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Paul Mellon Gallery 2008


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MARTIN MUGAR

314 DURHAM PT RD

DURHAM,NH 03824

603 868 1769


EDUCATION

1974  Yale University School of Art,  MFA

1971  Yale Universtiy,BA, cum laude,  John Courtney Murray Travelling Fellowship      

1970  Yale Summer School of Music and Art,Norfolk

TEACHING

2007-2008 NHTI Concord,NH

2005   Art New England,Massart

2001   Visiting Artist,Montserrat College of Art

2001-2005 Fine Arts Work Center,Provincetown,MA

1988-1999 Assoc. Prof., Art Institute of Boston at Lesley

1994-1995 Lecturer,UNH,     Durham,NH

1991  Assoc.Prof,Massart Summer School In Italy

1987-1988 Asst.Prof.,Dartmouth College

1986-1987 Asst. Prof. UNH, Durham

1980-1986 Asst. Prof.U of NC at Greensboro

SELECTED SOL0 SHOWS

2008    The Bowery Gallery,New York,NY

2007    Paul Mellon Art Center,Wallingford,CT

2006    New England School of Art and Design

2005    Merrimack College,N.Andover MA

2000    Creiger-Dane Gallery,Boston

1998       Creiger-Dane Gallery,Boston

1996        Rising Tide Gallery,  Provincetown , MA

1995       Bromfield Gallery, Boston

1994       Rising Tide Gallery, Provincetown, MA

            Bromfield Gallery

1991       Bowery Gallery, New York City

1987       MIT Museum,Cambridge, MA

1983       Weatherspoon Gallery, UNC-Greensboro

1980       Van Buren Gallery, Cambridge,MA

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2016  Eighth National Juried Exhibition Prince St Gallery NYC,Graham Nickson juror

2015 “Lighting out for Territory” Pollaro,Mugar,Carr,Parks and Travers

           Kimball Jenkins School of Art,Concord, NH

2013  “Incommensurabilities”  Bromfield Gallery, Boston duo with Paul Pollaro

           “International Show” Caelum Gallery,New York City

2010  “Off the Wall”Danforth Museum,

          “Papillon” Bow St Gallery Cambridge with Larry Deyab,,Mark Tobey ,Richard   

                Tuttle and others   

2006   “New Hampshire Painting of the 21st c”Concord,NH        

2004   “Water”DNA, Provincetown,MA

2003    “Boston Painters”, New England School of Art and Design, Boston

2001    “Wilderness of Sweets “  Montserrat College of Art,Beverly,MA Barbara O’Brien

                  Curator           

2000    “Picture Perfect”, New England School of Design

                Charles Giuliano, Curator with Bill Thompson Thad Beal and others     

1999      “The Severed Ear” at Creiger-Dane, Curator

                    Addison Parks with DiDonna, Tuttle, Snyder

                    Resnick, Jensen and others

            “New England Triennial Exhibition” Fuller Museum Brockton, MA Carl Belz ,

1998    “Six Curators,Six Artists”Selected by Andrew Spahr of the Currier Museum,at

               Plymouth State College,NH

1997     DNA Gallery,Provincetown,MA

1995      “New England,New Talent”,Fitchburg Museum,, MA

             “Visions of Order”, Mercurey Gallery,Boston with Joe  Santore,Eric Holzman

                   Don Shambroom Curator

1991     “Contemporary Landscape” with Bernard Chaet, Louis Finkelstein and others,

                Janet Cavallero Curator

1987    “Vision and Tradition” with Robert de Niro, Leland Bell and others,Morris

                        Museum and Colby College ,Hearne Pardee Curator      

1986     “Five Armenian-American Artists” Museum of Modern Art , Armenia

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015      Martin Mugar op-ed “The Concord Monitor”March 12

2013      Cate McQuaid, “The Boston Globe” Feb 13

              Frenn,Chawky,”100 Boston Artists”, Atglen, PA:Schiffer,2013

2007      Rosanna Warren,”Provincetown Arts”Annual

2006      Cate McQuaid “The Boston Globe”Jan.26

              Kate Ledogar “The Weekly Dig” Feb.1-8

       

2000      Cate McQuaid, “The Boston Globe” June 15

              Charles Giuliano,  “ Arts Media” Boston, June/July

              Marty Carlock,  “Art New England” Dec./Jan.

1996         Gail Kelley, “The Boston Globe” Oct. 19

1996         Cate McQuaid, “The Boston Globe” June 25

                Leon Nigrosh, “The Worcester Phoenix” May 24

1995        Nancy Stapen  “The Boston Globe” Oct.5

1991        Nancy Stapen “The Boston Globe” March 7

               Charles Giuliano  “Art New England” July?Aug

1987      Robert Taylor“The Boston Globe” June 21

1980      Robert Taylor  “The Boston globe” Oct 23

 

     

1977       Robert Taylor  “The Boston Globe” Jan 1

1977       Robert Taylor  “The Boston Globe” Nov 20

1974    Caron Lebrun  “The Christian Science Monitor” May 31,

            Bob Garrett “The Boston Herald”                

 

MISC

1999    Louis Comfort Tiffany Award,Nominee

            American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards Nominee

                                                                       

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS               

Danforth Museum,Framingham,MA

Simmons College

Merrimack College 

Boston Public Library

MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA

Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA

Weatherspoon  Museum, UNC-Greensboro

UNC Chapel Hill ,Kenan  Building

Harvard Business School

Burlington Industries, NC

Thomasville Fibers, NC

Glaxo Pharmaceuticals

Sogen International, NY

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Tufts University Museum

Museum of Modern Art, Armenia

                                                                                                           

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

      Placido Arango, Madrid and Palm Beach

      Donald Droll, NY

      Mrs William  A Henry III, NH

      Sally Cone, NC

      Jim Lonborg,  MA

      Gov. Howard Dean, VT

      Robert Horstbrink, Bad Salzafluen, Germany

      Sarah Segal, Montreal, Canada

      Jean-Marie and Elizabeth Eveillard, New York City and Paris