Biography
Lynette Haggard is a Boston-based artist with a BFA from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is a 2023 recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant, and a 2018 Fellow of the VCCA (Virginia Center for the Creative Arts).
Haggard creates paintings, works on paper, sculpture and assemblage. She investigates abstraction without the need for a narrative or specific reference. Haggard’s work has been collected internationally and exhibited widely in museums in the US, including The Attleboro Museum, The Art Complex Museum, Bristol Art Museum, Danforth Museum, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Provincetown Art Museum, The Saco Museum, as well as in over 80 gallery exhibitions nation wide.
Recent exhibitions include Women in Abstraction, New Art Center (MA), Luminous Elsewheres, at Westbeth Gallery, (NYC), A Survey of 10 Regional Painters: Extravagant Chemistry, Anatomies of Painting, at the Bristol (RI) Art Museum, In Praise of Form at the Piano Craft Gallery (Boston), and Panorama, a three-person show at 13FOREST Gallery.
Her work is included in collections of The New Britain Museum of American Art, Emerson Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Pearson Educational Publishing, and R&F Handmade Paints.
Haggard’s work has been reviewed in Art New England, The Boston Globe, Providence Journal and the Nashua Telegraph. Her work has been featured in books 40 Contemporary Artists by Tim Phelan, 100 Artists of New England by E. Ashley Rooney, and online at Boston Voyager, Joanne Mattera Art Blog: 60 Women Artists Over 60, and Geoform.net.
C.V.
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BFA Painting, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
Artists for the Environment Program in the Delaware Water Gap
Massachusetts College of Art
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2023 Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural Recovery Grant Award recipient
2020 Plants of the Southwest, Self-Made 60-day COVID Residency, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Residency Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2016 Curated into Geoform.net, online global scholarly resource and curatorial project
2009 Juror’s Choice Award, The Copley Society, Boston
2003 First Prize, Mixed Media, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA
2001 Best in Show, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA
2000 Honorable Mention, Artspace Arts Center, Greenfield, MA
1998 Honorable Mention, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA
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2015 Frames of Reference, The Gallery at R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY
2013 Lyrical Geometry, Spaulding Aldrich Heritage Gallery, Northbridge, MA
2011 Lynette Haggard: Recent Work, Vault Gallery at Panache, Framingham, MA
2004 Lynette Haggard: Featured Artist, Nashoba Winery, Bolton, MA
2003 Lynette Haggard: Recent Work, Loring-Coleman Gallery, Concord, MA
2002 Landscapes Imagined, American Express Financial Office, Southborough, MA
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2020, Panorama, (three-person show) with Paul Beckingham and Bonita LeFlore, at 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA
2009 Physical Geometry, ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, MA, with Nancy Natale
2004 New England Landscape, (three-person exhibit), Sharon Arts Center Gallery, Peterborough, NH
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2023
New Language: Contemporary Abstraction, juried by Daniela Rivera, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MABlue, juried by Abigail Ogilvy, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Luminous Elsewheres, curated by Deborah Barlow, Alison Cuomo and Karen Fitzgerald, Westbeth Gallery, New York City
Summer Invitational Group Show, Alpers Gallery, Rockport, MA
2022
Extravagant Chemistry, Anatomies of Painting — A Survey of Ten Regional Painters at the Bristol RI Art Museum, Curator: Mary DonderoPlenty, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA
National Prize Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, juried by Barbara O’Brien
In Praise of Form, curated by Deborah Barlow, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
2021
Women in Abstraction, curated by Destiny S. Palmer, New Art Center, Newton, MAPlenty, 13FOREST Gallery, Arlington, MA
2019
The Drawing Show, at Site Brooklyn Gallery, juried by Olga Valle TetkowskiThe Roddy Show, juried by Josephine Halvorson, at Concord Art, Concord, MA
Collage: Hot & Ready at The Yard, curated by David Guerra, A R E A Gallery Boston
2018
Forms of Expression: Geometric Abstraction in Boston Today, at The Yard, curated by David Guerra, A R E A Gallery, Boston, MADrawing Project: Paper Chassis, Hallspace Gallery Boston, MA
Juxtapositions, The Painting Center, NYC
Organic to Geometric, curated by Carol Pelletier, Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
The Exquisite Palette, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2016
Popup Group Show, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA2015
Art Basel Miami, Projects Gallery, MiamiCasting Shadows, curated by Deborah Winiarski, Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Minimal/Maximal, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA, curated by Michael Carroll
2013
The Elephant in the Room, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MAEncaustic Conference Presenters Exhibition, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Wax is Hot, Amy Simon Gallery, Westport, CT
2012
Pollination, Art Current Gallery, Provincetown, MA, curated by Gregory WrightEncaustic Conference Presenters Exhibition, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Collective II, Galatea Fine Arts Gallery, Boston, curated by Joanne Mattera
Wax in Motion, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA, curated by Kim Bernard
Beeline, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown MA, curated by Francine D’Olympio
2011
Present Company, Fountain Street Fine Art, Framingham, MAUnchained, Wingate Gallery, Wenham, MA curated by George Wingate and Deborah Barlow
Pollination, Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA, curated by Gregory Wright
New England Collective II, Galatea Fine Arts Gallery, Boston, curated by Joanne Mattera
Sixth Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
Unscripted, Fountain Street Fine Arts, Framingham, MA, curated by Katherine French
The Sketchbook Project: Brooklyn Art Library, NY. A touring show visiting across the USA
2010
Holiday Small Works, Summer Small Works, and Nocturne, The Copley Society, BostonBLUE, Schulz Gallery, Cambridge MA, curated by Amy Ford and Susan P. Vostros
Small Works Invitational, Hourglass Gallery, Melrose, MA
Wish You Were Here, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Best Foot Forward, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
A Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Summer Invitational, Hanback Gallery, Millerton, NY
2009
Ancient Medium, New Terrain, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, curated by Craig BloodgoodSpice, Passages, and New Members Show, The Copley Society, Boston
Heat Stroke, The Saco Museum of Art, Saco, ME, curated by Katherine French
A Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2008
Summer Invitational Show, Hanback Gallery, Lenox, MAIn Flat Fields, Irvine Gallery, Kennebunk, Maine, curated by Shawn Hill
Collaboration in Wax, Diptych Collaborative Project, shown at these venues:
• Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson • Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA • Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, OR • Whitney Artworks, Portland, ME
Six in Wax, Nashawannuck Gallery, Northampton, MA, curated by Nancy Natale
2007
Red, Kathryn Schulz Gallery, Cambridge, MAPer Square Foot, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
Biennial Contemporary Regional Art, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
8th Annual Roddy Exhibition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
The Roddy Show at Logan International Airport, Boston
Summer Invitational Show, Hanback Gallery, Lenox, MA
Encaustic II, Galletly Gallery, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH
Encaustic I, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA
2006
A Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA2005
Wish You Were Here, AIR Gallery, NYCMembers Juried Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2003
Members Juried Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA6th Annual Show, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA
The Art of Drawing, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Spring Monotype Show, Artana Gallery, Saxonville, MA
2002
Small Works Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA2001
4th Annual Juried Show, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MADistinguished Members Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
United Pastelists of America Show, Edward Hopper House, Upper Nyack, NY
New England Landscape, Sharon Arts Center Gallery, Peterborough, NH
Members Juried Show, The Danforth Museum: Framingham, MA
Invitational Summer Show, The Peck Gallery, Providence, RI
138th Annual Small Oils Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia
2000
3rd Annual Juried Show, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA20th Faber Birren National Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
New England Landscape, Artana Gallery, Saxonville, MA
The Great River Landscape, Artspace Arts Center, Greenfield, MA
2nd Annual Small Works Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Annual Women’s Show, Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA
1999
19th Faber Birren National Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT1st Annual Small Works Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Ten Landscape Visions, Arts Center Invitational Show, Southborough, MA
Juried Show, New England Watercolor Society, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
1st Annual Juried Show, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA
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2022 Presenter: “Navigating Artist Residencies” at the International Encaustic Conference, Hosted by Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
2021 Presentation (virtual): “Navigating Artist Residencies” at the International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2015 R&F Handmade Paints, Visiting Artist and Instructor, Kingston, NY
2010-2015 Workshop instructor at the Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
2009-2016 Presenter at the International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2011 Contributing writer: Encaustic Arts Magazine, premier issue, June 2011, Interview with Artist Howard Hersh — Total Immersion: Layers of Life and Wax, pp. 9-10
2007-2010 New England Wax, Founding Member (a regional group of artists)
2010 Visiting Artist and Presenter, Melrose Art Association
2004 Concord Art Association, Drawing instructor
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An Extravagant Exhibition of Paintings in Bristol, by Michael Rose, Go Local Providence Nov. 2022
From the Collection: Lynette Haggard, R&F Handmade Paints Blog, June 19, 2019
Boston Voyager, Art & Life with Lynette Haggard, September 10, 2018
An Aggregate of Forces: 60 Women Artists Over 60, Joanne Mattera Art Blog, 2017
40 Contemporary Artists, Tim Phelan, 2017
Lynette Haggard New Work, catalog with an essay by Deborah Barlow, 2016
The Elephant in the Room, Laconia Gallery, Art New England Review, David Raymond, August 2013
100 Artists of New England, E. Ashley Rooney, May, 2011
Lynette Haggard: Intimate Explorations, Studio 24-7 Blog, Terry Jarrard-Dimond, October, 2010
The Questionnaire: Lynette Haggard, Art in the Studio Blog, Nancy Natale, September, 2010
Ancient Art Form Waxes in Popularity, The Boston Globe, Denise Taylor, February 2009
Two Artists, Many Visions, The Daily News Tribune, Margaret Smith, February 3, 2009
The Diptych Project: Collaboration in Wax, compiled by Nancy Natale, 2009
Refuge in Art, MetroWest Daily News, Chris Bergeron, April 2003
The New England Landscape, The Nashua Telegraph, Jesse Salsbury, July 26, 2001
New England, Framed, The Monadnock Ledger, Jane Eklund, July 26, 2001
The Art Scene, The Providence Journal, Channing Gray, June 21, 2001
Interview with Lynette Haggard in the Studio, Framingham Cable, Bill Dyan, February 23, 2001
A Woman’s Perspective, The Lowell Sun, Otto Peter Erbar, March 19, 2000
Sharing Space to Be Creative, Metrowest News, Myrna Chandler Goldstein, March 19, 1999
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New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Massachusetts General Hospital, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Boston
Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA
Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY
Alternatives Unlimited, Whitinsville, MA
Parmenter Hospice, Wayland, MA
Pearson Educational Publishing, Boston, MA