Biography

EDUCATION____________________________________________________________ Ani Art Academy Waichulis, PA The Waichulis Studio, Apprentice, Mountain Top, PA Graduate, duCret School of Art, Plainfield, NJ LaCoste School of Art, LaCoste, France National Academy of Fine Art and Design, New York, NY The Art Students League, New York, NY Middlesex County Arts High School, Edison, NJ SHOWS________________________________________________________________ Figure Now 2011, Fontbonne University, Saint Louis, MO (2011) Visions of Wilson Hall, Monmouth University, NJ (2011) Second Annual Scottsdale Drawing Event, Scottsdale Fine Art, Az (2010) International 2009-2010 Art Renewal Center Salon (2010) The Salmagundi Club Junior & Scholarship Exhibition NY, NY(2010) 126th Annual Salmagundi Club Members' Exhibition NY, NY (2009) Objects of Desire, Miller Gallery Cincinnati, OH (2009) Jahn Studios Black And White Show NY, NY (2009) Capturing Realism Dallas, PA (2009) Audubon Artist 67th Annual Juried Exhibition NY, NY (2009) Trompe L'oeil Invitational Meyer Gallery Santa Fe, NM (2009) International 2008-2009 Art Renewal Center Salon (2009) Explosion of Blooms, San Marino Gallery, Pasadena CA (2009) Drawing From Perception, Wright State University, Dayton, OH (2009) 29th Annual Regional Open Juried Show, Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood NJ (2009) Salmagundi Club Group Show, Junior Scholarship Art Show, New York, NY (2009) The Art Guild 2008 Portrait Show, Manhasset, NY (2008) Atlanta Art Gallery- Realism Innovational Atlanta, GA (2008) Salmagundi Club Group Show, Junior Scholarship Art Show, New York, NY (2008) 4th Annual International Art Renewal Center Salon (2007) 93rd Annual Allied Artists of America Juried Exhibition, New York, NY (2006) 3rd Annual International Art Renewal Center Salon (2006) Salmagundi Club Group Show Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (2006) Group Show Fink Gallery Plainfield, NJ (2006) Group Show, Studio 7, Bedminster, NJ (2006) Group Show Swain Galleries Plainfield, NJ (2004) Two Person Show Swain Galleries Plainfield, NJ (2003) First International Art Renewal Center Salon (2003) Salmagundi Club Group Show New York, NY (2003) Group Show Somerset Art Association Bedminster, NJ (2003) Group Show Swain Galleries Plainfield, NJ (2002) One Person Show Swain Galleries Plainfield, NJ (2000) Salmagundi Club Annual Open Juried Exhibition New York, NY (2000) Swain Gallery Annual Miniature Show, Plainfield, NJ (1998-2010) Mountain Art Show Bernardsville NJ (1999) National Academy Annual Student Show New York, NY (1999) Two Person Show, duCret School of Art (1997) Emerging Artist Exhibition, Nabisco Company Headquarters NJ (1995) AWARDS_______________________________________________________________ Art Renewal Center Scholarship Award (2010) Finalist, The Artist's Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition, (2010) 2nd Place International 2009-2010 Art Renewal Center Salon (2010) Dean Keller Memorial Award The Salmagundi Club Scholarship Exhibition (2010) Honorable Mention 126th Annual Salmagundi Club Members' Exhibition NY, NY (2009) Finalist, The Artist's magazine 2009 cover art competition, (June 2009) Honorable Mention International 2008-2009 Art Renewal Center Salon (2009) Thomas Moran SCNY Award The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (2009) Chairman's Award, The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (2009) 1st Place, The Art Guild 2008 Portrait Show, Manhasset, NY (2008) Elliot Liskin Memorial Award, The Salmagundi Club (2008) Honorable Mention 3rd International, Art Renewal Center Salon (2006) Viewers Choice Award, Bedminster New Jersey (2006) Junior & Scholarship Fund Award, The Salmagundi Club (2004) Honorable Mention First International, Art Renewal Center Salon (2003) Scholarship membership to Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (2002) Traveling Grant to the LaCoste School of Art, LaCoste, France (1999) Full Merit Scholarship to the Art Students League New York, NY (1998) Award of Excellence, Mountain Art Show Bernardsville NJ (1999) Honorable Mention, The Art Students League, New York, NY (1998) Ottlie Hann Weiss Award, duCret Annual Fine Art Show (1997) PUBLICATIONS_________________________________________________________ Fine Art Connoisseur (2011) Strokes of Genius 3 Best Of Drawing 2010 American Artist Drawing Magazine Fall 2010 American Artist Drawing Magazine Summer 2010 Workshop Magazine Summer 2010 October 2009, The Artist Magazine "Drawing Board: Drawing on the Difference" October 2009, Finalist, Artist magazine's 2009 cover art competition