KATH SCHIFANO
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Exhibits and Information


  Recent and Upcoming events


Kenan Art Center - Spring 2023
​Townsend Art Gallery at the NACC Fall 2022
​Carnegie Art Center September 2022
Castellani Art Museum 'Passion & Patronage' Gifs from the Gerald Mead Collection until 12/2022
​Hallwalls, Buffalo - July & August 2022
​River Gallery, North Tonawanda-April 2022
29th Regional Artists Exhibition Western New York Artists Group-October2021
Buffalo Niagara Art Association at Artist's Group Gallery-September 2021
​Kenan Center Gallery May 1-30 2021
XXXI Trilogy at Art Dialogue Gallery, 3 person show 'Twenty Minutes From Everywhere', Summer 2020
River Art Gallery, N. Tonawanda 2020
​Adirondack juried artist Plein Air Festival online Fall 2020
​Buffalo Society of Artists Online Member Show Click  
2020 Vision: Women Artists in Western New York, Castellani Art Museum February-August 2020
Carnegie Art Center May, North Tonawanda, May 2020-cancelled
EXPO. 68 Gallery Williamsville, NY November 2019-June 2o2o
Residency at Borgo Santo Pietro, Italy, Fall 2019

Artist Statement

The paintings are images of how I see; a mirror of my observations.  I prefer painting outdoors, observing and experiencing nature and recording the places and sights that attract me. Light, weather and time of day influence the paintings as colors and shadows change quickly and challenge me to capture the moment.

There is a beautiful scene wherever I set my easel for a painting. Returning to a location becomes a new record of a different day and weather, a different point of interest and a different painting.  By using luscious colors and contrasts, employing artistic elements & lines I aim to draw you into these paintings. My media include oil paint or pastels and sometimes use ink with watercolor for Urban Sketching. If the images increase your appreciation of my views, or emphasize a detail of nature that you might have missed, or if you appreciate what I have recorded, then the picture is successful.
Of all the requirements to be an artist such as preparing canvases, ordering materials, framing, drawings and research, record keeping and shows, what I enjoy most is the challenge of beginning a new picture.

Gallery Representation
Art Dialogue Gallery, 5 Linwood Ave, Buffalo, NY
Queen City Art Gallery 1111 Tonawanda Street, Buffalo NY

Public and Corporate Collections
Relais Borgo Santo Pietro, Chiusdino, Italy
Brooklyn Art Library
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Office
Castellani Art Museum
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories
Family Justice Center, Buffalo
Ford Motor Company, Michigan
Erie County Court System
Gerald Mead Collection, Buffalo NY
Judson Art Supplies, Guerrilla Painter Collection, Colorado
Lone Star State College, Houston, Texas
Memorial Medical Center, Niagara Falls, NY
New York State Parks at Niagara Falls
Niagara University Collection
Ohio State University
Rosemary Co., Skipton, England
Plein Air Magazine
University of California at Berkeley
University of Indiana, Indianapolis
University of Moscow, Russia
US Department of Justice, Maryland 

   Solo Exhibitions
'20 Minutes From Everywhere', 3 Artists Paint plein air. Artists Group Gallery, Buffalo NY 2020
Borgo Santo Pietro, Tuscany Italy 2019
(716) GAL-LERY, Buffalo, NY, 2019
'Niagara Falls and the River', Grand Island Library, NY 2019
‘My Jetties, My Ocean’ Coffee Nut, Long Beach, NY 2015

‘The Light In My Eyes’ Impact Artist Gallery 2014
‘From My Window, the Weather in Buffalo’ Quaker Bonnet 2011
‘Niagara and Large works’, Wine on Third, Niagara Falls 2011
‘Around & About the Light’ Quaker Bonnet, Buffalo 2009
‘Rushing Summer, A Private Wintergarden’ Niagara Arts & Cultural Center, Garden Gallery 2008 
‘Significant Growth; Before and After October Surprise’ Quaker Bonnet, Buffalo 2007    
 
Awards
Queen City Fine Arts - Honorable Mention 2022
Carnegie Art Center  - Third Place 2021 
Buffalo Niagara Art Association at Artist's Group Gallery -Judsons Art Award 2021
BNAA at River Art Gallery - Special Blick Award, 2020
Clarence Plein Air - 2nd Place Prize, 2019
​Townsend Gallery Artists & Friends at NACC, Judge's Award 2019
​Buffalo Niagara Art Association Spring Exhibition at River Art Gallery- Award of Excellence 2019
Buffalo Niagara Art Association Fall Exhibition at Buffalo Arts Studio - Merit Award 2018
Vjollca Cela ~ Excellence in Plein Air Painting Award at NACC 2017, 2018

Kenan Art Center ~  BNAA Merit Award 2018
Art  on the Riverwalk ~  Honorable Mention 2016, 2018
​Niagara Arts & Cultural Center Plein Air Exhibit 3rd Prize -  2016
Impact Art Gallery 'Women in Plein Air' 
First Prize, 2014
Carnegie Art Center ~ Plein Air 1st and 3rd place painting, 2013, ‘Ladies of the Mist’ - 2nd place 2013
Lewiston Art Festival ~ Honorable Mention ribbon 2012
Erie County Fair Plein Air Competition 2009; 1st premium, 2 White ribbons 2010
Erie County Family Justice Center ‘A New Start’ ~ Juror’s choice 2008, 2009
East Aurora Art Society ~ Honorable Mention, 2008
Buffalo Niagara Artist  Association ~ Painting Achievement Award 2007
Global Arts Village, New Delhi, India, Artist Fellowship

Albright Knox Art Gallery Area Artist Exhibit ~ Corporate Award 2004
Kenan Center Pastel Guild Regional Show ~ Merit award 1997


Kath Schifano Paintings are in public and private collections in 35 states and on five continents.
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All information and images Copyright Kath Schifano © 2022
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