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Dennis Cheaney
Dennis Cheaney: Resume
 
Education:  

2004

Ecole Albert Defois, Ted Seth Jacobs

2002 - 2003 Drawing courses with Michael Grimaldi at Studio 126 and The School of Visual Arts,
NYC and with Peter Cox at The Art Students League, NYC

2001

Ecole Albert Defois, Ted Seth Jacobs, 8 month drawing and painting course in the Loire Valley, France

2000

Water Street Atelier, Jacob Collins, academic drawing and painting program, Brooklyn, NY

1999

Ecole Albert Defois, France

1997 - 1998

Water Street Atelier

1997 - 1998

Drawing courses with Deane Keller at The Art Students League, NYC

May 98

Master of Fine Arts (MFA), The New York Academy of Art, NYC

1996-1998

Graduate School of Figurative Art, The New York Academy of Art, NYC

1996

Painting course with David Luce, The Art Center College of Design, CA

May 95

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mathematics, University of Southern California, CA


Awards:  
2006

New Members' Show - Director's Choice Award
from the Copley Society of art

2006 Eigth Annual Realism International Art Exhibition -
Special Recognition Award for Still Life Painting
from Upstream People Gallery
2005 Second International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition - Finalist in Drawing Category

2004

First International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition - 2nd place in still life category
Honorable Mention in figure category, www.artrenewal.org

2001

Greenshields Award for Painting from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Quebec, Canada

1996-1998

Andy Warhol Foundation Scholarship, The New York Academy of Art, NYC


Exhibitions:  
2006 Fresh Paint, Copley Society of art, Boston, MA
2006 Third Annual SOWA Artwalk, Boston , MA
2006 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2006 The Rites of Spring, Copley Society of art, Boston, MA
2006 Eigth Annual Realism International Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
2006 New Members' Show, Copley Society of art, Boston, MA
2005 Second Annual South End Holiday Market, Boston, MA
2005 The Greater Life of the Moment, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2005 Group Show, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Twenty Sixth Annual Open Studios at Fort Point, Boston, MA
2005 Small Works III, Copley Society of art, Boston, MA
2005 Second Annual Art House, Brattle Film Foundation, Cambridge, MA
2005 Small Works II, Copley Society of art, Boston, MA
2005 Third Annual Fort Point Art Walk, W.B. Mason Building, Boston, MA
2005 "Summer St. Solstice," juried exhibition in association with Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
2005 "Give the Arts a Chance," Museum of Fine Art, Boston
2004 Group Show: 25th Annual Open Studios, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston

2003

24th Annual Open Studios at Fort Point, Boston

2003

Class Show of Peter Cox, Gallery of the Art Students League, NYC

2001 & 1999

Class Show of Ecole Albert Defois, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France

1998 - 1999

Art Students Showcase, Gallery of Paul Toner, NYC

1998

Graduate Show, The New York Academy of Art, NYC

1998

Class Show of Deane Keller, Gallery of the Art Students League, NYC


Teaching Experience:

 

2003 - Present Founder and Instructor in drawing and painting from life at The New England Realist Art Center,
Boston, MA

Publications:  
2005 Boston Globe Sunday Magazine "Lofty Ambitions"
2005 Second International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition Catalogue
2005 Give the Arts a Chance, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston