Monhegan Island, Maine
TODD BONITA (b. 1968)
I fell in love with the ocean while growing up in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a small New England harbor town outside of Boston. After graduating from the Art Institute of Boston, I continued study of classical painting and drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. A twelve year career as an illustrator followed until I focused full time on fine art oil painting in 2006, creating oil paintings for art galleries and collectors. I currently maintain a studio space at The Button Factory artist studios in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I love painting coastal New England imagery outdoors in plein air, equally as much as crafting more involved compositions in my studio. Above all, I love the process and simple joy of being with my tools and painting. My work is currently represented by ten art galleries around New England, Florida and the UK. and is in hundreds of corporate and private collections world wide, including 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush. I have had the good fortune to have exhibited in four Art museums and I am blessed to call this craft that I love my full-time occupation. I currently own and operate the Todd Bonita Art Gallery in both Ogunquit, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I am also owner of the Ogunquit Art Colony School, where I teach painting classes and International art workshops year round. I live on the New Hampshire seacoast with my son Max and daughter Kate.
Life is good.
I fell in love with the ocean while growing up in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a small New England harbor town outside of Boston. After graduating from the Art Institute of Boston, I continued study of classical painting and drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. A twelve year career as an illustrator followed until I focused full time on fine art oil painting in 2006, creating oil paintings for art galleries and collectors. I currently maintain a studio space at The Button Factory artist studios in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I love painting coastal New England imagery outdoors in plein air, equally as much as crafting more involved compositions in my studio. Above all, I love the process and simple joy of being with my tools and painting. My work is currently represented by ten art galleries around New England, Florida and the UK. and is in hundreds of corporate and private collections world wide, including 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush. I have had the good fortune to have exhibited in four Art museums and I am blessed to call this craft that I love my full-time occupation. I currently own and operate the Todd Bonita Art Gallery in both Ogunquit, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I am also owner of the Ogunquit Art Colony School, where I teach painting classes and International art workshops year round. I live on the New Hampshire seacoast with my son Max and daughter Kate.
Life is good.
Education
(2000 - 2003) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Post baccalaureate Study Classical Drawing and Painting.
(1992 -1996) Art Institute of Boston (BFA)
Galllery Affiliations
Camden Falls Art Gallery, Camden Maine
Todd Bonita Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
Shore Road Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine
Kennedy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Todd Bonita Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Rockport Art Association and Museum, Rockport, MA
Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Gingerbread Square Gallery, Key West, FL
Art House Gallery, St. Ives. Cornwall, UK.
Exhibition History
2016 - Present Todd Bonita Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2015 - Present Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
2015 - Present Shore Rd. Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2014 - Present Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
2014 - Present Todd Bonita Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2013 Paul Creative Art Center / Museum of Art, Durham, NH
2013 - Present Beth Ellis Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2012 - Present Boston International Fine Art Show
2011 - 2013 Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA
2011 - 2012 Wester Ave Artist Studios, Lowell, MA
2011 Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
2011 - Present Camden Falls Gallery, Camden, ME (Several Two Person and Group Shows)
2011 - Present Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA (Several Two Person Shows)
2010 - Present Gingerbread Square Gallery, Key West, FL (One Man Show, Several Two Person Shows)
2010-2012 Northlight Gallery, Kennebunkport, Maine
2010-2012 Gallery 51, Meredith, New Hampshire (one man show)
2010-Present Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, New Hampshire
2009-Present The Kennedy Gallery,Portsmouth, New Hampshire (One Man Show) (Two person show)
2009-Present The Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Mass (One Man Show)
2009-2010 The Gallery at Mill Falls Meredith, New Hampshire (One Man Show)
2009-2010 The Bradley Art Gallery Stoughton, Wisconsin
2008-Present The Art House Gallery UK St. Ives. Cornwall, UK
2007-2015 The Art House Gallery Brewster, Massachusetts
2007-Present Button Factory Artist Open Studios Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2008 -2010 Diamond Newman Gallery Boston, Massachusetts
2007-2008 The Woodsum Gallery Warner, New Hampshire
2006-2008 Sandpiper Gallery Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Honors / Awards
2016 First Place. Plein air Paint out, New Hampshire Art Association
2015 Second Place Plein air Paint out, New Hampshire Art Assocition
2013 - 2016 Art in the Embasseys Program. (Selected Artist U.S. / Kuwait Embassy)
(2000 - 2003) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Post baccalaureate Study Classical Drawing and Painting.
(1992 -1996) Art Institute of Boston (BFA)
Galllery Affiliations
Camden Falls Art Gallery, Camden Maine
Todd Bonita Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
Shore Road Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine
Kennedy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Todd Bonita Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Rockport Art Association and Museum, Rockport, MA
Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Gingerbread Square Gallery, Key West, FL
Art House Gallery, St. Ives. Cornwall, UK.
Exhibition History
2016 - Present Todd Bonita Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2015 - Present Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
2015 - Present Shore Rd. Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2014 - Present Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
2014 - Present Todd Bonita Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2013 Paul Creative Art Center / Museum of Art, Durham, NH
2013 - Present Beth Ellis Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2012 - Present Boston International Fine Art Show
2011 - 2013 Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA
2011 - 2012 Wester Ave Artist Studios, Lowell, MA
2011 Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
2011 - Present Camden Falls Gallery, Camden, ME (Several Two Person and Group Shows)
2011 - Present Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA (Several Two Person Shows)
2010 - Present Gingerbread Square Gallery, Key West, FL (One Man Show, Several Two Person Shows)
2010-2012 Northlight Gallery, Kennebunkport, Maine
2010-2012 Gallery 51, Meredith, New Hampshire (one man show)
2010-Present Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, New Hampshire
2009-Present The Kennedy Gallery,Portsmouth, New Hampshire (One Man Show) (Two person show)
2009-Present The Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Mass (One Man Show)
2009-2010 The Gallery at Mill Falls Meredith, New Hampshire (One Man Show)
2009-2010 The Bradley Art Gallery Stoughton, Wisconsin
2008-Present The Art House Gallery UK St. Ives. Cornwall, UK
2007-2015 The Art House Gallery Brewster, Massachusetts
2007-Present Button Factory Artist Open Studios Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2008 -2010 Diamond Newman Gallery Boston, Massachusetts
2007-2008 The Woodsum Gallery Warner, New Hampshire
2006-2008 Sandpiper Gallery Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Honors / Awards
2016 First Place. Plein air Paint out, New Hampshire Art Association
2015 Second Place Plein air Paint out, New Hampshire Art Assocition
2013 - 2016 Art in the Embasseys Program. (Selected Artist U.S. / Kuwait Embassy)