Born 1985 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Relocated to New Hampshire in 1997. Currently Lives and works in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
BFA: University of New Hampshire, 2008, Magna Cum Laude.
Member of:
-Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA)
-Boston Printmakers.

Exhibition History:
2012: A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, Portland, ME: Master Mentor/ Mentor Master (2 Person show with Don Gorvett)
2012: National Academy Museum, New York, New York: The Biennial 2012 (my piece "Subterrane" was featured in this invitational/juried exhibition)
2012: Boston Center for Adult Education - 2 person show with Adriana Mederos
2011: Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA: Boston Printmakers 2011 Biennial (juror Jim Dine.) One of 4 exhibiting artists selected to give a presentation on technique in conjunction with the Biennial.
2011: University of New Hampshire Museum of Art : ReView: Recent Work by UNH Alumni, selected by jurors James Aponovich and Gary Haven Smith. Presented a lecture on work and technique.
2010: Gravure Gallery, Gloucester MA - "Sean Hurley: New England Relics - Recent Drawings and Etchings" Solo Show.
2009: North Dam Mill, Biddeford, Maine- "Surrounding Structures " solo show.
2009: Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA - "Sharp Cuts, Round Curves "
2009: The Print Center biennial juried show
2008: Provincetown Art Association Museum member's show
2008: ART3 Gallery - Manchester, NH
2008: JEFF WEAVER fine art, Gloucester, MA - "Two Studios " with Don Gorvett, Sidney Hurwitz, and Jeff Weaver.
2008: Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA - "Engineered Impressions: Architectural and Maritime" show with Don Gorvett and Erin Smith.
2008: Heartwood College of Art Summer Faculty Show
2008: Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2008: UNH BFA/MFA graduate show, Paul Creative Arts Center, Durham, NH
2008: Prints of the Year 2008, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
2008: 100 Market St. Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH
2007: Alexander Lake Design, Dover, NH
2007- 2009: Piscataqua Fine Arts, Portsmouth, NH
2007: Boston Printmakers Student Biennial
2006: Franklin Gallery, Somersworth NH

Work/Teaching Experience:
2011: Artist-in-residence, Marblehead High School. Tought etching to 40 juniors and seniors.
2010: Was artist-in-residence at Marblehead High School, and taught a semester-long etching course to high school seniors.
2009: Taught semester-long course in etching at Hartwood College of Art, Kennebunk, ME.
11/17/2008: Gave a presentation on etching to the Bridgeport Arts League, Shelton, CT.
2008: Many ongoing workshops in etching at Piscataqua Fine Arts.
2008(February): Assistant teacher with Don Gorvett for reduction woodcut week-long intensive at Heartwood College of Art, Kennebunk, Maine.
2007: Taught a number of workshops in reduction woodcut at Piscataqua Fine Arts.
2007-2009 : Gallery Manager at Piscataqua Fine Arts Printmaking Studio.

Selected Collections:
Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA
Numerous private collections

Press:
Art New England, March/April 2012: Master Mentor/ Mentor Master- The evolving dynamic of printmakers Don Gorvett and Sean Hurley By Debbie Hagan
Maine Sunday Telegram , April 15, 2012: Art Review: The Mysteries and Joys of Printmaking By Philip Isaacson (link)

Statement:

This work is a documentation of the environments - both physical and mental - through which life's path takes me.  In the play of light and shadows over crumbling walls, weathered streets, and open skies, I find a poignant visual metaphor for my own internal environments. These prints represent the intersection of these two seemingly separate worlds, united in their exposure to the onslaught of time, and by the unshakable inevitability of change.

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