Christine Tegeler Beneman

cbeneman[at]gmail[dot]com

Recent Exhibitions

2019
  • Singular and Serial, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
  • Maine, the Painted State, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
  • The Hundred Dresses Project, The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA
  • Traveling Flat File Exhibit, The Boston Printmakers, multiple locations
  • Peregrine Press at NECS, New England Cancer Specialists, Scarborough, ME
  • Tuesday Group, Yarmouth Public Library, Yarmouth, ME
  • Working Waterfront Exhibit, Bakery Studios, Portland, ME
2018
  • (Almost) Black and White, Creative Portland Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Focus Printmaking II, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
  • Industrial Maine: Our Other Landscape, Atrium Gallery, Lewiston, ME
  • The 9th Biennial Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
  • Peregrine Press Artists, Green Lion Gallery, Bath, ME
  • Summer exhibitions, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
  • Summer in Maine, Casco Bay Artisans, Portland, ME
  • Boston Print Fair, Boston, MA
  • Meca: Collect, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
  • Paintings of Portland,  Yarmouth Frame and Gallery, Yarmouth, ME
2017
  • DownEast: Monotype Guild of New England, Saco Museum, Saco, ME. Awarded First Prize by jurors Catherine Kernan and Josephine Graf
  • The Depth of Perception, Barba Contemporary Art, Palm Springs, CA
  • Marking Time: Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Boston Printmakers,   Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
  • Holiday Show, Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, ME
  • Solo exhibition,  Green Lion Gallery, Bath, ME
  • Modern Summer, Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, ME
  • Art of the Hand-Pulled Print: Peregrine Press at 25, Haystack Mt. School Community Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
  • The Unity of Opposites; a Peregrine Press and Zea Mays Printmaking Collaboration, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
  • Abstraction, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
  • Meca: Collect, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
  • Dreamy and Surreal, Macpage LLC, South Portland, ME
  • Summer Exhibitions, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2016
  • Various Shades of Grey, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
  • New Work, solo exhibition, Vestibule 594, Portland, ME
  • Telephone; a collaboration between Peregrine Press and Zea Mays Printmaking, A.P.E. Gallery, Northhampton, MA
  • Art of the Hand-Pulled Print: Peregrine Press at 25, Lewis Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Summer Exhibitions, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
  • The 100 Dresses Project, Waynflete Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Art 2016, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME; Juror: Bruce Brown, curator emeritus at CMCA
  • Printmakers, York Public Library, York, ME
  • Focus: Printmaking, Greenhut Galleries, Portland ME
  • The 8th Biennial Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
  • 10x10, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Fourth National Monotype/Monoprint Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, MA; Juror: Andrew Stevens, Curator of Prints, Chazen Museum of Art, Univ. of Wisconsin  
  • Absence and Presence, the Al-Mutanabbi St Project, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2015
  • On the Edge, Juried Exhibition, South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA;  Juror: Denise Markonish, Mass MoCA Museum Curator
  • Nature, Tuesday Group and Friends, Macpage LLC, So. Portland, ME
  • Rumpus Revival, Engine, Biddeford, ME
  • Yellow, Union of Maine Visual Artists, CTN Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Summer Exhibitions, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
  • Absence and Presence, the Al-Mutanabbi St Project, Curry College, Milton, MA
  • Summer Print Project, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH
  • Travel Home and Abroad, Macpage LLC, South Portland, ME
  • Graphic Realities, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME
  • 10x10, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Tuesday Group and Friends, Macdonald, Page Company, South Portland, ME
  • Printmakers 2015, Hole in the Wall Gallery, Raymond ME
2014
  • Works on Paper, Juried Exhibition, South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA
  • Coastal Printmakers, James Library Center for the Arts, Norwell, MA
  • Adventures in Printmaking, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH
  • River Show Invitational, Sacarappa Gallery, Westbrook, ME
  • Art 2014, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME
  • Chris Beneman, New Work, Art House Gallery, Portland, ME
  • 4th Biennial Footprint International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
  • On the Edge, Monotype Guild of New England, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
  • Bound Together: USM Book Arts, Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
  • Print, Paper, Ink, Irvine Gallery, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, ME
  • New Acquisitions, University of New England Gallery, Portland, ME
  • New Ink: Work from the Peregrine Press, Engine, Biddeford, ME
  • 10x10, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Free for All, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
2013
  • Blues, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
  • Chris Beneman, New Work, Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME
  • National Small Works, 2013, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
  • 13th Annual National Small Print Exhibit, Creede Arts Council, Creede, CO
  • Prominent Printmakers II, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
  • Brother Can You Spare a Stack?, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
  • Create, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
  • 3 Generations, Linden Ponds Art Gallery, Hingham, MA
  • Local Conditions, Peregrine Press portfolio exhibition at Print:MKE Southern Graphics Council Conference, Milwaukee, WI
2012
  • Landscape: A Fresh Perspective, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH
  • Bates, Bowdoin, Colby Alumni Art Show, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport, ME
  • Print/Counter-Print, Rose Contemporary Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Print/Counter-Print, Zea Mays Sanford Gallery, Florence, Massachusetts
  • monoTYPE: The Literate Print, Carolyn Jenkins Gallery, Concord, NH
  • The Sketchbook Project 2012, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
  • Drawn and Quartered, Art House Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Free for All, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Statewide Multidisciplinary Juried Showcase 2012, www.MaineArtScene.com
2011
  • Art of the Unique Print, Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT
  • National Small Works 2011, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
  • Women Artists in Maine, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport, ME
  • Summer Exhibition, Patricia Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH
  • Dunia Moja/One World: A Peregrine Press and Zanzibar Print Exchange, Lewis Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Black and White, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
  • Expressions, Zullo Gallery Center for the Arts, Medfield, MA
  • The Jar Project, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
  • Statewide Multidisciplinary Juried Showcase 2012, www.MaineArtScene.com
2010
  • The Pattern Project, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
  • Pastels Only, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME
  • Unique Impressions, Falmouth Art Center, Falmouth, MA
  • Member Show, Pastel Painters of Maine, Allen David Gallery, Boothbay Harbor,ME; Honorable Mention Award
  • National Small Works 2010, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
  • Member Exhibition, Pastel Painters of Maine, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, ME
2009
  • Selections from the Permanent Collection, University of New England Gallery, Portland, ME
  • Impressions, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
  • Monotype/Monoprint, Russell Gallery, Plymouth, MA
  • New Neighbors and Old Friends, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland, ME
2008
  • National Juried Monotype/Monoprint Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
  • First Impressions, New Work from the Peregrine Press, Saco Museum, Saco, ME
  • Borestone Art Exhibition, Gilsland Farm, Maine Audubon, Falmouth, ME
  • Member Show, Pastel Painters of Maine, Rivertree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME
  • Tuesday Group Show, Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
2007
  • Member Show, Pastel Painters of Maine, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
  • Tidal, Heartwood College of Art, Kennebunk, ME
  • On The Rocks, Gallery 5, Lewiston, ME
  • For Pastels Only On Cape Cod, Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
  • Lasting Impressions, Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME
  • Summer in Maine, Rivertree Arts, Kennebunk, ME
  • It’s Pastel!, Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Red Roof Gallery, Enfield, NH
  • Maine Print Project, Peregrine Press Exhibition, Saco Museum, Saco, ME
  • Printmakers, Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth, ME
2006
  • Maine Print Project, Peregrine Press Exhibition, Reed Gallery, Presque Isle, ME
  • Member Show, Pastel Painters of Maine, Portland School of Ballet, Portland, ME
  • International Juried Show in Pastels, Heartwood College of Art, Kennebunk, ME, Honorable Mention award

Publications/Press

  • Singular and Serial, Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint, by Ashley Rooney and Catherine Kernan, with Laura Einstein and Janice Oresman, 2019
  • Paintings of Portland, by Carl and David Little, DownEast Books,  2018
  • “Abstraction crams Greenhut with Creativity”, exhibition review by Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, February 19, 2017
  • “Peregrine Press exhibit showcases inclusiveness, collaboration” exhibition review by Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, May 22, 2016
  • Art of the Hand-Pulled Print: Peregrine Press at 25, exhibition catalog 2016
  • “Greenhut’s Biennial Portland Show Sets a Standard” exhibition review by Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, April 17, 2016
  • Fourth National Monotype/Monoprint Juried Exhibition, Monotype Guild of New England exhibition catalog 2016
  • “Prints come sharply into ‘Focus’ at Greenhut”, exhibition review by Daniel Kany, Maine  Sunday Telegram, February 14, 2016
  • “Rumpus Revival at Engine in Biddeford”, exhibition review by Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, April 5, 2015
  • Art In Print, The Global Journal of Prints and Ideas, March/April 2014, News of the Print World; selected new editions
  • “Free For All 4 earns place on Space-fun continuum”, exhibition review by Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, Feb. 23, 2014
  • Local Conditions, The Peregrine Press Portfolio,catalog of the portfolio, 2013
  • Words and Images 2013, a compendium of art and literature, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
  • Words and Images 2012, a compendium of art and literature
  • Great ideas well executed for ‘One World’ exhibit review by Daniel Kany of Dunia Moja/One World exhibition, Maine Sunday Telegram 4/10/2011
  • Creating together, 6,000 miles apart, by Bob Keyes, article on Dunia Moja/One World Exhibit at the Lewis Gallery, Portland Maine , Maine Sunday Telegram 4/3/2011
  • Art New England Feb/Mar 2009, review of Saco Museum exhibition by Carl Little
  • First Impressions, New Work from the Peregrine Press, catalog of the exhibition, 2008
  • In Saco, a powerful case for the art of printmaking,review of First Impressions exhibition by art critic Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram 11/16/08
  • Printmakers article on Merrill Memorial Library Exhibit, Community News Jan 2007
  • Rare Bird 1/7/07 article on Maine Print Project Peregrine Press Exhibition by art critic Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram
  • Words and Images 2004, a compendium of art and literature
  • Words and Images 2003, a compendium of art and literature

Public Collections

  • Proskauer, Boston, MA
  • Verrill Dana LLP, Portland, ME
  • Macpage LLC, South Portland, ME
  • The Press Hotel, Portland, ME
  • Winchester Savings, Bank, Winchester, MA
  • Wheaton College, Norton, MA
  • New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT,
  • Peck School of the Arts, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  • New York Public Library, New York, NY
  • Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
  • University of New England, Portland, Maine
  • Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
  • Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, Maine
  • Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine

Professional Affiliations

  • Peregrine Press
  • The Boston Printmakers
  • Union of Maine Visual Artists