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ADDISON PARKS
P a i n t e r
Box 6083
Lincoln, Ma.01773

Born:Shaker Heights, 1953

Education:
Rhode Island School of Design;BFA,Painting;1976: Advanced Standing
Brown University '74-'75
Skidmore College '72-'74
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1972; Cum Laude; Larkin Memorial Art Prize, Bradley Arts Prize
Private Mural Instruction;1964
Futurist, Gino Severini
     


Exhibition Record (Selected Group and One-Person, 1977-2009):

2009Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square; Addison Parks: SACRED SOURCES(June - July)
2009Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square; Mr&Mrs Parks(Feb 14 - March 5)
2008Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square; Addison Parks:Angels & Flowers(May 23 - June 23)
2007Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square; Addison Parks:Drawing Installation(May 28 - June 18)
2007Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square; Solo Show: Works On Paper&Small Oils(January 21 - February 18)
2006Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square; SHAPE; Ulick Mahoney, Robert Motherwell, Alfonso Ossorio, Albers, Christo, Richard Serra, James Balla, Thomas Nozkowski, Bill Jensen,Veronique and others(October 11 - November 8)
2006Bow Street Gallery, Harvard Square; Salon Show; E E Cummings, Bill Jensen, Katrin Grote-Baker, Milton Resnick, Joan Snyder, Gregory Amenoff, Ulick Mahoney, Judy Glantzman, Richard Tuttle and others(May 2 - June 1)
2005DNA Gallery, Provincetown; SIGHT-SPECIFIC; Group Show; DNA Artists and Invited Guests curated by Nathan Censullo and Nick Lawrence: Peter Hutchinson, Gregory Amenoff, Jim Peters, Peik Larsen and others(August 5 - Sept. 5 )
2005
Flying Space Gallery, Sag Harbor; BEDTIME STORIES; Group Show; Invitational; Curator: Oliver Hoffmann (May 21)
2004DNA Gallery
, Provincetown; WATER; Group Show; DNA Artists and Invited Guests: Peter Hutchinson, Tony Vevers, Gregory Amenoff, Jim Peters, Paul Bowen, Peik Larsen, Martin Mugar, and others(October 1 - 24)
2000 Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston; Hard X:New Paintings(One-Person)
2000 Nielsen Gallery, Boston; In the Spirit of Landscape v; summer invitational with Gregory Amenoff, Milton Avery, Jake Berthot, Arthur Dove, Rackstraw Downes, Maureen Gallace, Franz Kline, Duncan Martin, Joan Mitchell, Milton Resnick, Joan Snyder, John Walker and others.
1999 Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston;SEVERED EAR:The Poetry of Abstraction; group show with Bill Jensen, Richard Tuttle, Leon Polk Smith, Louise Fishman, Milton Resnick, Joan Snyder, Charles Seliger, Porfirio DiDonna,Rosanna Bruno, Martin Mugar, Forrest Bess, Ana Guerra, Carol Heft, Victor Lara, Ulick Mahoney, Tim Nichols, Susan Carr, and Pam Granbery.
1998 Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston; Additions and Abstractions(One-Person)
1995 Gallery 28, Boston
1994 Gallery 28, Boston
1993 Gallery 28, Boston
1992 Charles Square,Cambridge; Mural Project
1991 Helander Gallery,NYC/PB ;Valentine Show
1989 XOX Gallery, Providence;Seasons in the Garden(One-Person)
1986 55 Mercer Gallery,NYC
1986 Brouhaha Gallery, Providence
1984 Vivita Gallery, Florence, Italy; Salon Show with Sandro Chia and others
1983 Andrew Crispo Gallery, NYC, Salon Show with Hockney, DeKooning, Seliger, Bolotowsky, Rauschenberg, Abdell and others
1982 Joan Washburn Gallery,NYC;Seven Americans, Curated by Joan Washburn and Bill Jensen
1982 Andrew Crispo Gallery, NYC;Flowerheads (One - Person)
1982 Cologne Art Fair;Mural Collaborative; Francesco Clemente,Moira Dryer
1980 PS1, Institute of Art and Urban Resources, NYC;Three Points(One-Person)
1978 Rhode Island School of Design;Woods-Gerry Gallery; Four Corners(One-Person)
1977 Anyart Contemporary Art Center; Providence, RI; Still Warm(One-Person)


Interviews, Reviews, Features(Selected Media Response, 1964-2009):

2006 Provincetown Arts Magazine, Chris Busa
2000 The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, Parks's Q&A, October 5(Galleries Review)
1999
The MiningCo(About.com), Interviewed by Robin Ward
1998 The Internet Report, interviewed by John Rody; Dallas CBS affiliate WKLD; 9/6/98
1997 ARTSMedia Magazine, Interviewed by Wes Mills, Artist/Publisher
1995 The Boston Herald, Leo Gozbekian,January 13,Pg.12
1994 The Boston Globe, Nancy Stapen, Color Amid Winter's Gray,February 10,Pg.64
1994 The Improper Bostonian, Charles Guliano: April 13, pg.13;
1995 The Improper Bostonian, Charles Guliano:January 18, pg.17; May 9, pg.22
1990-91 Channel 68, Boston, Today's Monitor, October 12;January 20: Art Critic
1990 WJARTV Channel 1 0, Providence,Jodi Kennedy, March 1 ;5:30 News Feature
1989 East Side Monthly,Providence,Teri Schindler,July,Pg.12
1989 The Providence Journal, Bill Van Siclen,May 12, feature with photograph
1985 New York Talk, New York City, April 27, Pg.27, painting reproduction
1983 House And Garden, London, July, Pgs.86-89, murals with color reproductions
1982 ARTS Magazine , NYC, Jon Friedman, November, Pg. 7, full review w/color
1981 Living Well, Carrie Donovan, Editor, Hard Cover, Pgs. 227-230, murals
1981 The New York Times(Magazine),M. Bethany,July21,photos(murals)
1978 The RISD Press; review
1964 The Rome Daily American, Arts, review with photograph


Teaching, Lectures, Publishing Experience (Selected):

1996 The Rhode Island School of Design, Drawing Instructor, Foundation
1995 The Museum School, Boston, Guest Critic, Graduate Painting Program
1995 ArtDeal ;Publisher and Editor (print magazine)
1993-5 The New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Drawing and Painting Instructor, Gallery Director and Curator, Head of Mural Project
1994 Boston University, Guest Critic(Invitation), Graduate Painting Program
1996 ArtsMedia Magazine, Columnist
1994 Provincetown Arts Magazine, Stuff Magazine;Contributor
1994 NESAD; Moderator;Symposium: Recommendations to a Young Artist
1990-4 The Christian Science Monitor, Writer,Art Critic, Founded ART NOW
1989-90 The Rhode Island School of Design,Panelist,CareerSeries;Instructor,Painting
1979- 93 ARTS Magazine, Contributor, Reviewer, two cover articles, offered editorial positon
1986-9 Brown University,Guest Critic, Sculpture Department
1986 The Museum School, Boston, Guest Lecturer, Seminar
1987, '91 The Rhode Island School of Design,Visting Critic , Graduate Painting Program
1986 The Rhode Island School of Design,Drawing Instructor, Senior Critic/Painting Dept.
1982-3 The Putney School, Putney, Vermont; Hired as Art Department Head, Painting and Drawing Instructor, Head of Mural Workshop
1980 Artists Talk on Art, New York City; Panelist; Young Critics
1977-8 RISD, Summer Program, Night Program, Drawing Instructor, Lecturer


Related Work Experience:

2004-2007 Provincetown Arts[Magazine]; Board of Directors(Stepped Down)
2004 Love and Art: in that order; published novel with Gemini II Press
1995 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston;Curator: SINGLE FIRE
1993 Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Catalog essay: Bill Thompson
1990-93 The Christian Science Publishing Society;Broadcast Designer
1993 Loconte/Goldman Design;Broadcast Designer
1986-89 Director/Curator (and Founder) two alternative art spaces, Providence, RI
1988 New York State Arts Council, Curator, Catalog essay
1985 Mural/Decorative Painting, Sam's Cafe, For Julie Weiss and Mariel Hemingway
1981 SPIRIT OF PAPER: American Works on Paper 100 years of American Art History;Traveling Museum Exhibition;Catalogue Essay with conceptual, organizational and curatorial direction
1981 James Turrell:Sky Room; PS1;Assistant
1981 New York New Wave; PS1;Installation, Assistant to Diego Cortez, and Consultant


Collections (Selected):

The PS1/Museum of Modern Art Collection,NY;
The David Workman Collection,NY;
The Jack Tilton Collection,NY;
Beverly Sills Collection,NY;
Leon Polk Smith Estate
Marc Jacobs(Robert Boykin Estate), Paris, New York
The University of Connecticut Art Collection
The John Anderson Collection
Dianne B Collection
Tory Dent, New York
Wendy Ettinger, New York
Carmen Hall, Colorado
Andrew Hovet, New Orleans
The Phillips Exeter Academy Collection


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