Since 2005, my fine art photography has been exhibited across the United States and acquired by private and public collections such as Fidelity Investments and Wellington Management. The following CV reflects my work presented as both Whirly Nerd (WN) and Remi Thornton (RT).

Artist CV

Exhibitions (Featured Artist)

2025 WN Community Canvas Mural for September 12, 2025, WGBH HQ, Boston, MA
2024 WN Perspective Play, Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA
2021 RT The Beauty of Empty Spaces, Artsy.com
2017 RT A Sense of Place, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA
2016 RT
JCC Ranch, Miller Yezerski Gallery (Offsite Location), Boston, MA
2016 RT
Free Air 4 You, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2015 RT Three Views: Emily Belknap, Julie Miller, and Remi Thornton, Brant Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2014 RT Jesus Coming Soon, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2012 RT On the Road, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010 RT Disconnect, Curated by Kelly Cousins, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
2008 RT Photographs, The Boston Drawing Project, Boston, MA
2006 RT Quiet, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 RT Quiet, Gallery Katz, Boston, MA

Exhibitions (Group)

2023 WN Play, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, Ma
2022 RT Five Years of Aspect Initiative, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
2018 RT Think Red, Ellen Miller Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 RT Sanctuary, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2016 RT Go To The Light, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2016 RT Go To The Light, Blanc Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 RT Winter Pictures, Curated by Jon Feinstein and Andy Adams, Humble Arts Foundation (online)
2015 RT Foundation on Parade, Featuring the 2015 Emerging Artist Winners, St. Botolph, Boston, MA
2015 RT
Animal Instinct, Curated by Kate Gilbert, Beehive, Boston, MA
2015 RT
On Photography, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
2014 RT Fenway's 30 Second Cinema, Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA
2014 RT The Fence, United Photo Industries and Photoville, Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA
2013 RT Deck The Walls, Curated by Anna Schindelar, Voltage Coffee & Art, Cambridge, MA
2013 RT Strange Landscapes, Curated by Beth Kantrowitz, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
2013 RT Party for the Park, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
2013 RT House Rabbet Society, Curated by Alex Jacobson, Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA
2012 RT Bring Back the Shot, Curated by Anna Schindelar, Voltage Coffee & Art, Cambridge, MA
2012 RT Visual Texts, Curated by Ben Sloat, Jewett Gallery at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2011 RT The Dark Side of Home, Curated by Beth Kantrowitz, Stonehill College, Easton, MA
2009 RT The Lobby, Curated by Beth Kantrowitz and Kathleen O’Hara, Watertown, MA
2009 RT Mad Dash, Laconia Lofts, Boston, MA
2009 RT RISD New England Biennial, Curated by Dina Deitch, Decordova Museum, Watertown, MA
2008 RT Sting 3, Curated by Jeff Perrott, Beehive, Boston, MA
2007 RT New England Photographers, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2006 RT Small Works, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
2005 RT Big Red: Green, Big Red and Shiny Benefit, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA

Press

Perspective Play Gallery Exhibit Opens at Boston Children’s Museum, Cision, April 16, 2025
A Sense of Place, MaryAnn McQuillan, Lenscratch, February 23, 2017
Remi Thornton, JCC Ranch, Pam Campanaro, Big Red and Shiny, March 24, 2016
When Darkness Falls, Elin Spring, What Will You Remember, March 17, 2016
Critics’ Pick, Remi Thornton: JCC Ranch, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, March 17, 2016
Double Play at Montserrat Galleries, Wicked Local, January 28th, 2016
The Fence: Remi Thornton, Kristine Bjorge, World Photography Organisation, January 4, 2015
Jesus Coming Soon, Elin Spring, What Will You Remember, February 10, 2014
A look at art as commodity — and ‘schwag’ as art, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, February 4, 2014
Critics’ Pick, House Rabbet Society, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, April 23, 2013
Remi Thornton, Éanna de Fréine, The Velvet Cell Magazine, January, 2011
Troubled Exposure, The Columbus Dispatch, April 18, 2010
Art Space Talk: Remi Thornton, Brian Sherwin, Myartspace, September 27, 2007
ARTcetera Raises $450k for AAC, Bay Windows, October 16, 2006

Awards

St. Botolph Emerging Artist Grant, 2015
Summer Party Benefit Print Artist, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2014

Collections

Federal Street Advisors
Fidelity Investments
Millennium Partners
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Wellington Management