EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; School of Art and Design- B.F.A
Fashion Institute of Technology- Fashion Design- A.A.S
Art Students League, NYC- 2010- Present

EXHIBITION

July- September 2025- Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (WMoCA), The International Biennial Portrait Competition

May - July 2025- The American Artists Professional League, Spring Members Online Show

May - July 2025- Hudson Valley Art Association, 92nd Annual National Juried Exhibition at The Lyme Art Association Gallery

May - June 2025- Salmagundi Club, Summer Invitational

April 2025- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Mini Me Artsy Online Show

March - April 2025- The American Artists Professional League, ‘Realism on the Hudson’ Small Works Exhibition at the Howland Cultural Center

March 2025- Salmagundi Club, Spring Auction

February 2025- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Modern Classics Artsy Online Show

February - March 2025- Salmagundi Club, 141st Annual Members Exhibition

January - February 2025- 33 Contemporary Gallery, BFF (Modern Portraits)

January 2025- Salmagundi Club, 148th Annual Black & White Exhibition

December 2024- Salmagundi Club, Thumb Box Small Works Exhibition

October - November 2024- The American Artists Professional League, 96th Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club

October 2024- Take Home A Nude, New York Academy of Art Auction Event at Sotheby’s New York

September - December 2024- International Guild of Realism Fall Salon Online Exhibition

October 2024 - 33 Contemporary Gallery, Stillness Artsy Online Show

September 2024 - 33 Contemporary Gallery, Love Artsy Online Show

July-August 2024 - Salmagundi Club Members Non-Juried Summer Exhibition- Recipient of the Margery Soroka Memorial Award for Watercolor

July 2024- 33 Contemporary Gallery, FACE to FACE Solo Exhibition, Artsy Online Show

July 2024- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Conversation Artsy Online Show

June 2024- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Confrontation Artsy Online Show

May 2024-May 2026- Allied Artists of America 2024 Associate Online Show

May 2024- Salmagundi Club Spring Auction- Recipient of the Philip Isenberg Memorial Award for Watercolor

March-April 2024- The American Artists Professional League, ‘Realism on the Hudson’ Small Works Exhibition at the Howland Cultural Center

January 2024- Acceptance into the ModPortrait 2023 Special Catalog

January 2024- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Water Artsy Online Show

November-December 2023- Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (WMoCA), 7th Annual Juried Exhibition (ANJE)

November 2023- The American Artists Professional League, 95th Grand National Exhibition

October 2023- Galleri Ramfjord Grants Exhibition- Oslo, Norway (Aki was one of 25 artists selected for this show from 2700 submissions through two rounds of jurying).

October-December 2023- International Guild of Realism Fall Salon Online Exhibition

August-October 2023- The American Artists Professional League, ‘Realism on the Hudson’ Exhibition at the Howland Cultural Center

July-August 2023- Salmagundi Club Summer Members Exhibition

May-June 2023 - Salmagundi Club Spring Auction

May 2023- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Self as Self Artsy Online Show

March 2023- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Mujer Artsy Online Show

March 2023- Salmagundi Club, Rites of Spring Exhibition

December 2022- Abend Gallery, 32nd Annual Holiday Miniatures Show

December-January 2023- Salmagundi Club, 114th Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition and Sale

November-December 2022- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Me, Myself,& I (in-person exhibition)

October-December 2022- International Guild of Realism Fall Salon Online Exhibition

October 2022- Salmagundi Fall Auction- Recipient of the Mortimer Freehof Memorial Award for Watercolor

October 2022- Camelback Gallery, Open Theme International Juried Painting Exhibition- Recipient of a Bronze Award

August 2022- Salmagundi Club Summer Members Exhibition

July 2022- Camelback Gallery, Shades of Red 2022 International Juried Visual Arts Exhibition- Recipient of a Bronze Award

June-July 2022- Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition

June-July 2022- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 125th Annual Open Juried Exhibition

May 2022- Camelback Gallery, Faces 2022 International Juried Painting Exhibition - Recipient of a Bronze Award

April-June 2022- American Artists Professional League/Members Spring Online Show

March 2022- Salmagundi Club Spring Auction

March 2022- Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (WMoCA), Salon des Refusés

March 2022- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Mujer Artsy Online Show. The catalog for this exhibition is going to the Moon through the Lunar Codex.

November-December 2021-Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (WMoCA), 5th Annual Juried Exhibition (ANJE)

October-November 2021-Audubon Artists 79th Annual Exhibition

October-December 2021-Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 2nd Annual Online Associates Show - Recipient of the Second Place Award in Watermedia

October-December 2021-33 Contemporary Gallery, The Portrait Artsy Online Show

September-October 2021-Salmagundi Club Fall Auction - Recipient of the Mortimer Freehof Memorial Award for Watercolor

September-October 2021- Ridgefield Guild of Artists’ 44th Annual Juried Exhibition

August 2021- Salmagundi Club Members’ Summer Exhibition-Recipient of the Margery Soroka Memorial Award for Watercolor

July 2021- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Meow Artsy Online Show

May-June 2021- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 124th Annual Open Juried Show

April-August 2021- American Artists Professional League/Members Spring Online Show

March-May 2021- International Guild of Realism Spring Salon Online Exhibition

March 2021- 33 Contemporary Gallery, International Women's Day Postcard Pop UP Show 2021, Artsy Online Show

February 2021- 33 Contemporary Gallery, Be My Valentine Miniature Pop Up Show

November-December 2020- American Artists Professional League/92nd Grand National Juried Exhibition

November-December 2020- Audubon Artists 78th Annual Exhibition Online- Recipient of the Honorary John Angelini Memorial Award

October 2020- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 2020 1st Associates/Non-Members Online Show

August-December 2020- 33 Contemporary Gallery, “Ambivalence”, Artsy Online Show

October 2020- International Guild of Realism 15th Annual Juried Exhibition @ Principle Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina

2020-2021- Allied Artists of America 107th Online Juried Exhibition

2020-2021- Allied Artists of America Associate Members’ Online Show

2020- American Artists Professional League Online Members’ Only Show, “Favorite Things”

November 2019- American Artists Professional League/ 91st Grand National Juried Exhibition @ the Salmagundi Club, NYC

October-November 2019- Audubon Artists 77th Annual Exhibition @ the Salmagundi Club, NYC

June-August 2019- Hudson Valley Art Association, Lyme, CT/86th Annual National Juried Exhibition

February-March 2019- Dacia Gallery, NYC/Women Artists Group Exhibition

January 2019- Manhattan Borough President’s Office, NYC/ 10th Annual Small Works Show

December 2018- Ground Floor Gallery, NYC/6th Annual Holiday Show

November 2018- American Artists Professional League/90th Grand National Juried Exhibition @ the Salmagundi Club, NYC- Recipient of the Leila Gardin Sawyer Memorial Award

January-February 2018- Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC/ 9th Annual Small Works Show

December 2017-January 2018- 440 Gallery, NYC/13th Annual Small Works Show

October- December 2017-  American Artists Professional League/89th Grand National Juried Exhibition

December 2015- Ground Floor Gallery, NYC/ Holiday Show


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