Curriculum Vitae
JOHN PACER
EDUCATION:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA – MFA – 2008
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA – BFA – Fine Art – 2004
Barnstone Studios, Coplay, PA, 1997 – 1998
EXPERIENCE:
October 2008 – October 2009 – Studio Assistant, Assistant to artist Osvaldo Romberg.
Summer 2004 – Internship, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, Summer 2004. Worked with internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty on a monumental-sized sculpture and installation.
AWARDS:
April 2013 – Honorable Mention – 150th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
January 2013 – First Place – Train Your Brain Competition by The Art Department and Deviant Art, Online. Won A full scholarship to a 3 week TAD workshop and 3 TAD classes.
June 2011 – First Place – Sequential Art, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA. Juror: Jamar Nicholas
June 2006 – Second Place – W.P.C.A. Art-In-The-Park, Allentown, PA
November 2005 – Special Recognition – 7th Annual Painting, Drawing and Print International Juried Online Art Exhibition
June 2005 – Honorable Mention – W.P.C.A. Art-In-The-Park, Allentown, PA
University of the Arts Promising Artist Award – $24,000.00 Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS:
June 2011 – CMYK # 50 – 15th Anniversary Issue, Top 100 New Creatives Showcase
COLLECTIONS:
11 Private Collections
CLIENTS:
Fantasy Flight Games
The Review, Roxborough, PA
Vinga Ladonna, L.L.C. , Yorba Linda, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
March 2010 – Bonnie’s Capistrano, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
April 12 – 27, 2013 – 150th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA.
April 6 – 21, 2012 – 149th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA.
July 29 – October 23, 2011 Environmental Perspectives – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Jurors: Bill Scott and Pat Stewart
June 25 – July 17, 2011 – Phillustration 2011, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA. Juror: David Palumbo
June 19 – September 11, 2011 – Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2011, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. Juror: Maxine Gaiber
June 8 – July 17, 2011 – Images 2011, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Penn State University. Juror: Ron Rumford
June 5-12, 2011 – Sequential Art, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA. Juror: Jamar Nicholas
June 3-5, 2011 – Harmony For Peace Foundation, 1st International Juried Peace Art Competition & Exhibition. Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY. Jurors: Julien Robson, Senju Hiroshi, Dr. Joe Zammit-Lucia, Mark Di Paolo
April 8 – 23, 2011 – 148th Annual Enhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA. Jurors: James J. Himworth III, Julien Robson, Alexandra Tyng
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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
April 14 – June 2, 2018 – “Environment: Listening to the Land,” ArtistAngle Gallery, Frederick, MD
June 3 – August 15, 2011 – Soweto Festival Art Exhibit, Gallery at Grace, Wilmington, DE
June 5 – August 15, 2010 – Soweto Festival Art Exhibit, Gallery at Grace, Wilmington, DE
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
John Pacer Fine Art and Illustration 