dougbosch@mac.com 401-699-5125
Born 1966 Lancaster, Ohio
Education and Degrees
YALE SCHOOL OF ART
MFA Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1992
SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE Fellowship, Skowhegan, ME, 1991
COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
BFA Photography, cum laude, Columbus, OH, 1989
Exhibitions
ALL THE MARVELOUS SURFACES, group show, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, Oct. 2019 - March 2020
SCIENCE FICTIONS, 2-person show, Jamestown Arts Center, May/June, 2019
INTERSECTIONS OF SCALE, 3-person show, The Chazan Gallery at Wheeler, Providence, RI Jan. - Feb. 2019
FACULTY-Artists from New England Colleges, Berkshire Art Museum, North Adams, MA, June - October, 2018
PERSONALS, group show, Skowhegan Program Space, New York, NY, April - June, 2017
FLOOR to CEILING, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, March - November, 2016
3D FACULTY EXHIBITION, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, September, 2016
ART of SCIENCE, SCIENCE of Art, curated by Nick Capasso, Worcester State University, MA, Oct. - Dec, 2015
CATENARIA, solo show, Vandernoot Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, January - March, 2014
CHIAROSCURO, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL, November - December, 2014
3D FACULTY EXHIBITION, Bannister Gallery, Providence, RI, September, 2013
3D FACULTY EXHIBITION, Bannister Gallery, Providence, RI, September, 2011
SABBATICAL EXHIBITION, 2010, Bannister Gallery, Providence, RI, February-March
ARTFUL PAPER, Decorative Arts Center, Lancaster, OH, January-April, 2010
CATENARY animating art within geometry, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI , Oct. ’09- Jan ’10
NATURAL MEDIA, David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL, June - July, 2008
ROCK/PAPER/SCISSORS, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA, September - October 2007
3D FACULTY SHOW, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, September, 2007
TRAINSCAPE, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, September 2007- January 2008
NATURED ANEW: REFLECTIONS OF THE NATURAL WORLD, List Arts Center, Brown U., Providence, RI, summer 2007
ACCUMULATION, solo show, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton MA, September 2006
THREADS OF MEMORY, curated by Margaret Mathews-Berenson, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY, Feb. - April, 2006
GREAT BUYS: MUSEUM PURCHASES, DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, October 2005-October 2006
3D FACULTY EXHIBITION, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, September, 2005
The Drawing Show, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, summer 2005
DOUG BOSCH, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA, February - March, 2005
3-D RHODE ISLAND: SELECTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE, Newport Art Museum, Nancy Whipple, curator, Newport, RI, Fall - Winter 2004
REORDERING REALITY: COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY ART, catalog, recent acquisitions featuring Doug Bosch, Ann Hamilton, Dion Johnson, Elmgreen & Dragset, Hubbard & Birchler, Rachel Harrison, Liza Sanditz, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, Spring - Summer 2004
DOUG BOSCH - SCULPTURE, solo show, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, March 2004
3D FACULTY EXHIBITION, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, September, 2003
DOUG BOSCH, solo, Judy Goldman, fine art, Boston, MA, April 2003
POLLEN TERRAINS, Photography Study Space, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, October 2002-April 2004
DISTILLATION, catalog, 2-person show, Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, fall 2002
TERRAIN, invitational show, Institute of Contemporary Art, curator-Mark Bessire, Portland, ME, Spring 2002
SIGHTINGS & STANZAS, College Gallery, White Pines College, Chester, NH, Fall 2001
NEO BAROQUE, group show, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA, April 2001
THE 2000 DECORDOVA ANNUAL, catalog, featuring ten New England artists by invitation, The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, May-September 2000
PHOTOGRAPHY NOW, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH, 2000
DRAWING AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH, Jan. 2000
MATERIAL SHAPE, solo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 1999
SKY♦MATTER♦MEMORY, catalog, 2-person show, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY, Sept. - Oct. 1999
FACULTY EXHIBITION, J. David Broudo Gallery of Art, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, December 1999
SUGARHOUSE, solo site-specific installation project, hosted & funded by Endicott College, Beverly, MA, December 1998
STILL PARTICLE, solo exhibition, J. David Broudo Gallery, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, September 1998
A SKOWHEGAN DECADE, catalog, group exhibition, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, September 1998
ART FOR LIFE, catalog, group exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, March 1998
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, December 1997
GLEAN POLYP, as part of 4 INSTALLATIONS, catalog, a themed exhibition at the Columbus College of Art & Design, Funded by the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH, 1997
FLUE-FLOW, 2-person collaborative site-specific installation, C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 1996
THE PECULIAR LINEATION OF THE SURFACE OF NACRE, 2-person site installation, Ohio University, Lancaster, OH, 1995
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, October 1994
THE PERSUASIVE ELOQUENCE OF THE ITINERANT HARDWARE MAN, 2-person collaborative site-specific installation, Lancaster Arts Festival, Lancaster, OH, Summer 1994
Bibliography
Castro, Alexander, untitled exhibition preview article, Art New England, May/June 2019 Volmer, Suzanne, “Intersection of Scale: New Perspectives at the Wheeler School, ARTSCOPE magazine, Jan/Feb. 2019 Sheehan, Nancy, “Worcester State gallery opens...,” Worcester Telegram, October, 16, 2015
Levy, Mark, “Artist really wants to know how it’s hanging in exhibit...,” Cambridge Day, February 14, 2014 Foritano, James, “Catenaria-Doug Bosch Throws a Curve,” ARTSCOPE magazine, Mar/Apr 2014 McQuaid, Cate, , “Handling the Curves,” Boston Globe, February 11, 2014
Cook, Greg, “A Visionary Streak...,” Providence Phoenix, 9/2013
Cook, Greg, “New Works...,”Providence Phoenix, 9/2011
Verduci, Demetria, “The Artistic Time 1,” Book, La Macina Di San Cresci, 09/10
Cook, Greg, “Dynamic Duo,” Providence Phoenix, 3/10
George, Michelle, “A World of Paper,” Lancaster Eagle Gazette, 2/10
Randall, Lisa Utman, “U Turn,” The Mercury, 11/09
Baer, Drake, “For Four Artists, Organic Inspiration...,” UR Chicago magazine, 7/08
Cook, Greg, “Locomotion Commotion,” The Boston Phoenix, 9/18/07
Bergeron, Chris, “Fantasies on Track,” The Milford Daily News, 9/23/07
Aaronson, Ben, “Trainscape: Art in Locomotion,” Lincoln Journal, 9/18/07
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McQuaid, Cate, “Pollen Sculptures, Maplike Works Break New Ground,” Boston Globe, September 22, 2002
Falco, Lisa, “Aesthetic Sneezes”, artsMEDIA, October/November issue, 2002
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Kelley, Gail, “For Most Art Forms, Drawing is Fundamental,” Boston Globe, 3/5/2000
Rosenfield-Lafo, Rachel, Annual Exhibition (catalogue) DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, MA, 2000 Victory Park, an art and literary publication of the New Hampshire Institute of Art, work printed, 1999
Grants & Fellowships
Faculty Research Grant, “The Nobili series/The Faraday Series/The Hempel Series,” Rhode Island College, 2017-18 Faculty Research Grant, “SABBATICAL: Art, Science and Geometry,” Rhode Island College, 2016-17
Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, 2016
Faculty Research Grant, “Hard Catenaries & Soft Catenaries, Rhode Island College, 2014-15 Faculty Research Grant, “CATENARY, ”Rhode Island College, 2009-10 Faculty Development Award, “Italy Residency,” Rhode Island College, 2008-09
Faculty Research Grant, “NYLON CATENARIES,” Rhode Island College, 2008-09
Faculty Research Grant, “NATURAL AESTHETIC, FORM & IMAGE”, Rhode Island College, 2007-08 Artist Grant, Artist’s Resource Trust, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, 2007-08
Faculty Research Grant, “CHANDELIER & POLLEN FOLDS”, Rhode Island College, 2006-07 Faculty Development Award “BALLINGLEN RESIDENCY”, Rhode Island College, 2006-07 Residency Fellowship, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland, awarded Winter 2006
Faculty Research Grant, “STACK & STATIC”, Rhode Island College, 2005-06
Faculty Development Award “DISTILLATION”, Rhode Island College, 2002-03
Artist Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, 1997
Artist Grant, Ohio Arts Council & C.A.G.E. gallery, 1996 Project Grant, Ohio University, 1995 Yale-Skowhegan Fellowship, 1991
Curated Collections, Public and Corporate
Corporate Collection, Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008
Permanent Collection, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, 2005 Corporate Collection, Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005
Permanent Collection, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 2000 Permanent Collection, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, 1997, 1999
Permanent Collection, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1999
Artist Talks
Artist Talk, Science FictionS exhibition, Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI 5/20/2019 Artist Talk, Intersections of Scale exhibition, Chazan Gallery at Wheeler School, Providence, RI 2/1/2019 Visiting Artist Talk, Art & Science, Berzelius Society, Yale University, New Haven, CT, November, 2019 Visiting Artist Talk, Art & Science, Berzelius Society, Yale University, New Haven, CT, November, 2018 Visiting Artist Talk, Art & Science, Berzelius Society, Yale University, New Haven, CT, November, 2017
Visiting Artist Talk, Art & Science, Berzelius Society, Yale University, New Haven, CT, November, 2016
Visiting Artist Talk, Art & Science, Berzelius Society, Yale University, New Haven, CT November, 2014
Artist Gallery Talk, SABBATICAL EXHIBITION, Bannister Gallery, Providence, RI, March 2010 Artist Auditorium Lecture, ARTFUL PAPER, Decorative Arts Center, Lancaster, OH, January 2010 Artist Gallery Talk, CATENARY, Newport Art Museum, RI, December, 2009 Artist Gallery Talk, Trainscape, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, October, 2007
Artist Presenter, Nature and the Power of Place, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, , June 2007 Panel Discussion, Threads of Memory, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY, March 2006
Visiting Artist Talk, Chester College of New Hampshire, Chester, NH, 2005
Artist’s Gallery Talk, Doug Bosch-sculpture, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, 2004 Visiting Artist Lecture, Public Lecture Series, Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, NH, 2003
Artist’s Gallery Talk, Distillation, Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA, 2002
Meet the Artists, DeCordova Annual, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, July, 2000
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, UMASS, Lowell, Lowell, MA, 2000
Panelist for public symposium on topic of contemporary sculpture and materials, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 2000 Artist’s Gallery Talk, Material Shape, MIT, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, 1999
Artist’s Gallery Talk, Glass House, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, 1999
Artist’s Gallery Talk, Still Particle, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, 1999
Honors
Winner, The Dorry Award for the best 2-person exhibition in Rhode Island, December, 2019 Residency Awarded, Vermont Studio Center, 2017
Research Sabbatical awarded, Rhode Island College, 2017
Research Sabbatical awarded, Rhode Island College, 2009
Residency Awarded, La Macina Di San Cresci, Greve in Chianti, Italy, 2008
Finalist, the Howard Foundation Grant, March 2007
Sculpture Commission Awarded, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2007 Fellowship Artist-in-Residence, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland, January-March 2007 Recruited to propose new project for commissioned exhibition, DeCordova Museum, September, 2006 Nominated for a Coleman Award, December 2005
Nominated for consideration for a public art project, Cambridge Arts Council, 2005
Artist in Residence, Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1998-99
Project Commission, Columbus College of Art & Design, 1997
Project Commission, C.A.G.E. gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 1996
Project Commission, Ohio University/Ohio Arts Council, 1995
The Rebecca Taylor-Porter Award, awarded for distinction in the field of sculpture by Yale University, 1992 Yale Scholarships 1990-92
Residencies & Special Projects
Golden Apple Artist Residency, Harrington, ME, 2021 Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2018
Artist Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland, 2015
Visiting Critic, Foundations Drawing Department, Rhode Island School of Design, RI, 2013
Presenter, "Fired Up; Fire and Light in the Making and Meaning of Art,” Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, 2012 Curator, “Elisa D’Arrigo,” sculpture exhibition, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, 2011
Artist Interview, The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH, 2010
Represented by Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art Gallery, Newbury St., Boston, MA, 2001-2011
Visiting Critic, Chester College of New Hampshire, Chester, NH, 2005
Visiting Critic, Jewelry Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2005
Curator, Janice Redman-sculpture, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, 2004
Visiting Critic, Sculpture Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 2003
Assistant to Ann Hamilton as a member of the art production crew, Tropos, Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, 1993 Sculpture Commission, Berzelius Society, Yale University, 1991
Artist Consultant working with Yale University team and the parks planning commission of Lincoln Park in Baltimore, MD to design special park/community programs, landscaping, art programs and public art, 1991
Teaching
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, Providence, RI, Professor, since 2001
WHITE PINES COLLEGE, Chester, NH, Assistant Professor 2000-2001
NEW HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE OF ART, Manchester, NH, Assistant Professor 1999-2000 ENDICOTT COLLEGE, Beverly, MA, Artist in Residence and Assistant Professor 1998-1999 COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, Columbus, OH, Assistant Professor, 1994-1998 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA, Instructor, 1992