contact:
chris@christinesullivan.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
I pull the paint around much like I dig for soft shell clams on Cape Cod - digging, scraping, clawing in the muck at low tide until my fingers grasp purchase and begin to pull things up to the surface; and I push the paint much like I garden - I use my hands and various tools to both smooth over and then trench through the freshly turned earth to see what remains and what needs to be destroyed. It is in both of these actions that I open up and simply allow my palette knives and unusual tools to build pathways in the paint creating a gestural and textural landscape that is at once both a welling memory of a place as well as an actual location. I often refer to aerial maps, historic topographic maps and lean on my past studies as a physical geography major to inform my visual language as I like to tell the story of a place from what is both living above and beneath the surface. Themes are present in my works and in addition to my serene Cape Cod inspired seascapes I continue to work on a series of geographic, rock and rural-farming landscapes.
AWARDS
2015 OXFORD GALLERY AWARD, Juror Michael Rooks, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Atlanta's High Museum of Art
2015 CONTEMPORARY ART AWARD, Southern Tier Biennial, Olean, NY
2013 Named "ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2013" by the Gargiulo Fine Arts Foundation, Palm Coast, FL
GRANTS / RESIDENCIES
2015 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Merit-Based Grant, Johnson, VT (attended February 2016)
2011 COMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA RESIDENCY - Grant from the NYFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Christine Sullivan: The Geography of Land & Waters, Miller-Fenwood Fine Art Gallery, Holland, MI
2019 Christine Sullivan: Cape Seascapes, Oils By The Sea / ROCCAPRIORE Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2019 Christine Sullivan: UNIVERSAL CURRENT, Harrison Center Speck Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Christine Sullivan: FALL RECEPTION, Oils By The Sea / ROCCAPRIORE Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2018 Christine Sullivan, Cape Seascapes, Oils By The Sea / ROCCAPRIORE Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2017 Christine Sullivan, New Works / Featured Artist Exhibition, Oils By The Sea / ROCCAPRIORE Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2016 Christine Sullivan, New & Selected Works, Oils By The Sea / ROCCAPRIORE Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2013 Gargiulo Art Foundation: CHRISTINE SULLIVAN, ARTIST OF THE YEAR, Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL
2012 Christine Sullivan: The Clothesline Project, Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL
ARTIST TALKS
2016 "Painting Through Grief", Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015 "The Geography of Color", Memorial Art Gallery & Museum, Rochester, NY
2011 "The Clothesline As Series", Community Arts of Elmira, Elmira, NY
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 The Left Bank Gallery, Orleans, MA (Cape Cod) - Representation
411 Gallery Summer Exhibition, Columbus, IN
Oils By The Sea / Roccapriore Gallery, Provincetown, MA - Representation
2018 Oils By The Sea / Roccapriore Gallery, Provincetown, MA - Representation
Miller-Fenwood Fine Art & Restoration, Holiday Artisan Show, Holland, MI - Representation
2017 Oils By The Sea / Roccapriore Gallery, Provincetown, MA - Representation
Plum Contemporary Gallery, St. Augustine, FL - Representation
Arts On Douglas - Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Southern Tier Biennial Exhibition, A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art, Olean, NY
2016 Open Studios - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT - February
Plum Contemporary Gallery, St. Augustine, FL - Representation
Oils By The Sea / ROCCAPRIORE Gallery - Representation
2015 65th Rochester-Finger Lakes Biennial Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
The Gallery Store, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Southern Tier Biennial Juried Exhibition, A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art, Olean, NY
Oils By The Sea / Roccapriore Gallery, Provincetown, MA - Representation
Plum Contemporary Gallery, St. Augustine, FL - Representation
Regional Group Exhibition, Salvo Art Project (12 Artists Studios & Gallery), Bunnell, FL
2014 STRUCTURE, Roan and Black Contemporary Gallery, Saugatuck, MI, - Representation
'SCAPES. Roan and Black Contemporary Gallery, Saugatuck, MI - Represenation
Grand Re-Opening Celebration/Exhibition, Plum Contemporary Gallery, St. Augustine, FL - Representation
Grand Opening Celebration/Exhibition: Salvo Art Project (12 Artist Studios & Gallery) Bunnell, FL
Represented Artist Group Exhibition, Oils By The Sea / Roccapriore Gallery, Provincetown, MA
S.E.C.C.A. (South East Coalition of Contemporary Artists) Members Exhibition, Palm Coast, FL
2013 64th Rochester-Finger Lakes Biennial Juried Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Southern Tier Biennial Juried Exhibition, A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art, Olean, N
Flagler Fine Art Festival, Juried Outdoor Fine Art Festival, Flagler Beach, FL
4th Annual S.E.C.C.A. Members Juried Exhibition, Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL - Representation
2012 Gargiulo Art Foundation’s The Art of the Bicycle, Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL
Arnot Art Museum, GALLERY GALA 2012 [ biennial invitational fund raiser ], Elmira, NY
2011 63rd Rochester-Finger Lakes Biennial Juried Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Southern Tier Biennial Juried Exhibition, A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art, Olean, NY
Community Arts of Elmira, Artist Residency "Clothesline Paintings" Exhibition, Elmira, NY
2010 "Abstraction" featuring 10 Regional Contemporary Artists, Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL
EDUCATION
PROVINCETOWN / CAPE COD WORKSHOPS
2015 Anne Packard, Painting the Landscape, Three Day Outdoor Workshop at the artist's home in Provincetown, MA
2015 Thomas R. Dunlay Plein Air Landscape Workshop, Seven Day Outdoor Workshop, Nantucket, MA
2014 Anne Packard, Painting the Landscape, Three Day Outdoor Workshop at the artist's home in Provincetown, MA
2014 Thomas R. Dunlay Plein Air Landscape Workshop, Four Day Outdoor Workshop, Nantucket, MA
2013 Cynthia Packard, Painting from Life (figure & stills), Intensive Three Day Workshop in Artist's Studio, Provincetown, MA
2012 Megan Hinton, Representational Abstract Landscape Painting, 5-Day Workshop at the artist's studio, Wellfleet, MA
2012 Cynthia Packard, Painting the Figure, Intensive Three Day Workshop in Artist's Studio, Provincetown, MA
2011 Megan Hinton, Representational Abstract Landscape Painting, PAAM School, Five Day Workshop, Wellfleet, MA
NORTHERN FLORIDA WORKSHOPS
2013 Harold Garde, Strappo Printmaking Technique 3-Day Workshop, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2012 Tom Gargiulo, Print Making as Painting Artform, Flagler County Arts Workshop, Palm Coast, FL
2012 Kate Miller (MFA University of South Florida), Encaustics, SECCA School of Art, Palm Coast, FL
SECCA SCHOOL OF ART (Southeastern Coalition of Contemporary Artists, Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL)
2011 The Surrealists, Study Of & Painting Techniques, John JJ Graham
2011 Foundational Figure Drawing, Richard Schreiner, (MFA Yale, PHD Art Education Columbia University)
2010 Color Theory, William (Bill) Brant, (MFA Syracuse, Professor Emeritus Mass Art)
SECCA SCHOOL PRIVATE STUDY UNDER DIRECTOR JOHN (JJ) GRAHAM (6 MONTHS, Palm Coast, FL)
2010 Abstract Expressionism: Oil Painting Techniques, Trouble Shooting & Traditions
> Foundation Work: preparation, palette and premeditation
> All About the Paint: viscosity, value & volume
> Studying the Abstract Expressionists and the Bay Area Figuratives
> Landscapes as Figures: use of layering, line, shape & color
> Painting the contemporary Portrait: Studying the masters and contemporary works of David Park & Lucien Freud
PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY
1979 BS Geography with Minor in Studio Art, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
> Studio Focus: Silk Screen Printmaking
> Geography Coursework: Emphasis on Physical Geography, cartography & graphic illustration of geologic forms
ORGANIZATIONS / ALLIANCES
COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART & DESIGN - BOARD MEMBER
PAAM - PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION & MUSEUM