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Exhibition Record
Sam Roussi's record is extensive, and includes a Fellowship in Drawing, from Massachusetts Endowment for the Arts and Humanities (1977); an exhibit in Atlanta, Georgia's prestigeous High Museum of Art, Seven Artists in Georgia (1979); a group show, The Face of the South for Southern Artists, Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy (1984).
Education1969 M.F.A. Painting, Ohio University, Athens OH 1967 B.F.A. Painting, State University of New York, Buffalo, NYGrants/ Fellowships1977 Artists Fellowship, Mass. Arts & Humanities Foundation: Drawing FellowshipJuried Exhibitions2023 Art League Rhode Island Juried Exhibition
Ridgefield Guild of Artists' 46th Juried Exhibition
Loft Artist Association Juried Exhibition, Stamford CT, Septerber, Honorable Mention
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 112th Annual Exhibition, Third Place
Workshop13, Cultural Arts & Learning Center, “Altered Reality” Fusion Art 8th Annual Colorful Abstractions Art Exhibition, Online
HMVC Gallery [Abstract is Abstract], International Online Call2022 HMVC Gallery New York Online Exhibit Northshore Arts Assoc. Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Award: Outstanding Work of Art in Any Medium National Art League's 91st Annual Online Open Exhibition "Infinite Possibilities of Uncertainty," Gallery 118.com: Online,
Signals: 250 Artists, 250 Works of Art Sprinkler Factory Worcester, MA
2018 ARTIST OF THE YEAR Circle Arts Foundation Lyon, France: Honorable Mention Circle Quarterly Art Revue, Winter2017 Entanglements: Solo Exhibition, Firehouse Center for the Arts Newburyport, MA Orange - Call for Artists, Art Ascent Art & Literature Magazine, Recognition: Silver Artist Award Sedona Art Prize International Online Painting Contest Sedona, Arizona
Abstract 2017 G25N, Gallery Peekskill, NY: Online 1986 76th Annual CT Academy of Fine Arts, Thomas Hart Benton Museum, Storrs, CT 1985 75th Annual CT Academy of Fine Arts, New Britain Museum, CT Two Person Exhibit, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY Works on Paper: 10th Annual Exhibition Nimbus Gallery, Dallas, TX1984 The Face of the South For Southern Artists, Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy1983 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Painting & Sculpture, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC1982 LaGrange National, Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, GA1981 Birmingham Biennial, Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, AL1980 Massachusetts Open, Worcester Museum of Fine Art, Worcester, MA1979 Seven Artists in Georgia, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA1978 17th Annual Hunter Exhibition, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga TN: Merit Award Artists in Georgia, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Award: Selected Group Show1976 Patron’s Choice, Artists Under 36, Decordova Museum, MA, Award- PurchaseSelected Solo Exhibitions2017 Entanglements, Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA1994 Sandler Hudson Gallery, Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA1992 Cove Gallery, 12th Avenue, Naples FL1990 Pooke Gallery, Walnut Hill School, Natick, MA1986 Fay Gold Gallery, Cains Hill Place, Atlanta, GA1982 Fay Gold Gallery, Cains Hill Place, Atlanta, GA1980 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VAInvitational Group Exhibitions2024. CT Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) Members Exhibit
1993 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL1991 Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA1990 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL1988 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA Works on Paper, Moss-Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX1985 Two Person Exhibit, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY1987 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA1980 Faculty Exhibit, Georgia State Univ. Art Department, Atlanta, GA1977 10 Artists, Mass. Arts & Humanities Foundation, Rose Museum, Brandeis UniversityCritical Reviews2018 CIRCLE QUARTERLY ART REVIEW, Winter Issue2017 ARTASCENT ART & LITERATURE JOURNAL, Featured Silver Artist, June, 2017
"Untitled #2" Massachusetts Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Drawing
Soteris Sam Roussi, 1977