MORGAN BULKELEY

Birth Date:            June 30, 1944

Education:            1966, Yale University, B.A. English Literature

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012     Howard Yezerski Gallery, "New Work", April-May, Boston, MA

2012     Berkshire Museum, "Taking Flight", Jan.-Feb, Pittsfield, MA

2009     Danforth Museum, "Morgan Bulkeley: Who's the Daddy?" Framingham MA

2006     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

2004     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

2001     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

2000     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

1999     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

1997     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

1995     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

            Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT

            Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale FL

1993     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

            Welles Gallery, Lenox MA

1991     Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston MA

1987     DeCordova Museum, “Morgan Bulkeley: Two Decades,” Lincoln MA

            Stux Gallery, Boston MA

1986     Stux Gallery, New York NY

            Stux Gallery, Boston MA

1983     Stux Gallery, Boston MA

1982     Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston MA

1981     Lopoukhine-Nayduch Gallery, Boston MA, in collaboration with the Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA

1974     Cleveland Gallery, Boston MA

1973     Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012     Danforth Museum, "Collaborations", March-April, Framingham, MA

2011     Ferrin Gallery, "The Birding Life", Oct-Dec,, 437 North St., Pittsfield, MA

2011     Geoffrey Young Gallery, "Double Vision", September, Gt. Barrington, MA

2011     Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, "Notable Henchmen", July, 205 Norman Ave. Brooklyn, NY

2010     Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington MA

2010     St. Botolph Club, "The Expressionist Figure in Boston, 1940s-2000s" - 199 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA

2009     Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington MA

2009     Ferrin Gallery, "Small Works", 437 North St. Pittsfield MA

2009     Howard Yezerski Gallery, "Unintended Consequences", Boston MA

2008     Jeff Bailey Gallery, "It's Gouache and Gouache Only", 511W. 25th St. New York NY

2008     Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington MA

2008     Ferrin Gallery, "Boston Ten, 2", Pittsfield MA

2008     Berkshire Museum, "Recent Acquisitions", 437 North St. Pittsfield MA

2007     Hudson River Museum, "I Want Candy" (catalogue), 511 Warburton Ave. Yonkers NY

2006     Lascano Gallery, "Boston Ten", 297 Main St. Gt. Barrington MA

2004     Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Tastes Like Chicken,” Great Barrington MA

            Geoffrey Young Gallery, “STREAM lines,” Great Barrington MA  

2003     Howard Yezerski Gallery, “Boston Summer,” Boston MA

            Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, “Strictly for the Birds,” Kent CT

            Geoffrey Young Gallery, “The Summer of Lust,” Great Barrington MA

2002     DeCordova Museum, “DeCordova Collects: Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection,” Lincoln MA

            Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Loss and Ardor,” Great Barrington MA

2000     Danforth Museum of Art, “Figure, Fantasy and Illusion: Selections From The Arthur Goldberg Collection,” Framingham MA

1998     Geoffrey Young Gallery, “For the Birds,” Great Barrington MA

            New Bedford Art Museum, “Vault Series: Audubon Legacy,” New Bedford MA

1997     Art Complex Museum, “Attributes of the Artists,” Duxbury MA

            New Art Center of Newton, “Lasting Impressions: Looking at the Land,” Newton MA

            Brush Art Gallery and Studio, “SELF-aMUSEd: The Contemporary Artist as Observer and Observed,” Lowell MA

            Geoffrey Young Gallery, “Genius Loci: Hail Corn,” Great Barrington MA

1996     Uta Stebich Gallery, “Group Show,” Lenox MA

1995     Carone Gallery, “Group Exhibit,” Fort Lauderdale FL

            Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Pittsfield MA

1994     Roy G. Biv Fine Art, “Artists From the Edge: East Meets West,” Palm Springs CA

            Fuller Museum of Art, “Shrines, Symbols & Cherished Objects,” Brockton MA

            Newton Arts Center, “Rooms With Views: Body, Nature, Culture, Politics,” Newton MA

1993     Howard Yezerski Gallery, “Altered Reality,” Boston MA

1992     Danforth Museum of Art, “Reality As Metaphor,” Framingham MA

            Clark Gallery, “Faces,” Lincoln MA

1988     Stux Gallery, “Summer Review,” Boston MA

1987     Fuller Museum of Art, “Triennial,” Brockton MA

            Stux Gallery, “Miniatures,” Boston MA

            Stux Gallery, “On and Off the Wall,” Boston MA

            Massachusetts College of Art, “The Tree Show,” Boston MA      

            Duxbury Art Complex, “Private Visions,” Duxbury MA

1986     Stux Gallery, “Gallery Artists,” New York NY           

            Stux Gallery, “Inaugural,” New York NY

            Stux Gallery, “Summer Review: Part I/Painting,” Boston MA

            Stux Gallery, “Summer Review: Part II/Sculpture,” Boston MA

1985     DeCordova Museum, “Recent Acquisitions 1980-1984,” Lincoln MA

            Chesterwood, “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood VI,” Stockbridge MA

            Stux Gallery, “Gallery Artists: Part II/Painting,” Boston MA

            Stux Gallery, “Gallery Artists: Part I/Sculpture,” Boston MA

1984     Chicago Art Fair, Chicago IL

            Boston College, “Four Inclined,” Installation, Newton MA

            Currier Museum, “The Figure Again,” Manchester NH

            Berkshire Museum, R.I.S.D., Boston University Gallery, “Aspects of New Narrative Art,” Pittsfield MA, Providence RI, Boston MA

            Chesterwood, “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood V,” Stockbridge MA

1983     DeCordova Museum, “Art of the State,” Lincoln MA

            Fuller Museum of Art, “Triennial,” Brockton MA

            Berkshire Museum, “The Suspended Object,” Pittsfield MA

            Tufts University Gallery, “Private Visions,” Somerville MA

1982     Museum of Fine Arts, “A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection,” Boston MA

            Van Buren/Brazelton/Cutting Gallery, “Fear and Affirmation: Artists Against Nuclear War,” Cambridge, MA

1981     DeCordova Museum, “New England Relief,” Lincoln MA

1980     DeCordova Museum, “Three Decades,” Lincoln MA

            Fuller Museum of Art, “Triennial,” Brockton MA

            Boston University Gallery, “On the Verge,” Boston MA

            Federal Reserve Bank, “Art of the State,” Boston MA

            Nesto Gallery, “Drawing from Different Points of View,” Milton MA

1978     Chesterwood, “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood,” Stockbridge MA

1976     Boston Visual Artists’ Union, “Sculpture and Drawing,” Boston MA

1975     The Berkshire Museum, “The Sculptors’ Workshop,” Pittsfield MA

1974     Boston Visual Artists’ Union, “At the Goethe Institute,” Boston MA

            Boston Visual Artists’ Union, “The Sensuous Eye,” Boston MA

            Newbury Street Galleries’ Show at City Hall, Boston MA

1973     Graphic Arts Gallery, Springfield MA

AWARDS

1983     Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Fellowship in Painting

1981     DeCordova Museum, Annual Appeal Commission

1980     MBTA Mural Commission, Newbury Street, Boston MA

            Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Fellowship in Painting

            Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Finalist in Sculpture

            Berkshire Museum, Prize in Painting

1979     Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Finalist in Sculpture

1978     Berkshire Art Association, Prize in Painting

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CATALOGUES

2000    Danforth Museum of Art, “Figure, Fantasy and Illusion: Selections From The Arthur Goldberg Collection,” Framingham MA

1999    Howard Yezerski Gallery, “Post-Shopping Wink,” Boston MA

1998    New Bedford Art Museum, “Vault Series: Audubon Legacy,” New Bedford MA

1987    DeCordova Museum, “Morgan Bulkeley: Two Decades,” Lincoln MA

           Massachusetts College of Art, “The Tree Show,” Boston MA

1985    Chesterwood, “Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood,” Stockbridge MA

1984    Berkshire Museum, “Aspects of New Narrative Art,” Pittsfield MA

           Boston College Gallery, “Observations of the History of Installation Art,” Newton MA

1983    Tufts University Gallery, “Private Lives,” Medford MA

1982    Museum of Fine Arts, “A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection,” Boston MA

1981    DeCordova Museum, “New England Relief,” Lincoln MA

1980    DeCordova Museum, “Three Decades,” Lincoln MA

           Boston University Art Gallery, “On The Verge: Nine Boston Painters,” Boston MA