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TIMOTHY MCDONALD
53 Auburn St. Ext. Apt. 9, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
614 S. 13th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
508-626-4936 office | 508-395-5350 cell
tmcdonald@framingham.edu | mindfullytim@yahoo.com
website: www.tim-mcdonald.com
EDUCATION
2005 Master of Fine Arts
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1983 Bachelor of Arts
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Eternal Blooming and the Ancient Future, Mazmanian Gallery,
Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2019 Ambient Matter, Farm Projects, Wellfleet, MA
2016 like itself, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Opening the Mountain, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
it rises into wide open space, Hampden Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA
2012 Thingification, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
where you are, Farm Project Space, Wellfleet, MA
2011 primary point, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Ritual Elements, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion College, Albion, MI
2010 a wild edge, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Old Enough To Give You Dreams, Spirol Gallery, Quinnebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
2008 The Cusp of Magic, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Footnotes Oracles and Margins Or Listening In the Bardo,
EUC Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
2007 (Re)currents, Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
Geomnena, Mazamanian Art Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2005 Mud and Ashes, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2004 Invocations, AR Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2003 Only This, Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
2000 Forgotten Language, C. Francis Gallery, Providence, RI
1998 Earthwards, AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI
SELECTED 2 PERSON, 3 PERSON & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Remembering Together: Marking Lives COVID-19, Broad Institute, MIT Boston, MA
2019 Draw the Line, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Exstasy/Enstasy, S & G Project Gallery, New Bedford MA
knocking from the inside, Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham, MA
2016 Alter Ego, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Not Exactly Flat, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Vibrant Matter, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2014 Fall Frontal, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Draw(n) Out, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Unlikely Pairings, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 The Usual Suspects, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Cross Town, Fountain Street Gallery, Framingham, MA
3 ½ x 9, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 About the Mark, Curry College, Milton, MA
24 Solo Shows, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Off the Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Part and Process: Collage, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Process, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2010 Reunion: Invitational Alumni Exhibition of 100 Alumni, Slocumb Galleries, East Tenn. State University,
Johnson City, TN
Under Cover, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
I-95 Triennial, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
National Juried Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Long Island Beach Foundation of Arts & Science National Juried Exhibition, LIBF Gallery, Loveladies, NJ
Stimulus Package, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Building Permit, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Body and Soul, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2008 12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Members’ Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2007 Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Faculty Works, Mazamanian Art Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Positive/Negative XXII, Slocumb Galleries, East Tenn. State Univ., Johnson City, TN
2005 College Art Association Regional MFA Exhibition, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Added/Attached/Connected, Slocumb Galleries, East Tenn. State University, Johnson City, TN
Mute, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
2004 Salon Show, AR Gallery, Johnson City, TN
The Option, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
First Tennessee Bank Annual Exhibition, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
2003 Burning Bright II, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Appalachian Art Annual Exhibition, Kingsport Art Guild, Kingsport, TN
First Tennessee Bank Annual Exhibition, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
2002 Burning Bright, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2001 Go Figure, Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
Positive/Negative, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
First Tennessee Bank Annual Exhibition, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
1998 Three Artists, Deblois Gallery, Newport RI
1996 Annual Juried Exhibition, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Ghosts, The Waiting Room Gallery, Providence RI
Presence, The Waiting Room Gallery, Providence RI
COLLECTIONS | REGISTRIES |
Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (2007-2014)
Boston Drawing Project, Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, MA (2007-2013)
GRANTS | AWARDS | RESIDENCIES|
2019/20/21 CELTSS Research Grant from Framingham State University
Center for Education Learning Teaching Scholarship and Service
2018 CELTSS Research Grant from Framingham State University
Center for Education Learning Teaching Scholarship and Service
2016 CELTSS Research Grant from Framingham State University
Center for Education Learning Teaching Scholarship and Service
2014 CELTSS Travel Grant
2013 CELTSS Research Grant
2012 CELTSS Travel Grant
2011 CELTSS Travel Grant
2010 CELTSS Travel Grant
2009 CELTSS Research Grant
2009 Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2006 Artist in Residence, Wildacres, New Switzerland, NC
2003–04 ETSU Graduate and Professional Student Association Grants, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Guest Curator, Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
2002 Tennessee Arts Commission Grant, Nashville, TN. Johnson City Area Arts Council
ABC “Arts Build Communities” Grant, Johnson City, TN
2001–2006 Artist-in-Residence, Rural Resources, a not-for-profit environmental organization dedicated to supporting sustainable local agriculture.
TEACHING
2017-Present Professor of Art, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2013-2017 Associate Professor of Art, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2006-2013 (2012 Earned Tenure) Assistant Professor of Art, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2005–2006 Adjunct Professor, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2003–2005 Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record), East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
ADMINISTRATIVE
2006-2019 Director, Mazmanian Art Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2005–2006 Interim Director, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS/PERFORMANCES
2021 ancient future, Artists and Authors Lecture Series, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2020 the drums are the sun: a zoom conversation Tuesday Talks, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham MA
2018 Feedback Loop with Dr. Christian Gentry, Music created by live improvised drawing,
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Feedback Loop with Dr. Christian Gentry, Music created by live improvised drawing,
Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2017 Feedback Loop with Dr. Christian Gentry, Music created by live improvised drawing,
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Feedback Loop with Dr. Christian Gentry, Music created by live improvised drawing,
Scholars on the Hill Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2016 from dream to dream, Artists and Authors Lecture Series, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2014 When You See Me Again It Will Be in Mountains, Artist Lecture, Wachusett Meadow, Princeton, MA
2013 ArtExchange, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY
2011 ArtExchange, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY
2010 ArtExchange, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
2006 Panel Chair, Desire, Memory, Wanderlust: Art and Identity, Southern Humanities Council, Annual Conference, Asheville, NC
Panelist, Fable and Fauna: Children’s Book Illustration, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2005 Presenter, The Inside Looking Out: Making Post-Public Art with Mel Chin, or How to Spackle a WMD,
Southern Humanities Council Annual Conference, Richmond, VA
2004 Panelist, The Sound (?) of Rhetoric, Southern Humanities Council Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
College Art Association (CAA), New York, NY
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoCA), North Adams, MA
53 Auburn St. Ext. Apt. 9, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
614 S. 13th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
508-626-4936 office | 508-395-5350 cell
tmcdonald@framingham.edu | mindfullytim@yahoo.com
website: www.tim-mcdonald.com
EDUCATION
2005 Master of Fine Arts
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1983 Bachelor of Arts
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Eternal Blooming and the Ancient Future, Mazmanian Gallery,
Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2019 Ambient Matter, Farm Projects, Wellfleet, MA
2016 like itself, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Opening the Mountain, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
it rises into wide open space, Hampden Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA
2012 Thingification, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
where you are, Farm Project Space, Wellfleet, MA
2011 primary point, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Ritual Elements, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion College, Albion, MI
2010 a wild edge, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Old Enough To Give You Dreams, Spirol Gallery, Quinnebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
2008 The Cusp of Magic, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Footnotes Oracles and Margins Or Listening In the Bardo,
EUC Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
2007 (Re)currents, Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
Geomnena, Mazamanian Art Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2005 Mud and Ashes, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2004 Invocations, AR Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2003 Only This, Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
2000 Forgotten Language, C. Francis Gallery, Providence, RI
1998 Earthwards, AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI
SELECTED 2 PERSON, 3 PERSON & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Remembering Together: Marking Lives COVID-19, Broad Institute, MIT Boston, MA
2019 Draw the Line, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Exstasy/Enstasy, S & G Project Gallery, New Bedford MA
knocking from the inside, Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham, MA
2016 Alter Ego, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Not Exactly Flat, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Vibrant Matter, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2014 Fall Frontal, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Draw(n) Out, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Unlikely Pairings, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 The Usual Suspects, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Cross Town, Fountain Street Gallery, Framingham, MA
3 ½ x 9, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 About the Mark, Curry College, Milton, MA
24 Solo Shows, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Off the Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Part and Process: Collage, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Process, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2010 Reunion: Invitational Alumni Exhibition of 100 Alumni, Slocumb Galleries, East Tenn. State University,
Johnson City, TN
Under Cover, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
I-95 Triennial, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Plus One, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
National Juried Exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Long Island Beach Foundation of Arts & Science National Juried Exhibition, LIBF Gallery, Loveladies, NJ
Stimulus Package, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Building Permit, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Body and Soul, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2008 12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Members’ Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2007 Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Faculty Works, Mazamanian Art Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Positive/Negative XXII, Slocumb Galleries, East Tenn. State Univ., Johnson City, TN
2005 College Art Association Regional MFA Exhibition, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Added/Attached/Connected, Slocumb Galleries, East Tenn. State University, Johnson City, TN
Mute, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
2004 Salon Show, AR Gallery, Johnson City, TN
The Option, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
First Tennessee Bank Annual Exhibition, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
2003 Burning Bright II, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Appalachian Art Annual Exhibition, Kingsport Art Guild, Kingsport, TN
First Tennessee Bank Annual Exhibition, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
2002 Burning Bright, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2001 Go Figure, Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
Positive/Negative, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
First Tennessee Bank Annual Exhibition, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
1998 Three Artists, Deblois Gallery, Newport RI
1996 Annual Juried Exhibition, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Ghosts, The Waiting Room Gallery, Providence RI
Presence, The Waiting Room Gallery, Providence RI
COLLECTIONS | REGISTRIES |
Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (2007-2014)
Boston Drawing Project, Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, MA (2007-2013)
GRANTS | AWARDS | RESIDENCIES|
2019/20/21 CELTSS Research Grant from Framingham State University
Center for Education Learning Teaching Scholarship and Service
2018 CELTSS Research Grant from Framingham State University
Center for Education Learning Teaching Scholarship and Service
2016 CELTSS Research Grant from Framingham State University
Center for Education Learning Teaching Scholarship and Service
2014 CELTSS Travel Grant
2013 CELTSS Research Grant
2012 CELTSS Travel Grant
2011 CELTSS Travel Grant
2010 CELTSS Travel Grant
2009 CELTSS Research Grant
2009 Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2006 Artist in Residence, Wildacres, New Switzerland, NC
2003–04 ETSU Graduate and Professional Student Association Grants, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Guest Curator, Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
2002 Tennessee Arts Commission Grant, Nashville, TN. Johnson City Area Arts Council
ABC “Arts Build Communities” Grant, Johnson City, TN
2001–2006 Artist-in-Residence, Rural Resources, a not-for-profit environmental organization dedicated to supporting sustainable local agriculture.
TEACHING
2017-Present Professor of Art, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2013-2017 Associate Professor of Art, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2006-2013 (2012 Earned Tenure) Assistant Professor of Art, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2005–2006 Adjunct Professor, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2003–2005 Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record), East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
ADMINISTRATIVE
2006-2019 Director, Mazmanian Art Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2005–2006 Interim Director, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS/PERFORMANCES
2021 ancient future, Artists and Authors Lecture Series, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2020 the drums are the sun: a zoom conversation Tuesday Talks, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham MA
2018 Feedback Loop with Dr. Christian Gentry, Music created by live improvised drawing,
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Feedback Loop with Dr. Christian Gentry, Music created by live improvised drawing,
Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2017 Feedback Loop with Dr. Christian Gentry, Music created by live improvised drawing,
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Feedback Loop with Dr. Christian Gentry, Music created by live improvised drawing,
Scholars on the Hill Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2016 from dream to dream, Artists and Authors Lecture Series, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2014 When You See Me Again It Will Be in Mountains, Artist Lecture, Wachusett Meadow, Princeton, MA
2013 ArtExchange, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY
2011 ArtExchange, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY
2010 ArtExchange, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
2006 Panel Chair, Desire, Memory, Wanderlust: Art and Identity, Southern Humanities Council, Annual Conference, Asheville, NC
Panelist, Fable and Fauna: Children’s Book Illustration, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2005 Presenter, The Inside Looking Out: Making Post-Public Art with Mel Chin, or How to Spackle a WMD,
Southern Humanities Council Annual Conference, Richmond, VA
2004 Panelist, The Sound (?) of Rhetoric, Southern Humanities Council Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
College Art Association (CAA), New York, NY
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoCA), North Adams, MA
