Curriculum Vitae

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Mark Sassani

b.1951 Ashland, PA

Education

1974, Bachelor of Science, Art Ed  Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA.

Awards and Honors

2023 First Place Susquehanna Art Society Sunbury, PA

2023 Best of Show Award , Keystone Fine Art Juried Exhibition, Schuylkill Haven, PA 

Selected Exhibitions 

2023 Solo -The Exchange Art Gallery

Selected Bibliography

1992 The Artist Magazine, March issue "Supercharge Your Acrylics" pg. date

BS Art Education, 1974 Mansfield University

Kutztown University, 1977

Mansfield University, 1978

Bloomsburg University, 1979

Clarion State University, 1986

Wilkes University, 2000

Walk In Art Center, Schuylkill Haven, PA Aug - Sept 2024

North'd Co. Council for the Arts Gallery, Shamokin, PA Aug - Sept 2023

The Exchange, Bloomsburg, PA June - July 2023

Walk In Art Center, Schuylkill Haven, PA 2017

The Post & Lintel Gallery, Lewisburg, PA 2017

NCCAH Fine Arts Gallery, Shamokin, PA 2016

NCCAH Fine Arts Gallery, Shamokin, PA 2014

Full Spectrum Gallery, Lewisburg, PA 2012

Northumberland Co. Career and Arts Center Gallery, Shamokin, PA 2005

Calvary United Methodist Church Gallery, Harrisburg, PA 1991

Sinclair Gallery, Millersburg, PA 1990

Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts, Southbridge, MA 1985

Turner Gallery, Shamokin, PA 1983

The Studio, Mount Carmel, PA 1982

Shimock's, Kulpmont, PA 1981

Mansfield University, Alumni Gallery, Mansfield, PA 1978

Mount Carmel Public Library, Mt. Carmel, PA 1974

Permanent Collections 

Murals at Yuengling Brewery, Pottsville, PA

Murals at Mount Carmel VFW, Mount Carmel, PA

Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA 

Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

Geisinger - Shamokin Area Community Hospital, Shamokin, PA

The Apostles of Jesus, Moroto, Uganda, Africa

St. Josephat Seminary, Washington, DC

St. Stephens Ukrainian Catholic Church, Toms River, NJ

St. Angela Merici Parish, Bronx, NY

Assumption of the BVM, Centrailia, PA

Christ the King Mission, Benton, PA

Divine Redeemer Catholic Church, Mt. Carmel, PA

Felician sisters, Coraopolis, PA

Holy Cross Catholic Church, Mt. Carmel, PA

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Mt. Carmel, PA

Patronage of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church, Marion Heights, PA

St. Casimir's Catholic Church, Kulpmont, PA

St. George's Parish, Shenandoah, PA

St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Ashland, PA

St. Kieran's Catholic Church, Heckscherville, PA

St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Mt. Carmel, PA

St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Shenandoah, PA

St. Monica Catholic Church, Sunbury, PA

St. Paul Catholic Church, Atlas, PA

St. Pauline Center, Kulpmont, PA

SS Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Mt. Carmel, PA

St. Stanislaus Church, Shamokin, PA

Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Church, Shamokin, PA

2023 Keystone Fine Art Juried Exhibition, Schuylkill Haven, PA "Best of Show Award” 

2023 Susquehanna Art Society, Sunbury, PA 1st Place Painting 

2014 PA Watercolor Society On-Line Member Show

2013 PA Watercolor Society On-Line Member Show

2012 PA Watercolor Society 33rd National Exhibit, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA

2012 "Block of Art", Pottsville, PA Featured Artist

2010 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society National Exhibit, Reading, PA

2008 NCCA, Fine Art Gallery, 60s, 70s Retro Exhibit

​1990 Allied Artist of Schuylkill co. 29th Annual Exhibit, Pottsville, PA 1st Place Watercolor

1990 Susquehanna Middle Atlantic Art Exhibit, Selinsgrove, PA

1990 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society National Exhibit Kutztown University Purchase Award

1989 American Artist Magazine "Realism Today" Denver, CO One of 21 Artists selected from three years of competitions

1989 Allied Artists of Schuylkill Co. 28th Annual, Pottsville, PA  2nd Place Watercolor

1989 National Watercolor Society 69th Annual Exhibit, Brea, CA

1989 Bald Eagle Art League, Williamsport, PA American Artist Magazine Award

1988 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society National Exhibit, CNB A Mellon Bank Award

1988 Pennsylvania Painters Juried Exhibit, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA Juried by Renown NYC Critic Clement Greenburg

1988 Susquehanna Middle Atlantic Art Exhibit, Selinsgrove, PA

1988 York Art Association Juried Show, York, PA 3rd. Place, Watercolor

1988 American Artist Magazine Talent Search  Finalist

1983 & 1985 Hazelton Regional Art Exhibition, Hazelton, PA

1981 The Greater Harrisburg Arts Festival, William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA

1980 The Pennsylvania Juried Art Exhibit, Williamsport. PA First Cash Award