Dorothy Arnold
Born Boston, MA. Lives and work in Boston.
Education:
1980 Graduated the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
One-Person Exhibitions:
2006/2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006 - Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2003 - “Retrospective 2001-2003,” Kimball art Center, Park City, UT
2002 - Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, MA
- Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
- City Art Gallery & Museum, Kostroma, Russia
- Newbury Court Exhibit Hall, Concord, MA
- Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2001 - Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
- Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, Denmark
2000 - Lexington Christian Academy, Lexington, MA
1999 - Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
- Pinacoteca Comunale Villa Soranzo, Varallo Pombia, Italy
- Hilgos Foundation Benefit, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
- Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
1998/99 - “Through a Glass Darkly,” (with Margery Hamlen), MPG Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 - Calderwood Hall Gallery, North Haven, ME
1995 - Wang Center, Boston, MA
- “Scud paintings & other Works”- Pazi Contemporary Art Gallery, Housatonic, MA
1993 - Duke University, Durham, NC
1992 - Retrospective - 5th Anniversary Concord Art Assoc., Concord, MA
- Lincoln Gallery, Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA
1990 - Bannister Gallery, Providence, RI
1989 - Pindar Gallery, New York
1988 - The Warwick Arts Trust, London
1984 - Chapel Gallery, Newton, MA
1983 - Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
1982 - Walkey Gallery, Concord, MA
1978 - Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston
1976 - Ledgemont laboratory, Lexington, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 - Painting Installation, John Hancock Building, Boston
2005 - Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
- FIAC, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
2004 - DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
- FIAC, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
2003 - Art Rotterdam, Cruise Terminal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2002 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington DC
- MPG Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 - Art Miami, (Florence Lynch Gallery) Miami, FL
2000 - DeCordova Corporate Program, Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
- Cambridge art Association, Cambridge, MA
- “KunstKoeln,” (Florence Lynch Gallery), Cologne, Germany
- Arte Fiera, (Florence Lynch Gallery) Bologna, Italy
1999 - The Vienna Austrotel Contemporary Art Fair, (Florence Lynch Gallery) Vienna, Austria
- “MPG at 1: Selected paintings, sculptures, photography and prints,” MPG Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions Continues:
1999 - Kunstmarkt, Residenzschloss Dresden, Germany
- “Outside Edge: A Survey,” (organized by Florence Lynch) Université de la Sorbonne, Paris
- MFA Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 - “Fragmented landscape”- The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1996 - Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 - “Mostly Miniatures”- Francesca Anderson Gallery, Lexington, MA
1994 - “Drawing from a lifetime of Experience” - Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
- “Flowers” - Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1993 - Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1992 - “Woman’s Caucus for the Arts” - Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1991 - “Miniatures” - Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York
- “Ninth Annual Small Pictures Show,” Francesca Anderson Fine Arts, Lexington, MA
- “Beneath and Above,” Different Angle Gallery, Boston, MA
- “Eight Artists Respond to War,” Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
- “Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting,” Shelburne, VT
- “Landscape 20th Century Vision,” Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA
1990 - “Boston Drawing Show,” Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
- “Landscape,” Shelburne, VT
- JFK Building, Boston, MA
- Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York
1989 - Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York
1988 - Jonathan Poole Gallery, London
1988 - “President’s Choice,” South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
1987 - Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
- Pindar Gallery, New York
- “Water,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
- J&G Gallery, Chichester, England
- “Four Women Artists,” Francesca Anderson Gallery, Boston, MA
1986 - Quinton Green Gallery, London
- Wing Spread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
1985 - DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
- “Cambridge at the Fed,” Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
- “Essence without Form,” Wang Center, Boston, MA
- Chapel Gallery, Newton, MA
- Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1984 - DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1983 - “Fourth Annual Boston Drawing Show,” Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Selected Bibliography:
2005 Walter Robinson ArtNet Magazine, Weekend update, June 10
2003 Jana Mcquay “Kimball Art Center unveils two colorful artist exhibitions,”
The Park Record, April
2002 Cate McQuaid “Passion marks this painter’s retrospective,” The Boston Globe, July 5
1999 Aviya Kushner “Dorothy Arnold: Drawings & Paintings,” Arts Media, September
1999 Mauro Bianchini “Colletiva al femminile,” Lombardia Oggi, June 20
1998 Cate McQuaid “Exhibition Review,” The Boston Globe, December 17
1998 *** “Arts for kids,” Wang Center, Boston, MA
1997 *** Annual New England Watercolor Show
1994 *** “Painted at Giverny,” France
1993 *** “Painted at Giverny,” France
1992 Nancy Stapen “Critic’s Tip Arnold’s Force,” The Boston Globe
Selected Bibliography Continues:
1992 Ann Schecter “Concord Artist’s Dynamic Vision,” The Lowell Sun
Susan Miles “late Blooming Artist Opens Local Show,” The Concord Journal
Marty Carlock “Arnold Composes with a Daring Brush,” The Boston Globe
Christine Temin “Critics Tip” The Boston Globe
Christie’s New York Auction, April 2
1991 *** “Art Profile: Dorothy Arnold,” WHDT TV (CBS Affiliate), Boston, April 9
“Working Woman,” Syndicated Supplement
1990 Christine Temin “Drawing on Diversity at the Cyclorama” The Boston Globe
Meredith Fife Day “Waltham Artist Exhibits Special Talent,” The News Tribune
Meredith Fife Day “Dorothy Arnold, Recent Works,” Art New England
1989 *** “Best in Show,” Concord Journal
Jorge Santiago “Dorothy Arnold’s Stratospheric Gesturalism,” Art Speak, New York
1988 *** “First Solo Show in London,” Westminster Times
1987 Sherli Evans “Pindar Invitational Autumn Leaves and More,” Art Speak, NY
L.C.D. Cobb “Recent Paintings by Dorothy Arnold,” Art New England
1985 Peter Nicholas “Canal du Midi-Dorothy Arnold,” Middlesex News
Christine Temin “Essence without Form,” The Boston Globe
Robert Taylor “Cambridge at the Feb,” The Boston Globe
1984 Robert Taylor “Thoreau at the DeCordova,” The Boston Globe
*** “Women on the Move” Cable Television
Christine Temin “Dorothy Arnold,” The Boston Globe
1983 Vin Suprynowicz “Abstract Tradition-Dorothy Arnold,” Providence Eagle
Francine Koslow “Newport Art Museum-Dorothy Arnold,” Art New England
1982 Rob Crowley “Concord Artist Creates her Own Brand of Art,” Middlesex News
1974 Mary Lou Kelley “A Passing Pastoral Ambiance,” Christian Science Monitor
Public Collections (partial listing):
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
60 State Street, Boston, MA
1 Federal Street, Boston, MA
Hilton Hotel, Orlando, FL
ART-3, Manchester, NH
W.R. Grace & Company, CT
Bull International, Burlington, VT
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, MA
The First National Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
The Shawmut Bank, Boston, MA
MCA Sheraton, Los Angeles, CA
Nutter, McLennen and Fish, Boston, MA
Aldrich, Eastman and Waltch, Boston, MA
Holiday Inn, Orlando, FL