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Peter C. Smyth 7267 Calvin Road Upper Darby, PA 19082 R E S U M E – S E L E C T E D Home Phone (610) 352- 5685 Petersmythfinearts@Gmail.Com Petersmythfinearts.Com Peter C. Smyth 7267 Calvin Road Upper Darby, PA 19082 R E S U M E – S E L E C T E D Home phone (610) 352- 5685 [email protected] petersmythfinearts.com M E D I U M Oils; Charcoal, Graphite, Photography E D U C A T I O N Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts January 1978 – 1982, Certificate P R I Z E S & S C H O L A R S H I P S • Honorable Mention, AE Fall Members Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia/Tri State Artist Equity Association, Inc.., Community Arts Center, October 2017 • Honorable Mention , Phoenix Duo, Philadelphia/Tri State Artist Equity Association, Inc.., Phoenixville Art Center, April 2017 • Third Prize, The Berks Art Alliance 36th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, The Goggleworks Center for the Arts, August 2015 • The Mary Butler Trust Purchase Award, The 116th Fellowship Exhibition, The Museum of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, July 2015 • Third Prize, The Annual Domenic DiStefano Memorial 2014 Works On Paper - A Juried Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, January 2014 • Award of Excellence, 43nd Annual, Open Juried Exhibit, York Art Association, October 2013 • Jurors Choice Award, Creative Tension an Open Museum Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, October 2013 • Honorable Mention, The 114th Fellowship Exhibition, The Museum of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, August 2013 • Best in Show, Leonard B. Bellber Award, Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, December 2012 • Second Prize, 42nd Annual, Open Juried Exhibit, York Art Association, October 2012 • Maya Schock Award for Painting, The Susquehanna Art Museum and The State Museum of Pennsylvania, June 2012 • May Audobon Post Award, The 1133th Fellowship Exhibition, The Museum of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, July 2012 • Second Prize for Drawing, “Figuratively Speaking” Winter Membership Exhibition, The Art Association of Harrisburg, January 2012 • Purchase Award, The Berks Art Alliance 333rd Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition, Reading Public Museum, July 2011 • Jack Coggins Memorial Prize, The Berks Art Alliance 33rd Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition, Reading Public Museum, July 2011 • Second Prize, Works on Paper, 44th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2011, The Greater Harrisburg Arts Council and the State Museum of Pennsylvania, June 2011 • Best in Show, In Person: a celebration of the human form, Community Arts Center, January 2011 • First Prize for Drawing,“Figuratively Speaking” Winter Membership Exhibition, The Art Association of Harrisburg, January 2011 • Best in Show, Air Product Foundation Award, 75 Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, The Lehigh Art Alliance and The Allentown Art Museum, September 2010 • Alma Woods Memorial Prize, The Berks Art Alliance 33rd Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, August 2010 • Second Prize, 7th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Adams County Arts Council, June 2010 • First Prize, Juror’s Choice Award, Annual Spring Juried Show, Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists, May 2010 and June 2009 • Second Prize for Drawing, 82nd Annual International Juried Exhibition, The Art Association of Harrisburg, May 2010 • Violet Oakley Prize , Contemporary Voices 70th Annual Juried Exhibition ,Woodmere Art Museum, January 2010 • First Prize for Drawing, Structures - Fall Membership Show, The Art Association of Harrisburg, September 2009 • Third Prize, In Person: A Celebration of the Human Form, The Community Arts Center , January 2009 and January 1991 • Second Purchase Prize, Annual Juried Show of Area Artists, Delaware County Community College, January 2000 and March 1986 • Talone Award, Works on Paper Exhibition, The Main Line Art Center, November 1994 • Fidelity Bank Award, Spring Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, March 1988 • First Purchase Prize, Annual Juried Show of Area Artists, Delaware County Community College, February 1987 and December 1983 • Best in Show, Woodmere Endowment Fund Memorial Prize, Woodmere Art Museum, April 1986 • First Prize, Main Line Center for the Arts, March 1986 • Third Prize, Philadelphia Drawing Competition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, December 1984 • The Nicholas Bucciarelli Drawing Prize Special Notice, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1982 • Frances D. Bergman Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, May 1981 • Mabel Wilson Woodrow Prize, Fellowship of the Academy of the Fine Arts Show, November 1981 • Robert B. Erhman Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1980-1981 and 1981-1982 • Half Tuition Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1979-1980 G R O U P S H O W S • Open Door Exhibition, Lancaster County Art Association, June 2018 • “Radius: Diverging Lines from a Common Center”, Philadelphia/Tri State Artist Equity Association, Inc., Franklin Commons, January 2016 • Show us Your Dark Side, Chester County Art Association, October 2015 • “Figuratively Speaking” Winter Membership Exhibition, The Art Association of Harrisburg, January 2012 • International Four Person Exhibit, The Art Association of Harrisburg, April 2011, January 2011 • Small Worlds, The Plastic Club, February 2011 • Mid- Summer Invitational, Off the Wall Gallery, August 2010 • “Figuratively Speaking” Winter Membership Exhibition, The Art Association of Harrisburg, January 2010 • 72nd Annual Member’s Exhibition, Mainline Art Center, January 2010 • The World of the Professional Artist #5, Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists, January 2011 • “Self Portraits”: Special Exhibition of the Art Association of Harrisburg, The Whitaker Centre Science, October 2009 • Sidetracks Art Gallery, September 2009, September 2008 • Structures, Art Association of Harrisburg, September 2009 • 71st Annual Members’ Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, December 2008 • Concepts In Drawing, Wayne Art Center, January 1995 • Works on Paper Exhibition, Main Line Center for the Arts, November 1994 • Art at the Armory II, 103 Engineers Armory, May 1992 • Eight Perspectives, The Community Arts Center, April 1992 • Wayne Art Center, November 1986 • 2nd Annual Spring Art Show, Lansdowne Cultural Alliance, May 1986 J U R I E D S H O W S • PHOTOGraphy 2019 Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, June 2019, Juror: Ron Traver • FAME Fellowship Annual Membership Exhibition, FPAFA, HOT-BED Gallery, May 2019, Juror: James Oliver • The Odyssey Exhibition, The Pennsylvania Center for Photography, March 2019, Juror: Sephanie Lisle • AE 70th Anniversary Members Juried Exhibition, The Philadelphia/Tri State Artist Equity Association, Inc., Goggleworks, March 2019, Juror: Neysa Grassi • The 2018 PCS Annual Domenic DiStefano Memorial Works On Paper Juried Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, January 2018, Jurors: Al Gury, Margo Tassi • 215/610 Code Switch, Contemporary Juried Exhibition of Regional Emerging Artists, Delaware County Community College, December 2017, Juror: Odili Donald Odita • AE Fall Members Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia/Tri State Artist Equity Association, Inc.., Community Arts Center, October 2017, Juror: Jan Baltzel • Phoenix Duo, Philadelphia/Tri State Artist Equity Association, Inc.., Phoenixville Art Center, April 2017, Juror: Neil Dreiblbis • The 2017 PCS Annual Domenic DiStefano Memorial Works On Paper Juried Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, January 2017, Jurors: Bruce Garrity, Nancy Lloyd • Fame 2016, The Fellowship of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery, July 2016, Juror: Erica F. Battle • PHOTOGraphy 2016, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, July 2016. Jurors: Kyle Cassidy, Rob Lybeck • Artist Equity 2015 Fall Juried Show, Philadelphia/Tri State Artist Equity Association, Inc., Community Arts Center, November 2015, Juror: Michael Gallagher • 3rd. Annual PCS Large Format Art Show 2015, Philadelphia Sketch Club, October 2015, Jurors: Maria Kurtzman, Larry Chestnut, Bruce Gatitty • The Berks Art Alliance 36th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, The Goggleworks Center for the Arts, August 2015, Juror: Kristen M. Jensen • The 1163th Fellowship Annual Juried Exhibition, The Museum of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, July 2015, Juror: Ross Mitchell • Art of Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, 2015, Juror: Michael O’ Sullivan • The 2014 PSC Annual Domenic DiStefano Memorial Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, January 2014, Jurors: Beatrice Bork, Diane Hark, Garth Herrick • Weather, The Plastic Club, December 2013, Jurors: • Multiples, The Museum of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, December, 2013, Jurors: Harry Philbrik, Edna S. Tuttleman, Tish Ingersoll • 43nd Annual, Open Juried Exhibit, York Art Association, October 2013, Juror: • Perkins Center for the Arts, Creative Tension an Open Museum Exhibition, October 2013, Juror: Charles Stainback • The 114th Fellowship Exhibition, The Museum of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, July 2013, Juror: Robert Valarieo; July 2012 Exhibition, Juror: Martha Mayer Erlebacher, August 2011 Exhibition, Juror: Nina Martino, Exhibitions in September 1985, November 1982 • Construction/Destruction, The Susquehanna Art Museum’s DOSHI Gallery for Contemporary Art, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, June2013, Jurors: The DOSHI Committee • Warmth of Light, Chill of Night, Susquehanna Art Museum and The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, June 2013, Jurors: The Doshi Committee • 10th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Adams County Arts Council, June 2013, Juror: Kate Stuart • In Person: a celebration of the human form, Community Arts Center, January 2013, Juror: Christine Pfister • Annual Juried Show, Abington Art
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