Work Experience:
Ron Sanders
Born: Fort Wayne, IN, 1966
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alvin C. York State Historic Area, Pall Mall, TN
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Tippmann Group Corporate Collection, Lincoln Tower, Fort Wayne, IN.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Top 100 and 2nd Mini Top 50 awards, Paint the Parks Exhibition, St. Louis, MO 2008
Top 100, Mini Top 50 and 2nd 100 awards, 2nd Annual Paint America Top 100 national juried exhibition, Topeka, KS 2008
2nd Place in Oils and Acrylics, Ventures in Creativity, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN. Juried. 2005
Merit Award/Traditional and The Indiana State Museum Foundation Purchase Award, 79th annual Exhibition, The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, IN. Juried. 2003
1st Place & People's Choice Award, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.2000
3rd Place in Oils and Acrylics, Ventures in Creativity, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN. Juried. 1999
Honorable Mention, Ventures in Creativity, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN. Juried. 1998
Judges Merit Award, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.1998
Jury Prize of Distinction, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.1997
First Place in Oil & People's Choice Award, 10th Annual Exhibition, Tri-State Artists', Angola, IN. Juried 1996
Isabel White Memorial Award for Best Work in Oil, Ventures in Creativity, Fort Wayne Artists' Guild, Fort Wayne, IN. Juried. 1996
People's Choice Award, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.1996
People's Choice Award, Annual Show, The Southside Art League, Indianapolis, IN. Juried.1995
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*Single Shows)
2008
OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA 2008 EASTERN REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION OF TRADITIONAL OILS, Nashville, TN - Juried
PAINT THE PARKS TOP 100, St. Louis, MO - Juried
OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA 2008 NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION OF
Education:
EDUCATION
The Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
BFA Illustration, 1989
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Artist's Empowerment - Munce Art Center, Zionsville, IN
C.W. Mundy lecture
C.W. Mundy, Todd Reifers, David Slonim, and Christopher Stuart - Question and Answer session
and painting demonstrations - July 23, 2005
OPA National 2005, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dan Gerhartz slide lecture and painting demonstration
John Michael Carter painting demonstration and discussion
Kerry Holsapple, Director - Atelier Indiana
One day plein air landscape class, Grabill, IN - August 2004
George Strickland - PAPA President
Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ - December 1-6, 2003
Huihan Liu - OPA Master Signature Member
Fechin Institute / Donner Ranch Art Workshop, Taos/San Cristobal, NM - July 8-12, 2002
Organizations / Affilations:
Member: Oil Painters of America (OPA) - (1999-2000, 2002-present)
Member: The Hoosier Salon - (1996-2004)
Member: The American Artists Professional League - (1998-2001)
Member: Allied Artists of America - (1998-2000)
Member: Audubon Artists - (2000)
Member: National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) - (2000)
Member: The American Society of Portrait Artists - (1998-2001)
Member: Fort Wayne Artlink - (1996-2000)
Patron Member: The American Society of Classical Realism (ASCR)- (1995-2000)
Patron Member: The California Art Club (CAC) - (1998-2000)
