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William C. Wright

EDUCATION
1978 BFA in Painting
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

AWARDS
  • 2016 Best Landscape Award 
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    International Guild of Realism 11th Annual International Exhibit
  • 2015 Election to Signature Membership 
    International Guild of Realism
  • 2013 Honorable Mention 
    MD Art at College Park Sponsored by the Maryland Federation of Art
  • 2012 Artistic Excellence
    Top 70 List Competition Southwest Art Magazine
  • 2012 First Place 
    Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association Members' Show
  • 2011 Second Place
    Laurel Art Guild Open Competition 
  • 2007 Third Place
    Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition
  • 2003 Grand Prize Winner Still-Life Competition
    International Artist Magazine
  • 2003 Election to Signature Membership
    American Watercolor Society, New York, NY
  • 2003 Election to Signature Membership
    Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters
EXHIBITIONS

2019 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried competition
​         Gloucester Arts Festival, Plein Air Event, Gloucester, VA, invitational
         Two-Person-Show, The Main ST Gallery, Annapolis, MD
​         Winter Salon, International Guild of Realism, On-line juried exhibition


2018 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried competition
         Bath County Plein Air Festival, ​Warm Springs Gallery, VA, juried competition
​         Group Show, The Main ST Gallery, Annapolis, MD

2017
           Hudson Valley Art Association 84th Annual Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
​           Zion Plein Air Art Invitational
           12th Annual International Juried Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
           National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2016
  • One-Man-Show, Gallery C, Raleigh, NC
  • Published in Watercolor Artist, April issue
  • Published in Splash 17, Inspiring Subjects, by North Light Books
  • 11th Annual International Juried Exhibition, International Guild of Realism, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO 
  • 36th International Exhibit, San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, CA.

2015
  • Valentine Group Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
  • Elkridge Club Group Show, Baltimore, MD
  • One-Man-Show and Group Show, Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL
  • Elected to Artist membership in the International Guild of Realism
  • Masterworks Museum Tour, International Guild of Realism
  • Three-Man-Show, The Main ST Gallery, Annapolis, MD
  • National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
  • Art for Lands Sake, Valley’s Planning Council, Invitational

2014                    
  • All That Art, Maryland Hall for the Arts, Annapolis, MD, Juried Benefit
  • Paint the Town, Chestertown, MD, Plein Air Event
  • Valentine Group Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
  • Watercolor USA 2014, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Juried Competition
  • Three Person Summer Show, The Main ST Gallery, Annapolis, MD
  • National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
  • Published in 100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic by Schiffer Publishing

 2013                   
  • One-Man-Show, Hamilton Street Club, Baltimore, MD
  • Paint the Town, Chestertown, MD, Plein Air Event
  • Easels in Frederick, Frederick, MD, Plein Air Event, Juried Competition
  • Work on Paper, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Juried Competition
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
  • Watercolor USA 2013, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Juried Competition
  • National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
  • Two-Man-Show, the Main Street Gallery, Annapolis, MD
  • MD Art @ College Park, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Juried Honorable mention
  • Small Works Show, the Main Street Gallery, Annapolis, MD

 2012 
  • Artistic Excellence Southwest Art magazine, Top 70 List
  • Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Juried Competition
  • Paint Chadds Ford, Chadds Ford, PA, Plein Air Event, Juried Competition
  •  Paint Chestertown, Plein Air Event, Chestertown, PA
  • National Contemporary Realism, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
  • Keystone National Works on Paper, Mechanicsburg, PA, Juried Competition
  • Published in the December Issue of Southwest Art
  • Small Works Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2011
  • Laurel Art Guild, Open Competition, 2nd Place
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
  • All Members Show, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Juried Competition
  • Strokes of Genius Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Juried Competition
  • 11th Annual American Landscapes Exhibit, 2nd Place, MFA Annapolis, MD
  • Paint Chestertown, Chestertown, MD, Plein Air Event
  • Paint Chadds Ford, Chadds Ford, PA, Plein Air Event
  • National Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2010
  • One-Man-Show, Zoll Studio, Timonium, MD
  • Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Juried Competition
  • Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition

2009
  • Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition
  • National Realist Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa. OK
  • Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition

​2008
  • Annual Small Works Show, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
  • Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition
  • Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition

2007
  • Gunpowder Falls Plein Air Competition; 3rd place, MD
  • Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition
  • Art For Land Sake Valley's Planning Council, Invitational
  • Contemporary Oklahoma Realists, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
  • Annual Small Works Show, M.A.Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2006
  • One Man Show, Holland Hall School, Tulsa, OK
  • Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Strathmore Arts Center, Bethesdsa, MD

2005
  • Two-Man-Show, Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA, Cape Cod
  • Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, Baltimore Watercolor Society

2004
  • Published book Make Your Watercolors Shine 
  • Feature Article, February Issue The Artist's Magazine
  • Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition

2003
  • American Watercolor Society International, Salmagundi Club, NY
  • Grand Prize Winner, International Artist Magazine, Oct/Nov. Issue
  • Paint Annapolis, MAPAPA Juried Competition









William C. Wright    P.O. Box 21, Stevenson, MD 21153    wmwrights@gmail.com
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