About the artist.

Fanelli Cafe, SoHo, NYC, Photographer Credit: Mark Odgers

BORN

1961 Wantagh, NY

EDUCATION

1985 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York City

TEACHING

  • 2011 Penn State University, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania

  • 1991-2010 School of Visual Arts, New York City

AWARDS

  • 2025 SCNY 1st Prize, City Spots Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City

  • 2024 People’s Choice Award, Long Island Biennial, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York

  • 2023 Best in Show, 87th National Mid-Year Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

  • 2021 Award of Merit, Long Island Biennial, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York

  • 2019 Excellence in the Arts Award, East End Arts, Riverhead, New York

  • 1996 E.D. Foundation Grant for Painting, New Jersey