CV
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Urban Abstraction, Focus RE, Boston MA
2019 Urban Analog: Commission at 3200 Washington Street, JP MA
2018 Selected Works, Focus RE, Boston MA
2017 Urban Abstraction, Focus RE, Boston MA
2015 The Intimacy of Memory The Slater Concourse Gallery, Tufts University, Medford MA
2015 The Intimacy of Memory, Gallery 93, Brookline MA
2015 Leaps and Bounds, Taylor House, Jamaica Plain MA
2014 Solo Exhibition, Gallery at Sanders, Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg MA
2014 The Intimacy of Memory, Beverly J. Tassinari Gallery, Newbury College, Brookline MA
2013 Between the Cracks, Jame’s Gate, Jamaica Plain MA
2012 Urban Edge, VeeVee, Jamaica Plain MA
2012 The Power of Place, UFORGE Gallery, Boston MA
2011 New Paintings, James’s Gate, Jamaica Plain MA
2010 Urban Abstractions, Taylor House, Jamaica Plain MA
2010 Roots, Boston University Metropolitan Gallery, Boston MA
1998 Digging the Big Dig, Bella Luna Restaurant, Jamaica Plain MA
1996 Monotypes and Drypoints, Market Street Health Center, Brighton MA
1996 Monotypes and Drypoints, Fresh Hair, Jamaica Plain MA
1995 Monotypes and Drypoints, Cambridge Health Association, Cambridge MA
1995 New Works: Monotypes and Drypoints, Five Seasons Restaurant, JP MA
Two and Three-Person Exhibitions
2020 Street Views, Gallery M, Brookline MA
2019 Vignettes, JP Licks, Jamaica Plain MA
2017 Flux, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
2013 Construction Marks, AMP Gallery, Provincetown MA
2011 Street Spirit/City Blues, The Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain MA
2000 Color & Contrast, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston MA
1997 Works on Paper, The Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain MA
1997 Prints, Sculpture, and Assemblage, Gallery 659, Boston MA
1993 New Works on Paper, Brick Bottom Gallery, Somerville MA
Selected Juried Group Exhibitions
2022 Fay Chandler Exhibition, Emerge Boston, Boston City Hall MA
2019 Projections, JPAA, Boston MA
2018 Fay Chandler Exhibition, Emerge Boston, Boston City Hall MA
2016 Chalk Lines, AMP Gallery, Provincetown MA
2016 The Boston Biennial Project, Boston MA
2015 Art 100 Boston, Piano Factory Gallery, Boston MA
2015 Fay Chandler Exhibition, Emerge Boston, Boston City Hall MA
2015 Driven to Abstraction, Emerson Umbrella, Concord MA
2015 New England Collective VI, Galatea Gallery, Boston MA
2015 Migration, Roxbury Community College, MA
2014 The Personal is Political, The Slater Concourse Gallery, Tufts University, MA
2014 Boston Neighborhood Network Gallery, Boston MA
2014 Violence Transformed, Mass. State House and United South End Settlements, Boston MA
2014 Salon 21,The Nave Gallery, Somerville MA
2014 Art Verdure, ArtBar, The Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge MA
2014 Violence Transformed, The Harriet Tubman House Gallery, United South End Settlements, MA
2013 Jamaica Plain Artists, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston MA
2012 The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain MA
2011 Industrial Strength, Fountain Street Gallery, Framingham MA
2010 Political Art, Red Sun Press, Boston MA
2010 MGNE National Juried Monotype & Monoprint Exhibition, Boston MA
2010 ON GREEN, Jamaica Plain Juried Annual Show
2010 Jamaica Plain Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition
2009 Violence Transformed, Massachusetts Statehouse, Boston MA
2008 Artists in the Arboretum, Arnold Arboretum, MA
2007 Jamaica Plain Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition
2005 Jamaica Plain Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition
2000 Boston Open Studios Coalition Group Show, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston MA
Additional Exhibitions
2023 Hyde Park Artist Association, Scollay Square Gallery, City Hall, Boston MA
2020-2023 School Museum of Fine Arts Show, Boston MA
2018 Jamaica Plain Artists, Scollay Square Gallery, City Hall, Boston MA
2016 Women Celebrate Art, Scollay Square Gallery, City Hall, Boston MA
2016-present Newton Open Studios
2014-present JP Artist Association Annual Show, Jamaica Plain MA
2015 JPAA Show, Sotherby’s, Jamaica Plain MA
2015 Relationship to Place, Ula’s Café, Jamaica Plain MA
2014 Art 100 Boston, Piano Craft, Gallery, Boston MA
2014 Fun-a-day, Voltage Coffee and Art, Cambridge MA
2014 Six Artists, Brookline Library, Brookline MA
2006-2013 Jamaica Plain Artist Association Members Show, Jamaica Plain MA
1998- present Jamaica Plain Open Studios, MA
2011 Massachusetts State House, JP Neighborhood Artists
2010 JP Printmakers Show, Jamaica Plain Arts Council
Affiliations
Jamaica Plain Artist Association
Provincetown Arts Association and Museum
National Center for Creative Aging
The Global Society of Arts in Health
Honors and Commissions
Urban Analog: 5’x10’ Acrylic/Mixed Media on board; Lobby: 3200 Washington St. JP MA
Honorable Mention: Projections 2019, Jamaica Plain, MA
Arts and Business Council, Highlighted Artist pgs 30-31, Ten years of the Artist Professional Toolbox, January 2016 http://www.artsandbusinesscouncil.org/images/apt book_web.pdf
Community Arts and Health Projects
2016-present Co-Founder of The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions through Art and Storytelling. Lead workshops, curate exhibitions and facilitate public conversations. Sites include: Fairbanks Alaska, Newton MA, Natick, Framingham, Worcester, Braintree, Boston MA, Medford MA
2012-present The Intimacy of Memory Initiative: The Art of Loss, Love and Remembrance. Lead workshops, curate exhibitions and facilitate public conversations. Sites include: PAAM, Provincetown MA; First Parish UU, Brookline MA; Tufts University, Medford MA
Workshop Facilitation and Teaching
2016-present: The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions through Art and Storytelling
2016-present: Memory Cafes for those living with Dementia
2014-present: Intimacy of Memory Workshops
2013-2019: Art Teacher: Goddard House Assisted Living, Pierce School, The Brookline Senior Center
2012-2013 Volunteer Classroom visiting artist, Mather School, Dorchester, MA
2011-2013 Workshop Leader for Teens, Home for Little Wanders, Boston, MA
2006-2009 Art and Poetry Workshops, Star Island, NH
Art and Public Health Education
The Creative Aging Institute at The Creative Center: Arts in Healthcare, NY
Arts and Medicine Intensive, University of Florida/Shands Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida
Artist Professional Tool Box, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, Boston MA
Certificate in Fundraising, Boston University, Boston MA
M.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
B.A. Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Visual Arts Training: Workshops and Classes
New York Studio School, NY
MassArt, Boston, MA
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Boston University, Boston, MA
The Fine Art Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Penland School of Crafts, Ashville, NC
Selected Private Collections
R. Colen: Las Vegas, NV
L. O’Connor: Boston, MA
Reilly/Reynolds: Boston, MA
S. Rosenfield: San Francisco, CA
Taylor House Bed and Breakfast, Boston, MA
Publications and Other Media
About The Opioid Project:
The Washington Post, June 14, 2023 How a new generation has changed Grief https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/14/grief-changing-generations/
KFAR, 660AM-97.5FM, May 13, 2023 Nancy Marks and The Opioid Project https://kfarradio.com/audioarchives/MAY%2010%202023%20%20NANCY%20MARKS%20THE%20OPIOD%20PROJECT.mp3
John Lynds, The Opioid Project Comes to East Boston, Boston Times, Oct 18, 2019
Natick SOAR/Framingham FORCE, Video: The Opioid Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehs6grn6m4E&t=4s, Framingham Access TV, April 2019
UMass Medical School: Learning from The Opioid Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD3U-SmxNQw&t=4s
Resilient: Narratives of hope from the Boston Opioid Crisis, edited by Mimi Yen Li and Joyce Zhou, September 2018
Graham Ambrose, Fighting the opioid crisis, one story at a time, TheBoston Globe, August 9, 2018
Julia Sarcinelli, In Fitchburg, the Art of Recovery, Fitchburg Sentinel, February, 9, 2018
Elizabeth Dobbins,'Facing Addiction' coming to Fitchburg Art Museum, 01/30/2018 http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_31629979/facing-addiction-coming-fitchburg-art-museum
https://mng-sen.smugmug.com/Facing-Addiction-Fitchburg-Art-Museum/
Note: Press and Publications of The Opioid Project also occurred under its former name, The Intimacy of Memory Art and Storytelling Project: Reframing Loss and Overcoming Stigma in the Face of Opioid Overdose, including:
Deborah Becker, Turning Grief into Art after Losing a Loved one to Opioid Overdose, 90.9 WBUR http://www.wbur.org/artery/2016/11/18/art-opioid-overdose
Edx, Harvard/MIT online course, The Opioid Epidemic in America https://www.edx.org/course/opioid-crisis-america-harvardx-hhp100 The Opioid Project is featured in Session 4.
Dr. Annie Brewster, “Art, Stories That Honor Those Who Died By Drug Overdose -- And Help Survivors Too”, WBUR Commonhealth Blog, June 30, 2016, http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2016/06/30/overdose-art-healing Intimacy of Memory and Nancy Marks Art
About Nancy Marks' Art:
Arts and Business Council, Highlighted Artist pgs 30-31, Ten years of the Artist Professional Toolbox, published January 2016 http://www.artsandbusinesscouncil.org/images/apt book_web.pdf
“The Intimacy of Memory”, Health Story Collaborative, November 2015 http://www.healthstorycollaborative.org/nancy-marks-artist-public-health-activist-and-creator-of-the-intimacy-of-memory-the-art-of-loss-love
Helene Ragovin, “Hidden Talents: What Remains Behind”, Tufts NOW September 14, 2015 http://now.tufts.edu/articles/hidden-talents-what-remains-behind
“The Intimacy of Memory”, Psychology Tomorrow Magazine, August 2014 http://www.psychologytomorrowmagazine.com/intimacy-memory/
“Printmarks of My Family’s Journey”, Psychology Tomorrow Magazine, August 2013 http://www.psychologytomorrowmagazine.com/nancy-marks/
Helene Ragovin, “Hidden Talents: What Remains Behind”, Tufts NOW September 14, 2015
http://now.tufts.edu/articles/hidden-talents-what-remains-behind
John Ruch, “JP artist creates poster to aid bombing victims”, Jamaica Plain Gazette May 10, 2013
http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2013/05/10/jp-artist-creates-poster-to-aid-bombing-victims
“The Stroll”, (image/exhibition announcement) http://provincetownmagazine.net/pmag:28
“Revolver Artist-Nancy Marks”, UFORGE Gallery, Boston May 10, 2012 http://www.uforgegallery.com/2012/05/revolver-artist-nancy-marks/
James Morgan, “JP Artists Exhibit at the State House”, Jamaica Plain Patch, May 22, 2011 http://jamaicaplain.patch.com/articles/jamaica-plain-artists-association-exhibits-at-state-house
“Art Opening: Street Spirit/City Blues”, Jamaica Plain Patch, March 20, 2011 http://jamaicaplain.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/ev--art-opening-street-spiritcity-blues
Sandra Storey, “Music and Art Program Thrives at B&B/Nancy Marks Opens with Urban Abstraction” JP Gazette, November 30, 2010
“Emily and Nate Cozy Cocoon House Tour, Apartment Therapy”, (image) http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/emily-amp-nates-109413