{"Id":2168,"Name":"Ann James Massey","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003EANN JAMES MASSEY, SWA, CPSA, UKCPS, AAP\u003Cbr /\u003ERealism, b. 1951\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical information\u003Cbr /\u003EContact\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E4, rue Auguste Chabri\u0026egrave;res \u0026middot; 75015 Paris \u0026middot; France \u0026middot; Tel (33) 6.12.24.53.12\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003Eadd 011 in front of the numbers when calling from the US or Canada\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EWebsite: \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.annjamesmassey.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.annjamesmassey.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EEmail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ajmassey@annjamesmassey.com\u0022\u003Eajmassey@annjamesmassey.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEducation\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003ECourses or instruction taken at each of the following:\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Texas at El Paso, El Paso Art Academy, Ramon Froman School of Art (Cloudcroft, New Mexico), Paris American Academy (Paris, France), Schuler School of Fine Art (Baltimore, Maryland)\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProfessional\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EOwned \u0026amp; operated The Montwood Gallery (El Paso, Texas 1974-1978) and Massey Fine Arts (Santa Teresa, New Mexico 1992-1994); taught private drawing lessons 1975 \u0026ndash; 1994; moved to Paris. France in 1994; teaches occasional workshops and gives private consultations \u0026amp; critiques. talks, lectures, judge competitions 1976 - present\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESelected Memberships\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E(Invited or juried, USA unless otherwise noted):\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EMensa\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EThe Society of Women Artists \u0026ndash; London, England (Signature Member)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EAmerican Artists Professional League - New York (Fellow Maxima Cum Laude\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: \u0027Arial Narrow\u0027,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0027Times New Roman\u0027; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\u0022\u003E\u003C/span\u003E)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003ECatharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club - New York\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EColored Pencil Society of America - (Charter \u0026amp; Signature Member)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EUnited Kingdom Colored Pencil Society (Charter, Signature \u0026amp; Silver Member / First President / awarded life membership)\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPartial Listing Exhibitions, Shows, *Awards \u0026amp; Honors\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E(Juried or Invitational \u0026ndash; all USA unless otherwise noted)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFrom Here to There\u003C/em\u003E, 1996 retrospective of 26 years of drawings \u0026amp; paintings by Ann James Massey, Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, Texas\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Society of Women Artists 136th \u0026ndash; 144th, 146th - 148th, 158th \u0026amp; 159th Annual Exhibitions\u003C/em\u003E, Westminster Gallery, Westminster Central Hall, London, England to the 141st, thereafter the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, *Barbara Tate Awards for an Oil Painting 140th and 141st Exh.\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAmerican Artists Professional League 62nd, 63rd, 65th, 67th- 69th, 71st, 73rd, 74th, 78th, 80, \u0026amp; 90th Grand Nat\u0026rsquo;l Exhs.\u003C/em\u003E, Salmagundi Club, NY, NY *AAPL Award for Graphics (62nd Exh), *The Director\u0026rsquo;s Award (69th Exh), *John R. Grabach Memorial Award for Oil (71st Exh), *The Allied Artists Award (73rd Exh), *The President\u0026rsquo;s Award for Graphics (74th Exh), *The Frank C. Wright Jr. Medal od Honor in Pastel \u0026amp; Graphics (78th Exh), *Leila Gardin Sawyer Memorial Award (80th Exh), * John Angelone Award for Excellence in Oil (90th exh)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EKnickerbocker Artists Annual 40th and 41st National Open Exhibitions\u003C/em\u003E, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, 105th National Arts Club * Silver Medal of Honor in the Graphics \u0026amp; Drawing (40th Exh),\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAllied Artists of America 77th, 87th \u0026amp; 105th-107th Annual Exhibitions\u003C/em\u003E, National Arts Club, New York, NY *National Arts Club Award for Graphics (77th Exh), *The Len G. Everett Memorial Award (105th Exh),\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAcademic Artists Assc, 43rd Nat\u0026rsquo;l Exh. of Contemporary Realism\u003C/em\u003E, First Church Gallery, Springfield, Mass.\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECatharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 99th, 102nd \u0026ndash; 105th, 107th, 112th, 121st, \u0026amp; 122nd Annual Exhibitions\u003C/em\u003E, National Arts Club, New York, NY *Katherine A. Lovell Memorial Award for Oil (102nd Exh.), *Frank B. and Mary Anderson Cassidy Memorial Award for a Human Family Theme (107th Exh), *Lawrennce von Beidel Memorial Award (121st), *Nora Roth Memorial Award (122nd Exh)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECatharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Member\u0026rsquo;s Exh 2002 \u0026amp; 2008\u003C/em\u003E, Broome Street Gallery, NYC *1st Place in Graphics (2002), *2nd Place in Oil (2008)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Miniature Art Society of Florida\u0026rsquo;s 20th,, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 30th \u0026amp; 35th International Miniature Art Shows\u003C/em\u003E, Clearwater, (20th \u0026ndash; 24th), St. Petersburg Museum of Art, St. Petersburg (25th) \u0026amp; Dunedin (27th), Florida, *1st Places in Drawing, Pastel \u0026amp; Scrimshaw (20th \u0026amp; 25th Exhs), *2nd Place in Drawing, Pastel \u0026amp; Scrimshaw, (24th Exh), *2nd Place in Figure (30th exh)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Miniature Painters, Sculptors \u0026amp; Gravers Society of Washington, DC 61st, 63rd \u0026amp; 64th Annual Intl. Exhs\u003C/em\u003E. Art Club of Washington, Washington DC *Honorable Mention in the Int\u0026rsquo;l. Category (61st Exh.), *Third Place in the International Category (71st exh)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERoyal Scottish Academy 176th Annual Exhibition\u003C/em\u003E, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERoyal Birmingham Society of Artists Open Exh 2001\u003C/em\u003E, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, England 1993, 1994, \u0026amp; 1995 In\u0026rsquo;l Colored Pencil Exhibitions, Birmingham, MI; Portland, OR; \u0026amp; Cleveland, OH\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWomen Reflect, three woman exhibition\u003C/em\u003E, Carlsbad Museum of Art, Carlsbad, New Mexico\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAmerican Drawing Biennial III\u003C/em\u003E, Muscarell Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESierra Medical Center\u0026rsquo;s Annual El Paso Art Assoc.at the El Paso Museum of Art\u003C/em\u003E 1991 \u0026amp; 1992, El Paso,TX *Best of Show $6,500.00 Purchase Award (1991), *Huthsteiner $3,500.00 Purchase Award (1992)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E2nd-4th, 8th, 10th Aunnual UK Colored Pencil Society International Exhibitions, \u003C/em\u003Erespectiveley Patchings Farm Art Centre, Calverton, Nottinghamshire I2nd \u0026amp; 3rd), The Stble Gallery, Kington, Herfordshire (4th), Royal Birmingham Scoiety of Artists Gallery, Birmingham (8th) Stamford Art Centre (Stamford (9th), Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London (10th) UK, *Special recommendation \u0022for uniqueness and originality\u0022 (2nd exh), *The Derwent Award (3rd exh), *The Lyra Award, a Highly Commended award, and *The People\u0027s Choice Award (4th exh)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E33e \u0026amp; 34e Salons National d\u0026rsquo;Art de l\u0026rsquo;Automne\u003C/em\u003E, Issoudun FRANCE * Grand Prix du Salon (Best of Show 33e Salon), Invit\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;Honneur (Invited artist of honor - 34e Salon)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFinalist in the Portrait Categories\u003C/em\u003E, The Artist\u0026rsquo;s Magazine 1993 and 1995 Art Competitions\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWomen Artists of the West Fourth International Juried Competition\u003C/em\u003E, Biloxi, Mississippi *Second Place in Oil or Acrylic in and Oil Technique and the same painting was chosen as the show poster\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EInducted into the El Paso Artists\u0026rsquo; Hall of Fame in 2001, El Paso, Texas\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOil Painters of America Premier Exhibition\u003C/em\u003E, The Prince Gallery, Chicago, Illinois\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECoppini Academy of Fine Arts \u002775, \u002776\u0027, \u002777, \u002780, and \u002784 Garden Exhibitions, \u003C/em\u003ESan Antonio, Texas, *1st Place in Mixed Media (\u002777), *1st \u0026amp; *3rd in Mixed Media (\u002780), *1st Place in Mixed Media (\u002784)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2008, \u003C/em\u003EMall Galleries, The Mall, London, UK\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Third \u0026amp; Fifth Worldwide Exhibition of Fine Arts in Miniature, \u003C/em\u003Erespectively The Smithsonian Institue, Arts \u0026amp; Industries Building, Washington, DC, Gallery of Russian Academy of Art, Moscow, Russia\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEXPORTE \u002795 and \u002796, \u003C/em\u003EFine Arts Museum of the Pronaf, Ciudad Juaraz, Chihuahua, Mexico\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAmerican Drawing Biennial III, \u003C/em\u003EMuscarell Museum of Art, College of William \u0026amp; Mary, Williamsburg, VA\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPublications\u003C/strong\u003E (listing, article or artwork included in \u0026ndash; all USA publications)\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EBooks: \u003Cem\u003EWho\u0026rsquo;s Who in American Art; Best of Colored Pencil 1, 2 \u0026amp; 3; Portrait Inspirations; Colored Pencil Basics; Exploring Colored Pencil; Getting the Word Out: The Artist\u0026rsquo;s Guide to Self Promotion, Strokes of Geniius 2, Colored Pencil Society of America Signature Showcase, Dixonary, Making Georgia Howl: The 5th Ohio Calvary in Kilpatrick\u0027s Campaign and the Diary of Sgt. William H Harding (cover)\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EMagazines: The Artists Magazine (\u0026ldquo;Pencil Perfect Renderings\u0026rdquo; by Ann James Massey with Sandra\u0026nbsp; Angelo - May 93,\u0026nbsp; book reviews by Ann James Massey Sept. 93); American Artist Magazine (Mar 94); Dog Fancy Magazine (Mar 94); Business 94 (Dec/Jan); Southwest Woman Magazine (Jan 93); Mensa Bulletin, The Magazine of American Mensa (covers of Apr 99 \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp; Apr/May 2002 issues, opening shot June 2018); The\u0026nbsp; Art Calendar (Mar 99, Dec 99); Time Magazine (European Edition July 2, 2000 \u0026ldquo;Ebb and Flow of Art\u0026rdquo; letter by Ann James Massey); Manhattan Arts\u0026nbsp; International (March \u0026ndash; April 2000); InformArt Magazine\u0026nbsp; (Spring 2002); El Paso Life (Mar/Apr \u0026amp; May/Jun 2002); International Artist (April/May 2005), Ventanas Magazine \u0026ldquo;Ann James Massey\u0026rdquo; by Myrna Zanetell (Fall 2006), El Paso Inc. Magazine (Summer 2018) \u0026ldquo;From El Paso to Paris\u0026rdquo; by Cindy Graff Cohen; Southwest Art Magazine (Dec/Jan 20), Circle Quarterly Art Review: An Examination of Current Trends \u0026amp; Original Practices in Visual Arts Fall 2019 France, Gardens, Art Ascent (2021)\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003C/ul\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":22}