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EDUCATION

2007 BFA Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

Painting with Honors, Art History Concentration

European Honors Program, Rome, Italy

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2009- Present  Curator for Motiv, Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

growth|patterns at 58 South Park, San Francisco, CA, August-November

2009

habitual: Works by Maureen Halligan, Coffeetopia, Santa Cruz, CA, November + December

growth/patterns + more by Maureen Halligan Pacific Trading Company, Santa Cruz, CA, September

growth/patterns : New Works by Maureen Halligan Mill Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, August

2007

Talk About the Weather Cafe Infusion, San Francisco, CA, May


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 

2010

growth|patterns at Bonny Doon Winery Tasting Room, Santa Cruz, CA, July-August
Inspired Art Project, Group Show/Curator, Remedy Coffee, Oakland, CA, June
Open Studio at Le Saloon for the Tannery's Grand Opening Anniversary, Santa Cruz, CA, June
Last Roundup at the Dead Cow Tannery Group show of work completed at the Tannery, the Dead Cow Gallery,  Santa Cruz, CA, May
BIG PAINTINGS by M. Halligan and R. Sumser, Copious Winery, Santa Cruz, CA, March through August
RISD Painters, Coffeetopia, Capitola, CA, March
Elephant Self-Portraits, the Mill Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, Presented by the Santa Cruz Arts Movement, Santa Cruz, CA, March

Fun-A-Day Project,  the Dead Cow Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, February

2009

One Dollar Burger Warz, (co-curator) the Mill Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, December

New Index Paintings: Works by Lisa Rock, Maureen Halligan, and Samuel Carr-Prindle, Motiv, (curator) Santa Cruz, CA, November

Open Studios Tour Santa Cruz, Artist #50, The Tannery, Santa Cruz, CA, October

Home, Cairo Gallery, Seattle, WA, October

Top Sirloin Dead Cow Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, May

Inspired Art Project, Fillmore Community Center, San Francisco, CA,  April

Assemblage+Collage+Construction Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA, January-April

2008

RISD's One Night Stand Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June

2007

Nostra Mostra Senior Exhibition Ewing House, Providence, RI, June

Nostra Mostra European Honors Program, Piazza Cenci, Rome, Italy, May

2006

Sketchbooks Piazza Cenci, Rome, Italy, December

Alumni Weekend featuring Junior Painting Woods Gerry, Providence, Rhode Island, September

Junior Painting Show Brown Hillel, Providence, Rhode Island, April

2005

Open Brown Hillel, Providence, RI

Best + Worst CarrHause, Providence, RI

2003

Post 9-11 Core Art Space, Denver, CO

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

Featured Artist for LocalRub.com, October 2009

http://www.therhappy.com/featured-artist.html

Featured Artist for First Friday August 2009:

http://www.scica.org/ffbrochure.pdf

Santa Cruz Metro, by Jaime Nabrynski

http://news.santacruz.com/2009/06/02/the_tannery_puts_on_a_party

02 June, 2009

KUSP 88.9FM Art Studio with Kirby Scudder

http://www.kusp.org/shows/astudio.html

Originally aired 02 June, 2009

Wag's Revue

www.wagsrevue.com

Spring 2009

Metro Santa Cruz,

Assemblage + Collage + Construction

04 February, 2009