PDF version (Adobe Reader 5.0 or later required)
 

39 Woodbridge Ave.
Apt. 3E
East Hartford, CT 06108
860-289-2396
belegul66@aol.com
www.raymondmajerski.com

Education:     The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                        Hoffberger School of Painting
                        Grace Hartigan, Director
                        Master of Fine Arts, 2003, Painting

                        The Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
                        Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1998, Painting

                        Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
                        Associate of Fine Arts, 1996, Fine Arts

Professional/
Academic
Experience:      
Adjunct Professor of Studio Art, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT,
                           Fall 2011
   
                        -Timothy Kussow, Chair of Fine Arts Department
                            -Classes taught:
                                       -Drawing I

                           Adjunct Professor of Studio Art, School of Fine Arts, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT,
                           Fall 2006
                           -Deborah Muirhead, Professor, Chair of Painting
                            -Classes taught:
                                       -Painting I
                                       -Figure Drawing I

                            Co-founder, organizer and member of “Red Brick Revolution”,  
                            an art group dedicated to exhibiting the work of artists that
                            rarely have opportunity to show, 2004-present
                           -Co-organizer of the exhibitions (Design, participants, space procurement, etc.)
                           -Preparation of the space
                           -Promotion/advertising of the exhibitions

                         Teacher of Advanced Studio for Watkinson School, Hartford, CT 2003-04
                           -Carolyn Pelkey – Art Department Director
                                               
                         Substitute Art Teacher for the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts,
                         CREC, Hartford, CT, 2003-present
                           -Kitty Winslow- Art Department Director
                           -Experience teaching in the classroom:
                                       -Printmaking for Majors and Non-majors
                                       -Sculpture for Majors and Non-majors

                         Juror for the Maryland Artists Equity Foundation,
                         19th Annual Statewide High School Scholarship Competition 2003
                            -One of five jurors
                            -Conferred $16,000 in scholarships and awards
                            -Selected works for group exhibition

                         Teaching Intern for The Maryland Institute College of Art,
                         Baltimore, MD, 2001-03
                             -Attended specialized graduate level preparatory teaching course:
                                        -Unit outlining
                                        -Development of syllabi
                                        -Assessing student work
                                        -Development of a personal teaching style and philosophy
                              -Experience teaching in the classroom:
                                        -Life Drawing/ Timothy App, professor
                                        -Foundation Painting/ Timothy App and Mathew McConville, professors
                                        -Drawing II/ Marianita Stevans, professor
                                        -Drawing II/ William Schmidt, professor
                                        -Office and Research assistant/ Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, Dean of Graduate Studies

                           Assistant to the Gallery Director, Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College,
                           Manchester, CT, 1994-96
                                        -Installed exhibits
                                        -Assisted exhibiting artists (answered questions, set up, etc.)
                                        -Greeted patrons and answered questions

                            President of the MCC Student Art Association, “The Arts Collective”, 1994 – 96
                                         -Managed on campus student art gallery (Freespace Gallery)
                                         -Organized student exhibitions
                                         -Organized fundraisers

Special Skills:    -Experience with relief, intaglio, planographic and monoprint printmaking techniques
                             -Developing black and white film
                             -Operating a 35mm camera
                             -Experience with wood, clay and plaster

Honors/      2003  Provincetown Summer Fellowship Award, Honorable Mention
Awards:     2001  Scholarship Award, monetary award, given by The Maryland Institute College of Art,
                              Hoffberger School of Painting, Baltimore, MD
                    2000  Valley Medical Group/Dr. Richard Abraham Award, monetary award,
                              33rd Annual Open Juried Show, Canton Artists Guild, Canton, CT
                    1999  Third Place Overall in Show, monetary award, 23rd Annual Open Juried Competition,
                              Artworks Gallery Inc., Hartford, CT
                              Cynthia Bazzono Design Award, monetary award, Exposures 1999,
                              4th Annual Open Juried Photography Show, West Hartford Art League,
                              West Hartford, CT
                    1998  Graduation With Distinction, MassArt’s highest academic/satudio achievement
                              honor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
                    1998/ Foundation Auction/Charrette Award, monetary award, given by MassArt 2D faculty
                    1997  to outstanding students, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
                    1992  Friends of Humanities Purchase Award, monetary award, given by MCC tom purchase art
                              work by students for the MCC Art Collection, Manchester Community College,
                              Manchester, CT

Exhibitions:
                     2011  Paperworks (group invitational show), Paper City Studios Gallery, Holyoke, MA
                     2010  Maverick Mechanisms (group invitational show), Paper City Studios Gallery, Holyoke, MA        
                    
2009  Uranian Musings: Art Works by Raymond Majerski, (one person show), Paper City Studios Gallery,
                               Holyoke, MA
                     2008 15 X 15 Alumni Art Show, (group show), The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                               Tyranny of Hypocrisy, Pegasus Gallery, Middlesex Community College, Middletown , CT
                     2007  Interpretations + Inspirations, (Juried group show), Farmington Valley Art Center, Avon, CT
                               15 X 15 Alumni Art Show, (group show), The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                               Group Art Exhibition, Gallery 11, Hartford, CT
                     2006  Access Art Group Show, Paesaggio at 100 Pearl, Hartford, CT
                               Member’s Open Exhibition, (group show), Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
                               Provincetown, MA
                               art @ bluecarpet, (group invitational show), SoDo Project Art Gallery, Hartford, CT
                     2005  5 And Dime, (group invitational show), Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
                               Red Brick Revolution II: World Conquest, (group show), Hartford, CT
                     2004  Red Brick Revolution, (group show), Hartford, CT
                               Open Studio Weekend Group Show, Artspace, Hartford, CT
                     2003  Open Juried Summer Show, Artworks Gallery, Inc., (group show), Hartford, CT
                               Mnemonic Successions, Master Thesis Exhibition, Fox 3 Gallery, Hoffberger School
                               of Painting, The Maryland Institute College  of Art, Baltimore, MD
                               DiscrimiNATION, (juried group show), Painted Bride Art Center Café Gallery,
                               InLiquid.com, Philadelphia, PA
                               FreeStylin’ Exhibition, (group show), juried by William Hipps, Meyerhoff Gallery,
                               The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                     2002  Hoffberger School of Painting Exhibition, (group show), The Maryland Institute
                               College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                               Healing Arts, Art That Heals, (invitational group show), Mid-Atlantic Neurological
                               and Spine Institute, Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD
                               War, (group show), curated and juried by John Yau, Fox 4 Gallery, The Maryland
                               Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                               1st Year Graduate Show, (group show), The Maryland Institute College of Art,
                               Baltimore, MD
                     2001  Hoffberger School of Painting Exhibition, (group show), The Maryland Institute
                               College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                               Annual National Small Works Exhibition 2001, (juried group show), Canton Artists
                               Guild, Canton, CT
                               Reflections/Deceptions: Self-Portraits by Raymond Majerski, (one person show),
                               Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
                               Open Juried Exhibit of Photography, Drawings, Prints and Works on and
                               of Paper, (group show),  Artworks Gallery, Inc., Hartford, CT
                               Open Juried Show 2001, (group show), West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
                     2000  24th Annual Open Juried Exhibit, (group show), Artworks Gallery, Inc., Hartford, CT
                               33rd Annual Open Juried Show, (group show), Canton Artists Guild, Canton, CT
                               Exquisite Corpse Reincarnated, (invitational group show), Canton Artists Guild,
                               Canton, CT
                               Prints & Books Show, (juried show), Canton Artists Guild, Canton, CT
                               Open Juried Photography, Drawing and Print Show, (group show), Artworks
                               Gallery, Inc., Hartford, CT
                               Annual Small Works Exhibition 2000, (juried group show), Canton Artists Guild,
                               Canton, CT
                     1999  23rd Annual Open Juried Competition, (group show), Artworks Gallery, Inc.,
                               Hartford, CT
                               Open Ended 1999, A Juried Exhibition, (group show), The Farmington Art Guild,
                               Farmington, CT
                               Exposures 1999, 4th Annual Open Juried Photography Show, (group show), West
                               Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
                     1998  87th Annual Exhibition, (juried group show), The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts,
                               Farmington, CT
                               The Massachusetts College of Art Senior Exhibition, (juried show), The Massachusetts
                               College of Art, Boston, MA
                               Religious Experience-Recent Work by Raymond Majerski, (one person show),
                               Today’s Bread, Boston (Jamaica Plain), MA
                     1997  302 – Recent Work, (invitational group show), Tower Gallery, The Massachusetts
                               College of Art, Boston, MA
                     1998- The Massachusetts College of Art All School Show, (juried show), The Massachusetts
                     1996  College of Art, Boston, MA
                     1996- Manchester Community College Student Art Exhibition, (juried show), Manchester
                     1991  Community College, Manchester, CT

Collections/     
Commissions:  2009  In the collection of Mrs. and Mr. Solidad and Edgardo Mune, Hartford, CT
                                       In the collection of Mr. Scott Kelly, Baltimore, MD
                             2008  In the collection of Ms. Christina Batipps, Baltimore, MD
                             2007  In the collection of Mr. Dusty Porter, Baltimore, MD
                             2006  In the collection of Mr. David Graveen, Suffield, CT
                             2005  In the collection of Dr. Simon Barker, Redlands, CA
                             2004  In the collection of Westside Property Management,  Mr. Carlos Mouta (Owner/President),
                                       Hartford, CT
                             2003  In the collection of Ms. Silvia Robinson
                             2001  In the collection of Dr. Barbara Solomon, West Hartford, CT
                             1998  Commissioned for a book cover illustration, Simon and Shuster Publishing,
                                       Gunned Down the Young by Anda Brivien
                             1997  In the collection of the Morton R. Godine Library, Sermon to the Birds  by Raymond
                                       Majerski, (artist’s book), The Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
                             1996  Commissioned by Grayling and Associates, Mr. David Kravet (Owner/President), West Hartford, CT
                             1994  In the collection of Mr. Jetmund Rygg, Hjellbrekke, Norway
                                       Commissioned by Mrs. Rakel Rygg-Wilke, Hjellbrekke, Norway
                             1992  In the collection of Grayling and Associates, Mr. David Kravet (Owner/President), West Hartford, CT
                                       In the collection of Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT

Organizations:     “Red Brick Revolution”, Hartford, CT, 2004-present
                               Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, 2004-present
                               College Art Association, Inc., New York, NY, 2001-present
                               Maryland Federation of Art, Inc., Annapolis and Baltimore, MD, 2001-03
                               “The Arts Collective” (student art club), Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT,      
                               1994-96

References:         References and Portfolio available upon request