Liz Chalfin
www.lizchalfin.com
Gallery Representation
Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
Zea Mays Printmaking Flat File, Florence, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Views from the Anthropocene, Art Site 25 Gallery, Fukui, Japan
2022 Iterations: 2021-22, Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT (September 2022)
2016 Implied Narratives, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME2014 Jewish Community Center, Amherst, MA
2012 Hosmer Gallery, Forbres Library, Northampton, MA
2010 Dream Away Lodge, Becket , MA
2009 Geissler Gallery, Stonleigh Burnham School, Greenfield, MA
2008 Wunderarts, Amherst, MA
2007 Susan Maasch Fine Arts, Portland, ME
2005 Charles Dana Danforth Art Gallery, University of Maine, Augusta
2003 Wisteriahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
2002 Grubbs Gallery, Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
2001 Nada Mason Gallery, Northfield Mount Hermon, Northfield, MA
2000 A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
1998 Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst
1998 Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
1995 Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions (2011-)
2025
127th Annual Midwest Art Exhibition. Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindborg, Kansas
2024
Decade, Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
A Sense of Place, A.P.E. Hawley St, Northampton, MA
Society of American Graphic Artists 89th Annual Members Exhibition, Art Center at Governor's Island, NY
Mini-Gems, SAGA Gallery, NY
2023
Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
SAGA 88th Annual Members Exhibition, Old Print Shop, NYC, NY
Mini-Gems, SAGA Gallery, NYC, NY
Prints!, FiveSparks, Harvard, MA
Art and Poetic Text, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
Essential Worker: A Visual Narrative, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
About Printmaking, Curated by the Sea Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2022
LOCAL to GLOBAL: Zygote Press Artists in Residence, Mid-American Print Council Conference. Atrium Gallery, University of Akron, Ohio
Met Store Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Society of American Graphic Artists Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, New York
Another World Is Possible, Zea Mays Printmaking Biennial, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
LAPS 22nd National Print Exhibition, Mixografia, Los Angeles, CA
Good on Paper: Liz Chalfin and Noah Breuer, Samford University Gallery, Birmingham, AL
patchWork, Project B Gallery, Framingham, MA
Creative Edge, Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
2021
Awagami Miniprint Exhibition, The Hall of Awa Japanese Papermaking, Tokushima, Japan (honorable mention)
Canary in the Coal Mine, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA
Rising Waters/Blazing Earth, Augusta Savage Gallery, UMASS, Amherst, MA
Fits of Passion': Visualizing Romanticism in the Contemporary, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
For Freedoms, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA
Society of American Graphic Artists 86th Annual Exhibition, Providence Art Club, RI
Connect: Small Prints Traveling Exhibition, Boston Printmakers, multiple venues through 2023
SAGA Member Exhibition, Providence Art Club, RI
2020
Green to the Extreme, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
CONEXIONES/ CONNECTIONS, Taller Experimental de Grafica de La Habana, Cuba and Brickbottom Gallery, Sommerville, MA
2020 Group Exhibition, Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
2019
2019 Boston Printmakers Biennial, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA
Editions/Artists' Book Fair, New York, NY
Moving Up, Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
Summer Group 2019, Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
Winter Group 2019, Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
Second Nature, Sanford Gallery, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
SAGA 85th Members Exhibition, Newark Public Library, NJ
2018
Hand Pulled Prints, SITE:Brooklyn, NY
Voices, Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
The Space Between 2, A.P.E., Northampton, MA
Editions/Artists' Book Fair, New York, New York
Air, Water, Earth, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
SGCI Juried Members Exhibition, Las Vegas, NVNorth American Print Biennial, Lunder Art Center, Lesley University, Boston, MA
SGCI 2018 Juried Member Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV
Process!, Concord Arts, Concord, MA
2017
Working Green: prints from Zea Mays Printmaking, Motherbrook Arts Center, Dedham, MA
Hand Pulled Prints, SITE:Brooklyn, N.Y.
Visual Arts and Poetry Biennial, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA
Editions/Artists Books Fair, The Tunnel, New York, New York
Just Under 100: New Prints 2017/Summer, International Printmaking Center of New York, NY
Society of American Graphic Artists Exhibition, The Old Print Shop, New York, NY
Marking Time: Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of The Boston Printmakers, Cotuit Center for the Arts, MA
Below The Surface, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
Stories: Past, Present, Future, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Unity of Opposites, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
Virtual to Physical: thepostdigitalprintmaker, Manhattan Graphic Arts, New York, NY
2016
Editions/Artists Books Fair, The Tunnel, New York, New York
A State of Mind, Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH
Breaking New Ground, Aberystwyth University School of Art Gallery, Wales, UK
The Unity of Opposites, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
Absence and Presence - Al Mutanabbi Starts Here, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and The Frank & Katrina Basile Gallery at the Herron School of Art and Design Art Library, Indianapolis, IN, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Shift: Environmentally Responsible Print Practice, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2015
Editions/Artists Books Fair, The Tunnel, New York, New York
Atlanta Print Biennial International, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2015 North American Print Biennial, Roberts Gallery, Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University, Boston, MA
The Future: The Los Angeles Printmaking Society International Exchange Exhibition, SG Gallery, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Look Again: ACM Collection inspires The Boston Printmakers, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury,MA
Absence and Presence - Al Mutanabbi Starts Here, Library, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2014
Print Facets, The Curator Gallery, New York, NY
Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN (juror's award)
Plate to Paper, Chase's Garage, York, ME
Original Prints, Salmon Falls Art Gallery, Shelburne Falls, MA
Printmaking/Mixed Media: Liz Chalfin and Bryan Smith, Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA
2013
Contemporary American Printmakers, San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
Solid, Liquid, Vapor: Prints from Zea Mays Printmaking, Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee, Windsor, CT
ThInk, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango, CO
Narratives, International Print Center, New York
2012
Los Angeles Society of Printmakers, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Lynn Peterfreund, Joyce Silverstone, Liz Chalfin, Sanford Gallery, Florence, MA
RE Open, Bankside Gallery, London, England
Amherst Biennial, Amherst, MA
Exploring the Print, Foster Gallery, Dedham, MA
Large Scale Prints, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Par Avion Project, Strassbourg, France and Boston, MA
Scale in Contemporary Printmaking, A.P.E., Northampton
Conscious Impressions, D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Print/Counter-Print, Rose Contemporary Gallery, Portland,ME
Bon A Tirer, The Sanford Gallery at Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
ThINK, Worcester State University Art Gallery, Worcester, MA
International Print Exhibiton, Galway City Hall, Galway, Ireland
2011
Printed Green, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
New Works in Print, Germantown Academy, Philadelphia, PA
Zea Mays Printmakers, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
Prudent Prints, School of Art Gallery and Museum, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
Lorg/Zea Mays Print Exchange, Lorg Printmakers, Galway, Ireland
2nd International Contemporary Print Exhibiton, Poly Arts Centre, Falmouth, UK
1st National Exhibition of Intaglio Prints, New York Society of Etchers, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Pioneer Women, Jasper Rand Art Museum, Westfield, MA
Six of One Half Dozen of the Other, Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA
Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
Public Collections
The Wascowmium, Barre, VT
University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass, Amherst, MA
The New York Public Library, NY
University of Michigan Library Special Collections, Ann Arbor, MI
Hampshire College Special Collections, Amherst, MA
Wheaton College Art Gallery, Norton, MA
The Art Museum at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
The Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
The Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College, Northampton, MA
The Southern Graphics Council International Archive, GA
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
California State University, Long Beach, University Student Union Permanent Art Collection
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AK
Museo Internacional de Gravura, Alijo, Portugal
San Alejandro Academy of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba
Wheaton College Permanent Collection, Norton, MA
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Selected Publications
Contemporary American Printmakers, Ashley Rooney and Stephanie Standish, Shiffer Books
Creating Abstract Art: Ideas and Inspirations for Passionate Art-Making, Dean Nimmer, North Light Books
Marvin Bileck Printmaking Project Blog, Linda Alvarez, http://mbpproject.wordpress.com/
Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking (Printmaking Handbooks), Mark Graver, A.&C.
Black, London
Image to accompany article “Endandered, Who Cares?”, New England Watershed Magazine 2005
Heroes and Villains, Jim Anderson, Printmaking Today, Vol. 13, No.3, Autumn 2004, p. 10. Cover image
Lectures, Workshops, Demos and other events (2011-)
2024
Southern Graphics Council International Conference Panel, "Chemical Safety in the Print Studio"
Lead organizer, Printmaking in Wales, Trefeglwys Print Studio, Trefeglwys, Wales, UK
Creating and Sustaining a Woman Owned Arts Business, lecture, Elms College, MA
2023
Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial Symposium, Collaborative Workspaces Panel
Podcast, Colour Like No Other, Conversation with Michael Craine (Cranfield Colours)
Collaborative Printer for Abessamad El Montissir, Smith College Museum of Art Artist in Residence
2022
Alabama Visual Arts Network Printmaking Conference, Birmingham, AL - Etching workshop and conference speaker
Printmaking with Recyclables workshop, Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
2021
Juror, Paperworkers Local "Ink Only III" exhibition, Birmingham, AL
Juror, Print Day in May
Studio Consultation, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Non-darkroom Photo Etching presentation, Zea Mays Printmaking Virtual World Tour
Etching workshop, Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MS
2020
Scuola Internazionale de Grafika, Venice, Italy, workshop instructor
2019
Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa, workshop instructor
"The Green Dream?", Printmaking Symposium, Kanazawa, Japan - lecture and demonstration
2018
"Women Leaders In Print" Panelist, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Las Vegas, NV
"Boston Area Print Studios" panelist, Boston Printmakers 70th Anniversary Symposium, Boston, MA
2017
Peregrine Press, Portland, ME, studio consultation
California Society of Printmakers, Oakland, CA, juror, annual exhibition (May), etching workshop and artist's talk
Blue Mouse Studios, Aptos, CA - etching workshop
The Art Garden, Shelburne Falls, MA "Artist as Entrepreneur" lecture
2016
Marvin Bileck Printmaking Project Visiting Artist, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Visiting Artist, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
2015
Hampshire College Library, artist talk in conjunction with Absence and Presence exhibition
Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH demonstration and studio consultation
2014
In Conversation: Contemporary Printmaking, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA
Juror and workshop teacher, 86th Annual Honolulu Printmaking Competition, Honolulu, HI
Think BIG!, demonstration, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, San Francisco, CA
2013
Creating a Printmaking Community, lecture, San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
Presentation of work at ArtSalon, Florence, MA
Etching with B.I.G., Monterey Community College and Monterey Peninsula Printmakers, Monterey, CA
Keynote Speaker, Monotype Guild of New England, Zullo Gallery, Medford, MA
2012
Growing a Sustainable Printmaking Community, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Etching with BIG, Maine College of Art and Peregrine Press, Portland, ME
BIG INK, Public Art Project, Northampton, MA
2011
Interactive Intaglio, Public Art Project, Northampton, MA
Is It Original? Panel Discussion, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Etching Demonstration, Lorg Printmakers, Galway, Ireland
Professional Experience
Founding Director and research supervisor, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA, 2000-present
Printmaking in Wales, travel program leader, 2023 & 2024
Adjunct Faculty, Lesley University, Creative Arts in Learning Graduate program, Cambridge, MA 2005-2010
Panelist, Rhode Island State Art Fellowships, 2007
Collaborative Printer, Mount Holyoke College Print Workshop with Jessica Stockholder, 2007
Collaborative Printer, Zea Mays Printmaking, 2005-present. Editions for Scott
Prior, Ben Aronson, Nicholas Hondrogen, Alison Knowles, Sandy Litchfield and others
Graduate Faculty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2003-2004
Teaching Artist, Arts in Education Center, Hadley, Massachusetts, 1999-2004
Associate Curator of Education, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton,
Massachusetts, 1997-2000
Lecturer in Art and Art Education, Whittier College. Whittier, California, 1990-1997
Artist in the Schools: pilot project with the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 1987
Teaching Artist, Los Angeles County Music Center Education Division, Los
Angeles, California, 1986-1997
Teaching Artist, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California,
1988-1993
Project Manager, Long Beach Arts Expedition, Public Corporation for the Arts Long Beach, California, 1990-1991
Associate Curator of Education, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach 1982-1988
Curatorial Projects
Canary in the Coal Mine, Hosmer Gallery, Northampton, MA 2021
Rising Water/Earth on Fire, Augusta Savage Gallery, UMASS, Amherst, MA 2021
Green to the Extreme, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA, 2020The Space Between Two, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA, 2028
Traces portfolio, 2016
The Unity of Opposites, A.P.E. Gallerly, Northampton, MA and Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME 2016-2017
Systems, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA, 2014
Solid, Liquid, Vapor: Prints from Zea Mays Printmaking, Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chafee, Windsor, CT, exhibition 2013
Zea Mays in Havana, San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, Cuba, exhibition, 2013
Scale in Contemporary Printmaking, A.P.E. Northampton, MA, exhibition, 2012
Half a World Away, Wharepuke Print Studio, New Zealand, Aberyswyth University, Wales and A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA, exhibition, 2010
Ten, portfolio, 2010
Nature of Things, portfolio, 2004
Awards, Grants and Residencies
Presentation Print Artist, Rochester Print Club, 2024
Scuola Internazionale de Grafica, Venice, Italy, February 2020
B.J. Goodwin Grant, Northampton Arts Council, 2019
Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 2019
Mass MoCA Assets for Artsits Residency, January 2018
Vermont Studio Center Residency, January 2016
Community Service in the Arts Award, Northampton Arts Council, 2013 Marvin Bileck Printmaking Project Visiting Artist Residency, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 2012 and 2016
Etching Residency, Trefegwlys Print Studio, Trefegwyls, Wales, UK, 2011
Artist Residency, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT, 2008
Northampton Education Foundation Grant, 2002
Massachusetts Cultural Council Arts Lottery Grant, 2002
Massachusetts Cultural Council Arts Lottery Grant, 2000
Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant, 2000
Artistic Development Grant, Music Center Education Division, Los Angeles, CA, 1989
Education
M.F.A. California State University, Long Beach, 1985
B.A. California State University, Fullerton, 1981
Memberships
Society of American Graphic Artists
Southern Graphics Council International
American Print Alliance
Boston Printmakers
California Society of Printmakers (Honorary Lifetime Membership)
Zea Mays Printmaking