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BONNIE B. COLLIER
22600 Shiloh Church Road
Boyds, Md. 20841

[email protected]
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Education:

George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Master of Fine Arts, 1971
Radford College, Radford, Virginia, Bachelor of Science, 1966
Rhode Island School of Design, Honors Seminar, Providence, Rhode Island, 1985
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Recipient, Kodak Educator’s Scholarship, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992
Savannah College of Art and Design, Recipient, Art Educator’s Scholarship, Savannah, Georgia, 1994

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Experience:

Art Instructor, Montgomery County Public Schools, 1968 -1995
Member, Program Advisory Committee, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, Md, 1985 and 1986
Art Instructor, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, 1975
Art Instructor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1971-7

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Online Images:

The National Museum of American History: americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search?edan_q=bonnie%20collier
Maryland State Arts Council: Visual Artist Registry: msac.org/directory/artists/bonnie-b-collier msac.org/directory/artists/bonnie-b-collier
U.S. Department of State - Art in Embassies: www.aieregistry.org/users-post-gallery/member/bbcinBoyds/

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Selected Exhibitions:

Essence: The Characteristics That Define Us, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, Va. July 3 - August 10, 2025

2025 Cumberland Valley Photographers, juror Christopher Gianunzio, Museum of Fine Arts, Washington County, Hagerstown, Md. April 5 – July 27, 2025

Full Circle 2025 - juror Sharon Malley, Falls Church Gallery, Falls Church, Va. January 11 - February 23, 2025
Drawing for Art, The Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Md. April 20 - May 2, 2024
10th Allegany National Photography Exhibition - juror Sarah Stolfa, The Saville & Schwab Galleries, Cumberland, Maryland, March 30 – April 20, 2024
2024 Regional Juried Exhibition, Hill Center Galleries, Washington, D.C., juror Amy Cavanaugh, January 10 – May 4, 2024
9th Annual Allegany National Photography Exhibition - juror Todd J. Tubutis, The Saville & Schwab Galleries, Cumberland, Maryland, April 1 – 22, 2023
Play: The 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, the Strathmore Mansion Gallery, North Bethesda, Md., juror: Zoma Wallace, March 21 – April 29, 2023
FOCUS, National Juried Photography Exhibition, juror Hannah Altman, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, November 5 – 27, 2022
7th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition, juror Karen Irvine, The Saville & Schwab Galleries, Cumberland, Maryland, April 3 – 24, 2021
FOCUS, National Juried Photography Exhibition, juror Regina DeLuise, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, November 17 – 29, 2020. Virtual gallery link: https://prezi.com/p/zhjet6cacdkd/national-juried-photography-exhibition/New
Photography II, juror Philip Brookman, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, online exhibition July 1 - August 1, 2020, physical exhibition - August 1 - October 7, 2020
Home, jurors: Terence Nicholson and Erwin Timmers, Strathmore Mansion Gallery, North Bethesda, Maryland, Honorable Mention, January 11, 2020 - February 23, 2020
Captured Light: Current Photographic Processes, juror: Nate Larson, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Maryland, November 16 - December 21, 2019
Latitude, The Washington Women’s Arts Center 1975-1987, juror: Françoise Yohalem, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C., catalogue, June 16 - August 12, 2018
2018 Cumberland Valley Photographers Exhibition, juror: Michael Mendez, Museum of Fine Arts – Washington County, Hagerstown, Maryland, February 4 - April 7, 2018
2017 Cumberland Valley Artists and Photographers, juror: Frank Herrera, Museum of Fine Arts – Washington County, Hagerstown, Maryland, January 29 - April 9, 2017
Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Post Memory: Photographs of a Certain Place and Time, Silver Spring, Maryland, January 21 – March 3, 2017
National Juried Photography Exhibit, juror: Frank Van Riper, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, November 1-30, 2014
Photo 08, juror: David Griffin, The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 22 - April 12, 2008
5th Photographic Image Biennial, juror Mark Klett, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, 2007
PhotoGenesis, jurors Stephen Bennett Phillips, Claudia Bohn-Spector, Charles Brock, Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, Virginia, 2006
Photo 06: Photographs You Have Taken In The Last 75 Years, juror: Michelle Delaney, The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia, 2006
Hickok Warner Cole Architects Art Night 2005, co-curators: Erin Chase Mackay and Randall McLean, HWC offices, Washington, D.C., 2005
Art MD 2004, juried by Stephen Bennett Phillips, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, Maryland, 2004
Celebrating A Centennial, juried by David Tannous, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, North Bethesda, Maryland, Centennial Award, 2003
Opposites: Exploring Polarity, The 5th Biennial Corcoran Alumni Hemicycle Exhibition, juried by Andrea Pollan and Susan Eder, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001
Works by Contemporary Maryland Artists, juried by Grimaldis, Linowitz, Moreland and Tenabe, Government House, Annapolis, Maryland, 2000
Art & Technology: Digital Visions, curated by Anne Brown and Chris Foley, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia, 1998
Neighbors: The Corcoran at the OAS, juried by Samuel C. Hoi and Ana Maria Escallón, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C., 1998
Assignment Earth, Santa Fe Center for the Visual Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Second Place digital category, 1997
Santa Fe Vignettes, Santa Fe Center for the Visual Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May, 1997
The Third Alumni Hemicycle Exhibition, juried by Jack Cowart, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1997
Prints: Washington ‘97, juried by Robert Blackburn, Jan Howard and Michael Platt, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1997
Photo 96, An Annual Regional Exhibition, juried by Deborah Willis, The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia, Juror’s Choice Award, 1996
Dog Days Show, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, juried by Kathleen Ewing, Washington, D.C., 1993
Regional Trends, an exhibition of photography, juried by Kathleen Ewing, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, Maryland, 1992
Impact of Photographs: a Survey of Contemporary photographers in the Mid- Atlantic Region, SPE Regional Photography Exhibition, Millersville University Library Gallery, Millersville, Pennsylvania, November 1 - 23, 1992
Artscape ‘91, Baltimore Scapes: Images of Baltimore; Physical, Mental, Cultural, curator: Dr. Schroeder Cherry, Maryland Institute College of Art - Thesis Gallery, Baltimore, Md., July 19 - August 11, 1991
Artery '90, multi-media juried exhibition, juror: Marilyn A. Zeitlin, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, Maryland, October 19 - November 17, 1990
Introductions III - Photography and Large-Scale Sculpture, juror: Jack Rasmussen, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, Maryland, August 4 - 26, 1989
Maryland's Best '88, state wide multi-media visual arts exhibition, juror: Ned Rifkin, Rockland Arts Center, Ellicott City, Maryland, November 6 - December 17, 1988
Heartworks IV, a benefit for the new art examiner, curators: Jack Cowart and Wilhelm de Looper, Omni Georgetown Hotel, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1987
Alternatives '86, juror: Robert Fichter, Siegfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, catalogue, February 24 - March 7, 1986
The Garden Environment: Sculptural Setting, Setting for Sculpture, Audubon Naturalist Society juried exhibition, jurors: Franz Bader, David Furchgott, and James Van Sweden, Woodend, Chevy Chase, Maryland, April 10 - 30, 1985
CitySpaces, Alexandria Sculpture Festival, curators: Franz Bader, Alice Denney and Pinkney Near, VVKR Architecture Headquarters, Alexandria, Virginia, catalogue, September 9 - October 29, 1984
E Street window display, Lansburgh Cultural Center, curator: Francoise Yohalem, D.C. slide registry artists, Washington, D.C., November 1 - December 3, 1984
Alexandria Sculpture Festival 1983, jurors: David Tannous, Benjamin Forgey and Clair List, VVK&R Architecture Headquarters, Alexandria, Virginia, April 2 - May 2, 1983
Invited Artists 10th Anniversary Show, Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C., July 6 - August 20, 1982
Outdoor Sculpture 1981, jurors: Joan Mondale and E.A. Carmean, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia, Honorable Mention, catalogue, May 11 - July 26, 1981
The Art of Ceramics, jurors: Raylene Decatur and Ed Nash, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia, catalogue, February 7 - March 8, 1981
Bonnie B. Collier, Sculpture Exhibit, (with Robert Davis, and Phillip Jones, Paintings) Foundry Gallery, Washington. D.C., February 6 - March 3, 1979
Gallery 10, 1974-1979, 5 Years of Exhibitions, Gallery 10, Washington, D.C., June 1 - 30, 1979
8 Clay, Fiber, Glass, Metal, invitational, Hodson Gallery, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, January 16 - February 16, 1978
Craft Art, A Washington Exposition, Corcoran Dupont Center, jurors: Toshiko Takaezu, Peter Thomas, and Richard C. Lafean, Washington, D.C., catalogue, November 1 - 21, 1977
Self Portraits, invitational, Intuitiveye Gallery, Washington, D.C., September 20 - October 16, 1976
The 4th Chunichi International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts, Nagoya, catalogue, May 14 -19, 1976, Kanazawa, Japan, May 21 - 26, 1976, Tokyo and Osaka, May - July 1976
33rd International Competition of Contemporary Ceramics, Faenza, Italy, July 20 - October 5, 1975
The Sydney International Exhibition of Photography, Sydney, Australia, September - December 1975
Seven Sculptors, Inaugural Show, Washington Women’s Art Center, Washington, D.C., April 20 - May 17, 1975
27 New Washington Women, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, May 21-July 1, 1975
19th Area Exhibition, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, juror: Jim Pilgrim, Washington, D.C., October 12-November 10, 1974
Bonnie B. Collier, Sculpture Exhibit, (co-solo David Cardona, Paintings) Emerson Gallery, McLean, Virginia, October 1-31, 1974
Satirical Crafts Depicting Social Injustices of Today, Hand of Man Gallery, Bedford Hills, New York, October 6-26, 1974
Photo Media, Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Crafts Council, New York, New York, September 24, 1971-January 2, 1972
Photo Forms, Exhibit A Gallery, Gallery of American Ceramics, Evanston, Illinois, May 7-27, 1972
The George Washington University Student Art Exhibition, Marvin Center Gallery, Washington, D.C., First Place - Ceramics, Kreeger Award - Honorable Mention Sculpture, March 31 - April 30, 1971

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Selected Published Photographs:

Latitude: The Washington Women’s Arts Center, 1975-1987, exhibition catalogue, American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center, Washington, D.C., June 16 - Aug. 12, 2018, pg. 35
The Magazine of Radford University, Summer 2017, pg. 94
Back Cover Photograph, McLean Community Center, Program Guide, Winter/Spring 2007
Artist Directory, Washington Project For The Arts, Washington, D.C.Fall 2009 - pg. 151; Fall 2012 - pg. 171; Fall 2014 - pg. 148
Artist Directory, Washington Project For The Arts, Corcoran, Fall 2004 - pg. 245 / Fall 2005 - pg.197
Santa Fe Workshops brochure, Photography & Digital Workshops 2000/2001
Corcoran School of Art, Division of Continuing Education, Open Program Catalogue, pg. 17, Spring 1998
Cover Photograph, Revision, The Journal of Consciousness and Change, Spring, 1987
The Washington Post, “Maryland Artists to Show their Best,” November 3, 1988, page Md3
Cover Photograph, AGB Reports, Journal of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, March/April 1984
The New York Times, "Photography - Everyone Will React Differently," Section D, page 25, October 10, 1971

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Selected Collections:

Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation, Westerville, Ohio
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Jane Allen, Washington, D.C.
H.I. Gates, Frederick, Maryland
Rita & Robert Scott, New York, New York
Leonard Kamsler, New York, New York
Montgomery County Public Art Trust, Rockville, Maryland

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