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Biography

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My paintings are intuitive responses to the myriad forces that shape my life—emotions that translate into color, visual memories of forms and color relationships found in the landscape, and personal stories from my past. I have painted consistently since childhood, starting with oils, and am currently painting with acrylics as well which enables me to create multiple layers rapidly without muddying my palette. The work process is one of constant experiment and change— building layers of color, form and image on the canvas revealing the underlying pentimento. My paintings are not planned, they are discovered, an evolution that is exciting and invigorating.

Of my four current series, Ether is the more interior, emerging directly from what is in my head, while Landscapes arises from direct experience—what I see in nature, captured by my internal camera and explosively transformed. Out of My Mind  and Little Jewels also focuses on direct experience; however, the experience is of human nature- relationships- childhood memories, family outings. Together these series form a body of work that transcends topicality and embraces an ever-expanding approach to art that reflects a desire to spread joy and beauty through the transformative power of the creative process.

am currently teaching the Modern Landscape at Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ

Private and Corporate Collections

  • Paintings rented for television series:

    • Necessary Roughness

    • Halt and Catch Fire

    • Homeland

  • Rosenberg Collections, NY

  • Kimmelman Collection, NY

  • Levy Collection, New York, NY

  • Johnson Collection, Far Hills, NJ and New York, NY

  • Colby Britton Collection, NJ

  • Cox Collection, Board Member Whitney Museum, NY

  • Decca Records, New York, NY and Los Angeles

  • Habsburg Collection, Palm Beach, FL

  • Washburn Collection, Naples, FL

  • Mr. and Mrs. L. Merck Collection, NJ

  • Kean Collection, New York, NY

  • P.L. Kennedy Collection, East Hampton, NY

  • Edward  Tuck Collection,  New York, NY

Exhibitions

2024

October 2024 Morris Museum (Smithsonian Affiliate)

6 Normandy Heights, Morristown, NJ 

Solo Exhibition, a retrospective of Maureen Chatfield's expansive oeuvre. 

"The exhibition will explore the evolution of Chatfield's body of work, taking visitors on a visual journey through her transformative contemporary art work, in the process revealing the artist behind the brush" 

the exhibition will run October 2024 through January 2025.

2023 May 17 solo exhibition  "As I See It" 

Art & Home KL  SOTHEBY'S

May -July,  installation May 17

Meet the Artist -  June 8, 4-7

55 South Street, Morristown, NJ 

 

2022

December 1-3, 2022 |  Art Basel, Miami, Red Dot, George Billis Gallery

July 7 - August 5 | George Billis Gallery, Group Show - 8 WOMEN, Westport, CT.

 

2019

Art Miami. Dec 4-9. Miami, Florida - J. Cacciola Group Show, December, Bernardsville, NJ

2018

June 4 - September 22 / Rosenberg and Co. Gallery, 19 East 66th Street, NYC, "5 Contemporary Artists "

May 2  / Art Miami LLC, Piers 92-94, New York, Art New York

April 13-May 11 / J. Cacciola Gallery, Solo Exhibition

January - February / Rosenberg Gallery, Space & Form

2017

September - January, Rosenberg & Co.,19 East 66th Street, New York, NY, A Different Medium, Group exhibition, Juried Show, Hunterdon Art Museum, First Prize; Curator, Mary Birmingham

August - National Association of Women Artist est. 1889., Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York, New York, Juror for the Members Show for NAWA

July - Rosenberg & Co., New York, New York, Exhibited at the South Hampton Art Fair

June - September, Rosenberg & Co., New York, New York, Patterns in Time, Solo Exhibition

May - Rosenberg Group & Co., Armory, Park Avenue, New York, Spring Masters Show

May - Pier 94, New York, NY, ART NEW YORK

February 14-20 - Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show

2016

February, Rosenberg Group & Co., Group Show, Still Life Exhibition, Variations on a Theme

August, National Association for Woman Painters,315 West 39th St. New York, NY, JUDGE (one of three) for exhibition.; Judge selection process takes one year and as such the NAWA annual catalog is archived with the following organizations: , the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NYC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Smithsonian Institution Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago, Frick Art reference Library, New York Public Library, Library of Congress

June, Rosenberg & Co., South Hampton, NY, Art Southampton 2016

June-September, Rosenberg & Co.,19 East 66th Street, New York, NY, Maureen Chatfield: Patterns in Time

May, Rosenberg & Co., Armory 67th and Park Avenue, Spring Masters Show

March-April Rosenberg & Co., 19 East 66th Street, New York, NY, Group Exhibition, Still Life Show

2015

Rosenberg & Co. Gallery, Park Avenue at 67th, New York, The International Armory show of Fine Art & Antiques

July-September, Rosenberg & Co. Gallery, New York, Solo Exhibition

June, Cavallier Galleries, Rosenberg & Co.,Greenwich, 405 Greenwich Avenue, Summer Selections, Group exhibition

May-July, Rosenberg & Co. Gallery, 19E. 66th Street, New York, Collages

February, Rosenberg & Co. Gallery, 19E. 66th Street, New York, Group show

July-August, Hunterdon Art Museum 7 Lower Center St, Clinton, NJ, Group Exhibition of Museum Staff

April-May, Cavallier Galleries, Rosenberg & Co., 405 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, Spring Forward, Group exhibition

2014

February, Lambertville Historical Society, Show curated by Ross Mitchell of the Barnes Foundation

2013

May-June Anne Irwin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Group exhibition

May-June, s.h.e Gallery, 819 Main St, Boonton, NJ, Solo Exhibition

July-September, Hunterdon Art Museum,7 Lower Center St, Clinton, NJ, Teaching Staff Exhibition

2012

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm St, Summit, NJ, Group Exhibition

July-September, Chubb International Headquarters, Warren, NJ, Solo Exhibition

s.h.e Gallery, 819 Main St, Boonton, NJ, Abstract Expressionism in a Postmodern World

Palm Beach Palm Beach, FL, ART EXPO

October-November, Anne Irwin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Life In The Abstract

Robert Sullivan Gallery, 9 Olcott Square, Bernardsville, NJ, Solo Exhibition

June 7-July 7, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

Calalier Galleries Greenwich, Ct Nantucket, MA, Group exhibition

2011

October, Coryell Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, Palm Beach International Art Fair

October, Atelier Gallery, Private Showing

September, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, Best in Show

September 9th-30th, Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Stockton, NJ, Invitational Exhibition

May, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY, Out of My Mind series

December 2nd-January 12th, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

2010

September 8th-October 26th, DTR Modern, Newbury Street, Boston, Rediscovering Abstract Expressionism

October Hunterdon Art Museum Exhibition, Clinton, NJ

Johnson and Johnson World Wide Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ

December 2-January 12, 2010 Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

March, Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT, Group Landscapes Show

April, Burnt Mills Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ, Solo Exhibition: Larger than Life

Mansions in May, Morristown, NJ, Designer Showcase

Burnt Mills Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ, Solo Exhibition

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2009

Kips Bay Decorator Show House, 22 East 71st. Street, New York, NY, Litchen Craig rooms

2006

Riverside Studio, Far Hills, NJ, Solo Exhibition

2005

Tewksbury Historical Society Art Show Award, Landscapes

1996

Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ, Award

 

1995

The Artists Magazine national competition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, Members Show, Award

Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ, Award

 

1990

Lamington Art Show, Bedminster, NJ, Award

Tewksbury Historical Society Art Show, Tewksbury, NJ, Award

Flat Rock Brook Group Wildlife Invitational Show, Englewood, NJ not juried

1988

Riverside Studio, Far Hills, NJ, Solo Exhibition

1976

United Nation’s Invitational Spring Art Show, to benefit UNICEF

Education

  • Art Students League, NY

  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

  • Fashion Institute of Technology, NY

  • Hunter College, NY

  • Studied with Jean Buckly, Ron Lent, Robert Saxton, Stuart Shils.

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