Stuart Dunkel
Stuart Dunkel CV
Exhibitions
2025
Sweet Treats, Rehs Contemporary Galleries — New York, NY
Bloom, Rehs Contemporary Galleries — New York, NY
2024
Small Works Show, Tree's Place — Orleans, MA
Marieluise Hutchinson & Stuart Dunkel: The Mouse & The House, Tree's Place — Orleans, MA
Just For Fun, Tree's Place — Orleans, MA
2023
Nature's Wildlife Palette: Top Trends in Affordable Original Animal Art Paintings for Collectors — Exclusive Insights from the 2024 Edition, Artspace Warehouse — Los Angeles, CA
Postcards from Nowhere, Artspace Warehouse — Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel, Rehs Contemporary Galleries — New York, NY
Early Summer Salon 2023 — New Works from Resident Tree's Artists, Tree's Place — Orleans, MA
2022
Small Works, Great Joy! Our Annual Small Works Show, Tree's Place — Orleans, MA
Late Summer Salon, Tree's Place — Orleans, MA
Early Summer Salon, Tree's Place — Orleans, MA
2021
The Soul Of A Sugar Bowl, Artspace Warehouse — Los Angeles, CA
2020
Not A Creature Was Stirring, Rehs Contemporary Galleries — New York, NY
Marieluise Hutchinson & Stuart Dunkel: Humble Houses, Mischievous Mouses, Tree's Place — Orleans, MA
2019
Stuart Dunkel: Mouse in the House, Pence Gallery — Davis, CA
Animalia, Abend Gallery, Golden Triangle — Denver, CO
1, 2, 3 Show, Shain Gallery — Charlotte, NC
2018
Small Works Show, Shain Gallery — Charlotte, NC
2011
Capturing Realism 2011, Pauly Friedman Gallery — Dallas, PA — through the Anthony Waichulis Invitational
2008
Members Summer Show, Copley Society of Boston — Boston, MA
2007
New England Representational Competition, The Guild of Boston Artists — Boston, MA
2005
Realist Competition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2004
Westford Art Show — Westford, Massachusetts
Honors & Awards
2013
ARC Living Artist, The Art Renewal Center —Port Reading, NJ
2012
Finalist, The Art Renewal Center —Port Reading, NJ
2011
Finalist (Animal category), The Art Renewal Center —Port Reading, NJ
Silver Medal Winner, The Guild of Boston Artists — New England Representational Competition
2010
Member, The International Guild of Realism — Scottsdale, Arizona
Honorable Mention, The International Guild of Realism — Scottsdale, Arizona
Silver Medal Winner, The Guild of Boston Artists — New England Representational Competition
2009
Honorable Mention (Still Life), Art Renewal Center — Port Reading, NJ
2008
NE Representational Competition, The Guild of Boston Artists — Boston, MA
First Prize “Sizzle”, Copley Society, Members Summer Show Competition — Boston, MA
2007
Silver Medal Winner, The Guild of Boston Artists — New England Representational Competition — Boston, MA
The Crisp Award (Best of Show), Copley Society of Boston “A–Z” — Boston, MA
Gallery Demonstration, Churchill Gallery — Newburyport, MA
2005
Realist Competition, Salmagundi Club — New York, NY
2004
Prize Winner, Westford Art Show — Westford, MA
Memberships & Affiliations
Member, The International Guild of Realism
Member, The Art Renewal Center
Board Member, Cambridge Art Association
Guest Lecturer, Art and Anxiety, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Guest Lecturer, Art and Management; Art and Composition, Depot Square Gallery
Bibliography
2025
20 Playful Mouse Paintings By Stuart Dunkel That Are Too Cute To Handle — Demilked
2024
Twice as Mice: Stuart Dunkel’s Classical Whimsy — JAMA (blog feature)
2023
Contemporary Art: Chuckie’s Grand Adventure — Fine Art Connoisseur
2020
Gaze at Joy: Art Is the Best Holiday Gift During a Pandemic — Forbes
Contemporary Art: Oil Paintings — Not a Creature Was Stirring — Fine Art Connoisseur
Escape the Drudgery of Quarantine: Embark on an Emotional Art Adventure with Stuart Dunkel’s Everyman Mouse — Forbes
Realism Oil Still Life Painting — Realism Today
Contemporary Still Life Paintings: Stuart Dunkel — Fine Art Connoisseur
2018
Inside the Imaginative World of Stuart Dunkel — The Avid Pen
2017
The Mouse Is the Muse — Lancaster Online
2009
An Artist’s Life — Black Nautilus Publishing
2007
American Art Collector — “Coast to Coast Nationwide,” May, p. 40
2005
Provincetown Review — Best of Week Show Review
2000
Gallery Guide — “Exhibition Highlights, Lyman-Eyer Gallery,” Nov.
Gallery Guide — “Realism, Classical to Contemporary,” Apr., p. 28
2000–2000
Boston Sunday Globe — “People and Places, First Careers Left Behind,” Jan. 16, p. 16
Northwest Daily News — “Lyric and Whimsy,” Jan. 9, pp. C3–C4
Gallery Guide — “Lyric and Whimsy, Compass Rose,” Jan.
Reference
Stuart Dunkel Biography — Whitmore, Janet; Rehs Contemporary Galleries, New York
Education
MUSIC EDUCATION
Boston University — Bachelors, 1975
Mannes College of Music — Masters, 1985
Juilliard School of Music — Doctorate, 1987
FINE ART EDUCATION
Boston Museum School; study with Robert Douglas Hunter; classes with Jean Lightman, Paul Ingbretson, Joe McGurl, Don Demars, and Sergio Roffo
Academy of Realist Art (Seattle); private study with Ani Graduate, Joel C. Jones, Tom Ouellette, Denise Mickilowski, Dennis Cheaney, Andrew Kusmin, Karen Winslow, Joe McGurl, Donald Demers, Robert Douglas Hunter, Gayle Levee
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