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Education
Present MFA New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2007
BFA Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
BFA Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CTCollections
2010 Herschel Schlank, CT
Herschel Schlank, CT2009 Nick Baxter, Austin, TX
Nick Baxter, Austin, TX Catherine Conti, Shelton, CT2008 Sarah Rose Kelley, Collinsville, CT
Sarah Rose Kelley, Collinsville, CT Sean Harold, Monroe, CT2006 EBK Framing, West Hartford, CT
EBK Framing, West Hartford, CTExhibitions
2009 "Deck the Walls" New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
"Deck the Walls" New York Academy of Art, New York, NY “All Female Art Show” The Brass Monkey Gallery, Waterbury, CT2008 “Go Figure” Day One Skate Shop and Art Space, Bridgeport, CT
“Go Figure” Day One Skate Shop and Art Space, Bridgeport, CT “Cooperstown National Exhibition” Cooperstown, NY “Regional Exhibition” Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY “Size is Relative: Hartford Art School Alumni Small Works Show"West Hartford, CT “Animal Art II” Altered Aesthetics, Minneapolis, MN2007“Diff’rent Strokes” Painting and Drawing BFA Thesis Show, Hartford Art School, Silpe Gallery
“Diff’rent Strokes” Painting and Drawing BFA Thesis Show, Hartford Art School, Silpe Gallery“Duncaster 2007 Student Exhibition” Duncaster Gallery, Bloomfield, CT“MCC 2007 Competition and Exhibition”, Manchester Community College, Manchester CT“Sobriety: A Senior Collective”, Hartford Art School, Silpe Gallery“Alexander A. Goldfarb Nineteenth Annual Student Exhibition”, UHA, Joseloff Gallery2006“The Painted Sketch: Painting and Photographing Sicily”, Hartford Art
“The Painted Sketch: Painting and Photographing Sicily”, Hartford Art School, Silpe Gallery“Alexander A. Goldfarb Eighteenth Annual Student Exhibition”, UHA, Joseloff Gallery“Sophomore/Junior Alter Ego Show”, Hartford Art School, Silpe Gallery2005“Alexander A. Goldfarb Seventeenth Annual Student Exhibition”, UHA, Joseloff Gallery
“Alexander A. Goldfarb Seventeenth Annual Student Exhibition”, UHA, Joseloff Gallery2004“Alexander A. Goldfarb Sixteenth Annual Student Exhibition”, UHA, Joseloff Gallery
“Alexander A. Goldfarb Sixteenth Annual Student Exhibition”, UHA, Joseloff Gallery“Freshman Foundations Exhibition”, Hartford Art School, Silpe GalleryAwards and Honors
2009Accepted into New York Academy of Art's MFA program and awarded partial scholarship.
Accepted into New York Academy of Art's MFA program and awarded partial scholarship.2007Awarded the Rudolph Zallinger Painting Prize from the Hartford Art School.
Awarded the Rudolph Zallinger Painting Prize from the Hartford Art School.Graduated Summa Cum Laude.Selected by the Hartford Art School to apply to Skowhegan for their matching scholarship.Chosen by HAS Painting Department to give speech at Duncaster opening.Deans’ List of the University of Hartford2006Deans’ List of the University of Hartford
Deans’ List of the University of HartfordSelected to participate in Jeremiah Patterson’s Sicily program2005Deans’ List of the University of Hartford
Deans’ List of the University of Hartford2004Freshman Foundations Show Honorable Mention, Hartford Art School
Freshman Foundations Show Honorable Mention, Hartford Art School Deans’ List of University of HartfordGiven 4-year partial scholarship to the Hartford Art School