Christine Lafuente

RESUME: CHRISTINE LAFUENTE

EDUCATION

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Coursework toward M.F.A. Spring 2002 - present.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Certificate in Painting with a Minor in Printmaking, May 1995.
M.F.A. Coursework at The Barnes Foundation, Merion. PA. Fall 1999 - Spring 2000.
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA. B.A. in English with departmental honors, May 1991.
State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY. Coursework towards B.A. 1988- 1990.

RESIDENCIES

Full Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. June 2002.
Full Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. January 1999.
Artist in Residence, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA. August 1997- December 2002.

GRANTS

Stobart Foundation Grant, Stobart Foundation, Boston, MA. April 1995.
Lewis S. Ware Memorial Travel Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1995.

AWARDS
Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award, Art Department of Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. May 2003.
Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award, Art Department of Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. December 2003.
Juror’s Award for Excellence, Alumni Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. June 2000.
John R. Conner Memorial Prize in Printmaking, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1995.
Eleanor S. Gray Prize for Still Life,Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1995.
Charles J. Frith, Jr. Landscape Purchase Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1995.
Charles Crawley Landscape Painting Purchase Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1995.
Catherine Grant Memorial Prize, Honorable Mention, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1995.
Gilbert M. Cantor Memorial Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1994.
Charles J. Frith, Jr. Landscape Purchase Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1994.
Color Print Purchase Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. May 1994.

COLLECTIONS

ARCO Chemical Company, Philadelphia, PA.
CIGNA Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia, PA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Christine Lafuente: Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2008
Christine Lafuente: Celestial Light Paintings, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE. May 2007.
Christine Lafuente: Riverscapes and Floating Worlds, Frost and Reed Gallery, New York, NY. December 2006.
Christine Lafuente: Luminosity, Ginger Levit Alelier, Richmond, VA. October 2006.
Christine Lafuente: New Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. February 2004.
Christine Lafuente: Plein Air Paintings, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell Gallery, Hopewell, NJ. Oct. 2003.
Christine Lafuente: Life Through Glass, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE. April 2003.
Christine Lafuente: Still Dreaming, Ruth Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ. October 2002.
Christine Lafuente: Recent Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery. Philadelphia, PA. Feb. 2002.
Christine Lafuente: Small Worlds, Ruth Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ. May - June 2001.
Christine Lafuente: Recent Paintings, Somerville-Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE. March - April 2001.
Christine Lafuente: Still Life and Other Remembrances, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. September 2000.
Christine Lafuente: Intimate Expanses, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. September 1999.
Christine Lafuente: Recent Paintings, Bryn Mawr College Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA. March 1999.
Christine Lafuente: Recent Paintings: Still Life and Landscape, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. September 1998.Hudson Valley Landscape and Still Life Show, Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY. June 1998.
Christine Lafuente, Mulligan- Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA. December 1997.
Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA. October 1996.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY. March 2007.
AAS/AOS Faculty, Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. September 2005.
Brooklyn Painters, Quill Studio, Brooklyn, NY. March 2005.
Brooklyn College M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Brooklyn War Memorial, Brooklyn, NY. May 2004.
15 Exposures, A National Juried Exhibition of the Alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, traveling to USArtists American Fine Art Show in Philadelphia, PA, Lyme Academy in Lyme, CT, and Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts in Millville, NJ. October 2003- March 2004.
Plein Air, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. June-July 2003.
Summer Still Life: Stanley Bielen & Christine Lafuente, Pandion Gallery, Fishers Island, NY. July 2002.
Art in the Loft, (Courtesy of Dutchess County Arts Council), Millbrook Vineyards and Winery, Millbrook, NY. May- July 2002.
Art Matters 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA. December 2001.
Contemporary American Realism III, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK. May 2001.
Celebration of Spring, Bait Muzna Gallery, Muscat, Oman. May 2001.
George Nick Invites…, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA. April- May 2001.
The Aesthetic Moment, Curated by Paul DuSold. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. October 2000.
Summer Group Exhibition, Tatistcheff & Company, New York, NY. June-July 2000.
Representational Cross Section, Artworks: The Visual School of Princeton and Trenton, Trenton, NJ. May- June 2000.
Alumni Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, PA. June 2000.
Visions of Landscape, St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, DE. November- December 1999.
Prince Street Artists Invite…, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY. December 1998- January 1999.
Showcase of Pennsylvania Artists Curated by the State Department’s Art in Embassies Program, U. S. Embassy, Muscat, Oman. January 1999-2002.
20 x 12: A Generation of Challenge Artists, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA. July- August 1998.
Biennial 98, Juried by NY Times Critic Roberta Smith, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE. 1998.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Pratt Institute, New York, NY. Painting Instructor. September 2003- present.
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA. Painting Instructor. Fall 2001.
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA. Painting and Drawing Instructor. Sept. 1997-Dec. 2002.
Artworks: The Visual School of Princeton and Trenton. Trenton, NJ. Visiting Artist Workshop. June 2000.
Haverford College, Haverford, PA. Visiting Critic. October 1998.

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