Randy Garber
32 Clifton Street, #2 Somerville, MA 02144
Randy.Garber@comcast.net
Partner, Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA
617 • 851 • 3061
Solo Exhibitions, since 2000
2023
Scrip(t) Scraps, Part II, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2018
HearSay, Lunder Arts Atrium, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2015
Roll on the Tongue, Thayer Academy Art Gallery, Braintree, MA
2014
High Strung, w/ catalogue, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
2013
I’ve Just Begun to Tell You, Installation with Sound, 17 Cox Gallery, Beverly, MA
2011
Made in Translation w/catalogue, Atelier Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2010
Reverberations w/ catalogue, Opalka Gallery, Sage Colleges of Albany, Albany, NY
Listening, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2008
What You Already Know, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2007
In Between, Viewpoint Gallery, Schenectady, NY
2003
Measures of Silence, Solo Installation at the Ohrenger Art Gallery, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2002
Solo Exhibition, Commissioner’s Headquarters, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Boston, MA
Selected Two-Person and Group Exhibitions, since 2000
2023
The Edge of the Ocean; inclusion in Artist Book, shown at Zea Mays Printmaking; Cape Cod Center for the Arts
Singular and Serial: Expanding the Circle,New England Open Access Print Studios; Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME 04101
2022
Celebrate Renewal, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2021
Borders/Boundaries, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2020
Mirror Reflections, International Print Exhibition, Hangqiao Contemporary Museum, Shanghai, China
2019
Currents, BrickBottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Boston Printmakers Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
Prints as Sculpture, Maud Morgan Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2018
Impressions, Gallery Blink, Lexington, MA
33d International Exhibition, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
Prints as Sculpture, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Selections from Mixit Print Studio, Clifford Ackley Curator, Soprafina Gallery, Boston MA
2017
Deep Cuts, Catalogue, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
A World Re-Imagined, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT (Best in Show)
2016
Pulling Together: A 3 Person Exhibition, Loomis Chaffee School Gallery, Windsor, CT
2015
Cut, Paper, Fold, Catalogue,Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Pulse: Faculty Exhibition, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2014
De’Via: A New Wave, Galludet University, Washington D.C.
De’Via, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Invitational, Dyer Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2013
Re-Think INK: 25 Years at Mixit Print Studio, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Our Expanding Circle, Paper New England 5th Anniversary Show, Art Space Gallery, CT
Prominent Printmakers, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Community of Artists, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2012
ReThink INK: 25 years at Mixit Print Studio, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
2011
International Invitational: Art Ability, Honorable Mention Byrn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA
De’Via Artists, Delplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
Community of Artists, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2010
Off the Wall, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA; curated by Helen Molesworth, Senior Curator, ICA and Jen Mergel, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, MFA
thINK, Boston Printmakers Traveling Exhibit
Faculty Exhibition, Maud Morgan Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Senses, The Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA
2009
(S)edition: Prints as Activism, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Sonic Chromatic, Tamarind Art Gallery, New York, NY
Gender: Does It Still Matter, Gallery at the Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
The Unique Print, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Women in Print, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA
New England Prints, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH (Award Winner)
Body and Soul, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
MassArt Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (Catalog)
2008
Contemporary Printmaking, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Catalog)
Icons and Altars, New Art Center, Newton, Massachusetts
National Print Biennial, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
World of Silence, World of Color: 3 Deaf American Artists, Exhibition in the Virtual World of Second Life
On Drawing: Surface, Line and Mark, New Art Center, Newton, MA
Capelli d’ Angeli Foundation Artists, Paesaggio at 100 Pearl, Hartford, CT
MassArt Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (Catalog)
Deaf Artists in Community, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Exhibition travels to Texas Center for the Deaf, Austin Children’s Museum
De Via, Woodbury Art Museum, Orem, Utah
Paper Quilts, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2007
Los Angeles Printmaking Society National Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, L.A., CA
Group Show, Aidekman Gallery at Tufts University, Medford, MA
Group Show, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME
Inner Life, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Brookline, MA
Two-Person Exhibition, New England BioLabs, MA
Somerville Prints! Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Associates Show, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
Hot Off the Press, Arsenal Art Center, Watertown, MA
Architecture of Art, Felix Guillni Gallery, Wellesley, MA
2006
Two-Person Exhibition at Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA
Recent Acquisitions, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Invitational, LandEscapes, College of the Atlantic, Mt. Desert Island, ME
Summer Solstice, Boston Convention Center, Boston, MA
BodyScapes, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
City Women, Gallery at the Piano Factory, Boston, MA
The Drama of Scale, Carney Gallery, Regis College, Weston, MA
One Thousand Words, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Brookline, MA
2005
North American Print Biennial, Gallery 303,Boston, MA
The Dictionary Project, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2004
Somatic Scales, five-person exhibition curated by Patricia Phillips at the Mills Gallery,
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Perfect Pitch, Curated by Karen Shaw, Islip Museum, Long Island, New York
Catch My Drift, Solo Invitational, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
9 From Waltham Mills, Brandeis Women’s Research Center, Waltham, MA
6 Artists, 6 Visions, Scollay Square Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
What Works, Arthur Hill Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
Una comunidad de Talleres de Grabado; Galeria Espacio Abierto, Havana, Cuba
Take Five, Soprafina Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Prints in Boston, Printmaker’s Invitational Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Invitational, LandEscapes, College of the Atlantic, Mt. Desert Island, ME
Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2002
The 17th Annual Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA:
Curator: Bill Arning, Director, List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Small Works 2002, The Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Texas National, Stephen Austin University Gallery, Juror: Sandy Skoglund
Proof in Print, BrickBottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2001
Journeys, Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
Multiplicity and Reiteration, Tremont Gallery, Boston, MA
Proof in Print, Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
On/Off/Over the Edge, a National Exhibition traveling from 2000 to 2003 to the following venues: Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney, Bookwalter Winery (Richland, WA), Cape Cod
Community College, Univ. of Florida, Lane Community College (Eugene, OR), Miami University (Ohio).
2000
Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, NY
New Art Y2K, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA.
National Exhibition, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island (Award Winner)
Small Works, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro MA
Exhibition of the Portfolio Workshop Prints,Randse Afrikaans Universitate, Johannesburg, So.Africa
National Prize Show, University Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Higher Elevations, Invitational Exhibition at the College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, M
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 2020-present
Assistant Professor, (temporary) Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 2018- 2020
Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 2007- 2017
Faculty, Teachers as Scholars, Statewide Program, 2014- present
Teacher, Maud Morgan Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, 2015-2018
Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University, New England School of Art and Design, 2015
Adjunct Professor, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 2014-2015
Lecturer, Curry College, Milton, MA 2007-2013
Instructor, Maud Morgan Center for the Arts, Cambridge, MA 2012-present
Artist in Residence, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT 2016
Artist in Residence, Burlington High School, Burlington, MA 2014
Guest Artist, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 2013
Guest Artist, Beverly School for the Deaf, Beverly, MA, 2013
Presentations, Curating
Artist Talk- HearSay, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA , 2018
Guest Artist- Presentation, Deafinitions Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2018
Guest Artist- Presentation, Currier Museum of Art, 2017
Guest Artist- Presentation, College of the Holy Cross, 2015
Moderator, Impact and Innovation: Contemporary Printmaking, Boston Public Library, 2012
Guest Artist – Juror for Grants, Rhode Island State Art Council, 2011
Presenter, thINK, Belmont Town Hall Gallery, Belmont, MA 2010
Presenter, “Beyond the Scenes of an Art Career,” Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA 2010
Guest Curator, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Essay and Catalog 2009
Panelist, Drawing: Surface, Line and Mark, New Art Center, Newton, MA 2008
Panelist, Art and Cancer, Paesaggio Gallery, Hartford, CT 2008
Panelist, Communication through Art, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX 2008
Guest Artist – Critiques, Rhode Island School of Design, UMASS-Boston, 2004 through 2009
Guest Artist – Juror for Grants, Massachusetts College of Art, 2007
Workshop Instructor, Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA 2007 - present
Presentation St.Francis Cancer Center, Hartford, CT, 2007
Guest Artist- Presentation, Princeton University, Spring 2004
Guest Artist- Presentation, Massachusetts College of Art, February 2004
Featured Artist, Spring Program of the Boston Women’s Caucus for the Arts, 1997
Press
Cover Art Work for Deafening Modernism: Embodied Language and Visual Poetics in American Literature, Professor Rebecca Sanchez, New York University Press, 2015
Quickening the Pulse at Holy Cross: New Work by Faculty Artists, by Brian Goslow, ARTSCOPE March/April 2015
American Print Makers, Stephanie Standish, Schiffer Publishing, 2014
ReThink INK: 25 Years at Mixit Print Studio, Elaine Mehalakes, Art in Print, Vol. 2, #.2 , 7-8 2012
Interview with WGBH Brigit Brown. http://www.wgbh.org/wgbhArts/index.cfmPage=2
The Long and Winding Roll: Five Artists Contemplate the Scroll, Anne Krinsky, Art New England, January/February 2011
Cover Page Art Work, “Silence Takes Its Measure” Art New England, January/February 2011
Randy Garber: Listening-Transmit, Receive, Connect Susan Boulanger, Art New England, 4-5/2010
Randy Garber “Reverberations” on Exhibit at Opalka Gallery, Tim Kane,Times Union, 4/1/2010
Randy Garber at Opalka Gallery, by David Brickman, Get Visual,dbgetvisual.blogspot.com,3/9/2010
Size & Scale in the Field of Contemporary Print, by Catherine Kernan, Contemporary Impressions, Journal of the American Print Alliance, Spring/Summer 2009
Read the Fine Print, The Improper Bostonian, 10/22/08
Contemporary Printmaking at Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati City Beat, Cincinnati, OH 12/24/08
High Marks; Drawing: Surface, Line, Mark, Review Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, 5/7/08
Somerville Prints!, Boston Globe, Your Tuesday 2/20/07
2006 Calendar, Centerfold Image, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 2006
Words and Images, University of Southern Maine Publication, 2006
Pick of the Week, The Boston Globe, March 14, 2006
Somatic Scales, Review by Susan Boulanger, Art New England, Oct/Nov. 2004
On Balance,“Somatic Scales” Explores Bodies and Minds, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, 7/16/04
Scales Weighs Body, Mind, Spirit Review by Joanne Silver, Boston Herald, 6/11/04
Character and Mood on Paper. Review by Helen Harrison, New York Times, 4/ 25/04
Mills Measures Up, Review by d’Lynne Plummer, South End News, 7/1/04
Women on the Verge, Review by Thomas Garvey, South End News, 5/20/04,
Our Bodies, Our Selves, by Randi Hopkins, The Boston Phoenix, 5/28/04
Waltham at Work: Nine Local Artists Connect with Brandeis in Collaborative Exhibit Review,M.Heuer, Daily News Transcript, 2/15, 2004
An Art Community’s Lofty Pursuits, Emily Sweeney, The Boston Globe, November 1, 2001
Proof in Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios, Trustees Boston Public Library, 2001
Waltham at Work, Review by Max Heurer, Daily News Tribune, February 5, 2004
New Art, Y2K at the Kingston Gallery/Boston, Jamie Farrell, Art New England, 10-11/2000
Artists Find Challenge in Somesville Garden, Misty Edgecomb, Bangor Daily News, 8/10/2000
Scarecrows, Higher Elevations, Review: Nan Lincoln, Bar Harbor Times, 8/10/00
Scarecrows, Review: The Ellsworth Weekly, August 17, 2000
Variation and Continuity: The Workshop Portfolios, Article by K.E. Duffin, Contemporary Impressions, Volume 8, No.1 , 2000
Young at Art, by Aviya Kushner, Review in Stuff Magazine February 16, 1999
Who Was She Last Monday? Natick Bulletin, February 11, 1999
Perspectives, Christine Temin, Boston Globe, February 19, 1997
Artists Contemplate Music at Ashwell Gallery, E. Clark, North Shore Magazine, 5/30/96
Published Articles and Essays
Sensing Surface: Making Sense, by Randy Garber,The California Printmakers Journal, 2018
Chance Encounters, Essay for Catalog, Illana Manolson at Cardogan Gallery, London, England 2019
Both Sides Now, Essay for Catalog, Nona Hershey at Soprafina Gallery, 2018
Cut, Paper, Fold, Essay for Exhibition Catalog Concord Art Association 2015
Conversing and Reversing, by Randy Garber, Contemporary Impressions: The Journal of the American Print Alliance, Fall 2002
Fresh Eyes and Nuclei, by Randy Garber Journal of Communication Arts, July 2001
Paintings by Joan Banach at Mario Diacono Gallery, Review by Randy Garber, Arts Media, Winter 98/99
Built in Milwaukee: An Architectural View of the City, R Garber. Editor, U Wisconsin Press, 1984
Beyond the Neck: The Architecture and Development of Somerville, MA, Randy Garber. Editor, published by Landscape Research, Boston, MA , 1982
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2022 Fellowship Award, Printmaking, Massachusetts Cultural Council
2017 Best in Show Award, American School for the Deaf, Hartford, CT
2022 Full Fellowship Award, Massachusetts Cultural Council
2017 Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville, MA
2016 Artist in Residence Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT
2013 Residency, Venice Printmaking Workshop, Venice, Italy
2012 Traveling Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012 Wynn Newhouse Award
2011 Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville, MA
2011 Honorable Mention, International Invitational: Art Ability Byrn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA
2009 Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville, MA
2009 Best in Show Award, New England Prints, New Hampshire Institute of Art
2007 Puffin Foundation Artist Gran
2007 Juror’s Choice Award, 7th National Exhibition, Artists with Disabilities
2007 Capelli d’Angeli Foundation Artist Grant
2007 Artist Scholarship Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2006 Residency, Hambidge Center for Art and Science, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2003 Artist Grant, St. Botolph Foundation, Boston, MA
2000 Award, National Exhibition, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island
1999 Award, New Art ‘99, National Exhibition, MPG Gallery, Boston MA
1996 Award, The Art of Music, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, Massachusetts
1995 Award, Works on Paper School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Collections and Commissions
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY (Artist Book Commission)
Children’s Hospital Karp Cancer Research Building, Boston, MA (Commission)
Xilio, Boston, MA
Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, Mackworth Island, Portland, ME (Commission)
Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Jean Massieu School for the Deaf, Riverton, Utah
Dare Family Services, Somerville, MA
First Literacy, Boston, MA
Third Sector New England, Boston, MA
New England BioLabs, Ipswich, MA
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Schenectady, NY
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Brookline, MA
Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA
Ohrenger Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Boston, MA
The Print Club of Albany, Inc.
The Boston Public Library
The Boston Athenaeum
MSR Architects, Washington, DC
Offices of Ephross and Weiss, Baltimore, MD
Cognitive Prostheses, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA
Education
Diploma in Studio Arts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998
M.L.A., Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1978
M.A., English Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1976
B.A., English Literature, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1974