Artist Background

EDUCATION:

 May, 1972: B.F.A. cum laude, Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston, Mass.

Major: painting

AWARDS:

Pastel Artist International Magazine, finalist in Landscape Challenge, work

Worcester Art Museum Frances A. Kinnicutt Award for Foreign Travel 
and   Study, 2001
v First place in Drawing, 1991, “Arts Worcester” exhibition.
v Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant recipient, 1990.

Finalist in Drawing, 1988 Mass. Artists Fellowship Program.

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Recipient, 1985.

Semi-Finalist in Drawing, 1985 Mass. Artists Fellowship Program.

Third place in Drawing, 1985 “Arts Worcester” exhibition.

Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant recipient, twice in 1984.

Finalist in Drawing, 1981 Mass. Artists Fellowship Program

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

Kessler Financial Services, Boston

Standish, Ayre & Wood, Boston, Mass.

Morgan Bank, New York, N.Y.

Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak and Cohen, Boston, Mass.

Southwestern Bell Corporation, Houston, Texas.

Prudential Insurance Corporation, Newark, N.J.

Allied Bank South Austin, Austin, Texas.

Allied Bank Plana, Dallas, Texas.

Salomon Brothers, New York, N.Y.

Bowditch & Dewey, Attorneys at Law, Worcester, Mass.

Dunn & Bradstreet, New York, N.Y.

Corporate Art Services, New Canaan, Conn.

Art Planning Consultants, New York, N.Y.

Venture Founders Corporation, Waltham, Mass.

Dellano & Griffe, Attorneys at Law, Boston, Mass.

Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tenn.

New England Life Insurance Corporation, Boston, Mass.

Dedham Medical Center, Dedham, Mass.

Fidelity Investments, Boston, Mass.

Prime Computer Corporation, Framingham, Mass.

PruLease, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital, Milford, Mass.

Lumberman’s Mutual Insurance Corporation, Framingham, Mass.

E.G.& G. Corporation, Wellesley, Mass.

The Bank of Boston, Boston, Mass.

Norton Company, Worcester, Mass.

Allendale Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Mass.

Chermayeff and Geismer, Inc., New York, N.Y.

Chemical Bank, New York, N.Y.

Old Colony Bank, Attleboro, Mass.

The Bank of Boston–Bristol, New Bedford, Mass.

Moody’s Investors Services, New York, N.Y.

Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, N.Y.

Rita Rich Collection, New York, N.Y.

Champion International Corporation

Bowditch & Marinelli, Worcester, Mass.

Compu-Fix, West Mifflin, PA.

Arthur Andersen, LLP, Chicago, Ill.

Cambridge Savings Bank, Cambridge, Mass.

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass.

 

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

9/6 – 10/1/12:
“Landscapes”, one person show, The Art and
Frame Emporium, Westborough, MA

11/01:
“Pastel Landscapes,” Papp Gallery, New York, N.Y.

8/98:
”Recent Pastels,” Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, Mass.

4/82:
Pine Manor College Hess Gallery, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

2/81-3/81:
New England Telephone Company Learning Center, Marlboro, Mass.

8/76:
Boston City Hall.

12/75: 
Cabot Gallery, Beverly, Mass.

3/74: 
Boston Center for Adult Education.

TWO – THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

10/08:
“Autumn Opulence – Ella Delyanis and Lorraine Fields 
Bowden,” Artana Gallery, Boston, Mass.

10/05:
“Realism Rejoiced II – Ella Delyanis and Dina Brodsky,” 
Artana Gallery, Brookline, Mass.

9/04:
“Realism Rejoiced – Ella Delyanis and Dina Brodsky,” 
Artana Gallery, Brookline, Mass.

12/03:
“Ella Delyanis – Pastels,” Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School, Providence, R.I.

10/03-11/03:
“Color, Light, and Composition – Ella Delyanis and Jeanne Tangney,” 
Artana Gallery, Framingham, Mass.

3/02-4/02:
“Recent Pastels,” Gallery AAB

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

9/18 – 10/6/12: 
The Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition, 
Ames Mansion, Borderland State Park, North Easton, MA

05/08:
“Faculty Works in Progress,” Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass.

07/07- 08/07:
New Work, Artana Gallery, Brookline, Mass.

6/07:
“Arts Worcester,” Biennial

12/04- 1/07:
Holiday Exhibitions, Artana Gallery, Brookline, Mass.

5/07:
Faculty Exhibition, Worcester Art Museum

11/03: 
Inaugural Exhibition, Artana Gallery, Brookline, Mass.

6/03-7/03:
“Boston to Wellfleet,” Artana Gallery, Framingham, Mass.

11/02-1/03:
Faculty Exhibition, Worcester Art Museum

6/03: 
“Arts Worcester,” Biennial

10/02:
“Artcetera 2002 ,” Boston, Mass.

10/01:
Inaugural Exhibition, Erlich Gallery, Marblehead, Mass.

5/01-6/01: 
“Arts Worcester,” Biennial, Honorable Mention and Patron’s Choice Awards

10/00- 11/00:
“Arts Worcester,” Biennial 1999 Winners, University of Massachusetts Medical School Gallery

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

5/78- Present: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass.

Position: Instructor of drawing and painting for adults