MassArt Auction 2023
Mar 20 – April 2
MassArt’s Design and Media Center
As the nation’s only independent public college of art and design, MassArt is dedicated to providing an exceptional and affordable education for the next generation of artists, designers, and educators. The proceeds of the MassArt Auction provide vital scholarship aid and academic program support for our deserving students, which make continued access to a renowned art and design education possible.
President Mary Grant, Auction co-chairs Daren Bascome ‘93 and Elizabeth Lowrey H’19, and the 2023 MassArt Auction Committee look forward to welcoming you in person or online as we celebrate 150 years of Massachusetts College of Art and Design! As the centerpiece of MassArt’s 150th anniversary celebrations this year, we anticipate a full return of this beloved art event, which will take place once again in MassArt’s Design and Media Center.
Gallery NAGA Artists:
235. LOUIS RISOLI
Lake at the Edge of April, 2021
Oil on Canvas
20″ x 30″
Louis Risoli was introduced to the Boston art scene in 1981. In the early 1980’s, Risoli exhibited his Body Builder Series at Boston’s acclaimed Stux Gallery. Risoli’s paintings were exhibited from 1989 to 1992 at Boston’s Zoe Gallery and were featured in 11 Artists/ 11 Visions: 1992 at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Since 1992, Risoli has exhibited at Gallery NAGA.
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309. DINORÁ JUSTICE
Collage 13 – after Titan’s Venus of Urbino 1534, 2017
Decorated, found, and hand-painted paper on paper
9″ x 12″
Dinorá Justice is a School of the Museum of Fine Arts graduate from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil who currently resides in Massachusetts. The Odalisque paintings are Justice’s current body of work. They address conscious and unconscious biases regarding traditional associations of nature with the feminine. Dinorá Justice is represented by Gallery NAGA in Boston, MA.
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365. MASAKO KAMIYA M’99
Stardom, 2020
Gouache on paper
20″ x 15″
Masako Kamiya received her BFA from Montserrat College of Art, her MFA from MassArt and is currently an associate professor at Montserrat. She received the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant in 2017 and was named a Brother Thomas Fellow in 2015. She received Mass Cultural Council Painting Fellowships in 2006 and 2010 and recently completed a residency at the Custom House Studios in Westport, Ireland. Her work is in the collections of the Boston Public Library and the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham. Kamiya is represented by Gallery NAGA in Boston, MA.
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395. ALICE DENISON M’07 M’07
Pangloss III, 2018
Oil on linen
22″ x 20″
Alice Denison’s Pangloss paintings explode with energy and extravagance. Ornately rendered plants and flowers, floating on top of darker backgrounds as if they were sewn into tapestries, appear otherworldly. Denison studied painting as an undergraduate in 1980, pursued other directions, and has returned to the studio with devotion in the past fifteen years. Her work was spurred by a 2007 MFA program of MassArt conducted at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Alice Denison is represented by Gallery NAGA in Boston, MA.
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430. MARY KOCOL
White Lilacs and Violets, 2014, Edition of 12
Archival inkjet photograph
34.5″ x 23″
Mary Kocol’s work draws upon themes of the garden, landscape, and the seasons. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Getty Museum, LA; and the Victoria and Albert Museum. She is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and several Massachusetts local Cultural Council grants. Mary Kocol is represented by Gallery NAGA in Boston, MA.
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LIVE AUCTION | DESIGN AND MEDIA CENTER, MASSART
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023 AT 8:00 PM | DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 PM
Live Auction with Auctioneer Marie Keep, Senior Vice President & Managing Director at Bonhams Skinner, and online on Bidsquare. Live Auction items are on exhibit in the Design and Media Center at MassArt and are available for online view and bidding on Bidsquare.
VIRTUAL SILENT AUCTION | BIDSQUARE
MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2023 AT 12:00 PM – SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2023 AT 12:00 PM
All Silent Auction items are on exhibit in the Design and Media Center at MassArt and are available for online viewing and bidding now on Bidsquare. Silent Auction items will be available for purchase at 150% of value via the “Buy Now” feature until Friday, March 31 at 12:00 PM EST.
OPENING RECEPTION | DESIGN AND MEDIA CENTER, MASSART
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2023 AT 6:30 PM
Celebration for participating Auction artists, sponsors, and gallery partners sponsored by Twin Focus.