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2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Paul Rienzo
Cincinnati OH 45216 United States Home Phone: 5132060169 Website: PaulRienzo.com
Bio
Awards
• Emerald City Classic, Wichita, Kansas: 1st Professional Acrylic & Oil (2) 4th Grand Prize Professional
• Chamber of Commerce Exhibit, Old Saybrook, Connecticut: 2nd Grand Prize
• Tau Beta Pi Society Centennial Poster Contest, Tempe, Arizona: 1st Prize
• Harvest Home Competition, Cheviot, Ohio: 1st Prize, 3rd Prize, Honorable Mention (2)
• The Artist Views The City Competition, Dayton, Ohio: Juror’s Award
• Arts Consortium Open Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio: Juror’s Award
• Wyoming Art Show, Wyoming Ohio: 1st Prize
• “Amplify”, Dayton Art Society, Dayton, Ohio: 2nd Prize
• “ReMEMBERed”, Dayton Art Society, Dayton, Ohio: Honorable Mention
• Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Best in Show
• Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants Annual Show, Lifetime Achievement Award
• Middletown Arts Center, President’s Award, Honorable Mention
• “Refresh”, Dayton Art Society, 3rd Place
• Evendale Juried Show, 3rd Place
• Springfield Art Museum Member Show, 2nd Place
Solo Shows
• Ariel Gallery, SoHo, New York, New York
• University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
• Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
• Middletown Fine Arts Center, Middletown, Ohio
• “Figures and Face”, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
• “City Steps”, Carnegie Art Center, Covington, Kentucky
• Gallery on High, Columbus, Ohio
• Columbus Athletic Club, Columbus, Ohio
• “Ocean Fronts”, Fairfield County Public Library, Lancaster, Ohio
• Wile-Kovach Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
• Mason Fine Arts Gallery, Mason, Ohio
• Dayton Art Society Project Space, Dayton, Ohio
• Dayton Metro Library, Dayton, Ohio
Publications
• Watercolor Magazine Feature (American Artist)
• Ohio Realist Group Monthly
• Artwork has appeared in Arts section of the Columbus Dispatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Cincinnati Herald, Springfield News Sun, Kettering Daily Journal and Midweek News.
Collections
• Museum of Contemporary Art, La Paz, Bolivia
Juror
• Arts Consortium Open, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Art on the Square, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Hyde Park Art Show Organizations
• Director Ohio Realist Group (1989-1994)
• Dayton Society of Artists
• Cincinnati Art Club Signature Member
Artist Statement
Paul Rienzo is an award-winning artist in Cincinnati, Ohio. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including an article in American Artist’s Watercolor Magazine. He has shown around the US, including a solo exhibition in New York City’s Soho district. His work is found in numerous collections, including the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Plaza in La Paz, Bolivia. In 2021, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the international Art Comes Alive exhibition. Paul is also an experienced juror and three-time author.
