Chawky Frenn
Education
1987 - 1988 Tyler School of Art-Temple Abroad, Rome, Italy. MFA, Painting
Studied with Richard Raiselis.
1986 - 1987 Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Studied with John Moore
Fall 1985 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1982 - 1985 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. BFA, Painting
Studied with George Nick and Paul Rahilly
Teaching
Fall 2000 - present: Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Spring 2000: Visiting Assistant Professor, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Fall 1999: Research and travel for traveling show "Ecce Homo"
1998 - 1999: Assistant Professor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
1997 - 1998: Visiting Assistant Professor, "Life Drawing" and "Life Painting III" Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
1995 - 1998: Visiting Asst. Professor, "2-D Design", "Drawing," "Introduction to Art," and "Color." Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
1990 - 1998: Instructor, "Introduction to Painting and Drawing." Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA
1991 - 1995: Instructor, "Introduction to Painting and Drawing" and "Pastel." Brookline Adult and Community Education Program, Brookline, MA
1995: Instructor, "Watercolor" Elderhostel Intensive. Horizons, Williamsburg, MA
1994: Visiting Artist/Lecturer, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
1992: Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
1991: Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Bradford College, Bradford, MA
Selected One Person Exhibitions
2002 "Ecce Homo" The Art Center in Hargate, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
2001 "Ecce Homo" Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2001 "Ecce Homo" Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2001 "Ecce Homo" The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
2001 "Ecce Homo" Johnson Center and Fine Arts Galleries, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2000 "Ecce Homo" (two-person show) Sarrat Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2000 "Thanatos and Eros" Passions Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1998 "Wandering" Voss Gallery, D�sseldorf, Germany
1997 "Sacra Conversazione" Olaf Clasen Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1997 "Silence" Galerie Septentrion, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
1996 "Tomb to Womb" Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
1996 "Sacra Conversazione" Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 "Art for Life's Sake" Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY
1994 "Big Works of Surprising Size and Impact" The Art Center in Hargate, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
1993 "Shared Solitude" The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1993 "Reckless Peace" Alif Gallery, Washington, DC
1992 "A Living Trail" McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
1991 "Active Meditation" Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Bradford, MA
1991 "Dolls' Heads" Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1988 "Your Tragedy is Mine" Temple Abroad Gallery, Rome, Italy
1988 "Your Tragedy is Mine" Basilica San Lorenzo Maggiore, Milan, Italy
1987 "The Quest" Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1985 "Raison d'Etre" Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Selected Museum Exhibitions and International Art Fairs
1998 Sursock Museum, XXIIe Salon d'Automne, Beirut, Lebanon
1998 Alexandria Museum of Art, 16th Annual September Competition, Alexandria, LA
1998 The Alternative Museum, New Voices/New Visions, New York, NY
1998 ArtBrussels, 16th Contemporary Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
1997 Sursock Museum, XXIe Salon d'Automne, Beirut, Lebanon
1995 Sursock Museum, XIXe Salon d'Automne, Beirut, Lebanon
1995 The Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum, 30th Annual Open Exhibition, Redlands, CA
1994 The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Hoyt National Art Show, New Castle, PA
1994 Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Staten Island Biennial, Staten Island, NY
1993 The Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum, 28th Annual Open Exhibition, Redlands, CA
1993 The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art, Winter International Competition and Exhibition, Miami, FL
1992 The Holter Museum of Art, ANA 21, Helena, MT
1991 Alexandria Museum of Art, Tenth Annual September Competition, Alexandria, LA
1991 Attleboro Museum, Juried Exhibition, Attleboro, MA
1989 Springfield Museum of Fine Arts and George Walker Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield Art League 70th Annual Exhibition, Springfield, MA
1987 State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Arts Festival, Harrisburg, PA
1987 Springville Museum of Art, National April Salon, Springville, UT
1986 Springville Museum of Art, National April Salon, Springville, UT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2001 "Contemporary Realism: A Survey of Washington Area Artists," Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
2001 "Summer Group Show: Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 "The Figure in Painting" Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 "Revealing the Nude-A Timeless Passion" Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Olaf Clasen Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1999 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Claire Oliver Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Grand Opening Exhibition, Claire Oliver Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998 "Faculty Exhibit" Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of PA, Edinboro, PA
1998 "Figure and Fantasy" Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Art Service Gallery, Paris, France
1998 "Art Faculty" Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
1997 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Art Service Gallery, Paris, France
1997 "Making a Still Life: Ten Variations" South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
1997 "The Escutcheon of Opus 71" Opus 71 Galleries, Hollis, NH
1996 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Galerie Septentrion, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France
1996 "Tension, Ideal and Expectation� The 50's" Opus 71 Galleries, Hollis, NH
1996 "Evil" Opus 71 Galleries, Hollis, NH
1996 "The Lyrical, the Expressionist and the Poetic" Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
1995 National Juried Competition, Gallery 84, New York, NY
1995 "The Soiree Group" Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
1995 "2025 A.D." Opus 71 Galleries, Hollis, NH
1995 "Frenn, Lehrer, Paine" Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 "The World According to Art" Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
1995 "A Perfect World" Opus 71 Galleries, Hollis, NH
1994 "North American Works" Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1994 "Fantastically Real" The Mills Gallery at Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1993 "An American Renaissance" The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1993 "Breaking the Mold" Koppelman Gallery of Tufts University, Medford, MA
1993 New England Juried Exhibition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
1993 "Seeing the Object: A Tribute to George Nick" Alumni Gallery of Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA
1992 Group Show by Gallery Artists, The Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 National Juried Show '92, Marcella Geltman Gallery, Arts Center of Northern New Jersey, New Milford, NJ
1991 Invitational Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
1991 Group Show by Gallery Artists, Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1991 "Whose Choice?" Arts Council of San Mateo County, Belmont, CA
1990 "ART/AIDS" Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford College, Bradford, MA
1989 "Above, Beyond and Within: The South End" Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1989 "Baart, Frenn, Grad: New Paintings; Ott: Recent Sculpture" Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
1988 "MFA Show" Temple Abroad Gallery, Rome, Italy
1986 Participated in five shows at Salmagundi Club Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Grants and Awards
1998 Blanche E. Colman Award, Mellon Trust, Boston, MA
1996 Award for Excellence, Hollis Arts Society, Hollis, NH
1995 First Prize, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
1995 Award for Excellence, Hollis Arts Society, Hollis, NH
1994 "Just Say Roe" Album cover for Sire Records Company New York, NY
1993 The Stacey Scholarship Award, The National Academy of Western Art Oklahoma City, OK
1993 The Sheldon Bergh Award USA, London, England
1990 Massachusetts Artist Fellowship in Painting Semi-finalist, Boston, MA
1982 - 1984 Gibran Khalil Gibran Foundation Grant, Boston, MA
Selected Bibliography
New York Times William Zimmer, July 8, 2001, New York, NY
New American Paintings Catalog of the 1999 New England Open Studios Competition
Boston Sunday Globe Mark Dagostino, April 6, 1997. Boston, MA
The Sunday Telegraph Dean Shalhoup, April 6, 1997. Nashua, NH
Boston Sunday Globe Mark Dagostino, April 7, 1996. Boston, MA
The Boston Globe Cate McQuaid, January, 18, 1996. Boston, MA
Art New England Susan Mulski, Oct./Nov. 1995. Boston, MA
Concord Monitor Susan DiLuzio. Oct. 13, 1994. Concord, NH
South End News Cate McQuaid. May 26, 1994, Boston, MA
Bay Windows Shawn Hill, May 12, 1994. Boston, MA
Improper Bostonian Charles Giuliano. May 11-24, 1994. Boston, MA
Boston Sunday Globe Nancy Stapen, May 23, 1993. Boston, MA
Ray Gun Jack Basher, June/July, 1993. USA/Canada
Where DC Colleen Grewing, May, 1993. Washington, DC
New American Paintings Catalog of the 1993 New England Open Studios Competition
Newport This Week John Pantalone, Oct. 29, 1992. Newport, RI
Atlanta Magazine Logan Mabe, September, 1992. Atlanta, GA
North Shore Sunday Alexander Stevens, Dec. 9, 1990. Lawrence, MA
Art New England Thomas Frick, February, 1990. Boston, MA
The Boston Globe Christine Temin, Sept. 21, 1989. Boston, MA
The Boston Globe Christine Temin, June 15, 1989. Boston, MA
Boston Herald Nancy Stapen, June 9, 1989. Boston, MA
Popoli No. 11 Giuseppe Bellucci, November, 1988. Milan, Italy
Al Nahar Tony Abu Rahl, April 29, 1988. Lebanon
Hadanat el Tufl Tony Abu Rahl. April, 1988. Lebanon
For availability and prices of any of Chawky Frenn's original paintings, please contact the Fraser Gallery.
