EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT — 1992
• Emphasis in Printmaking and Book Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA — 1987
• Illustration Major
• Secondary study in American literature and drama
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Art and Music Department, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA — 2023-present
Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA — 2014-2023
Faculty Fellow Liaison for the Arts and Humanities, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA — 2013-2014
Professor, Art and Music Department, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA — 1992-2014
Biennial Exhibition Coordinator and Grant Writer, The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA — 2012-present
President, The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA — 2010-2012
Teacher, Education Program, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA — 2006, 2014
Teacher, Education Program, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA — 2004-2005
Visiting Lecturer, Continuing Education, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA — 2001
Graduate Assistant, Art Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT — 1990-1992
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Alas and Wonderland, Creative Connections, Ashburnham, MA
2019 A Real Boy, Factory Mark Gallery at Comm Creative, Framingham, MA
2017 Man, Myth, Legend, Spirol Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
2013 About Face, The Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2010 I Rather Wood Cut, The Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham, MA
2010 Not Now, Maybe Later, Artists-at-Large Gallery, Hyde Park, MA
2010 Prints, Graphic Department Gallery, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, Poland
2009 Marc Cote: Printmaking, Ashland Public Library, Ashland, MA
2007 Four Humors: New Work by Marc Cote, The Conwell Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2006 New Prints, The Perrin Gallery, Brookline, MA
2004 Sisyphus Mischief, The Goodnow Library, Sudbury, MA
2003 Heads or Tales, The Artists-at-Large Gallery, Hyde Park, MA
2003 Exhibition of Woodcuts, Newtonville Books, Newtonville, MA
2002 Underneath Us, The Perrin Gallery, Brookline, MA
2001 Marc Cote: Prints, Fine Arts Center, St. Mark's Academy, Southborough, MA
1998 Marc Cote: New Work, The Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 Marc Cote: Prints, La Cava Campus Center Gallery, Bentley College, Waltham, MA
1996 New Prints, The 349 Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1996 Marc Cote: Recent Works, The Jamaica Plain Multicultural Art Center, Jamaica Plain, MA
1992 Backpack, The Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2022 patchWORK: Parts of Prints and Prints of Parts, Project B Gallery, Framingham, MA
2021 85th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2021 CONNECT: Small Prints by members of The Boston Printmakers, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2020 Impressed 2020: National Printmaking Exhibition, Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO
2019 Prints as Sculpture II, Chandler Gallery, Maud Morgan Arts, Cambridge, MA
2019 The Boston Printmakers 2019 North American Print Biennial, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (juried by Shelley Langdale, President of the Print Council of America and the Park Family Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
2019 26th Parkside National Print Exhibition, Rita Tallent Picken Center for Arts and Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin/Parkside, Kenosha, WI (juried by Sarah Smelser, co-founder of Manneken Press and Professor/Associate Director of the School of Art, Illinois State University)
2017 The Boston Printmakers 2017 North American Print Biennial, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA (juried by Judith Brodie, Curator of Modern Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Art)
2016 Marc Cote: Artwork, Creative Connections, Ashburnham, MA
2015 Mondo Tondo: Explorations (in the Round) of the World Around, Southern Graphics Conference International, Knoxville, TN
2015 Sphere of Existence, Southern Graphics Conference International, Knoxville, TN
2015 Vinyl, Southern Graphics Conference International, Knoxville, TN
2014 Imprint, The Art Gallery at North Hill, Needham, MA
2013 Animal Fairy Tales, Fables, Fact Or Fiction, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2012 Semi-Annual Faculty Show, The Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University
2011 PROCESS, The Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
2011 Unscripted, Fountain Street Fine Arts, Framingham, MA (Juried by Danforth Museum of Art Director Katherine French)
2010 This World, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Curated by Mid-America Print Council President and University of Akron Professor Charles Beneke)
2010 thINK: The Boston Printmakers Members Show, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
2010 Off the Wall: Annual Juried Members Show, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2010 Narratives, 4-person show, California Muse Gallery, Natick, MA
2010 Strata, 4-person show, 13 Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
2009 150 x 150, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Endless Possibilities: The Unique Print, LynnArts, Lynn, MA
2009 Transition of Power, 3-person show, 13 Forest Gallery, Arlington, MA
2008 Field Report: The Boston Printmakers Members Show, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2007 Off the Wall: Annual Juried Members Show, The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2007 National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin/Parkside, WI
2006 The Brothers Grim and Grinning, 3-person show, The Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2006 Fountain Street Studios Artists, Tower Gallery, Framingham, MA
2006 New Landscape: Boston Printmakers Members Juried Show, The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2005 Making an Impression: Ten Printmakers, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2005 Opening Exhibition, AZ Fine Arts, Wellesley, MA
2005 Recent Acquisitions, The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2005 Fountain Street Studios Artists, Framingham Public Library, Framingham, MA
2005 The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2004 Group Show, ABC-No Rio Gallery, New York, NY
2004 7th Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2004 Annual Members’ Spring Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2003 Annual Members’ Fall Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2003 Winter Art Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
2003 Lasting Impressions: Works by University of Connecticut Alumni Printmakers, Wilbur Cross Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2003 New Prints 2003/Spring, International Print Center, New York, NY
2003 The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2003 Prints of the Northeast, Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2002 Refiguring the Figure, The South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2001 The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2001 Works on Paper, LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2001 Art Faculty Show, The Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2000 Prints and Drawings, MPG Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 Works on Paper, LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2000 Group Show, ABC-No Rio Gallery, New York, NY
2000 The Book as Art: Artists' Books in New England, The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2000 Splinters and Thorns, 3-person show, The Fort Point Artists Community Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 Faculty 2000, The Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2000 One Thousand and Under, The Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, MA
1999 Active Stances: Two Artists and the Figure, 2-person show, The Front Gallery, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
1999 Members Juried, The Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA
1999 Basic Black & White, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 Art in the Lobby, Simmons College, Graduate School of Management, Boston, MA
1998 Kyoto International Woodprint Association Show, Kyoto, Japan
1998 Heads and Bodies, Arts Center at Southborough, Southborough, MA
1997 Teacher as Artist, The Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
1996 Bags and Baggage, The Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, MA
1996 Members Show, Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA
1996 Fusion: Artwork by Art and Communication Arts Faculty at Framingham State College, The Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
1995 Group Show, The 349 Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1995-98 Dressing the Text: The Fine Press Artist's Book, Santa Cruz County Art Museum, Santa Cruz, CA (exhibit traveled nationally)
1995 Art and Literary Magazine "Compost" Publication Celebration, The Jamaica Plain Multicultural Art Center, Jamaica Plain, MA
1995 Bags and Oddbodies, 2-person show, The New Art Center, Newtonville, MA
1995 National Printmaking Exhibition 1995, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Communication Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin/Parkside, Kenosha, WI
1994 Charms and Postures, 2-person show, The Perrin Gallery, Brookline, MA
1994 National Print Exhibition, The Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1994 National Works on Paper, The New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY
1994 The Studio Show, The Cyclorama, The Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1993 Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition Old City, The 479 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 End Show, The Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
1993 Confluence: A Collaborative Exhibition, The Cornwall Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
1992 Art for AIDS' Sake, Aids Project Worcester, Worcester, MA
1992 Miniature Print Exhibition, Juniper Gallery, Napa, CA
1992 National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
1992 Three, 3-person show, The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1992 49th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, The Slater Art Museum, Norwich, CT
1991 Works on Paper, The Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
1991 48th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, The Slater Art Museum, Norwich, CT
DISTINCTIONS
2021 2nd Prize, 85th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2019 Ture Bengtz Purchase Award, Boston Printmakers 2019 North American Print Biennial, Jewett Art Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2017 Blick Art Materials Award, Boston Printmakers 2017 North American Print Biennial, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
2012 Teaching and Technology Grant recipient, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA (for e-publishing initiative for students in the class “Comix and Graphic Novels”
2010 Whitney Travel Grant recipient, Alumni Association, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
(for travel to Krakow, Poland)
2007 Juror’s Commendation (Nick Capasso, Curator of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden),
Off the Wall: Annual Juried Members Show, The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2007 Purchase Award, National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin/Parkside, WI
2003 Juror’s Award, Annual Members’ Fall Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
1994 Juror's Award, National Print Exhibition, The Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1992 Purchase Award, National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
1992 Honorable Mention, Work on Paper Exhibition, The Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT
COLLECTIONS
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
Iredell County Public Library (collaborative work with Stephen Cote), Statesville, NC
Harvard University, The Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA
The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Selkirk Cogen Power Plant, Selkirk, NY
Framingham State College, The Henry B. Whittemore Library, Special Collections Department, Framingham, MA
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
PRESENTATIONS
2004 The Worcester Art Museum, Visiting Guest Artist, Worcester, MA
2001 The Framingham Artists Guild, Reduction and Multi-block woodcut demonstration, Framingham, MA
2000 The University of Wyoming, Printmaking Demonstrations and Slide Presentation, Laramie, WY
2000 The Art Institute of Boston, Monotype and Woodcut demonstration, Boston, MA
1999 The Montessori School, Two-color Multi-block Woodcut Demonstration, Andover, MA
1999 Massachusetts College of Art, Color Woodcut Presentation, Boston, MA
1998 The Danforth Museum, "Teacher as Artist," Framingham, MA
1995 The Art Institute of Boston, "Print Talk," Boston, MA
1995 The University of Connecticut, "Graduate Alumni Symposium," Storrs, CT
COMMUNITY WORK
2019 Juror, Members Show, Framingham Artists Guild, The Residence at Valley Farm, Ashland, MA
2012 Portfolio Review, Northbridge High School, Northbridge, MA
2010 Juror, Members Show, Arts/Wayland, Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, MA
2005-12 Board Member, The Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2005 Planning Committee/Program Designer, Fountain Street Open Studios, Framingham, MA
2005 Juror, Members Show, Framingham Artists Guild, Framingham, MA
2001 Juror, Members Show, Framingham Artists Guild, Framingham, MA
1998 Juror, Third Annual Art Exhibition, Westborough Cultural Council and the C.A.N.V.A.S. group, Westborough, MA
1997 Participating artist, DIFFA Absolut Pink Party (a tribute to those who have died from AIDS), Boston, MA
1996 Program Committee, Jamaica Plain Multicultural Art Center, Jamaica Plain, MA
MEMBERSHIPS
National Council of Arts Administrators, Kalamazoo, MI
The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
The Southern Graphics Council, International, Statesboro, GA