EDUCATION AND EXHIBITION HISTORY

EDUCATION
1975
B.S. Art Education. State University of New York at New Paltz, New York * Selected as the Outstanding Senior, Art Education Department
1973
A.A. Fine Arts. Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, New York

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS selected
2007
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Headquarters, Montville, NJ 
2003
VIVO! Gallery, Washington, DC

Anthony Kelley Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

2001
Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York; In Memory and Dreams

Visions Gallery , Albany, New York; Drawings from the Zen Mind/Silent Dialogue Series

2000
Jordan Road Gallery, Sedona, Arizona; New Paintings

Rensselaer Newman Foundation Chapel & Cultural Center, Troy, New York; New Drawings from the Zen Mind/Silent Dialogue Series

1999
Gallery 34, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, New York

Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York; Recent Paintings

Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York; Indulge the Eye, Stimulate the Mind

1996
Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, New York
1995
Rensselaer Newman Foundation Chapel & Cultural Center, Troy, New York

Oswego Civic Arts Center Gallery, Oswego, New York

1994
Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
1993
Hinkle Library Gallery, Alfred State College, Alfred, New York

Fine Arts Gallery 34, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, New York


TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2002
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1998
Doshi Gallery of Contemporary Art, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1994
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York

THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS selected
2007
Fieldstone Fine Art, Ramsey, NJ; Tri-State Juried Exhibition
High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, "BIG" Invitational Exhibition.
High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, "Reunion"
2006
Williams/Insalaco gallery, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, New York
2005
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York
2004
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York
2003
The Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, 18th Biennial International Juried Exhibition, "Contemporary Works of Faith".
2002

Anthony Kelley Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

Center at High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, New York; Best Paintings in Rochester

Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York; Blue

2001
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York; Seeing Things Unseen
2000
Leon Loard Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama; Annual Contemporary Exhibition
1999
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York; In the Present Tense

Leon Loard Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama; Annual Contemporary Exhibition

1998
Organization of Independent Artists, 599 Broadway, New York, New York; Four Reflections on Our Expanding Universe, Curated by Mary Steele
1997
Salmagundi Club, New York, New York; 20th Annual Non-Members Open Juried Exhibition

Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York; In the Present Tense

Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York; A Blind Understanding: The Art of Abstraction

Leon Loard Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama; Annual Contemporary Exhibition

1996
Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, New York; Third Biennial Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists

Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York; In the Present Tense

1995
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York; In the Present Tense

Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, New York

1994
Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, New York; Second Biennial Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists

Cutler Union, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York; WXXI Sixth Annual Fine Art Showcase

1993
State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, New York; National Juried Fine Arts Show

Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York; 58th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Ivan Karp, O.K. Harris Gallery

Fine Arts Gallery 34, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua; New York�25th Anniversary Invitational Show

1992
Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, New York; First Biennial Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists
1981
Westwood Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California; National Juried Painting Competition

Orange County Design Center, Costa Mesa, California


CORPORATE COLLECTIONS selected

Southview Physical Therapy; Rochester, New York

XLI Corporation; Rochester, New York

MedImmune, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland (commission)

Information Technology Assoc. of America, Arlington, VA (Commission)

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP, New York City

Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, Colorado

Forest City Enterprises, Cleveland, Ohio

McClinton Development Corporation, Montgomery, Alabama

Tecton PC, Architects, Hartford, Connecticut

Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Rochester, New York

Hale And Dorr, Boston, Massachusetts

Advest, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut

Tropel, Inc., Rochester, New York

Monroe Adworks, Rochester, New York

The Sentry Group, Rochester, New York


PRIVATE COLLECTIONS selected

The University of Rochester, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, Rochester, New York

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hennings, Annandale, Virginia (Commission)

Mr. & Mrs. Herman Rossman, Owings Mills, Maryland (Commission)

Mr. & Mrs. Robbie Jamieson, Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. James Cross, Washington, DC

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Senecal, Rochester, New York

Dr. & Dr. Thomas and Diana Killip, New York, New York

Dr. & Mrs. Henry Richter, Rochester, New York

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Mish, Hadley, Massachusetts

Ms. Mary Orwen, Rochester, New York

Mr. & Mrs. James Kane, Rochester, New York

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kaplan, Rochester, New York

Valeska Design, Rochester, New York



BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cohen, Sally. "Rochester Artist Bill Santelli Paints His Dreams." R News" Channel 9 Television, Time Warner Communications, Entertainment Feature, February 17, 1999.

Sojourners Magazine, Washington, DC, Front Cover Illustration, May/June, 1996.

Reynolds, Judith. "White Triangles." City Newspaper (Rochester, New York), August 18, 1994.

Forbes, Elizabeth. "True Colors." The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, August 24, 1994.


AWARDS
2004
Distinguished Alumni Award, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
1996
Honors Award, Painting. Third Biennial Juried Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists, Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, New York.

Residency Grant. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

1995
Special Opportunity Grant. Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, New York Foundation for the Arts.
1994
First Prize, Painting. Second Biennial Juried Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists, Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, New York

Residency Fellowship. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

1992
First Prize, Painting. First Biennial Juried Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists, Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, New York



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