Raphael Sassi
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EDUCATION

Post Graduate Residency Fellow, The New York Academy of Art
September 2004- September 2005

The New York Academy of Art, The Graduate School of Figurative Art
M.F.A. Drawing 2004

The Maryland Institute College of Art
B.F.A. Drawing 1999

Syracuse University Abroad
Florence, Italy
Spring Semester 1998

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Homecoming
The New York Academy of Art
111 Franklin St. New York, NY 10013
November 2007

Miscellany
Mana Fine Arts Space, 227 Coles Street, Jersey City, NJ
October 2007

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Artist Equity Foundation Juried Exhibition
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD
June 2007

Puchi Nippon, Centerstage
700 North Calvert St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
April 2007

Next Generation
Carla Massoni Gallery, Group Exhibition
203 High St. Chestertown, MD 21620
January 2007

Girlfriends, Solo Drawing Installation Exhibit
10-12 Crosby St., SoHo
November 2006

Ruminate, Group Drawing Exhibition
Medialia Gallery, co-curator
June 2006

Project One, Group Exhibition, Centerstage
Baltimore, MD
March 2006

The New York Academy of Art Juried Salon
111 Franklin St. New York, NY 10013
March 2006

New Voices, Medialia Gallery, Group Exhibition
335 W.38th St. NY, NY
February 2006

Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I., Group Exhibition
Juror, Eric Fischl
February 2006

Raandesk
550 W. 29th St. NY, NY
February 2006

Artworks Gallery
Chestertown, MD
January 2006

Take Home a Nude, Exhibition and Auction
Phillips de Pury and Company
October 2005

Fellowship Exhibition, The New York Academy of Art
September 13 – October 1, 2005

The Language of Drawing II, Medialia Gallery
June 2005

Huggins Grace Graves Scholarship Foundation
415 High St., Chestertown, MD
March 2005

The Ball Point Pen Drawing Exhibition, NYAA
February 2005

Natural State, Sputnik Gallery, Group Show
Brooklyn, NY
February, March 2005

Salmagundi Club, Audubon Society Juried Exhibition
47 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10003
October 2004

The Language of Drawing, Medialia Gallery
July 2004

Metal Point Drawings, NYAA
April 2004

Mark Making in Drawing, NYAA
March 2004

The National Arts Club Annual Juried Exhibition
15 Gramercy Park South, NY, NY
February 2004

The Roots of Drawing, Medialia Gallery
June, July 2003

Thesis Exhibition, The Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
May 1999

International Monetary Fund Annual Juried Exhibition
Washington, D.C.
1998

Maryland Distinguished Scholar Finalist Exhibition
World Trade Center Lobby, Baltimore, MD
1995

AWARDS, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIVATE COLLECCTIONS

The New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant 2007
Collection of Eric Fischl
Collection of Eliza Gatfield
The Peterson Collection of Contemporary Realist Art
Collection of Marcello Aldega
Collection of Margot Gordon
Collection of Carla Massoni

The New York Academy of Art Fellowship Residency Grant
September 2004- September 2005

The Walter Erlebacher Memorial Award for the Study of Artistic Anatomy
May 2004

The National Portrait Society Award from The National Arts Club
February 2004

Maximum Tuition Grant from The New York Academy of Art
2002

Huggins Grace Graves Foundation Travel Grant
1998

Maryland Distinguished Scholar Finalist Award, with Matching Grant from The Maryland Institute College of Art
1995

PUBLICATIONS

Fine Art Connoisseur, Volume 4 Issue 6, “Realism Now, The Peterson Collection”
December 2007

Elle, No. 259, “Beautiful Dreamers”
March 2007

Page Six, The New York Post, “Worlds Collide”
November 27, 2006

The Peterson Collection of Contemporary Realist Art
2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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