GALLERY REPRESENTATION AND WORKS DISPLAYED
Barbara Moore Fine Art Gallery, Chadds Ford, PA
Strodes Mill Gallery, West Chester, PA
Soma NewArt Gallery, Cape May, NJ
AWARDS
First Place Professional Category Award & Third Place People’s Choice Award
“Newlin Mills Waterfall”, Oil
“Lenses On Newlin”, Newlin Grist Mills, Glen Mills, PA
November, 2015
Delaware Valley Art League Memorial Award
“Overlooking the Meadow”, Oil
“Painting in the Meadow”, Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA
July 2014
People’s Choice Award
“Extending A Kiss”, Oil
Chester County Art Association, “Party in our Park” Juried Exhibit
Awarded solo exhibition at the Penn State Malvern Campus, West Chester, PA
April, 2014
Honorable Mention
“Hawaiian Koi”, Pastel
DaVinci Art Alliance, Exotica, Philadelphia, PA
August 2013
Best of Category
Hawaiian Koi, Pastel
Artist Haven Gallery’s International Juried Exhibit, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
June 2011
First Place
“Carriage House at the Grange Estates”, Pastel
Plein Air Festival with Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA
October 2010
Second Place
“Waiting to Dine”, Pastel
The Community Arts Center Members Juried Show, Wallingford, PA
2003
Optima Design Award
Deptford Mall Fall Catalog, NJ
1995
Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges
1985-86
ART INSTRUCTION
Howard Pile Studio
Figure Drawing Workshop, Wilmington DE, 10/26/17
Chester County Art Association
Paint Along for Adults, West Chester, PA 2012 – present
Study the Portrait, 2013
Darlington Arts Center
Fashion Illustration for Teens, Garnet Valley, PA, 2010- 2012
Capturing the Light Workshop for Adults, 2011
Adult Drawing and Painting, Substitute for Karl Kuerner, Summer 2010
Plein Air Pastel Landscape Workshop for Adults, 2008
Figure Drawing for Adults, 2006-2008
Fashion Illustration and Design for Teens, 2005-2006
Delaware County Community College
Non Credited Drawing Course for Adults, Media, PA
2014
GV Gallery One, Chadds Ford, PA
Pastel Plein Air Paint Along for Adults, 2011
Experimenting with Oils for Adults, 2011
Study the Figure for Adults, 2008 – 2010
Study the Portrait for Adults, 2008 – 2010
The Landscape for Adults, 2008 – 2010
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
Alessi Fine Art Studio, Garnet Valley, PA
Figure Drawing for Teens
Portraiture for Adults and Teens
Landscapes for Adults
Portfolio Presentation Prep for Teens
Self Portraiture for Teens
Still Life Study for Teens
Mediums Taught: Oils, pastels, charcoal, acrylic
2008 – present
DEMONSTRATIONS
Darlington Arts Center
Salute to Spring Silent Auction, Concord Country Club, West Chester, PA
Landscape Demonstration
March 2012
Fall into the Arts Silent Auction, Garnet Valley, PA
Floral Demonstration
October 2010
Chadds Ford Gallery
Impressionistic Landscape, Chadds Ford, PA
April 2010
Chadds Ford Elementary School Art Show
Demo with a Live Model
March 2010
The Artists Guild of Delaware County
Impressionistic Landscape, Springfield, PA
November 2009
Figurative Demonstration, Springfield, PA
January 2008
Hardcastle Gallery
Figure in the Landscape, Centreville, DE
September 2009
The Artists Guild of Delaware County
Figure Drawing Demo
March, 2009
BOOK SIGNING EVENTS
Center For Creative Arts, Hockessin, DE
100 Artists of the Brandywine Valley, Catherine Quillman
March 11, 2011
Chadds Ford Gallery, Chadds Ford, PA
100 Artists of the Brandywine Valley, Catherine Quillman
December 2010
JUROR
Solo Juror for Art on the Avenue – Plein Air Competition
2013
Artists Guild of Delaware County, Springfield, PA
2010
Solo Juror for Rose Tree Park Show, Media, PA
August 2010
MEMBERSHIPS
Pastel Society of America, NY
Portrait Society of America
Chester County Arts Association, West Chester, PA
Darlington Arts Center, Garnet Valley, PA
Media Arts Council, Media, PA
Da Vinci Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Deleware Valley Art League, Wayne, PA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Chadds Ford, PA
Desoto, KS
Garnet Valley, PA
New Orleans, LA
Sinsbury, CT
West Chester, PA
EDUCATION
Art institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Degree in Specialized Technology in Fashion Illustration
1984 – 1986
Darlington Arts Center, Garnet Valley, PA
Studied oil painting with Karl Kuerner
2003 – 2006
Annette Alessi
Fine Artist and Instructor
Annette Alessi Fine Art LLC