JOHN C. PACER

Phone Number: 484-560-3839

OBJECTIVE:

  To obtain employment that will utilize my background and experience in drawing

  and painting.

EDUCATION:

  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

MFA in Fine Arts – 2008

  Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

  BFA in Fine Art, Painting - 2004

  Barnstone Studios, Coplay, PA, 1996 to 2000

  Studied classical principles of drawing, painting, and color theory, and

  developed a portfolio.

EXPERIENCE:

   September 2008 - Present  - Assistant to international artist Osvaldo Romberg

  Summer 2004 - Internship, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA.

  Worked with internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty on a

  monumental-sized sculpture and installation.

  Studio Assisstant, Barnstone Studios, Coplay, PA

  July 1999 - August 1999 and May 1998 - August 1999

AWARDS:

  2ND PLACE - June 2006 - W.P.C.A. Art-In-The-Park

  SPECIAL RECOGNITION - November 2005 - 7th Annual Painting, Drawing and

  Print International Juried Online Art Exhibition

  HONORABLE MENTION - June 2005 - W.P.C.A. Art-In-The-Park

  University of the Arts Promising Artist Award - $24,000.00 Scholarship

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

  Mary Sullivan, Wilmington, DE

  Meg Harkins, Chicago, IL

  Trish Harkins, Wilmington, DE

  Deborah Feden, Allentown, PA

  Tom Schaible, Pittsburgh, PA

  Deanna Smith, Allentown, PA

  Nathan Marzen, Allentown, PA

  John Seay, San Francisco, CA

CLIENTS AND COMMISSIONS:

  - The Review, Roxborough, PA

  - Vigna Ladonna, L.L.C., Yorba Linda, CA -

  - Harlan Ellison -

JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

  June 28 – September 20, 2009 – Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2009, The State

  Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Patricia Bellan-Gillen

  June 10 – July 12, 2009 – Images 2009, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts,

  Penn State University. Juror: Judith H. O’Toole

  July 15 – August 18, 2006 – 71st Annual National Juried Exhibition – Cooperstown

  Art Association, Cooperstown, NY

June 11 – July 22, 2006 – Annual Juried Exhibition – Lancaster County Art

  Association, Strasburg, PA

May 13 – June 15, 2006 – 78th Annual National Juried Exhibition – Art

  Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

  November 2005 - 7th Annual Painting, Drawing and Print International Juried

  Online Art Exhibition, http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com

  April 2005 - 7th Annual Judeo-Christian International Juried Online Exhibition,

  http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

  June 5 – August 15, 2009 – Soweto Festival Art Exhibit, Gallery at Grace,

  Wilmington, DE

  May 1 – May 31, 2009 – Second Annual Figure Drawing Exhibition, Dupree Gallery,

  Philadelphia, PA

  May 10 – June 1, 2008 – 107th Annual Student Exhibition – Pennsylvania Academy

  of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  October 8 – October 27, 2007 – Blink Art Gallery – Philadelphia, PA

  August 10 – September 2, 2007 - Smile Café and Gallery - Philadelphia, PA

  September 2005 – November 2005 - DogStarr Café, Allentown, PA

  November 2004 - “Oculus”, Academy of Art University Gallery, San Francisco, CA

  July 2004 - DogStarr Café, Allentown, PA