CURRICULUM VITAE
Cristi Rinklin
abo31c@r.postjobfree.com
Website: www.cristirinklin.com
EDUCATION
**** ***, ********** ** *********, Minneapolis.
Major emphasis: painting and drawing
**** **A Cum Laude, Maryland Institute, College of Art,
Baltimore, Maryland. Major: painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Diluvial, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
2010 Cristi Rinklin, Paracosmos, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Cristi Rinklin, Boundless, FP3 Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Cristi Rinklin, Paintings, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 Nuvolomondo, Harry Rhemis Sculpture Court, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts
University, Boston, MA. July 2006-January 2007
2005 Phantasmagoria, Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA
Cristi Rinklin, Recent Work, Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery,
Boston, MA
2003 Finite Spaces, LSU School of Art Gallery, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge
1998 Windows, Doors and Rooms, University of Wisconsin, Marathon County,
Wausau, Wisconsin
1995 Introductions, Harris Gallery, Houston
TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008 Cristi Rinklin/Michael DiMaggio, Achilles Project, Boston
2006 Heidi Hove/Cristi Rinklin, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Ghosts in the Machine, two-person exhibition, Evos Art Center, Lowell, MA
2004 Lush, Three person exhibition, Lillian Imming Gallery, Emmanuel College,
Boston, MA.
2001 In Situ, three person exhibition, Minnesota Artist s Exhibitions Program Gallery,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN
1998 Amy Archibald, Derrick Buisch, and Cristi Rinklin, three-person exhibition,
Harris Gallery, Houston
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012, Seven Artists Working in Boston, Prole Drift Gallery, Seattle, WA
Fresher Paint, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
Supersaturated, Pigment and Pattern, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center,
Auburn, NY
2010 Behind the Image, Center for Art and Theater Contemporary Gallery, Georgia
Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Crazy Beautiful II, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Painting Now, Grimshaw Gudewicz Art Gallery, Bristol Community College,
Fall River, MA
2008 Behind the Image, Suffolk University Gallery, Boston, MA
This is Boston, Not LA, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
Pretty Things, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT.
One Night Only: Edges andBoundaries, curated by Tom Jancar and Mary
Lynne McCorkle, 3875-1204 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Digital View, Arti et Amicitiae. Amsterdam, Holland
WorkBooks, Memorial Library Special Collections, University of Madison, WI,
traveled to the Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota.
2007 Crossroads: Holy Cross Visual Art Faculty and Staff, Part II. Iris and B. Gerald
Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Artist Books: Transgression/Excess, SpaceOther Gallery, Boston, MA
Crazy Beautiful, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmonth, NY
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Big Bang! Abstract Painting for the 21 Century, DeCordova Museum and
Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA.
2006 Paramnesiac Landscape, Group exhibition curated by Robin Reisenfeld,
New York Center for Arts and Media, New York, NY
A.R.T. Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Simmons College, Boston, MA
2005 $ome Color, Boston Art Windows Project, Group exhibition of installations in
commercial windows of downtown Boston. Curated by Camilo Alvarez.
Colorfixation, Group exhibition, ABWO gallery, Rome, Italy
Quest, Group exhibition curated by Camilo Alvarez of Samson Projects at
Digitas, Boston, MA.
2004 and now they aren t but they are, Group exhibition, Gregory Lind Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Drawing: Seven Curatorial Responses, Group invitational exhibition, Katherine
E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Overlay, Group exhibition of collaborative prints and drawings, Commonwealth
Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin.
Inverted Worlds, Group Exhibition, Untitled (Space) @ Artspace, New Haven,
CT. Curator, Rachel Vaters-Carr
All About Drawing, Group Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard
Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Curator, Joseph Ruffo
2003 Review/Preview, Group Exhibition, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
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29 Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University,
Peoria, IL. Honorable Mention Award, Catalogue.
Visual Arts 2003, Faculty Works, Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED
2002 Imitations, group Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI. Will travel to
Soo Visual Arts, Minneapolis, MN
MCAD Painters Invitational, group exhibition, Winona State University,
Winona, MN
2001 Five Jerome Artists, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Painters Invite, group invitational exhibition, Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, LA
2000 Foot in the Door, group exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Green, group exhibition, Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago
Necessary Differences, group exhibition, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN.
MCAD Faculty Exhibition, MCAD gallery, Minneapolis College of Art and
Design, Minneapolis, MN.
1999 Contained, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Minneapolis 55408, invitational group exhibition, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis1998-99 55th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2012 McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture Grant, College of the Holy
Cross, Worcester, MA
2011 Faculty Research and Publication Grant, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester,
MA
2010 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship
Faculty Research and Publication Grant, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester,
MA
2006 Faculty Research and Publication Grant, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester,
MA
2005 Berkshire Taconic Artist s Resource Trust Fund
2004 Faculty Research and Publication Grant, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester,
MA
2003 Faculty Research and Publication Grant, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester,
MA
2000 MCAD/Jerome Foundation Fellowship, grant for emerging artists.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dan Blask, Cristi Rinklin: Diluvial, Artsake Blog, Massachusetts Cultural
Council, March 26, 2012
Chawky Frenn, 100 Boston Painters, Schiffer Publishing
New American Paintings, Juried Exhibitions-in-Print, #98 Northeast Edition.
Juror, Dina Dietch, Assistant Curator, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
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Paul Grignon, Vistas of Diversity, Worcester Magazine, December 8, 2011
Sheehan, Nancy, Holy Cross Faculty shares Viewpoint, Worcester Telegram
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and Gazette, Sept 8, 2011
Greg Cook, Cristi Rinklin at Steven Zevitas Gallery, New England Journal
of Aesthetic Research, http://gregcookland.com/journal/
Cate McQuaid, Painting, Drawing and Everything in Between, Boston Globe,
July 11, 2011
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Cate McQuaid, From Overwhelming to Energetic Boston Globe, July 15, 2009
Matthew Nash, A conversation with Cristi Rinklin, Big Red and Shiny, Issue #
108, June 8, 2009
New American Paintings, Juried Exhibitions-in-Print, Issue #80. Juror, Jennifer
Mergel, Assistant Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Greg Cook, I wanna rock: LaMontagne s vision for Boston Art, Boston
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Phoenix, December 12, 2008
Barbara A. MacAdam, The New Abstraction, ArtNews, April 2007
Ken Johnson, Seeing a Pattern, Boston Globe, February 2, 2007
Greg Cooke, Ah, painting! Boston Phoenix, January 26, 2007
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Nicholas Capasso, Big Bang, Abstraction for the 21 Century Catalogue, 2006.
Cover reproduction
Sarah Valdez, Nuvolomondo brochure essay. Image reproductions
Mary Bucci McCoy, Installations, Art New England,
November/December 2006
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Cate McQuaid, Scenes from a Roman Holiday, Boston Globe, July 27 2006
Cate McQuaid, The Best of 2005: Year brought prolific creativity.. Boston
Globe,Weekend, December 30, 2005
Cate McQuaid, Daring Painter s Diverse Work has Broad Appeal, Boston
Globe, Friday, July 1, 2005
Mary Bucci McCoy, Spotlight Review, Massachusetts, Ghosts
in the Machine: Paintings by Cristi Rinklin and Sarah Walker, Art New
England, June/July 2005
Nathan Lewis, Inverted World @ Untitled (Space), bigredandshiny.com, Issue 8
June 26, 2004
Judy Birke, Realities shift New Haven Register, June 13, 2004
Michael Fallon, Reviews Midwest, (Imitations) Art Papers. March/April 2003
Anne Price, The Unexpected. Artist Rinklin succeeds with huge oval works..
Sunday Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge, LA. February 2, 2003
Michael Fallon, Reviews Midwest, (In Situ) Art Papers. May/June 2002
Mason Riddle, In Situ show of local work fascinating.., St. Paul Pioneer Press.
January 30, 2002Doug Hanson, Alter-ed States, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN.
January 2002
Mary Abbe,
The New Familiar, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN. October 2001
Doug Hanson, These artists are doing it for themselves, Star Tribune,
Minneapolis, MN October 27, 200
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS AND ARTIST REGISTRIES
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
The Drawing Center, New York, Viewing Program (Artist Registry)
Artists Space, New York, Artist Registry