Margie Florini

Margie Florini
oil paintings & cut-paper collage

Solo Exhibits:

2002 Cut-paper: Images From Life, The John Joseph Moakley United States Court House, Boston, Massachusetts
2002 Cut-paper: Images From Life, The Pingree School, South Hamilton, Massachusetts
2001 Homescapes: Oil and Cut-paper, The Hamilton Club, Wenham, Massachusetts
2001 Cut-paper: Images From Life, Borders Books and Music, Peabody, Massachusetts
1999 A New England Portrait: Oil Paintings, The Acton Memorial Public Library, Acton, Massachusetts
1999 "Since my mother died…" an exhibit of oil paintings, The Will Barnet Gallery, The Beverly Public Library, Beverly, Massachusetts
1996 Summer Colors, an exhibit of oil paintings, The Wenham Public Library, Wenham, Massachusetts
1993 Exteriors, an exhibit of oil paintings, The Topsfield Library Gallery, Topsfield, Massachusetts

Selected Group Exhibits & Awards:

2004 Works on Paper, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Juried by Andrew Witkin, Director of The Barbara Krakow Gallery - Juror's Choice Award
2003 Designer Show House at "Harborwatch", Norton's Point, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
2002 New England Summer, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Juried by Kathryn Schultz, Director of the Cambridge Art Association
2002 Rites of Spring, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Juried by Lori Berenberg, The Berenberg Gallery
2001 Springfield Art League Northeast Expo, American International College, Springfield, Massachusetts
2000 Designer Show House at "Seacliff", Coolidge Point, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
1996 ArtsNorth Exhibit, The Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, Massachusetts
1995 Pleiades (Arts Around Boston Magazine), Boston, Massachusetts, Juried by Barbara Rizza-Mellon, Summer Cover Award
1995 El Dorado Gallery International Exhibit, El Dorado Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1994 El Dorado Gallery International Exhibit, El Dorado Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado

1991 - 2004 The Guild of Beverly Artists, Beverly, Massachusetts, numerous awards received including First Place Award and Popular Vote in Oils & Acrylics (2002), First Place Award in Mixed Media (2000), and First Place Award in Oils & Acrylics (1993)

1991 - 2002 The Topsfield Fair-Professional Arts Division, Topsfield, Massachusetts, numerous awards received including The Presidential Award in Oils (2002), First Place Award in Graphics (2000), and First Place Award in Mixed Media (1994)

Published Art:

2002 The Larcom Review, Spring/Summer 2002 Volume Four - Issue One, Ann Perrott, Publisher, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts
2000 The Larcom Review, Spring/Summer 2000 Volume Two - Issue One, Ann Perrott, Publisher, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts
1999 The Larcom Review, Fall/Winter 1999 Volume One - Issue Two, Ann Perrott, Publisher, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts
1995 Pleiades (Arts Around Boston Magazine), Boston, Massachusetts, Juried by Barbara Rizza-Mellon, Summer Cover Award

Collections:

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, Corporate Collection Private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Japan

Current Professional Art Memberships:
  • Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2001
  • North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts, since 1993
  • The Guild of Beverly Artists, Beverly, Massachusetts, since 1990 and served as Secretary (1993 - 1995) and Vice President (1999 - 2001) on the Board of Directors
Charity Events:

2002 - 2004 S.A.F.E. Studio, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts
2002 - 2004 Friends of The Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Massachusetts
2000 - 2001 North Shore AIDS Project, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts
1993 Celebration Sail - Victory Over Cancer, Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Education:

Professional critiques in oil painting with John Terelak (2003, 2004)
Professional critiques in oil painting with David Curtis (2003)
Oil Painting - Natalie Bacheller (1995 - 2000)
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
Realist Painting Methods - Harry Bartnick (1994)
The Business of Art - Maryanne Wenniger (1992)
Life Drawing - George Gabin (1991, 1992)
Painting & Color Theory - Kathy Speranza (1991, 1992)
Graphic Design - Priscilla Serafin, Gabriella Keller (1990 - 1992)
Drawing I - Barbara Moody (1990, 1991)
2-D Design - Rose Olson (1990, 1991)
Pen & Ink Methods - Ralph Scott (1990)
University of Lowell, Bachelor in Music Education, Lowell, Massachusetts (1978)
Art History (1977)
Sculpture & 3-D Design (1977)
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Oil Painting (1977)


Margie Florini
27 Linden Avenue
Beverly, MA 01915
978.927.4897
Florini@comcast.net
Beach Street Studios
33 Beach Street
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944
978.526.4833
www.beachstreetstudios.com




  Margie Florini
Action Paintings
Landscapes & New England Cottages
Cut-paper collages
Cut-paper Prints
Giclees museum quality reproductions
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