Sean Greene
EDUCATION:
M.F.A.
2004 University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
2003 New York Studio School, Drawing Marathon, New York, NY
B.F.A.
1996 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1994 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
DISTINCTIONS:
2007 Blanche E. Coleman award Nomination
2004 Joan Mitchell Foundation, MFA Grant Nomination
Northampton Arts Council, Artist Grant
2003 Dedalus Foundation, Fellowship Nomination
2001-2004 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Teaching Associateship
2001 Somerville Arts Council, Artist Grant
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Calligraphs, Hampden Studio Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Spring (with Sloan Tomlinson), Wunderarts, Amherst, MA
2006 WGBH, Boston, MA
New Paintings, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2004 Pausing in Passing, Master’s Thesis Exhibition, Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA
Color as Light, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
WALL COMMISSIONS:
2010 Bread Euphoria, Haydenville, MA
2006 Artifacts 20th Century, Northampton, MA
2005 Private residence, Washington D.C.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2013 Abstraction, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2010 Skateboarding Side Effects, (through 11/28) The Artisphere, Arlington, VA, curated by Cynthia Connolly.
Nonobjective, (through 11/28) William Baczek Fine Arts, (with Ali Moshiri and Jaq Chartier), Northampton, MA.
Stategic Abstraction, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Some Are Painting, curated by David Gibson, Gallery 532, Thomas Jaeckel, New York, NY
Winter Invitational, (upcoming, December) The Painting Center, New York, NY.
2009 Old School, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY.
Present Tense, A.P.E., (with Clint Jukkala, Yvonne Estrada and Barbara Neulinger), Northampton, MA
Casheesh Part Two, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Out of Sight, wunderarts, Amherst, MA
Pool Art Fair, Article Projects Rooms curated by David Gibson, New York, NY
2008 Small, Wunderarts, Amherst, MA
2007 New Art 2007, MPG Contemporary (juror: Raphaela Platow), Boston, MA
2005 New York/New England/New Talent 2005, Hampden Gallery, Amherst , MA
2004 Small Works, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
Annual Juried Show, (juror: Joseph Ketner, Milwaukee Art Museum), Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2003 Keepsakes,Juice, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Drawing 2003, T.W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
Small World, New City Art, Easthampton, MA
2002 Northeast Juried Exhibition, Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center, Springfield, MA
2001 Fourth NAA Regional Juried Show, (juror: Adam Weinberg, Whitney Museum) Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
New Art: 2001, (juror: Rachel Rosenfeld-Lafo, Decordova Museum) MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
Somerville Arts Council: 2001 Grant Winners, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
2000 Praebeo, District BWR, Boston, MA
Discovering a Neighborhood, The Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA
2000 Best of the Best, Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY
1999 Windmilling, The New Lab, Denver, CO
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Laura Holland, “Float and Stay On: Sean Greene Sees the Light in Skateboard Moves and Color Interaction,†Preview Massachusetts, November, 2010, 14.
Lavanya Ramanathan and Stephanie Merry, “Arlington’s Artisphere†The Washington Post, October 8, 2010, Weekend, 24.
Melissa Breor, “Driven to Abstraction,†Daily Hampshire Gazette/Amherst Bulletin, July 16, 2009, Arts C1,C4.
Pheobe Mitchell, “Dreaming of Light, Nature,†Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 10, 2004, Living, 7.
Sarah Fishman, “Unearthing the Past of a City Block,†The Boston Sunday Globe, April 30, 2000, City Weekly, 7.
Spencer Duane Herbst, “Sean Greene, Brain Floss,â€Transworld Skateboarding, Vol.16, June, 1998, 182.
NOTED COLLECTIONS:
Neiman Marcus, Natick, MA
