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Selected Exhibitions (*Solo Shows) 2016 Something to Talk About, Juried Open Show, ArtCenter Manatee, Juried by Roger Parent. Dog Days of Summer, A Juried Art Show, Art Uptown Gallery, Sarasota, Florida. Fourth Annual Celebration of the Arts, A Juried Art Exhibition, Amalea Arena, Tampa, Florida. Possibilities in Pastel X, a Juried Pastel Exhibition, Stirling Art Studios & Gallery, Dunedin, Florida, Sponsored by the Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, Judge Debora L. Stewart, PSA. 2015 Transcending Nature, Octagon Arts Center, Clearwater, Florida. Five by Five - Small Art for a Big Cause, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Event proceeds go towards funding individual artist grants and programs, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida. Fourth Annual Celebration of the Arts, A Juried Art Exhibition, Amalea Arena, Tampa, Florida. *Natural Places: Pastels Created Directly from Nature, The Centre for Girls, Tampa, Florida. Bay Area Art Show 8, Old Hyde Park Art Center, Tampa, Florida, Juried by Mary Alice Harley. Possibilities in Pastel IX, a Juried Pastel Exhibition, Stirling Art Studios & Gallery, Dunedin, Florida, Sponsored by the Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, Judge Margaret Dyer, PSA, Merit Award. 2014 FLOR500, participatory art project created by Miami artist Xavier Cortada to commemorate Florida’s quincentennial in 2013, Online Exhibition. Five by Five - Small Art for a Big Cause, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Event proceeds go towards funding individual artist grants and programs, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida. Paint & Photo Brooker Creek Preserve, Plein Air Event and Exhibition, Tarpon Springs, Florida. Perspectives, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, Juried by Chris Jones and Diane Shelly. 3rd Annual Diggin' the Arts Plein Air Competition, Florida Botanical Gardens, Largo Florida. *Moments in Nature, Safety Harbor Museum and Cultural Center, Safety Harbor, Florida. 2013 3rd Annual Juried Show, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, Florida, Juried by Dr. Ron Yrabedra. Five by Five - Small Art for a Big Cause, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Event proceeds go towards funding individual artist grants and programs, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida. 2012 Five by Five - Small Art for a Big Cause, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Event proceeds go towards funding individual artist grants and programs, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida. Member Exhibition, Florida Museum for Women Artists, Deland, Florida. Illuminated Nature, Longboat Key Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Durante Gallery, Longboat Key, Florida, Juried by Brian Haverlock, Third Place. 2011 By Land or By Sea, Donna Gordon Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida. 13th Annual Art Auction, Gallery 501, Benefiting Howard W. Blake High School of the Arts, Tampa, Florida. Wish You Were Here… Exploring the Art of Travel, Donna Gordon Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida. 2010 *Moving Light: Tampa Bay, Energy Insurance Mutual, Tampa, Florida. PAVA Member’s Holiday Show, Stirling Hall, Dunedin, Florida. Contemporary Woman 4, Chico Art Center, Chico, California. 2009 Fifth Annual Mitchell Fundraiser, One Love, One Heart, Benefiting Henry Mitchell Elementary Foundation, Florida Aquarium, Tampa, Florida. Pastels at the Dunedin Community Center, Dunedin, Florida.
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Selected Exhibitions (*Solo Shows) (Continued) 2008 Member Exhibition, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, Florida. Pastel in Palm Harbor Show, Harbor Hall, Palm Harbor, Florida. 2007 Possibilities in Pastel, Octagon Art Center, Clearwater, Florida. 2006 Art for Life 12th Annual Art Auction, Benefiting Project Return and St. Joseph's Comprehensive Research Institute, Tampa, Florida. Clearwater’s Downtown Arts Stroll, Clearwater, Florida, Honorable Mention. 2004 *Changing Views: The Scioto River, Artistically Bent Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. Silent Auction for V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls, Columbus Riffe Center, Columbus, Ohio. 2002 Art for Healing Gala and Silent Auction, in support of Cancer Services at Grant Medical Center and Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus City Center, Columbus, Ohio. 2001 Stonewall Silent Auction, Columbus, Ohio. 3rd Annual Barbara Luton Art Competition, Shaker Heights Public Library, Shaker Heights, Ohio, Merit Award. 2000 The Gaudy Welshman Art and Antiques, Rocky River, Ohio. 1999 Ohio Art League’s Spring National Juried Exhibition, Cultural Art Center, Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Art League’s Fall Juried Exhibition, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, Juried by E. Joyce Moore. The Gaudy Welshman Art and Antiques, Rocky River, Ohio. 1998 Group Exhibition, On the Wall Gallery, Broadview Heights, Ohio. *Ohio’s Woods and Fields, Ohio State Home Services, Macedonia, OH. Bonfoey Company Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. 1997 San Bernardino Art Association’s Inland Exhibition XXXIII, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, California. Juried by Niriko Gamblin. *Seasons, Light and Color, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio. The Fourteenth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, Texas. Juried by Terry Morrow. Bonfoey Company Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. The Gaudy Welshman Art and Antiques, Rocky River, Ohio. 1996 Natural Worlds, Marty Whaley Adams Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina. Invitational. Bonfoey Company Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. The Gaudy Welshman Art and Antiques, Rocky River, Ohio. 1995 Poudre Valley Art League’s National Art Exhibition, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado. Juried by Mark Daily. Bonfoey Company Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. 1994 Northwest Pastel Society’s Ninth Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Issaquah Gallery, Issaquah, Washington. Juried by Grant Saylor. The Connecticut Pastel Society’s 2nd Annual Open Exhibition, The Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, Connecticut. Juried by Joe Hing Lowe.
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Selected Exhibitions (*Solo Shows) (Continued) 12th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, New York. Juried by Jerry Saltz. Springfield Art League’s 75th National Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Juried by Lisa Messinger, Merit Award. Pastel Society of North Florida’s 3rd Biennial National Exhibition, Fort Walton Beach Art Museum, Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Juried by William Schultz. 28th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas. Juried by Michele Rowe-Shields. 20th Annual Watercolor Show, The Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, Florida. Juried by June Eyestone and Mark Messersmith. Juror: Dean Mitchell.
Collections The Psychology Of Possibility, Inc., Bradenton, Florida. Energy Insurance Mutual Limited, Tampa, Florida. Houston Galleria, Houston, Texas. Marriot Hotel, Houston, Texas. Ernst and Young, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio. McDonald and Company Securities Inc, Cleveland, Ohio.
Awards/Grants Merit Award. Possibilities in Pastel IX, a Juried Pastel Exhibition, Stirling Art Studios & Gallery, Dunedin, Florida, Sponsored by the Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, Judge Margaret Dyer. Third Place. Illuminated Nature, Longboat Key Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Durante Gallery, Longboat Key, Florida, 2012. Pinellas County Arts Council Grant recipient, Florida, 2006. Honorable Mention. Clearwater’s Downtown Arts Stroll, Clearwater, Florida, 2006. Merit Award. 3rd Annual Barbara Luton Art Competition, Shaker Heights Public Library, Shaker Heights, Ohio, 2001. Merit Award. Springfield Art League’s 75th National Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts. Juried by Lisa Messinger, 1994.
Website & Blog Publications Xavier Cortada, "Region 4, Central West Florida, FLOR 217: Gulf Muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris)," FLOR500 (website), Florida International University, December 2014, http://www.xaviercortada.com/?page=FLOR217. Amy Letter, "Perception and Image," Incertus (blog). March 2010. 10:28 pm. http://incertus.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-spend-our-lives-wondering-what-world.html.
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Teaching Experience 2004 Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio. 2003 Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio 1997 Kent State University Tuscarawas Campus, Tuscarawas Ohio. 1996 Lakeland Community College, Main Campus, Lakeland, Ohio. 1996 Lakeland Community College, Madison Campus, Madison, Ohio.
Education Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1995. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1990.
Membership The Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, Dunedin, Florida.
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