Biography

Gene received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Tufts University, and her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art where she was the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the SMFA's prestigious Boit Competition for two years. She was chosen to represent the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the CAA exhibition, Selections from New England MFA Programs, 1995 ( curated by John Stomberg). Her solo exhibitions include Fort Point Artist Gallery, Quinsigamond Community College, Atlantic Union College, and University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Her work was selected for Chesterwood (95, 98), Small Works International, Works on Paper (curated by Jerry Saltz) , New England / New York / New Talent (UMass, Amherst) and New England / New Talent at the Fitchburg Art Museum in 2008. She was invited to participate in the multi-sited art show, Elements 2000 in New York City, and Ground Zero: 01, at 129 Lafayette, New York in August 2001. Gene's work has been included in many private collections as well as the corporate collections of Nokia and Watson Wyatt Worldwide. Her photography has been featured on numerous book covers and textbooks. For many years, she worked in visual merchandising, and then as a freelance photo stylist with clients including Brookstone, Agfa, LL Bean, and White Flower Farm. During a brief hiatus back into the medical world, Gene was the coordinator for a psychiatric unit and a manager in an elder health center. She is now in the studio full time, working in sculpture, printmaking, and painting.  She was the recipient of an Arts Worcester Materials Grant in 2014 to continue her work in Japanese woodblock printing, and again, in 2019 to explore connections between her 2D and 3D work.  She has been awarded artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Rusty Barn in California.

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  EDUCATION

SELECTED GROUP  EXHIBITIONS

Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Summer 2024
9th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Exhibition, CCP, Norwalk CT Summer 2024
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan,  2023
Page Turner, Davis Gallery, Worcester, November 2023
The 20th ArtsWorcester Biennial, Worcester, May 2023
SMFA/Tufts University Juried Exhibition & Art Sale, Boston, October 2022
George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine July, September 2022
86th Regional Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, Summer 2022
SMFA Exhibition  and Art Sale, October, 2021
85th Regional Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, 2021
SMFA Art Juried Sale, November 2020
17th International Triennial Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland, October 2020
Grant Recipients Exhibition, Davis Gallery, Worcester, September 2020
Gravity/Levity, ArtsWorcester Gallery, Worcester, June 2020
4th New York International Miniature Print Exhibition, MGC NY November 2019
Call and Response: A Matter of Perspective, Fitchburg Art Museum, 2019
84th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, 2019
12th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition 2019, Center for Contemporary Printmaking,
Norwalk , CT 2019
Defining the Art of Change in the Age of Trump, The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, DC,  Fall 2018
19th Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art, September 2018
Common Materials/Uncommon Results, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester MA, August 2018
ONE, Arts Worcester Gallery, Worcester, MA 2018
FOOTPRINT 2018 Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk CT 2018
16th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland 2017
The Rusty Barn Artist Residency -Presentation and Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA 2017
3rd NY International Miniature Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, NYC, 2017 
81st Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum , 2016
2016 Juried Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham , MA  2016
Grayscale, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA 2016
Con/TEXT, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. 2016
MJ1, Concord Art, Concord MA 2016
2nd NY International Miniature Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, NYC, 2015
The Roddy Annual Exhibition, Concord Art, Concord, MA 2015
Arts Worcester Grant Recipients Exhibition,  Worcester, MA 2015
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2015, Tokushima, Japan
5th Guanlan International Print Biennial, Shenzhen, China 2015
15th International Triennial Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland 2014
Second Annual Juried Competition, Milton Art Museum, 2013
Ninth Annual International Miniature Print Biennial, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT  2013
National Small Print Show, Creede, Colorado, 2013
Cotton: 2nd Anniversary Exhibit, Fountain Street Fine Art, Framingham, 2013
Internal Combustion, Fountain Street Fine Art, Framingham, 2012
Footprint International 2012, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Community of Artists 2012, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham
In Context: Art of Here and Now, Worcester Art Museum, 2011
Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham , 2011
New England / New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg 2008 
Annual AIDS Benefit 2006, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston 2005, 2006, 2007
Variations on the Masters, Fletcher/ Priest Gallery, Worcester, 2002 
Resemblance, Aurora Gallery, Worcester, 2002
Ground Zero :01, 129 Lafayette, New York, 2001
New England Photographers, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, 2000
New England /New York/ New Talent, Hampden Gallery, Amherst, 2001
Elements 2000, HERE Gallery, New York, 2001
Small Works International, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, 2000
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, 1998 Stockbridge, 1998
Time and Place, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY, 1998
Works on Paper, Berkshire Museum, curated by Jerry Saltz, 1997
Women in Photography, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1997          
Multiple-lism as a Feminist Strategy, WCA, Phoenix Gallery, NYC,1997
Field Studies, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, 1996              
Boit Competition and Exhibition, Grossman Gallery, 1996                
New Photography, ASF Gallery, Boston, 1996
Sex and Life Video Space at Mobius, Boston, 1995
Boit Competition and Exhibition, Grossman Gallery, 1995
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 1995, Stockbridge, 1995          
Affirmation –Validation, Arts Worcester Gallery, Worcester, 1993
Arts Worcester Biennial Exhibition Worcester Center for Crafts, 1993                    
Five Going on Three, Arts Worcester Gallery, Worcester, 1992
Faculty Show, Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, 1985
Sculpture As Monument, Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery, 1984
The Full Circle: Images of Pregnancy and Birth, Newton Arts Center, 1984           
Spring Loaded, Boston City Hall Gallery, Boston, 1983
Free With This Capon, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, 1982
The Shape We're In, Boston City Hall Gallery, Boston, 1982
Snow Show, deCordova  Museum, Lincoln MA, proposal accepted, 1982

                                                                 
  SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

New Sculpture, Boston Sculptors, LaunchPad Gallery, scheduled May 2025
2D/3D, Window at 473 Main Street, Beacon NY, Summer 2024
Finally!  JCC Worcester, September-October 2015
The Cubic Series-extended, University Gallery, U Mass Lowell, 2005
Being Temporal Being, Fort Point Artists Community Gallery, Boston, 1999
Quotidian, Quinsigamond Community College Gallery, Worcester, 1999 
I will be grass, Bag Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1996
New Work, Fletcher / Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA 1996
New Work, Atlantic Union College, Lancaster, 1994 

AWARDS AND GRANTS 

Honorable Mention, Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan,  2023
Nomination for the Honorary Medal, 17th International Triennial Small Graphic Forms,
Lodz, Poland 2020
Juror's Prize, Gravity/Levity, ArtsWorcester, 2020, Lisa Crossman, Juror
Grant recipient, ArtsWorcester, Material Needs Grant, 2019
Honorable Mention, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT 2019
The Rusty Barn Artist Residency, Santa Barbara, CA 2017 
Merit award, Con/TEXT, South Shore Art Center, 2016
Prize winner, 2nd International Miniature Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, 2015
Grant recipient, ArtsWorcester Material Needs Grant, 2014
Semi-finalist, Milton Art Museum Juried Competition 2013
McClain's Purchase Award, Ninth Annual International Miniature Print Biennial,
CCP, Norwalk, CT, 2013
Fellowship: The Vermont Studio Center, 2007
Women in Photography Award Winner, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1997 
                Boit Competition Prize Recipient, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1995,1996                      
Chosen to represent the SMFA in Selections from New England MFA Programs 1995,
Boston University - John Stomberg
Prize for Painting, Arts Worcester Biennial, 1993
Massachusetts Council of Arts and Humanities Grant, Cultural Resources Program,1984-85      
Annie L. Blake Award, Massachusetts College of Art, 1983

PUBLICATIONS

COLLECTIONS

Awagami  Paper, Japan
Guanlan Print Art Musem, Shenzhen, China
Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Lodz, Poland 
Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Boston
Nokia, Burlington
Numerous private collections