WILLIAM GEORGE STAMOS
Jersey City NJ, USA, Planet Earth
EDUCATION:
Penn State University - University Park, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting & Drawing
Graduated with Highest Honors - 1994
Harrisburg Area Community College - Harrisburg PA
Associate of Arts - Communication & the Arts
Graduated with Highest Honors - 1974
HONORS & AWARDS:
Liquitex Emerging Artist of the Year
Selected from an international competition of undergraduate &
graduate art students
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Edwin R. Zoller Scholarship
Tution-free semester awarded to painting majors of exceptional
promise
RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Victory Hall Fundraiser
Art auction benefit for Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
HIV Law Project Benefit Auction
Moti Hasson Gallery, New York NY
Clothesline Art Sale
Benefit sale for ABC No Rio, New York NY
Night of 1000 Drawings
Fundraising benefit for Artist’s Space, New York NY
Jersey City Artists Tour
Participation in annual studio / gallery art tour
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Mural
Permanent display on Penn State main campus
Mutli-Cultural Mural Project
Traveling exhibit of 5 student / faculty collaborative murals, sponsored by Penn State University
Prayers for the Pandemic / Prayers for Peace
Site-specific displays of personal prayer flags, in conjunction with Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
PEOPLE PLACE DISRUPTION
April - May 2021
Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
COSMIC LOVE
October 4 - November 10, 2019
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Group exhibit
PIN IT UP: Stardust Memories
September 16 - October 9, 2016
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Group exhibit
CONTEMPORARY HUDSON COUNTY
January 31 - March 8, 2016
The Dineen & Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ
Group exhibit
THE BIG SMALL SHOW 2015
December 12, 2015 - February 6, 2016
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Group exhibit
THE ART PROJECT
October 1, 2015 - March 25, 2016
The Art House, Jersey City, NJ
Group exhibit
MOSTLY DRAWING
September 11 - October 11, 2015
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
THE BIG SMALL SHOW 2014
December 2014 - January 2015
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
PANDORA’S BOX
June 5 - 26, 2014
City Life Gallery, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
THE BIG SMALL PAINTING SHOW
November 16 - December 21, 2013
Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
THE DRAWING ROOMS CIRCLE
August 4 - 31, 2013
John W Meagher Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
MULTIPLICITIES
June 27 - August 11, 2013
Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
WILLIAM STAMOS: PAINTINGS
October 2011 - April 2013
Dixon Mills Showroom, Jersey City NJ
Solo exhibit
JERSEY CITY ART FAIR
October 2011
The Beacon, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
INNER VISIONS / OUTER SPACE
April / May 2010
ISO Tower, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
THE UNIVERSE HAS US IN ITS CROSSHAIRS
October - November 2009
ABC No Rio, New York NY
Group exhibit
CATASTROPHE
June - July 2008
Atlantic Gallery, New York NY
Group exhibit
IT’S ONLY NATURAL
March - May 2008
77 Hudson, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
PLAYING FOR KEEPS
June - July 2007
Atlantic Gallery, New York NY
Group exhibit
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY? 2007
January 2007
Atlantic Gallery, New York NY
Group exhibit
HYPNOTIZING THE MAGICIANS
October 2006
LITM ( Love is the Message), Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY? 2006
September - November 2006
Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
A MIDSUMMER’S DREAM
July 2006
LITM ( Love is the Message), Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
CATHEDRAL ARTS FESTIVAL
May 2006
Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
WITH APPARENT EASE
October 2005
Victory Hall, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
EVERYDAY MAGIC
June - August 2004
Times Square Gallery, New York NY
Group exhibit
SPIRIT IN ART
March - April 2004
ISO Tower Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Group exhibit
METAPHORS, MUSES & MYSTERIES
March 2004
Victory Hall, Jersey City NJ
Group exhibit
[R]EVOLUTION: WARFACE
October - November 2003
Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York, NY
Group exhibit
REACTIONS
March - April 2002
Exit Art, New York NY
Group exhibit
THE IDES OF MARCH
March 2002
ABC No-Rio, New York NY
Group exhibit
MODERN SPIRITUALITY
November 2000
Max Fish, New York NY
Group exhibit
EIGHTH NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
November 1997
Viridian Artists, New York NY
Group exhibit (Thelma Golden, curator)
ABSTRACTIONS
May - June 1996
Adam & Art Gallery, Bellefonte PA
Two - person exhibit
EXCELLENCE IN ART AWARDS
February - March 1996
American Council for the Arts, New York NY
Group exhibit