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“All my life’s a circle.”—Harry Chapin
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If my creative life needs a bio, the best I can say is the process started when I was very young. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing, painting, writing, directing and acting in plays with family and friends—all of this continuing in grammar school, high school, college and a graduate program where I emerged with an MFA from Mass College of Art in 1981.
A curated version (just the highlights!) of fine art exhibitions can be seen below. The exhibition gap between 2011 and today reflects my deep dive into the worlds of literature and journalism. (Fruits of those labors can be found HERE.) Back when I was transitioning from visual to verbal arts, I heard that an art world acquaintance had commented, “Necee Regis? I heard that she quit!” Does one ever really quit being a creative person? I prefer to think of creativity as running in cycles—at least for me—and in that way my return to making visual art is a continuation of a lifelong process of trying to make sense of, to express, what it means to be human, alive, questioning, exploring and marveling at this world we collectively inhabit. |
NECEE REGIS/ CURATED RESUME
EDUCATION:
MFA Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
BA Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA
GRANTS: 2000, Pollock-Krasner Foundation LINKED HERE
SELECT ONE PERSON EXHIBITS:
2022 FLIGHT DREAMS, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2011 WILD BLUE YONDER, Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA
2007 HallSpace, Boston, MA
2002 FLIGHT PATTERNS, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2001 SUSPENSION POINTS, 6g Alternative Space, Miami, FL
1999 JETS, ARCS & SHADOWS, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1997 Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1993 Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1992 55 Mercer, New York, NY
Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1989 Pindar Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Framingham State College, MA
1986 Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1983 Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
Brown University, Providence, RI
SELECT EXHIBITS:
2005 19th DRAWING SHOW, Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 18th DRAWING SHOW, Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1997 Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1996 Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1994 NEW ENGLAND/NEW TALENT, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1993 Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Tisch Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1992 Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1991 9 ARTISTS/9 VISIONS, DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
LAND, SEA AND SKY, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1990 Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1989 Chandler Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1987 Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1985 Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1984 Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
1983 Hardison Fine Arts, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2011 Visiting Artist, Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA
2000 Instructor, International Fine Arts College, Miami, FL
1999 Instructor, International Fine Arts College, Miami, FL
1998 Instructor, Round Robin Mural Project, Little Haiti, Miami, FL
1993 Gallery Talk, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA
Gallery Talk, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1992 Gallery Talk, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1991 Artists' Dialogues, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1989 Visiting Artist, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA
1988 Visiting Artist, Framingham State College, MA
Visiting Artist, Medford Public Library, MA
1986 Project Assistant: "Shadow Dream," Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
1984 Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
1983 Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
1982 Director, Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
1981 Director, Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1980 Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
EDUCATION:
MFA Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
BA Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA
GRANTS: 2000, Pollock-Krasner Foundation LINKED HERE
SELECT ONE PERSON EXHIBITS:
2022 FLIGHT DREAMS, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2011 WILD BLUE YONDER, Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA
2007 HallSpace, Boston, MA
2002 FLIGHT PATTERNS, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2001 SUSPENSION POINTS, 6g Alternative Space, Miami, FL
1999 JETS, ARCS & SHADOWS, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1997 Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1993 Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1992 55 Mercer, New York, NY
Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1989 Pindar Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Framingham State College, MA
1986 Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1983 Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
Brown University, Providence, RI
SELECT EXHIBITS:
2005 19th DRAWING SHOW, Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 18th DRAWING SHOW, Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1997 Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1996 Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1994 NEW ENGLAND/NEW TALENT, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1993 Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Tisch Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1992 Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1991 9 ARTISTS/9 VISIONS, DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
LAND, SEA AND SKY, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1990 Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1989 Chandler Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1987 Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1985 Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1984 Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
1983 Hardison Fine Arts, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2011 Visiting Artist, Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA
2000 Instructor, International Fine Arts College, Miami, FL
1999 Instructor, International Fine Arts College, Miami, FL
1998 Instructor, Round Robin Mural Project, Little Haiti, Miami, FL
1993 Gallery Talk, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA
Gallery Talk, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1992 Gallery Talk, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1991 Artists' Dialogues, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1989 Visiting Artist, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA
1988 Visiting Artist, Framingham State College, MA
Visiting Artist, Medford Public Library, MA
1986 Project Assistant: "Shadow Dream," Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
1984 Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
1983 Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
1982 Director, Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro MA
1981 Director, Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1980 Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
