CURRICULUM VITAE

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

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• ARC Salon, Finalist, Animal Category, 2022

• Salt Spring National Art Prize, People Choice Award, 2022

• ARC Salon, Finalist, Figure Category, 2021

• ​​ARC Salon, 3rd Place, Animal Category 2019/20

• ARC Salon, Honorable Mention, Figurative Category, 2018/19

• Portrait Society of America, Award of Exceptional Merit, 2017-2022

• Feature in Scene 360 Magazine, 2017

• ARC Salon, Arcadia Contemporary Award, 2016

• Portrait Society of America, Top 20 Finalist, 2016

• Feature in “The New York Optimist”, 2015

• ARC Salon, Chairman’s Choice Award, 2015

• Fine Art Connoisseur, Feature online article on “The Uncanny: exhibit, October 2014

• American Art Collector, Feature article on “The Uncanny” exhibit, October 2014

• Richeson 75, Animal Category, Grand Prize, 2014

• Portrait Society of America, Honorable Mention, 2014

• ARC Salon, Honorable Mention Animal, 2014

• Art Lessons in Realist Drawing, Painting, and Beyond, interview and step by step demo, publication, 2014

• Feature Article in Post-Modern Times, 2013

• ARC Salon Finalist, Still life, 2012

• ARC Salon Bouguereau Award, 2012

• Featurette, Fine Art Connoisseur, 2012

• Epoch Times, August Issue, 2012

• Published Finalist, Strokes of Genius 4, Figure Drawing, 2012

• Finalist, Artists’ Magazine Annual Competition, Portrait/Figure, 2012

• Portrait Society of America, Award of Exceptional Merit, 2012

• Second Place, David A Leffel Award for Excellence in Painting, 2011

• Semi-Finalist, Artists’ Magazine Annual Competition, Portrait/Figure, 2011

• Finalist, International Artists Magazine, Favorite Subjects, 2011

• Finalist, ARC International Salon, Still Life, 2011

• Finalist, Portrait Society of Canada’s Canadian Portrait Competition, 2010

• Drawing Finalist in ARC International Salon, 2010

• John F. and Anna Lee Stacey scholarship award recipient, 2010

• Art Renewal Center Purchase Award, from Fred Ross, 2009

• Fourth place in Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition, 2009

• Semi-finalist in ARC International Salon 2009

• Second place in Richeson 75: Small Works Competition 2009

• Third place in Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition, 2008

• Finalist in Richeson 75: Portrait & Figure Competition 2008

• Drawing Finalist in ARC International Salon, 2008

• American Artist 70th Anniversary Competition, finalist for drawing 2007

• Art Renewal Center Purchase Award, from Fred Ross, 2007

• Finalist, American Artist Drawing Cover Competition, February 2007 edition

• Valedictorian, College of Arts and Architecture, Penn State, graduating class of Fall 2006

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EXHIBITIONS AND REPRESENTATION

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• Bejing World Art Museum, 2013

• RJD Gallery, Current

• T.H. Brennen Gallery, Current

• The Muskegon Museum of Art, The Modern Vanitas Exhibit, 2019 

• The Salmagundi Club, NY, The Hunt Exhibit, 2019

• Arcadia Gallery, 2017

• S.R. Brennen Gallery, 2014-2016

• Legacy Gallery, 2015-2018

• Gallery 1261, ongoing

• Maxwell Alexander Gallery, ongoing

• Howard Schepp Gallery, 2011

• Robert Macklin Gallery, 2010

• Praxis: Beauty and Truth, Carrier Gallery, Spring 2009

• Hensley Gallery Southwest, Taos, New Mexico, 2004