Marsha Nouritza Odabashian
mnodabashian@gmail.com
www.marshaodabashian.com
SOLO and 2 Person EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Color of Memory. Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA
2019 Stir: Drawings and Paintings from the Onion Pot. Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2018 Skins. Armenian Museum of America. Watertown, MA Curated by Jennifer Liston Munson
2017 Miasma. Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA.
2015 Expunge. Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA
2013 The Exegesis of Frosted Cake. Galatea Fine Art.
Boston, MA
2011 Half-Perceived: Stalking the Peacock. Galatea Fine Arts. Boston
2010 In the Shade of the Peacock: Parables and Paintboxes.
Armenian Museum of America. Watertown, MA
1998 Celestial Pantomimes. Aidekman Art Center at Tufts University.
Medford. MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Peeling the Onion, Elza Kayal Gallery. 368 Broadway, Suite 409, New York, New York
2024 Hopscotch 6, NYC Culture Club, Oculus at the World Trade Center. New York, New York
2024 Before After, William Patterson University. Curated by Ryann Casey
2024 Before, After: Reflections of the Armenian Genocide. Reflect Space Gallery, Glendale, CA curated by Ryann Casey
2023 Hopscotch 5. Gallery Sitka. Newport, Rhode Island
2023 Welcome to the Symbiocene. Arti Gallery. Marblehead, MA
2023 Unconnected Yet. Lorne Community Connect, Incorporated. Lorne Australia.
2023 Unconnected Yet. Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkutta. West Bengal. India. Juried and curated by Todd Bartell, Daniela Desponda, Teri Henderson, Talin Megherian, Pradip Maitra, Somenath Maity
2022 Across Cultures, Invisible Ties and Journeys of Hope, Mosesian Center for the Arts,Juried by Rania Matar
2022 Hopscotch 4. Wedemere Gallery. Lasall Unversity. Newton, MA
2022 Hopscotch 3 at Atlantic Wharf . The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf. Boston, MA
2022 8 x 8 Season 4, Flatfile Gallery. New York, NY
2022 Nourishing the Senses. Wedeman Gallery, Lasell University, Newton, MA. Juried by Vladimir Zimakov
2021 Hopscotch 2. Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA
2021 Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide, Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ
2021 Hopscotch. Galatea Fine Art, Boston.
2021 The Earth is Blue Like an Orange, Drawing Challenge XXlV. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery, 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
2021 When I Pronounce the Word Silence, Drawing Challenge XXlll. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery,41 E 57th St, NY, NY
2021 All the Notes are There Already. Drawing Challenge XX. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery. 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
2021 Collective Conscious. Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
2021 The Future is Many Colors. John Joseph Moakley U. S. Courthouse in Seaport District, Boston, MA
2020 Heroes and Villains. Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2020 A Year of Blue. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
2020 ROX/SE Piano Craft Gallery,793 Tremont St. Boston, MA Juried by Althea Krisiukenas Bennett, Jamaal “Barry”
Bonnette, Rion Folan, Eric Grau
2020 AC5. Array Contemporary. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
2020 Droplets. Drawing Project 2020. HallSpace. Dorchester, MA Curated by John Colan
2020 Mirror Images. Marblehead Art Association. Marblehead, MA
2020 Collectables. Rockport Art Association. Rockport, MA
2020 Lust After. Fountain Street Gallery. Boston, MA
2020 S/He. The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf Gallery. Boston, MA
2019 Field Notes: Lovers, Teachers and the Consciousness in Between.
Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA Juried by Chanel Thervil
2019 HUE-MAN-IZE. John Joseph Moakley U. S. Courthouse in Seaport District, Boston, MA
Juried by Kimberly Tavares, Director.
2019 That’s Cliché or Not. HallSpace Drawing Project 2019. HallSpace. Dorchester, MA Curated by John Colan
2019 Extremes and In-Betweens. Rocky Neck Art Colony. Gloucester, MA
Juried by Martha Swanson and Patricia Conan,
2019 Real Time. The Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA Juried by Erik Grau
2019 Transparency. Washington Art Club. Washington, D. C.
2018 The Personal is Political. Hess Gallery. Pine Manor College. Newton, MA Juried by Carolyn Wirth
2018 Resiliency and Resistance. Curators’ Platform at Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA
Sponsored by the Armenian International Women’s Association New England.
2018 Roadmaps. Honey Pump Gallery, Artessan and Armenian General Benevolent Association. Yerevan, Armenia.
Curated by Suzanna Poghosyan and Teresa Davtyan
2018 Women Against Violence: Resistance and Resilience. Marran Gallery. Leslie University. Cambridge, MA
2018 Juried Exhibition. Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Juried by Randi Hopkins
2018 Members’ Open. Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Provincetown, MA
2018 Radar. Artlery160 Gallery. Boston, MA
2018 A Parallel Presence. Wedeman Gallery. The Yamawaki Art & Cultural Center. Lasall College.
2018 With Eyes Wide Open. Thompson Gallery at the Cambridge School of Weston. Weston, MA. Juried by T.Bartel.
2017 Blank Canvas. Junior League of Boston Designer Show House at the Historic Homer House. Belmont, MA
2017 Always Speaking. Centennial Gallery at the Musculoskeletal Center. Peabody, MA
2016 Shelter. Harlem School of the Arts. New York, New York.
2016 New Illuminations-Codex. HAYP Pop-Up. Gumri, Armenia. Curated by Anna Gargarian.
2016 New Members Exhibition. NAWA (National Association of Women Artists) Gallery. New York, NY
2015 A New Armenia. Thompson Gallery, Cambridge School of Weston. Weston, MA. Curated by Todd Bartel, Director
2015 The Centennial Armenian Genocide. Art Windows University of Rhode Island. Providence, RI
2015 The Centennial Armenian Genocide. Studio Z. Providence, RI
2015 Celebrating the Transformative Power of Art. Massachusetts State House, Doric Hall. Boston, MA
2015 Art Speaks Truth to Power. 100 Mass Ave Gallery at Cambridge College. Cambridge, MA
2015 The Future of the Past: A History Ignored. Leslie University, The Brattle Campus. Cambridge, MA
2015 Pursuing Justice Through Art. The Whistler House Museum. Lowell, MA
2015 Kiss the Ground. Armenian Museum of America. Watertown, MA Curated by Todd Bartel, Thompson Gallery
2014 Sheltered. Davis Art Center. Davis, CA
2014 Proof of Purchase. Samson Projects. Boston, MA
2010 Off the Wall Annual Juried Exhibition. Danforth Museum. Framingham, MA Juried by J. Mergel, H. Molesworth
2010 The Armenian Genocide 95 Years Later. University of Rhode Island. Feinstein Gallery. Providence, RI
2007 1st Armenian Women’s Art Exhibit in NYC. The Village Quill. New York, NY. Juried by T. Chester-Gasparian
2006 40th Anniversary Exhibition. Paine Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA
2006 Inhabiting an Expansive Terrain. Casella Gallery. Wentworth Institute of Technology. Boston, MA
2005 Remembering the Armenian Genocide-The Jewish Holocaust. Gallery 401. Providence, RI
2005 The Armenian Genocide Show. Gallery Z. Providence, RI
2005 HeART Goes Red for Women. Gallery Z. Providence, RI
2000 The 9th Triennial. Fuller Museum of Art. Brockton, MA. Juried by Carl Beltz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum. 1996, Dana Pond. School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Boston, MA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2021 Founding member. Hopscotch Artists’ Collective
2020 Steering Committee Member. Array Contemporary.
2019, 2018 Membership Chair and Board Member. Galatea Fine Art.
2018-present Exhibitions Committee Member. National Association of Women Artists, Massachusetts Chapter
2018 Juror. Courting the Uncontrollable Parts 1&2. Curator’s Platform at Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA
2017 Juror. Student Exhibition. Massachusetts College of Art
2000-2015. Art Educator. Westwood Public Schools, Westwood, MA 02090
PUBLICATIONS
2021 The Marrow of Longing. Celeste Snowber and Marsha Odabashian. The Peoples’ Press
2020 Hyebred Magazine. Isolation.
2020 Artezein. Southern Illinois University.
2020 Armenian Poetry Project.
2019 Hyebred Magazine. Healing.
PRESS and REVIEWS
2024 Hyperallergic. 5 New York Shows to See Before June Ends,
2024 Hyperallergic, 4 Artists’ Pictures of an Unspeakable Past https://hyperallergic.com/919950/four-artists-pictures-of-an-unspeakable-past-in-peeling-the-onion-elza-kayal-gallery/ . AX Mina
2023 Artscope Magazine. “A Spiritual Evolution: NAWAMA Expands Its Message to the Berkshires”. Marjorie Kaye. https://artscopemagazine.com/2023/07/a-spiritual-evolution-nawama-expands-its-message-to-the-berkshires/
2021 PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) State of the Arts. ˚Before/After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide. Stockton University Interview, aired 10/30/2021
2021 ArtScope Magazine. A Hopscotch Sharing of Emotions Bring Viewers Together at Galatea Fine Art. Jack Lynch.
2019 Boston Globe. “Artists Draw from Teachers, Lovers and the Past for Annual BCA Show.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/13/arts/artists-draw-teachers-lovers-past-annual-bca-show/ Cate McQuaid.
2019 Boston Art Review. Interview; “Stirring the Pot with Marsha Nouritza Odabashian” Nancy Agabian. http://bostonartreview.com/reviews/marsha-nouritza-odabashian-interview-nancy-agabian/
2018 ArtScope Magazine. Marsha Nouritza Odabashian: Skins-Body Landscape at the Armenian Museum of America. https://artscopemagazine.com/category/artscope-online/visual-art/page/12/ J. Fatima Martins
2018 The Armenian Mirror Spectator. https://mirrorspectator.com/2018/05/02/armenian-museum-of-america-inaugurates-exhibition-of-odabashians-art-commemorates-armenian-genocide/
2018 Artscope Magazine. “Courting the Uncontrollable: Practical Magic”. https://artscopemagazine.com/issues/january-february-2018/ J. Fatima Martins
2017 Boston Home Magazine. Happenings. “A Beautiful Nightmare. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/2017/09/05/boston-home-design-events-fall-2017/
2015 The Boston Globe. “Armenia, Africa Stamp Their Past on Art.” Cate McQuaid
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/05/26/armenia-africa-stamp-their-past-art/6WYy5NA9yq3qQbNEHAQt3O/story.html
2015 Leslie University News. “A History Ignored.” Meenakshi Chhabra, Leslie University
2015 Artscope Magazine. “Kiss The Ground; Finding the ‘New’ Armenia”. J. Fatima Martins
2009 The Armenian Reporter. “In the Shade of the Peacock ‘Breaks New Ground” Robert Dulgarian, Emerson College
2009 Studio Visit Magazine (Volume 5) Open Studios Press.
2007 Artslant. “The First Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in New York City,” Tamar Chester- Gasparyan
2007 Armenian Art Magazine. Yerevan, Armenia.” The Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in NYC,” T. Gasparyan
2007 Providence Journal. Best Bets, Alan Rosenberg
2007 Artscope Magazine (In this Blast), “Hearts, Butterflies and Bioluminescent Bacteria”
2000 Art New England, Triennial Exhibition, Marty Carlock
Honors, Awards and Grants
2023 Mass Cultural Council Grant
mnodabashian@gmail.com
www.marshaodabashian.com
SOLO and 2 Person EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Color of Memory. Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA
2019 Stir: Drawings and Paintings from the Onion Pot. Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2018 Skins. Armenian Museum of America. Watertown, MA Curated by Jennifer Liston Munson
2017 Miasma. Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA.
2015 Expunge. Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA
2013 The Exegesis of Frosted Cake. Galatea Fine Art.
Boston, MA
2011 Half-Perceived: Stalking the Peacock. Galatea Fine Arts. Boston
2010 In the Shade of the Peacock: Parables and Paintboxes.
Armenian Museum of America. Watertown, MA
1998 Celestial Pantomimes. Aidekman Art Center at Tufts University.
Medford. MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Peeling the Onion, Elza Kayal Gallery. 368 Broadway, Suite 409, New York, New York
2024 Hopscotch 6, NYC Culture Club, Oculus at the World Trade Center. New York, New York
2024 Before After, William Patterson University. Curated by Ryann Casey
2024 Before, After: Reflections of the Armenian Genocide. Reflect Space Gallery, Glendale, CA curated by Ryann Casey
2023 Hopscotch 5. Gallery Sitka. Newport, Rhode Island
2023 Welcome to the Symbiocene. Arti Gallery. Marblehead, MA
2023 Unconnected Yet. Lorne Community Connect, Incorporated. Lorne Australia.
2023 Unconnected Yet. Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkutta. West Bengal. India. Juried and curated by Todd Bartell, Daniela Desponda, Teri Henderson, Talin Megherian, Pradip Maitra, Somenath Maity
2022 Across Cultures, Invisible Ties and Journeys of Hope, Mosesian Center for the Arts,Juried by Rania Matar
2022 Hopscotch 4. Wedemere Gallery. Lasall Unversity. Newton, MA
2022 Hopscotch 3 at Atlantic Wharf . The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf. Boston, MA
2022 8 x 8 Season 4, Flatfile Gallery. New York, NY
2022 Nourishing the Senses. Wedeman Gallery, Lasell University, Newton, MA. Juried by Vladimir Zimakov
2021 Hopscotch 2. Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA
2021 Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide, Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ
2021 Hopscotch. Galatea Fine Art, Boston.
2021 The Earth is Blue Like an Orange, Drawing Challenge XXlV. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery, 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
2021 When I Pronounce the Word Silence, Drawing Challenge XXlll. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery,41 E 57th St, NY, NY
2021 All the Notes are There Already. Drawing Challenge XX. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery. 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
2021 Collective Conscious. Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
2021 The Future is Many Colors. John Joseph Moakley U. S. Courthouse in Seaport District, Boston, MA
2020 Heroes and Villains. Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2020 A Year of Blue. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
2020 ROX/SE Piano Craft Gallery,793 Tremont St. Boston, MA Juried by Althea Krisiukenas Bennett, Jamaal “Barry”
Bonnette, Rion Folan, Eric Grau
2020 AC5. Array Contemporary. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
2020 Droplets. Drawing Project 2020. HallSpace. Dorchester, MA Curated by John Colan
2020 Mirror Images. Marblehead Art Association. Marblehead, MA
2020 Collectables. Rockport Art Association. Rockport, MA
2020 Lust After. Fountain Street Gallery. Boston, MA
2020 S/He. The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf Gallery. Boston, MA
2019 Field Notes: Lovers, Teachers and the Consciousness in Between.
Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA Juried by Chanel Thervil
2019 HUE-MAN-IZE. John Joseph Moakley U. S. Courthouse in Seaport District, Boston, MA
Juried by Kimberly Tavares, Director.
2019 That’s Cliché or Not. HallSpace Drawing Project 2019. HallSpace. Dorchester, MA Curated by John Colan
2019 Extremes and In-Betweens. Rocky Neck Art Colony. Gloucester, MA
Juried by Martha Swanson and Patricia Conan,
2019 Real Time. The Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA Juried by Erik Grau
2019 Transparency. Washington Art Club. Washington, D. C.
2018 The Personal is Political. Hess Gallery. Pine Manor College. Newton, MA Juried by Carolyn Wirth
2018 Resiliency and Resistance. Curators’ Platform at Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA
Sponsored by the Armenian International Women’s Association New England.
2018 Roadmaps. Honey Pump Gallery, Artessan and Armenian General Benevolent Association. Yerevan, Armenia.
Curated by Suzanna Poghosyan and Teresa Davtyan
2018 Women Against Violence: Resistance and Resilience. Marran Gallery. Leslie University. Cambridge, MA
2018 Juried Exhibition. Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Juried by Randi Hopkins
2018 Members’ Open. Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Provincetown, MA
2018 Radar. Artlery160 Gallery. Boston, MA
2018 A Parallel Presence. Wedeman Gallery. The Yamawaki Art & Cultural Center. Lasall College.
2018 With Eyes Wide Open. Thompson Gallery at the Cambridge School of Weston. Weston, MA. Juried by T.Bartel.
2017 Blank Canvas. Junior League of Boston Designer Show House at the Historic Homer House. Belmont, MA
2017 Always Speaking. Centennial Gallery at the Musculoskeletal Center. Peabody, MA
2016 Shelter. Harlem School of the Arts. New York, New York.
2016 New Illuminations-Codex. HAYP Pop-Up. Gumri, Armenia. Curated by Anna Gargarian.
2016 New Members Exhibition. NAWA (National Association of Women Artists) Gallery. New York, NY
2015 A New Armenia. Thompson Gallery, Cambridge School of Weston. Weston, MA. Curated by Todd Bartel, Director
2015 The Centennial Armenian Genocide. Art Windows University of Rhode Island. Providence, RI
2015 The Centennial Armenian Genocide. Studio Z. Providence, RI
2015 Celebrating the Transformative Power of Art. Massachusetts State House, Doric Hall. Boston, MA
2015 Art Speaks Truth to Power. 100 Mass Ave Gallery at Cambridge College. Cambridge, MA
2015 The Future of the Past: A History Ignored. Leslie University, The Brattle Campus. Cambridge, MA
2015 Pursuing Justice Through Art. The Whistler House Museum. Lowell, MA
2015 Kiss the Ground. Armenian Museum of America. Watertown, MA Curated by Todd Bartel, Thompson Gallery
2014 Sheltered. Davis Art Center. Davis, CA
2014 Proof of Purchase. Samson Projects. Boston, MA
2010 Off the Wall Annual Juried Exhibition. Danforth Museum. Framingham, MA Juried by J. Mergel, H. Molesworth
2010 The Armenian Genocide 95 Years Later. University of Rhode Island. Feinstein Gallery. Providence, RI
2007 1st Armenian Women’s Art Exhibit in NYC. The Village Quill. New York, NY. Juried by T. Chester-Gasparian
2006 40th Anniversary Exhibition. Paine Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA
2006 Inhabiting an Expansive Terrain. Casella Gallery. Wentworth Institute of Technology. Boston, MA
2005 Remembering the Armenian Genocide-The Jewish Holocaust. Gallery 401. Providence, RI
2005 The Armenian Genocide Show. Gallery Z. Providence, RI
2005 HeART Goes Red for Women. Gallery Z. Providence, RI
2000 The 9th Triennial. Fuller Museum of Art. Brockton, MA. Juried by Carl Beltz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum. 1996, Dana Pond. School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Boston, MA
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2021 Founding member. Hopscotch Artists’ Collective
2020 Steering Committee Member. Array Contemporary.
2019, 2018 Membership Chair and Board Member. Galatea Fine Art.
2018-present Exhibitions Committee Member. National Association of Women Artists, Massachusetts Chapter
2018 Juror. Courting the Uncontrollable Parts 1&2. Curator’s Platform at Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA
2017 Juror. Student Exhibition. Massachusetts College of Art
2000-2015. Art Educator. Westwood Public Schools, Westwood, MA 02090
PUBLICATIONS
2021 The Marrow of Longing. Celeste Snowber and Marsha Odabashian. The Peoples’ Press
2020 Hyebred Magazine. Isolation.
2020 Artezein. Southern Illinois University.
2020 Armenian Poetry Project.
2019 Hyebred Magazine. Healing.
PRESS and REVIEWS
2024 Hyperallergic. 5 New York Shows to See Before June Ends,
2024 Hyperallergic, 4 Artists’ Pictures of an Unspeakable Past https://hyperallergic.com/919950/four-artists-pictures-of-an-unspeakable-past-in-peeling-the-onion-elza-kayal-gallery/ . AX Mina
2023 Artscope Magazine. “A Spiritual Evolution: NAWAMA Expands Its Message to the Berkshires”. Marjorie Kaye. https://artscopemagazine.com/2023/07/a-spiritual-evolution-nawama-expands-its-message-to-the-berkshires/
2021 PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) State of the Arts. ˚Before/After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide. Stockton University Interview, aired 10/30/2021
2021 ArtScope Magazine. A Hopscotch Sharing of Emotions Bring Viewers Together at Galatea Fine Art. Jack Lynch.
2019 Boston Globe. “Artists Draw from Teachers, Lovers and the Past for Annual BCA Show.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/13/arts/artists-draw-teachers-lovers-past-annual-bca-show/ Cate McQuaid.
2019 Boston Art Review. Interview; “Stirring the Pot with Marsha Nouritza Odabashian” Nancy Agabian. http://bostonartreview.com/reviews/marsha-nouritza-odabashian-interview-nancy-agabian/
2018 ArtScope Magazine. Marsha Nouritza Odabashian: Skins-Body Landscape at the Armenian Museum of America. https://artscopemagazine.com/category/artscope-online/visual-art/page/12/ J. Fatima Martins
2018 The Armenian Mirror Spectator. https://mirrorspectator.com/2018/05/02/armenian-museum-of-america-inaugurates-exhibition-of-odabashians-art-commemorates-armenian-genocide/
2018 Artscope Magazine. “Courting the Uncontrollable: Practical Magic”. https://artscopemagazine.com/issues/january-february-2018/ J. Fatima Martins
2017 Boston Home Magazine. Happenings. “A Beautiful Nightmare. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/2017/09/05/boston-home-design-events-fall-2017/
2015 The Boston Globe. “Armenia, Africa Stamp Their Past on Art.” Cate McQuaid
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/05/26/armenia-africa-stamp-their-past-art/6WYy5NA9yq3qQbNEHAQt3O/story.html
2015 Leslie University News. “A History Ignored.” Meenakshi Chhabra, Leslie University
2015 Artscope Magazine. “Kiss The Ground; Finding the ‘New’ Armenia”. J. Fatima Martins
2009 The Armenian Reporter. “In the Shade of the Peacock ‘Breaks New Ground” Robert Dulgarian, Emerson College
2009 Studio Visit Magazine (Volume 5) Open Studios Press.
2007 Artslant. “The First Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in New York City,” Tamar Chester- Gasparyan
2007 Armenian Art Magazine. Yerevan, Armenia.” The Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in NYC,” T. Gasparyan
2007 Providence Journal. Best Bets, Alan Rosenberg
2007 Artscope Magazine (In this Blast), “Hearts, Butterflies and Bioluminescent Bacteria”
2000 Art New England, Triennial Exhibition, Marty Carlock
Honors, Awards and Grants
2023 Mass Cultural Council Grant