Stephanie Deshpande (b.1975) graduated from University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1997 with a degree in Painting. She continued her studies at the New York Academy of Art and earned her Masters of Fine Art. She has exhibited her paintings in New York City since 1998, and has been represented by the Art Student’s Showcase as well as Belenky Gallery in SoHo. Currently, she is participating in the CONCEPTION group shows in Tribeca.

Upcoming Exhibitions:
Images 2012: The Juried Exhibition of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Robeson Gallery, PA, June 6 – July 15, 2012
CONCEPTION Tribeca IV, Group Show, NY, June 2012

Past Exhibitions:
CONCEPTION Tribeca II, Group Show, NY, January 2012
CONCEPTION Tribeca, Group Show, NY, October 2011
“Looking Inward,” Belenky Gallery, NY, January 2004
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY, June 1999
Various Works Displayed, Art Student Showcase, Manhattan, NY 1998-2008
Group Exhibition, The National Arts Club, Manhattan, NY, March 1999
10th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Synchronicity Space, Manhattan, NY, January 1999
Group Show, Tristan & America, NY, 1999
Group Show, Dr. Williams Office, Manhattan, NY, Fall 1998-Summer 1999
Take Home a Nude, NYAA, Spring 1998
Cast Hall Exhibition, NYAA, Winter 1997
Solo Exhibition, Rao’s, Amherst, MA June 1997-1999
Junior/Senior Awards Exhibition (Juried), Herter Gallery, UMass Amherst, May 20-25, 1997
“The Unspoken Configuration,” Visual and Performing Arts Space, UMass, May 12-16, 1997
Junior/Senior Awards Exhibition, May 20-26, 1996
Yale at Norfolk, Group Show, Norfolk, CT, Summer 1996
Five College Art Exhibition, Johnson Gallery, Hampshire College, December 4-5, 1995

Honors:
Finalist, ACOPAL’s Contemporary American and Chinese Realism Competition, November 2011
Richild von Holtzbrinck Award, The National Arts Club, February 1999
First Place, 10th Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, Synchronicity Space, NY, January 1999
Chancellor’s Talent Award, 1994-1997
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Summer 1996
External Jury for an Award, Spring 1997, Spring 1996
Award of Excellence, Department of Art Spring 1997, Fall 1994
William F. Field Alumni Scholars Award, Spring 1996
Area Award in Painting, Spring 1996
Internal Jury for an Area Award in Painting, Spring 1996, Spring 1997
Internal Jury for Award of Excellence, Spring 1996