Born in Maine, 1972
Solo Exhibitions
2018 August Ventimiglia, Recent Work, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2016 August Ventimiglia: Drawings, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2015 August Ventimiglia: Chance Encounter, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2013 August Ventimiglia: Borrowed Lines, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2011 August Ventimiglia: New Drawings, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2010 August Ventimiglia: Event Study, judi rotenberg gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Stitch and Rift, bk projects, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Group Exhibitions
2026 Seeking Simplicity: Lu Heintz + August Ventimiglia, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2025 The Blue of Distance, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 Through Line, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
2023 All in August, Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME
2023 New Works on Paper: Katrine Hildebrandt and August Ventimiglia, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2022 On The Edge, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2019 Book: Ryan Steadman and August Ventimiglia, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2019 Water, Kayafas Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Deep Cuts, Currier Museum of Art, Machester, MA
2016 Wood + Paper + Earth, Drive- By Projects, Watertown, MA
2016 The Flat File Show, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2016 SEVEN: A Performative Drawing Project (Reunion), Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2016 Passing Through, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2015 SEVEN: A performative Drawing Project, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2015 Excavations, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2014 Booksmart, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2014 Boston to Brooklyn, Bushwick Open Studios, with bk projects, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Lightning Speed of the Present, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2012 Crazie Brittle Glasse, Islington Mill, Manchester, England, UK
2012 No Frills, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2012 Time Flies: Two Years at Drive-By, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2012 Therefore I Am, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
2011 Drawing the Line #9, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2011 Inside Outside, Goggleworks, Reading, PA
2011 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland, ME
2011 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2010 2010 DeCordova Biennial, DeCordova Scupture Park + Museum, Lincoln, MA
2010 The Artist's Statement Picture Show, School of Jellyfish, Beacon, NY
2010 The Elegant Drawing Show, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2010 All This & More, judi rotenberg gallery, Boston, MA
2009 add and subtract, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2008 5x5- Fifth Annual Summer Juried Exhibition, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
2008 Betwixt and Between, Color, Line, and Texture, Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME
2008 Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2008 Group Show, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
2001 Open and Shut: Artist's Doors, Kidspace, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Fellowships and Residencies
2026 Artist-in-Residence, Willapa Bay AiR, Oysterville, WA
2025 Artist-in-Residence, Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT
2017 Artist-in-Residence, Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT
2015 Artist-in-Residence, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2012 Artist Fellowship in Drawing, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Collections
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA
Wellington Management Company, Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA
Private Art Collections in New York, Boston, and Maine
Bibliography
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