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SHORT BIO

Maria Rizzo’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in New York state, including the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, the View Art Center in Old Forge, the Wilson Art Gallery at Le Moyne College, the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, and the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg.

Rizzo’s work is included in permanent collections at SUNY Oswego, Upstate Cancer Center, at the Onondaga Free Library and at SUNY Empire State College in Syracuse, New York.

Rizzo is the recipient of several awards and honors, including being the recipient of the Syracuse City School District’s Best of Show and People’s Choice for the 2024 On My Own Time Art Exhibit, the recipient of the 2021 SAEC Purchase Award at the 58th Annual Juried Art Show at the Tyler Art Gallery in Oswego, and the winner of the 2016 SUNY Empire State College’s 8th Annual Art Competition. Rizzo is also the recipient of the 2014 Individual Artist Commission Grant from CNY Arts Decentralization Program, and the 2013 Curator-in-Residence at The Tech Garden in Syracuse, NY.

Selected Solo Shows

2017   VELATURA, SUNY Empire State College, East Syracuse, New York.

2016   TREES OF ONONDAGA, Wilson Art Gallery, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York. Juried.

2013   TREES: TOTEMS OF LIFE, Living Room Gallery at Saint Peter's Church, New York, NY. Juried.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

On My Own Time Art Exhibit at the Everson Museum of Art. Juried.

2022

Cazenovia Counterpoint, Cazenovia Library, Cazenovia, NY. Invitational.

2021

58th Annual Juried Art Show, Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY.

2017  

SEEING THE FOREST AND THE TREES: Art About the Northern forest, Vol. 2, Wild Center, Tupper Lake, NY. Curated by Cori E. Card.

2016  

BRANCHES, BRAMBLES, & ROOTS: AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING TREES, View Art Center, Old Forge, New York. Juried by Bob Erickson, Michael Trivieri.

MADE IN NY 2016, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York. Juried by John von Bergen and Ann Clarke. Juried.

2015

NEW GROWTH, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY. Invitational.

2014

STATE OF BEING, RSI Bank's 3rd Annual Artists Contest in Rahway, New Jersey. Juried by Sara Gendlek, Donna Gustafson, and Patrick Schiavino.

STONE CANOE ART EXHIBIT, ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse, New York. Juried by Melora Griffis.

2013

THE LANGUAGE OF TREES, The Red House Art Center, Syracuse, NY. Curated by Marianne Dalton.

2012

NYS JURIED ART EXHIBIT, Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, New York. Juried.

2010

EMERGING WOMEN OF CNY SERIES #1, Red House Gallery, Syracuse New York. Juried by Marianne Dalton.

Public Collections

2021 SAEC Purchase at SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY.

2018   UPSTATE CANCER CENTER, Syracuse, New York

2017   SUNY Empire State College, East Syracuse, New York

2015   Onondaga Free Library, Syracuse, New York

Awards and Honors

2024 Best of Show and People’s Choice Award at the Syracuse City School District OMOT show.

2021 SAEC Purchase Award, 58th Annual Juried Art Show, Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY.

2020 Guest speaker and instructor, Storytelling course, Syracuse University, NY.

2016   1st Award, 8th Annual Student Art Competition, SUNY Empire State College, NY.

2014   Individual Artist Commission Grant, CNY Arts 2014 Decentralization Program.

2013   Honorable Mention, RSI Bank's 3rd Annual Artists Contest, Rahway, N.J.       

  Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Syracuse, NY.     

2012   NYFA MARK 12 Bootcamp, Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, NY.

Education

2022 SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY. MAT — Art Education K-12

2017          SUNY Empire State College, East Syracuse, NY. BA – Visual Arts

2008-09   Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Painting