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.

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
Juried Group Show, Synchronicity Space, Manhattan, NY, January 1999
Group Show, Tristan & America, NY, 1999
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, University of Massachusetts, May 12-16, 1997
Junior/Senior Awards Exhibition, May 20-26, 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
Best in Show, Synchronicity Space, Manhattan, NY, January 1999
Chancellor’s Talent Award, 1994-1997
Fellowship to Yale’s Summer Art Program at Norfolk, 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
Internal Jury for Award of Excellence, Spring 1996