b.1978
2004 M.F.A., Yale University School of Art
Painting and Printmaking, 2004
2000 B.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Painting and Drawing, Art History Minor, cum laude
1998 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
Spring Semester
2010 Title TBD, Firehouse Center for Contemporary Art, Burlington, VT (forthcoming fall)
2009 New Weathers, Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, PA
2008 The Pioneers, Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2010 Artificial Selection, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM (forthcoming)
2010 Skeptical Landscapes, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Curated by Trevor Richardson (forthcoming)
2008 BrainWave, Exit Art, NY, NY
Curated by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo
2008 Hello, Caelum Gallery, NY, NY,
Travels to Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2008 Peopled Paintings, Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO,
Curated by Chris Lowrance
2008 Slide Slam, Real Art Ways, Hartford CT
2007 Postcards from the Edge; Visual AIDS benefit, James Cohan Gallery, NY,NY
2007 Tripped Out, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Curated by Andrew Winship
2007 Possessed, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Curated by Miriam Kienle
2006 Calma Apparente – Steve Budington, Lidia Sanvito and Carla Matti,
Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea, Pallazzolo sull’Oglio, ITALY
Curated by Paolo Campiglio
2006 Hotel Pupik 2006, Summer Symposia, St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling, AUSTRIA
2006 What’s In Stays In, Red Rockett Gallery, www.redrocket.com
2005 Intimate Exposure, New Work by Line Brunste and Steve Budington
Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2005 New York/New England/New Talent, Hampden Gallery, UMASS, Amherst, MA
Curated by Amy Eva Raehse and Trevor Richardson
2004 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2004 New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Newbury St., Boston, MA
2003 The Floating Opera Temporary Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
2003 2nd Year M.F.A. Group Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2003 M.F.A. Summer Exhibition, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate, Norfolk, CT
2002 1st Year M.F.A. Group Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2001 Painting Ecologies, “Canada”, Eagle Square, Providence, RI
2001 Artistos Anonimos, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2001 Live/Workspace, Eagle Square, Providence, RI
2000 University of Hokkaido Exchange Exhibition, Univ. of Hokkaido, JAPAN
2000 Drawing as Inquiry, C.A.W., New Haven, CT
2000 B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Hampden Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA
2009 New American Paintings, Issue 80, Northeast Edition, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2009 Lancaster New Era/Intelligencer Journal, October 23, 2009, Jane Holihan
2008 Art in America, April 2008, “Art and Science II”, Eleanor Heartney
2007 l’Unita, February 2007, “Torna il <<caldo>>, Ma Non Troppo”, Renato Barilli
2007 Exhibart, February 2007, “Calma Apparente”, Stefano Castelli
2006 Calma Apparente Exhibition Catalogue, 64 pages in Color, Italian and English
Curatorial texts by Paolo Campiglio, Interviews with Elisa Del Prete
2004 American Letters and Commentary, Issue Sixteen
This Is Not a Time to Be Without Wishes: Writers and Artists Invent Another World
Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea, Pallazzolo sull’Oglio, ITALY
Cape Ann Historical Museum, Gloucester, MA
2007 GONE, Artists: Lisha Bai, Joelle Jenson, Jeff Jones, Colburn Gallery
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2007 Robert Flynn:Constant Gardener, A memorial exhibition for the late artist
Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Co-curated with Stephanie Flynn
2009 Lattie F. Coor Endowment Award, UVM
2006 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship
2006 New Frontiers Exploration Traveling Fellowship, Indiana University
2006 International Enhancement Grant, Indiana University
2006 Faculty Travel Award, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
2005 Faculty Travel Award, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
2004 Nominee, Joan Mitchell M.F.A. Award in Painting
2003 Yale/Gloucester Landscape Painting Fellowship, Yale University
2000 Graduating Student Award for Excellence, University of Massachusetts
1998 Dean’s Travel Study Scholarship Award, University of Massachusetts
2007 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship
2006 “Hotel Pupik” (Schrattenberg), St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling, Austria, Artist in Residence, summer 2006
1998 Summer Artist Program, La Napoule, France, Summer 1998, Chateau de La Napoule
2010 Plenary Lecture, University of Vermont, Honors College, Burlington, VT (forthcoming)
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture / Workshop, JDK Design, Burlington, VT
2007 Symposium, Possessed, Dorsky Gallery, NY
2006 Symposium, Calma Apparente, Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea
Pallazzolo sull’Oglio, ITALY
2006 Symposium, Hotel Pupik, St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling, AUSTRIA
2005 Gallery Talk, Intimate Exposure, Herter Gallery, UMass, Amherst
2007-present University of Vermont Assistant Professor of Painting
2005-2007 Herron School of Art and Design, Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing
2004-2005 University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1 Year Visiting Assistant Professor
Foundations Studies and Painting, 2-D Graduate and Undergraduate Faculty
2003-2004 Yale University School of Art Teaching Assistant to Professor Robert Reed