Marsha Nouritza Odabashian
mnodabashian@gmail.com
www.marshaodabashian.com
Boston, MA 02118
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2023
The Color of Memory. Two person exhibition with Jennifer Liston Munson. 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 Art. Boston, MA
2010
In the Shade of the Peacock: Parables and Paintboxes.
Armenian Library and Museum of America. Watertown, MA
2005
Palimpsests and Other Paintings.
Armenian Library and Museum of America. Watertown, MA
1998
Celestial Pantomimes. Tufts University Art Gallery. Medford. MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Hopscotch 5. Gallery Sitka. Newport, Rhode Island
Unconnected Yet. Lorne Community Connect, Incorporated. Lorne, Australia.
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
Hopscotch 4. Wedemere Gallery. Lasall Unversity. Newton, MA
Hopscotch 3 at Atlantic Wharf. The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf. Boston, MA
8 x 8 Season 4, Flatfile Gallery. New York, NY
Nourishing the Senses. Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, MA Juried by Vladimir Zimakov
Changing Lives, Changing Future. Atlantic Warf Gallery, Boston, MA
2021
Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide, Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ
Hopscotch. Galatea Fine Art, Boston.
The Earth is Blue Like an Orange, Drawing Challenge XXlV. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery, 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
When I Pronounce the Word Silence, Drawing Challenge XXlll. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery, 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
All the Notes are There Already. Drawing Challenge XX. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery. 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
Collective Conscious. Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
The Future is Many Colors. John Joseph Moakley U. S. Courthouse in Seaport District, Boston, MA
Collective Conscious.
Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
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
A Year of Blue.
460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
ROX/SE
Piano Craft Gallery. 793 Tremont St., Boston, MA Juried by Althea Krisiukenas Bennett, Jamaal "Barry" Bonnette, Rion Folan, Eric Grau
AC5
Array Contemporary. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
Droplets
Drawing Project 2020. HallSpace. Dorchester, MA Curated by John Colan
Mirror Images.
Marblehead Art Association. Marblehead, MA
Collectables
Rockport Art Association. Rockport, MA
Lust After
Fountains Street Gallery. Boston, MA
S/He. Atlantic Warf 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
HUE-MAN-IZE
John Joseph Moakley U. S. Courthouse in Seaport District, Boston, MA Juried by Kimberly Tavares, Director.
That’s Cliché or Not.
HallSpace Drawing Project 2019. HallSpace. Dorchester, MA. Curated by John Colan
Extremes and In-Betweens.
Rocky Neck Art Colony. Gloucester, MA
Juried by Martha Swanson and Patricia Conan
Real Time.
The Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA
Juried by Erik Grau
Transparency.
Washington Art Club. Washington, D. C.
2018
The Personal is Political.
Hess Gallery. Pine Manor College. Newton, MA Juried by Carolyn Wirth
Resiliency and Resistance.
Curators’ Platform at Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA Sponsored by the Armenian International Women’s Association New England.
Roadmaps.
Honey Pump Gallery, Artessan and Armenian General Benevolent Association (AGBU). Yerevan, Armenia.
Curated by Suzanna Poghosyan and Teresa Davtyan
Women Against Violence: Resistance and Resilience
Marran Gallery. Lesley University. Cambridge MA
Juried Exhibition
Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
Juried by Rani Hopkins
Radar
Artlery 160 Gallery. Boston, MA
2017
Blank Canvas.
Junior League of BostonDesigner Show House at the Historic Homer House. Belmont., MA
Always Speaking
Centennial Gallery at the Musculoskeletal Center. Peabody, MA
2016
Shelter
Harlem School of the Arts. New York, NY
New Illuminations-Codex. HAYP Pop-Up.
Gumri, Armenia
Curated by Anna Gargarian
New Members Exhibition
NAWA (National Association of Women Artists) Gallery.
New York, NY
2015
Small Works.
Galatea Fine Arts. Boston, MA
The Human Condition.
Galatea Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Kiss the Ground.
The Thompson Gallery at the Cambridge School of Weston. Weston, MA
Curated by Todd Bartel, Gallery Director Thompson Gallery
The Centennial Armenian Genocide Exhibition
Providence Art Windows at the University of Rhode Island. Providence, RI
The Centennial Armenian Genocide Exhibit.
Studio Z. Providence, RI
Celebrating the Transformative Power of Art
Doric Hall. Massachusetts State House. Boston, MA
Art Speaks Truth to Power.
100 Mass Ave Gallery. Cambridge College. Cambridge, MA
The Future of the Past: A History Ignored.
The Brattle Campus. Leslie University. Cambridge, MA
Pursuing Justice Through Art 2015
The Whistler House Museum. Lowell, MA
2014
A New Armenia Part 1
Armenian Museum of America. Watertown, MA
Curated by Todd Bartel, Gallery Director Thompson Gallery
Sheltered. Davis Art Center. Davis, CA
Proof of Purchase. Samson Projects. Boston, MA
2013
Westwood Public Schools Art Department Faculty Exhibition
Westwood Public Library Gallery. Westwood, MA
2010
Armenian Students Association Artists’ Ball
(Benefit for Student Scholarships)
ICO Gallery, New York, NY
Off the Wall 2010 Annual Juried Exhibition
Danforth Museum. Framingham, MA.
Juried by Jen Mergel and Helen Molesworth
The Armenian Genocide 95 Years Later
University of Rhode Island Providence Campus. Feinstein Gallery. Providence, RI
2009
Members’ Inaugural Exhibition
Galatea Fine Arts. Boston, MA
2007
1st Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in NYC. The Village Quill.
New York, NY
South End Open Studios Members’ Exhibition. Galatea Fine Arts.
Boston, MA
Listen to Your Heart. Gallery Z. Providence, RI. Curated by Berge Zobian
2006
12 x 12 Holiday Show.
Bromfield Gallery. Boston, MA
40th Anniversary Exhibition.
Paine Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA
Inhabiting an Expansive Terrain.
Casella Gallery. Wentworth Institute of Technology. Boston, MA
2005
Small Wonders.
The Armenian Library and Museum of America. Watertown, MA
Remembering the Armenian Genocide-The Jewish Holocaust
Gallery 401. Providence, RI
The Armenian Genocide Show.
Gallery Z. Providence, RI
HeART Goes Red for Women. Gallery Z. Providence, RI
1999
The Ninth Triennial.
Fuller Museum of Art. Brockton, MA
Juried by Carl Beltz, Director Emeritus at the Rose Art Museum.
New Art ’99.
MPG Gallery. Boston, MA
Juried by Carl Beltz, Director Emeritus at the Rose Art Museum
Red. Cambridge Art Association.
Cambridge, MA
Juried by Peter Nisbet, Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum
1996
Dana Pond.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Boston, MA
Neighborhood Stories.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
1995
Domingo’s Circuit.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Dana Pond.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Converging Paths.
Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College. Cambridge, MA
PRESS, REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
Carlock, Marty. Art New England “Triennial Exhibition” December-January 2000
Chester-Gasparyan, Tamar. Armenian Art (Cultural Magazine. Yerevan, Armenian)“The Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in New York City”. March- April 2007
Chester-Gasparyan. Tamar. Artslant. “The First Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in New York City”. December 2007
Chhabra, Meenakshi. Leslie University News. “A History Ignored” Leslie University News. March 23
Dulgarian, Robert. The Armenian Reporter. “In the Shade of the Peacock ‘Breaks New Ground’ ". September 3, 2009
Martins, J. Fatima. ArtScope. “Kiss The Ground Finding the New Armenia". January/February, 2015
McQuaid, Cate. The Boston Globe. “Armenia, Africa Stamp Their Past on Art”. May 26, 2015
Rosenberg, Alan. Providence Journal. “Best Bets” February 24- 27, 2007
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 5. Open Studios Press. Spring 2009
ArtScope Magazine (In this Blast). “Hearts, Butterflies and Bioluminescent Bacteria”. February 16, 2007
EDUCATION
May 1998
School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA.
Master of Fine Arts.
May 1983
University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
May 1979
University of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI.
Concentration in drawing and art history
mnodabashian@gmail.com
www.marshaodabashian.com
Boston, MA 02118
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2023
The Color of Memory. Two person exhibition with Jennifer Liston Munson. 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 Art. Boston, MA
2010
In the Shade of the Peacock: Parables and Paintboxes.
Armenian Library and Museum of America. Watertown, MA
2005
Palimpsests and Other Paintings.
Armenian Library and Museum of America. Watertown, MA
1998
Celestial Pantomimes. Tufts University Art Gallery. Medford. MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Hopscotch 5. Gallery Sitka. Newport, Rhode Island
Unconnected Yet. Lorne Community Connect, Incorporated. Lorne, Australia.
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
Hopscotch 4. Wedemere Gallery. Lasall Unversity. Newton, MA
Hopscotch 3 at Atlantic Wharf. The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf. Boston, MA
8 x 8 Season 4, Flatfile Gallery. New York, NY
Nourishing the Senses. Wedeman Gallery, Lasell College, Newton, MA Juried by Vladimir Zimakov
Changing Lives, Changing Future. Atlantic Warf Gallery, Boston, MA
2021
Before, After: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide, Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ
Hopscotch. Galatea Fine Art, Boston.
The Earth is Blue Like an Orange, Drawing Challenge XXlV. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery, 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
When I Pronounce the Word Silence, Drawing Challenge XXlll. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery, 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
All the Notes are There Already. Drawing Challenge XX. Online. Jason McCoy Gallery. 41 E 57th St, NY, NY
Collective Conscious. Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
The Future is Many Colors. John Joseph Moakley U. S. Courthouse in Seaport District, Boston, MA
Collective Conscious.
Brookline Art Center. Brookline, MA
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
A Year of Blue.
460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
ROX/SE
Piano Craft Gallery. 793 Tremont St., Boston, MA Juried by Althea Krisiukenas Bennett, Jamaal "Barry" Bonnette, Rion Folan, Eric Grau
AC5
Array Contemporary. 460 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
Droplets
Drawing Project 2020. HallSpace. Dorchester, MA Curated by John Colan
Mirror Images.
Marblehead Art Association. Marblehead, MA
Collectables
Rockport Art Association. Rockport, MA
Lust After
Fountains Street Gallery. Boston, MA
S/He. Atlantic Warf 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
HUE-MAN-IZE
John Joseph Moakley U. S. Courthouse in Seaport District, Boston, MA Juried by Kimberly Tavares, Director.
That’s Cliché or Not.
HallSpace Drawing Project 2019. HallSpace. Dorchester, MA. Curated by John Colan
Extremes and In-Betweens.
Rocky Neck Art Colony. Gloucester, MA
Juried by Martha Swanson and Patricia Conan
Real Time.
The Piano Craft Gallery. Boston, MA
Juried by Erik Grau
Transparency.
Washington Art Club. Washington, D. C.
2018
The Personal is Political.
Hess Gallery. Pine Manor College. Newton, MA Juried by Carolyn Wirth
Resiliency and Resistance.
Curators’ Platform at Galatea Fine Art. Boston, MA Sponsored by the Armenian International Women’s Association New England.
Roadmaps.
Honey Pump Gallery, Artessan and Armenian General Benevolent Association (AGBU). Yerevan, Armenia.
Curated by Suzanna Poghosyan and Teresa Davtyan
Women Against Violence: Resistance and Resilience
Marran Gallery. Lesley University. Cambridge MA
Juried Exhibition
Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
Juried by Rani Hopkins
Radar
Artlery 160 Gallery. Boston, MA
2017
Blank Canvas.
Junior League of BostonDesigner Show House at the Historic Homer House. Belmont., MA
Always Speaking
Centennial Gallery at the Musculoskeletal Center. Peabody, MA
2016
Shelter
Harlem School of the Arts. New York, NY
New Illuminations-Codex. HAYP Pop-Up.
Gumri, Armenia
Curated by Anna Gargarian
New Members Exhibition
NAWA (National Association of Women Artists) Gallery.
New York, NY
2015
Small Works.
Galatea Fine Arts. Boston, MA
The Human Condition.
Galatea Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Kiss the Ground.
The Thompson Gallery at the Cambridge School of Weston. Weston, MA
Curated by Todd Bartel, Gallery Director Thompson Gallery
The Centennial Armenian Genocide Exhibition
Providence Art Windows at the University of Rhode Island. Providence, RI
The Centennial Armenian Genocide Exhibit.
Studio Z. Providence, RI
Celebrating the Transformative Power of Art
Doric Hall. Massachusetts State House. Boston, MA
Art Speaks Truth to Power.
100 Mass Ave Gallery. Cambridge College. Cambridge, MA
The Future of the Past: A History Ignored.
The Brattle Campus. Leslie University. Cambridge, MA
Pursuing Justice Through Art 2015
The Whistler House Museum. Lowell, MA
2014
A New Armenia Part 1
Armenian Museum of America. Watertown, MA
Curated by Todd Bartel, Gallery Director Thompson Gallery
Sheltered. Davis Art Center. Davis, CA
Proof of Purchase. Samson Projects. Boston, MA
2013
Westwood Public Schools Art Department Faculty Exhibition
Westwood Public Library Gallery. Westwood, MA
2010
Armenian Students Association Artists’ Ball
(Benefit for Student Scholarships)
ICO Gallery, New York, NY
Off the Wall 2010 Annual Juried Exhibition
Danforth Museum. Framingham, MA.
Juried by Jen Mergel and Helen Molesworth
The Armenian Genocide 95 Years Later
University of Rhode Island Providence Campus. Feinstein Gallery. Providence, RI
2009
Members’ Inaugural Exhibition
Galatea Fine Arts. Boston, MA
2007
1st Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in NYC. The Village Quill.
New York, NY
South End Open Studios Members’ Exhibition. Galatea Fine Arts.
Boston, MA
Listen to Your Heart. Gallery Z. Providence, RI. Curated by Berge Zobian
2006
12 x 12 Holiday Show.
Bromfield Gallery. Boston, MA
40th Anniversary Exhibition.
Paine Gallery. Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA
Inhabiting an Expansive Terrain.
Casella Gallery. Wentworth Institute of Technology. Boston, MA
2005
Small Wonders.
The Armenian Library and Museum of America. Watertown, MA
Remembering the Armenian Genocide-The Jewish Holocaust
Gallery 401. Providence, RI
The Armenian Genocide Show.
Gallery Z. Providence, RI
HeART Goes Red for Women. Gallery Z. Providence, RI
1999
The Ninth Triennial.
Fuller Museum of Art. Brockton, MA
Juried by Carl Beltz, Director Emeritus at the Rose Art Museum.
New Art ’99.
MPG Gallery. Boston, MA
Juried by Carl Beltz, Director Emeritus at the Rose Art Museum
Red. Cambridge Art Association.
Cambridge, MA
Juried by Peter Nisbet, Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum
1996
Dana Pond.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Boston, MA
Neighborhood Stories.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
1995
Domingo’s Circuit.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Dana Pond.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Converging Paths.
Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College. Cambridge, MA
PRESS, REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
Carlock, Marty. Art New England “Triennial Exhibition” December-January 2000
Chester-Gasparyan, Tamar. Armenian Art (Cultural Magazine. Yerevan, Armenian)“The Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in New York City”. March- April 2007
Chester-Gasparyan. Tamar. Artslant. “The First Armenian Women’s Art Exhibition in New York City”. December 2007
Chhabra, Meenakshi. Leslie University News. “A History Ignored” Leslie University News. March 23
Dulgarian, Robert. The Armenian Reporter. “In the Shade of the Peacock ‘Breaks New Ground’ ". September 3, 2009
Martins, J. Fatima. ArtScope. “Kiss The Ground Finding the New Armenia". January/February, 2015
McQuaid, Cate. The Boston Globe. “Armenia, Africa Stamp Their Past on Art”. May 26, 2015
Rosenberg, Alan. Providence Journal. “Best Bets” February 24- 27, 2007
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 5. Open Studios Press. Spring 2009
ArtScope Magazine (In this Blast). “Hearts, Butterflies and Bioluminescent Bacteria”. February 16, 2007
EDUCATION
May 1998
School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA.
Master of Fine Arts.
May 1983
University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
May 1979
University of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI.
Concentration in drawing and art history