Sandra Jeknavorian, Painter
Resume:
Education     MFA in Painting 2002, University of Masachusetts, Amherst,
              MA.

              BFA in Painting, 1995, Hartford Art School, West Hartford,
              CT. (Magna Cum Laude.)
              Minor in Art History, 1995, University of Hartford, West
              Hartford, CT.

Selected      2007:
Exhibitions   Two-Person Show, "it's only a dream," ArtSpace Norwich,
              Norwich CT.


             
2006:
             
Group Show, "Hartford Art School Alumni Smallworks Exhibition,"
              Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford,CT.


             
Four-Person Show, "Subdivision," District of Columbia Arts
              Center, (DCAC), Washington DC.
                    
              Four-Person Show, "Art of Remembrance," Haley Gallery, Kittery,
              ME. 

              2005:
              Two-Person Show, Promenade Gallery, Bushnell Center for the
              Performing Arts, Hartford, CT
.

             
Solo Show, "Memoir," First Church Gallery, New Britain, CT.

            
2004:
              Juried Show, "Remembrances of Things Past," South Shore Art
              Center, Cohasset, MA.

              Solo Show, "Sandra Jeknavorian: Works on Paper," Three Rivers
              Community College, Norwich, CT.

              2003:
              Group Show, "Faculty and Staff Exhibition," Post University,
              Waterbury, CT.

              Solo Show, "...my train...my stream...between memory and a
              dream..." Artworks Gallery, New Bedford, MA. 

              Group Show, "Illuminations," Massachusetts General Hospital
              Cancer Center, Boston, MA.

              Group Show, "Going Postal," Gallery on the Green,
              Canton, CT.

    
         Juried Show, "For Love of Art," Artworks Gallery,
              New Bedford, MA.

              2002:
              Solo Show, "Memory, Time, and Thought: Real and Imagined,"
              Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA.

              2001:
              Juried Show, "Looking Back...Looking Forward," Artworks
              Gallery, Hartford, CT.
         
              Group Show, "2 Midway Shows," Student Union Gallery,
              University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

              2000:
              Group Show, "Painters and Printmakers," Greenfield Community
              College Art Gallery, Greenfield, MA.

              1995:
              BFA Solo Thesis Exhibition, "Sandra Jeknavorian," Taub Hall
              Gallery, Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT.

              1994:
              Juried Show, "Alexander Goldfarb Juried Competition,"
              Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT.

 
Selected     
United States Federal Government, Department of the State,
Collections
  Unites States Embassy, Yerevan, Armenia

              Bonnie Ralston, Senior Designer, Department of Graphic
              Design, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY.


Curator/  
   2005:
Juror   
     Juror: "Picturing Norwich," Rose City Renaissance, Norwich,
              CT. 
          

             
Juror:"Student Art Show," Post University, Waterbury, CT.

              2004:
              Curator: "feminine, feminist, female," Studio Soto, Boston,
              MA.

              2004 to present:
              Curator: Three Rivers Community College Exhibition Spaces
      

Residency   
September 2002 - September 2003:
             
Artist-in-Residence One-Year Fellowship
              Artworks, New Bedford, MA.
            

Teaching
     January 2004 - Present:       
             
Tenure-Track Faculty Member in Art, Art Curriculum Leader
              Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT.
             
              June 2003 - December 2003:       
             
Adjunct Instructor
              Post University, WAterbury, CT.
                         
              September 2002 - May 2003:       
             
Instructor of Studio Art Classes
              Artworks, New Bedford, MA.
             
              September 2000 - May 2002:
             
Adjunct Instructor
              University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Related
      September 1999 - May 2000:
Experience
   Assistant Gallery Director
              Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA.

              May - September 1995:
             
Assistant to the Director of the Corporate Art
             
Collection
              Aetna Insurance Company, Hartford, CT.
           

Visiting
     April 2004:
Artist
       Painting Demonstration and Workshop: Self-Portraits
Workshops
    Benjamin Franklin Public Elementary School, Meriden,
              CT.           

              March 2004:
              Painting Demonstration on Color
              Cooperative Nursery School of New Britain, New Britain, CT.
         
              June 2003 - August 2003:
              Six-Session Workshop, "Meet the Masters."
              New Britain Youth Museum, New Britain, CT.
             
              July 2002:
              Two-Day Workshop/Slide Lecture in Bookmaking
              Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program,
              Williamsburg, MA
.

Lectures
     2005:
              "Art in the Post-World War II Era" Senior Ambassadors Week,
              Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
.

            
"Separate but Connected: Moments in Time and Memory," Lenten
              Program Night: Different Ways of Knowing, First Church of
              Christ, Congregational, New Britain, CT.

              2004:
              "American Artists of the 1930's: Reflections and
              Distractions," Senior Ambassadors Week, Three Rivers Community
              College, Norwich, CT.

              2003:            
              "Conceptual Painter, Sandra Jeknavorian," University
              of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Star Store Campus, New
              Bedford, MA.
             

Press
        January 10, 2005
              The New Britain Herald
              "Plainville Artist's Exhibit Opens at First Church"

              December 27, 2004
              The Norwich Bulletin
              "Three Rivers Beefs Up Fine Arts Program"

              July 31, 2003
              The New Britain Herald
              "Express Yourself"

              February 2, 2003
              The Standard Times
              "Show Your Love of Art"


Awards/
      2008:
Honors        Three Rivers Faculty Merit Award
              For loyalty and dedication to the college, unusual
              service, superior performance, and exceptional duty.
              Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT.
             
              2005:
              Three Rivers Faculty Merit Award
              For loyalty and dedication to the college, unusual
              service, superior performance, and exceptional duty.
              Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT.

              2004:
              Community Partnership Award
              For leadership in partnership between Norwich High School and
              Three Rivers Community College art students in contribution to
              The Empty Bowls Project benefiting St. Vincent DePaul Soup
              Kitchen, Norwich, CT.    
             
              2002:
              $1500 Work Grant, University of Massachusetts,
              Dartmouth, Visiting Artist Program.    

              2001
:
     
        Certificate of Appreciation for Teaching Excellence,
              University of Massachusetts, Division of Continuing
              Education, Amherst, MA.
     
              Looking Back Cash Award, "Looking Back...Looking Forward
              Juried Show," Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT.

              2000 - 2002:
              Teaching Assistantships, University of Massachusetts,
              Amherst, MA.

              1999 - 2000:
              Gallery Assistantship, University of Massachusetts,
              Amherst, MA.

              1992 - 1995:
              President's Academic Merit Scholarship, University of
              Hartford, West Hartford, CT.
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