Artist's Resume
Lawrence Aarons Contemporary Realism Artist
Gold Medal Winner – Salmagundi Gallery AAPL
President Medal Winner – American Artists Professional League
Named One of the Top Artists to Watch
Cover Artist for ArtVoices Magazine
United Nations Spokesperson For Life & Art
World Renown Portrait / Watercolor Teaching Artist - Uniworld River Cruises
Follow me on instagram - aaronscreative
2026
Teravarna Gallery Honorable Mention Color Urn
Teravarna Gallery 3 Honorable Mentions Portraits Gerri, Red Hair, The Search
2025
Teravarna Gallery Honorable Mention – Filip Figure Drawing
Teravarna Gallery Honorable Mention – Animals Flamingo,
- Attention, B’Way Boggie Woggie
Renaissance Magazine “Lalique” Winner
Collide Gallery Finalist
Teravarna Gallery Honorable Mention – Flowers “Angel Trumpets”
Strokes of Genius #17 “Anton” Finalist Drawing Competition
Artist Space Gallery – Winner “Kiss Kiss” Red Art Expo
Gallery 4% - 3 Awards of Distinction - Botanicals “Pointillism”
Artist Space Gallery – Winner “Fire Rose”
Salmagindi “Stillness” Humans25 show
Westbury Equesterian – Gallery show “Horsing Around” 5 paintings
Superfine Teravarna NYC “Flaming June & Red Boot”
Gallery 4% 2 Awards of Distinction – “Faces & Features”
Taraverna Gallery Finalist – Landscapes – “Goodnight Moon”
Artists Space – Colors Exhibition Winner “Felicia / Caitlin”
Gallery 4% Floral Award of Distinction – “Botanicals”
Teravarna Gallery Honorable Mention “The Wind In The Iris"
Gallery 4% Award of Distinction – “Figures “Erin”
Gallery 4% - Award of Distinction “Goodnight Moon”
Artists Space - Exhibition Winner – “Mystified”
2024
Gallery 4% Certificate of Distinction – Tara & Felicia portraits
Teraverna Gallery Honorable Mention 6 portraits
Circle Foundation for the Arts – Masterful Mind Award
9th International Artist of the Month Award - Lalique
Teraverna Gallery Honorable Mention - The Fall Rush - Landscape
Teraverna Gallery Honorable Mention - Red RABBIT
Salmagundi - Certificate of Merit - A Bronx Tale
Gallery 4% - Certificate of Merit - Star Points - Floral
Gallery 4% - Certificate of Distinction - Minds Eye Faces and Features
Gallery 4% - Certificate of Distinction - Double Red
2023
Taverna two Honorable Mentions both portraits Baca and Larry
2022
Fine Arts Magazine featured Self Portrait
Salmagundi Figurative Painting Show -“For A Greater Good”
Best Of Drawing - featured charcoal drawing of Anton
Uniworld drawing and painting world wide touring
Ariel Gallery - Klimt’s Dream in gallery
2021
Atelier Flowerfield - Group Show “5:30 am”
Artist Magazine - Group Show - “Anton”
Fine Art Connoisseur - Self Portrait “Baca”
Atelier Gallery on Spring street - Pastel wc My Mona Lisa
2020 - COVID
Cinema Arts Gallery Huntington NY - "Out of the Blue" Cindy
Named teaching artist on Uniworld Boutique River Cruises for 2020
Milan / Venice Italy, Provence France
2019
Salmagundi Galleries – Non Member Group show
Gold Coast Art Center – One Man Show
Ariel Fine Art Gallery – One Man Show “Improvisational Portraits”
Jeanne Tengelsen Gallery – Art League Instructors Show - “Mona”
Jeanne Tengelsen Gallery – ALLI Member Show
Salmagundi Gallery - Graphics Drawing "On The Town"
Art Annex May One Man Show 20 pieces both Portraits and New View Landscapes
Group show at New Center
Named teaching artist on Uniworld Boutique River Cruises for 2019 for Holland, Brussels, Netherlands, Germany, France
2018
Salmagundi Galleries – American Artists Professional League
90th Anniversary Group Show
Salmagundi Galleries – Non Member Group show
Jeanne Tengelsen Gallery – Art League Instructors Show
ADVETS Group Show, New York City & ChicagoNamed Uniworld River Cruises – On Board Portrait Artist
for Russia, Italy and Vietnam
American Artists Professional League - Thalia - Pastel
Awarded "The Fine Art Mixed Graphics Award" by the Metropolitian Muesum of Arts curator of 19th Century Painting
Salmagundi Gallery group show - Old Man (Conte Sepia)
Jean Tengelsen Gallery - Merlin (Charcoal)
2017
MAAC Galleries – 8 Pieces One Man Show NYC Gallery Show
Jeanne Tengelsen Gallery – Art League Instructors Show
Huntington Art Council – Self Portrait Show
Poets and Artists - “The Male Muse” – “Man’s Ram”
Hudson Valley Art Association – “Anton” Salmagundi Gallery NYC
AAPL _ Group Show Honorable Mention
Jean Tengelsen Gallery - Joan of Arc - pastel
American Artists Professional League NYC Galleries - Honorable Mention for Carol drawing
Jean Tengelsen Gallery - De Niro charcoal - teachers choice
Hudson Valley Art Association - Old Man Salmagundi Gallery, NYC, NY
Named Teaching Artist on Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
2016
Gold Medal of Honor Winner – American Artists Professional League
ADVETS Group Show, NYC
X-Contemporary – Miami Art Basel – Miami, FL.
Long Island Children’s Museum – “Portrait By Many Hands” –Garden City, NY
Long Island Art Council Freeport Gallery – “Artistic Expressions”Freeport, Long Island NY
Central Booking – “In Harm’s Way” NYC, NY
American Artist Salmagundi Gallery Group Show – NY, NY
Art League of Long Island –
Jeanne Tengelsen Gallery - Group Show Dix Hills LI, NY
Huntington Art Council Group Show – (Two entries) Long Island NY
Named Uniworld River Cruises Named Portrait / Watercolor Artist
“Generations of Genius” – County College Morris Art Gallery
Salmagundi Gallery Group Show - (Two entries) – NY, NY
The Heckscher Museum LI Biennial Show – Huntington, Long Island NY
Tengelsen Gallery Group Show – Dix Hills, Long Island NY
Emillions Gallery Group Art Show – Naples, Florida
One Man Show The Artist’s Studio Gallery –Brookville, Long Island NY
2015
Group Show at Salmagundi Gallery NYC - Winner of Presidents Award
Named One Of The Top 100 Artists To Watch by writer / art critic Michael Corbin
Included in new book 101 Contemporary Artists
87th Grand National Exhibition The American Artists Professional League NY
FAME – Future Art Masters Exhibition 2nd Place Winner Nationwide Competition
Group Show at the Art League of Long Island (Honorable Mention)
Group Show at The Tengelsen Galleries – Dix Hills, NY (Honorable Mention)
Group Show at The Mill Pond House Long Island NY (Two entries both received Honorable Mentions)
Salmagundi Gallery Group Show – NYC (Presidents Award – 87th American Artists Professional League)
Art Basel / Scope, Miami Fl.-Group Show at Untitled Projects Gallery
Group Show at The Hersh Fine Art Galleries – "Wrap It Up" Glen Cove, NY
United Nations Spokesperson For Life & Art 2016
NYC Art Interview available on YouTube
2014
Group Show at Huntington Art Council - Mikhail Drawing
FAME – Future Art Masters Exhibition American Artists Professional League – 3rd Place Winner Nationwide for Mikhail Drawing
One Man show at The Sea Cliff Art Annex – Sea Cliff, NY
One Man show at The Syosset Art Gallery – Syosset, NY
One Man show at The Hutchins Art Gallery – Brookville, NY
Group Show “Clooney Charcoal Portrait -The Salmagundi Club Gallery – NYC
Group Show at The Hersh Fine Art Galleries – Glen Cove, NY
2013
One Man show at The Gold Coast Art Annex – Glen Head, NY
Group Show at The Hersh Fine Art Galleries – Glen Cove, NY
Studied with the top realism artists.
Schools;
• School of Visual Arts Graduated 1965
Continued art studies at:
• Art Students League, NYC
• The New York Academy of Art, NYC
• Long Island Fine Arts Academy, Glen Cove NY
• The Artists Studio Long Island New York, Muttontown LI
• Kline Academy of Art - Los Angeles, CA
