PERSONAL

1961

Born in Morristown, NJ.

Current

Lives and works in Stow, Massachusetts.

 

EDUCATION

1983

Boston University, Bachelor of Fine Arts. summa cum laude.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

A Room With A View, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA.

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

New England Collective XIII: Voices and Visions, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA. Juror: Lauren Szumita, Director, Canton Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, Fitchburg, MA.

2023

Used, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA. Juror: Russell LaMontagne, Founder and Owner of LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA.

 

Lasting Impressions, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA. Jurors: John & Gillian Ross, Owners, Gallery Twist.

 

Members Juried 2: Collage, Crafts, Drawing, Graphics, Mixed Media, Photography, Printmaking, Concord Art, Concord, MA. Juror: Kelley Lehr, Owner, Greenhut Galleries and Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME.

2022

Flights Of Fancy, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA. Jurors: John & Gillian Ross, Owners, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA.

 

86th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA. Juror: Jameson Johnson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Boston Art Review, Boston, MA.

 

Connectivity, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA. Juror: Craig Bloodgood, Contemporary Curator, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA.

2021

Cool, Calm, and Collected, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA. Jurors: John & Gillian Ross, Owners, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA.

 

Impressions VI, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA. Jurors: John & Gillian Ross, Owners, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA.

2020

In Transition, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA. Selected by Marjorie Rawle, Terrana Curatorial Fellow, Fitchburg Art Museum.

 

On The Surface, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA. Juror: Neal Walsh, Artist and Gallery Director at AS220, Providence, RI.

 

In Transition, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA. Call and response members exhibit in collaboration with The Fitchburg Art Museum.

 

Annual Members Show, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA. Juror: Liz Shepherd, Artist.

2019

Through The Surface, 6 Bridges Gallery, Maynard, MA. Juror: 6 Bridges Gallery Committee.

 

Arts in Bloom, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA. Juror: Christine O’Donnell, Owner, Beacon Gallery, Boston, MA.

 

The Seventh Annual One, Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA.

2017

Arts in Bloom, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA. Juror: Mim Brooks Fawcett, Chief Curator, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA.

 

Flora & Fauna, Artists Corner & Gallery, West Acton, MA. Juror: Joelle Feldman, Artist.

 

Annual Juried Exhibition, Milton Art Center, Milton, MA. Juror: Brian Goslow, Managing Editor, Artscope Magazine.

 

Inspired Blooms, Gallery 529, Littleton, MA.

 

The Fifth Annual One, Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA.

2016

Gallery Seven Holiday Exhibition (Invitational), Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA.

 

Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition, Ames Mansion Museum, North Easton, MA. Juror: Todd Bartel, Founder and Director, Thompson Gallery, Weston, MA.

 

Arts In Bloom, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA. Juror: Katherine French, Director, Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, VT.

 

Peace, Artists Corner & Gallery, West Acton, MA.

 

Annual Members Show, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA. Juror: Susan Nalband, Director, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA.

 

AWARDS

2023

Best Abstract, "A Little Birdie Told Me #5", (VE 5/5), pigment transfer print, colored pencil. Members' Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA.

 

Mixed Media Prize, "A Little Birdie Told Me #5", (VE 5/5), pigment transfer print, colored pencil. Members Juried 2: Collage, Crafts, Drawing, Graphics, Mixed Media, Photography, Printmaking, Concord Center For The Visual Arts, Concord, MA.

2020

Prize Winner: selected for exhibition at The Fitchburg Art Museum, "You Play The Girl", mixed media on Duralar, plexiglass, wood panel. In Transition, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA.

2017

Third Place, "Rising" (2/5), pigment transfer print of a mixed media digital collage.  Arts In Bloom, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA.

 

Second Place, "Listen While I Fly" (1/5), pigment transfer print of a mixed media digital collage. Flora & Fauna, Artists Corner & Gallery, West Acton, MA.

2016

Honorable Mention, "Haiku" (1/5), pigment transfer print of a mixed media digital collage. Arts In Bloom, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA.

 

Honorable Mention, "Not Fade Away" (2/5), pigment transfer print of a mixed media digital collage. Arts In Bloom, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA.

 

Second Place (People’s Choice), "Rising" (1/5), pigment transfer print of a mixed media digital collage. Peace, Artist Corner & Gallery, West Acton, MA.

1983

Silver Medal of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufacture, and Commerce. Boston University. Awarded annually to outstanding art students at selected institutions of higher learning in the United States with the aim of strengthening good relations between Great Britain and the United States.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021

Isabella Hillebrand, “Lynn Nafey and the Centrality of Time”, Worcester Magazine, Worcester, MA. March 25, 2021. 15.

2016

Holly Camero, “Finding Her Voice”, Beacon-Villager, Maynard/ Stow, MA. December 22, 2016. A4.

 

Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition Catalog, North Easton, MA, September 2016. “Rising” featured on the cover.

 

PRESENTATIONS

2021

Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA, February 16.

2020

ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA, January 11.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Current

ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA.

 

Concord Art Association, Concord, MA.

 

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

Current

Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA.