KATH SCHIFANO
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Exhibits and Information

Current and Upcoming events

Kenan Center Gallery May 1-30 2021
XXXI Trilogy at Art Dialogue Gallery, 3 person show 'Twenty Minutes From Everywhere', July-August 2020
Dolce Valdo Gallery at Niagara Community College Fall 2020
2020 Vision: Women Artists in Western New York, Castellani Art Museum February-August 2020
Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, May 2020
EXPO. 68 Gallery Williamsville, NY November-December 2019
Residency at Borgo Santo Pietro, Italy, Fall 2019
River Art Gallery, North Tonawanda October 2019
​Lewiston Art Festival, 7th Street and Center, Lewiston, NY August 2019
​Off The Island, Trinity Church, Buffalo NY May 2019
Solo exhibit. (716) GAL-LERY at Hydraulic Hearth, Larkinville April-July 2019
​River Art Gallery, North Tonawanda NY Spring 2019

27th Juried Western New York Regional Exhibition at Artists Group Gallery September 2018
Buffalo Niagara Art Association at Buffalo Artist Studios juried Exhibition, Fall 2018
Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters Show, Carnegie Art Center October 2018

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Artist Statement

If I had more hours in my day, I would keep painting.
My paintings are a self-portrait of how I see; a mirror of my observations.  I prefer to paint outdoors, observing and experiencing nature and recording the places and sights that attract me. Light, weather and time of day inspire my work, the colors and shadows change quickly and challenge me to capture the moment.

 I see opportunities Each time I set up my easel and choose a subject for a canvas. If I return to a location then that encounter becomes a record of a different day, a different point of interest.  My media include oil paint or pastels for studio and Plein Air and pen and ink for Urban Sketching.  By using luscious colors and contrasts, employing artistic elements & lines I aim to draw your eye through these paintings. If the images increase your appreciation of nature, or show you details that you usually miss, then the pictures are successful.
Of all the aspects involved in being an artist such as preparing canvases, ordering materials, framing, drawings and research, record keeping and shows, what I enjoy most is beginning a new picture.

 Commissions & Requests Accepted

Gallery Representation
Art Dialogue Gallery, 1 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
Ford Motor Company
Erie County Court System
Gerald Mead Collection, Buffalo NY
Judson Art Supplies, Guerrilla Painter Collection
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
Plein Air Magazine
University of California at Berkeley
University of Indiana, Indianapolis
University of Moscow, Russia
US Department of Justice, Maryland 

   Solo Exhibitions
(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    
'Natural Forms in Colored Pencil & Pastel' Earl Brydges Library, Niagara Falls 1996
'The Winter Show' Ransomville Library 97-98
Artist of the Month ~ Barnes and Noble Bookstore 1997
 
Awards
Clarence Plein Air 2nd Place Prize, 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

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 collections in 30 states and on four continents.
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All information and images Copyright Kath Schifano © 2019
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