Education
2014 MFA – Drawing, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2003 BFA – Painting, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Solo Exhibitions
2013 In Flux, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Sales Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 See and Touch, The Sparrows Gallery Space, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Me and My Artery, The Sparrows Gallery Space, Grand Rapids, MI
Group Exhibitions
2019 Upcoming Rising Voices: The Bennett Prize, Muskegan Museum of Art, Muskegan MI
An exhibition for the ten finalists competing for the $50,000 Bennett Prize. The award is designed
to propel the careers of women artists working in the figurative realist style. It is the largest art
award ever offered solely to women painters
2019 Form and Figure, Nightingale Gallery, Two Person Show, Eastern Oregon University,
La Grande, Oregon
2018 Foundations: An Art Exhibition Celebrating HCC’s 50th Anniversary, Hillsborough Community
College, Tampa FL
2018 Turning Point, MAZE Gallery, Three Person Show, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
2018 Art and Design All Faculty Showcase, University of Tampa, Tampa FL
2017 Confluences, Open Art Miami, International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art in parallel with
Art Basal Miami, Miami, FL
2016 Valdosta National All-Media Juried Competition, First Place Winner, Juror: Carrie Ann Baade,
Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Georgia
2016 Surreal Salon 8, presented by Juxtapoz magazine, Special Guest Juror: Elizabeth McGrath,
Baton Rouge Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2016 Women in Art, Featured Artist, National Juried Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery,
Laguna Beach, CA
2016 Chévere, Group Invitational, Sirona Fine Art Gallery, Hallandale, FL
2016 Drawn, Annual Juried Exhibition, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Vying, Grand Prize Winner, Viophilia Gallery, Miami Art Basel, Wynwood, Miami, FL
2015 Strange Figurations, Limner Art Gallery, Hudson, New York
2015 Immortality and Vulnerability, National Juried Exhibition, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015 Love, 3rd Place Winner, Regional Juried Exhibition, Carrollwood Cultural Center,
Tampa FL
2015 University of Tampa Adjunct Art Faculty Exhibition, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, FL
2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Phantasmagoria, WNF Galleries, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, MI
2013 National Wet Paint MFA Biennial Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition, 33 Contemporary
Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Inside Out, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Abundance, Free Radical Exhibition, Corazon, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 MFA Group Exhibition, Devos Place, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Face to Face, Byrneboehm Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Skin Deep, West Michigan Center for Art and Technology, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 Red, The Sparrows Gallery Space, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Examination of Self and Body, Chopin Theatre, Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
Publications
2019 Upcoming The 9th Annual Manifest Prize-One, Publication of the ten finalists for the award by Manifest
Creative Research and Drawing Center, which aims to reward, showcase, celebrate, and
document the most exceptional artwork being made today.
2019 Upcoming INDA: International Drawing Annual 13, Published by Manifest Creative Research and Drawing
Center. The Annual is designed to support the recognition, documentation, and publication
of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing from around the world.
2019 Upcoming Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation, Fourth Edition, Deborah Rockman,
Oxford University Press
2019 Upcoming Poets Artists, “Painting the Figure Now,” July-September 2019
2016 INDA: International Drawing Annual 10, Published by Manifest Creative Research and Drawing
Center, Cincinnati Ohio
2016 Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation, Third Edition, Deborah Rockman,
Oxford University Press
2015 Poets Artists, Issue #62, “Immortality and Vulnerability.” March 2015, pg. 39. Print.
2014 Poets Artists, Issue #55 “Raw Beauty.” May 2014, pgs. 14-16. Print.
Notable Collections
Howard A. and Judith Tullman Art Collection, Chicago, IL
West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology, Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Awards/ Recognition
2019 Finalist for The Bennett Prize, award of $50,000, which is the largest art award ever offered
solely to women painters
2019 Finalist for The 9th Annual Manifest Prize-One, presented by Manifest Creative Research
and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2016 First Place Winner, Valdosta National All-Media Juried Competition, Juror: Carrie Ann Baade,
Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Georgia
2016 Featured Artist, Women in Art, National Juried Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery,
Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Grand Prize Winner, Vying, Viophilia Gallery, Miami Art Basel, Wynwood, Miami, FL
2011, 2013 Kendall Scholarship of Merit, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2011-2013 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2002 Alexander Calder Honors Scholarship, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
1998 Advanced Visual Arts Scholarship, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Gallery Representation
2018 Richard J Demato Fine Arts Gallery, P.O. Box 1658, Bridgehampton, NY, 11932,
631-725-1161, Richard@rjdgallery.com
Teaching Experience
2018 Adjunct Professor, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa FL
Design Fundamentals
2014-Present Adjunct Professor, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Foundations Drawing, Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II, Mixed Media, Beginning Design
2011-2013 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure I, Figure II, Concepts and Visual Thinking
2012-2013 Drawing Instructor, Continuing Studies Program, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, MI
Guest Artist
2019 Artist Talk and Guest Critiques, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon
2016 Artist Talk, The Figure as Allegory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Artist Talk/Demo, Mixed Media, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2014 Artist Talk, Advanced Drawing and Mixed Media, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2013 Guest Critiques, Advanced Drawing, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2013 Artist Talk, Studio Concepts and Visual Thinking, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, MI
2013 Artist Talk and Guest Critiques, Advanced Drawing, Grand Valley State
University, Allendale, MI
2012 Artist Talk and Guest Critiques, Advanced Drawing, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2012 Artist Talk and Guest Critiques, Figure drawing and Foundations Drawing, Kendall College
of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 MFA – Drawing, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2003 BFA – Painting, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Solo Exhibitions
2013 In Flux, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Sales Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 See and Touch, The Sparrows Gallery Space, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Me and My Artery, The Sparrows Gallery Space, Grand Rapids, MI
Group Exhibitions
2019 Upcoming Rising Voices: The Bennett Prize, Muskegan Museum of Art, Muskegan MI
An exhibition for the ten finalists competing for the $50,000 Bennett Prize. The award is designed
to propel the careers of women artists working in the figurative realist style. It is the largest art
award ever offered solely to women painters
2019 Form and Figure, Nightingale Gallery, Two Person Show, Eastern Oregon University,
La Grande, Oregon
2018 Foundations: An Art Exhibition Celebrating HCC’s 50th Anniversary, Hillsborough Community
College, Tampa FL
2018 Turning Point, MAZE Gallery, Three Person Show, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
2018 Art and Design All Faculty Showcase, University of Tampa, Tampa FL
2017 Confluences, Open Art Miami, International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art in parallel with
Art Basal Miami, Miami, FL
2016 Valdosta National All-Media Juried Competition, First Place Winner, Juror: Carrie Ann Baade,
Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Georgia
2016 Surreal Salon 8, presented by Juxtapoz magazine, Special Guest Juror: Elizabeth McGrath,
Baton Rouge Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2016 Women in Art, Featured Artist, National Juried Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery,
Laguna Beach, CA
2016 Chévere, Group Invitational, Sirona Fine Art Gallery, Hallandale, FL
2016 Drawn, Annual Juried Exhibition, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Vying, Grand Prize Winner, Viophilia Gallery, Miami Art Basel, Wynwood, Miami, FL
2015 Strange Figurations, Limner Art Gallery, Hudson, New York
2015 Immortality and Vulnerability, National Juried Exhibition, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015 Love, 3rd Place Winner, Regional Juried Exhibition, Carrollwood Cultural Center,
Tampa FL
2015 University of Tampa Adjunct Art Faculty Exhibition, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, FL
2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Phantasmagoria, WNF Galleries, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, MI
2013 National Wet Paint MFA Biennial Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition, 33 Contemporary
Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Inside Out, Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Abundance, Free Radical Exhibition, Corazon, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 MFA Group Exhibition, Devos Place, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Face to Face, Byrneboehm Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Skin Deep, West Michigan Center for Art and Technology, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 Red, The Sparrows Gallery Space, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Examination of Self and Body, Chopin Theatre, Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
Publications
2019 Upcoming The 9th Annual Manifest Prize-One, Publication of the ten finalists for the award by Manifest
Creative Research and Drawing Center, which aims to reward, showcase, celebrate, and
document the most exceptional artwork being made today.
2019 Upcoming INDA: International Drawing Annual 13, Published by Manifest Creative Research and Drawing
Center. The Annual is designed to support the recognition, documentation, and publication
of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing from around the world.
2019 Upcoming Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation, Fourth Edition, Deborah Rockman,
Oxford University Press
2019 Upcoming Poets Artists, “Painting the Figure Now,” July-September 2019
2016 INDA: International Drawing Annual 10, Published by Manifest Creative Research and Drawing
Center, Cincinnati Ohio
2016 Drawing Essentials: A Guide to Drawing from Observation, Third Edition, Deborah Rockman,
Oxford University Press
2015 Poets Artists, Issue #62, “Immortality and Vulnerability.” March 2015, pg. 39. Print.
2014 Poets Artists, Issue #55 “Raw Beauty.” May 2014, pgs. 14-16. Print.
Notable Collections
Howard A. and Judith Tullman Art Collection, Chicago, IL
West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology, Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Awards/ Recognition
2019 Finalist for The Bennett Prize, award of $50,000, which is the largest art award ever offered
solely to women painters
2019 Finalist for The 9th Annual Manifest Prize-One, presented by Manifest Creative Research
and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2016 First Place Winner, Valdosta National All-Media Juried Competition, Juror: Carrie Ann Baade,
Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Georgia
2016 Featured Artist, Women in Art, National Juried Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery,
Laguna Beach, CA
2015 Grand Prize Winner, Vying, Viophilia Gallery, Miami Art Basel, Wynwood, Miami, FL
2011, 2013 Kendall Scholarship of Merit, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2011-2013 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2002 Alexander Calder Honors Scholarship, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
1998 Advanced Visual Arts Scholarship, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Gallery Representation
2018 Richard J Demato Fine Arts Gallery, P.O. Box 1658, Bridgehampton, NY, 11932,
631-725-1161, Richard@rjdgallery.com
Teaching Experience
2018 Adjunct Professor, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa FL
Design Fundamentals
2014-Present Adjunct Professor, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Foundations Drawing, Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II, Mixed Media, Beginning Design
2011-2013 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure I, Figure II, Concepts and Visual Thinking
2012-2013 Drawing Instructor, Continuing Studies Program, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, MI
Guest Artist
2019 Artist Talk and Guest Critiques, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon
2016 Artist Talk, The Figure as Allegory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Artist Talk/Demo, Mixed Media, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2014 Artist Talk, Advanced Drawing and Mixed Media, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2013 Guest Critiques, Advanced Drawing, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2013 Artist Talk, Studio Concepts and Visual Thinking, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, MI
2013 Artist Talk and Guest Critiques, Advanced Drawing, Grand Valley State
University, Allendale, MI
2012 Artist Talk and Guest Critiques, Advanced Drawing, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2012 Artist Talk and Guest Critiques, Figure drawing and Foundations Drawing, Kendall College
of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
