CLINTON DECKERT
55 Blossom Way
Southington, CT, U.S.A. / 06489-1878
860-621-5325
www.clintondeckert.com
EXHIBITIONS – Solo / Select Group
THE UNDERGROUND GALLERY — Collinsville, CT, 2017
FIREHOUSE GALLERY — Milford, CT, 2017
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — “NEW / NOW”, New Britain, CT, 2016
DOROTHY’S GALLERY — “Minimenta”, Paris, France, 2016
PARIS IN PLANTSVILLE — “The Return of the Harbinger”, Plantsville, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2015
ARTSPACE HARTFORD — “The YAS Exhibition”, 9 Top Artists sponsored by Jerry’s Artarama, People’s Choice Best in Show, 2015
DOROTHY’S GALLERY — “Creation Contemporaine”, Paris, France, 2015
MAC 650 GALLERY — “The B.F.D. Show”, Middletown, CT, 2015
DOROTHY’S GALLERY — “ESPACE”, Artistes Internationaux, Paris, France, 2015
PLEIADES GALLERY — “Small Works Invitational”, Chelsea New York, NY, 2015
FERNANDO LUIS ALVAREZ GALLERY — “Overlooked”, Stamford, CT, 2014
ARTSPACE HARTFORD — Rough Around The Edges V, Curator Sarah McKay, 2014
224 FARMINGTON AVENUE GALLERY — “Inspired to Fly”, Hartford, CT, 2014
CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE — Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 2013
PUMP HOUSE GALLERY — “Hartford DADA Exhibition”, Curator Jeff Poole, 2013
PARIS IN PLANTSVILLE — “25 Year Retrospective”, Plantsville, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2012
PARIS IN PLANTVILLE — “Harvesting the Harbinger”, Plantsville, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2011
DOWNTOWN GALLERY — “It’s All In Your Head”, New Britain, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2010
GALLERY 101 MAIN — “Featured Artist”, *Solo Exhibition, Collinsville, CT, 2010
WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“Conjurings” - New Haven, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2008
WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“Third Summer In”, New Haven, CT, 2007
WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“Art Less Ordinary”, New Haven, CT, 2006
ARTWORKS GALLERY —30TH ANNIVERSARY, President’s Wall at Art Space, Hartford, CT, 2006
ALDRICH CONTEMORARY ART MUSEUM, —Heartbeat, Ridgefield, CT, 2006
LOTUS FINE ART & DESIGN, — Woodstock, NY, 2006
POLONAISE GALLERY, — Woodstock, VT, 2006
WHITE SPACE GALLERY — “ White Heat” - New Haven, CT, 2006
WHITE SPACE GALLERY—“ Surreal, Edgy, Necessary” - New Haven, CT, 2005
PUMP HOUSE GALLERY—Hartford, CT, (Two person show) 2004
UCONN, STEVENS GALLERY, — Storrs, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2004
WARNER THEATRE ATRIUM GALLERY, — Torrington, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2004
LEEVER ATRIUM GALLERY, Naugatuck Valley Community College, — Waterbury, CT *Solo Exhibition, 2003
ELLEN TRAUT COLLECTION, ETC GALLERY — Hartford, CT *Solo Exhibition, 2002
MOIRA FITZSIMMONS ARONS GALLERY, Hamden Country Day School, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 2002
PUMP HOUSE GALLERY— Hartford, CT (Two person show) 2002
ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY—Newbury Street, Boston, MA, *Solo Exhibition, 2001
ARTWELL AT WARNER THEATER ATRIUM —Torrington, CT *Solo Exhibition, 2001
DODD’S HALL GALLERY—University of New Haven, CT (Two person show) 2000
MONIQUE GOLDSTROM GALLERY, Black and White Show—SoHo, New York 2000
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM — Art, Wine & Love, Wadsworth Atheneum Art Club, Hartford, CT 1999
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 1999
KOUGEAS GALLERY— “INVITATIONAL”, East Boston, MA, 1996-1997
ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY — Newbury Street, Boston, MA, *Solo Exhibition, 1997
ARTWORKS GALLERY — Hartford, CT *Solo Exhibition, 1997
LEEVER ATRIUM GALLERY — Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 1996
SENATOR LIEBERMAN’S OFFICE OF THE U.S. SENATE, Connecticut Artists Showcase Hartford, CT 1996
PUMP HOUSE GALLERY — Hartford, CT (Two person show) 1995
ARTWORKS GALLERY — Hartford, CT, *Solo Exhibition 1994
PROMENADE GALLERY — BUSHNELL HALL (Two person show) Hartford, CT, 1993
ECLIPSE SALON GALLERY — Newbury Street, Boston, MA, *Solo Exhibition, 1992
ARTWORKS GALLERY — Hartford, CT, *Solo Exhibition, 1991
JURIED SHOWS
FERNANDO LUIS ALVAREZ GALLERY — “Thank You CT”, Juror Anthony Haden-Guest, Stamford, CT, 2014
PARIS IN PLANTVILLE — “Life & Death”, Plantsville, CT, 2014
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 42nd Annual Juried Members Show, —New Britain, CT, Juror: Elizabeth Ives Hunter, Cape Cod Museum of Art, 2011
ART LEAQUE OF NEW BRITAIN, CT – Second Place, Ninth Spring Juried Show, Juror, Jordan Deschanes, Director of Paris in Plantsville, 2011
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 41st Annual Juried Members Show, —New Britain, CT, Juror: Dr. Susan Sturtevant, Hillstead Museum, “Carnivalidity”, 2010
ARTWELL GALLERY, — ”Illegitimate Offspring of Dada” exhibition, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT, 2010
ART LEAGUE OF NEW BRITAIN, 7th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition. Juror Liza Statton, Curator Artspace in New Haven, 2009
ARTWORKS GALLERY— Invitational Exhibition, Hartford, CT, 2008
SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM, — Norwich Free Academy, CT, 64th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Juried by Tom Hebert, “Not Yet Extinct”, 2007
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Zina Davis, Director Joseloff Gallery, “Golden Egg Key Hole Enigma”, 2006
NEW ENGLAND CAROUSEL MUSEUM, —Bristol, CT, 2006
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Joanna Marsh, “Cerebral Romanticism”, 2004
WILLIAMSBURG ART CENTER, Brave Destiny The Largest Show of Living Surrealists and Visionary Artists in the World, Brooklyn, New York, “Evolution of the Carnival”, 2003
WARNER THEATER ATRIUM — “ORBJECT D ART”, (Third Place Award) Torrington, CT, 2002
ARTWELL GALLERY—Torrington, CT, Juried by Sal Scalora, UConn “It’s All in the Head” 2000
ARTWELL GALLERY—Torrington, CT, Juried by Kristin Heming, Director of Pace Prints NYC “The Fool” 1999
ART GUILD—Farmington, CT, Juried by Michael Shortell “Black Cat Full Moon” 1998
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Jeffrey W. Andersen, Director of the Florence Griswold Museum 1997 “Problem Solving/ The Bucket”
CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS at NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Barbara Scavotto-Earley and Jack McConnell, 1996
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Judith Sobol, Director of the Newport Museum, R.I., “The Ambassador, Crab Apple and the Holy Pear”, 1996
JORGENSEN HALL at University of Connecticut—Storrs, CT “Every Full Moon & Jack B. Quick”, 1996
CANTON GALLERY ON THE GREEN—Canton, CT, Juried by Cleve Gray “Primordial Stew”, 1995
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Benjamin Ortiz, Director of the Housatonic Museum “Jack B. Quick”, 1995
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Robert F. Manning, Professor Emeritus and former Director of New Space Gallery, Manchester Community College—Manchester, CT
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Whitey Jenkins, “Cultivating A Thought”, 1994
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Emily Hall Tremaine, Curator, Andrea Miller-Keller, Matrix Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum “Stay In Line”, 1993
NATIONAL FABER BIRREN COLOR AWARD SHOW, Stamford Art Association, Juried by Barbara Haskell Curator of The Whitney Museum “Things That Float”, 1992
ART GUILD—Farmington, CT, Juried by Jude Schwendenwien “Birth of a Rose”, 1992
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Zina Davis, Director of the Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT, “Balancing Two Hearts”, 1993
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Ann Smith, Curator at Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, “The Puffin Knows Something” & “Glad To See You” 1992
ARTWORKS GALLERY—Hartford, CT, Juried by Daniel Dubois, Director of The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT “Night, Night”, 1992
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Ann Smith, Director of the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT “Mr. Tree Head Meets Luna”, 1991
ART/PLACE—Southport, CT “Boyhood Dreams” 1991
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Carol Anthony “Searching For Oneself” 1990
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART—New Britain, CT, Juried by Deborah Frizzel, “The Escape” 1989
SERVED AS JUDGE /JUROR;
JUROR OF SELECTION AND AWARDS — Firehouse Gallery, Milford, CT, 2015
JUROR OF AWARDS - “Joy of Art!” — Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT, 2014
AWARDING JUDGE, 224 FARMINGTON AVENUE GALLERY — “Inspired to Fly”, Hartford, CT, 2014
CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE ARTS – Proposal Review Committee, Southern Connecticut State University, 2014
JUROR OF SELECTION AND AWARDS — Farmington Valley Art Center, Fisher Gallery, Avon, CT, 2011
JUROR OF SELECTION AND AWARDS — New Britain Artist’s Co-Op, , Down Town Gallery, 2011
JUROR OF SELECTION AND AWARDS — “Re-Birthday”, Paris in Plantsville, CT, 2011
JUROR OF AWARDS — “Joy of Art!”, Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT, 2010
AWARDING JUDGE — East Hartford Art League, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2015
AWARDING JUDGE — Cheshire Art League, 2007
AWARDING JUDGE — Arts & Crafts, Southington Apple Harvest Festival, 2006
AWARDING JUDGE — Arts & Crafts, Southington Apple Harvest Festival, 2005
JUROR OF AWARDS —The Art Guild Gallery Annual “Open-ended” Exhibition, Farmington, CT 1999
JUROR OF AWARDS — New Britain Art League’s 8th Annual Exhibition at Carriage House Gallery, 1998
SERVED AS CURATOR;
ARTSPACE GALLERY — “Artworks at Artspace”, Hartford, CT, Curator/Artist, Reunion Group Show 2014
PARIS IN PLANTSVILLE — “Sophisticated Absurdities”, Plantsville, CT, Curator/Artist, Group Show 2013
ARTSPACE GALLERY — “Beyond the Gate”, Hartford, CT, Curator/Artist, Group Show, 2012
ARTWELL GALLERY, - ”Dreams and Nightmares”, Artwell, Torrington, CT, Curator/Artist, Group Show, 2010
COLLECTIONS;
New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
Jack and Susan Warner Collection, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Paula M. Jones / Kevin Gough, Private Collection, CT
University of Connecticut, Tri-Campus, Psychology Department, West Hartford, CT
Jacqueline McLaughlin, Private Collection, CT
John Dempsey Hospital -University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Jacquelyn Etling, Private Collection, CT
AWARDS;
ART LEAGUE OF NEW BRITAIN, CT - First Place, 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Blorden, awarded by Tao & Amy LaBossiere, 2016
ARTSPACE HARTFORD - People’s Choice Best in Show “The YAS Exhibition”, 9 Top Artists sponsored by Jerry’s Artarama, 2015
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL CARE – Judith Weld Brown’s Award, Juror - Heather Whitehouse, New Britain, CT, 2015
ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington, CT, - Crystal Award, Annual Juried Show, Mimp-9, awarded by Helen Kauder, Executive Director ArtSpace, New Haven, 2012
ART LEAGUE OF NEW BRITAIN, CT - Second Place, Ninth Spring Juried Show, Dark Spring, awarded by Jordan Deschanes, 2011
BELLAMY-FERRIDAY HOUSE, Bethlehem, CT - First Place, Wood Herron, 2010
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION - Best in Oils Award, Destinator, 2009
OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford - People’s Choice Award, World Over A Barrel, 2009
OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford - Aesthetic First Prize, Observatorium, awarded by Gary Jacobs, 2005
OIL DRUM ART, ARTSPACE, Hartford - People’s Choice Award, Observatorium, 2005
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION - BankNorth Award, Tire Swing, 2004
ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington, CT, Peoples Choice Award, Conservation, 2003
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION - Best In Oils Award, Rungs, 2003
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT, Awarded by The Greater Hartford Arts Council 2002
Warner Theater” Orbject d Art”, Third Place Award Peoples Bank The Parade, - Torrington, CT 2002
ARTWORKS GALLERY 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Hartford, CT - Peoples Choice Award, Going to the Show, 2001
CALLAHAN AWARD, East Hartford Art League Spring Show, 2000
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT, Awarded by The Greater Hartford Arts Council 1999
ARTWELL GALLERY, Torrington Bank Award, —Torrington, CT, Juried by Kristin Heming,
Director of Pace Prints NYC, The Fool, 1999
FIRST PRIZE PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD DEMETER’S DOOR—Simsbury, CT, The Escape, 1990
HONORABLE MENTIONS
SoCCA, First Annual Juried Show, Southington, CT, 2017
ARTWORKS GALLERY, Hartford, CT, Awarded by Laurene Buckley, Curator of New Britain Museum of American Art—New Britain, CT, Drifting Along, 1994
NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM, The Escape, 1989
NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM, Departure, 1988
RADIO AND TELEVISION;
WNPR, THE COLIN McENROE SHOW, The Ebb & Flo of DADA, 2013
WVIT CHANEL 30 - WEEKEND FEATURE, White Space Gallery. 2008
SPOT LIGHT, WMRD/WLIS RADIO, With Virginia Wolf, Middletown, CT 2007
BEYOND THE HEADLINES, on the WB 20 FOX affiliate, round table interview, Hartford, CT 2003
LIVE THE JOURNEY, Interviewed live on Talk Radio, WNHU, New Haven, CT 2000
THE COLIN McENROE SHOW LIVE FROM ZUZU’S, Interviewed live on Talk Radio, Hartford, CT 1995
ARTIST TALK / LECTURES / LIVE CRITIQUES;
NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, DADA-100 Year Celebration, 2016.
WHISPERING CLIFFS, Jack Warner Estate, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2011
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION, 2011
HAMDEN ART LEAGUE, 2009
CHESHIRE ART LEAGUE, 2007
MANCHESTER ART LEAGUE, 2005
CONNECTICUT ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FALL CONFERENCE, Farmington Marriott, 2004
SOUTHINGTON ARTS ASSOCIATION, 2003
Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College, Waterbury, CT 2003
ELLEN TRAUT COLLECTION, ETC GALLERY, “First Thursday October”, Hartford, CT 2002
THE GREATER HARTFORD ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, Hartford, CT 2002
MOIRA FITZSIMMONS ARONS GALLERY, at Hamden Country Day School, Hamden, CT 2002
Naugatuck Valley Community Technical College, Waterbury, CT 1996
Meriden Art Association, Meriden, CT 1995
BIBLIOGRAPHY;
INK MAGAZINE, Spring Featured Artist, 2016
THE OBSERVER, “It’s New, It’s Now…”, Mike Chaiken, 2016
SURREAL ARTIST TO EXHIBIT AT LOUVRE, Clinton Deckert Chosen by Societe Natinale de Beaux-Arts, 2013
CT ARTIST HAS WORK SHOWN CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, The Observer, Mike Chaiken, 2013
HARTFORD ADVOCATE, The Suburban Surrealist, Alan Bisbort, October 3rd, 2012
HARTFORD COURANT, Clinton Deckert’s Surreal Word at Paris In Plantsville, Susan Dunne, October 4th, 2012
THE OBSERVER, Creative Homecoming for Area Artist, Mike Chaiken, 2012
RECORD-JOURNAL, LOOK! First Time Curator Organizes his Chaos for Hartford Exhibit, 2012
SOUTHINGTON PATCH, The Surreal Life, by Jessica Plaskett, 2011
ARTSCUTTLEBUTT /PROFESSIONAL ARTIST, Member of the Month, by Lousie Buyo, Feb. 2011
SURREALIST EXHIBIT AT DOWNTOWN GALLERY, Stephen Hard, New Britain Herald, 2010
AN ILLOGIGAL PAINTER, Regional Express, Sue Braden, 2008
THIRD SUMMER’S A CHARM, Overall Complexities, by Leah Lopez Schmalz, Guilford Courier, 2007
KOOL- RECORD JOURNAL, feature “Cloning the Drama”, Southington’s Inventive Exhibition 2006
ART IS MAGAZINE, Altered Awareness, Volume1 Issue 5, Nancy L. Rodgers August –September 2005
ART IS MAGAZINE; The Walls Have Eyes and Ears, Volume1 Issue 1, Will Stiegerwald, December 2004 – January 2005
SOUTHINGTON CITIZEN, Painter’s Award Winning Work Balances Art and Function, Pamela Morello, 2005
HARTFORD MAGAZINE, From Rubbish to Art, 2005
SOUTHINGTON CITIZEN, It’s the Surreal World of Art, Pamela Morello,, June 2004
HARTFORD MAGAZINE, Flash, November 2003
HARTFORD MAGAZINE, Max’s Ocean CowMotion featured on cover, September 2003
THE OBSERVER, HOLY COW! Front page, Southington, August 29, 2003
HARTFORD COURANT, JAVA, Pat Seremet, A Fem Fatale and Some Pretty DNA-Artworks Works! March 25, 2002
HARTFORD COURANT, ON THE EDGE AT ARTWORKS GALLERY, Alexis Briggie, March 25, 2002
ART CALENDAR MAGAZINE, featured “The Proposition” on cover February 2002
HARTFORD COURANT, A SCRAPPY ARTIST, JAVA, Pat Seremet, November 1, 1999
JOURNAL INQUIRER, VISIT SOME PLACES PRODUCED BY THE IMAGINATION, Steve Starger, March 6, 1998