… 3, 1978, Astoria, New York paintings | sketches Education 2005 MFA, Painting, Yale University School … of Art, New Haven, CT 2002 BFA, Painting, Art Education, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Exhibitions … New York, NY Awards and Honors 2005 Stavros H. Niarchos Travel Grant, Yale University 2002 Award of Distinction , …