Patt Baldino is a gifted artist whose award-winning works have been widely exhibited and collected throughout the United States. Her paintings have been juried into international shows including Oil Painters of America, International Guild of Realism, and Salon International. Recent 2018 awards for her still lifes include the Betty Kaytes Floral award from Ridgewood Art Institute and Honorable Mention at the Salmagundi Club Exhibition in New York City. BACKGROUNDFashion Institute of Technology - Associate DegreeSchool of Visual Arts- BFA DegreeStudied at the National Academy School of Fine Arts, Art Students League, Grand Central Atelier, The Riley League of Artists, Westchester Art Workshop, Rye Art Center and the Pastel Society of America. TEACHERS/WORKSHOPS David Leffel, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Wolf Kahn, Daniel Greene, Richard Pionk, Jeffery Watts, Sarah Lamb, Michael Klein, Karin Jurick, Americo Di Franza, Nicki Orbach and Victor Zaldivar. EXHIBITION and AWARDS Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 2020 Award The Creative Hands AwardSusan Powell Gallery, Madison CT., Valentine Show February 202014th International ARC (Art Renewal Center) Salon Competition, 2019, Awarded a FinalistBoldBrush Painting Competition, 2019, Awarded a FinalistAmerican Artist Professional League, 90th Grand National Exhibition, Awarded DeCozen Award for a FloralSalmagundi Club Salmagundi Exhibition March 2018 Awarded Honorable MentionRidgewood Art Institute, Juried show, Ridgewood NJ, January, 2018 Awarded Betty Kaytes Floral AwardSusan Powell Gallery, Madison Ct., Valentine Show February 2018Salmagundi Club Landscape Exhibition, every year for the past 5 yearsSalmagundi Club Black & White Exhibition, every year for the past 5 yearsSalmagundi Club Thumb Box Exhibition, every year for the past 5 yearsBeaux Arts, Juried Show, 1st place in oils, Bronxville NY, June 2015 Awarded 1st place and Best of ShowSalmagundi Club Glesmann Floral Exhibition May 2015, Awarded 1st PlaceMystic Art Center, Member show June 2015 Awarded 1st PlaceLyme Art Association, Elected Artist Show, Juried Show, Lyme Ct. September 20014Art Gallery at The Mill House, Two Person Show, October 2013Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT. Your Face Squared Show, January 2013International Guild of Realism, Juried Show 2012, Jones & Terwilliger Galleries, Carmel, CA. September 2012Salon International 2012, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, Texas, April/May 2012The Artist Magazine. 28th Annual Art -December 2011, Still Life FinalistNew Rochelle Art Association Annual Juried Show, New Rochelle NY, September 2011 Awarded 2nd PlaceLyme Art Association- Figure art show-Lyme Ct. August 2011 Awarded Honorable MentionBeaux Arts 65th Finale, Bronxville NY, July 2011 Awarded 1st place in oilsBeaux Arts, Juried Show Bronxville NY, May 2011 Awarded 1st place in oilsRidgewood Art Institute, Juried show, Ridgewood NJ, January, 2011 Third Place Award, Copper Beech Foundation Award -2011Ridgewood Art Institute, juried show Ridgewood NJ, January, 2010 Natalie A. Williams Award, Still Life AwardFine Art Views Painting competition - January 2010 FAV15% (jury's favorite 15% of all entries)Fieldstone Gallery Group Show -December 2009 Honorable MentionParamount Center for the Arts, Interiors Group Show, Flat Iron Gallery Peekskill, NY -December 2009Oil Painters of America Eastern Juried Show at The Corse Gallery & Atelier in Jacksonville, Florida, November-December 2009Fieldstone Gallery Group Show -June 2009Oil Painters of America NATIONAL Juried Show at Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 1 – 31, 2009Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, juried show at The National Arts Club, NYC Sept. 23, October 15, 2008 Award for Traditional WorkHudson River Museum Gala,- Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY November 2008Scarsdale’s Historical Society fund raiser “Rooster Row” - Juried Show - September 2008 - May 2009Mamaroneck Artist Guild Group Show, Mamaroneck, NY June 2008, November 2008, March 2009 Award of DistinctionOil Painters of America Eastern Juried Show at The Weatherburn Gallery in Naples, Florida, November-January 2007 - 2008I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art, Auctioned a painting - Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY June 2007Solo Show Aspire Gallery, Scarsdale, NY February 2007National Academy Museum, Group Exhibit, NYC, 2005 and 2006 MEMBERSHIPS Oil Painters of America, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc. (Elected Member), Lyme Art Association (Elected Member), The Allied Artist Assoc., International Guild of Realism. PUBLICATIONS Fine Art Connoisseur 2019 Southwest Artist “Ones to Collect” 2019 American Art Collector 2017 American Art Collector 2016 Art Collectors Magazine,August 2012 The Artist Magazine. 28th Annual Art - Still Life FinalistDecember 2011 Competition Best of America OilArtists Book, Kennedy Publication, Juried in 3 paintingsNovember 2009 Art Collector Magazine, November 2009 New Art International book - 2007-2008. New Art International book - won Title page award 2006-2007 Art & Illustration - Art Poem 2005