Resume/CV

Teresa Baksa

website: teresabaksa.com

email: teresa@baksa.com

Mail address:

Po Box 2037

Dennis, MA 02638

Represented by:

Baksa Studio, South Dennis, Massachusetts 

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies, cum laude, 1989

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Diploma of Four Year Course of Study in Painting and Drawing, 1979

Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

Cover images: Mountain of Restraint, Teresa Baksa, 2021, Provincetown Magazine, May 18, 2022

Falling to Love, Teresa Baksa, Artscope Magazine, October 2019

Recent Exhibitions:

2024: SKETCHY: REVEALING THE PROCESS, Juried Group Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA. Curated by Jackie Reeves, January 5-March 17, 2024, Gallery Talk, Thurs. Jan 11, 4-5:30 with a reception following 5:30-7pm.

This is an exhibition about the process of making art: Finished 2d an 3d artworks will be shown alongside preliminary sketches, mock-ups, doodles, printing plates, etc.

AWARD of THIRD PRIZE went to Teresa Baksa, Garden of Compassion, oil/linen, 40x40”.

2023-2024, The Steven & Kathleen Sidwell Collection, A Life In Art, Group exhibition, Oct. 19, 2023- Jan. 14, 2024, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA.

This exhibition reveals the inspiration and enthusiasm of art collectors Steve & Kathleen Sidwell, through their many years of traveling abroad and living in several major cities within the US, collecting art wherever they went, to form a varied and rich collection that vibrates with dynamic and creative energy.

2023, A Provincetown Family, A Spring Affair Exhibit, Group Exhibition, Provincetown Arts Society, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA. Reception April 8, 5-7pm

2022-23, Dec.9-(ongoing). A GATHERING, Art From The Roster, Miller White Fine Arts, South Dennis, MA. Artist’s Reception: Friday, December 9th, 4 to 6pm

2022, HOLIDAY EXHIBIT, Provincetown Arts Society, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA, Group Show, November 26- April 1.

2022, May 20-June 18, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown , MA, group exhibition/fundraiser: Trees of Courage, in honor of the people of Ukraine.

2021, Oct 1-29, Daring and Beautiful from the Miller White family of artists, MWFA, S. Dennis, MA

2019, Oct 25- Dec 1, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Member’s Juried Exhibition, Curated by Sam Tager,

2019, Oct 25-27, 23rd International Fine Art Show, Boston, MA, Miller White Fine Arts, Booth #11,

2019, Aug.16-Oct 11, LOVE LETTERS: “I will cover you with love when next I see you …”  Miller White Fine Arts, S. Dennis, MA

2019, July 26, 2019- Aug. 9, From THE BOLD EARTH: Paintings in the Figurative Tradition by Teresa Baksa & Kathleen Sidwell, Miller White Fine Arts, S Dennis, MA, Curated by Susan Danton

2019 May25- June 15, 2019, CREATIVE COUPLES, 1890 TO THE PRESENT, (Group invitational) Berta Walker Gallery is celebrating its 30th Anniversary by celebrating Creative Couples throughout the history of the Provincetown Art Colony, from as early as 1890 to the present. Over 160 Creative Couples will be presented in rotating exhibitions throughout the 2019 season in both the Provincetown and Wellfleet Galleries, to include actors, writers, filmmakers, photographers, musicians, dancers, curators. Teresa & Michael Baksa were included in the first exhibition, Creative Couples of Truro, Wellfleet, & Dune Dwellers, , Wellfleet Gallery

RECENT GUEST ARTIST:

2020, July 20-31, and 2019, July 24-30 Guest Artist working remotely, creating large scale pan- dimensional figure drawings, Studio Romolo Atelier Summer Sculpture School, Provincetown, MA

 SELECTED PAST EXHIBITIONS

2018, GO FIGURE: EXPLORING THE HUMAN FORM, (Group Invitational), Sept. 13- Feb 17, 2018, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA. Curated by Debbie Forman.

2018, LIGHT IN A DARK SEASON, (Group, Juried), Nov. 22 - Jan 27, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA. Curated by Patricia Stark Feinstein.

2018 Fall Feasting, (Gallery Artists), Miller White Fine Arts, S Dennis, MA

2018, Miller White Fine Arts @ National Boston Design Studio, Drummer St. Brookline, MA, (Group show of the MWFA gallery artists), July 12- Sept 30. 2018

2018,  Best Practices: Art's Ethical Responsibility To Future Generations, (Group Invitational & Gallery Artists), July 6- August 17, 2018, Miller White Fine Arts, S Dennis, MA

 2017, 31 Bodhisattvas, (Invitational, Group), Miller White Fine Arts, S. Dennis, MA

2017, Personal Space, (Juried, Group), The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Annual Exhibition, Cotuit Center For The Arts, Cotuit, MA

2016, Saving Gaia: The Seven Thunders, (Invitational, Group), Miller White Fine Arts, South Dennis, MA

2016, Balancing Act, (Juried, Group), The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Annual Exhibition, Cotuit Center For The Arts, Cotuit, MA

2014, All About sEVEn, (invitational, 49 female artists),Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, Curator: Shawn Dahlstrom

2013, Priceless: Works That Artists Wouldn’t Sell, (Invitational, Group), Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA

2010, Memories, (Invitational, Group), Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA

2008, A Feast for The Eyes, (Invitational, Group), Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA

2008, Member’s Juried, (Group), Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, Juror: Robert Gambone

2007, Tree-mendous, JURIED NATIONAL COMPETITION, (Group), Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Juror: Don Stone

2007, Of Children and Childhood, (Invitational, Group), Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA

2007, Member’s Juried,(Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Juror: Cindi Nickerson

2007, Member’s Juried, (Group),Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Juror: James Hull

2006, The World of Words, (Invitational, Group), Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, 

2004, BETWEEN THE SEA & SKY, (INVITATIONAL, SOLO), Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA 

2004, Twilight and Starlight, (Invitational, Group), Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA

2004, New Work, (Invitational, Group), Thirty Two Common Gallery, Chester, VT

2003, Dog Show, Curated by Elisabeth Pearl, (Juried, Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA

2002, Member's Juried, (Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Juror: Iren Handschuh

2000, Member's Juried: Prints, (Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Juror: Polly Burnell

1998, Women By Women: Portraits of Women by Women artists, sponsored by The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands in cooperation with The Cape Cod Women's Organization, Sandwich, MA.

1997, Member's Juried: The Fishing Village, (Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Jurors: Morgan Norwood & Jim Rann

1997, Member's Juried: Drawings, (Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA

1996, Angels- Folk, Funny, Fascinating, And Unusual, (Invitational, Group), Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1994, Surrounded By The Ocean And The Bay, (Juried, Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA

1993, Teresa Welch: New Work, Archipelago Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

1992, Member's Juried: Watercolor, (Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA, Juror: Ed Giobbi

1992, Member's Juried: Drawings, (Group), Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA

1990, Alumni Works: 20 Years, (Juried, Group) Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

1988, Three Artists, Gallery at The Piano Factory, Boston, MA

1987, Teresa Welch: Watercolors, (SOLO), Glen Urquhart School Gallery, Beverly Farms, MA

1987, Teresa Welch: Watercolors, (SOLO), Second Avenue Theatre Gallery, New York, NY

1986, Three Boston Artists, Ben Weiss Gallery, Providence, RI

1984, Teresa Welch: Watercolors, (SOLO), Bel Canto Restaurant, Lexington, MA

1983, Three Views, (3-person), Salem State College Library, Salem, MA

PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS:

2020, Beau & Gumbo, oil on linen, 24” x 30”, Sidwell Collection

2019, Grace & Fern, oil on linen, 28” x 22”, private collection

2018-19, Sisters, Lily & Madison, oil on linen, 30” x40”, Sidwell Collection

2015, Isabel, (full figure) pastel on Mi Tientes paper, 30”x 22”, Private Collection

2010, Diane Bezan With Her Students, oil on linen, 36” x 30”, Collection of Winsor School, Boston, MA

2010, Caroline, charcoal on Canson paper, 30” x 20”, private collection

2011, Ellen, charcoal on Canson paper, 30” x 20”, private collection

2012, Margaret, charcoal on Canson paper, 30” x 20”, private collection

2013, Lynnie, charcoal on Canson paper, 30” x 20”, private collection

1990- 1996, 25 full-figure solo and multi-figure portraits in landscape or seascape, watercolor, 30" x 22", private collections

1997, The Bea Children, 4 figures in a landscape/seascape 40" x 30", private collection

RELATED WORK: STUDIO/GALLERY:

1995-2014, Co-owner Baksa Studio/ Gallery, Artist & Goldsmith, Dennis, MA,

1991-1995, Owner Teresa Welch Studio/Gallery, Yarmouthport, MA.  

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Cape Cod Museum of Art, Route 6A, Dennis, Massachusetts

The Winsor School, 103 Pilgrim Road, Boston, Massachusetts

ARTIST MEMBERSHIPS: 

Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Cape Cod Museum of Art

The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod

BIBLIOGRAPHY

8/1/20: PROFILES OF 20 VIBRANT ARTISTS/TERESA BAKSA, Cape Cod Art, Annual 2020, Cape Cod Life Publications

9/1/19: LOVE LETTERS: MILLER WHITE COVERS YOU IN LOVE, Cover Story, Artscope Magazine, Sept/Oct, 2019, Magazine cover image Falling To Love, Teresa Baksa, 48” x 36”, 2019.

5/28/2018: Art & Life With Teresa Baksa, interview with Boston Voyager, http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/art-life-teresa-baksa/

2/4/2016: "Balancing Act" at Cotuit, Exhibit showcases 48 artists by Mary Richmond, The Register, The Cape Codder, capecodwickedlocal.com.

2/4/2016: AFCC's Winter Art Exhibit 2016, Balancing Act, Exhibition catalogue 2016, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod

7/23/2015: Contrasts Abundant in CCMOA's "Seascapes" exhibit, by Don Wilding, The Register, The Barnstable Patriot, The Cape Codder, capecodwickedlocal.com.

1/20/2014: One of My Favorite Artists, Teresa Baksa, by Allison Atwood, Allison Atwood at The Cape Cod Sandbar, allisonatwood.com

1/2014: All About sEVEn, Seven Sisters, Pleiades Constellation, Pinterest.com

2/28/2014: Best Bets, Pick of The Week, All About sEVEn, CapeWeek Entertainment & Events, Cape Cod Times

4/2010: A Colorful Collaboration, Dennis duo Michael and Teresa Baksa inspire each other while creating separate works of art side-by-side, by Jessica Laniewski, Cape Cod Magazine, Volume 19/ Number 3/ April 2010.

2/19/2010: Artists capture moments in time for 'Memories' exhibit, at Cahoon Museum of American Art, by Andre Van Der Wende, Spotlight, Capeweek Entertainment & Events, Cape Cod Times

2007: Perfect Arts Weekend, From antique portraits to riveting theatre, Route 6A is a trail of treasures, by Kate Bavelock, Cape Cod Life  Annual Guide, 2007.

2/2/2007: Diving Into Past, Artist's childhood memories on display in Cotuit exhibit, Baksa Painting Swimming is cover photo to promote exhibition Of Children and Childhood at Cahoon Museum of American Art, CapeWeek Entertainment & Events, Cape Cod Times

2/6/2004: Safe havens, Nighttime visions evoke need for shelter, by Andre Van Der Wende, Baksa painting The Mystery & Tangle of Night is cover photo to promote exhibition Twilight and Starlight at Cahoon Museum of American Art, Spotlight, CapeWeek, Cape Cod Times

2004: Teresa Baksa, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Oct.9-Nov.22, Exhibitions, Cape Arts Review, Annual issue, Vol. 4, 2004

10/8/2004: Teresa Baksa's Colorful Paintings Glorify Open Air, Open Spaces, Antiques and The Arts Weekly

6/20/2003, The Continuing Tradition of Provincetown Art Association, by Bob Jackmann, The Gallery, Antiques and The Arts Weekly

10/1993, Teresa Welch's Art Reflects Her Strong Personality, by Claire Golding, Cape Cod Antiques & Arts, Cape Cod Publishing Co.,Inc.

1991, Teresa Welch Studio and Gallery--New This Season in Yarmouth Port, by Claire Golding, Nauset Calendar, Indian Summer 1991