Robert M. Dec
Westport, MA 774 264 9142 Bossbandbob@gmail.com
M. F. A. Columbia University 1977
B. F. A. UMass Dartmouth 1975
Teaching Experience
Art College Application Portfolio Consultant Grade 12 2022-
Bancroft School, Worcester MA, Chair Art Department, Art and Photography Instructor Grades 8-12 1983-2017
Worcester (MA) Art Museums Instructor of Drawing and Painting Adult Continuing Education 1984-1985
Westfield State University, Adjunct Professor of Art 1980-1983
Bay Path University, Adult Night Course Art Instructor, Longmeadow,
MA 1982
U Mass., Amherst Credit -Free Workshops in Art 1980-83
Springfield (MA) Art Museums Instructor of Drawing and Painting Grades 6-12 and Adult Continuing Education 1980-83
Instructor of Drawing, Painting, Mass. College of Art at Brockton Art Museum 1978-1980
AWARDS, PRIZES
3/2022 “PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD” Westport Art Group “Red Show” 3/2022
6/91 "SECOND PRIZE-PASTELS" Longmeadow (MA) Shop's Exhibition
5/90 "HONORABLE MENTION-PAINTING" Fall River (MA) Art Association
4/89 "LE FRANC BOURGEOIS MATERIALS AWARD",
Springfield (MA) Art League, 70th National Exhibition
7/88 THIRD PRIZE, International Exhibition #6, Ariel Gallery, So Ho, N.Y., N.Y.
4/87 "PAST PRESIDENTS AWARD" Springfield (MA) Art League 68th National Exhibition
1/86 FIRST PRIZE, Bancroft School Alumni /Faculty Photography Show, Worcester, MA
11/85 MASSACHUSETTS ARTS LOTTERY GRANT, Worcester, MA Cultural Commission
4/79 THIRD PRIZE, Mixed Media, 24th Annual South Shore Cohasset, MA Arts Festival
8/78 SECOND PRIZE, Drawing, “Summerfest 78”, Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA
Selected Exhibitions
Holiday Small Art Show, group show Westport Art Group 12/2022
Southcoast Artists Holiday Exhibition, Dartmouth MA Cultural Center 12/2002
Summer Community Art Show, group show Westport Art Group 8/2022
Southcoast Artists Open Studio Tour, One person show, R Dec Studios 7/ 2022
Southcoast Artists Spring Invitational, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA 5/2022
New Perspectives, group show Westport Art Group 5/2022
“Red,” group show Westport Art Group 2/2022
Holiday Small Art Show, group show Westport Art Group 12/2021
Southcoast Artists Holiday Exhibition, Dartmouth MA Cultural Center 12/2001
Summer Community Art Show, Westport Art Group 8/2021
Lasting Conversations, Decades of Expression, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI, 2/2020
Textures Juried group show Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI 12/19- 1/2020
Symmetry of Art and Music group show, Gallery X, New Bedford MA 9/2020
"From Earth to Fire" One person show, The Wall Gallery, Norwood, MA 12/3/2017-2/2/17
Arts Worcester Biennial Juried Group Exhibition, Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA 9/2017
"Places" One person show of Photographs at the Bancroft Administration Building Gallery, Worcester, MA 10/2016
Arts Worcester Biennial Juried Group Exhibition, Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA 10/2015
"Two from SMU” Two person show, Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA 2/2010
"The Thrill of the Grill" Three person show, Artsworcester Gallery, Worcester, MA 7/1996
3/97 Southbridge Art Association, "Photofest 97” Southbridge, MA
8/96 Attleboro Art Museum, "Fuel for Thought" Attleboro, MA
6/93 Northeast Open, Grove St. Gallery Worcester, MA
6/91 Springfield Art League, National Exhibition # 72 Springfield, MA
6/91 "Arts Worcester" U MASS Medical Center Gallery Worcester, MA
5/90 Fall River Art Ass., "Ninth Regional Heritage Park Exhibition “Fall River, MA
1/89 "Water Media", Cultural Assembly Gallery Worcester, MA
12/88 "MA Arts Lottery Winners", Artists Foundation Boston, MA
3/88 "Photo 88", Grove St. Gallery Worcester, MA
4/87 Springfield Art League, 68th National Exhibition Springfield, MA
4/87 Juried Group Exhibition, S.M.U. Alumni Show Fairhaven, MA
2/87 "Photo 87", Grove St. Gallery Worcester, MA
8/85 Group Exhibition, Anderson Contemporary Realism Gallery Boston, MA
3/85 Juried Exhibition, Westfield State College Westfield, MA
1/84 Group Exhibition, Basement Gallery Boston, MA
1/84 New England Juried Open, Grove St. Gallery Worcester, MA
7/83 "Art for Peace" Terrain Gallery So Ho, N.Y., N.Y.
5/83 Juried Exhibition, Winstead Community College Winstead, CT
3/83 Eighth Annual Juried Exhibition, New Haven Paint
and Clay Club New Haven CT
2/83 "Earth, What it Has in It", Terrain Gallery SoHo, N.Y., N.Y.
2/83 Springfield Art League, 64th National Exhibition Springfield, MA Art Museums
1/83 New England Juried Open, Grove St. Gallery Worcester, MA
12/82 Group Exhibition, Main Artery Gallery Northampton, MA
2/82 Springfield Art League Invitational, Wilbraham-
Monson Academy Wilbraham, MA
9/81 70th American Annual, Newport Art Association Newport, R.I.
9/80 29th National Juried Exhibition, Berkshire Art Museum Pittsfield, MA
4/80 61st National Exhibition, Springfield Art League Springfield, MA
Springfield Art Museum
3/80 Reece Galleries- Midtown Manhattan New York, N.Y.
6/79 24th Annual South Shore Arts Festival,
South Shore Art Association Cohasset, MA
2/79 "1979 Painting Open" Providence Art Club Providence, R.I.
4/78 19th National Exhibition, Fall River Art Association Fall River, MA
8/77 National Juried Art Exhibition, Provincetown Art
Museum Provincetown, MA
4/75 Regional Painting Competition, Roger Williams College Bristol, R.I.
4/75 N.Y. & New England Regional Exhibition, F.R.Art Association Fall River, MA