christopher pothier

artist|painter

 

612 E 8th, The Dalles, OR

617.833.7555

studio@cwapothier.com

www.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

 
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