EDUCATION
MFA – Nomad Graduate Program at Hartford Art School, University of Hartford,
Hartford, CT - July 2016 - July 2018
Interdisciplinary art MFA with a focus on regenerative culture. Core study in socially engaged art.
BFA – Painting at Hartford Art School, University of Hartford
Hartford, CT - 2008
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & COLLABORATIONS
Faculty Exhibition, SPIROL Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, Connecticut
2021
Creature Conserve Artist Scholar, creatureconserve.com
2020
Visiting Artist, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic CT
2020 (postponed)
Lost Knowledges Vanishing Histories, Connecticut Audubon Society, Pomfret Center CT
2019
Fierce & Frail, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR
2019
After Dark 8, Greg Moon Art Gallery, Taos NM
2019
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford CT
2018
PRTK: Park River Tool Kit Exhibition, Real Art Ways, Hartford CT
2018
Lost Knowledges Vanishing Histories, Whitin Elementary School, Uxbridge MA
2018
Land Dive: Miami Sea Arm, performance curated by Artist Hope Ginsberg, Vizcaya Museum, Miami FL
2018
Love Sick Social, Koubek Center, Miami FL
2018
Hand Work: Histories, Collections and Offerings from Community Women
Spirol Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
2017
Love Sick Social, visiting artist at The Working Library, Portland, OR
2017
RESIDENCIES
International Artist Residency, BAER Art Center
Hofdastrond, Iceland
(postponed from 2020)
Laberinto Projects
Coatepeque, El Salvador
2017
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor and Program Coordinator of Visual Arts, CT State Community College - Quinebaug Valley, Danielson CT
2016-Present
Instructor, Workshop for Artists, Urban Wildlife: Making Science Visual, Providence RI
2020
Adjunct Professor of Art History, University of Hartford, Hartford CT
2019
Visiting Critic, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Portland OR
2019 - 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Connecticut Food and Farm Magazine, Author, Solar Dyeing, Summer 2021 Edition, Volume 24
https://issuu.com/connecticutfoodandfarm/docs/connecticut_food_and_farm_magazine_summer_2021
The Killingly Villager, Featured Artist, In The Studio by Cynthia Saari, October, 2021
http://linpub.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/2/c6da46e3-78b7-4f6a-9259-3c334f1562ad.pdf
The Hartford Courant, Featured Artist/Curator, Hand Work by Denise Coffey, September, 2017