Sandy Newell

snewdesign@comcast.net

www.sandynewelldesign.com

Education

University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design and Illustration, 1981

Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Master of Business Administration, Marketing, 1987

Selected Awards and Exhibitions

• "Water Marks", Tall Grass Art Association Group Show featuring 5 watercolorists, 2022
• Award of Distinction, Arizona Watercolor Association Membership Exhibition, 2021
• Phoenix Airport Museum Juried Arizona Watercolor Association Exhibition 2021
• 46th Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition, Utah, 2021
• Arizona Aqueous XXXV Exhibition, Tubac Center of the Arts, 2023, 2021
• Best in Show,  Illinois Watercolor Society Member Show, 2018
• Honorable Mention “Real People” 2018, Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Old Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL
• Honorable Mention "Best and Brightest" 2018 Juried Fine Art Show, 2020, 2021 and 2023 juried entrant Scottsdale Artists' School
• Became a Juried Artist in the Tall Grass Arts Association, 2017, Park Forest, IL
• Merit Award, 2017 Art Barn School of Art Juried Art Exhibition, Valporaiso, IN
• Portrait Artists of Arizona 2020, 2017, Juried International Exhibition
• “Animal Kingdom” Solo Exhibition 2017, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
• Honorable Mention, 2016 Illinois Watercolor Society Member Show
• Moraine Valley Juried Exhibition for Community Artists, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2011,
  Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
• “Animal Kingdom” Solo Exhibition 2016, Orland Park Library, Orland Park, IL
• Illinois Watercolor Society, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 Juried National Exhibition,
  Signature member status in 2014, First recipient of the Robert Kwas Memorial Award in 2013, Honorable Mention, 2014, 2011
• Frankfort Fine Arts Fair, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013 exhibitor
• Houston Watercolor Society Juried International Exhibition, 2015, Houston, TX
• “Real People” 2018, 2016, 2015, Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Old Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL
• Society of Watercolor Artists International Water Media Juried Exhibit, 2014, Dallas, TX
• Catholic Charities Gala of the Arts Juried Exhibit, 2016, 2014, Chicago, IL
• “Women’s Work” 2014, Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Old Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL

Donated several paintings to charitable organizations for auction including Catholic Charities, Cancer Support Center, Suburban Service League.

Publications

 Related Professional Experience

Grand Prairie Elementary School, Frankfort, IL, Art teacher, 2003 – 2010

Sandy Newell Design, Chicago, IL, Principal art director and designer, 1990 – 2005