Bridey McGlynn - Biography & CV
Bridey McGlynn (she/her) is a painter and printmaker based in Boston, MA. She received her MFA in 2D Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her BFA from Syracuse University. McGlynn currently works as an Administrative Assistant in Academic Affairs and PCE Instructor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
McGlynn’s work has been exhibited across the Northeast, including New Talent at Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA; The 87th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft at the Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA; the 2025 National Prize Show at the Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA; the 2026 International Juried Exhibition at The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ; and Current at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT. In Spring 2026, she also debuted her first solo exhibition, titled Expanded Bodies, at ArtsWorcester in Worcester, MA.
Additionally, McGlynn is a recipient of the ArtsWorcester 2023 Material Needs Grant, the 2025 George Nick Prize, and a Lending Artist in the deCordova Corporate Art Loan Program.
Education
2025 MFA 2D Fine Art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2022 BFA Studio Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Minor: Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
Solo Exhibitions
2026 “Expanded Bodies”, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA
Group Exhibitions
2026 “Artists on Fire”, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2026 “Glitch Ecology”, MassArtxSowa, Boston, MA
2026 “Current”, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2026 “2026 International Juried Exhibition”, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2025 “2025 National Prize Show”, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2025 “Fish Don’t Sleep- 5th Juried Annual Alumni Exhibition”, MassArtxSowa, Boston, MA
2025 “Stroll the Rainbow”, New Hampshire Children’s Museum, Dover, NH
2025 “Mary Schein Fall Salon”, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2025 “New Talent Exhibition”, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2025 “2025 Spring MFA Thesis Exhibition”, MassArtxSowa, Boston, MA
2025 “A Fervent Chorus”, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2025 “Fledgling”, New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
2024 “Connect”, Art League RI, Providence, RI
2024 “Material Needs 2023”, Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA
2024 “Print Forward”, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 “Fledgling”, New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
2023 “87th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft”, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2022 "Next 2022: A Biennial of Contemporary Print", PrintMatters, Houston, TX
2022 “Glass Houses”, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2022 “Empowerment vs. Exploitation”, Cape Cod Cultural Center, Cape Cod, MA
2022 “18th Annual College Show”, Arts Worcester (Online Exhibition)
2021 “People, Places, Things”, Project V Gallery (Online Exhibition)
2021 “Textures and Patterns”, Art Room Gallery (Online Exhibition)
Artist Lectures, Press & Interviews
2026 Artist Talk and Gallery Tour, "Expanded Bodies", ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA
2026 “GBH Community Canvas”, GBH local news, Boston, MA
2025 Artist Talk, “Visual Thinking: Style & Substance” Course, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
2025 “HOMEGROWN : Reflections on Past Selves”, A&A Curation, Curatorial Collective
Public or Corporate Collections
2026 Lending Artist, deCordova Art Loan Program, Lincoln, MA
Awards, Scholarships, and Honors
2025 George Nick Prize Recipient
2023 ArtsWorcester Material Needs Grant Recipient
2023 Fitchburg Art Museum’s 87th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft Student Prize Recipient
2022 Hiram Gee Painting Award
2022 Bruce Manwaring Printmaking Award
2021 Roswell Hill Painting Award
2020 Daisy Outstanding Sophomore Award
2018 Dean's List Acknowledgement (cont’ to 2022)
2018 Invest in Success Scholarship
2018 Distinguished Art Portfolio Award
Experience
2026 Administrative Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2022-2025 Registrar and Executive Director Assistant, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2023- 2025 Printmaking Instructor, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2024-2025 Teaching Assistant, Sophomore Painting, MassArt, Boston, MA
2025 Substitute Teacher, Intro to Painting, MassArt, Boston, MA
2024 Co-Curator, MassArt, Boston, MA