Profile
Maggie Nowinski is an interdisciplinary visual artist, arts educator and curator who lives and works in Western Massachusetts. She is the full time faculty for the drawing program at Manchester Community College in CT and is a visiting lecturer in drawing at Smith College in MA. In 2022 she was a visiting artist at Mount Holyoke College in MA, where she designed and taught two courses in drawing and recently was an adjunct instructor in the visual fine arts programs at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and other universities. Nowinski is frequently an Artist -Mentor in the Vermont College of Fine Arts low residency MFA program.
Nowinski frequently exhibits throughout New England and her work has been in numerous exhibitions nationally. While her current body of work is rooted in drawing and printmaking, her artworks frequently take the format of installation and combine traditional and unusual media, audio, video and performative processes. Nowinski’s philosophy is embodied by an awareness of the conceptual and political inevitability of art making. She is also fond of collaborations.
Education
2007 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY graduated summa cum laude
1995 University of Connecticut Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy
1995 Fortman International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Educational Workshops attended:
Academics for Black Lives
Assets for Artists
Community Engagement and Social Justice in Community Colleges, Manchester Community Colleges
Engraving with Barry Moser at Zea Mays Printmaking in Florence, MA
Weld a Cube, Total Metal Resource, Greenpoint, NY
Final Cut Pro Class at East 10th, Manhattan, NY
Pin Hole Camera at Snow Farm New England Craft Center Williamsburg, MA
Teaching and Related
Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT 2022-2023
Interim Full Tim Instructor / Drawing Program
Drawing levels I-IV
Independent Studies in Drawing
Mt. Holyoke College - Visiting Artist - 2022
Drawing II: Drawing as Presence
Drawing 1: Structure, Space, Form & Feel
Smith College -2022/2023 -current
Visiting Lecturer / Department of Visual Fine Arts
Drawing 1: Structure, Space, Form & Feel
University of Massachusetts at Amherst -2021
Adjunct Faculty
ART120: Drawing II/Thematic Development
ART104: Drawing I
Department of Fine Arts and Architecture
Vermont College of Fine Arts - Montpelier, VT 2016 - 2020
Artist-Mentor for MFA candidates in the Visual Arts
& Visiting Artist/Critter for MFA candidates in the Visual Arts Program
Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT 2008 -2022
2016/2017 Interim Coordinator of Drawing Department
Adjunct Faculty - Drawing I, Advanced Drawing Levels II-IV, Modern Art History, Independent Study Mixed/Media and Drawing, development & implementation of Visual Arts Drawing Department project for assessment in self-study for NEASC.
Westfield State University, Westfield, MA 2009- 2021
Adjunct Faculty - Design Fundamentals, Art Survey I, Methods and Materials, Drawing II, Art Survey 1 (on campus and online) Early 20th Century Art
2018 Guest Curator Arno-Maris Gallery at WSU campus center
Elms College, Chicopee, MA 2012
Consultant for Program Self-Study
Department of Visual Arts Institutional and Program Evaluation in preparation for NEASC review for accreditation, included extensive written report of critical assessment of Visual Fine Arts and Performing Arts programs.
Elms College – Chicopee, MA 2008-2010
Adjunct Faculty - Introduction to the Arts, Special Topics in Art: Personal Visual Language and Cultural Contexts (studio/lecture courses incorporating introductions to drawing, painting, design and sculpture processes); designed curriculum for Introduction to Drawing and Design
Snow Farm New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA 2007-2009
Painting, Drawing and Color; From Observation to Experimentation;
Guest Artist Workshop in mixed media collage practices.
Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA 2006-2007
Teaching Assistant - Painting I-III, Arts Seminar
Greenfield Middle School, Hampshire Educational Collaborative, Greenfield, MA 2007
Middle school after school arts program arts instructor, emphasis on experimentation and collaboration
Whole Children, Hadley MA 2006-2008
Arts communication co-workshop leader
Select Group Exhibitions
2022 emBody/wHole collaboration with Michelle Marroquin, Zazie Tobey- Various Performances including WIP with School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton MA
2022 Smith College Faculty Exhibition, Janotta Gallery, Northampton MA
2022 A.P.E. Gallery Inaugural Flat File Exhibtion, Northampton MA
2021 Rising Waters, Blazing Earth, Augusta Savage Gallery, UMASS Amherst
2021 In the Light, in person and online exhibition, curated by Anne Beresford, Sanford Gallery, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence MA
2021 DRAWING CHALLENGE XXII online exhibition, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Creative Women Leading Climate Action, UMASS Fine Arts Center, online exhibition, Amherst, MA
2021 USPSART (w/ Alicia Renadette) Greenly Artspace, Signal Hill, Los Angeles CA
2020 Faculty Fine Art Exhibition Online, Hans Weiss Gallery, Manchester Community College, CT
2020 USPSART (w/ Alicia Renadette) Ely Art Center, New Haven, CT
2020 USPSART (w/ Alicia Renadette) In Liquid, Philadelphia, PN
2020 One Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA
2020 One After Another, Springfield College, Springfield MA
2019 Everywoman Biennial, LaMaMa Galleria, NY, NY
2019 tendere wHoles part of Close Encounters, William Blizzard Gallery, Springfield MA
2019 Intimate/Infinite, #LOCAL Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2018 525 (w)Holes installation of drawings for New England Visual Arts Faculty Invitational at the Berskshire Art Museum, North Adams, MA
2018 Entropic MAP, Easthampton City Arts, Easthampton, MA
2017 Here and There, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 New Works Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA
2017 LEX | SCENES Easthampton City Arts Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2016 Green Printmaking Practices, Manhattan Graphics Center, NY, NY
2016 Drawn Together, The Dehn Gallery MCC on MAIN, Manchester CT
2016 TRANS Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 Telephone A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton Ma & ICA at MECA Portland, ME
2016 Select Prints Hardwick Gallery at Columbia College, MO
2016 Pocket Worlds MAPSPACE Eastworks, Easthampton, MA
2015 eat me alive so that I may see you from the inside Gallery 51, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Gallery, North Adams, MA
2015 Pioneer Women, MAP, Easthampton City Arts+, MA
2015 Holyoke Transfer: Magazine 2, 2015 presented by Parsons Hall Project Space &Lake Hitchcock Center for the Book Arts - online & print installation and live exhibition, Holyoke, MA (curated by Torsten Zenas Burns)
2014 Swim Cargo co-produced with Matt Waugh, DIY Mobile Art Boxes, FNO, Florence, MA (curated by Donnabelle Casis and Carla Costa)
2014 Side Effects Paper City Gallery, Holyoke MA (curated by Lyn Horan and Bruce Fowler)
2014 No Country for Old Men Landmark College, Putney VT (Curated by Samuel Rowlett)
2013 Antipyretic Abductions III, Dirt Salon, Manifest @Atom Space (curated by David Borowski) Hartford, CT
2013 Art in the Orchard, Outdoor Public Art Exhibition, Easthampton, MA
2013 Paper New England Hartford Art Space, Hartford, CT
2013 Antipyretic Abductions II, Drawing an the Art of Line, Imago Fine Arts, Warren, RI
2013 Antipyretic Abductions I for The Laboratory: Experimentation: inaugural exhibition, Easthampton, MA
2013 Claustros installation, REACH contemporary arts festival, Holoke, MA
2013 LCC Grand recipient for REACH
2011/2012Reflecting My Environment (walking performances for “Synthesis of Human Dynamism”), Easthampton, MA & Brooklyn, NY
2012 Amherst Biennial, Amherst, MA
2012 Matchworks, Nash Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2012 Group Exhibition, The Downtown Gallery, part of the Dehn Gallery Manchester Community College, Manchester, Ct
2012 Works on Paper, At Large, Paragon Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2011 Nature Nourishes, Hartford Art Space, Hartford, CT
2011 Occupy, Taber Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
2011 Art in the Orchard, Recall, Recall (outdoor installation) , Easthampton, MA
2011 Let’s Just Be Friends: Valentines Celebration video screening video short Baby Love
2011 Swallowed, The Garbage Museum, Stratford Ct
2010 Amherst Biennial, Amherst, MA
2010 Pleasant Street Industrious, Easthampton City Arts, Easthampton, MA
2010 Exhibition H2O, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City UT
2010 Moving Conversations in location and physical geography, collaboration with Burns Maxey MOBIUS, Boston, MA
2009 FILTHY, Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Film One Fest, One Minute Film Festival, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
2009 The Politics of Shoes video/performance collaboration with Burns Maxey, at MOBIUS, Boston, MA
2009 The Video Show Juried International Video Show Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2008 Feeding the Beast: Faculty Art Exhibition Manchester Community College, CT
2008 Project Intersect: Old Town Hall, Linkage, Work collaborative site-specific project: three installations Easthampton, MA
2008 Cover Me, Hamden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2007 Re:Sourcing: Sustainable Art Practices, curated by Abby Sadauckus and Merideth Alex, Waterfall ARt Center, Belfast, ME
2007 Swinging Back and Forth: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2006 Child's Play, curated by JC Sawyer Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2006 Group Invitational, Island Arts, Newport, RI
2006 Windows Art Project, Easthampton, MA
2005/2009 Works on Paper, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
2005 Anti-Inaugural Ball, Acme Arts, Chicago, IL
2003 Would Wood, New City Art Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2000 Group Exhibition, Out of the Blue Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Solo and Two-Person
Exhibitions
2023 Cicatrix | In Bloom Solo Exhibition and AIR, Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss Academy, CT
2023 Exquisite Variants with Alicia Renadette, OVERLAP, Newport RI
2022 Sensus solo exhibtion at Click Workspace and Gallery, Northampton MA
2022 Exquisite Variants with Alicia Renadette, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2021 a Whole Recollection, large-scale installation of wHoles and 365 Daily Drawings 3/13/2020 -3/14/1021 von Aeursperg Gallery, Deerfield Academy, MA
2020 Interim Anatomies, von Aeursperg Gallery, Deerfield Academy, MA
2020 Somaflora, The Newport Museum of Art, Newport, RI
2019 EXQUISITE BODIES with Alicia Renadette at Machines With Magnets, Providence, RI
2018/2019 DRAWN wHOLE Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2017 in Crescita with Natasha Harrison Jamestown Art Center , Jamestown, RI
2017 Specimens, (W)holes, and In-Habitats Mt. Watshusett Community College East Wing Gallery, Gardner, MA
2017 (internal dream in the Anthropocene) Loo Gallery at Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Florence, MA
2014 Wish Tower, Waugh Agency Gallery 145, Eastworks, Easthampton MA
2012 Streaming (the 25th Hour), Easthampton City Arts, Easthampton, MA
2012 Arbor Portmanteau, The Room, NY, NY
2010 Swallowed, The Children’s Garbage Museum, Stamford, CT
2010 Swallowed, Hampden Gallery University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2009 Mixed Signal Borgia Gallery, Elms College MA
2008 Frequency Vertebrae: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Elusie Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2007 Peel Paintings, Open Space Gallery, Paragon Arts and Industries, Easthampton, MA
2007 Recent Work, Manhan Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2005 Eyecons, Last Minute Gallery, Northampton, MA
2001 You. A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2000 Abstractions and Universal Portraits, Flywheel Arts, Easthampton, MA
1999 Recent Portraits, Pahana Gallery, Northampton, MA
Flat File Collections
Selection of Grants, Artist Talks, Curatorial projects, Residencies, Media Coverage
Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence MA
A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton MA
2023 Co-curator, Shifting Patterns, Hans Newspace Gallery, CT Community College at Manchester
2023 Review of Exquisite Variants in dArt International Magazine and Culture Catch
2023 Artist Talk Cicatrix | In Bloom Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss Academy CT
2023 Embodied Wholes, 6 dancers, performance at Park Hill Orchard, LCC Cultural Council Grant with choreographer Michelle Marroquin
2022 emBody/wHole WIP, Center for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton MA.
2021 “ a Point in Time”, in conjunction with Thinking Through Drawing Symposium, UK/USA
2021 “Interwoven Ethics: Art Education and Practice” guest lecture at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, Garden City, NY
2021 Access/Axis - invitational residency participant with María José Giménez at Northampton Center for the Arts with the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton MA
2021 Spring semester exhibiting artists talks Guest Moderator, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State University, MA
2021 Jury member, Art in the Orchard, Park Hill Orchard and Sculpture Park, MA
2020 POST PAUSE, Online Curatorial Project for Easthampton City Arts
2020 Easthampton City Arts Artist Grants Initiative for POST PAUSE
2020 Artist Talk/Online Exhibition Tour, Somaflora, Newport Art Museum
2019 Massachusettes Cultural Council LCC Grant through Easthampton Cultural Council for The wHole Space Between: a public art mural
2018 Connecticut Art Review, DRAWN wHOLE, Real Art Ways by Jacquelyn Gleisner
2018 ArtScope Magazine New Englands Culture Magazine Artist Profile
"A Whole new View: Nowinski's Grotesque Beauty"
2018 Hunger Mountain Arts Journal Solo featured visual artist for annual publication.
2018 Smother, Stick, Cut, Collect: Material Vernaculars and Cultural Mythologies Guest Curator, Arno Maris Gallery Westfield State University
2018 Meat for Tea: the valley review Featured Visual Artist for KID issue 4, Volume 11
2018 Visiting Guest Artist Talk, MCLA, North Adams, MA
2017 Berkshire Taconic Foundation A.R.T. Individual Artist Grant
2017 in Crescita Artist Talk, Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown RI
2017 Process and Content Artist Talk MWCC, Gardner Ma
2017 in) Habitats Prints and Process Artist Talks Manchester Community College
2015 Jury Member for Art in the Orchard, contemporary outdoor sculpture biennial in Easthampton, MA
2014 The Massachusetts Cultural Council State Gold Star Award for exemplary cultural arts programming funded by Local Cultural Council – forcuratorial project REACHfest
2013 The Art Salon, Invitational Artist Talk, Easthampton, MA
2013 34 Installation Artists that Don’t Suck #5, featuring “Swallowed”, Your Daily Media, internet cultural blog
2013 REACHfest: Co-Curator, multi-city invitational exhibition and one-minute international videofest. Invitational included thirty-two installations and/or performance artists and an open call 90 one-minute videos.
2013 Massachusetts Cultural Council LCC Grant recipient for REACHfest. 2013 Art in the Orchard, Springfield Republican, MassLive spotlight on Shed.
2012 Streaming the 25th Hour, Springfield Republican, Springfield MA
2012 Streaming the 25th Hour, ECA+ News
2012 Artist Talk on the Unfixed Practice: Drawing and Painting as Installation and Peformative practice, Manchester Community College
2012 The Modernist Path: an Overview of Modernism, Museums a la Carte Lecture, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
2012 Guest Curator Matchworks with David Poppie and Dean Nimmer, Nash Gallery, Easthampton MA
2010The Valley Advocate shortlist of favorite exhibitions of 2010
2010 Swallowed, Amherst Biennial, Springfield Republican
2010 ArtsScopeNew England’s Culture Magazine Review for work in Amherst Biennial
2010 Daily Hampshire Gazette on Reflections “Mapping the Local”
2010 Springfield Republican on Reflections, by Diane Lederman
2010 Preview Massachusetts Magazine, on Swallowed by Jillian Fink
2010 The Valley Advocate, Swallowed by Tom Sturm
2010 The Daily Collegian University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2010 Art in Cross Cultural Contexts: On Swallowed Visiting Artist Lecturer UMASS Amherst,
2010 Review of Swallowed by Jim Medieros http://maggienowinski.com/
2010 Student Reviews Laura Holland creative writing course assignment for Swallowed (pdf. available on request)
2010 Hampden Gallery University of Massachusetts Artist Gallery Lecture, Swallowed
2010 LCC Grant for Reflections in collaboration with Burns Maxey, Easthampton Cultural Council, a division of the state funded Massachusetts Cultural Council.
2009 Philadelphia City Paper interview and review for FILTHY,
2009 Interview: Swallowed by Burns Maxey
2009 Spotlight: Mixed Signals Valley Advocate review of Frequency Vertebrae by Ella Longpre
2009 Borgia Gallery, Artist Talk, Elms College, Chicopee, MA
2009 The Video Show, Artist Talk and panel, Raritan Valley Community College, New Jersey
2008 Massachusetts Cultural Council LCC Grant for Project Intersect in collaboration with J.C. Sawyer, Easthampton Cultural Council, a division of the state funded Massachusetts Cultural Council.
2008-2009 Valley Free Radio interviews relating to art practice and projects, MO Radio FM 103.3
2008 Review of Cover Me, Hampden Gallery UMASS, The Valley Advocate
2007 Watershed Magazine cover image
2004 Vermont Studio Center artists residency fellowship
2001 Bravo Arts Journal: Spotlight - Art and Music of Maggie Nowinski cover story