston, 2003 Brookline Public Library, solo show, Sculptural Books, Brookline, MA, 1991 New England Biolabs, solo show, Beverly, MA, 1990 The Hopkins Gallery, solo show, Wellfleet, MA,1988 The Kingston Gallery, solo show, Boston, MA,1987 Arts on the Line--ArtsTops (Boston and Cambridge MBTA Stations): La Fiesta Frigida!, multi-media installation/performance, Downtown Crossing MBTA Station, 1987 Fearless Fletch's Last Fast Fantasy, mixed media installation, Central Square MBTA Station, 1987 Eat Here! mixed media installation at Kendall MBTA Station, 1986 |
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| Selected Invitational and Juried Group Exhibitions | |||
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| Grants, Honors and Awards | |||
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Artist in Residence, J. William Fulbright
Scholar Grantee, Ministry of Education, St. Kitts, West Indies, 2006-07 Fellow, Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain, 2002 Fellow, Blue Mountain Artists Colony, Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y., 1998 Grants, Brookline Arts Council, Brookline, MA, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 Recognition of Merit, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA, 1995 Grants, Massachusetts Cultural Coucil, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997-9* Guest Artist, Cultural Education Collaborative: Artists and Educators Interchange, Summer 1989 Grant, Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA, 1988 Grant, Wellesley Arts Council, Wellesley, MA, 1996 Artist in Residence, M.B.T.A. Artstops, Boston, MA, 1986-87 Grant, Blanche E. Colman Foundation, Boston, MA, 1981 |
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| Artist/Educator | |||
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Clarence Fitroy Bryant College, Visiting
Artist, Artist & Facilitator
as a Fulbright Scholar, St. Kitts & Nevis, 2007 Peabody Essex Museum, Visiting Artist, Family Workshop in Recyclables, Salem, MA, 2004 Harvard University, Artist in Residence, Reclamation Artists, Cambridge, MA, 2001 Lexington Public Schools, Teacher-in-Service, Workshop Instructor "Habitats", Boston, MA, 2000-2001 Boston Public Schools, Teacher-in-Service, Workshop Instructor, Boston, MA, 1999 Massachusetts College of Art, Teacher, 3-D Arts for High School Teachers, Boston, MA, 1999 MOST Arts Resource Comp., Artist/Instructor, Workshops for Teachers, South End, Roxbury, Dorchester, MA, 1997-9 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Panelist, Teaching Through the Arts, Sturbridge, MA 1993; Plymouth, MA, 1998 Massachusetts College of Art, Instructor, August Studios, Sculpture, Boston, MA, 1993 School of the Museum of Fina Arts, Adjunct Faculty, Mixed Media/Found Object Construction, Boston, MA, 1992 Tufts University, Visiting Lecturer (studio), Imaging the Voice of Protest, Medford, MA, 1992 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Associate Faculty, Bumps on the Wall, 1992, Mixed Media & Image Development, 1991, Boston, MA Massachusetts College of Art, Instructor, August Studios, 3-D Foundations, Boston, MA, 1991 Rivier College, Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Nashua, NH, 1991 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Boston, MA Foundations (Goss, Rosenberg, Siegelman), 1990,1991 Ceramics Foundations (Davison) 1990 Mixed Media and Personal Image (Rosenberg), 1990 4 Sculptors (Ellen Driscoll), 1989 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Coordinator: Graduate Program Evening Seminar, Boston, MA, 1989 Massachusetts Prison Arts Project, Art Instructor, M.C.I. Bridgewater, Bridgewater, MA, 1979-80 Youth Artist/Educator Ministry of Education of St. Kitts & Nevis, Artist-inResidence, St. Kitts & Nevis, W.I., 2007 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Visiting Artist, Outreach Program, Boston, MA, 2005 Boston Public Libraries, Artist/Educator, Mapping My World Project, Boston, MA, 2004 Lyman Winship School, Artist-in-Residence, Brighton, MA, 1999#,2000* John Marshall School, Artist-in-Residence, Dorchester, MA, 1998-99,2000#* Heath School, Artist-in-Residence, Brookline,MA, 1997 Norton Middle School, Visiting Artist in Residence, Norton, MA, 1997,1998, 2000 Little House Alternative School, Artist in Residence, Dorchester, MA, 1994-95, 96-97* Lewis Middle School, Artist in Residence, Roxbury, MA, 1995* William McKinley Middle School, Artist in Residence, South End, Boston, MA, 1995#* Harbor Point Youth Center, Artist, Youthreach: Arts a la Carte, Dorchester, MA, 1994 City of Boston Public Facilities/Dorchester YMCA, Artist/Mentor, Youth Mural Projects, Dorchester, 1994 Natick Public Schools, Artist in Residence, Natick, MA, 1994* Baldwin Elementary School, Artist in Residence, Brighton, MA, 1994* Boston Center for the Arts: Artstarts, Artist/ Instructor, Art program for Homeless Children, Boston, MA, 1991-92 Worcester Art Museum, Arts Mentor, Art All State Festival, Worchester, MA, 1989, 1990 Boston Children's Museum, Arts Mentor, Art in the SPACE, Boston, MA, 1990 Lewis Middle School, Artist/Instructor/Set Designs, Roxbury Outreach Shakespeare Project, Roxbury, MA, 1989 Newton Public Schools, Artist/Instructor/Set Designs, Summer S.P.A.C.E. Program, Newton, MA, 1989 Pierce School, Artist in Residence, 1989; Artist/Instructor, 2000-2003; Brookline, MA English High School, Artist in Residence, Boston, MA, 1987 The Fletcher School, Artist in Residence, Cambridge, MA, 1987, 1988 W. Wilson Middle School, Artist in Residence, Dorchester, MA, 1988*# Very Special Arts, Artist/Instructor, Festivals & Arts-in-the-Parks, Boston & N. Dartmouth, MA, 1987-1995 Edward Devotion School, Artist/Instructor, 1981-86, 1989-03; Artist in Residence, 1993; Brookline, MA* Exploratory Arts Project, Artist/Instructor, Cambridge, MA, 1980, 1985, 1989-9 Summerthing, Art Instructor, Fabric & Fashion Design, Boston, MA, 1968-69 * Directory Artist through the Massachusetts Cultural Council, re-approved 2003 # Directory Artist through Very Special Arts, Massachusetts |
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| Periodical & Media References | |||
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Liddell, Raymond, A.E. Ryan: Swimming Next
to the Water, Art New England, June,
2008, p. 40 Knudsen, Janet, Artist in Residence - A.E. Ryan, Our Town Brookline, September, 2007, p. 26 Kennedy Publishing, Best of America, Mixed Media Artists & Artisans, 2007, vol. 1, p. 95 Stickgold, Emma, The Artist has Flown Southward, Boston Sunday Globe (Brookline News), December 31, 2006 Coleman, Rebecca, To see this boat, look to the sky, Boston Sunday Globe (Brookline News), September 3, 2000 Temin, Christine, "Reclaiming" Overlooked Urban Spaces, Boston Globe, May 10, 2000 Abrams, S. Sculptor's Medium: Muddy Phragmites, Boston Sunday Globe, November 21, 1999 Carlock, M., Review: Art of the Spirit, Sculpture Magazine, November, 1998 Wildman, D., PULSE- Artist Uses Reeds to Focus on Environment, Boston Sunday Globe, September 6, 1998 Walker, J., Reed my lips: it's art, just art (Artist moves from her political past by way of wetland grass), The TAB, August 27, 1998 Temin, C., Sculpture Show Recalls a Grand Tradition- Art of the Spirit, Boston Sunday Globe, August 16, 1998 McQuaid, C., A.E. Ryan: Dangerous Cooks and Falling Arches, Boston Globe, June 11, 1998 Hull, J., Reclamation Artists Sites Project, Site #10, Arts Media, May, 1998 Carlock, Marty, Art in the Landscape-A Stellar Season of Outdoor Art, Art New England, December 1997 / January 1998 McQuaid, C., Muddy gets its day in the sun, Boston Globe, April 18, 1997 Benvenuto, C., Nature & Culture - Exhibit at Nacul Center examines harmony and conflict, Amherst Bulletin, January 6, 1995 Russell, G., Nature and culture joined in low-key blockbuster (Speaking of Art), Sunday Republican, January 22, 1995 Shaw, S.A., Cityscapes: Stop the Violence, WBZ TV, August 26, 1994 Negri, Gloria, Painting a Brighter Picture, Boston Globe, August 26, 1994 Unger, M., In art there's more to a book than meets the eye, Boston Globe, April 27, 1991 Steinberg, Norma S., Spectrum 1990..., Art New England, June, 1990 Haber, Jon, New Faces on an Old Art, Boston Globe, October 31, 1987 Riley, Tim, Inside Art, The TAB, October 13, 1987 Heymann, G., Art Installations Keep Commuters Entertained While at Central Square, The TAB, May 12, 1987 Students Help Make Artstops "Restaurant", Cambridge Chronicle, May 7, 1987 Nadeau, Robert, Critics Corner--A Toast to the Best of 1986, The Boston Phoenix, December 30, 1986 Backman, Marjorie, Art Goes Underground, The TAB, November 25, 1986 Associated Press, Subway Riders: Artwork Truly Off the Beaten Track, Boston Herald, October 26, 1986 Huffhines, Kathy, State of the art--Sic transit public art, The Boston Phoenix, October, 1986 |
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