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THERESA KNIGHT MCFADDEN

207 Belvedere Ave

Cambridge, MD 21613 

(703) 201-7157  Home/Studio


EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts Degree

The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

May, l988

Major Area:  Painting


Associate of Fine Arts Degree

Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia

March, l985


Bachelor of Arts Degree, English Literature

George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

June, l972


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013  Featured Artist in Main Street  Gallery "Women in our Lives", Cambridge, MD

2008  Maris Elaine Gallery, Cambridge, MD

2006  Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD “The Figure in Clay”

2003  Arlington Arts Center, “Holy Women” a sculptural installation

2000  Kiz Starr Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico

1996  Capital Gallery,  Md. National Parks and Planning Commission, “Figuratively Speaking”

1992  Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA.

 l990  Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA

          Loudoun Art Gallery, County Administration Bldg. Leesburg, VA



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS

2017  "One House Project," Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

          "Artworks for Freedom" concerning human trafficking, Waterfowl Building, Easton, MD
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          "Off the Wall", Waverly Gallery, Bethesda, MD
         
2016  "50 Years of Art", curated by Erin Devine, Verizon Gallery, Northern VA Community College

2015  "MD Art at College Park", University of Maryland, College Park

2011-2017 Main Street Gallery, Cambridge, MD I have shown in this co-op gallery for six years.

2013     DC Design House 2013

2008     “Faculty Exchange", Yuhan College,  Seoul, S. Korea, , Seoul, S. Korea 

             “Art Across the Sea: a collaboration with Yuhan College, Seoul, Korea” Verizon Gallery, No. Va. Community College
 

             “Altered Page Project”, Northrn VA Community College, Alexandria, VA

2007    Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC “Anonymous”

            Atrium Gallery, Takoma Park, MD “Inspired Results”

2006    Arlington Arts Center, Arl., VA. “Deja View: A New View”

             No. Va. Community College. “Faculty Show”

2004    Spectrum Theater, Rosslyn, VA

2003    Washington Square, Washington, D.C.  “Sculptors 10”

            Gallery 10 Ltd.,Washington, D.C.  “Sculptors 10”

2002   Washington Square, Washington, D.C., “Sculptors 10”

           Gallery 10, Ltd., Washington, D.C., “Sculptors 10”

           Ellipse Gallery, Arlington, VA, “Summer Salon”

           DC Commission for the Arts, Party Animals Project: “ L.E. Phant, Attorney-at-Law”

2001   Arlington Arts Center, Arl. VA “Stroke of Installation, In Praise of Women’s Work”

           Ellipse Gallery,  Arlington, VA, “Summer Salon”

1999   Tyler Gallery, Alexandria, VA, “Big Stuff on Paper “

           Old Manhattan Laundry, Washington, D.C., Art-o-Matic

1998   Arlington Arts Center, Arl., VA, “Painting ‘98”

1996   Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA, “Under Construction” (three person collaboration)

1995   Bejing, China, Fourth World Congress on Women, “Global Focus”

 l994   Le Mieux Gallery, New Orleans, La., "Gallery Artists"

           Gallery l0, Washington, D.C., "The Cutting Edge"

           Greater Reston Arts Center, "Annual Juried Fine Arts  Exhibition"

 l993     l708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

           Cumberland Creative Arts Center, Cumberland, Md.

           C&P Gallery, NOVA Community Cultural Center, Annandale, VA

           "Open Exhibition"

1992   Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. WPA at the Hemicycle

           Pittsburgh, PA., Three Rivers Arts Festival

           Gallery 10, Washington, D.C., Refiguring

            Richmond Arts Council, Richmond, VA.,  Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Contemporary Self                  Portraits

1991   Painting '91, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington

            Show Up,  Prince Georges Community College, Largo, MD.

1990    Fictions/Depictions, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD

            Artery '90, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, MD

l989 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, Pa.

GRACE Annual Juried Competition, Greater Reston Arts Center, U.S. Geological Survey Building, Reston, VA

l988 Independent Visions, Metro Gallery, George Mason Law School, Arlington, VA

l987 Artists: Members, Arlington Arts Center, Arl., VA

l986  Independent Visions;  Thirteen Women Artists, Metro Gallery,  George Mason Law                                         
School, Arlington, VA 
Ambiguous Relationships, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, Md.

NOVA Prints '86, No.Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA Celebration of Washington Artists, 400 7th St., Wash. D.C.

l985 Drawing Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA

Annual Membership Show, Arlington Arts Center, Arl., VA 

Membership Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA 

The All Washington Show, 9th St., Washington, D.C.

Salon de Refuses, Studio Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Print Show, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA

l984 A Celebration of Alexandria Women in the Arts, The Alexandria Community Y, Alex., VA

Membership Show, The Art League, Alexandria, VA Still Life Show, The Art League, Alexandria, Va

COMMUNITY SERVICE

 Main St. Gallery, Cambridge, MD assistant director, publicity chair, membership chair

Arlington Arts Center, board member and member of the Exhibitions Committee 2004-present

Ragdale Foundation , Lake Forest, Ill., donation of artwork

 Washington Project For The Arts, Wash. D.C., donation of artwork 

Arlington Arts Center, Arl., VA, Executive Paint-Off advisor

Community for Creative Non-Violence Homeless Shelter , Wash., D.C., donation of artwork District Of Columbia Arts Center, "Heartworks" Art Sale

New Art Examiner, Heartworks VIII, Benefit Auction for the New Art Examiner, Donation of Artwork

Arlington Arts Center, benefit sale, Arlington, Va. Donation of Artwork

HONORS AND AWARDS

 2001 Director’s Award, 3-D, Ellipse Gallery, Arl., VA

 1999 Purchase prize, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, ILL

 1997 Residency in Painting, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, ILL 1997

Award, 1st place, Open Exhibition, Bell Atlantic Gallery, Annandale, 1994

 ChosenforstudiovisitbyEricHansen,Sr.ArtCritic,TheWashingtonTimes andcritic-in- residence, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington Va 1993

Juror’s Award, 2nd place, l708 Gallery, Richmond, VA. 1990

 Critique session with N.Y. art critic, Ronny Cohen, sponsored by the Arlington Arts Center, Arl., VA

 1986 Award in printmaking. NOVA PRINTS

 1986 PURCHASE PRIZE Two prints purchased. Northern Virginia Community College

1985 Honorable Mention Celebration of Alexandria Women in the Arts


CRITICAL REVIEWS 

1997 Priscilla Dawson, “Arts Council Exhibits Winning Artwork”, The Connection, Nov. 12

Catherine Dorsey, “Professors Make the Grade”, Portfolio Weekly, Portsmouth, VA 9/97 1995 S.A. Jones, “Critic’s Roundtable/Worth Seeing”, KOAN, 2/95

Channel 8 TV, “In The Spotlight: Artist’s At Grace” 2/95 Janet Rems, “Artists Home In On Domestic Environments”, Springfield Connection,

1/26/95 1992 Janet Wilson, "Fall Solos at Arlington", The Washington Post. October 24

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Paulette Roberts-Pullen, "Reflective Art", Style Weekly, Richmond, Va., Oct. 27 

Mike Giuiliano, "3 Shows at School 33", The Baltimore Alternative October Michele Studebaker, "Subconscious Produces Art", The Loudoun Times Mirror, April 4

J. Kenneth Townsend, "Exhibit of Women Artists' Work Provokes a Range of Responses", The Alexandria Gazette, April 9

J. Kenneth Townsend, "Independent Women Artists' Works Joined for Campus Show", The Alexandria Gazette, February l3



ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS


 Professor Emerita, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA

 Northern Virginia Community College, assistant professor of Fine Art l988 -2011

 University of Maryland, lecturer in drawing, 1988-89

 Prince Georges Community College, Maryland, lecturer in drawing and art history, 1990-1991

ACADEMIC HONORS AND SERVICE Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching

Graduate teaching assistantship in painting, drawing, design and mixed media, based on merit, University of Maryland

Graduate Member of the search committee to choose the chairman of the Art Department, University of Maryland, l988

PUBLICATIONS

 1997 The Northern Virginia Review, Northern Virginia Community College, issue no. 12

 l994 ART COMICS, published by Bebe Williams 

l991 "Girlhood" and "Error Bred in the Bone", Public/Private, published in conjunction with"Issues of Gender", The Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Va. l980-88

 Frequent contributor to National Geographic World Magazine.

 l985 Co-authored Amazing Animals of Australia, a National Geographic Book for WorldExplorers.
 
1982 Co-authored Why in the world, a National Geographic Book for World Explorers. 

1983 Co-authored More Far-out Facts, a National Geographic Book for World Explorers. 

l976-79 Columnist for The Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, VA

IN ADDITION I have contributed articles to The Washington Post and other publications.

BOOK COVERS Poet Lore, Fall 1994

TV CREDITS “Into the Limelight: Grace Under Construction”, Channel 8, Time Warner Cable, 2/22/95