About the Artist
MARILÈNE PHIPPS-KETTLEWELL (formerly Marilène Phipps)
- University of Iowa Press; Iowa Short Fiction Award; Winner
for collection, The Company of Heaven: Stories from Haiti; 2009
- University of Georgia Press; Flannery O’Connor Award
Finalist for the short story collection, The House of Fossils; 2008
- Glimmer Train Press Inc.; Very short fiction Award for The Tablecloth; Honorable Mention; Feb. 2009
- The University of Iowa Press; Iowa Short Fiction awards
Finalist for the short story collection, The House of Fossils; 2007
- University of West Alabama; Tartt Award;
Winner for the short story collection, The House of Fossils; 2007
- Eastern Washington University Press; Spokane Prize;
Semi-finalist for the short story collection, The House of Fossils; 2006
- Best American Short Stories 2003; Walter Mosley Editor; 2003
- Best American Short Stories 2001; listed in Distinguished Stories; 2001
- Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry; Winner
for collection, Crossroads and Unholy Water; 2000
- The Grolier poetry prize; 1st prize winner. Cambridge, MA; 1993
- Academy of American Poets; Walt Whitman Prize;
Finalist for collection, Crossroads and Unholy Water; 1997
- Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry;
Semi-finalist for collection, Crossroads and Unholy Water; 1998
- Sarabande Books; Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry;
Finalist for collection, Crossroads and Unholy Water; 1998
- Untenberg Poetry Center; “Discovery,” The Nation contest;
Semi-finalist for collection, Crossroads and Unholy Water; 1998
- Silverfish Review Press; Gerald Cable Book Award;
Finalist for collection, Crossroads and Unholy Water; 1998
- Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize;
Semi-finalist for collection, Crossroads and Unholy Water; 1999
- Glimmer Train Press Inc.; Very Short Fiction Award;
Finalist for, Life Outside my Own; 2001
AWARDS for WRITING
-Harvard University; Center for the Study of World Religions;
Resident Senior Fellow; 1999-2000
- Harvard University; W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research;
Resident Fellow; 1999-2000
- Guggenheim Fellowship; 1995
- New England Foundation for the Arts; Visual Arts Grant; 1996
- Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College and Harvard University;
Visual Arts Fellow; 1992-93
PUBLICATIONS
- Library of America; Editor for the anthology, Jack Kerouac Collected Poetry; 2012
- Harvard Divinity Bulletin; Special poetry Series; Winter-Spring 2012
- Ibbetson Street, #31; poetry; Spring-summer 2012
- The Caribbean Writer; volume 25; silver anniversary; interview and poetry; 2011
- Ibbetson Street, #30; poetry; Fall-Winter 2011
- University of Iowa Press; winner Iowa Short Fiction Award; Book of stories,
The Company of Heaven: Stories from Haiti, 2010
- Yileen Press; Poets For Haiti; Anthology of Poetry; 2010
- Albawtaka Review; Short Story, Marie-Ange’s Ginen; translated into Arabic
by Hala Salah Eldin Hussein; Egypt; 2009
- Carcanet Press Ltd.; Anthology of Poetry, New Caribbean Poetry; England; 2007
- Callaloo; John Hopkins University Press, ISSN 0161-2494, Volume 30, #3;
short story, Dame Marie; Spring 2007
- Marginales magazine; #267, Bi-lingual; Poetry (French-English); Belgium; Fall 2007
- New Arcadia Review; Boston College; Poetry; Spring 2005
- UC Santa Barbara and Multicultural Women’s Presence, Inc.;
Poetry Anthology, Brassage; 2005
- Cahiers Electroniques de l’Immaginaire, #3; Poetry; Belgium; 2005
- Conjonction magazine; short story; Haiti; 2005
- New Arcadia Review; Boston College; Short Story, The Chapel; 2004
- The Best American Short Stories; Walter Mosley, editor; Anthology of
Short Stories; 2003
- Crab Orchard Review, Vol. 8, #2; short story, Meat; 2003
- Callaloo; John Hopkins University Press, ISSN 0161-2492, Volume 25, #4;
short story, Ginen; Fall 2002
- Transition; short story, Down by the River; December 2000
- Southern Illinois University Press; Crab Orchard Review Poetry Prize; Book of
Poetry, Crossroads and Unholy Water; Spring 2000
- Soho Press; The Butterfly Way: Voices of Haïtian Descent in the United States; edited
by Edwidge Danticat and Laura Hruska; Anthology; 2000
- Beacon Press, The Beacon Best of 1999: Creative Writing by Women and Men of All
Colors; Edited by Ntozake Shange; Anthology of Poetry; Fall 1999
- River Styx; Poetry; April 1998
- Crab Orchard Review; Southern Illinois Univ.; Poetry; Spring 1997
- Ploughshares; Poetry; Spring 1997
- Azul Editions; Sisters of Caliban, Poets of the Caribbean; edited by M.J. Fenwick;
Poetry Anthology;1996
- Callaloo, Volume 18, Number 2; John Hopkins University Press; Poetry; 1995
- Compost, 5; Winter 1994
- Grolier Poetry Prize; Grolier prize winners’ Poetry Anthology; Cambridge; 1993
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND READINGS
- Watertown Public Library; Mass; May 12th 2012
- U. of Mass, Lowell; March 10th 2012
- U. of Michigan; lecture, “Haiti’s Legacy; Tragedy and Beauty”; Ann Arbor Feb. 2012
- PEN New England; conversation with Christopher Lydon; Feb 2012
- Cambridge Center for Adult Education; Keynote address Writers Conference; Oct 2011
- Mass Poetry Festival; Salem; May 2011
- Mass Bay College; Wellesley; April 13th 2011
- Brookline Public Library; April 5th 2011
- Cambridge Public Library; April 3rd 2011
- University of Missouri; Columbia; Feb. 2011
- Harvard University; Longfellow Hall; “Poets for Haiti”; Cambridge, MA; Feb. 2010
- Jack Kerouac Festival; Lowell, MA; Oct. 2010
- Harvard Coop bookstore; Cambridge, MA; Oct. 2010
- Wellesley Booksmith; Wellesley, MA; Oct. 2010
- Porter Square Books; Cambridge, MA; Dec. 2010
- Barnes and Noble; Burlington, MA; Nov. 2010
- Christ Church; Cambridge, MA; Feb. 2010
- Massachusetts Poetry Festival; Lowell, MA; Oct. 2009
- Fireside Poetry Reading Series; Cambridge, M; Oct. 2009
- Central Square Theater; Poet Populist reading; Cambridge, MA; April 2009
- Porter Square Bookstore; Cambridge Open Studios; Cambridge, MA; April 2009
- Cambridge Arts Council; Cambridge, MA; Sept. 2009
- Somerville Arts Council; Arts Union; Sept. 2009
- Sala; San Miguel Allende; Mexico; July 2006
- TMCC; Reno, Nevada; March 2006
- Borders Bookstore; Boston, MA; May 2006
- International Festival of Literature; Berlin, Germany; Sept. 2004
- N.Y.U.; New York, NY; March 2004
- Montgomery College; Rockville, MD; March 2003
- Montgomery College; Rockville, MD; Nov. 2002
- Montgomery College; Germantown, MD; Nov. 2002
- M.I.T.; Cambridge, MA; April 2002
- National Museum of Women in the Arts; Washington DC; April 2002
- Brooklyn Public Library; New York, NY; March 2001
- Emerson College; Boston, MA; 2001
- St. Michael's College; H.S.A.; Burlington, VT; 2001
- Detroit Institute of Art; Detroit, MI. Jan 2000
- University of Southern Illinois; ILL; April 2000
- St Michael's College; Burlington, VT; March 2000
- Harvard University; Center for the Study of World Religions; MA; May 2000
- University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI; Jan 2000
- Harvard University; W.E.B. Du Bois Institute; Cambridge, MA; 2000
- Harvard University; Center for the Study of World Religions; MA; March 2000
- University of New Hampshire; Durham, NH; 2000
- Brooklyn College; New York, NY; 2000
- University of New Hampshire; Dartmouth, NH; Oct 1999
- University of Ohio; Bowling Green, OH; Oct. 1999
- SSAC; Cohasset, MA; March 1999
- University of Wisconsin; Oshkosh, WI; Feb. 1999
- University of California; Santa Barbara, CA; Jan. 1999
- University of Ohio; Bowling Green, OH; March 1999
- Center for Caribbean Arts and Culture; Detroit, MI; March 1999
- Harvard University, Rockefeller Center For Latin American Studies; MA; Oct. 1998
- Tufts University; Medford, MA; July 1998
- Wellesley College; "Women and Spirituality"; Wellesley, MA; April 1998
- Massachusetts College of Arts; Boston, MA; Nov. 1997
- Boston Center for the Arts; Boston, MA; Oct. 1997
- Massachusetts College of Arts; Boston, MA; Sept. 1996
- Jamaica Plains Art Center; Boston, MA; Sept. 1996
- Chapter and Verse reading series; Boston, MA; Jan. 1996
- Firehouse Cultural Center; Boston, MA; March 1995
- Harvard University, Bunting Institute; Cambridge, MA; Nov. 1994
- Harvard University; Grolier Series at Adams House; Cambridge, MA; April 1994
- Boston University; Boston, MA; May 1994
- College of the Atlantic; Bar Harbor, ME; June 1994
- University of Massachusetts at Boston; H.S.A.; Boston, MA; Oct. 1993
- Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College; Cambridge, MA; 1993
- Art Institute of Boston; Boston, MA; 1993
- Radcliffe College; Women's Caucus for the Arts; Bunting Ins.; Cambridge, MA; 1992
PAINTING—PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Museu de Arte Moderna; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists Inc.; Boston, MA
- Farnsworth Museum; Rockport, ME
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA
- U.S. Department of State: Art in Embassies
- W.E.B Du Bois Institute; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA
- Mupanah Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Musee d'Art Haitien du College St. Pierre; Port-au-Prince, Haiti
PAINTING—SELECTED MUSEUM SHOWS
- NCAAA: Boston 2009
- Museum of the National Pantheon: Haiti 2000
- Sarajevo Art Gallery: Bosnia-Herzegovina; 1997
- Belfast Museum of Art; Ireland; 1997
- Londonderry Art Gallery; Ireland; 1997
- Fuller Museum of Art; Eighth Triennial; Brockton, MA; 1996
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Israel; 1996
- Jerusalem Art Gallery; Israel; 1996
- Gaza Museum of Art; Jordan; 1996
- The Cairo Museum of Modern Art; Egypt; 1996
- Amman Museum of Art; Jordan; 1996
- University of Florida Art Museum; Gainesville, FLA; 1996
- Johannesburg Art Gallery; South Africa; 1995
- Mexicarte Museum; Austin, Texas; 1992
- St. Pierre Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1992
- Mattatuck Museum; Waterbury, CT; 1991
- The Discovery Museum; Bridgeport, CT; 1991 **Winner of prize for best painting
- The Discovery Museum; Bridgeport, CT; 1990
- Mattatuck Museum; Waterbury, CT; 1990
- Mupanah Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1990
- I.C.A. gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1989
- Mupanah Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1988
- Mupanah Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1984
- St. Pierre Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1983
- St. Pierre Museum; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1983
PAINTING—SELECTED ONE-WOMAN SHOWS
- Boston Art Institute, Porter Exchange; Cambridge, MA; 2006
- Emerson College; Boston, MA; 2001
- Kane art gallery; Concord, MA; 2001
- St. Michael's College Art Gallery; Burlington, VT; 2000
- University of Wisconsin; Allen Priebe Gallery; Oshkosh, WI; 1999
- University of Ohio; Bowling Green, OH; 1999
- Harvard University: Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; MA 1998
- Barbara Singer Fine Arts; Cambridge, MA; 1995
- Barney Wyckoff Gallery; Aspen, CO; 1994
- College of the Atlantic; Bar Harbor, ME; 1994
- Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College; Rothschild Gallery; Cambridge, MA; 1993
- Gallery Sixty-Eight; Belfast, ME; 1993
- Barney Wyckoff Gallery; Aspen, CO; 1992
- CAW Sponsored Show; New Haven, CT; 1992
- Joanne Lyon Gallery Inc.; Aspen, CO; 1991
- Erector Square Studio; New Haven, CT; 1991
- Musée du Pantheon National Haitien; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1990
- Le Centre d'Art; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1983
- Le Centre d'Art; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1981
PAINTING—SELECTED GALLERY SHOWS
- Hammonds House Gallery; Atlanta, GA; 2004
- Porter-Troupe gallery; San Diego, CA; 2001
- Boston Center for the Arts; "Voices of the Caribbean"; MA; 2001
- University of New Hampshire, Paul Creative Arts Center; Durham, NH; 2000
- SSAC; Cohaset, MA; 1999
- Kenkeleba Gallery; New York, NY; 1999
- Grande Arche de la Defense; Paris, France; 1998
- Médiathèque; Nantes, France; 1998
- Musée Océanographique; Monaco; 1998
- Aideckman Art Center, Slater Concourse Gallery; Tufts University; MA; 1998
- Art and Culture Center of Hollywood; FLA; 1995
- South Florida Art Center; Miami Beach, FLA; 1995
- Pan American Gallery; Dallas, TX; 1995
- Boston Center for the Arts; MA; Feb. 1994
- Boston Center for the Arts; MA; Nov. 1993
- HostosCommunity College; Brooklyn, NY; Oct./Dec. 1993
- Rothschild Gallery, Bunting Institute; Cambridge, MA; 1992
- Galerie Malraux; Los Angeles, CA; 1991
- Los Angeles Art Fair; CA; 1991
- Barney Wyckoff Gallery; Aspen, CO; 1991
- Joanne Lyon Gallery Inc.; Aspen, CO; 1990
- Arthur Ross Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1990
- Galerie Malraux; Los Angeles, CA; 1990
- City Arts Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1989
- University of Pennsylvania Faculty Club; Philadelphia, PA; 1988
- Meyerson Fine Arts Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1988
- Taller Galeria Fort; 8th Mini-print; Cadaques, Spain; 1988
- San Diego State University Masters Gallery; American Miniature Printmaking; 1988
- Erector Square Gallery; New Haven, CT; 1988
- Arthur Ross Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1987
- Arthur Ross Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; 1987
- Taller Galeria Fort; 7th Mini-Print; Cadaques, Spain; 1987
- International Monetary Fund; Washington DC; 1985
- Grand Hotel; Centenaire du Café de la Paix; Paris, France; 1985
- Institut Francais,;Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1983
- Centre pour l'Avancement de la Femme; Haiti; 1983
- Galerie Arabesque; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1982
- Galeria Marassa; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1981
WRITING AND PAINTING—BIBLIOGRAPHY, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS
- Journal of Haitian Studies; review for The Company of Heaven; volume 17:2; 2012
- How the Sun Illuminates Under cover of Darkness; Arts and Religion of Haiti; LeGrace
Benson; Ian Randle Publishers; Kingston Jamaica; 2011-12
- Kirkus Review; Starred review; Sept. 2010
- Publishers Weekly; review for The Company of Heaven: Stories from Haiti; Sept. 2010
- Boston Globe Books, Sunday issue; interview; Sept. 2010
- Poets and Writers; review for The Company of Heaven; Winter 2010
- Pleiades; Vol 22#2; review by Jerry Harp; 2002
- Women in the Arts; review essay by Renee Shea; Spring 2002
- Journal of Haitian Studies, vol. 7 #2; review by Florence Bellande-Robertson; 2001
- Porter Gulch Literary Review; review by Janet Thalen; Summer 2001
- Bay State Banner; Boston; April 26th 2001
- The Haitian Times; NY; March-April 2001
- Ma Comè; interview by Renee Shea; 2001
- Women writers of Haitian Descent, Vol 1 Issue 3; 2001
- Haitian Painters; Editions Cercle d'Art; edited by Gerald Alexis; France; 2000
- Amazon.com; review of Crossroad and Unholy Water by Denise Duhamel; July 2000
- www.webdelsol.com; review by Donna Johnson; June 2000
- http://windowson haiti.com; review by Carol Coates; July 2000
- corbett@netcom; review by Carol Coates; June 2000
- David Rockerfeller Center for Latin Amer. Studies Newsletter, by E. Travieso; 2000
- The NashusTelegraph; NH; Jan 16th, 2000
- Portsmouth Herald; NH; Jan. 23rd, 2000
- The New Hampshire; NH; Jan.28th, 2000
- Spotlight; NH; Jan. 20th, 2000
- The Blade; Toledo, OH; Oct. 15th 1999
- Boston Globe; MA; Nov. 5th 1998
- Art Nexus; Jan. 1996
- Miami Herald; FLA; Sept. 3rd, 1995
- International Quarterly, Vol. 1, #4; Faces of the Americas
- Miami Herald; FLA; July 7th 1995
- New Times; Miami, FLA; July 7th 1995
- Miami Herald; FLA; June 12th 1995
- The Boston Herald; MA; March 10th 1995
- International Quarterly; Face of the Americas; Fall 1994
- Aspen Times; CO; Aug. 13th and 14th 1994
- Aspen Magazine; CO; Midsummer 1994
- The Aspen Catalogue; Summer 1994
- Maine Time; June 24th 1994
- Bangor Daily News; ME;June 16th 1994
- The Bar Harbor Times; ME; June 9th 1994
- Boston Globe; MA; Aug. 15th 1993
- Art New England; Aug. 1993
- SIF Newsletter; Boston, MA; Fall 1993
- Aspen Magazine; CO; Summer 1993
- The Republican Journal; Belfast, ME; July 15th 1993
- The Camden Herald; Camden, ME; June 24th 1993
- The Courier Gazette; Rockland, ME; June 24th 1993
- Maine Sunday Telegram; ME; June 27th 1993
- Boston Phoenix; Boston; May 1993
- Boston Globe; Boston; May 1993
- Aspen Magazine; CO; Midsummer 1993
- Encyclopaedia de Arte Latino Americano Del Ciglo XX; Spain 1992
- Aspen Magazine; CO; Midsummer 1992
- The Aspen Times; CO; July 1992
- Cultura; Haiti 1992
- The Austin Chronicle; TX; Nov. 20th 1992
- Time Out; Austin; TX; Oct. 17th 1992
- Fine Arts; Austin, TX; Oct. 1992
- The Aspen Times; CO; July 1991
- Aspen Daily News; CO; July 1991
- Gallery News; Joanne Lyon gallery; Aspen, CO; July 1991
- The Aspen Catalogue; CO; Summer 1991
- Modern Haitian Masters; Gallery Malraux; Los Angeles, CA; 1990
- The Aspen Times; CO; July 1990
- Gallery News; Joanne Lyon Gallery; Aspen, CO; July 1990
- 8th International Mini-Print; catalog; Cadaques, Spain; 1998
- 7th International Mini-Print; catalog. Cadaques, Spain, 1987
- Haitian Art: The Legend and Legacy of the Naive Tradition; L.G. Hoffman; 1985
- About Voodoo; Musee du Pantheon National Haitien; catalog; 1984
- When Painters Draw; Musée d'Art Haitien; catalog; 1984
- Le Nouvelliste,;Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Jan. 1984
- Le Nouvelliste; Port-au-Prince; Dec. 1983
- News of Haiti, Vol 14, No 146; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 1983
- Le nouvelliste; "Marilene Phipps on l'Apprentissage de la Maturite"; Haiti; Jan. 1982
- Le Nouvelliste; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Oct. 20th 1982
- Le Nouvelliste; "Marilene Phipps, Peintre au Talent Vrai"; Haiti; Dec 1981
- Le Nouvelliste; "Marilene Phipps vue par Roger Gaillard"; Haiti, Dec 1981
TELEVISION and RADIO INTERVIEWS
- The Smoki and Dick Show; Literati Art Scene; World Wide Channels # 23, 10, 8, 36,
and 3; Feb, Oct. 2010
- WGBH; Radio Open Source; interview with Chris Lydon, “Whose Words These Are”
(23); Radio Open source>Blog Archive>Whose Words These Are 23; March 17th 2010
- WBUR/NPR; “Here and Now” with Robin Young; March 2010
- The Smoki and Dick Show; Literati Art Scene; World Wide Channels; 2006
- WGBH; Channel 4; Boston Arts; interview by John Baynard; Nov. 1999
- BNN; Channel 3; "Boston Live”; interview by J.C. Valmé; Dec. 1999
- Tele-Haiti; "Emission Echo"; interview by Vario; Haiti; Dec. 1994
- Tele-Haiti; interview by Gerald Alexis at the Mupanah; Haiti; 1985
- Tele-Haiti; interview by Paul-Claude Gardere; Haiti; 1982
- Tele-Haiti; interview by Gerald Alexis; Haiti; 1981
TEACHING
- U. Mass Boston; Caribbean Literature; Boston 2011
- Kenney School; Creole poetry; Dorchester; Boston 2011
EDUCATION
- Master of Fine Arts; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
- Bachelor of Arts Studies; University of California; Berkeley, CA