John Guarneri
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Education:
Internships:
Meridian Scholar Program:
Teaching Assistantships:
Workshops:
Experience:
Awards:
Exhibitions:
Special Skills:
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Education:
- University of Tampa
- Major: Fine Arts (concentration in drawing and painting)
- New York Academy of Art
- Summer Undergraduate Residency
Internships:
- Monica Cook
- Summer 2017: Three-month assistantship
- Assisting Monica with personal sculptural and instillation projects.
- Summer 2017: Three-month assistantship
Meridian Scholar Program:
- Julie Heffernan
- Spring 2018: Ten day work study
- Assisting Julie personally with screen-printing as it pertained to translating her paintings into print.
- Spring 2018: Ten day work study
- Tim Hawkinson
- Fall 2017: Forty-eight hour work study
- Collaborating with Tim to create a piece that incorporated his ‘BodyCon’ exhibition with the ideals of the student population.
- Fall 2017: Forty-eight hour work study
- Rachel Simmons
- Fall 2017: Twenty-four hour work study
- Assisting in printing and construction of an instillation piece for Rollins College (Winter Park, FL)
- Fall 2017: Twenty-four hour work study
- Monica Cook
- Spring 2017: Seven-day work study
- Assisting in printing and construction of mixed media project.
- Spring 2017: Seven-day work study
Teaching Assistantships:
- 2017: Guided and assisted students technically through screen-printing as it pertains to mixed media painting.
- 2017: Trained students in safety and functionality of woodshop tools as it pertains to panel and canvas construction.
Workshops:
- Monica Cook - Spring 2018
- Twenty-four hour painting workshop
- Perfected skills in texture of the skin in oil paint
- Twenty-four hour painting workshop
- Chris Valle – Fall 2017
- Four month work study
- Collaborating to create a screen-print series based off of Chris’s oil paintings
- Four month work study
- Steven Assael – Fall 2017
- Twenty-four hour drawing workshop
- Acquired skills in charcoal with live model
- Twenty-four hour drawing workshop
- Julie Heffernan – Spring 2017
- Two day painting workshop
- Acquired skills in oil painting with live model
- Two day painting workshop
- Zachary Logan – Fall 2016
- Forty-eight hour workshop
- Acquired skills in pastels with still lives
- Forty-eight hour workshop
- Alyssa Monks – Spring 2016
- Forty-eight hour workshop
- Acquired skills in oil paint
- Forty-eight hour workshop
Experience:
- 2018 - 2023: Certified Custom Framer
- Performing the designing, mounting, and preservation of fine art through framing.
- Performing the designing, mounting, and preservation of fine art through framing.
- 2016 – 2018: Printmaking Technician, (University of Tampa)
- Monitoring print shop upkeep and assisting students with techniques for screen-printing, intaglio, and relief printmaking.
- 2016: Volunteer, Brandon Senior Center, Brandon Florida (Art Therapy Assistant)
- Prompting art projects and guiding discussion with therapeutic intent.
- 2015 – 2018: OSHA Certified Wood Shop Technician, (University of Tampa)
- Monitoring shop upkeep and safety around both power and pneumatic tools.
Awards:
- 2020: Best In Show, I.D.W.T.S.T.W.O.F - Betwixt: Thanks 4 U (Spotlight, Huntington N.Y.)
- 2018: First Place, Laser Vision! - NEON Literary Journal
- 2017/2018: University of Tampa Art+Design Award - Most Outstanding Art Student
- 2017: Third Place – University of Tampa Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
- 2014: Honorable Mention – Under the Sun Tour
- 2014: Honorable Mention – Vans Custom Culture
Exhibitions:
- 2023: "Variations: Collect Them All!" (College of Arts And Letters, University Of Tampa, Florida)
- 2021: "COLORS" (Spotlight, Huntington N.Y.)
- 2020: Harvest Arts Festival (Michael Ray Galleries and the MPMS Historical Society, Miller Place N.Y.)
- 2020: "Masks on Main Art Crawl" (In Association with The Paramount, Huntington N.Y.)
- 2020: "Quarantine Art" (Spotlight, Huntington N.Y.)
- 2018: New York Academy of Art (Summer Residency) Final Exhibition
- 2018: "As Far As I Know" (Tampa, Florida): BFA in Art Graduate Exhibition
- 2017: FunkNVibe Exhibition, Painters’ Restaurant, (Brookhaven, New York)
- 2017: University of Tampa Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
- 2016: FunkNVibe Exhibition, Painters’ Restaurant, (Brookhaven, New York)
- 2016: University of Tampa Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
- 2015: Kappa Pi Student Art Exhibition (Preparatory Assistant)
- 2014: AP Art Exhibition, John F. Kennedy H.S., (Plainview, New York)
Special Skills:
- Proficient in Digital Programs (Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Proficient In Operating Band Saw, Belt Sander, Miter Saw, Drill Press, Table Saw, Scroll Saw, Table Router, and Various Handheld Pneumatic Tools