MARILENE PHIPPS

Painter

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS

  • Collector’s Vision International Art Award; 2021
  • NAACP Award of Excellence for outstanding commitment in advancing the culture and causes for
    communities of color; May 2018.
  • Guggenheim Fellowship; 1995
  • Bunting Institute—Radcliffe College and Harvard University;
    Visual Arts Fellow; 1992-93
  • Harvard University; Center for the Studies of World Religions; Resident Senior
    Fellow; 1999-2000
  • Harvard University; W.E.B. Du Bois Institute; Resident Fellow; 1999-2000
  • New England Foundation for the Arts; Visual Arts Grant; 1996

SELECTED MUSEUM SHOWS

  • NCAAA: Boston 2009
  • Museum of the National Pantheon: Haiti 2000
  • Sarajevo Art Gallery: Bosnia-Herzegovina; 1997
  • Belfast Museum of Art; Ireland; 1997
  • Londonderry Art Gallery; Ireland; 1997
  • Fuller Museum of Art; Eighth Triennial; Brockton, MA; 1996
  • Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Israel; 1996
  • Jerusalem Art Gallery; Israel; 1996
  • Gaza Museum of Art; Jordan; 1996
  • The Cairo Museum of Modern Art; Egypt; 1996
  • Amman Museum of Art; Jordan; 1996
  • University of Florida Art Museum; Gainesville, FLA; 1996
  • Johannesburg Art Gallery; South Africa; 1995
  • Mexicarte Museum; Austin, Texas; 1992
  • St. Pierre Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1992
  • Mattatuck Museum; Waterbury, CT; 1991
  • The Discovery Museum; Bridgeport, CT; 1991 **Winner of prize for best painting
  • The Discovery Museum; Bridgeport, CT; 1990
  • Mattatuck Museum; Waterbury, CT; 1990
  • Mupanah Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1990
  • I.C.A. gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1989

SELECTED ONE-WOMAN SHOWS

  • Northeastern University; Gallery 360; Boston, MA; 2017
  • Edward Curtis Gallery, Minneapolis club; Minneapolis, MN; 2017
  • Art Institute of Boston (AIB), Porter Exchange; Cambridge, MA; 2006
  • Emerson College; Boston, MA; 2001
  • Kane art gallery; Concord, MA; 2001
  • St. Michael’s College Art Gallery; Burlington, VT; 2000
  • University of Wisconsin; Allen Priebe Gallery; Oshkosh, WI; 1999
  • University of Ohio; Bowling Green, OH; 1999
  • Harvard University: Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; MA 1998
  • Barbara Singer Fine Arts; Cambridge, MA; 1995
  • Barney Wyckoff Gallery; Aspen, CO; 1994
  • College of the Atlantic; Bar Harbor, ME; 1994
  • Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College; Rothschild Gallery; Cambridge, MA; 1993
  • Gallery Sixty-Eight; Belfast, ME; 1993
  • Barney Wyckoff Gallery; Aspen, CO; 1992
  • CAW Sponsored Show; New Haven, CT; 1992
  • Joanne Lyon Gallery Inc.; Aspen, CO; 1991
  • Erector Square Studio; New Haven, CT; 1991
  • Musée du Pantheon National Haitien; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1990

SELECTED GALLERY SHOWS

  • Amsterdam-Whitney Gallery; NY; 2017
  • Agora Gallery; New York; NY; 2016
  • Hammonds House Gallery; Atlanta, GA; 2004
  • Porter-Troupe gallery; San Diego, CA; 2001
  • Boston Center for the Arts; “Voices of the Caribbean”; MA; 2001
  • University of New Hampshire, Paul Creative Arts Center; Durham, NH; 2000
  • SSAC; Cohaset, MA; 1999
  • Kenkeleba Gallery; New York, NY; 1999
  • Grande Arche de la Defense; Paris, France; 1998
  • Médiathèque; Nantes, France; 1998
  • Musée Océanographique; Monaco; 1998
  • Aideckman Art Center, Slater Concourse Gallery; Tufts University; MA; 1998
  • Art and Culture Center of Hollywood; FLA; 1995
  • South Florida Art Center; Miami Beach, FLA; 1995
  • Pan American Gallery; Dallas, TX; 1995
  • Boston Center for the Arts; MA; Feb. 1994
  • Boston Center for the Arts; MA; Nov. 1993
  • HostosCommunity College; Brooklyn, NY; Oct./Dec. 1993
  • Rothschild Gallery, Bunting Institute; Cambridge, MA; 1992
  • Galerie Malraux; Los Angeles, CA; 1991
  • Los Angeles Art Fair; CA; 1991
  • Barney Wyckoff Gallery; Aspen, CO; 1991
  • Joanne Lyon Gallery Inc.; Aspen, CO; 1990
  • Arthur Ross Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1990
  • Galerie Malraux; Los Angeles, CA; 1990
  • City Arts Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1989
  • University of Pennsylvania Faculty Club; Philadelphia, PA; 1988
  • Meyerson Fine Arts Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1988
  • Taller Galeria Fort; 8th Mini-print; Cadaques, Spain; 1988
  • San Diego State University Masters Gallery; American Miniature Printmaking; 1988
  • Erector Square Gallery; New Haven, CT; 1988
  • Arthur Ross Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1987
  • Taller Galeria Fort; 7th Mini-Print; Cadaques, Spain; 1987
  • International Monetary Fund; Washington DC; 1985
  • Grand Hotel; Centenaire du Café de la Paix; Paris, France; 1985

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • Museu de Arte Moderna; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Museum of the NCAAA Inc.; Boston, MA
  • Farnsworth Museum; Rockport, ME
  • Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA
  • U.S. Department of State: Art in Embassies
  • W.E.B Du Bois Institute; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA
  • Mupanah Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • Musee d’Art Haitien du College St. Pierre; Port-au-Prince, Haiti

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

  • Miami Book Fair; Miami FLA; 2018
  • Schubert Club; Saint Paul MN; 2016
  • Winona State University, MN; Sept 21st 2015
  • First Parish, Concord, MA; May 21st 2014
  • Watertown Public Library; MA; May 12th 2012
  • U. of Mass, Lowell, MA; March 10th 2012
  • U. of Michigan; lecture, “Haiti’s Legacy; Tragedy and Beauty”; Ann Arbor; Feb. 2012
  • PEN New England; conversation with Christopher Lydon; Cambridge, MA; Feb 2012
  • Cambridge Center for Adult Education; Keynote address Writers Conference; Oct 2011
  • Mass Poetry Festival; Salem, MA; May 2011
  • Mass Bay College; Wellesley, MA; April 13th 2011
  • Brookline Public Library, MA; April 5th 2011
  • Cambridge Public Library, MA; April 3rd 2011
  • University of Missouri, Columbia; Feb. 2011
  • Harvard University; Longfellow Hall; “Poets for Haiti”; Cambridge, MA; Feb. 2010
  • Jack Kerouac Festival; Lowell, MA; Oct. 2010
  • Harvard Coop bookstore; Cambridge, MA; Oct. 2010
  • Wellesley Booksmith; Wellesley, MA; Oct. 2010
  • Porter Square Books; Cambridge, MA; Dec. 2010
  • Barnes and Noble; Burlington, MA; Nov. 2010
  • Christ Church; Cambridge, MA; Feb. 2010
  • Massachusetts Poetry Festival; Lowell, MA; Oct.  2009
  • Fireside Poetry Reading Series; Cambridge, M; Oct. 2009
  • Central Square Theater; Poet Populist reading; Cambridge, MA; April 2009
  • Porter Square Bookstore; Cambridge Open Studios; Cambridge, MA; April 2009
  • Cambridge Arts Council; Cambridge, MA; Sept. 2009
  • Somerville Arts Council; Arts Union; Sept. 2009
    – Sala; San Miguel Allende; Mexico; July 2006
  • TMCC; Reno, Nevada; March 2006
  • Borders Bookstore; Boston, MA; May 2006
    – International Festival of Literature; Berlin, Germany; Sept. 2004
  • N.Y.U.; New York, NY; March 2004
  • Montgomery College; Rockville, MD; March 2003
  • Montgomery College; Rockville, MD; Nov. 2002
  • Montgomery College; Germantown, MD; Nov.  2002
  • M.I.T.; Cambridge, MA; April 2002
  • National Museum of Women in the Arts; Washington DC; April 2002
  • Brooklyn Public Library; New York, NY; March 2001
  • Emerson College; Boston, MA; 2001
  • St. Michael’s College; H.S.A.; Burlington, VT; 2001
    – Detroit Institute of Art; Detroit, MI. Jan 2000
  • University of Southern Illinois; ILL; April 2000
  • St Michael’s College; Burlington, VT; March 2000
  • Harvard University; Center for the Study of World Religions; MA; May 2000
  • University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI; Jan 2000
  • Harvard University; W.E.B. Du Bois Institute; Cambridge, MA; 2000
  • Harvard University; Center for the Study of World Religions; MA; March 2000
  • University of New Hampshire; Durham, NH; 2000
  • Brooklyn College; New York, NY; 2000
  • University of New Hampshire; Dartmouth, NH; Oct 1999
  • University of Ohio; Bowling Green, OH; Oct. 1999
  • SSAC; Cohasset, MA; March 1999
  • University of Wisconsin; Oshkosh, WI; Feb. 1999
  • University of California; Santa Barbara, CA; Jan. 1999
  • University of Ohio; Bowling Green, OH; March 1999
  • Center for Caribbean Arts and Culture; Detroit, MI; March 1999
  • Harvard University, Rockefeller Center For Latin American Studies; MA; Oct. 1998
  • Tufts University; Medford, MA; July 1998
  • Wellesley College; “Women and Spirituality”; Wellesley, MA; April 1998
  • Massachusetts College of Arts; Boston, MA; Nov. 1997
  • Boston Center for the Arts; Boston, MA; Oct. 1997
  • Massachusetts College of Arts; Boston, MA; Sept. 1996
  • Jamaica Plains Art Center; Boston, MA; Sept. 1996
  • “Chapter and Verse” reading series; Boston, MA; Jan. 1996
  • Firehouse Cultural Center; Boston, MA; March 1995
  • Harvard University, Bunting Institute; Cambridge, MA; Nov. 1994
  • Harvard University; Grolier Series at Adams House; Cambridge, MA; April 1994
  • Boston University; Boston, MA; May 1994
  • College of the Atlantic; Bar Harbor, ME; June 1994
    – University of Massachusetts at Boston; H.S.A.; Boston, MA; Oct. 1993
  • Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College; Cambridge, MA; 1993
  • Art Institute of Boston; Boston, MA; 1993
  • Radcliffe College; Women’s Caucus for the Arts; Bunting Ins.; Cambridge, MA; 1992

BIBLIOGRAPHY, REVIEWS, WRITTEN INTERVIEWS

  • Power of Creativity Art Book
    Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, 2022
  • Kirkus Reviews; 2020
  • Jamaica Observer. Bookend;May 10, 2020
    www.jamaicaobserver.com twitter.com/jamaicaobserver THE SUNDAY OBSERVER
    May 10, 2020 P 51
  • World Literature Today; Interview with Renee Shea; March 2019
    https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/interviews/suffering-memory-unseen-worlds-marilene-phipps-  renee-h-shea?fbclid=IwAR3SdCP9agleahxBVV1mT8ivnVURMI9KGdDrKN1sBJIHFNE9qEvz3wtK-5w
    “Suffering Memory”: The Unseen Worlds of Marilène Phipps
  • Interview with Segullah. January 2019
    https://segullah.org/blog/unseen-worlds-interview-with-marilene-phipps-kettlewell/
  • Penn Gazette; PA; November 2018
    – Boston Globe, Sunday issue; review for Unseen Worlds: Adventures at the Crossroads of Vodou Spirits 
      and Latter-day Saints by Nina MacLaughlin;July 22nd 2018
  • Lowdown; Twin Cities Area; MN; July 2018
  • Lowdown; Twin-Cities Area; MN; March 2016
  • Journal of Haitian Studies; review for The Company of Heaven; volume 17:2; 2012
  • How the Sun Illuminates Under cover of Darkness; Arts and Religion of Haiti; LeGrace
    Benson; Ian Randle Publishers; Kingston Jamaica; 2011-12
  • Kirkus Review; Starred review; Sept. 2010
  • Publishers Weekly; review for The Company of Heaven: Stories from Haiti; Sept. 2010
  • Boston Globe Books, Sunday issue; interview; Sept. 2010
  • Poets and Writers; review for The Company of Heaven; Winter 2010
  • Pleiades; Vol 22#2; review by Jerry Harp; 2002
  • Women in the Arts; review essay by Renee Shea; Spring 2002
  • Journal of Haitian Studies, vol. 7 #2; review by Florence Bellande-Robertson; 2001
  • Porter Gulch Literary Review; review by Janet Thalen; Summer 2001
  • Bay State Banner; Boston; April 26th 2001
  • The Haitian Times; NY; March-April 2001
  • Ma Comè; interview by Renee Shea; 2001
  • Women writers of Haitian Descent, Vol 1 Issue 3; 2001
    – Haitian Painters; Editions Cercle d’Art; edited by Gerald Alexis; France; 2000
  • Amazon.com; review of Crossroad and Unholy Water by Denise Duhamel; July 2000
  • www.webdelsol.com; review by Donna Johnson; June 2000
  • http://windowson haiti.com; review by Carol Coates; July 2000
  • corbett@netcom; review by Carol Coates; June 2000
  • David Rockerfeller Center for Latin Amer. Studies Newsletter, by E. Travieso; 2000
  • The NashusTelegraph; NH; Jan 16th, 2000
  • Portsmouth Herald; NH; Jan. 23rd, 2000
  • The New Hampshire; NH; Jan.28th, 2000
  • Spotlight; NH; Jan. 20th, 2000
  • The Blade; Toledo, OH; Oct. 15th 1999
  • Boston Globe; MA; Nov. 5th 1998
  • Art Nexus; Jan. 1996
  • Miami Herald; FLA; Sept. 3rd, 1995
    – International Quarterly, Vol. 1, #4; Faces of the Americas
  • Miami Herald; FLA; July 7th 1995
  • New Times; Miami, FLA; July 7th 1995
  • Miami Herald; FLA; June 12th 1995
  • The Boston Herald; MA; March 10th 1995
  • International Quarterly; Face of the Americas; Fall 1994
  • Aspen Times; CO; Aug. 13th and 14th 1994
  • Aspen Magazine; CO; Midsummer 1994
  • The Aspen Catalogue; Summer 1994
  • Maine Time; June 24th 1994
  • Bangor Daily News; ME;June 16th 1994
  • The Bar Harbor Times; ME; June 9th 1994
  • Boston Globe; MA; Aug. 15th 1993
  • Art New England; Aug. 1993
  • SIF Newsletter; Boston, MA; Fall 1993
  • Aspen Magazine; CO; Summer 1993
  • The Republican Journal; Belfast, ME; July 15th 1993
  • The Camden Herald; Camden, ME; June 24th 1993
  • The Courier Gazette; Rockland, ME; June 24th 1993
  • Maine Sunday Telegram; ME; June 27th 1993
  • Boston Phoenix; Boston; May 1993
  • Boston Globe; Boston; May 1993
  • Aspen Magazine; CO; Midsummer 1993
  • Encyclopaedia de Arte Latino Americano Del Ciglo XX; Spain 1992
  • Aspen Magazine; CO; Midsummer 1992
  • The Aspen Times; CO; July 1992
  • Cultura; Haiti 1992
  • The Austin Chronicle; TX; Nov. 20th 1992
  • Time Out; Austin; TX; Oct. 17th 1992
  • Fine Arts; Austin, TX; Oct. 1992
  • The Aspen Times; CO; July 1991
  • Aspen Daily News; CO; July 1991
  • Gallery News; Joanne Lyon gallery; Aspen, CO; July 1991
  • The Aspen Catalogue; CO; Summer 1991
  • Modern Haitian Masters; Gallery Malraux; Los Angeles, CA; 1990
  • The Aspen Times; CO; July 1990
  • Gallery News; Joanne Lyon Gallery; Aspen, CO; July 1990
  • 8th International Mini-Print; catalog; Cadaques, Spain; 1998
  • 7th International Mini-Print; catalog. Cadaques, Spain, 1987
  • Haitian Art: The Legend and Legacy of the Naive Tradition; L.G. Hoffman; 1985
  • About Voodoo; Musee du Pantheon National Haitien; catalog; 1984
  • When Painters Draw; Musée d’Art Haitien; catalog; 1984
  • Le Nouvelliste,;Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Jan. 1984
  • Le Nouvelliste; Port-au-Prince; Dec. 1983
  • News of Haiti, Vol 14, No 146; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1983
  • Le nouvelliste; “Marilene Phipps on l’Apprentissage de la Maturite”; Haiti; Jan. 1982
  • Le Nouvelliste; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Oct. 20th 1982
  • Le Nouvelliste; “Marilene Phipps, Peintre au Talent Vrai”; Haiti; Dec 1981
  • Le Nouvelliste; “Marilene Phipps vue par Roger Gaillard”; Haiti, Dec 1981

TELEVISION and RADIO INTERVIEWS

  • KFAI; Radio interview on “Right On Audio”; July 31st 2018
  • KFAI; Radio interview; May 2018
  • The Smoki and Dick Show; Literati Art Scene; World Wide Channels # 23, 10, 8, 36,
    and 3; Feb, Oct. 2010
  • WGBH; Radio Open Source; interview with Chris Lydon, “Whose Words These Are”
    (23); Radio Open source>Blog Archive>Whose Words These Are 23; March 17th 2010
  • WBUR/NPR; “Here and Now” with Robin Young; March 2010
  • The Smoki and Dick Show; Literati Art Scene; World Wide Channels; 2006
  • WGBH; Channel 4; Boston Arts; interview by John Baynard; Nov. 1999
  • BNN; Channel 3; “Boston Live”; interview by J.C. Valmé; Dec. 1999
  • Tele-Haiti; “Emission Echo”; interview by Vario; Haiti; Dec. 1994
  • Tele-Haiti; interview by Gerald Alexis at the Mupanah; Haiti; 1985
  • Tele-Haiti; interview by Paul-Claude Gardere; Haiti; 1982
  • Tele-Haiti; interview by Gerald Alexis; Haiti; 1981

EDUCATION

  • MFA; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
  • Bachelor of Arts Studies; University of California; Berkeley, CA