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education

2005

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Master of Fine Arts, Painting, graduated with honors

Brown University Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Providence, RI

Collegiate Teaching Certificate I – A yearlong certificate program comprised of six lectures,

six workshops, a microteaching session and a videotaped individualized teaching consultation.

2001

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, Mentored by Robert Yarber and John Bowman

exhibitions

2011

Bradley Fesmire, Yuri Kobayahsi, David Richardso

Grimshaw Gudewicz Gallery, Jackson Art Center, Fall River, MA

Futures Passed, (curated by Ghost of a Dream)

hristoffer Egelund Gallery, Copenhagen, Demark

Chartreuse (2 person)

West Side Arts Gallery, Providence, RI

Ebb & Flow, (Curated by R.K. Projects and Neil Walsh)

Eastern Butcher Block Mill, Providence, RI

2010

Parallel Lines on a Slow Decline

The Providence & Worcester Depot, Woonsocket, RI

I Heart Art

WORK Gallery, Red Hook, NY

5 Paintings

Monkey Gallery, Narragansett, RI

2009

Homesteady: New Work by Sam Duket and Brad Fesmire

Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI

The Wassaic Project

Maxon Millls, Wassaic, NY

Same River Twice: New Paintings by Bradley Fesmire, Lauren Portada, and Josh Willis

Pelham Art Center, Pelham New York

F.A.M.

Gallery at 232, Providence, RI

Art of the Northeast

Silvermine Artist Guild, New Canaan, CT

Broken down nostalgia (solo)

Gallery at City Hall, Providence, RI

2008

Invitational

Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Gallery, Pawtucket, RI

The Late Falling (solo)

Hunter Gallery, St. George's School, Middletown, RI

Welcome Home

Firehouse 13, Providence, RI

Surface & Beyond

Gail Cahalan Gallery, Providence, RI

2007

Smaller is Better

Schiltkamp Gallery, Clark University, Worcester, MA

The Kor Project

Highline Ballroom, New York, NY

International Juried Exhibition

Kolok Gallery, North Adams, MA

Save Ocean

The One Way Gallery, Narragansett, RI

Small Works 07

Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA

Lovenest

Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

Winterlong

BankRI Galleries, Providence, RI

2006

Early Leaves (solo)

Dexter St. Gallery, Providence, RI

30 Under 30

Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI

Large Works/Small Works

Gallery 181, Lawerence, MA

Small Works 06,

Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

Making the Timeless Now

Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

2005

Out in Front: Collecting Contemporary Art in RI with Paula and Leonard Granoff

Sol Koeffler Gallery, Providence, RI

Providential,

Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY

Rhode Island School of Design MFA Exhibition,

Rhode Island School of Design Museum,Providence, RI

Concepts Translated, Curated by Amanda White,

Sol Koeffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2004

Visual AIDs: Postcards from the Edge

Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York NY

The Best of the Best, Curated by Yvonne Noonan-Cifarelli

Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Long Island NY

Pulp: Works on Paper: Curated by Steven Orlando,

Sol Koeffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

visiting artist lecturer

2007

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

curatorial experience

2006

Self Serve

Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

2006

To the Edge and Back

Gallery at City Hall, Providence, RI

awards

2005

Award of Excellence

Cash award for outstanding artistic achievement

2004

CMT USA Product Donation

Awarded free router bits for outstanding artistic achievement

Georgia-Pacific Product Sponsorship and Commission,

Awarded free plywood supply and commissioned for two paintings for the corporate

headquarters in Atlanta, GA.

2003-2005

Rhode Island School of Design Painting Fellowship

2003-2005

Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Assistantship

2001

Pennsylvania State University Art Department Juried Exhibition Second Prize

2000

Grahm Rath Scholarship Award for outstanding artistic achievement

selected press

2007

Regional Review

Art New England, April/May 2007

2006

Making the Timeless Now

NYArts Magazine, New York, NY, May/June, 2006

2004

Showcasing Modern Art from Across the Northeast

Newsday,Long Island, NY, November 11, 2004