DEBRA CLAFFEY
Selected Exhibitions (* solo shows)
On The Table, Coolidge Center for the Arts, Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, Portsmouth, NH, July 2003
55th Annual Exhibition, The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, January 2003. Juried by Joanna Soltan
December Sale and Exhibit, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1985-2003
*Solo Exhibit, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA, January 2002
*New Works, East Gallery, Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, June 2001
*Solo Exhibit, Southern Vermont Arts Center Gallery, Manchester VT, August 2000
Interiors, Hole in the Wall Studioworks at Davidson & Daughters Gallery, Portland, ME, July 2000
Sanctuary, WCA Boston and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge, MA, March 2000
Here and Now: New Hampshire Women Artists, WCA Juried Exhibition, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH, February 2000
52nd Annual Members' Exhibition, Sharon Arts Center Gallery, Peterborough, NH, January 2000
43rd National Fall Juried Open, Southern Vermont. Art Center, Manchester, VT, September 1999
Women in the Arts, WCA-NH Juried Exhibition, Taylor Gallery, Meriden, NH, November 1999
Prescott Park Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH, July 1999
Women's Caucus for Art Invitational, The Open Studio, Bow, NH, March 1999
Arts Auction '98, Peterborough Town House, Peterborough, NH, February 1998
*Contemplating Still Life, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT, December 1997
*Solo Exhibit, Gargoyle's Restaurant Gallery, Somerville, MA, September1997
Juried Show, The N.H. Art Association Annual Fair, Sunapee, NH, August 1997
Tend Your Garden, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, Mass., July 1997
Women's Caucus for Art – NH, Covered Bridge Gallery, Contoocook, NH, April, 1997
5th Annual Winter Exhibition, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT, Jan. 1997
50th Annual Exhibition, The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, November 1996 Juror: Jeffrey Keough, Director of Exhibitions, Mass. College of Art
19th Annual Juried Show, Killian Gallery, Sharon, NH, October, 1996 Jurors: Inez McDermott and James Locke
Potpourri, The Covered Bridge Gallery, Contoocook, NH, September 1996
New Hampshire Art Association Annual Fair, Sunapee, NH, July 1996
10th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Exhibition, Juried Show, NHAA, Portsmouth, May 1996
The Art of Music, The Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, Mass., June 1996
December Sale and Exhibit, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1985-1996
Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, 1990-95
Twice is Warm, Two-person exhibit, Brickmill Gallery, Ware, MA, 1994
Private Choices: Still Life Paintings, The Artist's Son Gallery, Cohasset, MA, 1993
First Anniversary Show, Gallery Equus, Boston, MA, 1993
Group show, Gallery on the Green, Lexington, MA, 1993
Recent Landscapes, Group show, Gallery Equus, Boston, MA, 1992
*Improvizations, Arts Alive, Baystate Medical Center Galleries, Springfield, MA, 1992
Mixed Media & Purists, Gallery Equus, Boston, MA, 1992
Summer Salon Show, Gallery on the Green, Lexington, MA, 1991
Art Market '91, Juried show sponsored by the Springfield Library and Association, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA 1991
*Solo Exhibit, Harvest Restaurant Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 1991
Second Annual Juried Exhibit, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, 1990
Corporate Art Buyers Sale, Worcester Artist Group, Inc. and the North Worcester Business Association, A Juried Exhibition and Sale. Worcester, MA, 1990
New England Women, A Juried Exhibition, Valley Women Artists/Women's Caucus Art, Northampton, MA, 1990. Juried by Howardena Pindell
Art Auction, Jamaica Plain Arts Council, Jamaica Plain, MA, 1989
Melrose Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Gallery, Melrose, MA, 1989
Andover Art-in-the Park, Andover, MA, 1989, 1990, 1992
*New Works, 31 State Street Salon, Boston, 1989. Solo show.
Group Show, Design Studio A, Boston, 1988. Juried exhibit.
All That Jazz, Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery, Boston, March 1986. Curated by Charles Giuliano, Art New England.
Works Under $1000, Francesca Anderson Gallery, Boston, 1985. Juried competition. Judges: Loring W. Coleman and Bernard H. Pucker.
Paperworks, The Loading Dock Gallery, Boston, 1984
*Images from Another Medium, Paintings and Monotypes. The Loading Dock Gallery, Boston, 1983
The First Annual Arts Lottery Festival, City Hall Gallery, Boston, 1983. Juried show.
60 Boston Artists, City Hall Gallery, Boston, 1983. Juried Show. Sponsored by the South End Artists Association
Seventh Annual Show, Juried show sponsored by the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield, Springfield, MA, 1979
Awards
Bank of New Hampshire Award, Ann's Garden, No. 12, 50th Annual Exhibition,
The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, December 1996
Honorable Mention. The 13th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Memorial Juried Exhibition,
The Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, May, 1999
Honorable Mention. The Creative Hand II, The Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, Sept., 1998
Commissions
Painting, Ann's Garden, James and Ann Lawson, Cambridge, MA
Painting, Turner's Turners, The Baltimore Plaza Hotel, Baltimore, MD
Monoprint Series, The Marriot Hotel, Orlando, Florida
Monotype illustration for article, The Christian Science Monitor, "The Home Forum",
February 10, 1986
Monotype illustration for article, The Christian Science Monitor, "The Home Forum",
December 31, 1985
Articles and Publications
Laura Pope, “Colorful, Lush Still Lifes Mark Claffey Exhibition”, NH Weekend, The Union Leader, June 14-17, 2001
C. J. King, “Childhood Fun Helps Create New Solo Shows”, Manchester Journal, Manchester, VT, August 2000.
Dustan Knight, Review of the Sharon Arts Center 51st Annual Members' Exhibition, Peterborough, NH, Nov. 1999
Donald Rosenthal, Review of The Currier Gallery of Art, NHAA 50th Annual Exhibition, Art New England, Manchester, NH, May 1997
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Needham, MA, 1993
Edward Strickland, "Open Studios Event at 59 Amory Street shows diversity in JP",
Jamaica Plain Gazette, November 22, 1991
Meredith Fife Day, Review of the Summer Salon Show, Gallery on the Green,
Art New England. October-November 1991
Linda Coventry, "The Art of Amory Street", Jamaica Plain Art News, November 8, 1989
Jeanne Belovitch, "Another Medium: Novelesque Images", The South End News,
December 29, 1983
Education
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Tufts University, Medford,
B.F.A. Painting, 1981
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