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Education:
2017 Maine College of Art & Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, With Honors
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Green Winding Road, Artists & Writers, Camden, ME
2024 Featured Artist, The Francis Hotel, Portland, ME
2019 Garden Clippings, BUOY Gallery, Kuttery, ME
2017 Rosy-Fingered, Zand Head Gallery, Portland, ME
2017 Isabelle O’Donnell, Subterranean Temple of Art, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2016 How To Garden in Outer Space, Edward M. and Carole J. Friedman Gallery, Portland, ME
2013 But What Am I?, Greenwich Library, Greenwich, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 ART SUPPLY: An Ephemeral Art Supply Shop + Exhibition of Maine Artists & Their Most-Loved Art Supplies, Working Loose, Blue Hill, ME, upcoming
ORBITS, Lord Hall Gallery, Orono, ME
ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
COLLECT Art Sale, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D, Portland, ME
2024 ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
COLLECT Art Sale, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D, Portland, ME
2023 ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
COLLECT Art Sale, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D, Portland, ME
2022 Summer Blend, Katzman Contemporary Projects, Dover, NH
Garden Party, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
Painting Nerds, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
COLLECT Art Sale, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D, Portland, ME
2021 String Revolution: Textile and Visual Artifact, UNE Ketchum Library Gallery, Biddeford, ME
The Art of Mending, presented by Illustration Institute at The Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME
ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
COLLECT Art Sale, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, ME
2020 CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
COLLECT Art Sale, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, ME
2019 Portland Terrain Biennial, Outdoor installations throughout Portland, ME
Crocodile Tears, Greenpoint Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
A Salon at Sugar Mountain, The Magenta Suite, Exeter, NH
COLLECT Art Sale, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, ME
ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
2018 CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
Curious Nature | 2018 Alumni Triennial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
Reverence to the Thread: Function and Form, Lewis Gallery, Portland, ME
COLLECT Art Sale, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, ME
ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
2017 TEN x TEN, Young Space, online
Feel The Weight, The Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, ME
Settling the Ghost, presented by Young Space at Standard Projects, Hortonville, WI
Selvedge, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
Collect, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, ME
Congregate: 2017 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
ArtPM, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, ME
Pop Up Salon, Portland Mural Initiative, South Portland, ME
2016 Crosscurrents, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annenberg Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Goods & Services, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University Stone Gallery, Boston, MA
The Group Show, Frank Brockman Gallery, Brunswick, ME
MECA:Through & Through, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2015 Free For All, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Green Show, UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME
Purple Show, UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME
Yellow Show, UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME
Residencies and Awards:
2019 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Spring Pentaculum, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2018 Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Lovell, ME
2017 Publication Fellow, Peripheral Vision Arts
2017 Pace House Residency, Stonington, ME
2013-2017 Dean’s List, Maine College of Art
2016 AICAD Full Tuition Scholarship Runner Up, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2016 Honorable Mention, Merit Show Competition, Maine College of Art
2015-2016 Margaret Coleman Brown Endowed Memorial Scholarship, Maine College of Art
2015-2016 Mildred A. and Harold P. Nelson Endowed Scholarship, Maine College of Art
2013-2016 Hildreth Family BFA Scholarship, Maine College of Art
2013-2016 Presidential Scholarship, Maine College of Art
2013 Presidential Scholarship, Saratoga Springs Rotary Club
Professional Experiences:
2022 Interim Associate Director of Artists at Work & Alumni Relations, MECA&D, Portland, ME
2018-2022 Alumni Relations & Events Coordinator, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2017-2022 Assistant Director, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
2017-2022 Studio Assistant, Stephen Benenson, Portland, ME
2017-2018 Exhibitions Assistant, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, ME
2017-2018 Painting Technician, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
2017-2018 PMA Ambassador, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2017 Co-Curator, Congregate: BFA Thesis Exhibition, MECA&D, Portland, ME
2017 Co-Curator, Collective Actions II: Unity of Opposites, ICA, Portland, ME
2015-2018 Gallery Assistant, Bob Crewe Gallery, Portland, ME
2013-2017 Gallery Assistant, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Portland, ME
2015-2017 Student Ambassador: Painting Department + ICA, MECA&D, Portland, ME
2014-2016 Gallery Assistant, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
Publications:
2017 ArtMaze Mag, Anniversary Autumn Issue 5
2017 Peripheral Vision Arts, Issue 7
2017 Friend of the Artist, Summer 2017
2017 The Portland Phoenix, A Show of Support - Able Baker's 'Selvedge' Sees Painting Through A Totally Different Grain
2017 Maine Home + Design, MECAmorphosis Showcase, 2017
