MIA BROWNELL
WORKS AVAILABLE
Denver
Robischon Gallery
Bangkok
Coup D'Esprit Gallery
Sun Valley
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Catskills Art Space, Livingston Manner, NY
2022
Zoonotic Tonic
Friesen + Lantz Fine Art, Sun Valley, ID
Garden Variety
MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY
2018
Mia Brownell: Plate to Platelets
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2025
Catskills Art Space, Livingston Manner, NY
2022
Zoonotic Tonic
Friesen + Lantz Fine Art, Sun Valley, ID
Garden Variety
MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY
2018
Mia Brownell: Plate to Platelets
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Plate to Platelets: and other things that travel and bind
Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities, Univ of CO, Denver
2015
At The Still Point, There The Dance Is
Lemmerman Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2018
Sour Milk, Greenwich, CT. Curated by Ben Quesnel and Christine Stiver
Real Unreal, Western Connecticut State University
Among Friends, DUMBO open studios, Brooklyn, NY
Lost Pollinators, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
Take Home a Nude, NYAA, New York, NY
2022 NYSCA ArtsWestchester Individual Artist Grant
2020 City of Geneva, NY, Public Art Commission.
2018 American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist (October).
Frank, Peter. “Toxic and Tonic: Mia Brownell’s Megarealism” (Sun Valley: Friesen + Lantz Fine Art) February 2022
Bossick, Karen. "'Zoonotic Tonic' Capitalizes on Food as Art" Eye on Sun Valley. Web post Thursday, March 10, 2022
Smith, Andy. "The Recent Paintings of Mia Brownell" Hi-Fructose Magazine. Web post September 24, 2019
Scullion, Gil. "American Dyspepsia: Paintings by Mia Brownell" (Hartford: Real Art Ways, 2018)
Brownell, Mia. The Ocean State Review. University of Rhode Island, 2018. Featured and on cover.
Froyd, Susan. “Ten Arty Things to Do and See this weekend in Denver. Westword. Paper/Web post January 10, 2018
Priority, C. “10 Point Profile: Mia Brownell” Ladder & Key. Web post January 7, 2018
Smith Andy. “Mia Brownell’s Painting Blend History of Paited Food, Scienc” Hi Fructose Magazine. Web post December 7, 2017
Contributor, Convergence II: The Art Collection of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021. p18-19
Contributor, Hi-Fructose Box Set 4, 2018. p
Contributor, Convergence: The Art Collection of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021. Cover. p74-75
2024 Artisit Talk, Association of Medical Illustrators Conference, Rochester, NY
2022 Artist Talk, Future Histories Studio, SUNY Stony Brook
2019 Artist Talk, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2018 Interview, Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities, Denver, CO
2016 Artist Talk, SCSU School of Business, New Haven, CT
2014
Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting
J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting: Traveling Ten-Year Survey
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting: Traveling Ten-Year Survey
Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntington, PA
Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting: Traveling Ten-Year Survey
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2013
Food Physics
James Beard Foundation, New York, NY
2010
Stomach Acid Dreams
Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Mia Brownell: Paintings
Museum of Arts and Culture, New Rochelle, NY
2008
Adventures of a Reluctant Omnivore
Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Adventures of a Reluctant Omnivore
ArtGate Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Proteomics
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Pears & Polypeptides
Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2006
Complexities of the Garden
Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2005
Mia Brownell: New Paintings
Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Zymotic Tonic
Duke University Union Brown Gallery, Durham, NC
1998
Prelude to a Stomach Acid Dream
Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY
1995
Internal Icons
Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
In the House 3, Pen + Brush, NYC
Vanda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY (Two-person exhibition)
Vehicle for Change, ART06870, Old Greenwich, CT
Futures, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY
Coup d'Esprit, Austin,TX
2023
The Inevitability of Abscence, Culture Lab LIC, Long Lisland City, New York, NY
As Is, ART06870, Old Greenwich, CT
In Medias Res, URSA Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Holidy Show, Vanda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
2022
Extraordinary Still Life, Visual Arts Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Skeptical Realism, Artspace, Richmond, VA (Two person exhibition)
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, NYC
2021
Luscious. Tasty. Delicious., Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020
Pollinators, Riverside Park and Art Students League of New York, NYC (on line)
Pop Up Art Party, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ (on line)
2019
2024
In the House 3, Pen + Brush, NYC
Vanda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY (Two-person exhibition)
Vehicle for Change, ART06870, Old Greenwich, CT
Futures, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY
Coup d'Esprit, Austin,TX
2023
The Inevitability of Abscence, Culture Lab LIC, Long Lisland City, New York, NY
As Is, ART06870, Old Greenwich, CT
In Medias Res, URSA Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Holidy Show, Vanda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
2022
Extraordinary Still Life, Visual Arts Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Skeptical Realism, Artspace, Richmond, VA (Two person exhibition)
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, NYC
2021
Luscious. Tasty. Delicious., Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020
Pollinators, Riverside Park and Art Students League of New York, NYC (on line)
Pop Up Art Party, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ (on line)
2019
Skeptical Realism, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ (Two person exhibition)
Foodie Fever, Shiva Gallery at John Jay College, NYC Curated by Lombardi
Collection at Rose Hill, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Foodie Fever, Shiva Gallery at John Jay College, NYC Curated by Lombardi
Collection at Rose Hill, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2018
Sour Milk, Greenwich, CT. Curated by Ben Quesnel and Christine Stiver
Real Unreal, Western Connecticut State University
Among Friends, DUMBO open studios, Brooklyn, NY
Lost Pollinators, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
Take Home a Nude, NYAA, New York, NY
2017
Stand Still, Allouche Gallery, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude, NYAA, New York, NY
2016
Sloan Fine Art Salon, Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, IL
Faculty Exhibition, Southern CT State University, New Haven
2015
Conventional Biopolymers, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Murmuration Collective, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Visualized, University of Connecticut, Storrs
2014
Friesen Gallery. Sun Valley, ID
Peristalsis, Air Circulation. Brooklyn, NY
Art in Embassy Program. Hong Kong, China
2013
Natural Selections, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Food Physics, Center for Geometry and Physics, SUNY Stony Brook, NY
Science Policy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, D.C.
Eye on the Storm, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport,Curated by D. Lombardi
Eye on the Storm, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, FL,Curated by D. Lombardi Undertow, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Cut Paste Sew, Gallery 138, New York, NY
2012
Young Masters Art Prize, Gallery 27, London, UK
Young Masters Art Prize, Sphinx Fine Art, London, UK
Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
It's Your Nature, Hans Weiss Newspace, Manchester.Classen-Sullivan
Legitimate Vagina, Miranda Arts Project Space, Port Chester, NY
Awakened, AFA Gallery, New York, NY
Love (or not), Temporary Contemporary, Asbury Park, NJ.
Zooey, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY. Curated by Lesley Heller Midsummer Night's Dream, Gallery 138, New York, NY
Scope, Presented by Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Unnatural Variations, Akus Gallery, Willimantic. Elizabeth Peterson
Wild At Heart, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011
Lush Life, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
Scope, Presented by Sloan Fine Art, Miami, FL
Horsplay, UB Art Gallery (SUNY), Buffalo, NY. Curated by Bill Maynes
Plus 1, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Mia Brownell, Mira Hecht, Jason Rohlf, Judy a Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
Kin, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Food, Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR. Curated by Allison Carruth
Ten years, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Fall River, MA. Curated by K.Hancock
2010
Girls Just Want to Have Funds, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY.
Highlights from the Collection, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Nature/Culture, Castel Gallery, College of New Rochelle
Where Lies Beauty, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Curated by C.Roznoy Aldrich Museum Radius Exhibition, Ridgefield Guild of Artisits, CT
Amuse Bouche, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Just Art 2010, Twelve 21, New York, NY. (New York Civil Liberties Union)
8 Eyes, Jennifer Jane Gallery, New Haven, CT. Curated by Steven DiGiovanni CIGE, Beijing, China. Presented by Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, CZ
AAF, London, UK. Presented by Bo Lee Gallery
Red Dot, New York, NY. Presented by Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY Black and White, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Still Life, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
Alumni Art Exhibition, Zamoiski Segal Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Close to Nature, Bo Lee Gallery, Bath, UK
2009
A Taste of Young New York, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, CZ
AAF, Amsterdam, NL. Presented by Bo Lee Gallery
Art London, London, UK. Presented by Bo Lee Gallery
Moments of Macabre, Bo Lee Gallery, Bath, UK
Potluck Series, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
Germ Welfare, The Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ Treasure Chest, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
From the Studio, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2008
How To Cook A Wolf, Dinter Fine Art, New York, NY
Summer Salon, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Leave Nature to Nature, Artgate, New York, NY
Pretty Things: Confronting the Sensuous, Artspace, New Haven. Curator:Pepe Local Growing Conditions, Westchester Arts Council, Curator: Kenise Barnes The Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY.
US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Port Louis, Mauritius
2007
US Department of State, Art in Embassies Program,Port Louis, Mauritius Punchbowl, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL. Presented by Gallery 138, NY, NY
Flow Art Fair, Miami, FL. Presented by Kenise Barnes Fine Art
2006
YEA! (Young Emerging Artists), Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY. Modern Edens: Permutations of Paradise, Spur Projects, Portola Valley,CA
Survive/Thrive/Alive, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery,Bronx, NY
SCSU women in the Arts, Lyman Gallery, New Haven
Scope New York, Art Fair, New York, New York Presented by Metaphor
Seven, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY. Curator: Lynn Stien
2005
Caspar David Séance, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Synthesis and Distribution: Experiments in Collaboration, Pace University, NYC Reality Show, Kenise Barns Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Faculty Show, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven
Scope Hamptons, Art Fair, Metaphor and Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn
Flash Art Fair, Milan, Italy Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents
Art Chicago, Presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
She Blinded Me With Science, Gallery 138, New York, NY
2004
Breathing Space, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Media Loft Gallery, New Rochelle, New York.
Faculty Exhibition, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven
Shifting Affinities,Yale University School of Art, New Haven.
Second Nature, Fish Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Linda Dennis Fabrication, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2003
White Columns, Curated Artist Registry
Samson Fine Arts, New York, New York. Curator: Maeve Gyenes
Faculty Plus, Southeast Louisiana University
Flat File Exhibition, artSPACE, New Haven
2002
Claiming the Spirit. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Food. Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, New York.
Works on Paper. ArtSpace, New Haven, Connecticut.
The Nature of Things. Gallery 138, New York, New York. Curator: B. Maxwell
Symbology. Times Square Lobby Gallery, New York, New York.
Insight/OnSight. Untitled (Space) Gallery, New Haven, CT. (catalogue)
Big Orbit ten years of spin. Anderson Gallery, Buffalo. Curator: Gerald Mead. Works on Paper. The Park Avenue Armory. Presented by Samson Fine Art, NYC Zg Gallery. Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Curator: Myra Casis.
Planet Earth. New Gallery at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Holding Pattern. Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, MA. Curator: Hancock.
2001
Reflections. NCC Gallery, Norwalk, Connecticut. Curator: Susan Hardesty. Drawing Today. Arons Art Gallery, Hamden, Connecticut.
Drawing National. Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland.
Final Thoughts. Gallery in the Wood, South Windsor, CT
Grrrls!. Untitled (Space) Gallery, New Haven. Curator: M Kruck and L Soutter. Third National. Studio 4 West Gallery, Piermont, New York.
Environmental Injustices. Gallery of Social/Political Art, Boston.
2000
Untitled (space) opens the flatfile. Untitled (space), New Haven, Connecticut Unknown Generation X. Danforth Gallery,Curator: Mark Bessire.
4 x 4: 4 Mediums by 4 Artists. Chautauqua Center, Curator: Cynnie Gaasch. Fabulous Food. NCC Gallery, Norwalk. Curator: Susan Hardesty.
By the Palette, For the Palate. University of Minnesota Alumni Show.
Alcazar Gallery, Baltimore School for the Arts
Culture of Class, Decker Gallery at the Maryland Institute, College of Art
1999
Fire & Ice: Nature and Technology. Attleboro Museum, Massachusetts.
Tackling Meaning. Red Chair Gallery, Kansas Illusions.
Kleist Center of Art and Drama, Cleveland, Ohio.
Apocalypse. Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York. American Sentences. Sponsored Reality, Union City, New Jersey.
Stills in Life, Appleton Art Center, Appleton, Wisconsin.
The Feast, Fine Art Celebrating Food. South Windsor, CT
You are what you eat. Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill
1998
Constant Cravings. Constance Lindolm Fine Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Art for Environmental Advocacy. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. The Inanimate: 12 Artists on Still Life. Burchfield-Penney Art Center
1997
Biohazard. Walter/McBean Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute
Remix. MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York
Consum(e)ation: Food, Fetishes, and Fantasy. Tufts University Art Gallery, MA Artist Residency Exchange, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
SELECT AWARDS AND HONORS
2022 NYSCA ArtsWestchester Individual Artist Grant
2020 City of Geneva, NY, Public Art Commission.
2018 American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist (October).
2015 US Department of State, Art In Embassies Program, Hong Kong.
2014 Santa Fe Art Institute, Food Justice Residency. (Not able to attend)
2013 GlogauAir Residency, Berlin, Germany
2012 University of Connecticut Health Center, Public Art Commission.
2012 New York Foundation for the Arts, MARK Program.
2010 New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
2010 The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Radius Program.
2009 American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist (January).
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
2007 US Department of State, Art In Embassies Program.
2006 New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
2005 New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend.
2003 White Columns, Curated Artist Registry.
2000 Millay Colony for the Arts Fellowship.
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Art & Design, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
AWARDS FROM CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
2024 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2023 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2022 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2022 Faculty Creative Acitvity and Research Grant, SCSU
2021 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2020 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2019 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2018 Sabbatical leave
2018 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2018 Faculty Creative Acitvity and Research Grant, SCSU
2017 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2024 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2023 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2022 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2022 Faculty Creative Acitvity and Research Grant, SCSU
2021 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2020 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2019 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2018 Sabbatical leave
2018 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2018 Faculty Creative Acitvity and Research Grant, SCSU
2017 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2016 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2015 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2015 Research Reassigned Time, Southern Connecticut State University
2014 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2013 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2011 Creative Activity Award Program, Southern Connecticut State University
2011 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2011 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2011 Sabbatical leave
2010 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2009 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2008 Promotion to Professor
2008 Research Reassigned Time, Southern Connecticut State University
2008 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2007 Faculty Scholar Award, Southern Connecticut State University
2007 Board of Trustees Award for Research, S. Connecticut State University
2007 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2007 Research Reassigned Time, Southern Connecticut State University
2006 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2005 Connecticut State University Research Grant
2005 Sabbatical leave
2003 Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
2003 Research Reassigned Time, Southern Connecticut State University
2001 - 2013 Faculty Development Grant(s), SCSU
EDUCATION
1995 MFA Painting, State University of New York, Buffalo
1993 BFA Painting, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
1993 Minor Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Studied Painting, Parsons School of Design, Paris
Studied Printmaking, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Studied Philosophy, The American University of Paris
Studied Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art
Studied Dance, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University
High School, Baltimore School for the Arts
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Frank, Peter. “Toxic and Tonic: Mia Brownell’s Megarealism” (Sun Valley: Friesen + Lantz Fine Art) February 2022
Bossick, Karen. "'Zoonotic Tonic' Capitalizes on Food as Art" Eye on Sun Valley. Web post Thursday, March 10, 2022
Smith, Andy. "The Recent Paintings of Mia Brownell" Hi-Fructose Magazine. Web post September 24, 2019
Scullion, Gil. "American Dyspepsia: Paintings by Mia Brownell" (Hartford: Real Art Ways, 2018)
Brownell, Mia. The Ocean State Review. University of Rhode Island, 2018. Featured and on cover.
Froyd, Susan. “Ten Arty Things to Do and See this weekend in Denver. Westword. Paper/Web post January 10, 2018
Priority, C. “10 Point Profile: Mia Brownell” Ladder & Key. Web post January 7, 2018
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--. New York Times. Image published in calendar of Connecticut Metropolitan Section. October 26, 2014. pg 9.
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Degen Fleig, William. Our Distance Is The Danger, (San Francisc: San Francisco art Institute, 1997).
Huntington, Richard. “Body of Work, Well-thought-out still lifes that look deep inside.” The Buffalo News, Gusto, December 12, 1997, 32.
Huntington, Richard. “What’s Eating The Artist.” The Buffalo News, November 14, 1997.
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Huntington, Richard “In photo and frame, artists sing the body eclectic,” The Buffalo News, Ent., February 14, 1997.
Huntington, Richard “INSIDE STORIES, Canvases from Brownell’s body of work," The Buffalo News, May 5, 1995.
BOOKS
Contributor, Convergence II: The Art Collection of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021. p18-19
Contributor, Hi-Fructose Box Set 4, 2018. p
Contributor, Convergence: The Art Collection of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021. Cover. p74-75
Contributor, Launching Your Art Career: A Practical Guide for Artists by Alix Sloan. p. 115.
Contributor, 100 Creative Drawing Ideas. Compiled and edited by Anna Held Audette (Shambhala Publications, Inc. Boston, MA.) p. 158-9. Animated by a Photo Collage Contributor, 2008
Desk Diary, United States Department of State (Global Publishing Solutions, Vienna Austria). Featuring Art in Embassies Program exhibiting artists.
FILM
Featured in 'Where Lies Beauty' a documentrary film by Carina Tautu. The Mattatuck Museum commissioned this film to document the Josephine McMillen and Lois Livingston McMillen Exhibit featuring the dynamic art of five women artists. The film reveals the aesthetic and intellectual instigations behind each of the artists’ creations as well as the precise and painstaking detail required in the art-making process. The artists are: Leah Joo, Susan Madasci, Mia Brownell, Afarin Rahmanifar, and Eleanor Miller.
ARTIST LECTURES, PANELS, JUDGE & CRITIC
2024 Artisit Talk, Association of Medical Illustrators Conference, Rochester, NY
2022 Artist Talk, Future Histories Studio, SUNY Stony Brook
2019 Artist Talk, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2018 Interview, Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities, Denver, CO
2016 Artist Talk, SCSU School of Business, New Haven, CT
2016 Artist Talk, SUNY Potsdam, NY
2016 Artist Talk, Life Drawing Montmartre, Paris, France
2016 Artist Talk, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Windsor, CT
2015 Keynote Speaker, CT Art Education Association Conference, Cromwell
2014 Artist Talk, Board of Education, Greenwich, CT
2014 Artist Talk, Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntingdon, PA
2014 Artist Talk, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2013 Artist Talk, SUNY Stony Brook, NY
2012 Artist Talk, Sacred Heart University, Trumbull, CT
2011 Artist Talk, Lyme Academy of Art, Old Lyme, CT
2011 Panelist, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
2011 Juror, Mill Gallery, Guildford Art Center, CT
2010 Artist Talk, New York Academy of Art, NYC
2010 Artist Talk, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT
2010 Drawing Workshop, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT
2010 Artist Talk, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2009 Juror, Milford Fine Arts Council, Milford, CT
2008 Visiting Critic, Maryland Institute, College of Art
2007 Artist Talk, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
2000 Juror, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
2000 Juror, Bruce Museum, 18th Annual, Greenwich, CT