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About Jan Arabas
I started to explore monotype printmaking after graduating from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in 1983. Always experimental, I love to change up the size, the paper, the combination of subjects, and even the format of prints. Some of my monotypes are mural sized, while others are quite tiny. Papers come from all over the world, including handmade sheets from Tibet and South Africa. I see no reason not to combine hand drawn horses with digital photos of bird skeletons (took them myself at the Harvard Natural History Museum) or put a weasel into a woman's head. Sometimes I make an artist's book out of the print, or build a three dimensional armiture so it can come off the wall and into a room space. And sometimes, I just want to create a traditional print that looks great in a frame on the wall. Here's a little more info--my CV.
Jan Arabas
18 Willard St.
Melrose, MA 02176
(781) 620-1673
jarabas@verizon.net
Born June 6, 1958 in Buffalo, NY
Education
1979 BA (cum laude) in Studio Art from SUNY at Binghamton
1983 Diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Selected Collections
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Decordova Museum and Dana Sculpture Park
Purdue University Art Museum
The Boston Public Library
The Danforth Museum
Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences
BankBoston Corporation
Meditek Corporation
Catalogues and Publications
Dowley, Jennifer, A Creative Legacy: A History of the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowships Program, Washington: National Endowment for the Arts, 2002
Duffin, K.E., Variation and Continuity: The Workshop Portfolios, 1999, Contemporary Impressions: The Journal of the American Print Alliance, Vol 8, #1
Hitchings, Sinclair, and Thompson, Dorothy, Ed., Proof In Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios, Boston: The Boston Public Library, 2000
Toale, Bernard, Basic Printmaking Techniques, Worchester: Dover Publications, 1992
Saltz, Jerry, Contributing Editor, Exhibition of Works on Paper, Berkshire Art Association, 1997
Grants. Fellowships, Awards
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Printmaking
The Artist’s Foundation Fellowship in Printmaking
St. Botolph Foundation Artist’s Support Grant Recipient
Five-time winner of Mass Cultural Council Grants
Numerous Juror’s Awards- Barry Walker, Patterson Sims, Rachel Lafo, Marc Pachter, Edward Earle
Purchase Award, Purdue University Art Museum
Selected Exhibitions
2009 Two-person Show, Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA
New England Impressions III: The Unique Print, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
The Natural World, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Field Report: Boston Printmakers Members Show, Smith College Art Museum, Amherst, MA
2008 Field Report: Boston Printmakers Members, Smith College Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Field Report: Boston Printmakers Members, Kellog University Art Museum, Cal State Polutechnic University
Inside Out, Anderson Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA
Best In Show: Artists and Their Dogs, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2006 Two Person Show, New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA
Methods In Monotype, Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA
Faculty Show, Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA
Dimensions, Associated Artist’s of Winston-Salem, NC
Under the Influence: Science, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Recent Print Acquisitions: The Workshop Portfolios, Decordova Museum,Lincoln, MA
New Landscape: The Boston Printmakers Members Show, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2005 Alumni Art Exhibition, Binghamton University Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY
Dimensions, Associated Artist’s of Winston-Salem, NC
Art on Paper: 28th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2004 At Issue: Prints and Social Commentary, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Janet Turner Print Museum National Print Competition Exhibition, University of Southern California at Chico
Between the Layers: Printmaking in the 21st Century, ArtSpace Maynard, Maynard, MA,
National Small Works Competition, Purdue University Galleries
Group Show, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA
National Small Works Competition, Purdue University Galleries
2003 Silvermine Guild National Print Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Gallery, Silvermine, CT
Alumni Art Exhibition, Binghamton University Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY
Plant Matter, New Art Center, Newton, MA
Proof In Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios, Galeria Espacio Abierto, Havana, Cuba
Gallery Artists, Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Arts, N.Y, N.Y.
Gallery Artists, Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada
Gallery Artists, Vincent’s Ear, Deer Island, ME
Monotype Guild of New England Juried Show, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA
Multisensory: Visual Responses to Memory and Synesthesia, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
Two Person Show, New England BioLabs, Beverly, MA
Dimensions, Associated Artist’s of Winston-Salem, NC
Westmoreland Art Nationals, Westmoreland Community College, Latrobe, PA
Women Artists in Boston, The Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
National Juried Show, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
Printmaking: Personal Impressions, Makeready Press, Inc, Montclair, NJ
2002 Faculty Show, Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA
The Workshop Portfolios, The St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, NY, NY
Big, The Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
The Workshop Portfolios, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2001 Proof In Print: A Community of Printmaking Studios, The Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Somerville Grant Winners, The Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Big, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Group Show, WGBH Corporate Offices, Boston, MA
2000 In the Forest: A Monotype Installation, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
The Workshop Portfolios, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa
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