List of Awards - Liste des prix et reconnaissances

Awards:

-2011: Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America international portrait competition.
-2010: First Place, "Outside the Box" category, Portrait Society of America's members only competition.
-2010: Best of Show: Raymar Art December competition finalist.
-2010: Best of Show, "Inspiring Figures" Butler Institute of American Art.
-2010: William Bouguereau Award ( and Purchase Award), Art Renewal Center.
-2010: First Place Drawing ( and Purchase Award), Art Renewal Center.
-2010: Honorable mention, and Jury's top 50, Salon International ,Greenhouse Gallery
-2010 :People's choice, Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary.
-2010 :People's choice (shared), Kingston Prize, Toronto.
-2009: December Finalist RayMar Fine Art Competition.
-2009: November Finalist RayMar Fine Art Competition
-2009: People's choice, Kingston Prize, Wolfville, Acadia University Gallery.
-2009: People's choice, Kingston Prize, Kingston, Grand Theatre.
-2009: finalist Portrait and figures Artist Magazine 26th competition.
-2009: Jury's Top 50 Greenhouse Gallery's Salon International.
-2009: Honorable Mention + 4 works in the Top 100 Finalists Art Renewal Center 2008/2009 ARC Salon.
-2009: FineArtConnoisseur Publisher's Award Best of Show.
-2009: Grand Prize winner in the Canadian Brushstroke Magazine portrait and figure competition.
-2008: Second place in the Portrait Society of Canada' s international competition.
-2008: Finalist in the International Artist Magazine people and figure competition.
-2008: Finalist in Canadian Brushstroke Magazine "all about light" competition.
-2008 : Finalist in the Still Life category , The Artist's Magazine 25th Annual Art Competition.
-Selected in the Cecilia Beaux Forum Mentoring Program , Mentor : Juan Martinez.
-2008: First prize, People and Life category, Masterpiece Elite Salon Contest.
-2008: Conference Scholarship Award, Portrait Society of America.
-2008: invited into the International Guild Of Realism
-2008: " 22 months" is finalist in the Figurative Category of the 4th International Arc Salon Competition , Art Renewal Center.
-2008: Invited as Honorary Member in the Gallery of Canadian Drawing Masters, Drawing Society of Canada.
-2007: Finalist in the Portrait and Figure competition, International Artist Magazine.
-2007: Grand Prize, Junction Art Festival, Toronto.
-2007 : Finalist Portrait and Figure category, The Artist's Magazine 24th Annual Art Competition.
-2007 : Two trompe-l'oeil finalists, Still life category, The Artist's Magazine 24th Annual Art Competition.
-2007 : Finalist Kingston Prize, Canadian Portrait Competition.
-2007 : First Place, Dry media category, Richeson Portrait and Figure Competition. Juror: Everett Raymond Kinstler.
-2006 : Honorable mention, International Competition, Portrait Society of Canada.

Exhibitions:

-2011: « Traditional Impressions », Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

-2010: « Holiday small work show », Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

-2010: "Algo más que realismo... IV" ( organized by Galeria Artelibre) Zaragoza, Spain.

-2010: « Drawing show » Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

-2010: “Inspiring Figures”, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.

-2010: Salon International, Greenhouse gallery, San Antonio, TX.

-2010: Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

-2010: Kingston Prize, Waddington Auction House, Toronto, ON.

-2010; « Canadian Olympic Athletes: a dialogue in Art » Portrait Society of Canada, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

-2010 : Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary, AB

-2010 : Kingston Prize, Waddington Auction House, Toronto, ON.

-2010 : International Guild of Realism: Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition hosted by J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert CA.

-2009: Kingston Prize, Wolfville, Acadia University Gallery, NS

-2009 : Kingston Prize, Kingston, Grand Theatre, ON

-2009: « Les Pastellistes » ( Invited judge) Maison Ogilvy, Tudor Hall, Montréal Qc

-2009: « Algo mas que realismo…III » Zaragoza, Spain.

-2009: Salon International, Greenhouse gallery, San Antonio, TX.

-2009: Inaugural Salon, Classical Realism Canada, Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto.

- 2009: BohemiArte gallery, Montreal, Qc.

-2009: « The Canadian Portrait, today and tomorrow » John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.

-2009: International Guild of Realism: Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition hosted by the Weatherburn Gallery. (Naples, Florida)

-2008: « The Miracle of the Portrait » Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON.

-2008: « A Portrait: The Face we present to the world » John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.
-2007-2008: BohemiArte gallery, Montreal, Qc.
-2007: "Capturing the Human Spirit" , juried show, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON.
-2007: 111th Annual Open Juried Show, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY.
-2007: Academy of Realist Art, Junction Art Festival, Toronto, ON.
-2007: 40th National Open Juried Show, Society of Canadian Artists, Ogilvy, Montreal, Qc.
-2007: Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI
-2006: « The Miracle of the Portrait » Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON.

Bibliography:

-2011: « Traditional Impressions », Exhibition catalogue, Legacy Gallery

-2010: « Drawing show » Exhibition catalogue, Legacy Gallery.

-2010: “Inspiring Figures” Exhibition catalogue, Butler Institute of American Art

-2010: “The Art of the Portrait” (Portrait Society of America) : cover.

-2010: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.( 2 works on the cover)

-2010 : « Artelibre : Arte y libertad V »

-2010: National Post (Canada): one painting

-2010: The Art of the Portrait (PSA): members news

-2009 : « Artelibre : Arte y libertad IV »

-2009 : Kingston Prize, exhibition catalogue.

-2009: Pratique des Arts Magazine (France) : 2 paintings.

-2009: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.

-2009 : Fine Art Connoisseur, May/June issue: Featured Best of Show.

-2009 : Fine Art Connoisseur, March/April issue: One painting featured.

-2009: Herald of Aragon (Spain) : one drawing.

-2009: International Artist Magazine, issue # 66: Author of an 8 pages article about portraits in charcoal and sanguine.

-2009: « Strokes of Genius 2 – The best of drawings» North light books publication. One drawing featured.

-2009: Canadian Brushstroke Magazine: featured Grand prize.

-2008: The Art of the Portrait (PSA): members page.

-2008: International Artist Magazine issue #41: full page featured finalist.

-2008: Canadian Brushstroke Magazine: featured finalist.

-2008: International Artist Magazine #64: featured finalist.

-2008: Art Renewal Center Salon catalogue.

-2007: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, exhibition catalogue.

-2007: International Artist Magazine # 58: featured finalist.

-2007: Richeson75, portrait and Figure International, exhibition catalogue.