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Alvin Ouellet
Fine Art


https://www.alvinouellet.com/home



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Firehouse Cafe
Adams MA, plein air, oil on canvas
H 24in. X 36 in
​ $ 2,500.

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Artist Studio
Park Street, Adams MA, plein air, oil on canvas
H 36 in. X W 36 in.
$ 3,600

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The Lavender Door
Stockbridge, MA, plein air, oil on canvas
H 24in.  x W 36 in
$ 2,500

ARTIST STATEMENT

My paintings, prints, drawings and digital collages result from close observations of light, value, color and form.  By exploring the interactions and juxtapositions of the built and natural environments I seek to create imagery that envelops the viewer.  I peer into, behind, above, around and through changing scenarios to reveal their exterior and interior life. Utilizing curvilinear perspective I attempt to “take it all in” creating imagery as if I were floating through space to capture the dynamics of time, change, motion and meaning.

What fascinates me about the interactions of the built and natural environment are the narratives these relationships depict about the people who envision, construct, occupy, adapt and re-create spaces and forms over time. The juxtaposition of architectural and natural forms, in their current state of life and decay, reveal stories about the forces of time, history, purpose and meaning.
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By painting, printmaking, and digitally collaging cityscapes and landscapes from various vantage points, I intend my works to invite viewers to perceive the built environment as natural manifestations of our ideas about home, shelter, community, collective enterprise and our values about each other.  Far from being opposite, the built and natural environments are part of a continuum of life in which a skyscraper is no less a part of nature than a cocoon created by a moth.

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   Arts Building and General Store
Stockbridge MA, plein air
H 24in. X W 36 in
​$ 2,800

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Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge MA, plein air, oil on canvas
H 24 in. X W 36 in
​$ 2,500

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Stockbridge, MA, plein air, oil on canvas
H30in.xW40in.
​$3,600

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Lanesboro Swamp in Winter
plein air, oil on canvas
H 24in. X H 30in
$ 1,600

Artist Bio

Alvin Ouellet is an artist based in Adams, Massachusetts where his work studio is located and where he maintains a professional art practice.
Alvin Ouellet taught painting, printmaking and drawing as adjunct faculty at the undergraduate and graduate levels for thirty-two years at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (aka: Mass Art) in Boston MA.  Alvin also taught at Montserrat College of Art and Framingham State University.

Alvin also served for thirty years as the Studio Manager at the MassArt Printmaking Department. He facilitated numerous key community outreach collaborations for MassArt over a span of fifteen years through the MassArt Center for Art and Community Partnerships.  
Alvin Ouellet earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1987 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1985 from MassArt and an Associate of Arts degree in 1976 from Becker College. In 1992 Alvin completed an intensive summer workshop on Lithography at the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico.

Alvin has exhibited throughout New England, including solo shows:  “Ellipticals” at Images Gallery in Williamstown MA in 2024; “Adams Future Perfect” at Real Eyes Gallery in Adams MA in 2019; “Seven Hills of Worcester” at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1997: “Bent Spaces ”at  Art Gallery at Bunker Hill Community College in 1996; “Brockton Present Tense” at Fuller Museum of Art Brockton MA in 1994; “Alvin Ouellet: Paintings and Prints” at the Masmanian Gallery Framingham State University in 1992.. Alvin has also exhibited in several juried group shows, most notably “Dreamscapes” at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens in 2025; “Artists of the Thursday Night Chinese Dinner Group” at the Berkshire Art Museum in North Adams MA in 2021; and “Art of the Hilla” at the Berkshire Museum in 2022.

As a member of the Guild of Berkshire Artists, Alvin has exhibited in several group shows at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield MA and Art on Main Gallery in Stockbridge MA since 2021.

Alvin is particularly honored to have participated in “Galvanized Truth:  A Tribute to George Nick” at the Art Complex in Duxbury MA in 2012 celebrating the career of George Nick the artist, professor and mentor with whom Alvin studied at MassArt.

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Spit Willow, Greylock Glen, Adams, MA
plein air
H 30in. W40in
$3,600

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Pecks Falls, Greylock Glen, Adams MA
plein air, oil on canvas
H 30in. W40in. $ 3,600

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Baxter/Wester Farm, Stephentown NY
plein air, oil on canvas,
H 30in.xW30in.
$ 2,700

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Longfellow Bridge, Boston MA
plein air, oil on canvas
H  48in. X W 60in
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Fine Arts Multimedia Artist:  Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Photography, Digital Art
774-240-7113 – mobile
16 East Street, Adams MA 01220-2304
[email protected] – email
www.alvinouellet.com – website
 
Professional Goal & Objectives
Career Goal:                 To achieve and sustain excellence in my work.
Objectives:      To continue building my body of work while expanding the creative scope of my full-time art practice as a professional multimedia artist.
 
Education & Professional Development
Master of Fine Arts – 1987
Massachusetts College of Art & Design – Boston MA
 
Bachelor of Fine Arts – 1985
Massachusetts College of Art & Design – Boston MA
 
Associate of Arts – 1976
Becker College – Leicester MA
 
Professional Development Certificate – Lithography Intensive – 1991
Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico -- Alburquerque, New Mexico
 
Employment & Experience
Massachusetts College of Art & Design – Boston MA -- 1987 – 2017:
Assistant Professor:  Courses taught at undergraduate and graduate levels:  Printmaking Survey; Etching, Monoprint, Serigraphy/Silkscreen; Painting and Drawing

Adjunct Professor:  Low-Residency Graduate Program & Graduate Printmaking Courses
Studio Manager – Printmaking Department:  responsibilities included overall management of MassArt Printmaking Facility and personnel; Health & Safety Coordinator for department (MSDS compliance); technical support, aesthetic instruction, budget development/management, programs/courses coordination, inventory and chemicals oversight, machine maintenance and repair. Served on several college-wide and 2D departmental faculty committees; including College Marketing, Curriculum Migration, Health & Safety (Co-Chair).
Special Projects Artistic/Technical Support:  “Beyond the Digital Print Experimental Printmaking Intensive Workshop for Digital Artists” –  MassArt, Boston MA1994 & 1996  Boston Printmakers Regional Symposium – 1997 --  Served as workshop instructor/leader, special events support, technical assistant, visiting artists’ edition printing assistant.

Adjunct Visiting Faculty: Framingham State University – Framingham, MA – 1991 -1992 Taught courses in color theory, and drawing (beginning & advanced). Responsibilities also included: student advising, college-wide & departmental committees, management of printmaking facility.
Adjunct Faculty:  Montserrat School of Art – Beverly MA --1987 – 1988 Taught courses in Landscape Painting & Painting II.
Studio Instructor:  Brookline Adult Education Extension – Brookline MA – 1986 – 1988 Taught courses in Painting & Relief Printmaking

Awards & Recognitions:

Featured: “100 Boston Artists” (2013 @Chawy Frenn, Schiffler Publishing, Boston MA)
1996 Pro Arts “Public Service in the Arts” Award – Boston Arts Consortium of Colleges
1986 “Best in Show” – MassArt Auction
1986 “Art School Associates Award” – Art School Association – Boston MA
1984 “MassArt Foundation Award” – Massachusetts College of Art & Design
1983 “David Berger Award” – Boston MA

Key Grants & Professional Reviews:
2026 Grant Recipient – Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire (CCNB) & Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) – Grant for “Painting Landscape Architecture:  Spaces Between Buildings”
2025 Grant Recipient – CCNB & MCC – Grant for “Painting Berkshire Landmarks”
2024 Grant Recipient – CCNB & MCC – Grant for “Painting the Town:  Celebrating Adams”
2024 Award Recipient – CCNB & MCC - “Individual Artist Award”.

Berkshire Fine Arts – By Charles Guiliano – September 27, 2019
 “Alvin Ouellet at Real Eyes Gallery Plein Air Paintings & Prints of Adams and North Adams” Excerpt: “Vincent Van Gogh painted Aries.  Alvin Ouellet depicts Adams and North Adams. They share an interest in elevating the rural and mundane into memorable and iconic images. There is fun and excitement of recognizing the seemingly quotidian.  On every level Ouellet brings remarkable resources to the community. Out on the street, standing at his easel, he signifies the presence of artists.  His works in the grand tradition of expressionist realism helps us to see and appreciate small town America. His unique contributions promote the region.  His modernist approach, in direct line with Van Gogh, is not to depict but rather to interpret the quirky rural buildings. None of them are particularly notable examples of architecture. But his askew renderings are full of humanity and affection that elevate them as monumental and iconic.  He paints mongrels rather than thoroughbreds.  Ouellet is doing for indigenous structures what architect Simeon Beuner accomplished for MassMoCA.  Rather than raze and rebuild, reused architecture preserves and refreshes. Architects and artists help us to recontextualize 19th century industrial mills and towns that grew up around them.”

Berkshire Fine Arts – By Charles Giuliano – October 2023 “Alvin Ouellet Exhibits at Images Cinema in Williamstown:  Berkshire Images en plein air”  Excerpt: “Now retired as a professor at Mass College of Art, where he ran the printmaking studio, Alvin Ouellet is able to devote full time to his practice. With enticing serendipity, the selection of paintings include sites in Williamstown including the venue for the show. North Adams residents will recognize the landmark marquee of The Mohawk Theatre.  He brings a lush, impasto rich approach to familiar sites with saturated color in the Impressionist tradition with a Fauve twist. In this exhibition he inserts nocturnal views.  The landscapes are interpretations rather than representations of familiar sites. It is always arresting to encounter one of his expressive interpretations.”

Berkshire Fine Arts -  By Charles Guiliano – July 02, 2022 “Berkshire Art Museum in North Adams, MA --  “Artists of the Thursday Chinese Dinner Group” Excerpt: “For several years I have followed the plein air paintings of Alvin Ouellet. During the warm weather months he is encountered making paintings of local landmarks.  But I did not recognize the latest work. I had to read the wall label for confirmation.  Literally, he has gone into the woods with dark, textured studies of damaged trees. They are enthralling views of spooky nature.  By Constable’s measure they are unpretty which is part of their mystique.”
 
Select Exhibitions:

“You Look Down” Group Show – Williamstown Figurative Drawing Group – Images Cinema Gallery, Williamstown MA Dec 2025
“Plein Air Berkshires” Group Show – Art on Main Gallery, Stockbridge MA 11/25
“Creative Diversity” Group Show – Colonial Theater Gallery, Pittsfield MA Spring 2025
“Dreamscapes”         Juried Group Show – Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge MA – Feb ‘25
“Berkshire Seasons” Group Show – Colonial Theatre Gallery, Pittsfield MA – Jan 2025
“Earth, Sea, Sky”     Group Show – Art on Main Gallery, Stockbridge MA – Jan 2025
“Ellipticals” – Solo Show – Images Cinema Gallery, Williamstown MA – Dec 2024
“Plein Air Painters” – Group Show – Guild of Berkshire Artists – Wells Library -9/24
“CCNB/MCC 2024 Grantees Showcase” – MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams MA – June 2024
“8th Annual Members’ Art Show” – Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown NY – 11/23
“Alvin Ouellet:  Recent Landscapes & Cityscapes” – Images Cinema, Williamstown MA – 10/23
“Celebrating the Figure” Juried Art Show – ArtWorks Gallery, Ware MA – Apr 2023
“Artists of the Thursday Chinese Dinner Group” – Berkshire Art Museum, North Adams MA Jul to Oct 2022
“Art of the Hills – Visual Evidence” Juried Art Exhibit – Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA – May to Sept 2022
“Art of the Hills – Berkshire Narratives” Juried Art Exhibit – Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA – May to Sept 2020
“Adams Future Perfect” – Curated Solo Show – Real Eyes Gallery, Adams MA – June 2018
 
Exhibitions (continued)
 
“Bent Spaces” Curated Solo Show – Bunker Hill Community College – Sept to Oct 1996
“Brockton Present Tense” – Curated Solo Show – Fuller Art Museum, Brockton MA –1994 to 1995
“Seven Hills of Worcester” Curated Solo Exhibit – Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA – Sept to Nov 1991
“Cyclorama” Curated Group Show – Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA – May 1988
“Alvin Ouellet Recent Paintings” Curated Solo Show – Danforth Museum, Framingham MA – Sept to Nov 1987
“Interior Spaces”  Juried Group Show – Pooke Gallery, Natick MA – 1987
“Alvin Ouellet Prints” Juried Group Show -- East Coast Travelling Exhibition, 7 state travelling show – 1985 to 1987

Key Grants, Commissions & Civic Engagement:

“Make a Mural – Make a Difference” Artistic Consultant – Malden YMCA, Malden MA – ‘95 to’96
“Brockton Present Tense” – Grantee -- Brockton Cultural Council --1994
“Art-Inspired Learning & Teaching:  Steamroller Printmaking” - Artistic Instructor & Technical Support Advisor -- Art Department of MassArt in collaboration with McKinlay School, Boston Public Schools, HOPE: Hispanic Office of Planning & Evaluation, Inc – Boston MA – 1994
“The HOPE Prevention ArtsWorks Studio “ –  Artistic & Technical Consultant – 1992 to 1995 -- HOPE Youth Arts Entrepreneurship Initiative:  Steamroller Printmaking Project” –  Community Engagement Initiative for PODER LATINO  youth & PLENA adult HIV/AIDS Community-level Science-based Prevention Intervention & CUIDA TU VIDA Health Promotion Initiative of HOPE:  Hispanic Office of Planning & Evalluation, Inc.”
“Seven Hills of Worcester” – Grantee, Worcester Cultural Commission -- 1991

“’Rican’Structed Convictions” – Exhibit of Juan Sanchez Prints celebrating 20th Anniversary of HOPE:  Hispanic Office of Planning & Evaluation, Inc. ” Artistic Consultant– College/Community Liaison – 1990
 “The Ballet Dancer” – Commission --Levi Jeans @501 Jeans --August 1989
“1988 Celebration of the Arts” Artist Commission – Chestnut Hill Mall – 1988 to 1989
“City of Waltham 250th Anniversary” Artist Commission – Waltham MA - 1989

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Waltham Watch Factory
​MA plein air, oil on canvas
H 48in. X 60in
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Alvin Ouellet 
Fine Art


https://www.alvinouellet.com/home

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