christopher pothier
artist|painter
612 E 8th, The Dalles, OR
617.833.7555
studio@cwapothier.com
Education
1998 University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Bachelor of Fine Arts/Painting. Cum Laude
Employment
2004 to present Exhibiting artist/painter.
1999 to present Owner/operator of CWA Pothier Fine Art. A small business that focuses on the production of artwork for the residential and commercial client. These products come in the form of murals, commissioned paintings and portraits, and decorative finishes.
Teaching Experience
2017 to present Painting instructor at The Dalles Art Center, Oregon
2004 to 2015 Adjunct faculty at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Manchester, NH
2013 to 2015 Instructor at Kimball Jenkins School of Art
2011 to 2014 Adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell
2010 Fall Term Taylor Visiting Artist. St. Paul's School. Concord NH
2012 Spring Adjunct faculty at St. Paul's School. Concord NH
2006 to 2009 Part-time painting instructor at Sanctuary Arts School, Elliot, Maine.
Exhibition Schedule
Solo Exhibitions
2017 May Columbia Bank. Business Series. Portland, OR
2016 Oct Steel Door Gallery. Recent Works. Portland, OR
2016 Aug Bowersock Gallery. Complicated Concepts. Provincetown, MA
2012 Feb Bowersock Gallery. Recent Paintings. Mt. Dora, FL
2011 Mar Gallery 303. New England Institute of Art. Brookline, MA
2010 Nov Hargate Art Gallery. Paintings. St. Paul's School. Concord, NH
2010 Dec Lord Hobo. Various paintings. Cambridge MA
2009 Apr 1330 Boylston. Various Paintings. Boston, MA
Two-person Exhibitions
2016 Aug Bowersock Gallery. Complicated Concepts. Works by Christopher Pothier and Darlou Gams. Provincetown, MA
2014 Aug Bowersock Gallery. Return Performance: Works by Christopher Pothier and Chrisopher Volpe. Provincetown, MA
2013 Aug Bowersock Gallery. Works by Christopher Pothier and Christopher Volpe. Provincetown, MA
2011 Aug Bowersock Gallery. Human Nature: featuring the artwork of Chris Pothier and Jeanne McCartin, Provincetown, MA
2005 Jul Anderson-Soule Gallery. Emotion: paintings by Christopher Pothier, photographs by Gary Samson. Concord, NH
Group Exhibitions
2017 Nov Sante Bar. Celebration of Portland’s First Thursday. Portland, OR
Oct Boston International Fine Art Show. Boston, MA
Sep Bowersock Gallery. Current State of Affairs, Provincetown, MA
Mar Steel Door Gallery. Various Works by Steel Door Artists. Portland, OR
Jan Gallery at 100 Market. Various Artists. Portsmouth, NH
2016 Oct Boston International Fine Art Show. Boston, MA
Jan Salmagundi Club. 2014/15 International Art Renewal Center Salon Exhibit. NYC
Jan The Copley Society. New Members Show. Boston, MA
2015 Nov European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM). 2014/15 International Art Renewal Center Salon Exhibit. Barcelona, Spain
2015 Oct Boston International Fine Art Show. Boston, MA
2015 Mar Gallery at 100 Market. Winter to Spring Exhibit ’15. Portsmouth, NH
2014 Nov Boston International Fine Art Show. Boston, MA
2013 Nov Boston International Fine Art Show. Boston, MA
Jun Gallery at 100 Market. Various Artists. Portsmouth, NH
2012 Apr Gallery at 100 Market. Various Artists. Portsmouth, NH
Nov Boston International Fine Art Show. Boston, MA
2011 Mar Annual Masters Show. Soo Rye Gallery. Rye, NH
Sep Gallery at 100 Market. Various Artists. Portsmouth, NH
Nov Boston International Fine Art Show. Boston, MA
2010 Nov Boston International Fine Art Show. Boston, MA
2010 Sep Bowersock Gallery. It's the real thing. Provincetown, MA
Sep New Hampshire Institute of Art. Faculty Exhibit. Manchester, NH
Apr Bowersock Gallery. New Artists. Provincetown, MA
2009 Aug St. Paul's School. Larger Than Life: manifestations of portraiture and the human figure. Concord, NH
2009 Aug New Hampshire Institute of Art. Faculty Exhibit. Manchester, NH
2008 Sep New Hampshire Institute of Art. Faculty Exhibit. Manchester, NH
Sep Southern New Hampshire University: Go Figure! - The Figure in Contemporary Art. Manchester, NH
2007 May Gallery at 2 Pillsbury. Cross-Pollination: Faculty of the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Concord, NH
2006 Sep New Hampshire Institute of Art. Faculty Exhibit. Manchester, NH
2005 Jan Anderson-Soule Gallery. Art in bloom: selected artists. Concord, NH
Sep New Hampshire Institute of Art. Faculty Exhibit. Manchester, NH
2004 Jan Anderson-Soule Gallery. Selected Artists. Concord, NH
Feb Spring Bull Gallery. Fabulous Fakes Exhibit. Newport, RI
Mar Anderson-Soule Gallery. Stolen Moments: New Works by Pamela Dulong Williams.Concord, NH
Sep New Hampshire Institute of Art. Faculty Exhibit. Manchester, NH
2003 Mar Anderson-Soule Gallery. Local Artists. Concord, NH
Dec Anderson-Soule Gallery. Small Works Show. Concord, NH
2001 Mar MillArt Gallery. Cuba Vive. Selected artists. Lawrence, MA
1998 Jun Herter Gallery. UMass Amherst. Selected artists. Amherst, MA
Selected Commissions/ Clients/ Collectors
Seven Bridges Foundation
Robert Duffy (CEO of Mark Jacobs, Inc.)
Charles R and Nancy Wesley
Kevin Davis (CEO of Bauer, Inc.)
Steve Samuels (Founder & Chairman of Samuels and Associates)
Shawmut Construction
W Hotel. Boston, MA
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. Boston, MA
Planeta Design Group. Boston, MA
1330 Boylston St. Boston, MA
CVW 8, USS Theodore Roosevelt, United States Navy
Children's Museum of New Hampshire. Dover, NH
Lucca Restaurant. Boston, MA
Publications
2016 Artelibre ~ Arte y Libertad XI
2016 Art Renewal Center Annual Salon Catalog
2016 Fine Art Connoisseur. July/August
2015 Art Renewal Center Annual Salon Catalog
2015 Fine Art Connoisseur. “One to Watch”. July/August issue.
2014 Art Renewal Center Annual Salon Catalog
2014 Fine Art Connoisseur. December issue
2014 Concord Insider. Chris Pothier is fascinated by people - that’s why he paints them. May ’14
2012 American Art Collector. December issue
2011 Fall issue of Studio Visit Magazine
2010 Boston Herald. Lucca Back Bay: Chow bella. 12 Feb 2010
2006 Concord Monitor. Paintings, flowers offer taste of spring. 27 January 2006
2005 NH Events. Anderson-Soule Gallery Presents "emotion". 14 July 2005
2001 Lawrence Eagle Tribune. Opening unites communities. Rosemary Ford. 31 March 2001.
1998 Commonwealth Undergraduate Review: The Journal of Undergraduate Research in Massachusetts Public Higher Education. vol.3, page 20.
Awards / Honors
2016 Finalist. 2016 Art Renewal Center International Salon.
2015 Runner-up for the “Most ambitious work”. Art Renewal Center International Salon
2015 Best in show. Gallery at 100 Market group show. Portsmouth, NH
2015 Selected as a member of the Copley Society of Art
2014 Finalist. 2014 Art Renewal Center International Salon.
2012 Honorable Mention. Mount Dora Art Festival, Mt. Dora, Florida
2012 Best in show. Gallery at 100 Market group show. Portsmouth, NH
1998 Top Painter Award. University of Massachusetts at Amherst Fine Arts Department
Lectures / Speaking Engagements/ Etc.
2015 Guest Speaker to the Professional Artist’s class. New Hampshire Institute of Art
2014 Delft after Rome. Lecture about Dutch genre painting in the 17th century.
2010 Visiting Artist. Saint Paul's