RESUME

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2016 Clearly Defined, Juried group show, University Hall Gallery, October-November, Cambridge, MA

2016 Legend of the Pianistas, One-Person show, Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage Gallery, Alternatives, June-September, Whitinsville, MA

2016 Inspired Views, Juried group show, Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, June, Beverly , MA

2015 Curious Encounters, Juried group show, Gallery 51, November, North Adams , MA

2015 ARTIFACT, Juried group show, ArtSpace Gallery, April, Maynard, MA

2014-16 ART100, annual Juried group show, Piano Craft Gallery, December, Boston, MA

2014 Community of Artists, Juried group show, Danforth Museum, June - August, Framingham, MA

2014 About Face, Juried group show, Gallery 7, February 25th – April 5th, 2014, Maynard, MA

2013 Off the Wall, Juried group show, Danforth Museum of Art, June-August, Framingham, MA

2012 Art-i-Facts and Fiction, One-person show, Wellesley Free Library, July, Wellesley, MA

2012 The Last of the Pianistas, One-person show, ArtSpace Gallery, June, Maynard, MA

2011 Sabbattical Show, Dana Art Gallery, October, Wellesley, MA

2011 Artifacts and Fiction: The Strange Legend of the Pianistas, Residency, Performance and Exhibition,Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, January- February, Boone, NC

2010 Member’s Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, December-January, Attleboro, MA

2010 Pianista Ceremonial Masks from the Veneto Collection, One person show, Center for the Arts in Natick, Sept, Natick, MA,

2010 Holliston Mill Artists, Group show, Amazing Things Art Center, May-July Framingham, MA,

2009-10 Icons + Altars, Group Show, New Art Center, Newton, MA November-December,

2009 The Curious Case of the Pianistas, Installation, Ashland Public Library, Oct-Dec, Ashland, MA (Two large pieces on display indefinitely)

2009 Art in the Park, Juried outdoor sculpture exhibit, August-October, Elm Park, Worcester, MA

2009 Alter-A-Tions, Group show, Experimental Art Gallery, July, Salem, MA

2008 Two Person Show, Amazing Things Art Center, November, Framingham, MA

2008 Material Meditation, Group installation show, New Art Center, Sept/Oct, Newton, MA

2008 Legend of the Pianistas, One-person show, Studio 370 Gallery, February, Holliston, MA

2007 Myth of History: The Unbelievable Legend of the Pianistas, One-person Show, Ashland Public Library Gallery, September 2007, Ashland, MA

2007 The Artists of Holliston Mill: Paintings and Assemblage, Group Show, Natick Center for the Arts, July-August, Natick, MA

2006-08 Gadgets, Gears and Whirligigs Group Show (kinetic art) Charles River Museum of Industry, October 2006-November 2008, Waltham, MA

2004 Song of the Pianista, One-person show, Arts and Literature Laboratory, LAB 2 Gallery, April, New Haven, CT

2004 PianoSculptures, One-person show, Dana Art Gallery, Dana Hall School, Feb., Wellesley, MA

2003 Three Person Show Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School for Design and the Arts, July, Nantucket

2002 Fifth Annual Juried Art Show, Natick Center for the Arts, November, Natick, MA

2002-15 Biennial Faculty Shows, Dana Art Gallery, Dana Hall School, October, Wellesley, MA

1998 One-Person Show, Vulcan Café Gallery, November, Oakland, CA

1994 Three-Person Show Belcher Studios Gallery, November, San Francisco, CA

1993 Head Game(s), One-person show, Café Firenze, December, Berkeley, CA

1993 Four-Letter Words, One-person installation, Addison Street Windows, July, Berkeley, CA

1993 The Body Beautiful, Group installation, Studio Z, April, San Francisco, CA

1992 PostMan, Performance/Installation, Vulcan Studios, February, Oakland, CA

1989 Little Wonders, Two-person show, Little Gallery, June, Nantucket, MA

1988 With Child in Mind, Two-person show, Alcove Gallery, June, Nantucket, MA

1987 Black and White, Group show, Main Street Gallery, May, Nantucket, MA

1987-89 Group Shows Artist’s Association, Kenneth Taylor Gallery, Nantucket, MA

COLLECTIONS

Homer Babbige Library, Storrs, CT (Facing the Future, plaster and wood, on permanent loan)

Helen Temple Cooke Library, Wellesley, MA

Various private collections

EDUCATION

University of Connecticut 1982-1986

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art

EMPLOYMENT

Art Teacher, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA 2002-Present

Visual Art Department Chair, 2010-Present

Gallery Director, Dana Art Gallery, Dana Hall School, 2006-Present

Scenic Designer-in-Residence, Shotgun Players, Berkeley, CA 1993-2001, 2006

Instructor/Staff, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, Nantucket, MA1986-89

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012 McQuaid, “Gallery Pick of the Week”, “G” Magazine, Boston Globe, June 21

2011 Ohnesorge, Lauren, “History in the Key of Art”, Mountain Times, North Carolina, January 27.

2009 “Art in the Park”, Worcester Telegram and Gazette, Video from Art in the Park installation, Worcester, MA (Archived at: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player /bcpid18865679001?bclid= 52446015001&bctid=30481392001

2009 Bergeron, Chris, “Eclectic Artists Bring Park-Goers Together in Worcester,” Arts and Entertainment, Sun, August 19. (Archived on-line)

2009 Featured on “Wake Up and Smell the Poetry” HCAM, Hopkinton Cable program, Artist’s talk, February 21st. (archived at: http://www.hcam.tv/series/wakeup/video.shtml - 47:16)

2008 Bergeron, Chris, “Great in 2008: The Region’s Best Arts and Entertainment”, MetroWest Daily News, Arts and Entertainment, Sunday, December 28, pp. C1-C3. (Archived on-line)

2008 Bergeron, Chris, “Framingham Artists Push Painting, Sculpture to the Edge”, MetroWest Daily News, Arts and Entertainment, Sunday, November 2. (archived on-line)

2008 Taylor, Denise, “Exploring the Material World” The Boston Globe, People and Places, September 18. (Archived on-line)

2008 Stockman, Hope, “Material Meditation”, Artscope Magazine, September/October Issue, pp. 20-21.

2008 Bergeron, Chris, “Living in a Material ‘Whirl’ “, MetroWest Daily News, Arts and Entertainment, Sunday, October 5. (archived on-line)

2008 Zeldes, Edith, “Michael Frassinelli Blends Life Into Tribal Art”, Journal Inquirer (North-Central Connecticut), April 2 (archived on-line)

2008 Kelly, Joyce, “Salvaging Tribal History”, Holliston Tab/MetroWest Daily News, Local, February 6 (archived at: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x532329445)

2007 DeJong, Larry, Library Exhibit, WACA-TV, interview, September (Excerpt archived on-line)

2004 Birke, Judy, “Old Pages and a Player Piano are Reused, Recycled, Revived”, New Haven Register, April, 18, 2004 (Archived on-line)

FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES

2011 Artist-in-Residence, Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, January

2011 Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Program, Johnson, VT. July

2009 Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Program, Johnson, VT. March