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Education
1980 M.F.A Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Photography)
1975 B.A. Clark University, Worcester, MA (Philosophy)
Exhibitions
One Person
2008 Gallery Naga, Mud, Rust and Hummingbird Nectar, Boston
2006 Boston University, Metcalf Plaza, The Evolution of Darwin
2003 Gallery Naga, They Left Their Clothes by the Water, Boston, MA
Fuller Museum, They Left Their Clothes by the Water, Brockton,MA
2001 Gallery Naga, A Perfected State, Boston
2000 Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art
1999 Gallery Naga, Earthly Cares, Boston
1998 Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Gallery Naga, Floating in the Current
1995 Gallery Naga, Incarnation, Boston, MA
1993 Ashuah Irving Gallery, Boston, MA
1991 Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Images from Amos House, Providence, RI
Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
1990 Berland Hall Gallery, New York, NY Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
1989 Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, A Gathering of Angels, Dallas, Clifford Gallery, Dallas, TX
1985 Rhode Island School of Design, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
1984 University of Denver, School of Art, CO
1983 Brown University, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence
RI Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI
1981 Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA
1980 Project Art Center, Cambridge, MA
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Group Selected Shows
2007 Artspace, Dresses , New Haven, CT
Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery,Loneliness and Melancholy, Manchester, CT
2005 Trustman Gallery, Simmons, Artists in Search of the Intangible, Boston, MA
Simmons, After Me collaborative outdoor installation of rust headsw/facutly and students, Boston, MA
2004 List Art Center, Brown Univ, The Fabric of Light, Providence, RI
New England School of Art and Design,Stitches, Boston
Newport Art Museum, The State of Sculpture, Newport, RI
2002 Real Art Ways, This is Then,Hartford,CT
Gallery Naga, Twentyfive Years, Boston, MA
2001 Wheeler Gallery, Losing Track, a collaborative performance/installation by Esther Solondz, Paula Hunter and Meg Governo, Providence, RI
William Benton Museum,The Poetics of Portraiture, Univ. of Conn., Storrs, CT
2000 Fuller Museum of Art, Face Off, Brockton, MA
Univ. of RI, Faces of Hunger, Providence, RI
1999 Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Rhode Island, The Grid, Kingston, RI
Gallery Dorita, Terra Firma, Atlanta, GA
1998 Wyner Museum, Women Whose Lives Span the Century, Boston, MA
Gallery Naga, Depth and Illusion: Varieties of Abstract Space, Boston,MA
1997 Gallery Naga, Autobiography, Boston Atrium Gallery
Traces of Healing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1995 Gallery NAGA, Prints (interpreted generously), Boston, MA
New Art Center, The Symbolic Field, Newton, MA
1994 Museum of Art, R.I. School of Design, Contemporary Art in RI
Providence Kristina Wasserman Gallery, Esther Solondz and Ronald Ehrlich, Providence, RI
1993 DeCordova Museum, Eleven Artists, Eleven Visions, Lincoln, MA
Janet Borden Gallery, Big Girls, New York, NY
Lyman Allyn Museum, Choice of Painting (1992 NEFA fellows), New London, CT
Gallery Naga, Esther Solondz, Ron Rizzi, and Peter Madden, Boston, MA
Carriage Barn Gallery, Unfettered Photographs, New Canaan, CT
1992 Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, 1992 NEFA/NEA Fellowship Recipients, Boston, MA
Charter Oak Cultural Center Gallery, Spiritual Cargo - Shamanistic Manifestations, Hartford, CT
Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island Photography; Traditions and Innovations, Newport, RI
1990 Jones and Hobbs Gallery, Three Women, Provincetown, MA
1989 The Fuller Museum, Images in Context, Brockton, MA
Warwick Art Museum, Context as Metaphor, Warwick, RI
1988 Gallery One, The Transformed Icon, Providence, RI
The Foundry, CIC Artists Show, Providence, RI
Warwick Art Museum, Form vs. Function, Warwick, RI
1987 Newport Art Museum, Rhode Island Artists, Newport, RI
1986 Museum of Art, RISD, Ten Years of Photography, Providence, RI
1986 Hera Gallery, The Constructed Photograph, Wakefield, RI
1985 Catskills Center for Photography, Beyond the Boundaries, Woodstock, NY
1984 10 on 8 (Windows on 8th Ave.) Forty Artists, New York, NY
University of Rhode Island, Women Artists of RI, Providence, RI
1983 Alternative Museum, Overload, White Street, New York, NY
1983 Pratt Institute Gallery, Bridges, Manhattan Center, NYC
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
1982 Anyart Gallery, Recipients of the 1981 Rhode Island Council on the Arts Grants, Providence, RI
Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Photographic Illusion, Ithaca, NY
1981 Semaphore Gallery, Face/Facade, New York, NY; Woodman Gallery, Six Women, Morristown, NJ
Colorado Mt. College, New England Group Show, Leadville, CO
Albuquerque United Artists, Contemporary Photoworks, Albuquerque, NM
1980 Eccentricities, Valencia, CA; Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Alternatives 1980, Athens, OH
1980 Little Center Gallery, Clark University, Photoways, Twelve New England Photographers, Worcester, MA
Grants and Awards
2002 Recipient, RI Council on the Arts, Artists Fellowship in Sculpture
2001 Recipient, RI Council onthe Arts, Artists Project Grant (for installation and performance, Losing Track)
1996 Recipient, RI Council on the Arts, Individual Artists Grant, (Painting)
1992 Recipient, New England Foundation for the Arts, Regional NEA Artist’s Fellowship (Painting)
1990 Recipient, RI Arts Council, Project Grant (Images from Amos House)
1981 Recipient, RI Council on the Arts, Individual Artists Grant (Photography)
Collections
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University,Cambridge
Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
Eastern Tool and Stamping Company, Saugus, MA
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
Numerous private collections throughout the United States
Teaching & Lecturing
Rhode Island School of Design, part-time faculty (1980-85, 1993-94 and 1999 - 2006)
Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA. Photography Instructor, 1980-1985
Guest or visiting artist/lecturer at:
Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA.
Chester College, Chester, N.H. 2005
Stonehill College, Brocton, MA. 2003,2004
Real Art Ways, Hartford, Conn 2003
Mass College of Art, Boston, MA. 1996,97
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 1994
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1993
Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT, 1992
Salve Regina College, Newport, RI, Nov 1992
Boston Center for the Arts, Oct, 1992
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, Oct, 1992
U. of Conn. Grad Art Dept, Storrs, CT Jan 1991
Museum of Art, RISD, Nov 1988, Oct 2003
Tufts University, Medford, MA. 1987,1988
Reviews and Articles
2006 (Nov. 21) "From Nature to Natural Selection" by Jennifer Ullian, BU Today, Boston
2005 (Oct/Nov) "Esther Solondz, Beyond the Bone" by Diana Gaston, Art New England
(June) "Loss & Transcience, rust & salt, permeate Beyond the Bone" by Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe
2003 (May) "Esther Solondz at Naga" by Ken Shulman, Art News
(Jan 17) "Artist's metaphor turns tragedy into innocence lost" by Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe
2001 (Dec 30) "The Best Exhibits of 2001" by Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe
(April 29) "Boston on the Run" by Amy Waldman, New York Times, New York
(Nov) "Losing Track's Connecting strands" J.Rodriguez, The Phoenix, Providence
(March 16)"Solondz Enters Space where Life&Death Coexist", Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe
2000 (June 9) "Art Reviews" by Edward Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia
(Aug) "In Sight" by Burton Wasserman,Art Matters, Philadelphia
(April 19)"Waxing ", by Paul Ryersbach, Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia
1999 (April)"Unlocking the Grid", by Gregory Wallace, Art New England, Boston
(Feb 19) "URI's Unlocking the Grid" by Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal, Providence
1998 (Dec) New American Paintings, (Northeast) Open Studios Press,Wellesley, MA
(March 10) "Homages to the aged" by Christine Temin,Boston Globe, Boston
1997 (May29) "Gallery Reviews," by Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, Boston
(May) "A Touch of Class" by Ken Shulman, Art News
(May 15) "Visual Arts Reviews" by Joanne Silver, Boston Herald, Boston, MA
Photomontage, book by Stephen Golding, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA
(March) "Buried Treasures," by Patricia Rosoff, Hartford Advocate, Hartford,CT
1995 (Sept) "Esther Solondz" review by Francine Koslow Miller, Artforum
(Sept) "From Figurative to Fantastic," by Christine Temin, Boston Globe, Boston
1994 Contemporary Art in R.I. (catalogue) Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
(Jan) “Hope and Prayer” by Charles Guiliano, The Improper Bostonian, Boston
1993 (Dec. 16) “Gallery Reviews,” by Nancy Stapen, Boston Globe, Boston
(Aug/Sept) Ashuah Irving Gallery: Esther Solondz" by Charles Giuliano, Art New England
(March 14) “To the Yankee Tradition,” by William Zimmer, New York Times, NYC
(May 23) “Artist Probes Enduring Questions” by Joanne Silver, Boston Sunday Herald
1993 (Oct/Nov) “A Test of Character” by Miles Unger, Art New England, Boston
(July) “Visionaries,” by Cate McQuaid, Boston Phoenix, Boston
1993 (June 29) “DeCordova Scores a Perfect 11” by Christine Temin, Boston Globe, Boston
(May 27) “Galleries Offer First Rate Shows,” by Nancy Stapen, Boston Globe, Boston
(Feb. 28) “Vitality, personal vision ” by Jude Schwendenwien, Hartford Courant
(Jan. 15) “Pure Energy” by Nancy Hall, Norwich Bulletin, Norwich, CT
1992 (Nov. 22) “Assemblages Offer Views of the Spiritual,” by Vivian Raynor, New York Times, NYC.
(Dec. 6) “Variations on Spirituality,” by Jude Schwendenwien, Hartford Courant
(Nov. 19), “Spirit World,” by Margaret Plaganis, Hartford Advocate, Hartford, CT
(Oct. 8) “Depicting the Murky Depths of Spirituality” South End News, Boston, MA
(Sept. 13) “Fellowship Recipients-Painting Thriving in N.E.,” Boston Sunday Herald
(Sept.) “Fall Highlights,” Art New England, Boston, MA
1991 (Jan. 10) “Images from Amos House,” Providence Journal, Providence, RI
(Jan) “Images from Amos House,” The New Paper, Providence,RI
1990 (Aug. 2) “Women Show Together,” The Advocate, Provincetown, MA
1989 (April) “Context as Metaphor” Art New England, Boston
(Dec. 17) “Three Artists" Boston Sunday Globe, Boston, MA
(March 9) “Saints or Poor Souls?,” by Janet Kutner, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
(April) “Work by Esther Solondz,” Art on View, Dallas, TX
1989 (April) “The Angels of Solondz,” by J.R. Compton, Dallas, TX
1988 (Feb) “Icons from the Darkroom,” Providence Journal, Providence, RI
1987 (Winter) “Ten Years of Photography,” Views Magazine, Boston, MA
1984 (Feb) “Two Artists in Alternative Museum Show,” Jewish News, New Jersey
(Feb) “Crossing the Boundaries,” Woodstock Times, Woodstock, NY
1983 (March) “Artist's Fellowship Exhibition,” Providence Journal, Providence, RI
1981 (Feb 8) “Photos: Six Women” The Sunday Records, Bergen, NJ
(April) “On Women’s Photography,” Issue Magazine, Brown University, Providence, RI
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