Awards and Recognitions,
Honors and Scholarships,
Education,
Juried Exhibition Shows and
Art Shows
Awards and Recognitions
2022
Best Animal Award, 16th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibition
First place in Art Battle Live Competitive Painting in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2021
Honorary mention, Joy of Art Juried Art Exhibition:
Popular Choice Award, VMRC Juried Art Exhibition
2020
Member of International Guild of Realism
The City of Danbury Proclamation, Mayor of City of Danbury Mark Boughton
2019
#1 Painting Award, Juried Fine Art & Crafts Show, Danbury, Connecticut
2018
Antonio Alberetti Award for Excellence in Painting, Western Connecticut State University, Connecticut
2017
Dream Support Award, The National Society of Leadership and Success
Recognition statement from Nancy Wyman, Lieutenant Governor, Connecticut
2016
Recognition statement from Dannel P. Malloy, Governor, Connecticut
1999
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Hartford Art school of the University of Hartford, Connecticut
Honors and Scholarships
2018 - 2020
W.B. Connor Trust Scholarship, Western Connecticut State University, Connecticut
2017 - 2020
Plonia & Richard Nixon Ug. Scholarship, Western Connecticut State University, Connecticut
2017
All-USA Community College Academic Team, Tunxis Community College, Connecticut
2016
All-USA Community College Academic Team, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Connecticut
Warner Undergraduate Essay Award, Epsilon Pi Tau
Education
Western Connecticut State Connecticut
Master of Fine Arts ● Illustration ● Fall 2018 - Spring 2020
● Cumulative GPA 3.75
Western Connecticut State Connecticut
Bachelor of Art - Graphic Design ● Fall 2016 - Spring 2018
● Cumulative GPA 3.83, Dean’s List Spring 2017
Professor David Skora, professor Jack Tom and professor Catherine Vanaria from Western Connecticut State University
Juried Exhibition Shows
2023
51st Annual Mark Twain Library Art Show | Mark Twain Library, Redding, CT
SMALL WORKS HOLIDAY SALE | West Hartford, CT
CLWAC 126th Annual Open Juried Exhibition | Salmagundi Club, New York
2023 WCSU Art Alumni Juried Exhibition | Danbury, CT
Human Connection Art Exhibition | Danbury Mall, Danbury, CT
16th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibition | Sugarman-Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022
16th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibition | McBride Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland
American Women Artists Breaking Through: The Rise of American Women Artists | Clarksville, TN
Juried Fine Art Festival 2022 | West Hartford, CT
2021
International Guild Of Realism 2021 Fall Salon Online Exhibition
2021 ViewPoint 53 Exhibition | Cincinnati, Ohio
36th Annual Bosque Art Classic | Clifton, Texas
75th Annual Juried Members Exhibition | Springfield, Ohio
Metro Montage XXI | Marietta, Georgia
74th Annual Gilpin County Arts Association Show | Central City, Colorado
18th Annual VMRC Juried Art Exhibition | Park Gables Gallery Harrisonburg, Virginia
Academic Artists Association 71st Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism | Vernon, Connecticut
124th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Exhibition | Salmagundi Club, New York
Igor 2021 Spring Salon Online Exhibition | Scottsdale, Arizona
Portrait Artist of 2021 Virtual Competition | Brownwood, Texas
Oil Painting National Exhibition | The Mark Arts Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
15th ARC Salon - Finalist | New York City, New York
Juried Exhibition Shows (Continued)
2020
2020 Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils | Reinert Fine Art, Charleston, South Carolina
103rd Annual Bendheim Exhibit | Greenwich Art Society, Connecticut
107th Annual Online Exhibition 2020 | Allied Artists of America
2020 Portrait of Hero - Faces of Pandemic Front Lines CSOPA | Stamford, Connecticut
Hudson Valley Art Association 87th Annual Show | The Lyme Art Association Gallery Old Lyme, Connecticut
Camelback Gallery • International Juried All Visual Arts Competition, Amazing Animals
2020 Member Show Compassion | Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, Connecticut
“WILD” | Gallery 263, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2019
Art at Ives • Juried Fine Art & Crafts Show | Ives Concert Park Danbury, Connecticut
Hudson Valley Art Association 86th Annual Show | The Lyme Art Association Gallery Old Lyme, Connecticut
Small Treasures Juried Exhibition Show | Maritime Gallery, Norwalk, Connecticut
Small Works Juried Exhibition Show | National Association of Women Artists, New York, New York
11th Annual Juried Figurative Drawing and Painting Exhibition Show | Lore Degenstein Gallery, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
2019’s Annual Mark Twain Library Art Show | Mark Twain Library, Redding, Connecticut
2018
Juried Open Show 2018 | Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Studio, New Milford, Connecticut
2018 Juried Art Show & Sale | Stanley L. Richter Association for the Arts, Danbury, Connecticut
Art Shows: Group Shows
2021
Juried Art Exhibition: What Brings Us Joy, New Britain, Connecticut
Classic and Contemporary Portraits at Landmark Square, Stamford, Connecticut
New Haven Restaurant Week, Sidewalk Saturdays, New Haven, Connecticut
2019
Ruth A Haas Library, Danbury, Connecticut
Art and Frame of New Town, New Town, Connecticut
Stamford Downtown Art Walk, Stamford, Connecticut
Art Walk Ridgefield, Ridgefield, Connecticut
2018
New Town Library – Cyrenius H. Booth Central Library, New Town, Connecticut
New Town Municipal Center – ‘Color in Winter’, New Town, Connecticut
Robert S. Young Library, Danbury, Connecticut
Senior Portfolio Exhibition • WCSU Art Gallery, Danbury, Connecticut
Solo Shows
2023
Prospect Library, Prospect, Connecticut
Duncaster Gallery, Bloomfield, Connecticut
Sono Collection Uncle Seven, Norwalk, Connecticut
2021
Winfield Street Coffee, Stamford, Connecticut (painting a live portrait)
2018
City Center Danbury, Danbury, Connecticut
Escape to the Arts, Danbury, Connecticut