Felicia Touhey
Prints & Encaustics
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One Person and Invitational Shows
2021          The Print Show, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2021          Juried Artist Member Invitational, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
2020          36th Almost Miniatures Show, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
2019          Seeds of Inspiration, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI​
2018          GREEN SPACE Gallery, TF Green Airport, Warwick, RI
2017          “Organic Matters” – a one person show, Coastal Living Gallery, Wickford, RI
2017          Juried Artist Member Invitational, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
2017          Hot & Cold – An Encaustic Exhibition, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
2017          Encaustic Art, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA

​Juried Exhibitions
2023         Paint, Print and Drawing - South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
                     Juror - Craig Masterson, Artist
2023         Earthly Elements, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     Juror - Ruth Clegg, Artist 
2023         All Media Exhibition - South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
                     Juror - Peter Campbell, Artist
2022         Push - Pull - Print, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     Juror - Betsy Zimmerman, Artist/Printmaker 
2022         Connectivity, A National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
                     Juror - Craig Bloodgood, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2022         Variations, A Centennial National Exhibition, Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead, MA
                     Juror – Miriam Stewart, Curator European & American Art, Harvard Art Museums
2021          Monotype Guild of New England, Watercolor Society of RI, Pawtucket, RI
                     Juror - Adrian Tio, Artist/Printmaker
2021          Push - Pull - Print, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     Juror - Carol FitzSimonds, Artist/Printmaker
2021          Black 'N White, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     Juror - Mary Dondero, Artist      
2020          Poetry & Art, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     An exhibition of contemporary poetry and responsive art
2020          Paperworks, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
                     Juror - Nancy Gaucher Thomas, Artist
2020          The Big Show, IMAGO Foundation for the Arts, Warren, RI
2019          Cold Snap, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2019          Poetry & Art, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     An exhibition of contemporary art and responsive poetry
2019          Anything Goes, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     Juror - Ewa Romaszewicz, Artist
2019          Present from the Past, VETS Gallery, Providence, RI
                     Juror - Mary Dondero, Artist
2018          Bristol Art Museum Members Show, Bristol, RI
                    Juror - Michael Rose, Gallery Director, Providence Art Club
2018          Three, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
                    Juror - Alexander Castro, Writer & Art Critic
2018          Going Green, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                    Juror - Tom Deininger, Painter & Assemblage artist
2016          Abstract - Avant Garde, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                    Juror - Sue McNally, Painter
2016          Beyond Choreography, Visual Interpretations of Movement, VETS Gallery, Providence, RI
                    Jurors - Audrey Monahan and Bob Dilworth
2016          The Joy of Art, Bristol Art Museum 2016 Members Exhibit, Bristol, RI
                    Juror - Carol Strause FitzSimonds, Artist/Printmaker
2016          The Blues Show, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                    Juror - Peter Geisser, Glass Artist & Art Educator
2016          Opposites, VETS Gallery, Providence, RI
                    Juror - Dominic Molon, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
2015          Members' Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
                    Juror - Karen Roarke, Hunter Gallery, St.George's School, Middletown, RI 
2015          Printmaking Now, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
                    Juror - Andrew Rafferty, Printmaker & RISD Professor  
2015          Possessions - Prized & Otherwise, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2015          Contemporary Viewpoint, an Invitational Show, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
2015          Members' Show, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     Juror - Marjorie Ball, Artist
2015          Anything Goes, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     Juror - Rebecca Seimering, Artist
2014          Winter's Eve 4th Annual Art Exhibit, East Greenwich Free Library, East Greenwich, RI
                     Juror - Carol Strause FitzSimonds, Artist/Printmaker
2014          4th All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, BCC, Fall River, MA
                     Juror - Maria Napolitano, Artist
2014          All Media Juried Exhibition, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                     Juror – Will Brown, Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art, RISD Museum of Art
2014          Newport Art Museum Annual Members' Show, Newport, RI
                     Juror – Dominic Molon, Curator, Contemporary Art, RISD Museum of Art
2013          Providence Art Club All Media Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI
                     Juror - Kristen Carbone, Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art, RISD Museum of Art
2013          New Work / New Year, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
                     Juror - Judith Tolnick Champa, Editor-in-Chief, Art New England
2012          8 Visions, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
                     Jurors – Clara Lieu, Director, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College; Seth Rainville, Curator,
                     New Bedford Art Museum; Robert J. Totaro, Director, J. Todd Galleries, Wellesley, MA
2012          Confluence: The Embrace of Water and Light, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012          3rd All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, BCC, Fall River, MA
                     Juror – Sabrina Locks, Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art, RISD Museum of Art
2012          Bristol Art Museum Juried Members' Exhibit, Bristol, RI
                     Juror - Thomas Lyon Mills, RISD Faculty
2011          The Anything Goes Holiday Show, Gallery 297, Bristol, RI
2011          Wax-Inc. – A National Juried Exhibition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
                     Juror - Brian Allen, Director, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
2011          Featured Artist, April – June, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2010          Line-Form-Function, 5th Annual Juried Exhibit, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
                     Juror – John Udvardy, Sculptor
2010          Taste This, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI
2010          Elements – Earth & Fire, 2 separate shows, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2009          The 11th Annual Summer Art Summer Art Show, Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton, RI
2009          Summer in Rhode Island, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI
2009          The 1st All Media Juried Exhibition, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, BCC, Fall River, MA
                     Juror – Mary Dondero, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
2008          The 10th Annual Summer Art Show, Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton, RI
2007          Inaugural Exhibition, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI
2007          Abstractions, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI
2006          Selections – Art League of Rhode Island, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
2005          Newport Art Museum Annual Members' Show, 2001, 1999, 1995, 1989, Newport, RI
2003          Open Art Annual, South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
2001          Open Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
1996          From and About Nature, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
1995          More than a Surface Impression, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
1986          Prints – Director’s Choice, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

Group Exhibitions
2022           19 on Paper, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2022           DeBlois Members Show, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2021           Monotype Guild Of New England, "Priority Prints", Stone Valley Arts, Pultney, VT
2021           DeBlois Members Show, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2021           19 on Paper, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
2020           Members Show, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2018           19 + 21 = 40, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2018           Art League of Rhode Island, Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
2018           19 on Paper, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
2017           33rd Almost Miniatures Show, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA

2017           Art League of Rhode Island, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2017           19 on Paper, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI
​2017           Art League of Rhode Island, Vets Gallery, Providence, RI
2016           32nd Almost Miniatures Show, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
2016           Mark, Print, Paint - 19 on Paper After 30 Years, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2016           Beach Studio Artists at Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
2015           Art League of Rhode Island, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2015           Judith Klein Art Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2014           Art League of Rhode Island, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2013           DeBlois Gallery, A Three Person Show, Middletown, RI
2013           Art League of Rhode Island, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2013           Hope Gallery, Bristol, RI
2013           Judith Klein Art Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2012           Judith Klein Art Gallery, 4th Anniversary Exhibit, New Bedford, MA
2012           Art League of Rhode Island, Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
2011           Recent Works, A Three Person Show, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2011           Step Forward, Judith Klein Art Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2011           Hot Wax, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2011           Art League of Rhode Island, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2010           The Art of Excellence, Art League of Rhode Island, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2010           Invitational Portsmouth Arts Guild, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
2009           Art League of Rhode Island, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
2009           End of Winter, Arnold Art Store & Gallery, Newport, RI
2008           Three Women - A Three Person Show, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2008           Art League of Rhode Island, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2007           Water Works, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
2007           Art League of Rhode Island, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2007           To Benefit the Environment - The Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Gallery 297, Bristol, RI
2006           Art League of Rhode Island, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2005           Art League of Rhode Island, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
2004           Three on the Third – A Three Person Show, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
2001           Wax, Wire and Wood – A Three Person Show, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
1995           Open Print Show, Spring Bull Studio, Newport, RI
1990           New Visions in Pastel, Arnold Art Store & Gallery, Newport, RI
1989           Faculty Show, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
1988           New Faces - A Four Person Show, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
1987           Prints, Arthur B. Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College – Framingham, MA
1986           Prints from the Experimental Etching Studio, Bradford College, Bradford, MA
1984           Prints, North Hall Gallery, Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA

Awards
Second Place, Push, Pull, Print, 2022, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                      Juror - Betsy Zimmerman, Artist/Printmaker
Best in Show,  Push, Pull, Print, 2021, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                      Juror - Carol Strause FitzSimonds, Artist/Printmaker
Imago Recognition Award, The Big Show, 2020, IMAGO foundation for the Arts, Warren, RI
Honorable Mention, Cold Snap, 2019, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
Award of Excellence, The Joy of Art, Bristol Art Museum 2016 Members Exhibit, Bristol, RI
                      Juror - Carol Strause FitzSimonds, Artist/Printmaker
Second Place, The Blues Show, 2016, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI,
                      Juror - Peter Geisser, Glass Artist & Art Educator
Blick Art Materials Award, Members' Show 2015, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
                      Juror - Karen Roarke, Hunter Gallery, St.George's School, Middletown, RI 
Honorable Mention, Members' Show 2015, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
                      Juror - Marjorie Ball, Artist/Painter
Honorable Mention, Small Works Show, ALRI Members Exhibition 2014, Heritage Art Gallery, East Greenwich, RI
                      Juror -  Alice Benvie Gebhardt, Fused Glass Artist
Honorable Mention, All Media Exhibition, 2014, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI,
                      Juror – Will Brown, Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art, RISD Museum of Art
Second Place, The Anything Goes Holiday Show, 2011, Gallery 297, Bristol, RI,
                      Juror – Carole Strause FitzSimonds, Artist/Printmaker
Honorable Mention, Artists’ Guild Members’ Show, 2010, Newport, RI,
                      Juror- Carole Strause FitzSimonds, Artist/Printmaker
Honorable Mention, Summer in Rhode Island, 2009, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI,
                      Juror – Paulette Carr, Artist/mixed media
Award of Excellence, 10th Annual Summer Art Show, 2008, Little Compton, RI,
Second Place Award, Inaugural Exhibition, 2007, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI,
                      Juror – Dora Atwater Millikin, Artist/Painter
Best in Show, Open Print Show, 1995, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI,
                      Juror – Margot Rubin, Artist/Printmaker

Publications
Poetry & Art, Wickford Art Association, 2020
Poetry & Art, Wickford Art Association, 2019
Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century, Schiffer Publishing, 2016
The Joy of Art, Bristol Art Museum 2016 Members Exhibit

Professional Affiliations
Monotype Guild Of New England (2021 - present)
19 on Paper, New England Artists Working on or with Paper, (2016 - present)
DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI (2004 – present)
Beach Studios, a Working Artist & Teaching Studio, Middletown, RI (2010 – present)
Juried Artist Member, Wickford Art Association, RI (2015 - present)
Juried Artist Member, Art League of Rhode Island, RI (2003 - present)
Art League of Rhode Island (Board of Directors 2007-2010)
Portsmouth Arts Guild (Board of Directors 2007 - 2011)
Sakonnet Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Tiverton, RI (1999 – 2004)
Experimental Etching Studio, A Printmaking Cooperative - Boston, MA (1983- 1987)

Career Related Experience
Education Coordinator, Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI (2015 - 2022)
Drawing, Encaustic & Printmaking Classes, Beach Studios (2010 – present)
Encaustic Painting Workshops, Providence Art Club (2010 & 2011)
Drawing & Printmaking Instructor, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, (1988 – 2010)
Drawing & Printmaking Instructor, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (1988 - 1990)
Encaustic Painting Workshops, Art League of Rhode Island (Spring & Fall 2005)
Graphic Artist (1985 – 1993)

Education
MFA - Studio Teaching - Boston University - Boston, MA
BFA - Painting - Boston University - Boston, MA

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