Stephanie Deshpande


Stephanie Deshpande
Born 1975 (age 40–41).[1]
United States[1]
Nationality American
Known for Realism
Website www.stephaniedeshpande.com

Stephanie Deshpande (born 1975)[1] is a contemporary American painter, best known for her portraits and narrative paintings. Her work is inspired by John Singer Sargent, and deals with personal allegorical themes. She currently lives in northern New Jersey.[2]

Education

Deshpande attended high school in Massachusetts, and completed a BFA with honors in painting at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1997. In 1996 she studied at the Ingbretson Studio in Framingham and was instructed in the “Boston School” method by Meg Mercier. She was awarded the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship to attend the Yale Summer School of Music and Art in 1996. She continued her studies at the New York Academy of Art earning her MFA in 1999. While attending NYAA, she studied under Vincent Desiderio and Steven Assael.[3] She teaches at the Teaching Studios of Art located in Long Island, NY [4] and at Chelsea Classical Studio of Fine Art in New York City[5]

The Fall
Exploring The Basement
Assembling The Pieces

Biography

Deshpande is involved in promoting recognition of women in the arts. She is on the New Media Relations committee of Portrait Society of America's the Cecilia Beaux Forum.[6] Her work has been included in several Women Painting Women exhibitions,[7][8] and appeared on the Woman Painting Women website.[9] Her articles about the importance of classical training in the arts have appeared in Artists on Art Magazine and on the Cecilia Beaux Forum blog.

Deshpande has received recognition for her paintings by the Portrait Society of America,[10] Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club,[11] the Art Renewal Center,[12] Allied Artists of America, and Oil Painters of America.[13] Her work appeared in publications including Poets and Artists Magazine,[14] Fine Art Connoisseur,[15][16] American Art Collector,[17] The Artist's Magazine,[18] Artists on Art, Artistsnetwork,[19] the New York Optimist,[20] and Arte Fuse.[21] Her paintings have been shown nationally in juried and invitational exhibitions in New York,[11] New Jersey,[7] Florida,[22] South Carolina,[8] and California.[23] Her work is included in the permanent collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art. She is represented by Arundel Art Room in West Sussex, England.[24]

Art

Deshpande works in oil paint, and paints figures, portraits, narratives, and still lives. She often uses chiaroscuro to create a dramatic tone in her paintings.[18] Her depiction of female characters is realistic and focuses more on an internal dialog than on the external beauty of her subjects. Her themes often include playing cards, games, electricity, light/shadows, dolls, children, religion, and the dynamics between people.[25]In "The Fall" (2013), Deshpande explores darker themes inspired by life and dreams.[26] Using a predominantly warm palette and closely related values in The Fall was a choice Stephanie Deshpande made to “up” the thematic intensity but also to establish the figure as having an equal part in the narrative as the child’s toys. The young girl in the painting is Deshpande’s daughter. It’s an intimate scene Deshpande imagined one day in the car, but it’s also slightly sinister, made all the more so by Deshpande’s other inspiration for the painting—a nightmare in which she witnessed a child falling to the ground (that child is represented by raggedy andy).[18][27]

In 2016, Deshpande was one of the artists who participated in the Emanuel Nine Portrait Project at Principle Gallery, honoring the victims of the Charleston Church shooting. She painted the portrait of Myra Thompson, one of the nine victims.[28]

Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Coppen, Maya. "Stephanie Deshpande". Arundel Art Room. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  2. ↑ Rosenblum, Chris (July 1, 2012). ""Living Local: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Images 2012" (PDF). Centre Daily Times, centredaily.com.
  3. ↑ Deshpande, Stephanie. "The Search for Academic Training". Artistsonart.com. Randy Mellody. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Teaching Studios of Art". www.teachingstudios.com. the teaching studios of art. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Narrative Painting Workshop". chelseaclassica. Chelsea Classical Studio. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Portrait Society of America, The Cecilia Beaux Forum". portraitsociety.org. Portrait Society of America. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Women Painting Women". GMN News. Atlanticville. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 Carlson, Jeffrey. "Women Painting Women Juried Show in Charleston". www.fineartconnoisseur.com. Streamline Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Feissel, Diane. "Stephanie Deshpande". Women Painting Women. Women Painting Women. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "2014 Members Only Competition Winners". The Portrait Society of America. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc.". clwac.org. Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Art Renewal Canter". www.artrenewal.org. Art Renewal Canter. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "OPA Online Showcase Competition Finalists (Summer 2014)". www.opaonlineshowcase.com. Oil Painters of America. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  14. ↑ Maidman, Daniel (November 1, 2015). "Devotion". PoetsArtists (#68): 12–13. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Webster, Andrew (October 2015). "The New East". Streamline Publishing, Inc. Fine Art Today. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Carlson, Jeffrey. "Women Painting Women Juried Show in Charleston". www.fineartconnoisseur.com. Streamline Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Upcoming Shows Online". upcomingshowsonline.com. American Art Collector. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 Graham, Mckenzie. "Portrait/Figure". The Artist's Magazine (December 2014): 41.
  19. ↑ Haas, Cherie. "Portrait/Figure Winners in the 2012 Annual Art Competition". Artistsnetwork. F+W. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  20. ↑ Sebastian, John. "Stephanie Deshpande". thenewyorkoptimist.com. MMIX, The New York Optimist. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  21. ↑ Ordonez, Rob (17 July 2012). "Conception Events continues to unveil new talent to Tribeca". vada. WWW.ARTEFUSE.COM. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "24th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils". www.oilpaintersofamerica.com. Oil Painters of America. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  23. ↑ Punnoose, Rency. "American Artists and the Allure of the East". www.schomburggallery.com. Schomburg Gallery. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  24. ↑ Coppen, Maya. "Stephanie Deshpande". Arundel Art Room. Arundel Art Room. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  25. ↑ Takács, Judy. "Our Portraits Our Selves…The Youthful Doppelgänger". portraitsocietyceciliabeauxforum.blogspot.com. Portrait Society of America. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  26. ↑ Rosenblum, Chris (July 1, 2012). "Living Local: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Images 2102" (PDF). centredaily.com. Centre Daily Times. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  27. ↑ Bloomfield, Maureen. "Portrait/Figure". The Artist's Magazine (December 2012): 60.
  28. ↑ "Charleston portrait project pays tribute to Emanuel 9". counton2. 2016 Media General Communications Holdings, LLC. News2. May 28, 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  29. ↑ Allied Artists of America, Inc. 102nd Annual Exhibition. New Castle, PA: Typography and Printing: Commercial Printing Company. September 3, 2015. p. 17.
  30. ↑ "RayMar Art Painting Competition 2014-2015 8th Annual Competition Winners". www.raymarartcontest.com. RayMar Art, Inc. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  31. ↑ "2014 Non-Commissioned Winners". www.portraitsociety.org. The Portrait Society of America. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  32. ↑ "29th Annual Art Competition: Portrait Figure" (PDF). www.artistsnetwork.com. F+W. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  33. ↑ "Raymar Art Painting Competition Finalists (8th Annual Competition Month #3 - June 2014)". www.raymarartcontest.com. RayMar Art, Inc. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  34. ↑ "Additional Awards". www.artrenewal.org. Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  35. ↑ Haas, Cherie. "Portrait/Figure Winners in the 2012 Annual Art Competition". www.artistsnetwork.com. F+W. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  36. ↑ Rosenblum, Chris (July 1, 2012). "Living Local: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Images 2012" (PDF). centredaily.com. Centre Daily Times. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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