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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ARTIST MARTHA YOKAWONIS
EDUCATION

Marty Yokawonis RESUME/ CV
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 BROWARD 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.
2008 DONNELLY HOUSE SHOWING APRIL 11, WITH FL CHAPTER NMWA (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS.
2008 DELTONA HISTORICAL MUSEUM "ART OF THE WOMEN OF LAKE COUNTY" NOVEMBER 3 TO NOVEMBER 29.
2009 DEBARY GATEWAY CENTER OF THE ARTS AUGUST,2 - 29 SHOW WITH FLNMWA.
2010 "Women's ARTwork is Never Done" from September 2 - November 2, 2010 Pebody Auditorium, Daytona Beach.
2011 Annual Central Florida Watercolor Juried Show January 14th to March 6th, 2011 at MAC - Maitland Art Center Gallery.
2012 GALLERY AT AVALON ISLAND - CFWS MEMBERS SHOW
ART STROLLS 2008 - CURRENT MDCA VARIOUS DATES.

RELATED ACTIVITIES
2012 Essay & Encaustic piece published in May/June Cloth Paper Scissors magazine.
2011 - 2012 Taught High School Art for Homeschool Co-op group 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
CURRENT MEMBER CENTRAL FLORIDA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
MEMBER MOUNT DORA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 1993 TO 1999
FREELANCE REVIEWER FOR ARTPAPERS IN 1998 - 1999. 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.

Artist Highlights

  • 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.