Marjorie Forte
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
SOLO AND FEATURED EXHIBITION
2018 NXNE 2018, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT (Sique Spencer, juror)
Seeking the Line, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA
2017 Drawn Threads, Beard & Weil Galleries, Norton, MA
2016 Open Call NNE, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT (Richard Klein, juror)
Seascapes, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Marjorie Forté, New Work, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
North Northeast, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT (Richard Klein, juror)
2012 New England Biennial, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT (Stephen Haller, juror)
2009 Memory, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Nature, Past and Present, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Two Artists, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA
2005 New Work, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Language, Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA
2003 Marjorie Forté - New Work, Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2002 Marjorie Forté – New Work, Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1998 Carrowmore, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA
1997 Two Artists, New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA
1995 Two Artists, New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA
1994 New Work, Lowell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1993 Conversations, Alewife Center, Cambridge, MA
1990 Marjorie Forté, New Work, Gallery 57, Cambridge, MA
1989 Fiber and Bronze, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 2018 National Prize Show, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA (Michelle
Grabner, Jessica Hong, Jamjllah James, jurors)
2017 December Group Exhibition, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 2016 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Assoc., Cambridge MA (first prize for works on paper - Paul Ha, juror)
2014 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Assoc., Cambridge, MA
2012 Paperworks 2012, b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, N.Y. (Laura Phipps, juror)
Outwitting History, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
Group Show, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, French Cultural Center, Boston, MA
2010 Media Mix, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA (Gretchen Keyworth, juror)
2009 Tufts Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, Aidekman Arts Center
Medford, MA
Home, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA (Nick Capasso, juror)
The Natural World, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2008 Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
National Drawing Show, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA (Rachel R. Lafo, juror)
15th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2006 Visual Images, Campbell Hall Gallery, Monmouth. OR
2004 Salon Show, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Variety, Soprafina Gallery, Somerville, MA
2001 Land, Sea and Beyond, MPG Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Small Works, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
1998 A Salute to Boston, Wiggin Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 Twelve Inches Square, Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA
All Things Irish, The Milton Art Museum, Milton, MA
1996 Figurative Small Works, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Recent Grant Winners in the Visual Arts, Brickbottom Gallery,
Somerville, MA
1995 Timespan, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
Dream House, Berkshire Artisans, Pittsfield, MA
Redefining Legacies, 1203 Art Space, San Antonio, TX
Works on Paper, Dana Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA
1993 Group Show, Ashuah-Irving Gallery, Boston, MA
Visual Contact, Aidekman Art Center, Medford, MA
1992 Books By Artists, Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA
Works in Fiber, Lowell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1991 Juxtapositions :Mixed Media Expressions, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA
Joint Venture, Lowell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
High Content Fiber, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
1990 Fiber, Sculpture and Handmade Paper, Lowell Street Gallery,
Cambridge, MA
AWARDS
1999 Somerville Arts Council Grant
Hood Literacy Project Grant
Cambridge Partnership for Public Education Grant
1996 Somerville Arts Council Grant
1995 Cambridge Arts Council Grant
1993 Ella Lyman Cabot Grant
1992 Cambridge Arts Council Grant
COLLECTIONS
The WBUR Group, Boston, MA
The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA
The Covenant House, Boston, MA
Youville House, Cambridge MA
The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Meditech, Canton, MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cate McQuaid, Forté' and Beal's Takes on Grays, The Boston Globe, 3/11/15
Franklin W. Liu, Natural World, Artscope, May/June 2009
Christy Woods, Cover Outtakes, Artscope, November/December 2007
Hornbeck, Leigh, Tribute to a Teacher, The Cambridge Chronicle, 3/22/2000
Asci Sue, Artists Bring Visions of Ireland…, The Milton Record Transcript, 3/97
Lisberger, Jody, Seniors Quilt Their Stories, The Belmont Citizen, 5/4/95
Portrait of An American Woman Artist, Danmarks Radio (Danish Public Radio)
Miller, Amy, Autobiography Through Quilts, The Cambridge Chronicle, 4/7/94
Temin, Christine, Remembering Two Fathers The Boston Globe, 2/10/94
Lemire, Tim, Paper, Sculpture, Stitch, The Cambridge Chronicle, 1/27/94
Morgenroth, Linda, City Lights, The Boston Globe, 8/8/993
Silver, Joanne, Seniors Stitch Together Pieces of Their Lives, The Boston Herald, 7/11/93
Quilts That Tell a Story, Municipal Television, City of Cambridge, July 1993
Temin, Christine, Crafts Times Three, The Boston Globe, 10/4/91
Sherman, Mary, Marjorie Forté – Landscape Tapestries, The Boston Globe, 5/12/90
Lange, Sarah, Forté Expresses Herself in Tapestries, The Cambridge Chronicle, 5/3/90
Nitzeche, Kyle, Fiber Paintings and Bronze, The Lexington Minuteman, 2/16/89