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Education
1977 Classes
in Photography and Graphics, Silvermine College of Art, New Canaan,
CT
1972 Art Teaching Certification, Southern Connecticut State University,
New Haven, CT
1971 MS Art Education, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
1967 BA Fine Arts, University of Bridgeport
Art
teachers at the University of Bridgeport:
John
Day
Jenette
Lam
August
Madrigal
Sybil
Wilson
1959 Staples High School, College Prep Technical - Westport, CT
Solo Exhibition History
2022
Clinton Art Gallery, Clinton, CT, July 2022
2019 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT, May 2019,Gantner Gallery:
Elected Artist Show Featuring: Ralph Levesque - Mini Retrospective
2014 Alexei Von Schleppe
Gallery, Avery Point Campus, UCONN, Groton, CT - Solo Show
2011 Wisdom House Maria Trichet Gallery. Litchfield, CT - Solo Show
2010 Equilibrium Gallery, Haddam - "Exhibit A" - Two Person
Show
2010 Java Palooza Gallery, Middletown, CT - Solo Show
2010 Lighthouse Gallery, Groton, CT - Solo show "Evolution"
2009 Emporium Gallery. Essex, CT - Solo Show "Everything Changes"
2009 Mercy Center. Madison, CT - Solo Show "Changes"
2009 Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT - Solo show
2009 Java Palooza Gallery, Middletown, CT - Solo Show
2008 Lighthouse Gallery. Groton, CT - Solo Show "Evolution
Rising from Ashes"
2008 Visions Towards Wellness Gallery, Stony Creek, CT -Solo show
- "Wellness"
2008 Funky Monkey Cafe' & Gallery, Cheshire, CT
2008 Connecticut Hospice, Branford, CT
2008 Woodbridge Library Gallery, Woodbridge, CT - "One Man
Show"
2008 Hygenic Gallery. New London - Solo show - "Moments, Matter,
Cosmic Order"
2008 New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven, CT - Solo show -
"Artifacts from Lost Civilizations"
2008 The Art Cellar, Clinton, CT - Solo show - "Art and Jazz"
2007 The Art Cellar - Clinton, CT
1986 Tower One East - New Haven, CT
1982 Thousand Words Gallery #1- Fairfield, CT
1981 Community Action Gallery, New Haven, CT
1980 Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1976 Namon Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
Collectors
Margaret Haas, Yarmouthport, MA
Suzanne Harned, Charlotte, NC
Joy Wulke, Stonycreek, CT
Alexis Wilcox-Fusaro, Mystic, CT
Donna Martel, Norwich, CT
Linda Newton, New London, CT
Linda Kronick, DMD, Norwich, CT
Jon Moscarloio, Stonycreek, CT
Rita Dawley, Uncasville, CT
Lindsay Aronium, Moosip, CT
Ron & Mary Eller, Colchester, CT
Chris Sanders, Manchester, CT
Johnes Ruta, AzothGallery, New Haven, CT
Mallorie Ostrowitz, Glastonbury, CT
Carol Dunn, Baltic, CT
Howard Park - Four Starr, Stonington, CT - Permanent Art Collection
Gertrude Barrer and Frank Russell, Roxbury, CT
Chris Sanders, Manchester, CT
Jean Richards, Englewood, NJ
Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Koenig, Bridgeport, CT
Echart Raun, Wilton, CT and his home in Germany
Bruce Nagel, San Francisco, CA
Angela Landrith, Phoenix, AZ
Edward Krasnow, Greenfield Hills, Fairfield, CT
Ann and Wayne Raulerson, Georgetown, CT
Christine Ashley, Tacoma, WA
Mr. and Mrs. John Scarpelli, Norwalk, CT
Mr. and Mrs. Josh Stolecki, Charlotte, NC
Debra Hastings at Healing Gateways, Madison, CT
Carol Mullins, Phoenix, AZ
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Tobachnic, Brewster, NY
Maureen Schaffer, New Haven, CT
Barbara Wright, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mr. Frederick Peter Haas, Madison, CT
Group Exhibitions
2022 Silvermine
Art Center, New Canaan, CT
2022 Woodbridge Town Library, Woodbridge, CT, 2-person show "Realms
of the Subconscious" with Katia Jirankova Levanti
2019 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT -- Summer Juried Show: Converge
- July 2019 - Ralph Levesque - Award: Best Interpretation of Show
Theme
2018 Middletown Art Guild - Spring Art Show - won
Award for artwork "Dragon"
2018 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT - 1. Brilliant; 2. * Verb
- Founders (Hear) Award; 3. "Odd Perspective"
2018 Essex Elected Artist Show
2018 Pomperaug Woods, Southburt, CT - "Art of Experience"
2018 Silvermine Art Guild -- accpted to membership of Guild
2018 M.A.S. at Essex - Elected Art Show
2017 Essex Art Association - 1. "Anything You Want"; 2.
"A Walk in the ..."; 3. "Up in the Attic"; 4.
"Journey"; 5.
*
Elected Artist Show - won Award
2017 Madison Art Guild - Spring Show
2016 Essex Art Association - 1. "Clouds & Shadows";
2. "Lost and Found"; 3. "Where I Live"; 4. "Inside
Out."
2016 Art Space Hartford -- Art For Haiti
2016 Wesleyan University Art Gallery, Middletown, CT - Haiti Show
2016 Essex Art Gallery - "Here This Now" : Group show
with Odessey Painters
2015 Essex Art Association - "Memories"
2015 Essex Art Association - "Calm & Chaotic" -- *
Award for artwork "Effortless Mystery of Trying"
2015 Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport (CT) - Alumni
Show
2014 Aroma's Cafe', Norwalk, CT - Group show
2014 Equilibrium Gallery, Higganum, CT - Invitattional show
2014 Essex Art Association - "Poetry & Art" - artwork
"See Hear Now"
2014 Essex Art Association - "Earth, Wind & Fire"
2013 Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport (CT) - Alumni
Show
2012 Equilibrium Gallery, Higganum, CT - Spring invitattional show
2012 Essex Art Association - "Fire Within" - * Award for
artwork "After"
2012 Essex Art Association - "Explorations"- * Award for
artwork "Arid Zona"
2012 Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport (CT) - Alumni
Show
2011 Firehouse Gallery, Milford, CT - "Abstractions"-
* Judged prize
2011 Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT - "In the Pink"
2011 Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2011 Essex Art Association - "Twisted"
2011 Essex Art Association - "All That Jazz"
2011 Essex Art Association - "It Is What It Is"
2011 Madison Art Society, Madison, CT - members' show
2011 Essex Garden Club, Essex, CT - * Award
2011 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT - Award "Splish Splash"
2010 Gallery at Lighthouse-Groton, CT - Solo show "Evolution"
2010 Vision Towards Wellness Gallery, Stony Creek, CT - "All
I Want for Christmas"
2010 Essex Art Association - "Keep It Simple"
2010 Essex Art Association - "Art of Community Recycling"
2010 Essex Art Association - "Now and Then"
2010 Essex Art Association - "Wild and Free"
2010 Essex Art Association - "Anything Goes" * Award "Lovers"
2010 Essex Art Association - "Locally Grown" * Award "Pushing
the Envelope"
2010 Connecticut Hospice, Branford, CT - "Transformations"
2010 Hygeinic Gallery, New London - "Art as a Gift" -
sold artwork
2010 The Gallery at Black Rock, Bridgeport, CT - 2 person show
2009 West Hartford Art League, West HArtford, CT - juried show
2009 * Judging - Connecticut Academy Annual Juried Show
2009 Essex Art Association - "Art As Music" - elected
artist show
2009 Essex Art Association - "Awaken"
2009 Essex Art Association - "Awakening" - Winter show
at Left Bank Gallery
2009 City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT - "This and That"
2009 Art Space Gallery, Cheshire, CT - "Metalwork"
2009 Riverside Press, Essex CT - "Spring Show"
2008 Mystic Art Gallery, Mystic CT - "Off the Wall"
2008 WINK Gallery, Guilford, CT - "Spirit Perception, Freedom"
2008 Whitespace Gallery, New Haven, CT - "Trees on the Green"
2008 Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CT - "Holiday Gala"
2008 Hygeinic Gallery, New London - "Art as a Gift"
2008 TSETSE Gallery, New London, CT - Fundraiser show for the visually
impaired - "Sense & Sensibilities" - 4 artworks donated
2008 Vision Towards Wellness Gallery, Stony Creek, CT - "Artists
of Vision"
2008 * VFW Educational Foundation - Traveling Show for Nursing Homes
& Wellness Centers
2008 Westport Art Center, Westport, CT - "Group Show"
2008 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT - "Peace"
2008 Breast Health Task Force and Hygienic Galleries. Fund Raising
Action, New London, CT - "In the Pink"
2008 Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT - Group Show - "Our
Extended Family"
2008 Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, at Mystic Arts Center, Mystic,
CT - "Annual Spring Show"
2008 Cate Charles Gallery, Stonington, CT - "Gardens by the
Sea"
2008 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT - "Pairs"
2008 New Haven Arts Council, New Haven, CT - Members Show - "On
View"
2008 Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT - "Juried Summer Show"
2008 Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT - "Off Center"
2008 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT - "Motion-Movement"
- Won Prize "Excellence in 3D"
2008 Hygenic Art Galleries, New London, CT - "Moments, Matter,
Cosmic Order" -A Two Man Show
2008 Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT - "Green Show"
2008 Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CT - Juried Show - "The Written
Word"
2008 Hygenic Art Galleries, New London, CT - Juried Show - "Third
Crossing"
2008 Alliance for Living Center, New London, CT - 15Th Annual Show
and Auction - "Art for Life"
2008 Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT - Member's Show - "Maiden
Voyage"
2008 Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT - "Show to Show"
2008 Art Works Gallery, Hartford, CT - "Rental Show"
2008 Visions Toward Wellness Gallery, Stonycreek, CT
2008 Art Works Gallery, Hartford, CT * Two Man Show - "Transcendence"
2008 Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT - "Mystic Annual Member's
Show"
2008 Hygenic Art Gallery, New London, CT - "Art Exhibition
Salons Des Indépendants"
2007 Artists Space, 38 Green Street, NYC, NYC "Night of 1000
Drawings"
2007 Hygenic Art Gallery, New London, CT - "Mini Series Show"
2007 Art Works Gallery, Hartford, CT - "New 6 x 6 Show"
2007 Rivermill Press Gallery, Essex, CT "Holiday Show"
2007 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT "Chilly - Cheap - Chili"
2007 4 Starr Gallery, Stonington, CT "Small Works Show"
2007 Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT - "Holiday Member's
Show"
2007 Zoé and Floyd Art Gallery, Seymour, CT - "Group
Show"
2007 4 Starr Gallery, Stonington, CT "Conceptual Art"
2007 Art Works Gallery, Hartford, CT "6 x 6 Show"
2007 Small Space Gallery at New Haven Art Center, New Haven, CT
- Group Show - "Inclusion"
2007 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT - Group Show "Recycling,
Art of the Community
2007 Westport Art Center, Westport, CT - "Group Show"
2007 Essex Art Association, Essex, CT - Juried Show - "Faux
Art"
2007 Art Works Gallery, Hartford, CT - "New Works"
2007 Middletown Art Guild, Middletown, CT - "4TH Annual Juried
Show" at Center for the Arts - Wesleyan University
2007 Brick Gallery, Stonington, CT - Group Show
2007 4 Starr Gallery - Juried Show - "Still Life"
2007 Connecticut Academy of Art, Mystic, CT - Juried Show - "Spring
Show"
2007 Art Well Gallery, Torrington, CT - Juried Show - "Photo
Show"
2007 Art Cellar, Clinton, CT - "Group Show"
2007 Essex Art Association Gallery, Essex, CT - Juried Show "Exhibitionism"
2007 Creative Arts Work Shop, New Haven, CT - "Cultural Passages-Identity
made Visible"
2007 Munson Art Council, Munson, MA "Quests, Visions and Journeys
of the Spirit Juried Show"
2007 One Man Show, Art Cellar, Clinton, CT (February 25T" -
June 30T")
2007 River Mill Gallery, Essex, CT
2007 Hygenic Art, New London, CT "The Second Crossing"
2"D Annual Juried Invitational
2007 Artwell, Torrington, CT - "Show To Show"
2006 Art Cellar, Clinton, CT
2003 Wright Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1986 Children's Center, Faculty Show, Hamden, CT
1986 Mill Gallery at Guilford Arts Center, Guilford, CT
1986 Tower 1 East, New Haven, CT
1986 Barnum Festival, Bridgeport, CT
1986 East Haven, East Haven, CT "T"Anniversary Show, Trolley
Square"
1986 Madison Arts Association Show, Madison, CT
1986 Branford 7T" Annual, Juried Arts Show, Branford, CT
1984 Thousand Words Gallery #2, Norwalk, CT
1983 Thousand Words Gallery #2, Norwalk, CT
1983 Brackendale Gallery, NYC, NY
1982 Out Doors In Gallery, Westport, CT
1982 One Man Show - Thousand Words Gallery #1, Fairfield, CT
1982 Interviewed on Channel 14- CPTV Studios - at Fairfield University,
Fairfield, CT
1982-1970 J. Richards Gallery, Fort Lee, NJ (Represented throughout
America and in Art Auctions.)
1981 One Man Show, Housing Authority - Community Action Gallery,
New Haven, CT
1981 Out Doors in Gallery, Westport, CT
1980 Gallagher Estate Gallery, Norwalk, CT
1980 4 One Man Show, Southern Connecticut State University, New
Haven, CT
1978 The Briar Patch; Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA 1978 Namon Gallery,
Ridgefield, CT
1977 Things Gallery, Westport, CT
1977 Jose Allegro Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1976 Jose Allegro Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1976 One Man Show, Namon Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
1976 Brakendale Gallery, NYC, NY
1973 Zarach Gallery, Southbury, CT
1973 Kolker Gallery, Stamford, CT
1973 1969 Harriet Cannish, Westport, CT
1972 Contemporary Modern, Farmington, CT
1971 New World Art Gallery, Westport, CT
1971 Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1971-1965 Koenig Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
1971-1964 Studio II Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
1970-1967 Creative Hand Gallery, Westport, CT
1970 New World Art Gallery, Westport, CT
1970 Rosenhouse Gallery, NYC, NY
1969 Zarach Gallery, Farmington, CT
1969 Kolker Gallery, Stamford, CT
1968 Nationwide Gallery, Fairfield, CT
1968 Vincellete Gallery, Westport, CT
1968 New England Art Academy, Bridgeport, CT
1968 Contemporary Modern Gallery, Farmington, CT
1967 Aspects Gallery, NYC, NY
1967 New England Art Academy, Bridgeport, CT 1966 Aspects Gallery,
NYC, NY
1966 Watkins Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
1965-1981 Yassos Gallery (various group shows) Silvermine Art Guild,
New Canaan, CT
1965 Ping Pong Gallery, Westport, CT 1963 1965 University of Bridgeport,
Bridgeport, CT
1962 Moon Street Gallery, Westport, CT
1962 Fordum University, New York City, NY 1961 Moon Street Gallery,
Westport, CT
1961 Fordum University, New York City, NY
Museum Shows
1982 Smithsonian, Washington, DC - Directed a mural for Network
Arts for the Handicapped
1980 Fairfield County Youth Museum, Westport, CT
1974 Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT
1970 Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT
1970 Fairfield County Youth Museum, Westport, CT
1969 Museum of Art, Science and Industry, Bridgeport, CT
1968 Museum of Art, Science and Industry, Bridgeport, CT
1968 Springfield Museum, Springfield, MA
University Shows
2006 NHAC Group Show, Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT
1986 Albertus Magnus, Liturgical Art Show, New Haven, CT
1971 Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1970 University of Bridgeport, Carlson Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
1970 Fordam University, Student Center, NYC, NY
1968 University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
1968 University of Bridgeport, Council International, Bridgeport,
CT
1968 Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
1965 University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT - * Show Judging
1968- 1967 Silvermine Guild of Artists, Membership Selection Committee,
New Canaan, CT
1965 Sterling House Show, Sterling House Community Center, Stratford,
CT
Industry Shows and Collections
1994- 1996 85 " Annual, Juried Arts Show, Branford, CT
1985 - 1981 Hawley Enterprises Inc., Stratford, CT
1983 - 1977 The Tobacco Museum, Durham, NC
1982- 1976 Liggett Group, Durham, NC
1976- 1965 Glendenning Company, Westport, CT
1970 Valley Decorating Center, Derby, CT
1967 New Haven, CT, "On The Green - Out Door Show"
1967 Jewish Community Center, Bridgeport, CT
1966 Merchants Bank, Norwalk, CT
1966 Kroll Art Shop, Fairfield, CT
1966 Fairfield YMCA, Fairfield
1964 Sterling House Community Center, Stratford, CT
1964 New York Hilton, NYC, NY - "NAMTA"
1964 Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT - "New Englander
Show"
Awards
2022 The Essex Art Association -- Best Painting Award, Exhibition:
"Meet Me Here" July, 2022
2021 The Essex Art Association -- Artist of the Month
2008 Essex Art Association - "Motion - Movement" - Excellence
in 3D Award
1986 Branford 7TH Annual Arts Show - "Echlin Award"
1975 Stamford Art Show - 1Sr. - Abstract
1974 Stamford Art Show - 1 ST Abstract
1970 Barnum Festival - 1 ST Abstract
Grants
2007 ARTE, Inc., New Haven, CT - Artist in Residence Mural Project
for "R" KIDS - New Haven
1986 Connecticut Commission on the Arts - 2 pieces for The Children's
Center, Hamden, CT
1984 Connecticut Coalition on the Arts - 2 pieces for The Children's
Center, Hamden, CT
1979 Connecticut Commission on the Arts - Group Grant, Arts Project
at Public Arts Work in Norwalk, CT; the Grant was to create 4 pieces
of sculpture - at The Senior Citizens, The Housing Authority, and
in 3 Public Parks in Norwalk, CT
Other Activities
2008 Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT -Juried Membership Committee
2008 Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT - "Keen Green" - Hands-on
workshop
2008 Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT - Forum on Art
Grants and Foundations
2008 Art New England Magazine - A review of "Transcendence
Show" in April 2008 Issue.
2007 Participated in a lecture on Picasso's "Guernica"
- By Professor Robert Manning
reading
statements by Eye Witnesses, Survivors and News Paper Art Critics
1986-Present Freelance Designing, Building, Custom Painting on Custom
Automobiles and Motorcycles.
Have won over 60 Trophies, Appeared on ESPN1, ESPN2, Speed Channel,
Hot Rod TV, Videos and several Custom Automobile
Magazines
1971 Certified Arts Teacher, State of CT
2007- 1959 Developing and perfecting Fine Arts Paintings, Drawings,
and Sculptures
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