Bio

Awards and Commissions

2019 Equity Gallery, NYC, It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World, Second Prize
2019 Art Renewal Center, 14th Annual International Competition, Finalist
2019 Dr. James George, Official Portrait, Inspira Hospital Medical Center, Mullica Hill, NJ
2014 Artists’ Magazine, 30th Annual Competition, Still Life Finalist
2014 The Honorable Judge Anthony Defino, Philadelphia Circuit Court, Philadelphia,PA, Portrait Commission
2014 International Artist Magazine, Honorable Mention, Still Life
2014 Portrait Society of America, Signature Status
2014 Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, Honorable Mention
2013 Portrait Society of America, Members’ Only Competition, Honorable Mention Still Life
2013 Philadelphia Sketch Club, 150th Annual Small Works, Best Portrait
2012 Philadelphia Sketch Club, 149th Annual Small Works, Best Portrait
2011 Philadelphia Sketch Club, 148th Annual Small Works, Best Portrait
2010 Portrait Society of America Members’ Only Competition, Honorable Mention Still Life
2009 Portrait Society of America International Juried Competition, Certificate of Excellence
2006 Recognition Award for Contribution to the Arts, Haddonfield NJ
2005 Portrait Society of America, National Conference Scholarship
1977 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Scholarship

Exhibitions

2020 Portraits Inc, Birmingham, AL, It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World
2019 Equity Gallery, NY, It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World
2019 Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, Silent Auction and Fundraiser for Studio Incamminati
2017 Stanek Gallery Philadelphia, Nelson Shanks and His Influence: Past, Present and Future
2016 Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Studio Incamminati Faculty and Alumni, juried exhibition
2015-18 Avery Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA, Artists of Studio Incamminati
2014 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Pay It Forward Group Show
2014 Freeman’s Auction, Studio Incamminati Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Brennan Gallery, Studio Incamminati Group Show, Santa Fe, NM
2013 National Arts Club, Studio Incamminati Group Show, New York
2013 Freeman’s Auction, Studio Incamminati Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Gallery U, Westfield, NJ, Woman Painting Women: A Universal Alliance
2012 Gloucester County College, NJ, "Portraits of Promise", Solo Show
2012 Rutledge Street Gallery, Small Works Show, Camden, SC
2012 Philadelphia Sketch Club, 149th Annual Small Works Show
2012 Freeman’s Auction, Studio Incamminati Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Addison Gallery, Andover, MA, Oil Painters Of America Eastern Regional Show
2011 Philadelphia Sketch Club, 148th Annual Small Works Show
2011 Freeman’s Auction, Studio Incamminati Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2010 National Arts Club, NYC, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club Juried Show
2010 Union League of Philadelphia, Studio Incamminati Show
2010 Gratz Gallery, Studio Incamminati Group Show, Doylestown, PA
2009 Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, Juried Salon International, San Antonio, TX
2009 Rutledge Street Gallery, Solo Show, Camden, SC
2009 The Union League, Studio Incamminati Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Ambassador’s Show, Portrait Society of America, Bernardsville, NJ
2009 Markeim Art Center, “Portrait of a Community”, Natalie Italiano’s Portrait Class, Haddonfield, NJ
2008 Doylestown Country Club, Studio Incamminati, Doylestown, PA
2008 The Union League, Studio Incamminati Benefit Gala, Phila, PA
2007 The Union League, Mastery and Meaning: Nelson Shanks with Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA

Teaching

2018 Still Life Workshop, Studio Incamminati In Your town, Haines, AK
2018 Studio Incamminati, Project Home, Two-week workshop, Introduction to Painting, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Portrait Workshop, Studio Incamminati In Your town, Haines, AK
2017 Figure in Color Workshop, Studio Incamminati In Your town, Virginia Beach, VA
2016 Costumed Figure Workshop, Studio Incamminati In Your Town, Houston, TX
2014 Portrait Workshop, Studio Incamminati In Your Town, Albuquerque Art League, Albuquerque, NM
2013 Portrait Workshop, Castle Rock Atelier, CO
2005 to 2022 Senior Instructor, Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA
2007 to 2019 Portrait Class, Repenning Fine Arts, Audubon, NJ
2007 to 2021 Art Educators’ Workshops, Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA
2005 to 2014 Intensive and Advanced Workshops, Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA
2004-09 Haddonfield Portrait Group, Haddonfield, NJ
2003-06 Assistant Instructor to Nelson Shanks, Armory Workshop, West Palm Beach, FL
2006 Assistant Instructor to Nelson Shanks, Arts Students League, NY

Education

Studio Incamminati, 2002-2006
Moore College of Art, Teaching Certification Art K-12, 2000
Rowan University, B.A. Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, 1989
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate Program,1975-1978
Apprenticeship, Nelson Shanks, 1974-1975
California College of the Arts (Formerly CCAC), 1973-1974

Media and Community Arts Service

2020-2022 Fellowship Chair, Studio Incamminati 2020 Studio Incamminati Facebook Live, Moderator 2019 Studio Incamminati Facebook Live, Moderator
2018 Studio Incamminati Facebook Live, Moderator
2018 Portrait Society of America, Portrait Academy at Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA, Demonstrator
2018 Studio Incamminati Newsletter, Vol.11 No.3, An Artist in Alaska: Inspired by the land and the people, Author
2017 Studio Incamminati Facebook Live, Moderator
2017 Stanek Gallery Philadelphia, Nelson Shanks and His Influence: Past, Present and Future, Co-Curator
2013-2018 Cecelia Beaux Forum Literature Committee, Portrait Society of America, Author
2017 Magical Realism, An Interview with Adrienne Stein by Natalie Italiano, Portrait Society of America Newsletter