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Stephanie Deshpande is a contemporary, representational painter living in the Tri-State area. She
received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts and her Masters of
Fine Arts degree from New York Academy of Art. She won a fellowship to attend Yale's Art Program at
Norfolk and has been awarded many honors.
Her work has been exhibited at the Arts Student Showcase,
Belenky Gallery, Synchronicity Space and The National Arts Club
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Images 2012: The Juried Exhibition of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Robeson Gallery, PA,
June 6 – July 15, 2012
CONCEPTION Tribeca IV, Group Show, NY, July 11, 2012

Past Exhibitions:
CONCEPTION Tribeca II, Group Show, NY, January 2012
CONCEPTION Tribeca, Group Show, NY, October 2011
“Looking Inward,” Belenky Gallery, NY, January 2004
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY, June 1999
Various Works Displayed, Art Student Showcase, Manhattan, NY 1998-2008
Group Exhibition, The National Arts Club, Manhattan, NY, March 1999
10th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Synchronicity Space, Manhattan, NY, January 1999
Group Show, Tristan & America, NY, 1999
Group Show, Dr. Williams Office, Manhattan, NY, Fall 1998-Summer 1999
Take Home a Nude, NYAA, June 1999
Cast Hall Exhibition, NYAA, Winter 1997
Solo Exhibition, Rao’s, Amherst, MA June 1997-1999
Junior/Senior Awards Exhibition (Juried), Herter Gallery, UMass Amherst, May 20-25, 1997
“The Unspoken Configuration,” Visual and Performing Arts Space, UMass, May 12-16, 1997
Junior/Senior Awards Exhibition, May 20-26, 1996
Yale at Norfolk, Group Show, Norfolk, CT, Summer 1996
Five College Art Exhibition, Johnson Gallery, Hampshire College, December 4-5, 1995

Honors:
Best in Show, Images 2012: The Juried Exhibition of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts,
Robeson Gallery, PA, June-July 2012
Finalist, ACOPAL’s Contemporary American and Chinese Realism Competition, November 2011
Richild von Holtzbrinck Award, The National Arts Club, February 1999
First Place, 10th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Synchronicity Space, NY, January 1999
Chancellor’s Talent Award, 1994-1997
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Summer 1996
External Jury for an Award, Spring 1997, Spring 1996
Award of Excellence, Department of Art Spring 1997, Fall 1994
William F. Field Alumni Scholars Award, Spring 1996
Area Award in Painting, Spring 1996
Internal Jury for an Area Award in Painting, Spring 1996, Spring 1997
Internal Jury for Award of Excellence, Spring 1996
Stephanie Deshpande
Hotel Giraffe
Hotel Elysee
The Casablanca Hotel
The Library Hotel
The Library Hotel Collection
The Library Hotel Collection