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Susan Hong-Sammons
Susan Hong-Sammons’ artistry exemplifies the beauty in Impressionistic Realism. She is most captivated to paint what she sees in her everyday life. She enjoys bringing to attention places and objects which have become overlooked. Her mastery in creating jewel-toned layers in her oil paintings has earned her exhibitions internationally as well as won national awards and grants.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, NY
Awards, Grants Exhibition Highlights
2019 Best of America Award Winner as “Best Impressionistic” from the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
2018 Best of Show, Wet Paint Competition, American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase, Greenwich House Gallery, OH.
2017 Portraiture Honorable Mention, National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, The Oil Painters of America
Southwest Art Magazine, “Artists to Watch,” September 2017
Minnesota State Arts Board Grant
Old Masters Maroger, Honorable Mention
Scottsdale Artists' School Grant
The Excellence in Arts from the National Academy of Alternative Education, NYC
Palette and Chisel Artist Award, Chicago, IL
Riverside Art Center Award - Drawing
Richeson 75 Small Work Competition - merit
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society
"Portraying the Human Spirit" Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
James Applewhite Poetry Literary & Fine Art Review
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Institute of Contemporary Art P.S.1 Museum, NYC
Artist Space, NYC
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
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