1969-1970 ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ART & DESIGN PROGRAM

1970-1976 PRINTING AND PRINTMAKING COURSES. INDEPENDENT STUDY

1977-1985 WORKED IN PRINTING INDUSTRY

1985-1990 RESUMED INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PAINTING SPECIFICALLY WATERCOLOR.

1999 STUDIED WITH LOCAL ARTIST MARK NICHOLS WATERCOLOR PAINTING.

2002 STUDIED WITH CHARLES REID AT RINGLING SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN. COURSE IN FIGURE PAINTING.

2003 WORKSHOP WITH CHARLES REID AT RINGLING SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN. MARCH 3 THROUGH 8.

2004 INCLUDED IN THE ART WANTED PREMIER BOOK AND CALENDAR FOR 2005.

2005 WORKSHOP WITH CHARLES REID AT RINGLING SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN. MARCH 3 THROUGH 8.

EXHIBITIONS

1990 ART IN THE PARK OAKLAND PARK FL SALON DES REFUSES BROWARD ART GUILD

1991 ART IN THE PARK OAKLAND PARK FL AWARD RECEIVED SALON DES REFUSES BROW ARD ART GUILD

1992 ART IN THE PARK OAKLAND PARK FL SALON DES REFUSES BROWARD ART GUILD

1995 CENTRAL FLORIDA JURIED ART SHOW MDCA MOUNT DORA FL

1995 38 TH ANNUAL ART SHOW EUSTIS FL 2 ND PLACE AWARD

1997 ANNUAL ART BY DESIGN EUSTIS FL AWARD

1997 ARTZONE: ARTIST OF THE MONTH MOUNT DORA FL

1999 CENTRAL FLORIDA JURIED SHOW MDCA MOUNT DORA FL

2000 ARTWORKS OF LAKE COUNTY MOUNT DORA FL 2ND PLACE

2002 CENTRAL FLORIDA JURIED SHOW MDCA MOUNT DORA FLORIDA

2003 GALLERY SHOW , "NEXUS," SEPTEMBER MDCA MOUNT DORA FL

2004 EBAY STORE OPENING MARTHA YOKAWONIS FINE ART GALLERY

2004 CENTRAL FLORIDA JURIED SHOW MDCA MOUNT DORA FLORIDA

2004 OPENED RETAIL GALLERY MARTHA YOKAWONIS GALLERY

2007 SHOW IN UK AT BREWHOUSE GALLERY EAST STAFFORDSHIRE "ARTCONNECTED GROUP SHOW" ROYAL FAMILY ATTENDED AN OPENING THERE DURING THE EXHIBITION. http://artconnectdexhbtn-steph.blogspot.com

RELATED ACTIVITIES

GUEST JUROR ON A PANEL OF JURORS FOR THE 2003 MOUNT DORA ART FESTIVAL TO SELECT PARTICIPANT PAINTERS

ASSOCIATE MEMBER FLORIDA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY SINCE 1998

MEMBER MOUNT DORA CENTER FOR THE ARTS SINCE 1993

FREELANCE REVIEWER FOR ARTPAPERS SINCE 1998. REVIEWS PUBLISHED INCLUDE: MARK PRICE, COLLAGIST, (MDCA) 1998; MARGARET WARE, SCULPTOR, (ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS) 1999; DIANNE LUCAS, PAINTER, (MOUNT DORA CENTER FOR THE ARTS)

2001 ADULT PAINTING CLASS INSTRUCTOR AT THE REQUEST OF MOUNT DORA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 1998 - 1999 AND IN 2001 - 2003.

VOLUNTEER RESEARCHER FOR THE FORT LAUDERDALE MUSEUM OF ART EDUCATION DEPARTMENT UNDER KATHERINE DARR IN 1992-1993. RESEARCHED THE WILLIAM GLACKENS ENDOWMENT AND ASHCAN SCHOOL OF AMERICAN PAINTING.

ArtWanted.com Gallery:   Fine Art
Represented By: A Painter's Loft Gallery
Proficient Software:   Coreldraw 9 and watercolors
Past Clients:   MTYokawonis has been painting for several decades. My work is in many private collections.