EDUCATION
1992 Lorenzo de Medici: Diploma: Italian language • Florence, Italy
1988 Hampshire College: B.F.A: Filmmaking & Photography
1986 Fashion Institute of Technology: A.A.S: Fine Art, Magna Cum Laude
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2020 Being Here: Marcie Jan Bronstein, catalogue, Zillman Art Museum
2019 ArtMaze Contemporary Art: featured artist, Summer, Issue 13
2018 Decor Maine: featured artist
Your Impossible Voice Literary Journal: cover painting, Winter Issue
2017 Portland Press Herald: feature article, Portland, ME
Yale University, Perch Arts & Literary Journal: 2 paintings, New Haven, CT
New England Review: cover painting, Middlebury, VT
Maine Home and Design: Maine Artists To Watch, Portland, ME
New England Review: cover artist
Princeton Artists Brushes: featured artist
2016 Art Revealed Magazine: portfolio and interview, London, UK
2015 After the Pause Journal : painting portfolio: "Swimming in Circles"
2010 Exposure Compensation : feature: "Illuminating the Negative"
2008 The Maine Sunday Telegram: feature • Portland, ME
2004 Exploring Color Photography: feature • McGraw Hill Publishers • New York, NY
2003 Non Satis Scire: Hampshire College Magazine: cover + portfolio feature • Amherst, MA
2001 Object Lessons: Beauty and Meaning in Art • Madison, WI
1998 The Free Press: “Two Artists in a Barn...” • Rockland, ME
1997 The Maine Sunday Telegram: review of solo exhibition • Portland, ME
1994 Creativity: “And then there was NON...” • New York, NY
ZOOM: “Al Diaframma” • Milan, Italy
1993 Il Gazzetino:”Un’americana che dipinge le foto” (review) • Venice, Italy
Il Gazzetino: Musica & fotografia (review) • Mestre, Italy
Progresso Fotografico: “Autori: Marcie Jan Bronstein” (portfolio) • Milan, Italy
1992 La Nazione: “Le Foto di Bronstein” • Florence, Italy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Penobscot Marine Museum: "Penobscot Bay as Muse" (invitational), Searsport, ME
2021 Cove Street Arts: "Eaux the Water" (three person watercolor show), Portland, ME
Clifford Gallery, Waterfall Arts: "Photographing Belfast's Waterfront" (invitational), Belfast, ME
2020 Zillman Art Museum, University of Maine: "Being Here" (solo show), Bangor, ME
2018 Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial Exhibition, (juried) Rockland, ME
2017 The Annex Art Center, (invitational) Castine, ME
2014 Photographic Resource Center: Flash Forward Festival,(invitational) Boston, MA
Slocumb Gallery: “Positive/Negative: Pages” • Johnson City, TN
2013 New England Photography Biennial 2013 • Framingham, MA
Center for Maine Contemporary Art: auction • Rockport, ME Aarhus Gallery • Belfast, ME
2012 Parallax, The Women’s Photography Exhibition • Notre Dame U, MD
1998-11 Center for Maine Contemporary Art • Rockport, ME
2010 Maine Museum of Photographic Art: 50 Photographic Artists • Falmouth, ME
2009 Firehouse Gallery: “Duetto” collaboration with Alan Fishman • Damariscotta, ME
2006 Photomedia Center: “Illuminating the Negative” • Erie, PA
2005-07 Elan Fine Arts • Rockport, ME
2005 Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic: “Portrait/Self Portrait” • Bar Harbor, ME
2000-02 Elements Gallery: “Depth of Field”: Invitational Photography Show • Rockland, ME
2001 LSU: “Works On Paper 2001” Prize Winner • Baton Rouge, LA
E3 Gallery: “Animal World” • New York, NY
2000 The Clark House Gallery • Bangor, ME
Barrett Art Center: “Photowork ‘2K” • Poughkeepsie, NY
1999 Elements Gallery: “Dogs in Cars” • Rockland, ME
1998 Maryland Federation of Art: 8th National Juried Exhibition • Annapolis, MD
Elements Gallery: “The Doll Series” • Rockland, ME
The Frankfurt Airport: “First Designer’s Avenue” • Frankfurt, Germany
1997 Creative Photographic Arts Center: “Photographs 1992-1997” • Lewiston, ME
Between the Muse Gallery: “Miniatures” • Rockland, ME
A.I.R. Gallery Invitational: “Generations” • New York, NY
The Chocolate Church: “Silhouettes” (3 person) • Bath, ME
Maryland Federation of Art: 7th Annual Juried Exhibition • Annapolis, MD
Gilley Museum: “Birds in Image and Imagination” • Southwest Harbor, ME
Cleary, Gottlieb,Steen, Hamilton: “Emerging Artists” (2 person) • New York, NY
1996 Sylvia White Gallery: “The Horse Show” • Los Angeles, CA
Danforth Gallery: “Visions of the Mind” • Portland, ME
1995 Hampshire College: Alumni Exhibition • Amherst, MA
Gallery 2/20: “Work in Progress” • New York, NY
1994 NYU/ Casa Italiana: “The Italian Series” (solo) • New York,NY
Galleria Il Diaframma/ Kodak Cultura : “Foto Colorate” (5 person) • Milan, Italy
1993 Nuova Libreria Galileo & Studio Poletto • Mestre, Italy
1992 Ristorante Alle Murate • Florence, Italy
Artemare “L’uomo e il Mare” • Riposto, Italy
1991 UC Medical Center • San Francisco, CA
1990 Urban Gallery: Benefit for ACT UP • San Francisco, CA
1987 Hampshire College • Amherst, MA
PUBLIC ART / COMMISSIONS / PROJECTS
2014 PhotoPlay : original photo-based prompt book, published by Chronicle Books
2012 Fotoplay Commission: a unique collection for the Early Stage School • Warsaw, Poland
2011 Installation / window display: collaboration with children • Belfast, ME
53" x 116" wall mural of hand painted photographs • Belfast, ME
2009 Best Seat in the House : book of 59 photographs + text published by Sellers • Portland, ME
2008 I’ll Wait in the Car : book of 56 photographs + text published by Sellers • Portland, ME
2005 Bellevue Hospital: 250 photographs for new hospital wing • New York, NY
2004 Public %-for-Art Program: Stevens School: 30’ x 15’ installation • Belfast, ME
2003 Public %-for-Art Program: Denver Family Crisis Center: 24 photographs • Denver, CO
2002 The Sherman Playhouse: Photograph used for stage set • Sherman, CT
2000 Bellevue Hospital: 20 commissioned photographs • New York, NY
1994 Saks Fifth Avenue: photographs in windows • New York, NY
1990 Neiman Marcus: photographs in windows • San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS
2011 Afterimage Online, Inklight
2010 Iowa University Press: book cover: “This Day in History”
2009 Algonquin: book cover: “The Music Teacher”
2005 Wahlström & Widstrand: book cover: Växa och upptäcka världen: Sweden
Random House: book cover: “Bad Dogs”
Howell Book House: book cover: “the horses we love...”
Signature Books: book cover: “Engelenstem” • The Netherlands
STEP inside design: magazine cover
Random House: book cover: “Pretty Birds”
William Morrow: book cover: “Early Leaving”
2004 The New York Times Magazine, Sunday March 21: editorial
Sterling Watson, Sourcebooks: book cover: “Sweet Dream Baby”
Henry Holt: book covers: “River Dogs”, “Dispatches from the Muckdog...
2003 Penguin / Putnam: book cover: “The Story of Lucy Gault”
2002 Colorado.com: National ad campaign
2001 Time Warner / Little & Brown: book cover: “Dale Loves Sophie to Death”
Portal Publications: 3 greeting cards
2000 Sceptre Books: book cover: “The Soldier’s Return” • London
Review Books: book cover: “The Second Prison” • London
1999 Dean and Deluca: National ad campaign
Saab: brochure inset
1998 Hallmark Cards: greeting card
1997 Boston Magazine: cover inset
Borealis Press: cards
Starbucks Coffee: annual report cover
1996 Light Impressions: Holiday cards
Sony Records: CD cover
1995 Catch Publishing: postcards • The Netherlands
Avanti: greeting card
Manhattan File: editorial photos
1992 “i DEAzione”: magazine cover
1990 RockHEAD: magazine cover
1988- 89 Greenfield Recorder: editorial photos
HONORS / AWARDS
2010 Grant recipient: Early Starts Maine : “Yes is a World” • Maine
2008 207: featured interview on WCSH TV • Portland, Maine
2007 Lecture: “An Artist’s Journey” : Waterfall Arts • Belfast, ME
2005 ME Arts Commission: Good Idea Grant: portfolio of 20 negative images
2001 LSU: “Works On Paper 2001” (Prize Winner) • Baton Rouge, LA
1997 AAUW Artist’s Studio Tour: selected artist • Belfast, ME
1992 “City of Venice”: 3rd Edition • photographic exposition in the Lido, Venice, Italy
RESIDENCIES
2018 Millay Colony, (Full Fellowship), Austerlitz, NY
1986 Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
1985 Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT
TEACHING / WORK
2014- Creative Watercolor workshops worldwide: Europe, Caribbean, Asia...
1993- Freelance Artist, Photographer, Designer
2011-14 Center for Maine Contemporary Art: ArtLab: Art Educator/Coordinator • Rockport, ME
2012 Youth Art residency • "Fotoplay: Concrete Poetry" • Rockport, ME
2010 Starrett Children's Center: Early Starts Grant art residency • Belfast, ME
2006-10 Waterfall Arts: Art Educator • Belfast, ME
1991 City of San Francisco, Art Dept: Graphic Designer • San Franciso, CA
1988 The Greenfield Recorder: Newspaper Photographer • Greenfield, MA
National Geographic/Blue Earth Films: asst. Editor West • Granby, CT
Florentine Films: Still Photographer, asst Editor • Northampton, MA
1992 Lorenzo de Medici: Diploma: Italian language • Florence, Italy
1988 Hampshire College: B.F.A: Filmmaking & Photography
1986 Fashion Institute of Technology: A.A.S: Fine Art, Magna Cum Laude
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2020 Being Here: Marcie Jan Bronstein, catalogue, Zillman Art Museum
2019 ArtMaze Contemporary Art: featured artist, Summer, Issue 13
2018 Decor Maine: featured artist
Your Impossible Voice Literary Journal: cover painting, Winter Issue
2017 Portland Press Herald: feature article, Portland, ME
Yale University, Perch Arts & Literary Journal: 2 paintings, New Haven, CT
New England Review: cover painting, Middlebury, VT
Maine Home and Design: Maine Artists To Watch, Portland, ME
New England Review: cover artist
Princeton Artists Brushes: featured artist
2016 Art Revealed Magazine: portfolio and interview, London, UK
2015 After the Pause Journal : painting portfolio: "Swimming in Circles"
2010 Exposure Compensation : feature: "Illuminating the Negative"
2008 The Maine Sunday Telegram: feature • Portland, ME
2004 Exploring Color Photography: feature • McGraw Hill Publishers • New York, NY
2003 Non Satis Scire: Hampshire College Magazine: cover + portfolio feature • Amherst, MA
2001 Object Lessons: Beauty and Meaning in Art • Madison, WI
1998 The Free Press: “Two Artists in a Barn...” • Rockland, ME
1997 The Maine Sunday Telegram: review of solo exhibition • Portland, ME
1994 Creativity: “And then there was NON...” • New York, NY
ZOOM: “Al Diaframma” • Milan, Italy
1993 Il Gazzetino:”Un’americana che dipinge le foto” (review) • Venice, Italy
Il Gazzetino: Musica & fotografia (review) • Mestre, Italy
Progresso Fotografico: “Autori: Marcie Jan Bronstein” (portfolio) • Milan, Italy
1992 La Nazione: “Le Foto di Bronstein” • Florence, Italy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Penobscot Marine Museum: "Penobscot Bay as Muse" (invitational), Searsport, ME
2021 Cove Street Arts: "Eaux the Water" (three person watercolor show), Portland, ME
Clifford Gallery, Waterfall Arts: "Photographing Belfast's Waterfront" (invitational), Belfast, ME
2020 Zillman Art Museum, University of Maine: "Being Here" (solo show), Bangor, ME
2018 Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial Exhibition, (juried) Rockland, ME
2017 The Annex Art Center, (invitational) Castine, ME
2014 Photographic Resource Center: Flash Forward Festival,(invitational) Boston, MA
Slocumb Gallery: “Positive/Negative: Pages” • Johnson City, TN
2013 New England Photography Biennial 2013 • Framingham, MA
Center for Maine Contemporary Art: auction • Rockport, ME Aarhus Gallery • Belfast, ME
2012 Parallax, The Women’s Photography Exhibition • Notre Dame U, MD
1998-11 Center for Maine Contemporary Art • Rockport, ME
2010 Maine Museum of Photographic Art: 50 Photographic Artists • Falmouth, ME
2009 Firehouse Gallery: “Duetto” collaboration with Alan Fishman • Damariscotta, ME
2006 Photomedia Center: “Illuminating the Negative” • Erie, PA
2005-07 Elan Fine Arts • Rockport, ME
2005 Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic: “Portrait/Self Portrait” • Bar Harbor, ME
2000-02 Elements Gallery: “Depth of Field”: Invitational Photography Show • Rockland, ME
2001 LSU: “Works On Paper 2001” Prize Winner • Baton Rouge, LA
E3 Gallery: “Animal World” • New York, NY
2000 The Clark House Gallery • Bangor, ME
Barrett Art Center: “Photowork ‘2K” • Poughkeepsie, NY
1999 Elements Gallery: “Dogs in Cars” • Rockland, ME
1998 Maryland Federation of Art: 8th National Juried Exhibition • Annapolis, MD
Elements Gallery: “The Doll Series” • Rockland, ME
The Frankfurt Airport: “First Designer’s Avenue” • Frankfurt, Germany
1997 Creative Photographic Arts Center: “Photographs 1992-1997” • Lewiston, ME
Between the Muse Gallery: “Miniatures” • Rockland, ME
A.I.R. Gallery Invitational: “Generations” • New York, NY
The Chocolate Church: “Silhouettes” (3 person) • Bath, ME
Maryland Federation of Art: 7th Annual Juried Exhibition • Annapolis, MD
Gilley Museum: “Birds in Image and Imagination” • Southwest Harbor, ME
Cleary, Gottlieb,Steen, Hamilton: “Emerging Artists” (2 person) • New York, NY
1996 Sylvia White Gallery: “The Horse Show” • Los Angeles, CA
Danforth Gallery: “Visions of the Mind” • Portland, ME
1995 Hampshire College: Alumni Exhibition • Amherst, MA
Gallery 2/20: “Work in Progress” • New York, NY
1994 NYU/ Casa Italiana: “The Italian Series” (solo) • New York,NY
Galleria Il Diaframma/ Kodak Cultura : “Foto Colorate” (5 person) • Milan, Italy
1993 Nuova Libreria Galileo & Studio Poletto • Mestre, Italy
1992 Ristorante Alle Murate • Florence, Italy
Artemare “L’uomo e il Mare” • Riposto, Italy
1991 UC Medical Center • San Francisco, CA
1990 Urban Gallery: Benefit for ACT UP • San Francisco, CA
1987 Hampshire College • Amherst, MA
PUBLIC ART / COMMISSIONS / PROJECTS
2014 PhotoPlay : original photo-based prompt book, published by Chronicle Books
2012 Fotoplay Commission: a unique collection for the Early Stage School • Warsaw, Poland
2011 Installation / window display: collaboration with children • Belfast, ME
53" x 116" wall mural of hand painted photographs • Belfast, ME
2009 Best Seat in the House : book of 59 photographs + text published by Sellers • Portland, ME
2008 I’ll Wait in the Car : book of 56 photographs + text published by Sellers • Portland, ME
2005 Bellevue Hospital: 250 photographs for new hospital wing • New York, NY
2004 Public %-for-Art Program: Stevens School: 30’ x 15’ installation • Belfast, ME
2003 Public %-for-Art Program: Denver Family Crisis Center: 24 photographs • Denver, CO
2002 The Sherman Playhouse: Photograph used for stage set • Sherman, CT
2000 Bellevue Hospital: 20 commissioned photographs • New York, NY
1994 Saks Fifth Avenue: photographs in windows • New York, NY
1990 Neiman Marcus: photographs in windows • San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS
2011 Afterimage Online, Inklight
2010 Iowa University Press: book cover: “This Day in History”
2009 Algonquin: book cover: “The Music Teacher”
2005 Wahlström & Widstrand: book cover: Växa och upptäcka världen: Sweden
Random House: book cover: “Bad Dogs”
Howell Book House: book cover: “the horses we love...”
Signature Books: book cover: “Engelenstem” • The Netherlands
STEP inside design: magazine cover
Random House: book cover: “Pretty Birds”
William Morrow: book cover: “Early Leaving”
2004 The New York Times Magazine, Sunday March 21: editorial
Sterling Watson, Sourcebooks: book cover: “Sweet Dream Baby”
Henry Holt: book covers: “River Dogs”, “Dispatches from the Muckdog...
2003 Penguin / Putnam: book cover: “The Story of Lucy Gault”
2002 Colorado.com: National ad campaign
2001 Time Warner / Little & Brown: book cover: “Dale Loves Sophie to Death”
Portal Publications: 3 greeting cards
2000 Sceptre Books: book cover: “The Soldier’s Return” • London
Review Books: book cover: “The Second Prison” • London
1999 Dean and Deluca: National ad campaign
Saab: brochure inset
1998 Hallmark Cards: greeting card
1997 Boston Magazine: cover inset
Borealis Press: cards
Starbucks Coffee: annual report cover
1996 Light Impressions: Holiday cards
Sony Records: CD cover
1995 Catch Publishing: postcards • The Netherlands
Avanti: greeting card
Manhattan File: editorial photos
1992 “i DEAzione”: magazine cover
1990 RockHEAD: magazine cover
1988- 89 Greenfield Recorder: editorial photos
HONORS / AWARDS
2010 Grant recipient: Early Starts Maine : “Yes is a World” • Maine
2008 207: featured interview on WCSH TV • Portland, Maine
2007 Lecture: “An Artist’s Journey” : Waterfall Arts • Belfast, ME
2005 ME Arts Commission: Good Idea Grant: portfolio of 20 negative images
2001 LSU: “Works On Paper 2001” (Prize Winner) • Baton Rouge, LA
1997 AAUW Artist’s Studio Tour: selected artist • Belfast, ME
1992 “City of Venice”: 3rd Edition • photographic exposition in the Lido, Venice, Italy
RESIDENCIES
2018 Millay Colony, (Full Fellowship), Austerlitz, NY
1986 Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
1985 Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT
TEACHING / WORK
2014- Creative Watercolor workshops worldwide: Europe, Caribbean, Asia...
1993- Freelance Artist, Photographer, Designer
2011-14 Center for Maine Contemporary Art: ArtLab: Art Educator/Coordinator • Rockport, ME
2012 Youth Art residency • "Fotoplay: Concrete Poetry" • Rockport, ME
2010 Starrett Children's Center: Early Starts Grant art residency • Belfast, ME
2006-10 Waterfall Arts: Art Educator • Belfast, ME
1991 City of San Francisco, Art Dept: Graphic Designer • San Franciso, CA
1988 The Greenfield Recorder: Newspaper Photographer • Greenfield, MA
National Geographic/Blue Earth Films: asst. Editor West • Granby, CT
Florentine Films: Still Photographer, asst Editor • Northampton, MA