John David O’Shaughnessy
Education:
1986 - BFA Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
2011, 2012 Independent study with Jon Imber - Stonington Maine
Awards: 1986 -2D Departmental Award 1985 - Art School Associates 2D Award 1984 - David Berger 2D award
Experience:
2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Juried Artist: Cape Elizabeth Land Trust Wet Paint Auction
2022 Art instructor (Online) - Farnsworth Museum Of Art
2000 to Present - Art Instructor: Drawing, Painting & Printmaking - Currier Museum of Art
2008 Open Studio artist-in-residence, Currier Museum Of Art, Manchester, NH
2008 Wall Drawing Installer for Sol LeWitt’s “Whirls and Twirls” Currier Museum Of Art, Manchester, NH Maine July14-Sept 1
Exhibitions:
2023 "Currier Created", Currier Museum of Art, Manchester NH Nov 15-Jan 8
2023 “Maine Plein Air Painters: Of Land and Sea” Saco Museum, Saco Maine Aug 25-Oct13
2023 “A Dozen Roses” Rachael & John O’Shaughnessy, Littlefield Gallery May 26 - June18
2023 “Maine: The Painted State” Greenhut Gallery, Portland April 6 - May 27
2022 “Ocean House 2022 Holiday Show” Ocean House Gallery, So. Portland Nov. 26- Dec 31
2022 “Frank Gregory, Graham Wood, and John David O’Shaughnessy” Ocean House Aug-Sep
2022 “Maine Plein Air Experience” George Marshall Store Gallery August 13- September 18th
2021 “Maine: The Painted State 2021” Greenhut Gallery, Portland Maine April 1- May 29
2021 ”Artful Escapes” Art3 Manchester NH Dec 1- Jan 31 2022
2021 ”2021 Members’ 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction” PAAM Provincetown Ma Aug 6-Oct 3
2020 “Nano an exhibition of tiny works” Engine Biddeford Me Feb 8-March 22
2020 “Faculty Show” Currier Museum Of Art, Manchester NH Jan 8-March 30
2019 “Holiday Show” Hole In The Wall Studioworks Raymond Me Dec 3-Jan 10
2019 “Ocean House Holiday Show” Ocean House Gallery Dec 7-Jan
2019 “John O’Shaughnessy New Work” Ocean House Galley Cape Elizabeth Me Aug 16-Sept
2018 “Small Works Holiday Show!!” Ocean House Gallery Dec1-Jan11
2018 “Roots” Barn Gallery OAA Ogunquit Maine Sept 12-Oct. 8
2018 “Ocean” AMP Art Market Provincetown Sept 7-Sept 26
2018 “Then and Now” Barn Gallery OAA Ogunquit Maine Aug8-Sept8
2018 ”Distractions" Art 3 Gallery Manchester NH Oct31-Jan31
2018 “3Faces/3Forces” Harlow Gallery Hallowell Maine July 20-28
2018 “Through the Artist's Eyes” Art 3 Gallery Manchester NH June 18-Sept 14
2018 “Renaissance” Backroads Gallery & Sculpture Garden Damariscotta Maine July14-Sept1
2018 “Big” Barn Gallery OAA Ogunquit Maine May 23-June 23
2018 “Vision Of Place 20 Maine Artists” Thos. Moser, Freeport Maine January 18-April 29
2018 “Beyond The Sea” Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor Maine September 17th- October 10th
2018 “A Welcome Diversion” Art3 Manchester NH Oct 30-Jan 12.
2017 “Small Works Holiday Show” Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth Maine. Dec.2-Jan.6
2017 “Shadows & Reflections” Barn Gallery OAA Ogunquit Maine Sept. 13-Oct. 9
2017 “Art Of Dining” Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum, Historic New England Sept 8-Feb 17 2018. 2017 “From Above” Barn Gallery OAA Ogunquit Maine Aug. 9-Sept. 9.
2017 “Language of Imagination” Art 3 Gallery Manchester NH May 1st- August 11th.
2017 “Winter Show” Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth Jan 27-Feb.17.
2017 “Variations” Marblehead Art Association Feb. 11-March 12
2017 “Faculty Show” Currier Museum Of Art, Manchester NH Jan -March
2016 “Holiday Show” Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth Nov.-Dec.
2016 “Stereo Views Rachael Eastman & John David O’Shaughnessy” Ocean House Gallery June2- June25
2016 “Art Center Faculty Exhibition” Community Gallery Currier Museum Jan 28-April 4th
2015 “Pine Tree STATEment” Engine, Biddeford Maine Dec 5th-January 21st
2015 “Free For All” Space, Portland Maine Dec 2nd-Jan 13th
2015 “Holiday Show!!”Ocean House Gallery and Frame, Cape Elizabeth Maine Nov 27th-Dec 30th
2015 “Pop Up Show” Rachael Eastman, John O’Shaughnessy, Jung Hur - Portland Garage, Maine
2015 “Down By The River” solo- One Mill Plaza, Laconia NH August 1 -31
2015 “Little Windows, A Small Peek” Solo -The Studio, Laconia NH July 6 - August 6
2015 “Paintings by John David O’Shaughnessy” Solo -Igneous, Exeter NH June 15-July 21
2015 “Rumpus Revival” Engine, Biddeford Maine March 27th - April 11
2015 “Art Center Faculty Exhibition” Community Gallery Currier Museum January 28 - April 13
2014 “Faculty Exhibition” Community Gallery Currier Museum January 8th - April 14th
2013 “Currier Art Center Faculty Exhibition” Community Gallery Currier Museum Feb 7- April 1
2012 “Points of View” Art 3 Gallery, Manchester NH Nov 1st - January 25th
2012 “Freedom From Dilution” Studio Place Arts, Barre Vt. Sept 25th - Nov 3rd
2012 “Capturing The Unseen World” AVA Gallery, Lebanon NH August 10th -Sept 7th
2012 “Faculty Exhibition” Community Gallery, Currier Museum of Art Dec 12 -March 1
2011 “Scene/Un-seen” Art3 Gallery, Manchester NH Oct 31st - Jan 30th
2011 “John David O’Shaughnessy” Speaking Volumes, Burlington Vt. February-March
2011 “Art on a Starry Night” Kimball-Jenkins, Concord NH January 20-February 27
2010 “Holiday Faculty Exhibition” Community Gallery Currier Museum of Art Dec 11 – March 7
2010 "Light & Dark" Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH Oct 18 – January 14
2010 “Three On The Shore” Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin, Meredith NH July 2 –August 1
2010 “Pears & Pears” Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH March 1 -April 9
2010 “70th Anniversary Art Center exhibition” Community Gallery Currier Museum Dec 12 – March1
2009 “At The Waters Edge” Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH June 22 -August 28
2009 “Renaissance Rendezvous” Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin, Meredith NH July 4 – August 2
2009 “Diversions” Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH April 16 – June 12
2008 “Driven From Abstraction” Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin, Meredith NH August 1– September 13
2008 “Portraits and Personal Imagery: Reduction Relief Prints and Solar Plate Etchings” Open Studio Exhibition, Currier Museum Of Art, Manchester NH June – September 1
2008 “10,000 Machines” Belknap Mill Museum Laconia NH June 10 - June 30
2008 “Museum Reopening Exhibition” Community Gallery Currier Museum of Art March 31- May 31
2007 “The Lakes....A Contemporary Interpretation” Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin August 3- September 29
2007 “Spirit, Vision and Balance”(Solo Exhibit) Lakes Gallery at Chi-Lin, Meredith NH May 24 - June9
2007 "Influenced by the Masters", Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH April 11- June 8
2007 The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial 808 Gallery, Boston Ma. February 18 -April 1
2007 "For the Love of Art" Faculty and Staff Exhibition Currier Downtown, Manchester NH February 8-April 1