Education
M.F.A. Painting, Cum Laude, 1999
The New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art
B.F.A Painting, Minor: Art History, 1997
Magna cum Laude, Common Wealth Scholar with Departmental Honors
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Yale’s Summer Art Program at Norfolk, CT, Summer 1996
Studio Training under Paul Ingbretson and Meg Mercier, January 1996
Exhibitions
Museum Shows
2023 110th Annual Exhibition of Allied Artists of America, Invitational at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2021 Iconic, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
2021 Women Painting: All Over the World, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Painting Today – International Women’s Day, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
2018 American Women Artists: 2018 Rockwell Museum Show, Corning, NY
2017 Women Painting Women: In Earnest, J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2017 American Women Artists: Under a Vast Sky, Tucson Desert Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
2017 Women Painting Women: In Earnest, Clarksville-Montgomery County Museum, Clarksville, TN
Solo and Two-Person Shows
2019 Turning Away, Feature Gallery, Summit, NJ
2004 Looking Inward, Solo Show, Belenky Gallery, NY
1997 Solo Exhibition, Rao’s, Amherst, MA
1997 The Unspoken Configuration, Solo Show, Visual and Performing Arts Space, UMass
Group Shows
2023 32nd Annual Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, NY
2023 OPA: Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2023 Summer Exhibition, Collins Galleries, Cape Cod, MA
2023 16th International ARC Salon, Sotheby’s, NYC
2023 SCNY 45th Annual Open Painting, Sculpture & Graphics, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2023 NOAPS Spring On-Line International Exhibition
2023 Salmagundi Hartley Invitational, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2023 Women Artists Exhibition, Dacia Gallery, NYC
2023 OPA 2023 National Exhibition, Reinert Fine Art, SC
2023 43rd Annual Open Juried Show, The Ridgewood Art Institute, NJ
2023 Artsy: Mo(u)rning, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2022 Lineage: Generations of Realism, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2022 Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2022 Allied Artists of America 109th Annual Exhibition
2022 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, NY
2022 Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2022 NOAPS Spring On-Line International Exhibition
2021 Artists for Artist, Sotheby’s, NY
2021 Resurgence (A Return to Creativity, Vitality and Prominence), Mills Pond Gallery, NY
2021 Allied Artists of America 108th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2021 124th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Salmagundi Club, NYC, NY
2021 NOAPS 2021 Best of America Small Works National Jurried Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
2021 International Women’s Day Postcard Pop UP Show 2021, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 Configured Personas 2020, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2020 Annual Painting, Sculpture & Graphics Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, Manhattan, NY
2020 The Human Condition, AnArte Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2020 2020 Associates & Non Members’ Online Show, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NY
2020 Ambivalence, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 Looking Up, Looking Forward, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 2020 Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2020 Encounters, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2020 Spring Floral Art Exhibition 2020, Studio Pintura, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Creator and Muse, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Mandarin Oriental Exhibition, NYAA, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, FL Curated by Helena Christensen and Brooke Shields
2019 Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, OPA, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2019 Allied Artists of America 2019 Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2019 In Bloom: Online Floral Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2019 Adorn Me, Publication & Online Exclusive Exhibition Curated by Carol Hodes
2018 28th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2018 Annual Small Gems Show, OPA, McBride Gallery in Annapolis, MD
2018 Figurative Realism, Gallery at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
2018 Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, OPA, McBride Gallery in Annapolis, MD
2018 Women Painting Women, Men Painting Men: Voices with Vision, RJD Fine Arts Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2018 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, NYC
2018 First Views, Gallery at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Allied Artists of America 2018 Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2018 VIVA LA FEMME! Exhibition, L’Atelier Berkshires Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2018 In Perspective, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
2017 Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
2017 NAL Instructors’ Exhibition, National Art League, Douglaston, NY
2017 Singlefare 4, Highline Stages, NYC, NY
2017 Take Home a Nude, NYAA, Sotheby’s, NYC
2017 Summer Exhibition, Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME
2017 SCNY Non-Members’ Exhibitions 2017, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY
2017 National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, OPA, Eisele Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2017 Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 Root to Bloom, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2016 Take Home a Nude, NYAA, Sotheby’s, NYC
2016 Allied Artists of America 2016 Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY
2016 Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, OPA, Eisele Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2016 Reinventing Ourselves from Another Point, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2016 Tribute to the Emanuel Nine – A Portrait Project, Principle Gallery Charleston, SC
2016 National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, OPA, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015 119th Annual Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, NY
2015 31st Anniversary Exhibition, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 Women Painting Women, Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2015 American Artists and the Allure of the East, Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2015 102nd Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, NY
2015 National Juried Exhibition, OPA, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, FL
2014 118th Annual Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, NY
2014 The Retreat’s 6th Annual Juried Art Show, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2014 Women Painting Women, Richard J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2014 A Little Night Art XIV, Montclair Art Walk 2014, Montclair, NJ
2014 Take Home a Nude, NYAA, Sotheby’s, NYC
2014 Women Painting Women, Principle Gallery Charleston, Charleston, SC
2014 101st Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, NY
2014 LIC Conception Event, SPACE Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2013 117th Annual Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, NY
2013 Women Painting Women: A Universal Alliance, Gallery U Boutique, NJ
2012 Images 2012: Juried Exhibition of Central Pennsylvania, Robeson Gallery, PA
2012 CONCEPTION Tribeca IV, Group Show, NY
2012 CONCEPTION Tribeca II, Group Show, NY
2011 CONCEPTION Tribeca, Group Show, NY
1999 Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY
1999 Group Exhibition, The National Arts Club, Manhattan, NY
1999 10th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Synchronicity Space, Manhattan, NY
1999 Group Show, Tristan & America, NY
1997 Cast Hall Exhibition, NYAA, Manhattan, NY
1997 Junior/Senior Awards Exhibition (Juried), Herter Gallery, UMass Amherst
1996 Junior/Senior Awards Exhibition, May 20-26, 1996, Amherst, MA
1996 Yale at Norfolk, Group Show, Norfolk, CT
1995 Five College Art Exhibition, Johnson Gallery, Hampshire College, MA
Collections
Cynthia Graham Hurd St. Andrews Library, Charleston, SC
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Rev. Anthony Thompson, Charleston, SC (private)
The Magazzu Collection: The art collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Magazzu.
The Peregrine Collection, Annex 9: A digital collection of works on the Moon curated by Samuel Peralta
“Artists on the Moon is a project carrying the works of around 800 creative artists to the Moon. It’s also referred to as Annex 9, an extension of the Manifest 9 collection of the works of over 400 writers via Writers on the Moon. Manifest 9 + Annex 9 together form a collection of works – “The Peregrine Collection” – from 1200 creative artists (plus one A.I.), curated by Samuel Peralta, currently residing in Toronto, Canada, Earth.”
Honors
2023 Gold Medal, OPA: Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Birmingham, AL
2023 Best in Show, SCNY 45th Annual Open Painting, Sculpture & Graphics, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2023 Best Associate Award of Excellence, Oil Painters of America
2023 Grand Prize, 43rd Annual Open Juried Show, The Ridgewood Art Institute, NJ
2023 Top Fifty, 50th International Portrait Competition, PSoA
2023 Honorable Mention, 2022 ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2022 4th Place, Non-Commissioned Portrait Category, Member’s Competition, PSoA
2022 6th Place, Still Life Category, Member’s Competition, PSoA
2022 Honorable Mention, John Dalton Gently Does it Art Prize, Kaleido
2022 Finalist, 2022 ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2021 The Len G. Everett Memorial Award, 108th Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, NY
2021 Tamsin L. Holzer Memorial Award (for a traditional painting), 124th Open Annual Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2020 Hudson Valley Art Association Award, 2020 Annual Painting, Sculpture & Graphics Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2020 First Place, 2020 1st Annual Associate/Nonmembers Online Show, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2020 First Place, Spring Floral Art Exhibition 2020, Studio Pintura, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Silver Medal, OPA, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2019 Finalist, 2018/2019 ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2018 Grand Prize, Associate Online Exhibition, Allied Artists of America
2018 Certificate of Excellence, 2018 International Portrait Competition, PSoA
2018 Tuition Scholarship, Portrait Society of America
2018 Signature Status for 2018, Portrait Society of America
2017 Honorable Mention, Southwest Art magazine’s 2017 Artistic Excellence competition
2017 Certificate of Merit Award for Oil, 39th Annual SCNY Exhibition for Non-Members, Salmagundi Club, NY
2016 Finalist, 2015/2016 ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2016 Finalist, Still Life/Interior category in Artist’s Magazine’s 33rd Annual Art Competition
2016 Finalist, Portrait/Figure category in Artist’s Magazine’s 33rd Annual Art Competition
2016 Honorable Mention, oil painting in the 2015 Artist’s Magazine All-Media Competition
2016 Semifinalist, BP Portriat Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2015 7th Honorable Mention for Still Life Category, Member’s Only Competition, PSoA
2015 Allied Artists of America Silver Medal of Honor, Allied Artists of America
2015 Award winner, 8th Annual Fine Art Competition, RayMar Art
2015 Finalist, 2014/2015 ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2014 1st Merit, Non-Commissioned Portrait, Member’s Only Competition, PSoA
2014 American Artist Professional League Award, CLWAC 118th Annual Open Exhibition
2014 September Finalist, RayMar Art Competition
2014 John Young-Hunter Memorial Award for Painting, Allied Artists of America
2014 Honorable Mention, OPA Summer 2014 Online Showcase, Oil Painters of America
2014 July Finalist, RayMar Art Competition
2014 Honorable Mention, Artist’s Magazine’s 30th Annual Art Competition
2014 June Best of Show, RayMar Art Competition
2014 ARC Staff Prize, 2013/2014 ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2014 Finalist, 2013/2014 ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center
2014 Honorable Mention, 2014 International Portrait Portfolio Competition, PSoA
2013 3rd Honorable Mention for Outside the Box, Member’s Only Competition, PSoA
2012 Honorable Mention for painting in Artist’s Magazine’s 29th Annual Art Competition
2012 Best in Show, Images 2012: The Juried Exhibition of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Robeson Gallery, PA
2011 Finalist, ACOPAL’s Contemporary American and Chinese Realism Competition
2004 Looking Inward, Belenky Gallery, NY, January 2004
1999 Richild von Holtzbrinck Award, The National Arts Club, NY
1999 First Place, 10th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Synchronicity Space, NY
1997 Chancellor’s Talent Award, UMass Amherst
1997 External Jury for an Award, UMass Amherst
1997 Award of Excellence, Department of Art, UMass Amherst
1997 Internal Jury for an Area Award in Painting, UMass Amherst
1996 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Music and Art
1996 Chancellor’s Talent Award, UMass Amherst
1996 William F. Field Alumni Scholars Award, UMass Amherst
1996 Internal Jury for an Area Award in Painting, UMass Amherst
1996 External Jury for an Award, UMass Amherst
1996 Internal Jury for Award of Excellence, UMass Amherst
1996 Area Award in Painting, UMass Amherst
1995 Chancellor’s Talent Award, UMass Amherst
1994 Award of Excellence, Department of Art, UMass Amherst
1994 Chancellor’s Talent Award, UMass Amherst
Demonstrations & Art Talks
Oct 2022 Stephanie Deshpande: Depicting Light & Darkness – Salmagundi library talk & luncheon, Salmagundi Art Club, NY
Dec 2017 Manhasset Art Association, NY
Nov 2017 Suburban Art League, NY
Nov 2017 National Art League, Douglaston, NY
Feb 2017 Art League of Nassau County, NY
Nov 2013 West Essex Art Association, Crane’s Mill Town Square, NJ
Art Instruction
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
68 Elm Street
Summit, NJ 07901
Class Instructor
Scottsdale Artists’ School
3720 North Marshall Way
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Workshop Instructor
National Art League
44-21 Douglaston Parkway
Douglaston, NY 11363
Visiting Instructor
Chelsea Classical Studio
526 West 26th Street, Suite #415, New York, NY 10001
Narrative Painting Workshop, Instructor
The Teaching Studios of Art
115 Audrey Ave, Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Dramatic Portraiture, Instructor