Pat Fortunato ORGANIZATIONS: Signature member of the Midwest Watercolor Society; Member of the Buffalo Society of Artists, Amherst Society of Artists Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Associate member of the American Watercolor Society Associate member of the Allied Artists of America. SELECTED JURIED SHOWS AND AWARDS: 2006 2006 110th BSA Exhibit-Anderson Gallery,University of Buffalo 2004 2004: "Wet and Fresh" Invitational at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY 2003 2003: "Places and Spaces" two person exhibit at the Jewish Community Center, Getzville, NY 2003 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National-Grumbacher Gold Medal. Juror and judge-Cheng-Kee Chee 2002: Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors-Smith Packing Co. Award. Selected for traveling show Western New York regional Exhibition-First Place Award. Judge, Douglas Schultz, Director of the Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY 2000: Buffalo society of Artists Catalog Show-Watercolor Award Niagara Frontier Watercolor society-Award of Excellence 1999: Buffalo Society of Artists-Silver Medal Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors-Selected for traveling Exhibition Batavia National-Eunice Hare Murphy Memorial Award Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit-First Place Buffalo Society of Artists Invitational-Castellani Museum-Third Place 1998 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National Exhibition-Da Vinci Paint Co. Award Buffalo Society of Artists-Watercolor Award 1997 Midwest Watercolor Society National Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors-(Travel Exhibit) Batavia National Exhibition (Holbein award of Excellence) 1996 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National, 96 (NFWS Award) Allied Artists of America 82nd Exhibition 1995 Adirondack Nat'l Exhibition of American Watercolors,95 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Exhibit-third place Buffalo Society of Artists-watercolor Award 1994 127th International American Watercolor Society Exhibition (NYC) Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National ⤘94 (Award of Merit)e 1993 Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Exhibition (Best of Show) 1992 Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National ,92(Grumbacher Gold Medal) 1991 Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors (travel Exhibit) Allied Artists 78th National Exhibition-National Arts Club (NYC) Knickerbocker Artists 41st National-Salmagundi Club (NYC) 1990 43rd Western New York Exhibition-Albright-Knox Art Gallery Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors 2.  Allied Artists of America 77th National Exhibition-National Arts Club(NYC) 1989 Art at the Site Exhibit (two awards of Excellence) Midwest Watercolor Society National (Travel Exhibit) Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors (Travel Exhibit) National League of American penwomen NYS Exhibit (Award of Excellence) Allied Artists of America 76th National Exhibition-National Arts Club (NYC) 1988 National League of American Penwomen National-Washington DC(Merit Award) Midwest Watercolor Society National Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National 1987 Midwest Watercolor Society National (Award of Excellence) National League of American Penwomen (New York State Award 1986 Midwest Watercolor Society National Batavia National Exhibition Artists Magazine National Floral Competition (semi-finalist)   EXHIBITS: 2005: Music is Art- University of Buffalo Center for the Arts 2002: Five Artist Exhibition-Art Association of Harrisburg Galleries, Harrisburg, PA 2001: Watercolor invitational- D'Youville College, Buffalo NY 2001: "The Art of Illusion" - Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA 2001: "Nature" Chatauqua Institute Gallery, Chatauqua, NY 1998: ."The Five"-Carnegie Gallery 1995: . Jay Arts Council Invitational-Portland Indiana "Into Spring" Art Dialogue Gallery 1993 Invitational;"Watercolors by Western New York Artists"-Albright-Knox 1992 2 person Exhibit-Art Dialogue Gallery 1991 Explorations in Color and Light" -Kenan Gallery 1990 Solo Exhibit-Unique Gallery 1989 "Floral 89'"-Niagara Power Vista Gallery 1988 Solo Exhibit-Art Dialogue CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Western New York, Lawley Services Inc., Citicorp, Yellow Freight Inc., Hospice, Val-Kro Inc., Goldome, Voice-Powered Technology , Federal Reserve Bank. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Lockport Savings Bank.  REPRESENTED BY: Art Dialogue Ltd., The Sales Rental Gallery of the Albright-Knox Rochester Memorial Gallery  PUBLICATIONS: WATERCOLOR - SPRING, 2004-publisher-American Artist COLLECTED BEST OF WATERCOLOR - Rockport Publishers 2002 BEST OF WATERCOLOR 3-ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS, 1999 WATERCOLOR EXPRESSIONS-ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS,1999 WATERCOLOR-WINTER, 2000-AMERICAN ARTIST PUBLISHER,1999 BEST OF FLOWER PAINTING-NORTH LIGHT PUBLISHERS, 1997 IN WATERCOLOR:TEXTURE-ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS, 1997 THE BEST OF WATERCOLOR 2-ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS, 1997 FLORAL INSPIRATIONS-ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS, 1997 IN WATERCOLOR; FLOWERS-ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS, 1996 THE BEST OF WATERCOLOR-ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS, 1995 Artist in Residence-Workshop Instructor-Kent State University-1992 Instructor-Niagara Community College; workshop instructor;demonstrator. Judge, Allentown Art Festival, Buffalo NY - 2001   1998-Who's Who in the East 1999-Who's Who 2000-Who's Who of American Women

 

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