Education

MFA, Boston University, 2005
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, 1998.  Major in painting/printmaking

Exhibitions

2012                           Four Young Boston Artists, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA 

2012                           Sean Downey: Petrified Forest, Flying Object, Hadley, MA

2011		Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2011		Brooklyn Transmigration Part I: Portals & Poets, TaB Fine Art, Tabernash, CO 

2010		I-95 Triennial 2010: A Survey from Four New England States, University of Maine 
			Museum of Art, Bangor, ME

2009		Winter Solstice: An Exhibition of Small Works, The Lincoln Building, Waltham, MA

2008		Sting!3, The Beehive, Boston, MA

2008		La Romeria/Viva Last Blues: Recent Paintings by Alfredo Gisholt and Sean Downey, 
			The Lincoln Building, Waltham, MA

2008		Sting!2, The Beehive, Boston, MA

2007		South Press Print Invitational, Carillon Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

2007		Heads, Studio A.I.R., Brooklyn, NY

2007		On Paper, Nothern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA

2006		Spot On, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

2005		MFA Thesis Exhibition, Boston University, Boston, MA

2004		Summery Summary, 58 N3, Brooklyn, NY

2004		Eleven by Nine, George Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA

2002		EBOS 2002: East Bay Open Studios, Oakland, CA

2001		Picto-Plastic Drama: Paintings by Sean Downey & Islands by Eva Jordan, 
			The Creamery, Oakland, CA

2000		Inaugural Show, Live Culture Gallery, Oakland, CA

1999		New Paintings (solo exhibition), Arrowspace, Olympia, WA

1999		1999 Northwest Annual (Juror: Kerry James Marshall), 
			Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

Professional Experience

2012                           Presenter, Salon Series: Artists Inspired by Film, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA

2010		Residency, Ucross Foundation, Wyoming

2007-		Lecturer in Fine Arts, Post-Baccalaureate Coordinator, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

2005-2006     	Visiting Lecturer in Fine Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA