Selected Group Museum Exhibitions

2013 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Amagasaki Cultural Center, Osaka; Modern Pastel Society of Japan

2012 Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Southeastern Pastel Society, 15th International Juried Exhibition

2011 Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Atlanta, GA; Member Pin-Up Show

2009 Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Southeastern Pastel Society Juried Members’ Exhibition

2008 Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Southeastern Pastel Society, 13th International Juried Exhibition

2004 Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Southeastern Pastel Society, 11th International Juried Exhibition

Awards and Honors

2013

First Place, Atlanta Artists Center, July Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Southeastern Pastel Society, May Juried Members’ Exhibition

2012

Third Place, Southeastern Pastel Society, 15th International Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Atlanta Artists Center, April Juried Exhibition

2011

Honorable Mention, Atlanta Artists Center, Winners’ Circle Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Atlanta Artists Center, June Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Atlanta Artists Center, September Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Light, Space & Time Art Gallery Online Juried Exhibition

2010

First Place and Honorable Mention, ART Station Summer Juried Members’ Exhibition

Second Place, Atlanta Artists Center, June Juried Exhibition

Third Place and Honorable Mention, Atlanta Artists Center, March Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, South Cobb Arts Alliance, 23rd National Juried Exhibition

2009

First Place, Atlanta Artists Center, March Juried Exhibition

Merit Award, Southeastern Pastel Society, Summer Juried Members’ Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Atlanta Artists Center, June Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, ART Station Winter Juried Members’ Exhibition

2008

Merit Award, South Cobb Arts Alliance, 21st National Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, ART Station Juried Members’ Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Atlanta Fine Arts League “Drawings Only” National Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Southeastern Pastel Society, 13th International Juried Exhibition

2007

Exceptional Merit Award, Southeastern Pastel Society, Juried Members’ Exhibition

2006

First Place, ART Station Juried Members’ Exhibition

Purchase Award, South Cobb Arts Alliance, 19th National Juried Exhibition

2005

Honorable Mention, North Fulton Regional Juried Exhibition

2004

Founder’s Award, South Cobb Arts Alliance, 17th National Juried Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Southeastern Pastel Society, 11th International Juried Exhibition

Third Place, ART Station Juried Members’ Exhibition

Credentials

Member of Excellence - Southeastern Pastel Society (SPS)

Member of Excellence - Atlanta Artists Center (AAC)

Associate Juried Member - Pastel Society of America (PSA)

Formal Education

BFA with honors, State University of New York

Continuing Art Education

Portrait and Landscape Painting - workshops with Burton Silverman, Margaret Baumgaertner,

      Richard Whitney, Bill Hosner, Susan Ogilvie, Duane Wakeham, and Marc Hanson

Figure Painting - Art Students League of New York

Artistic Anatomy - Atlanta College of Art

Artist Statement

The live model has been my primary focus for over twenty years.  As an artistic subject, the human figure is universal, timeless, and endlessly challenging. 

Light and shadow, vibrant colors, rhythmic patterns, and abstract shapes are integral to my work.  My sources of inspiration are old master drawings, the art of Ingres, Degas, and Cezanne, and choice present day artists.

Evelyn M. Breit

Artist

Atlanta, Georgia

breitart@bellsouth.net