Tamara Elizabeth Krendel

www.tamarakrendel.com
Tamarakrendel@aol.com

 

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CURRENT & UPCOMING	The Rhode Island Watercolor Society's National Juried Show, "Pattern and Abstraction" Juror: Linnea Toney Leeming Exhibition Dates: February 17th - March 22nd, 2024 Time & Space Limited, “A Fly on The Canvas”, Group Exhibit curated by Harryet Candee 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, New York, Exhibition dates: April 13th – May 11th, 2024 Opening reception: Saturday April 13th,5-7:30 pm
EDUCATION, HONORS & AWARDS	RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, “Into the Blue”, Juror: Shannon Ferrari, Second Prize, December 16th – January 19th RIWS 2022 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, First Prize - Juror: Linnea Toney Leeming, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, October 22nd - November 18th, 2022 RIWS 2022 National Watermedia Exhibition, Honorable Mention - Juror: Irena Roman, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, June 4th – July 16, 2022 Drawing Challenge XXl, Featured Artist, - Jason McCoy Gallery NYC, New York, May 5 - 31, 2021 It’s All About Color, Third Prize, Juror: Sam Allerton Green, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, May 2020 Winner of Curatorial competition, Juror: Meredyth Hyatt Moses, for exhibit Winged & Whispered, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, April - May 2006 The Royal Academy of Fine Arts 325th Commemorative Juried Show & David Teniers Prize Competition, Antwerp, Belgium, 1989 ZEBRA, (Designated Guest Artist), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1987  The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Independent Post-Graduate Studies, Painting, September 1980-July 1981 The University of Pennsylvania, MFA, 1979, BFA, 1977 Fulbright Grant, Independent study in Belgium, 1980 - 1981 Belgian Ministry of Dutch Culture Grant, Independent Study in Belgium, 1980 - 1981. (Invitation to renew) Yaddo Residency, (NEA and New York Council for the Arts), 1979 Skowhegan Summer School of Painting and Sculpture, 1978 Yale-Norfolk, Yale University Summer School of Music & Art, full fellowship 1976 Swarthmore Library Award for Excellence in English, 1971
ONE & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS	The Station Gallery, Anne Oldach & Tamara Krendel (Two-Person Show) Greenville, DE, October 7 - 29, 2016 Henderson Hall Gallery, “Light in Shadow” (One-Person show) Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA, 2008 Illuminations, October 23, 2012, Mass General Hospital (One-Person Show) Soprafina Gallery, “Inside Out”  Liz Awalt & Tamara Krendel (Two-Person Show), Somerville, MA, 2003 The Andover Historical Society, “Inspired by Nature,” (One-person Show), 2002 Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts,  satellite gallery, (One-Person Show), Wilmington, DE, 1996 Arthur Hoyt Scott Foundation, (One-Person Show), Swarthmore College, PA 1990 The Arnold Arboretum, (One-Person Show), Boston, MA. 1989 and 1985 The Lane Art Gallery, (One-Person Show), Gordon College, Wenham, MA 1988 The Widener University Art Museum, (Two-Person Show), Chester, PA, 1987 The Cosmos Club, (One-Person Show), Washington, DC, 1986 Faculty Club of The University of Pennsylvania, (Two-Person Show), 1985 The Belgian Fullbright Commission, (One-Person Show), Antwerp, Belgium, 1982 The Station Gallery, (Two-Person Show), Wilmington, DE, 1980
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS	Time & Space Limited, “A Fly on The Canvas”, curated by Harryet Candee 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, New York, April 13th – May 11th, 2024   RIWS National Juried Show, "Pattern and Abstraction" Juror: Linnea Toney Leeming Exhibition Dates: February 17th - March 22nd, 2024   The Blue Mountain Gallery Winter Juried Show/ juror: Don Kimes,547 W 27th St. NYC, 1/ 1 -27, 2024   RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, (Second Prize), “Into the Blue”, Juror: Shannon Ferrari, Dec. 16th – Jan. 19th   RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, ‘Amazing Space’, Juror: Mark Fernandez August 5th - September 1, 2023 ‘The Mirror Blue Night’, The Undercroft Gallery, Curator: Patrick Neal, 1085 Fifth Ave New York, NY,  Sept. 5 – Nov. 19th, 2023 The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, “Follow the Light” National Juried all-medium online Exhibition, Oct 14th - Nov 2023 Small Works Invitational, ‘Once in a Blue Moon’, The Blue Mountain Gallery, 547 W 27th St. New York . August 1 - 19, 2023 RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, ‘Amazing Space’, Juror: Mark Fernandez August 5th - September 1, 2023 RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, “Lines,” Jurors: Karen Harris & Lois Harada, July 8th – August 3rd RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, “Nature’s Patterns,” Juror: Susan Aitcheson, Online exhibit, June 24th - July 28th RIWS 2023 National Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Juror: Judy Metcalf, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, May 13 -June 23, 2023 RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, “The Limited Palette,” Juror: June Webster, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, April 29th - May 26th, 2023 Above Us Only Sky II, Curator: Erica Adams, Brickbottom Gallery, March 2 – April 1, 2023 RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, ’Spring Break’ - Juror: Kris Occhino, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, February 25 – March 24, 2023 RIWS 2023 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, “Winter Blues” - Juror: Yvonne Hemingway, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, January 21 – February 24, 2023 RIWS 2022 National Juried all-medium Exhibition, First Prize - Juror: Linnea Toney Leeming, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, October 22 - November 18th, 2022 RIWS 2022 National Watermedia Exhibition, Honorable Mention - Juror: Irena Roman, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, June 4th – July 16, 2022 Above Us Only Sky, Curator: Erica Adams, The Atrium Gallery, Moakley Courthouse, Boston, MA, April 1 - June 30, 2022 Celebrating Color, Juror: Judy Vilmain, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Jan. 22nd - Feb. 25, 2022 Marking Lives Covid 19, Organizer: Elizabeth Awalt, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, Sept 27 - Nov 19, 2021 Drawing Challenge XXl, Featured Artist - Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC, New York, May 5 - 31, 2021 Drawing Challenge XX, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, New York, April 7th - 30, 2021 Drawing Challenge XVll, Jason McCoy Gallery, 57th St., New York, New York, Jan. 7th - 31, 2021 RED, 2020, Cambridge Art Association, Nov 4 – Dec 17, 2020, Juror: Layla Bermeo, Kristin and Roger Servison Associate Curator of American Paintings, Boston MFA, Nov 4 - Dec 17, 2020 Beyond Likeness – Juror: Amy Sudarsky, The Rocky Neck Cultural Center, Gloucester MA, June - July 2020 It’s All About Color – (Prizewinner): Juror: Sam Allerton Green, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, May 2020 Out of Place – International Juried show, Fountain Street Gallery, Juror: Jameson Johnson Fountain Street Gallery, 460 Harrison Avenue, Nov. 2019 - Feb. 2020 MCC Celebration of Art and Music, Lowell Center for the Performing Arts, 2019 RED, CAA, University Place Gallery, Nov 2018 - Jan. 2019 The Chandler Gallery, Small Works Salon 2016 “Thesis / Antithesis,” Juror: Gerry Bergstein, Maud Morgan Center for the Arts, Cambridge MA, (March 21 - April 21, 2016) Wicked, 2014, Jurors: Hope Turner & Zola Solamente, Fountain St. Fine Art Gallery, Framingham, MA. Jan. 30 - March 2, 2014 Animals: Dreamed & Dreaming, The Concord Art Association, Concord, MA., Oct - Nov. 2013 Illuminations, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Care Center, Oct. 2012 - Jan 2013 Cat Show (Come To Mama!), The Knight Campus Gallery, Warwick, Rhode Island, Curator: Viera Levitt, April 3 - April 24, 2012 For the Birds, The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA, Juror: David Allen Sibley, May 7 - June 18, 2011 Art and About, The Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA. Oct. 23 - Dec. 4. 2009 Herding Cats, The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA, Juror: Erica H. Adams, Sept 24 - Oct 25, 2009 Home is Where The Art Is Children’s Hospital’s Kent Street Project, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Artists Reception, March 26, 2009 Insecta Poetica, The Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA. March - May 1, 2009 Order Insecta, The Concord Art Association, Concord MA. June - Aug 2008 Out of the Blue, Attleboro Arts Museum, (national juried competition, Juror: Jennifer Wood-Patrick) Attleboro, MA., July 2008 Winged & Whispered, The Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, (juried competition, Juror: Meredyth Hyatt Mose), April - May 2006 RED, University Place Gallery, (Juror, Nick Capasso), Nov. 2005 - Jan. 2006 Dreaming The Light/Unfolding The Dark, The Concord Art Association, Concord, MA. Dec. 2005 Juried Holiday Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA 2004, 2005 Finned and Feathered, The Essex Art Center, MA 2004 Francis N. Roddy Competition,The Concord Art Association, 2003, 2004 (Juror: John Moore 2003; Juror: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo 2004), Concord, MA The Essex Art Center’s 10th Anual Juried Show, 2003 (Juror: Jock Reynolds) Penn MFA Alumni Exhibition, Kroiz Gallery, Phila. PA, 2003 (Jurors: Bridgette Mayer, Alex Baker,John Moore) Fresh Paint, (Invitational Paint in a day Auction Benefit.) The Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005, 2006, 2008 A Show of Art by Women Artists, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, 2000,2002,2004 Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA. 2001 (A Show of Art by Women Artists) Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE, Dec. 1999 through Nov. 2000 (5 Group Exhibitions) The Royal Academy of Fine Arts 325th Commemorative Juried Show and David Teniers Prize Competition, Antwerp, Belgium, 1989 ZEBRA, (Designated Guest Artist), Copenhagen, Denmark, 1987 Cheltenham Art Center Annual Award Painting Exhibit, PA, 1986 (Juror: Grace Glueck) Small Works USA, Gallery 401, Providence, RI, 1985 Woodmere Art Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition, Chestnut Hill, PA, 1982, 1985 The Boston Center for The Arts Annual Drawing Show, Boston, MA, 1983 The American Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, N.Y., N.Y 1980
Teaching: Artist Talks, Panel Discussions, Workshops	Concord Art Association, Designed, lead & participated in Panel Discussion Group with exhibiting artists - “Behind the Scenes: What makes an Artist who devotes their entire life to their art Tick?!” held in conjunction with exhibit: Animals: Dreamed and Dreaming Illuminations, Opening Reception, Artist’s Remarks, October 23, 2012, Mass General Hospital Illuminations, Opening Reception, Artist’s Remarks, October 23, 2012, Mass General Hospital Middlesex Community College: Instructor; (Painting 1 & Drawing 1 & 2 & 3), 2008 - present Cambridge College: Instructor; Introduction to Studio Arts, 2006, & Artist as Teacher, (2007 - 2008) The Essex Art Center: Designed and taught observational drawing and painting class for adults, (2000 - present) The Andover School of Montessori: Designed, implemented & taught an arts program which introduced a wide variety of artists, artist's concepts and art from diverse cultures to kindergarten students. Andover, (1998 - 2000) Recipient of an after-school grant to design and teach after-school art club, (Spring, 2000) The Concord Art Association, Concord, “Order Insecta,” Artist’s Talk, 2008 Henderson Hall Gallery, MCC Beford “Light in Shadow” Artist Talk, 2008 The Andover Artists Guild, Guest Artist; Artist’s talk, slide presentation & master class, 2006 The Andover Historical Society, “Inspired by Nature,” Artist’s talk and slide presentation, 2002 The Whistler House Museum of Art, “Recurring Themes in My Work,” Artist’s talk & slide presentation, 2001
CURATING	Animals: Dreamed & Dreaming, The Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Oct 19 - Nov 24, 2013 Insecta Poetica,The Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, March - May 1. 2009 Order Insecta,The Concord Art Association, Concord MA, June - Aug 2, 2008 Winged & Whispered, The Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, (Winner of a curatorial competition, juried by Meredyth Hyatt Moses) April - May 2006 Dreaming The Light/Unfolding The Dark,The Concord Art Association, Concord, MA. Dec. 2005 A Show of Art by Women Artists, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, 2000, 2002, 2004 Finned & Feathered, The Essex Art Center, 2004
PRESS & REVIEWS	Alicia Faxon, Art New England, January/February 2014. Cate McQuaid, exhibition tips, The Boston Globe, Oct. 24, 2013. Cate McQuaid, “Critters large and small – and no need for bug spray,” Boston Sunday Globe, 2008, full page color review Kate Farrington, “Local Poetics, Winged & Whispered,” Art New England, Aug/Sept 2006. “dig this,” Boston’s Weekly Dig, April 19, 2006. Meredith Goldstein, “Quick Picks,” The Boston Globe, Dec. 9, 2005. Meredith Fife Day, “Finned & Feathered,” Art New England, Aug/Sept 2004. Christine Temin, “Critic’s Pick,” The Boston Sunday Globe, March 4, 2004. Featured on “Write Now,” by Gayle Heney, Haverhill Public Television, May 2004. Jan Hale, “Noted Massachusetts Artist Paints Pictures of Greenhouse Interiors,” Featured article and cover photo for publication Hobby Greenhouse, 1989. Burton Wasserman, “Exhibitions in Sight,” Art Matters, vol. 6, no. 9, 1987. Victoria Donohoe, “In Cheltenham, A Youthful Show at Middle Age,” Phila Inquirer, March 1, 1986. Christine Temin, “Critic’s Tip,” The Boston Globe, August 8, 1985. Robert Taylor, “Critic’s Choice,” The Boston Globe, May 10, 1985. Note: Please click on images of reviews to enlarge
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS	The Greenhouse Group, Manchester, New Hampshire Kent Street House Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA Enterprise Bank, Andover, MA Enterprise Bank, Lowell, MA Offices of Louis F. Rose & Associates, Philadelphia, PA Wills Eye Institute, Private Office, Philadelphia, PA Yale's Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY Massachusetts General Hospital