Art Resume of John O'Keefe Jr.

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BUSINESS VENTURES and SECULAR WORK HISTORY

2012-Present, www.paintingframesplus.com
Online reseller of Ready-Made, High-Quality Painting Frames
2007-Present, www.okeefe-arts.com, and www.johnokeefe.net
Original Fine Art and Fine Art Reproductions of John O'Keefe Jr.
1989-Present, Secular Work History of John O'Keefe Jr.
Professional Resume. (Does not include the below-listed art history)

FORMAL ART EDUCATION

Art training at Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut
Art classes through high school (Ron Gagliardi, Charles Luxton, John Cook)
Private art lessons with Connecticut artist Kathy Singer
Art instruction with New York artist Ann Fucich

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Salmagundi Club of New York, New York
Member: 2009 - present (Accepted by Jury)
Oil Painters of America of Crystal Lake, Illinois
Member: 2009 - present (Accepted by Jury)
Lyme Art Association of Old Lyme, Connecticut
Associate Member: 2008 - present
Mystic Art Association of Mystic, Connecticut
Associate Member: 2008 - present
Landscape Artists International Internet Collective
Member: 2008- present (Accepted by Jury)
Cheshire Art League of Cheshire, Connecticut
Member: 2008 - 2012, Elected Board Member: 2009 - 2011

HONORS, AWARDS

2009, Lyme Art Association - '17th Annual Associate Artist Exhibit.'
Honor: Selected to be a Featured Artist of the exhibit
2008, Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'
Award Sponsor: Calcagni Associates (certificate & cash prize)
Judging Artist: Dianne Gorrick
Winning Painting: 'River Through the Adirondack's'

PRESS, REVIEWS, PUBLICITY

2009, Cheshire Herald - 'Art in Good Taste at Ives Farm' sponsored by Cheshire Land Trust ~ Date: August 27th, 2009
2009, Lyme Art Association - 'LAA's Feature Artist John O'Keefe' by Susan Cornell ~ Date: January 2009
2008, Record Journal - 'Painting puts beginner into zone' by Jesse Stanley
Date: September 21, 2008

PRESENTATIONS, ARTICLES

2012, Digital Paint Magazine - 'How to Stretch a Canvas' by John O'Keefe Jr.
Date: June 2012
2010, Cheshire Art League - 'Landscape Oil Painting Presentation' by John O'Keefe Jr.
Date: May 11, 2010
2009, Ezine Articles - 'Varnishing an Oil Painting' by John O'Keefe Jr.
Date: 2009

GALLERIES

2012-2014, The Mill House Gallery
5 West Main Street, Chester, Connecticut 06412

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012, The Art Gallery at the Mill House - SOLO Exhibit
Chester, Connecticut, September 15th - October 21st, 2012
2011, The Art Gallery at the Mill House - SOLO Exhibit
Chester, Connecticut, April 2011
2008, Picture Framer & Gallery - SOLO Exhibit
Cheshire, Connecticut, September 6th - September 30th, 2008

GROUP & JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2010, Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'
Juror: Beth Ellis
Cheshire, Connecticut, March 20 - April 17, 2010
2010, The Salmagundi Club - '2010 Spring Exhibition and Auction'
Art Committee: Sharon Way-Howard - Chairman, Thomas Taffe - Vice Chairman, Joseph McGlynn, John Mansueto, David Kassan, Rob Beuzenburg, Charles Bierman, Jacqueline Garrik-Waldman, Elizabeth Spencer, Charles Yoder, Naomi Campbell, Thomas Picard, and Guy Wiggins
Award Jurors: Robert Pillsbury - Chairman, William Creevy, Timothy Jahn, Mary Anny Heinzen, Alexandra Martin, Emily Trueblood, Carol Kardon, and Michael Hennessy
Lay Award Jurors: Paul Stockshcleader - Chairman, Dorothy Wiggins, Mame Green, Robert Caines, Joan Forbes, Griff Seymour, and Gloria Sampson-Knight
New York, New York, March 1 - March 18, 2010
2009, Mystic Art Association - 'The 53rd Regional'
Juror: Carolina Pedraza
Mystic, Connecticut, August 7 - September 26, 2009
2009, Salmagundi Club - 'Annual Painting & Sculpture Non-Members Exhibit'
Selection Jurors: Claudia Seymour, Sharon Way-Howard, Bill Creevy, Bob Mueller, Janet A. Cook, Ellen Buselli, Judy Pestronk, and Chris Ivers
Award Jurors: Larry Mallory, Rae Smith, and Thomas Valenti
New York, New York, June 20 - July 10, 2009
2009, Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'
Juror: Power Boothe
Cheshire, Connecticut, May 6 - June 9, 2009
2009, Society of Creative Arts of Newtown - '39th Annual Spring Juried Art Show'
Jurors: Claudia Seymour, Thomas Adkins, and Del-Bourree Bach
Newtown, Connecticut, 2009
2009, Lyme Art Association - 'Spring Painting and Sculpture Exhibition'
Jurors: Del-Bourree Bach, Terry Oakes Bourret, Catherine Elliott, and Kim Muller-Thym
Old Lyme, Connecticut, March 6 - April 26, 2009
2009, Lyme Art Association - '17th Annual Associate Artist Exhibit'
Jurors: Phil Cutting, Bob Gregg, Maryanne Rupp, and Bev Schirmeir
Old Lyme, Connecticut, January 16 - February 28, 2009
2008, Picture Framer & Gallery - 'Small Works Exhibit'
Cheshire, Connecticut, December 2008
2008, Cate Charles Gallery - Group Exhibit
Stonington, Connecticut, November 2008 - January 2009
2008, Mystic Art Association - 'The 52nd Regional'
Juror: Susan Swinand
Mystic, Connecticut, August 8 - September 21, 2008
2008, Lyme Art Association - 'Summer Exhibit'
Jurors: David Leffel, Sherri McGraw
Old Lyme, Connecticut, June 2008
2008, Cheshire Art League - 'Annual Visual Arts Exhibit'
Juror: Dianne Gorrick
Cheshire, Connecticut, April 2 - April 30, 2008

SPECIAL EVENTS, CHARITY

2010, Cheshire Nursery - 'Art Show and Sale'
Event Sponsor: Cheshire Art League
Cheshire, Connecticut, October 9 - October 19, 2010
2009, Cheshire Nursery - 'Art Show and Sale'
Event Sponsor: Cheshire Art League
Cheshire, Connecticut, November 19 - November 22, 2009
2009, Cheshire Land Trust - 'Art in Good Taste at Ives Farm'
Event Sponsor: Cheshire Land Trust
Cheshire, Connecticut, August 29, 2009
2008, Lyme Art Association - 'Anything Goes' Art Sale & Festival
Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2008