ARTIST INFORMATION
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MerleannPoulton@gmail.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
EDUCATION 1996 (summer) American University, Washington D.C. MFA Summer Program Credits, Academia Di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci, Perugia, Italy 1984 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York Major: Painting, BFA with honors 1985 The Jewelry Institute, Providence, Rhode Island, CJM Diploma 1982 Syracuse International School Abroad, London, England AWARDS 2001 Rhode Island State Council On The Arts, Painting Fellowship 1998 Rhode Island State Council On The Arts, Merit Award, 1998 RESIDENCIES 2000 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 1986 - 1988 Arts Centre at Dockyard, Somerset, Bermuda 1989 Independent work – Porthcurno, Cornwall, England PUBLICATIONS 2007 ‘A Reading Course in Homeric Greek II ’, Leslie Edward, (full color cover) Focus Press, R. Pullins Co. 2005 ‘A Reading Course in Homeric Greek’, Leslie Edward, (full color cover) Focus Press, R. Pullins Co. 2003 Drawings for Vergil's 'The Aeneid', Focus Press, R. Pullins Co. GROUP AFFILIATIONS 2020-present Providence Art Club 2007 - present Public Art Works 2005-2009 19 on Paper, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative INSTALLATIONS 2020-present Providence Art Club GALLERY REPRESENTATION MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA 2000 - 2012 Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos, CA 2007-2008 Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI 1999-2002 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2015-2018 Providence Creative Mile, Outdoor Installation 2015 NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) design panel graphics for two super computers 2013 Newport Art Museum, '19 @ 25' (group) Newport, RI 2013 In conjunction with Rhode Island Hospital and Public Art Works- two 320' murals under Route 195, Eddy Street Bridge, Providence, RI 2005-2013 (in collaboration with Public Art Works) Hasbro Children's Hospital, Center for Pediatric Imaging, Providence, RI 2012 St. Botolph Club, Solo Exhibition, Boston, MA 2011 AS220, 'New Work', Solo Exhibtion- 'Fragments of Sappho', Providence, RI 2008 MPG Contemporary, 'A Final Retrospective (group exhibition), Boston, MA 'Memories and Transformation', (group exhibition) Krause Gallery, Providence, RI 2007 MPG Contemporary, (2 Person), Boston, MA Linda Durnell Gallery, Los Gatos, CA Brenda Taylor Gallery, NY, (group), 'Red Dot Fair', NYC Brenda Taylor Gallery, NY, (group), 'Red Dot Fair', Miami, FL Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Art Unites Communities, (group), Pawtucket, RI Breslin Fine Art Gallery, 'Diversity in Paper', (group), East Greenwich, RI Gallery 297, (group), Bristol, RI 2006 International Expo Hogedrukgebied, ‘Impression 2006’ (group), Rotterdam, Holland South County Art Association, ‘Five Rhode Island Artists’, Kingston, RI MPG Contemporary, (Solo) - Dick and Jane Series & Quantum Series, Boston, MA Bristol Art Museum, '19 on Paper View', (group), Bristol, RI 2005 University of Rhode Island, (Solo),'The Iliad - A Visual Translation', Kingston, RI Guilford College, (Solo), ‘Homer’s Iliad- A Visual Translation’, Greensboro, NC Providence City Hall, ‘19 Turns19’ (group), Providence, RI 2004 University of Southern Maine, ‘The Wellsprings of Memory’, Portland ME Providence City Hall, ‘(Solo)The Iliad Series/Works on Paper’, Providence, RI 2003 MPG Contemporary, ‘Ilium’ -The Iliad – Another Translation', Boston, MA MPG Contemporary, (2 person), 'Movement & Stasis', Boston MA 2002 Lenore Gray Gallery, ‘Summer Group Exhibition’, Providence, RI University of New England, ‘Four Maine Treasure Troves’, (group), Portland, ME 2001 Gallery Agniel, 'Substantive Scale: new large format work from NY & RI', (5 artists), Providence, RI Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, 'A Drawing Invitational', Providence College, (4 artists), Providence, RI Sarah Doyle Gallery Brown University, 'A Whole New Space', (group), Providence, RI MPG Contemporary, (2 person), 'Vehicle', Boston, MA Art Providence 2001, Convergence 2001 Sculpture Festival, (group), Providence, RI Lenore Gray Gallery, ‘Summer Group Exhibition’, Providence, RI Lenore Gray Gallery, (2 person), 'Re-Memory', Providence, RI RISD Museum, ‘Garden Art’, benefit exhibition, Providence, RI 2000 Lenore Gray Gallery, ‘Summer Group Exhibition’, Providence, RI MPG Contemporary, 'New Work', (2 person), New Work, Boston, MA Center City Contemporary Arts, (group), ‘Chain Reaction’, Providence, RI 1999 Atrium Gallery, ‘Critical Support’, (group), Providence, RI Lenore Gray Gallery, ‘Summer Group Exhibition’, Providence, RI RISD Museum of Art, ‘Reflections’99’, benefit exhibition, Providence, RI 1998 Krause Gallery, Solo exhibition with installation –‘Mimesis’, Providence, RI Rhode Island State Council On The Arts, (Solo), Providence, RI Sarah Doyle Gallery, (Solo), Brown University, Providence, RI 1996 Center City Contemporary Arts, (Solo), Providence, RI Native Gallery, (Solo), Providence, RI 1995 Foundry Gallery, (group), Providence, RI 1994 Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Permanent Installation, Providence, RI AS220, (group), Providence, RI 1992 Gallery One, (group), Providence, RI 1988 Arts Centre at Dockyard, (2 person), ‘Ambient Contrasts’, BERMUDA 1987 Arts Centre at Dockyard, (Solo), ‘New Work’, BERMUDA Arts Centre at Dockyard, ‘Contemporary Exhibition by Resident Artists’, BERMUDA Bermuda Society of Arts, Hamilton, ‘Awards Exhibition’, BERMUDA 1986 Arts Centre at Dockyard, (group), BERMUDA 1984 Pratt Institute, Main Gallery, ‘Juried Senior Art Show’, Brooklyn, NY Pratt Institute, Pratt Gallery, (2 person), Brooklyn, NY BIBLIOGRAPHY Providence Journal, Go Live Section ‘In The Galleries ’ January 13, 2011 - Click here to view Art New England 'Five RI Artists' Spotlight Review Dec/January Issue 2007 - Click here to view South County Independent Arts & Living (headline page)/C1 Aug. 3, 2006 - Click here to view Art New England Spotlight Review June/July Issue 2006 South County Independent Review/C4 Feb. 23, 2006 Carolina Arts, Feature Article, January Issue 2005 Bryn Mawr Classical Review, by Betty Rose Nagle, Indiana University 2004 The Boston Globe Arts & Performance/ Page-E18, Dec. 12, 2003 The Boston Globe, Living Arts Section/ Page-F5, Oct. 20, 2001 Art New England RI Review, April/May 2001 Providence Journal Bulletin, Live Section/ Page 12, July 27, 2000 Arts Media, Edition Review Page 19, Feb/March 2000 Providence Journal Bulletin, Live Section ‘Chain Reaction’ March 2, 2000 The Brown Daily Herald, ‘Mirrors, Mirrors at RISD Museum’ April 28, 1999 Providence Journal Bulletin, Lifebeat Section/Art Wrap Up Dec. 4, 1998 The Providence Phoenix, Arts Section/ Page 24, Nov.27, 1998 Art New England, R.I. Review, Aug./Sept.1998 Quix Magazine, Rhode Island Quarterly, Winter1998 Providence Journal Bulletin, Lifebeat Section/ Art Wrap Up, Feb. 6, 1998 Providence Journal Bulletin, Lifebeat Section/ Art Wrap Up Jan. 30, 1998 Providence Journal Bulletin, Lifebeat Section/ Art Wrap Up May 10, 1996 Providence Journal Bulletin, Her Section, Dec. 7, 1995 The Royal Gazette, Page 15, Bermuda-May 20, 1988 The Sun Guide Extra, Cover, Bermuda-June 3, 1988 The Royal Gazette, Page 7, Bermuda-June 12, 1987 The Royal Gazette, Page 7, Bermuda-Dec. 10, 1987 Centre Pointe Quarterly, Bermuda Issue-Spring 1987 The Royal Gazette, Page 11, Bermuda-April 18, 1987 |
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