Janet Onofrey

Education

• M.F.A.
• 2009
• Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• B.A.
• 1983
• Point Park College, (cum laude), Pittsburgh, PA
• Associate
• 1983
• Visual Communication, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, PA
• Associate
• 1980
• Community College of Allegheny County, West Mifflin, PA
• 1964-1971
• Carnegie Institute, Distinguished Pre-College Art Scholar, Pittsburgh, PA

Professional Experience

• Mar09/current
• Adjunct Professor, Broward College, Davie, FL
• Adjunct Professor, Palm Beach State College
• Current
• Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
• 2013/2014

• Adjunct Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2008
• Artist Talk: Utopia Subdivided, Hall Street Gallery, Savannah, GA
• 2007/08
• Landscape Painting (Plein Air), Telfair Museum, Savannah GA.
• 2007
• Teaching Assistant, Life Painting, Undergraduate, SCAD, Savannah, GA.
• 2007
• Studied painting abroad: Lacoste, Provence, France
• 2008/09
• Plein Air painting demonstrations, Telfair/Jepson Museum, Savannah, GA.
• 1983-2005
• Owner, Onofrey Studios, Graphic Design and Illustration studio

Awards

• 2015
• South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Award for Visual and Media Artists
• 2012
• Best in Show, Big, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2010
• Judge’s Recognition, ArtFlorida, State Juried Competition, Artserve, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2005
• 1st Place Fine Art Award, Inspirations, Cornell Museum Juried Competition, Delray, FL
• 2005
• Honorable Mention, Paint the Town, Plein Air Juried Competition, St. Petersburg, FL
• 2003
• Merit Award, Inspirations 2003, Cornell Museum All Florida Exhibit, Delray, FL

Residency

• 2007
• Painting Residency, Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France

• 2016

• 2016   Painting Residency, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Greece

Solo Exhibitions

• 2016

• Vernissage, Skopelos Foundation For The Arts

• 2013

• Art of Janet Onofrey, Gallery 21, Wilton Manors, FL
• 2012
• Unseen, Lee Wagener Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
• 2008
• Utopia Subdivided, Hall Street Gallery, Savannah, GA
• 2003
• Impressions, Sunrise Civic Center Gallery, Sunrise, FL

Group Exhibitions

• Bucks County Plein Air Festival, Newtown, PA
• 2016

• Painting and Seeing, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
• 2016

• New Art, South Florida Cultural Consortium Artist exhibition, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
• 2015
• Art Faculty Exhibition, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• 2015
• ArtFields 2015, Lake City, SC
• 2015
• Plein Air Festival, Lighthouse Art Center, Jupiter, FL
• 2015
• Valdosta National 2015, Valdosta State University, GA
• 2014
• 24th Annual All-Florida Juried Arts Show, Stuart, FL
• 2014
• Florida Contemporary, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL
• 2013
• 2013 Annual Juried Show, Florida Museum for WomenArtists, Deland, Fl
• 2013
• 62th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Museum of Art, Boa Raton, FL
• 2013
• Tri-County Biennial, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale FL
• 2013
• New Works 2013, Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Davie, FL
• 2013
• Works on Paper, Gallery 6, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2012
• Art Fallout, Girls Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2012
• artBRAVO, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2012
• Big, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2012
• Faculty + One, Willis Holcombe Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2012
• A Delicate Balance, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, Gallery 217, NSU, FL
• 2012
• New Works 2012, Broward College’s Central Campus Fine Arts Gallery, Davie, FL
• 2011
• 60th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
• 2011
• One, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Exhibition Series, Gallery 217, NSU, FL
• 2010
• American Women Artist National Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX
• 2010
• 1708 Gallery, SECAC Conference, Juried Members exhibition, Richmond, VA
• 2010
• Andrews Art Museum, Andrews, North Carolina
• 2010
• American Women Artist National Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX
• 2010
• SECAC Conference, Members exhibition, Richmond, VA
• 2010
• Andrews Art Museum, Andrews, North Carolina
• 2010
• ArtFlorida, Juried Competition, Artserve, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2010
• Adjunctville, Broward College’s Central Campus Fine Arts Gallery, Davie, FL
• 2009
• New American Paintings Juried Exhibition-in-Print, Edition #82
• 2009
• Where I’m From, RFD Gallery, Juried Exhibit, Swainsboro, GA
• 2007
• Vernissage, Lacoste, France
• 2007
• American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibit, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago. Il
• 2006-2008
• Savannah College of Art and Design, Open Studio, GA
• 2006
• American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibit; Rockport, TX
• 2005
• Plein Air Easton, Maryland, National Juried Plein Air Competition/Exhibit
• 2003-2005
• Inspirations 2003/04/05, Cornell Museum All Florida Juried Exhibit, Delray, FL
• 2005
• The Modern Masters, Small Works, Alla Prima Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
• 2005
• Paint the Town, Plein Air Juried Competition, St. Petersburg, FL
• 2004-2010
• Impressions of South Florida, Bonnet House Museum Juried exhibit, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 2004
• Artescape, Juried exhibit, Gallery Victoria, Naples, FL
• 2004
• 21st Anniversary Exhibition,  Palm Beach Watercolor Society, Juried exhibit, FL
• 2004
• Director’s Invitational, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL

Bibliography

“New American Paintings, Juried Exhibitions-In-Print,” Edition #82, (June/July 2009), Volume 14, Issue 3, 120-123. Allison Hersh, “Grand Illusion,” Savannah Morning News, Savannah, GA. July 27, 2008: 4E http://savannahnow.com/node/538653

Technical Abilities

• Excellence in drawing, graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink.
• Painting in watercolors, acrylics and oils, includes plein air painting, on-location.
• Graphic design and advertising with computer expertise in QuarkXpress.
• Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, Photoshop, Powerpoint and art directing.

Collections