Education

School of Visual Arts MFA, Illustration. NYC. 1993.

Parsons School of Design Fall Term - MFA Painting Program. NYC. 1991.

Rhode Island School of Design BFA. Providence, RI. 1988.

Chateau De LaNapoule Drawing/Painting Scholarship. France. 1987.

Fine Arts Academy of Brugge, Belgium Painting. 1987.

Vanderbilt University Liberal Arts. Nashville, TN. 1983-1985.

Selected Collections

Corporate

Lockheed-Martin. Orlando, FL.

US Airways, Inc. Palm Beach, FL.

General Mills Corporate Headquarters. Orlando, FL.

AAA Motor Club Corporate Headquarters. Orlando, FL.

Barnett Bank. Orlando, FL.

Foley and Lardner Law Firm. Orlando, FL.

Derby Lane. St. Petersburg, FL.

Orlando Board of Education. Orlando, FL

Private

The Vatican Art Collection  Vatican City

Mr. & Mrs. Dan Armour  Wilson, WY.

Mr. and Mrs. James MacDougald  St. Petersburg, FL.

Ms. Harriet Silverman  Washington, DC.

Dr. Sylvia Carra  Tampa, FL.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Corba  Chicago, IL. 

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Vareika  Newport, RI.

Mr. and Mrs. Blaire Cullpepper  Winter Park, FL.  

Mr. and Mrs. Arkady Goshinsky  New York City, NY.

Ms. Elizabeth Vincent  Scottsdale, AZ.

Mr. & Mrs. Vance Arnett  Saftey Harbor, FL.

Mr. & Mrs. William Mitchell  Austin, TX.

Ms. Carol Upham  St. Petersburg Beach, FL

Honors and Awards

Artist-in-Residence. Anderson Ranch Art Center. 6 month award. 10/03 – 4/04. Snowmass, CO.

Museum of Fine Arts. Second Place Award - All Mediums.

KAJX Radio Interview. “Jim Baker Interviews Allison Massari”. Artist Series. Aspen, CO. April 14th, 2004.

Second Annual Fairly Lillith Celebration of Women in the Arts. St. Petersburg, FL. 2001

St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts Dinner with Allison Massari. At he home of Mr. and Mrs. James Hascall. Stuart Society Dinner with the artist and private solo show. 2001.

Marquis Who’s Who of American Woman 1998 - Millennium Edition, 2000-2001.

Tampa Review University of Tampa Publication. #19 Fall/Winter Issue, 2000. 

Soble Purchase Award 1998 Art Festival Beth-El. St. Petersburg, FL.

Smart Choices Grant FL State/City Grant. St. Petersburg, FL. 1997.

Helena Rubenstein Scholar Parsons School of Design. NYC, 1991.

Henry Clews Foundation Scholarship LaNapoule, France. 1987.

Florida National Honors Society Art Exhibit, "Best of Show” Tallahassee, FL. 1983.    

Studio Assistant to Ruth Kligman. Former studio of Jackson Pollack. NYC, 1995.

Publications

Family Circle Magazine. April 2, 2002

Selected Exhibitions

Museum Exhibitions

Museum Of Fine Arts. The 2nd Annual Fairly Lillith Celebration of Woman in the Arts.

Awarded 2nd Place. St. Petersburg, FL. May-June 2001.

Tampa Museum. “Undercurrent Overview II” Tampa, FL. June - July, 1998.

Group Exhibitions

Anderson Ranch Art Center Snowmass, CO. August, 2008

Mina Dresden Gallery  San Francisco, CA. June, 2008

Oxbow Napa, CA. June, 2007

Chico Paper CO Gallery Chico, CA. 2006

AAF Contemporary Art Fair NYC 2005.

Kingdon Alan Gallery St. Petersburg, FL. 2004.

Anderson Ranch Art Center Snowmass, CO. April, 2004

Anderson Ranch Art Center Snowmass, CO. December, 2003.

Art Festival Beth-El St. Petersburg, FL. 1998,2001,2002,2003,2004.

The Von Liebig Art Center Naples Art Association. "Refiguring the 90s". Naples, FL.

October - December, 1999.

Dragonfly Gallery Martha’s Vineyard, MA. June, 1998.

Gallery 421 "Chakras". Fort Lauderdale, FL. April - May, 1998.

Cervenka - McLaughlin Gallery Gulfport, FL. April, 1998.

Salt Creek Art Gallery "Art Attack". St. Petersburg, FL. October, 1997.

Sarasota Visual Arts Center Sarasota, FL. September - October, 1997.

MMC Gallery "Marvelous". NYC, November-December, 1995.

SVA Gallery NYC May-June, 1993.

N.Y.C. Art Director’s Club. September, 1992.

Gallery 1792 Winter Park, FL. January-February, 1991.

Bennett Gallery "Art’s Future". Orlando, FL. April, 1990.

Wood’s Gerry Gallery "The Indignant Eye". Providence, RI. January, 1989.

National Art’s Club, NYC 89th Annual National Watercolor Exhibition. NYC. May, 1988.

Solo Exhibitions

Winfield Gallery. Carmel, CA. Scheduled February-March, 2009.

Tiburon Heritage & Arts Commission. Tiburon, CA.  May-June, 2008.

Dyer Gallery St. Petersburg, FL. 2007

Ambiance Gallery "I’ll Tell You A Secret". St. Petersburg, FL. November - December, 2000.

Dyer Gallery Feather Sound, FL. 1998

Zodiac Group/Salvador Dali Museum "Apropos". St. Petersburg, FL. December, 1997.

Tavern on the Green Annual Fund-raiser for RCIP. New York City. May, 1995.

UBU Repertory Theater Gallery Off Broadway. "The Cage". NYC. March-April, 1995.

Gallery 401 Jewish Community Center Art Gallery. Providence, RI. 1989.

Performance Art

Currican Theater Writer, Director, Performer in "Live Self-Portraits". NYC. June, 1995.

Teaching

Rhode Island School of Design Guest Lecturer. November, 1996. 

Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education Teaching Assistant-Drawing. Fall, 1988.

The St. Petersburg Center for the Arts Advanced Watercolor, Oil, Drawing.

St. Petersburg, FL. 1997-1998.

Florida Gulf Coast Art Center Belleair, FL. 1998.

Founder of the “Roger Pepper Adventure Camps” for teen burn survivors.