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Mural & Street Art
€1,000
Canvas Paintings
€500
Photography
€125
Member Since
November, 2021
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Workshops,Interviews,Live painting events,Online Workshop,Canvas commissions,Custom designs for wallpapers or decals
Total years of experience:
Workshop
1 Years
Photography
50 Years
I paint my designs that have been created after working with the clients
Pick me for these projects! :-
painting murals, painting portrait commissions, painting pet portraits
I'll sit these ones out :-
€ 1000
B.A. Visual and environmental Studies Harvard University Cambridge, MA USA
AWARDS LJ ZITO PAGE ONE
NIKON PHOTO CONTEST INTERNATIONAL
GRAND PRIZE for “Donkeys in the Dunes”, 86/97
FIRST PRIZES IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND PURCHASE PRIZES:
“Art of the State 2002”, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg,
PA for “Sandstorm in the Duna”
“Art Show at the Dog Show, ” BEST OF SHOW, BEST PHOTOGRAPH ’03
for “Sandstorm in the Duna”
FIRST PRIZES FOR BODY OF WORK:
Merchantville Art Fair, NJ, 2004 for “Sinai Safari”
Rose Tree Park Art Show, Media, PA 2003 for “Sinai Safari”
Cape May 20th Annual Art Show, NJ 2002 for “Sinai Safari”
FIRST MEDAL EVER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY IN THIS SHOW and
SECOND PRIZE in 2005 with for “Ireland: Re: Generations”
PURCHASE PRIZES:
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, “Art of the State 2002”
AKC Museum of the Dog, St. Louis, MS. “Art Show at the Dog Show” ‘03
James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA,
“Artsbridge 8th Annual National, ” ‘02
Ocean City Arts Center, NJ, “Boardwalk Show, ” ‘02
FIRST PRIZES IN PHOTOGRAPHY:
“Photography “08, ” Philadelphia Sketch Club: JUROR’S AWARD
“Street Photography” Center for Fine Art Photography ’08
JUROR’S AWARD by Michelle Dunn Marsh, head of Aperture
for “The Odd and Even Couple”
“Art Show at the Dog Show, ‘06” also, BEST GERMAN SHEPHERD,
BEST DOG FROM THE SPORTING GROUP for “Great Catch”
“Art Show at the Dog Show ’03, ” BEST HOUND, BEST SIGHT
HOUND for “Sandstorm in the Duna”
“22nd Annual Juried Photo Exhibition, ” O.C. Arts Center, NJ
AWARDS LJ ZITO PAGE TWO
PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZES:
“Art of the Flower, ” Philadelphia Sketch Club, 4/08 for “Spotlights”
“65th Annual Juried Exhibition, ” Woodmere Art Museum ’05 for
“Tree Hugger” Juror: Gregory Amenoff
“63rd Annual Members’ Exhibition, ” Woodmere Art Museum ’03
for “Cloud of Long Life”
“Cape May County Art League Annual Juried Exhibition” ’04
WILLIAM CADGE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
“Westmoreland Art Nationals, ” Latrobe, PA ’03
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD for “Storks in Ras Mohammed”
FIRST PRIZE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY IN ALL-MEDIA SHOWS:
"State of the Art 2002" State Museum of PA for "Sandstorm in the Duna"
“Air, ” Plastic Club, Philadelphia, ’07 for “Tornado at Brighton Pier”
“Impressions 22, ” American College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ’03
for “Roman Sunset on the Jewish Quarter”
SPECIAL AWARDS:
“Annual Juried Exhibition, ” Berkeley Art Center, CA, ’03, SPECIAL
AWARD from Marion Parmenter, SFMOMA, for “Sunset in the Duna”
“63rd Annual Members’ Exhibition” Cheltenham Arts Ctr, PA, ’03
ESTHER KOPE MEMORIAL AWARD
“Color 03” Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD for “The Tomb of Queen Medh”
SECOND PRIZES IN PHOTOGRAPHY:
“Cape May 20th Annual Art Show, ” Cape May, NJ
for BODY OF WORK 2005
“Texas Photography Society Members’ Only Show, ” ‘04
“New Photography ’02, ” Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, Ca.,
curated by Getty Museum
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THIRD PRIZES IN PHOTOGRAPHY:
International Color Awards 2022, Photojournalism https://photoshow.colorawards.com/winners.php?x=p&cid=520
15th edition of the WINNERS BOOK, 6/2022, Winners Video Series, 7/2022.
“Avalon Art Show” Avalon, NJ, for “Pressing Through Oppression, ” ‘05
“Art Association of Harrisburg 75th Annual Juried Exhibition, ” curated by
Yvette Lee of the Whitney Museum, for “Cloud of Long Life” ‘03
“Annual All-Media Open Juried Exhibition, ” Plastic Club, Philadelphia,
for “Fantastical Day” ’03
“Impressions 22, ” American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, “Fantastical Day” ’03
“International Salon of Creative Photography, ” London, judged by
Prince Andrew for “Shady Boxer” ‘92
“Nikon Photo Contest International, ” for “Energy Junctions” ’82-’83
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"16th Annual International Color Awards" 2023 Nominee in Portrait
"B&W Spider Awards 2022" for "Odd and Even Couple"
“Members’ Medal Show” Plastic Club, for “Watering the Tree of Life, ” ‘04
“New Photography ’03, ” Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, Ca.
(3 separate HM’s) ‘03
“Adam Styka Juried Art Exhibition, ” Doylestown, Pa.,
for “Watering the Tree of Life, ” ‘03
“Beautiful II, ” Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, for “The Red Sea, ” ‘02
“Nikon Photo Contest International, ” ‘92-’93, ’84-’85, ’83-’84, ’80-‘81
“Impact of Photos, ” Society for Photographic Education, ’92
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AWARDS for OIL PAINTING
THIRD PRIZE: “Water, Water, Everywhere, ” Plastic Club, for “Act of
Creation, ” ‘05
HONORABLE MENTION: “Annual Juried Show, ” O.C. Arts Center, for
“Liberation, ” ’01
IMAGES CHOSEN FOR GROUP SHOW INVITATIONS
“Photography 2007, ” Philadelphia Sketch Club, 10/07
“Flights of Fancy, ” Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, ‘06
“The Journey Within, ” Morrison Gallery, Penn State University, ‘03
“Winners Circle Exhibition, ” City Paper Photography Exhibit,
Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, ’02
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
"By Hand" Aras An Chontae Roscommon 10/24-1/25
"Peace and Love" McNamara's, Boyle Arts Festival July 2024
"Summer Blossoms, '" The Bazaar, Boyle Arts Festival, July 2023
"By Hand” Ballina Arts Centre, 7/19-9/19
“By Hand” Courtyard Gallery Museum of Country Life, 12/17 – 3/18
“By Hand” Fontana Cafe Dublin 9/2016-10/2016
“Over Views” launch of Archeological Dig at Ballintober Schoolhouse 7/15
“Roving the Red Sea” Fontana Café Dublin 12/14-01/15
“Brooding and Blissful Halcyon Days” Father Flanagan Center, Ballymoe, County Galway 10/14-2/15
“The Lambent Lens” Comfy Café Roscommon Ireland 4/14
“Homage To Joyce” Let’s Go Local, Roscommon 3/14
“8th Annual First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art”, Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA 11/09
1 of 4 Winners of two hour paid stage presentation
“Going Bedouin” Fair, Brighton, UK 1/09
“All That Jazz” Vintage Restaurant, Kinsale, Ireland 10-12/07
“Ireland: Re: Generations” Lazy Jack’s, Kinsale, Ireland 9-10/07
“Tarrabin” Ras Shattayn, Nueba Tarrabin, Sinai, Egypt 4/07
“All That Jazz” Milkboy Café, Ardmore, PA 3/07
“Going Bedouin” St. Asaph’s Episcopal Church, Bala-Cynwyd, PA 12/06
“Ireland: Re:Generations” Philadelphia Sketch Club, 1/06
“Sinai-Erotica, ” Scott Memorial Library, Philadelphia 5-9/05
“In Nomads’ Land, ” Photo West Gallery, Philadelphia 3/05
“Save Faces, ” Lancaster County Art Association, Strasburg, Pa. 9/04
“Beyond the Pale, ” Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia 10/03
“Song of Sinai, ” Pii Gallery, Philadelphia 4/03
“The Vagabond Prints, ” Ocean City Arts Center, O.C., New Jersey 10/02
“Sinai Landscapes, ” Rustichella, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt 2002-03
“Irish Writers, ” CMCH Library, N.J. 11/01 - 1/02
“Kerry Scenes, ” Listowel Cultural Center, Listowel, Ireland 9/2000 -7/01
“Irish Scenes, ” Farranfore Airport, County Kerry, Ireland 1995 – 1999
“Sinai Bedouin, ” Borders, Stony Brook, Long Island, N.Y. 6/97
“Sinai Safari, ” Schlesinger Library of Women's Archives, Harvard University, 6/96
“Bedouin Ballad, ” Stationmaster’s House Gallery, Kiltimagh, Cty Mayo, Ireland, 9/94
"Sinai Bedouin" Clifden Art Fair, Clifden, Galway 92
Casa Pardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina 86
Overseas Press Club, New York City 83
Bet Sokolov, Tel Aviv, Israel 82
South Houston Gallery, Prince Street, Soho, New York City 78
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