Education
Boston University, Bachelor of Fine Arts 1972
The American University, Master of Fine Arts 1977
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 1977
Experimental Etching Studio 1979, 1980
Robert Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop 1986
Fellowships and Awards
Cummington Community for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence 1983
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fellow 1982, 1990
Dorland Mountain Colony, Artist-in-Residence 1982
Ossabow Island Foundation, Fellow 1982
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence 1980
The American University, Graduate Assistantship Award, 1975-1977
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Cafritz Foundation Scholarship 1977
Exhibitions
2024 Concord Center for the Visual Arts "25th Annual Frances N. Roddy Exhibition" Concord, MA
Danforth Museum “Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition”, Framingham, MA
Fitchburg Art Museum “88th Regional Exhibit of Art and Craft” Fitchburg, MA
Concord Center for the Visual Arts “ Members Juried 1”, Concord, MA
2023 Zullo Gallery “29th Annual Juried Exhibition” Medfield, MA
Cambridge Art Association “2023 Mary Schein Fall Salon”, Cambridge, MA
Newbury Court MGNE exhibit “Art of the Unique Print”, Concord,
Cambridge Art Association "Member's Prize Show", Cambridge ,MA
2022 Bowery Gallery “Downeast: New Work by Iris Osterman” New York, NY
Boston Public Library Jamaica Plain Branch "Forged In Isolation", Boston, MA
Concord Center for the Visual Arts "23rd Annual Frances N. Roddy Exhibition", Concord, MA
Zullo Gallery "MGNE Annual Exhibition", Medfield,MA
Attleboro Arts Museum "Connectivity". Attleboro, MA
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society "Coastline" , Lexington,MA
The Speedway Gallery "Love That Dirty Water" Brighton, MA
Concord Center for the Visual Arts "Among the Trees" Concord, MA
South Shore Art Center Bancroft Gallery "One-or-a-Kind Prints", Cohasset,MA
Bowery Gallery at Wright State University Dayton, OH
Concord Art Association "2022 MJ1 Painting and Sculpture Exhibition", Concord, MA
2021 Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill "Priority Prints: MGNE Members Exhibition", Poultney, VT
Cambridge Art Association "2021 Mary Schein Fall Salon", Cambridge, MA
Galatea Fine Art "New England Collective Xl Juried Exhibition", Boston, MA
Fountain Street Gallery “TENacious:A Reunion”, Boston, MA
Bowery Gallery “Deep Design”, Online exhibition, Bowerygallery.org
Cambridge Art Association “2021 Members Prize Show”, Cambridge, MA
Bowery Gallery "Then and Now: Part 3" , Online exhibition, Bowerygallery.org
Cambridge Art Association "Small Works" Summer Online exhibition, Cambridgeart.org
2020 Bowery Gallery "At Home in the Studio" On-line Exhibition, Bowerygallery.org
Cambridge Art Asociation "2020 Mary Schein Fall Salon" On-line exhibition, Cambridgeart.org
2019 Chester Gallery of Art at New England College MGNE Exhibition 2019, Henniker, NH
Concord Center for Visual Art “20th Annual Juried Roddy Exhibition” Concord, MA
Zullo Gallery for the Arts “25th Annual Juried Exhibition” Medfield, MA The Ames Mansion Museum "The Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition 2019", North Easton,MA
Fitchburg Art Museum “84th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft”, Saara Parker Painting Prize, Fitchburg, MA
Cambridge Art Association "2019 National Prize Show" Cambridge, MA
Fountain Street Gallery “Altered Matter x 2” Boston, MA
Bowery Gallery “Manifesto: Bowery Gallery 50th Anniversary Show”, New York City,NY
Fountain Street Gallery "Breaking the Rules" Boston ,MA
2018 LynnArts "Pressing Matters", Lynn, MA
American University Katzen Arts Center Museum "D'Arista Legacy", Washington, DC
Attleboro Arts Museum "THREE", National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro, MA
Freepoint Hotel "Art@Freepoint/ Maud Morgan Arts" , Cambridge, MA
Fountain Street Gallery "Thrive" , Members' Group show, Boston, MA
2017 Cambridge Art Association "Blue", Juror's Choice Award, Cambridge, MA
Galatea Fine Art Gallery “NE Collective Vlll: 8th Annual Juried Exhibition” Boston, MA
Bowery Gallery “A Cliff Walk/ New Work by Iris Osterman”, New York City, NY
Bowery Gallery Summer Members’ Exhibition, New York City, NY
Cotuit Center for the Arts “Marking Time: Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of The Boston
Printmakers”, Cotuit, MA
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck “Drawings & Paintings”, Juried Exhibition, Gloucester The Gallery @ Springdale Barrel Room, "Memento", Framingham, MA
Fountain Street Fine Art “Place and Memory: Two Views”, Framingham, MA
Cambridge Art Association “Member’s Prize Show”, Cambridge, MA
Fountain Street Fine Art “Yellow” Member’s Exhibit, Framingham, MA
2016 Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts “Unique Impressions VI”, Monotype Guild of New England,
Medfield, MA
Bowery Gallery “Bowery Gallery Artists”, New York City, NY
Cambridge Art Association “Flora Fauna”, Cambridge, MA
Fountain Street Fine Art “People’s Choice Exhibit”, Framingham, MA
Landau Gallery “Landscape Memoir: Paintings and Works on Paper”, Belmont Hill School,
Belmont, MA
2015 Danforth Museum “Off the Wall” Juried Exhibition, Third Prize, Framingham, MA
Zullo Gallery Monotype Guild of New England Annual Members exhibit,, Medfield, MA
Cambridge Art Association “CAA at 70: Past Award Winning Artists”, Cambridge, MA
Lincoln Library “Grown, Shown, and Owned in Lincoln”, Lincoln, MA
2014 Belmont Gallery of Art “Animal Art” Juried Exhibit, Belmont, MA
Bowery Gallery “New Work” New York City, NY
2013 Concord Art Association “Members Juried 2: Photography, Drawing, Mixed Media, Graphics" Concord, MA
Fountain Street Fine Art “Wicked” Juried Show, Juror’s Choice Award, Framingham, MA
Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary Gallery “Open to Interpretation” Juried Exhibit, Sharon, MA
Whistler House Museum of Art “Close Observations” Juried Exhibit, MGNE, Lowell, MA
Arts League of Lowell “Shifting Landscapes” Juried Exhibit, Lowell, MA
Galatea Fine Arts “NE Collective lV” Juried Show Boston, MA
Danforth Museum “Community of Artists” Juried Exhibition Framingham, MA
Touch Gallery Group show Cambridge, MA
Concord Art Association “Members Juried 1: Painting and Sculpture” Concord, MA
2012 New Art Center “New Media/Fresh Paint ll” Newtonville,MA
The Slater Memorial Museum Connecticut Women Artists, Inc. 83rd Annual Open Juried
Exhibition Norwich, CT
Danforth Museum “Community of Artists” Juried Exhibition Framingham, MA
Chabot Gallery “Discovering New England” Juried Show Providence, RI
Newburyport Art Association 15th Annual Regional Juried Show Newburyport, MA
Creative Arts Workshop 2012 International Juried Show “Boundless: New Works in
Contemporary Printmaking” New Haven, CT
Bowery Gallery “Gallery Artisits Group Show”, New York City, NY
2011 The Brush Gallery Members Juried Exhibition 2011 Lowell,MA
New Hampshire Institute of Art “2011 Biennial” 1st Prize Winner,
Manchester,New Hampshire
Cambridge Art Association Annual Fall Salon Cambridge, MA
Borderland State Park “Blanche Ames National Juried Exhibition” North Easton, MA
Samson Projects “Chain Letter” Boston, MA
Paul Mellon Arts Center Choate Rosemary Hall Monotype Guild of New England “Art of
The Unique Print” Wallingford, CT
Gallery Seven “New England Scapes” Juried Exhibition Maynard, MA
Concord Art Association “The Animal Connection: Sculpture by Eleonora Lecei/Prints and
Paintings by Iris Osterman” Concord, MA
Cambridge Art Association “Northeast Prize Show 2011” Cambridge, MA 1st Prize Winner
The Brush Gallery “MASSACHUSETTS ARTISTS 2011: Contemporary Work by the Artists of Massachusetts” Lowell, MA
Concord Art Association Member’s Juried Painting and Sculpture Exhibition
Painting Award Winner Concord, MA
Danforth Museum “Community of Artitists” Juried Exhibition Framingham, MA
2010 Lazarus Gallery United Hebrew of New Rochelle “Winter Wonderland” Holiday show,
New Rochelle, NY
Zullo Gallery “7 Views” Landscapes from seven artists, Medfield,MA
Cambridge Art Association “Blue” Annual National Juried Exhibition, Cambridge,MA
Bowery Gallery “Iris Osterman-Paintings” New York City, NY
Concord Art Association 11th Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition Concord,MA Cambridge Art Association Fall Salon Show Cambridge, MA
Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts “16th Annual Juried Exhibition” Medfield, MA
Cooperstown Art Association “75th Annual National Juried
Exhibition” Cooperstown, NY
Bowery Gallery “Pages: 40th Anniversary Exhibition” NYC
Danforth Museum “ Community of Artists” Juried Exhibition Framingham,MA
Gallery Seven “The Elegant Miniature” Juried exhibition Maynard, MA
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts “99th Annual Juried Exhibition” Mystic,CT Concord Art Association “Members Juried Exhibition ll” Concord, MA
Providence Art Club “Open Painting 2010 Exhibition” Providence, RI
2009 Concord Art Association “Frances N. Roddy Open Competition” Concord, MA
Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts “15th Annual Juried Exhibition”
Medfield, MA
Hess Gallery Pine Manor College “Natural Wonders: Catherine Carter, Iris Osterman and
Leah Piepgras” 3-person show Brookline, MA
2008 Joyce Goldstein Gallery Millay Colony Residents 1974-1980” Chatham, MA
Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts “14th Annual Juried Exhibition” Medfield, MA
Cambridge Art Association “Northeast Prize Show” Cambridge, MA
Creative Arts Workshop “Painting as Presence” Juried exhibition
New Haven, CT
The Brush Art Gallery Members Juried Exhibition 2008 Lowell, MA
2007 Lincoln Library “The Farm” Monotypes Lincoln, MA
Artists Space “Night of 1000 Drawings” Benefit exhibition NYC, NY
Cultural Arts Alliance “150 Under $150”Holiday Show Hopkinton, MA
Long Beach Arts “Inspired Black &White” Exhibition Long Beach, CA
Moose Hill Gallery “Seeing the Unseen: Rain, Wind, Light as Nature’s Choreographer”
Massachusetts Audubon Sharon, MA
Katzen American University Museum “All In The Family: A Juried Show of American
University Alumni” American University, Washington, DC
Cahoon Museum of American Art “Tree-mendous” Juried Show Cotuit, MA
Housatonic Museum of Art “3rd Annual Open Juried Show” Bridgeport, CT
Cooperstown Art Association “72nd Annual National” Cooperstown, NY
The Boston Home “At Home with the Arts” 4th Annual Exhibition and Sale
Boston, MA
Rocky Mount Arts Center “50th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition”
Rocky Mount, NC
Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine
“International Exhibition on Animals in Art” Judge’s Award Baton Rouge, LA
LynnArts Time Warner Gallery “Works on Paper” Open Juried Show
Lynn, MA
2006 Fort Worth Community Arts Center “9x12 Works on Paper Show”
Fort Worth, TX
RHYS Gallery “Size Matters” Inaugural Exhibition Boston, MA
Towne Art Gallery “Internalized and Realized: Landscapes”, Two-person
Exhibition Wheelock College, Boston,MA
Zullo Gallery 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, Medfield, MA
Tri County Arts Council 24th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Cobleskill, NY
Museum of Fine Arts Museum Council Summer Party Silent Auction Boston, MA
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 95th Annual Exhibition, CAFA Painting Prize Avon, CT Creative Arts Workshop “Particular Places” New Haven, CT
Gallery 181 “Art on the Wall: A Juried Exhibition” Lawrence, MA
Space 200 Gallery/Alternate Currents “The Blue Show” Boston, MA
Pigmentia Studio & Gallery “The Green Show” Medford, MA
The Brush Art Gallery “Annual Juried Members Show” Lowell, MA
2005 Impact Artists’ Gallery “Black and White and Read All Over” National Drawing Exhibition
Buffalo, NY
Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts 48th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art
Chautauqua, NY
Tri County Arts Council, 23rd Annual National Small Works Exhibition Cobleskill, NY
Gallery AA/B, Art Advisory/Boston, Juried New Talent Exhibition, Boston, MA
Westmoreland County Community College Westmoreland Art Nationals Youngwood, PA
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem “Dimensions 2005” Winston-Salem, NC Honorable
Mention
The Brush Art Gallery “Massachusetts Artists 2005” Lowell, MA
2004 New Light Gallery “Petite ll Exhibition”, Juried small works Abingdon, VA
Mt. Scott Art Center “Summer in Winter” International Juried Exhibition Portland, Oregon
Acton Memorial Library “Woods and Wetlands” Acton, MA
Artspace@16 Gallery Small Works Juried Exhibition , Malden, MA
Bradley University 30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition Peoria, Illinois
Sharon Arts Center Juried exhibition, Peterborough, NH
Tarleton State University Rio Brazos Art Exhibition, Langdon Cultural and Education Center
Granbury, TX
Santa Cruz Art League “The American Experience” Award Winner Santa Cruz, CA
Lankershim Art Gallery “Feed the Senses” N. Hollywood, CA
Cape Cod Art Association 2004 New England Exhibition Barnstable, MA
South Cobb Arts Alliance 17th National Juried Art Exhibition Mableton, Georgia
Morro Bay Art Association 1st Annual Central Coast Fine Art Juried Competition Morro
Bay, CA
Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts 47th Chautuaqua National Exhibition of American Art
Chautauqua, NY
New England Watercolor Society 9th Biennial North American Open Show Bennington,
Vermont
New American Gallery “The New American Gallery Open” Juried on-line Exhibition
newamgallery.com
Southeastern Community College/ Studio 107 “Watermark 2004” Works on Paper, Whiteville,
North Carolina
Monson Arts Council “Beyond Boundaries” Monson, MA
Caladan Gallery.com Beverly, MA on-line gallery Exhibition
South Shore Art Festival Cohasset, MA
2001 Powers School of Music “Land and Sea” Belmont, MA
Gallery New Mexico “The American Landscape” Santa Fe, NM
Friends of Copley Square Silent Auction “An Arts Affair..” Boston, MA
2000 PaintingsDirect.com On-line art gallery, 2000-05
Lone Piper Gallery “New England Juried Show” Rowley, MA
Cambridge Art Association “RED” Juried Exhibition Cambridge, MA
Bromfield Gallery “Small, Smaller, Smallest” Holiday Exhibit Boston, MA
Essex Art Center Seventh Annual Juried Exhibit Lawrence, MA
Concord Art Association “The Meaning in Landscape”, Frances Roddy Open Competition
Concord,MA
Ellison Center for the Arts Duxbury Art Association, “Be Seated” Duxbury, MA
1998 Boston University, Holiday Exhibition and Sale Sherman Union Gallery Boston, MA
1992 Boston University Boston University Alumni Artists Boston, MA
1991 Washington Studio School Gallery One-person show Washington,D.C.
1990 Camp Gallery VCCA Sweet Briar, VA
1989 College of William and Mary Andrews Gallery “Scene and Seed:
Preparatory Drawings in Many Media” Williamsburg, VA
Bowery Gallery “New Work” New York City, NY
1988 NYU Washington Square East Gallery “Small Works” NYC
Washington Studio School Washington D.C.
1986 Bowery Gallery “Recent Paintings” New York City, NY
1984- Bowery Gallery NYC 1984 – 88, 1990 – 2000, 2003 –05 Group Show
1983 National Art League Juried Exhibition Douglaston, NY
1981 Hess Gallery Pine Manor Junior College Brookline, MA
Pucker Safrai Gallery Workshop “Artists At Work” Boston, MA
Bromfield Gallery Boston, MA
Staircase Gallery South Shore Conservatory of Music, Hingham, MA
Atlantic Monthly Gallery Boston, MA
Commonwealth Bank/Norfolk Brookline, MA
1980 Bromfield Gallery Boston, MA
South Shore Art Festival Honorable Mention, Painting Cohasset, MA
South Shore Art Center Faculty Exhibit, Cohasset, MA
1979 South Shore Art Festival First Prize, Painting Cohasset, MA
South Shore Art Center Faculty Exhibit, Cohasset, MA
1978 Attleboro Museum Attleboro, MA
1977 Second Street Gallery “Freshwork” Charlottesville, VA
Watkins Gallery The American University Washington D.C.
Capitol City Federal Savings Washington D.C
Battelle-Tomkins Memorial Library Washington D.C.
Teaching
Wheelock College, Visiting Lecturer, Boston, MA 2009
University of Colorado, Visiting Artist, Colorado Springs, CO 1990
South Shore Art Center, Painting Instructor, Cohasset, MA 1979
Publications
Oil Pastel Materials and Techniques, Leslie, Pub.,Watson-Guptill,1990
Articles/Reviews
“Real and Imagined” The Lincoln Journal, Gatehouse News Service, Peter Costa, Editor 11/4/2010
"Art and Life with Iris Osterman" BostonVoyager magazine, 7/9/2018
Affiliations
The Bowery Gallery, 530 W.25th St., NYC 10001
Cambridge Art Association, 25 Lowell St., Cambridge, MA
Monotype Guild of New England, PO Box 134, Sharon, MA 02067
The Boston Printmakers, The Art Institute of Boston, 700 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02215
Fountain Street Gallery, 2015-19, 460 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02118
On-line Venues
IKOARTS.com Corporateartloan.org
Saatchionline.com Turningart.com
Artistsspace.org Artprocess.net
Artsy.com
