Clare Stokolosa
Clarestokolosa.com | 516-532-4624 | cstokolosa@gmail.com
Studio 34 LIC, 34-01 38th Avenue, Suite 434, LIC NY 11101 (Studio)
International visual artist based in New York City working in a variety of media, including watercolor, oils, and acrylic. My linear style incorporates observational drawings done on site, enlarged and painted in my studio. The linear technique maintains the spontaneity and integrity of the original line drawing. My watercolor practice en plein-air, outdoors in natural light, informs my use of color in my studio practice.
SOLO EXHIBITS
Passeggiando 2023, Walking in Italy and New York, December 2023, Studio 34 LIC Gallery, 34-01 38th Ave, 4th floor, LIC, NY 11101
Gardens to Seasides, Featured Artist Women’s History Month, March 2023, Islip Arts Council Gallery, 1701 Sunrise Hwy, Bay Shore, NY 11706
NYC Faces, Cope NYC, 2021 to Present, Pfizer Building 630, Flushing Ave, Second Floor, Bklyn, NY 11206
Cavalli Regali Di Piazza San Marco, Italy (Regal Horses of San Marco Square), July 2022 - October 2022, Galleria Nazionale Cortona, Via Nazionale, 4 Cortona, AR, Italy
Colorful Creations, September 2021, The Paper Factory, LIC, NY 11101
Passeggiando per Cortona, August 2021, Factory 44, Via Dardano, Cortona, Italy
Inspirations Window Art Showcase, April 2021, Bay Terrace Mall, Bayside, NY 11360
NYC Faces: Series of Paintings of People in Transit, August - September 2019, Studio 34 LIC Gallery, Long Island City, NY 11101
NYC Faces, November 2019, La Galeria, Boricua College, 3755 Broadway, NY, NY 10032
Art-on-Link: NYC Faces, July 2019, paintings shown digitally on 1,700 plus Art-on-Link kiosks throughout the five boroughs of NYC
Passeggiando Per Cortona Autunno 2019, October 2019, Saletta del Teatro Signorelli, Piazza Luca Signorelli 52044, Cortona, AR Italy
Passeggiando Per Cortona Estate 2019, July 2019, Palazzo Ferretti, Via Nazionale, Cortona, Italy
Passeggiando Per Cortona, October 2018, Saletta del Teatro Signorelli, Cortona, Italy
NYC Faces, Premier, October 2017, La Galeria, Boricua College, NYC
Dalla Piazza, October 2016, Patchogue Arts Council Satellite Gallery, Patchogue, NY
Elements in Nature, March 2016, La Galeria, Boricua College, NYC
Le Donne, (The Women), April 2015, La Galeria, Boricua College, NYC
Les Petits Plaisirs,(Little Pleasures), February 2014, JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, NJ
Acquerelli e Veri Dedicati ai Paesaggi Italiani (Watercolors and Verses Dedicated to Italian Landscapes), February 2013, Biblioteca Rispoli, Piazza Grazioli, 4, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
Visions II, Summer 2011, Galleria Nazionale , Via Nazionale 4 Cortona AR. Italy
Visions, February 2011, Austin Ale House, Kew Gardens, NY
One Woman Showcase, September 1987, LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY
GROUP EXHIBITS
Brick Wall Art Gallery at Bar Dalia, Spring Show, April 2023, 33-17 31st Ave. Astoria, NY 11106
Off The Walls Affordable Holiday Art Fair, December 2021, Culture Lab, 5-25 46th Ave, LIC, NY 11101
Lica_A@ Atlantic Gallery Fall 2021, November 2021, Atlantic Gallery, 548 West 28 Street, NY, NY 10001
Un Opera per Gino Severini Group Exhibit, (Works inspired by Gino Severini) October 2021, San Augustino Conference Center, Cortona, Italy
Drawings in the Time of Social Distancing Virtual Show, August 2020, Lica_A @Long Island City Artists
Ensemble-Collective Exhibition “Cortona-Milano” Gino Severini Cultural Circle, Spirale di Luce (Spirals of Light), August 2020, Virtual exhibit
The Outside Painters, A Group Show, March 2020, Court Tree Gallery, 51 35th St, Building 5, suite B235, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11232
Annual Winter Show, 2005 - 2010, Cork Gallery, NYCATA/UFT
Annual Spring Show, 2005 - 2010, Broome Street Gallery, NYCATA/UFT
AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCY
A.i.R. Cope NYC Artist in Residence, Fall 2021, 630 Flushing Ave, Bklyn, NY
New York City Artist Corps Grant, August 2021, for #stay-at-home series of paintings created during NYC shutdown
Queens Honoree Art Italian Heritage Award, presented by Borough President Melinda Katz and Italian Heritage Cultural Committee President Joseph Sciame on November 30, 2019 at St. John’s University, Queens, NY
Art Educator Award 2013 in Recognition of Outstanding Commitment to Art Education on the Intermediate Level from NYCATA/UFT
A.i.R. Byrdcliffe, 2013, Artist Residency and Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, NY
LECTURES
Artist Talk - My Life as an International Artist, November 2023, Italian Cultural Society of Farmingdale, Ellsworth Avenue Park, 45 Motor Avenue, Farmingdale, NY
When Art Speaks: Featured artist for Queens Main Branch Jamaica Public Library, 2022 presented On-line
Keynote speaker, Queens Historical Society Fundraiser, October 2020, Talk by Clare Stokolosa on how growing up in Queens and her Italian American roots inspires her paintings
Spotlight Featured Artist, November 2020, Constant Contact.com digital and email marketing platform
Guest Speaker, St. Joseph’s University, My Plein Air Painting Practice in Europe, 2016, St. Joseph’s LI Campus, 155 West Roe Blvd, Patchogue, NY
PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bayside Queens Artist Featured in Islip Arts Women’s Exhibit, March 2023
https://qns.com/2023/04/bayside-artist-featured-islip-arts-womens-exhibit/
Featured Artist on Spectrum NY1 News, Around the Boroughs, November 2022 for commissioned painting of NYC Landmark Weeping Beech Tree now in the Queens Historical Society’s permanent collection
https://twitter.com/RonLeeReporting/status/1592234057618059264?s=20&t=P9XlSf7Gc0raWWqvVPkbYQ
City Artist Corps Grant Helps Bayside Artist Show Covid 19 Paintings in Long Island City, September 2021
Bay Terrace Shopping Center Welcomes Local artist Clare Stokolosa for Window Art Showcase, April 2021
Keynote speaker Queens Historical Society, Historical Society Host Fundraiser Italian American Month, October 2020
https://qns.com/2020/10/queens-historical-society-host-fundraiser-italian-american-month/
Spotlight Featured Artist by Constant Contact.com, November 2020
Bayside Artist’s #Stay-at-Home Pieces Displayed at LIC Virtual Exhibit August 2020, Lica_A @Long Island City Artists
https://qns.com/2020/08/bayside-artists-stay-at-home-art-pieces-displayed-at-lic-virtual-exhibit/
Ensemble-Collective Exhibition “Cortona-Milano” Gino Severini Cultural Circle, Spirale di Luce, August 2020
Queens Artist Clare Stokolosa Returns Successful from Solo Exhibit in Italy, GIA – Italian American Journal, November 7, 2019, page 5
Bayside-Based Artist Introduces New ‘NYC Faces’ Exhibit Depicting New Yorkers in Transit, Acevedo, Angelica, Queens Times Ledger, November 5, 2019
LIC Artist Captures Street Scenes in NYC and Italy, Scileppi, Tammy, Bayside Times, and LIC Magazine Cover article, July 9, 2019
https://qns.com/2019/07/lic-artist-captures-street-scenes-in-nyc-and-italy/
Queens Public Library Memory Project, Clare Stokolosa in LIC Artist Interview for Library Archive, November 2018
Queens Memory Program, Oral History: Clare Stokolosa Interview
Bayside Artist’s Work to be Showcased in Italy, Rose, Naeisha, Bayside Times, September 30, 2018, page 14
https://qns.com/story/2018/09/30/bayside-artists-work-to-be-showcased-in-italy/
Patchogue Arts Council, by PAC, Oct 13, 2016
https://patchoguearts.org/clare-stokolosa/
The Enigma of Portraits: A NYCATA/UFT Pop-Up Exhibition, August 28, 2015, Artefuse.com
artefuse.com/2015/08/28/the-enigma-of-portraits-a-nycatauft-pop-up-exhibition-at-the-queens-museum
A.i.R. Byrdcliffe Interview July 28, 2013 on artist’s Residency at A.i.R. Byrdcliffe https://airbyrdcliffe.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/a-i-r-reflections-clare-stokolosa
Acquerelli e Veri Dedicati ai Paesaggi Italiani (Watercolors and Verses Dedicated to Italian Landscapes), February 2013, Rome website article, comune.roma.it
http://www.comune.roma.it/wps/portal/pcr?contentId=NEW424532&jp_pagecode=newsview.wp&ahew=contentId:jp_pagecode
NYCATA Brecht Forum Gallery, Westbeth, NY, NY, UFT Article, June 2012
http://www.uft.org/around-uft/nycata-exhibit-and-awards
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354
Boricua College, NY, NY
Bayside Historical Society, Bayside, NY
Queens Community District 11, Manhattan, NY
Private collections in USA, Europe, Asia
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Seasonal Palette, March 2017, West Side Arts Coalition, 98th and Broadway, NY, NY
Fresh Visions, Jan 2015, Curator, Westside Arts Coalition, NY, NY
A Fine Art Exhibit, 2014, Curator, UFT/NYC Theater for the New City, NY, NY
Cork Gallery Exhibit Coordinator, 2005 - 2010, Curator; NYCATA/UFT
Broome Street Gallery, Coordinator, 2005 - 2010, NYCATA/UFT
EDUCATION
MS Art Education Queens College; BFA Hunter College; Art & Design HS
ART EDUCATOR
Sicily Watercolor Workshop Adventure I & II, Castellammare del Golfo, Italy 2022, 2023
Su Casa Grant - Queens Center for Gay Seniors, Watercolor Workshop, 2023,
City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with Council Member Shekar Krishnan District 25, The Queens Center for Gay Seniors and The Queens Historical Society
Queens Public Library: DIY Watercolor Workshop, 2022
NYC Dept of Education: Art Grant Evaluator, 2016 - 2023
Visual Arts Facilitator for Professional Development, 2016 - 2019
Visual Arts Mentor for Arts Matter, program to sustain arts in the NYC Schools, 2016 - 2019
Art Educator, 1988 - 2014
Boricua College, 2016, Art History Teacher Foundations of Art