Still Life with Teddy Bear 40" x 38"

Ducks with Marimekko & Dots II, 18" x 18", oil on canvas

East Boston Open Studios

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I'll have my studio open for East Boston Open Studios on April 25, 12-6 pm and April 26, 12-4 pm.
80 Border Street, East Boston.  Blue Line Maverick Station on the MBTA. My studio is #211 on the 2nd Floor.

Maureen O'Connor
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Studio: 80 Border Street, East Boston, 02128 MA                                               
133 Brooks Street, East Boston, 02128 USA
phone: 617 568 1294, email: moartnow@juno.com
website:  http://www.moartnow.com, blog: www.moartnowstudio.blogspot.com
Representation:  Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX
                    
                                                  
 Education
    
      1977            Printmaking Award & Assistantship, The Art Institute of Boston
                  
      1979            Diploma Painting & Printmaking, Art Institute of Boston
                         Studied with Jason Berger

      1981            BFA Painting, Massachusetts College of Art
                         Studied with George Nick

Awards             1st prize, Painting, Boston Home, Professor Paul Tucker, Monet Scholar, Joseph
                         Wheelwright, Sculptor
                   
                         Printmaking Scholarship & Assistantship, Art Institute of Boston, 1978

Solo Shows      Art Institute of Boston, Boston, 1982
                         WGBH Gallery, Boston, MA, 1988
                         Pooke Museum, Natick School for the Arts, Natick, MA, 1990
                         New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA, 1997
                         In Honor of Women’s History Month, the Mayor’s Gallery,
                         Boston City Hall, Boston, MA, 2005
 Group
Exhibitions               
      2020            CST, Beverly, MA
                         
                          Massachusetts Convention Center, East Boston Artists, Boston, MA
   
      2013            Plenty, Salon Show, 13Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
                        
                          Art Sale, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
                        
                          Artcetera 2013, Boston, MA
                        
                          Mass Art Auction 2013, Boston, MA
                        
                      
      2012             Clark Gallery Salon Show, Lincoln, MA    
 
                          Mass Art Auction to Benefit Graduate Programs, juried by Camilio Alvarez, Dina
                          Deitsch, Kanishka Raja
                        
                          New Media / Fresh Paint II, New Arts Center, Newton, MA
                          Juried by Joe Wardwell, Leonie Bradbury & Maria Locheardt
                     
                          Summertime, Bluestone Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA

                          Food, Pearl Street Gallery, Chelsea, MA

                          Everything But the Kitchen Sink, Women Create and Collect Kitsch, In Honor of
                          Women’s History Month, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA

                          Bluestone Fine Art Grand Opening, Philadelphia, PA

      2011             Small Works, Lynn Arts, juried by Lauren Johnston Winsor, New England
                          Foundation for the Arts, Lynn, MA, Honorable Mention

                          Bump, Lynn Arts, juried by Stephanie Walker, Walker Contemporary, Lynn, MA
                       
                          Getting Serious, Works by Chris Chou, Karen Kemp & Maureen O'Connor, Atlantic
                          Works Gallery, Boston, MA

                          Local Talent, Boston Art & Frame, Boston, MA
                        
     2010              Incorporating Patterns, In Celebration of Women’s History Month, Atlantic
                          Gallery, East Boston, MA,  Editor’s Pick, Their Favorite Things, June Wulff, The
                          Boston Globe, G Section Artwork reproduced

     2009             Inside Out, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
                             
                         Eat the Art, Bunker Hill College Art Gallery, Boston, MA
                            
                         Waterworks, Paintings by Maureen O’Connor & Karen Kemp, Atlantic Works Gallery,
                         East Boston, MA
                       
                         Throb, Atlantic Works Gallery Group Show, Editor’s Pick, Power of Suggestion,
                         Meredith Goldstein, The Boston Globe, Artwork reproduced

       2008           TWELVE, Atlantic Works Gallery members exhibition, critic’s mention, Three 
                         times Four, Meredith Goldstein, The Boston Globe
                   
                         Boston Open Studios Coalition Exhibition, Boston City Hall, Artwork reproduced
                         cover  of  the Boston Globe Sidekick  
                            
                         New Work, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
                            
                         Artcetera 2008, Boston, MA
                             
                         Project Bread Holiday Card Design Award 2008, Boston, MA Design
                         included in 1000 Handmade Cards published by Rockport Press by Laura McFadden
      
       2007           DeCordova Benefit Auction, Lincoln, MA 
                            
                         Project Bread Holiday Card Design 2007 Award, Boston, MA
                           
                         Gay, Group Exhibition, Atlantic Works Gallery East Boston, MA,
                         Cate McQuaid reviewed, (mentioned by name) The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
                            
                             
                         Outside/ Inside, Art in Nature, Arsenal Center for the Arts, juried by Kirsten    
                         Dodge, co director of Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Watertown, MA
                            
                         4th Annual at Home with the Arts, The Boston Home, juried by Paul Tucker, 
                         Joseph Wheelwright, and Elizabeth Colburn-Moriates, 1st Prize in Painting
                           
                         Summer Solstice Exhibition, Juried, Massachusetts Convention Center, Boston, MA

      2006            Still Life Show, Goodlander Gallery, Easthampton, MA
                       
                         375 Views of Boston, Logan Airport, Boston, MA
                             
                         Riverfront Properties, Cambridge, MA
                            
                         Artcetera 2006, Benefit AIDS Action, Boston, MA
                         
                         Summer Salon, Artana Gallery, Brookline, MA

                         December Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
                            
                         Animal Cracker’s, Space 200, Boston, MA, cover of Sidekick, Boston, MA
                             
                         375 Views of Boston, Boston City Hall, Summer 2005, Boston, MA
                             
                         40 x 40 Juried National Exhibition, Stuart Street Playhouse, Boston, MA
                            
                         Little Things, Space 200, Boston, MA, Editor’s Pick, Randi Hopkins, The Boston   
                         Phoenix
                      
                         Boston Arts Festival 2004, juried by Joanna Soltan, Curator, School of the
                         Museum of Fine Arts Curator, Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Rhode
                         Island School of Design Museum, Camilo Alvarez, Director, Samson’s
                         Projects, Boston, MA

                         Arlene Hecht’s Gallery, Falmouth, MA

                         Works on Paper, LynnArts, juried by William Flynn, Lynn, MA  
  
                         December Show, School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
                         Artcetera 2004, Benefit AIDS Action, Boston, MA   

                         Boston Arts Festival 2003, juried by Carol Anne Meehan, Vitae Brevis, 
                         Institute of Contemporary Art, Stellar McGregor, Curator of Public Arts, Beth Ann
                         Gerstein, Director Boston Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA
                                                            
                         Frances N. Roddey, Competition, Concord Art Association, juried by John                 
                         Moore, Concord, MA
                            
                         6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Newburyport Art Association, juried by
                         John Culver, Director of Ogunquit Museum of Art, Newburyport, MA
                     
                         National Small Works Competition, Attleboro Museum of Art, juried by Nick
                         Capasso, Curator, DeCordova Museum of Art, Attleboro, MA
                    
                         Inspired by Love, LynnArts, juried by Laura Donaldson, Marie Lockheardt
                         & Sandi T, Lynn, MA  Prize

                         The Portrait Show, Maverick Gallery, juried by Aaron Fink, East Boston, MA       
                            
                         Frances N. Roddy Competition, Concord Art Association, juried by Howard
                         Yezerski, Concord, MA

                         Hot Colors, Cambridge Art Association, juried by Nick Capasso,
                         Curator, DeCordova Art Museum, Cambridge, MA

    2002              Staff Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
                            
                         Artcetera 2002, Benefit AIDS Action, Cyclorama, Boston MA

    2000              All Things Great & Small, Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
         
    1999              The Still Life Continues, Group Exhibition, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX
     
                         Creiger Dane Gallery, Boston, MA

                         Seeing the Object, A Tribute to George Nick, juried by George Nick, Massachusetts
                         College of Art, Boston, MA

    1991             Still Life Now, juried by Janet Fish, Creative Arts Workshop, Haven, CT
                            
                         Artful Crafts II, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

    1988             Paintings appear in David Mamet Production, Lipservice, filmed in 
                         Boston, aired on HBO
                           
                         Landscape Now, juried by Portia Harcus, Cambridge Art Association,
                         Cambridge, MA

    1987              Women’s Caucus for Art New England Exhibition, juried by Lowery Sims Associate
                         Curator of 20th Century Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art , assisted by Joy Gordon,
                         Director of the Danforth Museum and Amy Lighthill, Assistant Curator of
                         Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA                        
                  
    1985              Four Realists, Ticknor Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 
                         November, (critic’s tip, Christine Temin, The Boston Globe)
                         Solo Exhibition, Gallery East, The Art Institute of Boston, MA   

   Selected         Frederick Bohrer, Washington, DC
Collections:      Jeremy & Heather Pozen, Newton, MA
                         Elise Berg, Newton, MA
                         Lorie Hammermesh, Auburndale, MA
                         Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, MA             
                         Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
                         Putnam Investments, Boston, MA
                         Bank of America, Boston, MA
                         Citizen’s Bank, Boston, MA
                         Goodwin & Proctor, LLP, Boston & New York           
                         Cingular One, Boston, MA
                         Boston Public Library, Brighton Branch, Brighton, MA 
                         Hale & Dorr, Boston & New York, MA
                         Mrs. Standish Bradford, Brookline, MA                      
                         Seywarth Shaw, LLP, Boston, MA                                                
                         Boston Private Bank, Boston, MA
                         Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA
                         Bruce & Lynn Dayton, Chestnut Hill, MA
                         Jane Royal & John Lantis, New York, NY                  
                         Meditech, Canton, Norwood & Framingham, MA        
                         Very Fine Juices, Westford, MA
                         Sydney Roberts Rockefeller, Boston, MA                   
                         Benn Theodore, Boston, MA
                         Alejandro Eluchans & Pamela Foster, Weston, MA
                         Sinan Mufta, Chestnut Hill, MA
                         Edgar & Elizabeth Soule, Wellesley Hills, MA             
                         Janice Miller, New York, NY
                         Mr. & Mrs.Ronald Casty, Brookline, MA        
                         Devon Nicole House, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
                         Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
                         Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly, Brighton, MA
                         Pat Loiko, Washington, DC
                         Martha Slocum, Cambridge, MA
                         Howie Green, Boston, MA